Dancing With the Stars Recap: Who Fell Short of the Final 6 on Whitney Houston Night? Plus, the Dance-Off Returns!
Typically, at this point in a Dancing With the Stars season, we’d be about seven days away from finding out the winner of the Mirrorball trophy. Not so much this year!
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Even though Season 32’s start was only delayed by about a week, there were still seven couples competing on Tuesday’s Whitney Houston-themed episode, with three more weeks remaining in the season after this one. And once again, the episode was split into two rounds: After the usual individual dances, it was time for this season’s dance-off, in which two couples performed simultaneously to the same style and song, and bonus points were awarded to the judges’ favorite pair in each match-up.
This time around, Alyson and Sasha triumphed over Harry and Rylee in the rumba; Barry and Peta (a very shirtless Barry, mind you!) beat Jason and Daniella in the salsa; and Charity and Artem eked out a win over Xochitl and Val in the cha-cha.
But were those bonus points from the dance-off enough to keep the head-to-head winners safe from elimination? Keep scrolling to see who got booted on Whitney Houston Night, then drop a comment with your reactions!
SAFE: Harry Jowsey and Rylee Arnold
DANCE STYLE: Viennese Waltz (to “I Have Nothing”)
JUDGES’ SCORE: 28 out of 40
SAFE: Jason Mraz and Daniella Karagach
DANCE STYLE: Samba (to “Higher Love”)
JUDGES’ SCORE: 33 out of 40
SAFE: Alyson Hannigan and Sasha Farber
DANCE STYLE: Contemporary (to “Greatest Love of All”)
JUDGES’ SCORE: 33 out of 40
SAFE: Xochitl Gomez and Val Chmerkovskiy
DANCE STYLE: Tango (to “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)”)
JUDGES’ SCORE: 40 out of 40 (the first perfect score for an individual dance!)
SAFE: Charity Lawson and Artem Chigvintsev
DANCE STYLE: Viennese Waltz (to “I Will Always Love You”)
JUDGES’ SCORE: 36 out of 40
SAFE: Ariana Madix and Pasha Pashkov
DANCE STYLE: Paso Doble (to “Queen of the Night”)
JUDGES’ SCORE: 39 out of 40 (+ three bonus points for reaching the top of the leaderboard during last week’s episode)
ELIMINATED: Barry Williams and Peta Murgatroyd
DANCE STYLE: Rumba (to “Didn’t We Almost Have It All”)
JUDGES’ SCORE: 32 out of 40
It’s always hard to see a contestant go home on the night of their strongest performances, but Barry had been stagnating for a few unmemorable weeks before he had a breakthrough on Tuesday. It can be tough to make up for that difference with viewers’ votes, but Barry’s charisma and endless optimism were a joy to behold all season.
How do you feel about Barry getting the boot, Dancing fans? Tell us in a comment below!
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