They share their stories. The Dancing With the StarsThe Monday, October 17 episode featured contestants performing songs that were released in the most memorable year.
Each star had the chance to share a year in which they were shaped. Jessie James Decker Alan Bersten Vinny Guadagnino Koko IwasakiThese were the lowest scores of all the night. These are the results Selma Blair‘s announcement that she would be leaving the competition early amid health concerns due to her ongoing battle with multiple sclerosis, Tyra Banks explained that this week’s elimination will be pushed to the Tuesday, October 18, episode.
After being at the bottom of the leaderboard last Wednesday, Trevor Donovan Emma SlaterThey wanted to add genuine emotion to the jazz routine. Donovan, 44, selected Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida” from 2008, the year he was cast in 90210After nearly giving up on acting.
Slater, 33 years old, was moved to tears after hearing her partner’s story during rehearsal. “It feels so nice for you to show up like this and be so committed and involved,” she said, tearing up.
Their hard work paid off as the duo received their highest score, a 32. “Without a doubt, Trevor, that was your best dance for me,” said judge Len Goodman. Carrie Ann InabaShe admitted that she cried during the performance. “I could feel how hard you were trying,” she said.
The night was filled with emotions. Gabby WindeyDancing to JP Cooper’s “If the World Should Ever Stop” from 2020, the year that she worked as an ICU nurse during the Coronavirus crisis.
“I saw a lot of death, a lot of isolation. I think it was especially since, [patients’] families couldn’t be there with them,” Windey, 31, told her partner Val Chmerkovskiy during rehearsal. “But none of our patients died alone. You know, you get to do that as a nurse.”
She continued: “As a nurse during COVID, I did feel like the world was ending at some points. Thankfully, it didn’t, and I get to dedicate this dance to the people that persevered through that hard time with me.”
The judges were moved by the routine, and gave the pair a score 36. Inaba, 54 years old, said the Bachelorette alum that although her execution was “stunning,” she still wanted her to let go more. “I still sometimes feel a little bit of a disconnect,” she said.
Derek Hough told the Illinois native he would love to have someone like her for a nurse and said she was just “beaming with light.” When cohost Alfonso Ribeiro asked Chmerkovskiy, 36, about his partner’s greatest strength, he replied, “Derek kind of said it, her ability to make people laugh. … In hard times, laughter really is the place to go.”
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