‘Dancing With the Stars’ Dedication Night Drama: Who Scored Big, Who Stumbled, and Who Got Booted—Your Horoscope Didn’t See This Coming!
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Ever wonder if the stars had a say in who danced their hearts out under the glittering lights of the Dancing With the Stars ballroom? Well, on Dedication Night, the cosmos may have been whispering sweet nothings — or maybe tough love — to this dwindling cast of celebs as each delivered a tear-jerking tribute fit to make even the moon blush. Picture this: from salsa steps with daddy’s little girl to emotional contemporary numbers that pulled at every string in the zodiac, these performers didn’t just dance, they bared souls. With former pro Kym Herjavec back as a guest judge, the stakes were higher than a Mercury in retrograde mishap, and the pressure? Oh, it was electric enough to spark a solar flare. So who waltzed their way into the judges’ hearts and who tangoed with elimination? Let’s just say, tonight’s leaderboard was more unpredictable than a Leo on a caffeine binge. Curious for all the cosmic and competitive twists? LEARN MORE
[This story contains spoilers from episode five of Dancing With the Stars season 34.]
Things are getting emotional in the Dancing With the Stars ballroom, because it’s Dedication Night.
Throughout the episode, each celebrity performed a special tribute dance to honor of someone in their life. The night promised emotional routines in honor of the celebrity cast’s parents, siblings, former co-stars, romantic partners and children. (Read who the professional dancers would dedicate their own number to here.)
Former professional dancer Kym Herjavec also returned to the ballroom, notably serving as the first official guest judge of the season.
Heading into the fifth week of season 34, the cast is notably dwindling down. Hilaria Baldwin was eliminated at the end of last week’s Disney Night, making her the fourth contestant to exit the competition.
The remaining celebrities include Secret Lives of Mormon Wives stars Jen Affleck and Whitney Leavitt, Olympian Jordan Chiles, social media star Alix Earle, The Traitors season three winner (and Zac Efron’s brother) Dylan Efron, actresses Danielle Fishel and Elaine Hendrix, Pentatonix’s Scott Hoying, conservationist (and son of Steve Irwin) Robert Irwin and comedian-actor Andy Richter.
Richter kicked off the night with an adorable salsa alongside his daughter, Cornelia. One of the most highly anticipated numbers of Dedication Night was Irwin’s contemporary to Phil Collins’ “You’ll Be In My Heart,” which he devoted to his mother, Terri Irwin. And it proved to be a memorable one, as he earned his first three nines of the season, earning a total score of 35/40 (and prompted the entire ballroom to tear up in the process).
Leavitt emerged as an early frontrunner during the first half of the competition, placing as the top scoring couple for four consecutive episodes. Disney Night was the first time she and Mark Ballas pulled ahead as the only couple to place at the top of the leaderboard, and they notably earned the season’s first nine.
However, Efron ended her top-scoring streak on Dedication Night, becoming the first celebrity to earn four nine’s from all of the judges. The Traitors winner performed his dance in honor of his little singer set to the tune of his elder brother, Zac, and Zendaya’s “Rewrite the Stars.”
At the end of each night, the couple with the lowest combined total of judges’ scores and viewer votes is eliminated. Live voting takes place during the East coast airing of each show, and ends shortly after the final dance is completed.
See the full list of scores for week five of DWTS season 34 (aka Dedication Night) below. Refresh for the latest.
Andy Richter and Emma Slater: 24/40
Robert Irwin and Witney Carson: 35/40
Elaine Hendrix and Alan Bersten: 30/40
Whitney Leavitt and Mark Ballas: 33/40
Jen Affleck and Jan Ravnik: 29/40
Dylan Efron and Daniella Karagach: 36/40
Jordan Chiles and Ezra Sosa: 32/40
Scott Hoying and Rylee Arnold: 30/40
Danielle Fishel and Pasha Pashkov
Alix Earle and Val Chmerkovskiy
Season 34 of DWTS airs and streams simultaneously on ABC and Disney+ on Tuesdays, with new episodes available to stream on Wednesdays on Hulu.
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