Dancing With the Stars contestants revisited a few of the most iconic moments in popular culture throughout Music Video Night.
The Tuesday, November 7, episode kicked off with visitor decide Paula Abdul coming into as her 1989 hit “Forever Your Girl” performed. Cohost Julianne Hough identified that Abdul, 61, was the excellent individual to assist decide the theme evening.
“You are one of the world’s biggest music video icons,” Hough, 35, informed the “Straight Up” singer. One of the contestants who most impressed Abdul was Vanderpump Rules star Ariana Madix.
“You were a dazzling mix of finesse and fury and you channeled Britney Spears seamlessly,” Abdul informed Madix, 38, after she and DWTS professional Pasha Pashkov carried out a Cha Cha to Spears’ 2001 tune “I’m a Slave 4 U.” Madix obtained nines from Bruno Tonioli, Derek Hough and Carrie Ann Inaba, however Abdul gave her an ideal 10.
Other contestants didn’t fare as properly throughout the episode. Inaba, 55, informed Harry Jowsey that his efficiency suffered after his backup dancers let him take middle stage. “Once the boys were no longer in front of you, it was not as good,” she informed Jowsey, 26, as the crowd booed.
Jowsey and his companion, Rylee Arnold, bought a go to from Lance Bass himself throughout rehearsal earlier than they danced to ’NSync’s “It’s Gonna Be Me.” However, Bass’ recommendation to Jowsey to “get out of your head and just perform” didn’t cease Jowsey and Arnold, 18, from being dissatisfied with their rating: sixes from all 4 judges.
At the finish of the evening, Barry Williams and Peta Murgatroyd and Jowsey and Arnold had the lowest scores of the evening. However, it was Lele Pons and her companion, Brandon Armstrong, who have been finally eradicated. Pons, 27, gushed that she was “so, so grateful” for the expertise whereas Armstrong, 29, stated, “This one burns.”
The couple with the highest rating of the evening, Madix and Pashkov, 37, is not going to should compete in subsequent week’s dance-off.
While they could not have been at the prime of the leaderboard, Alyson Hannigan and her companion, Sasha Farber, have been maybe the most improved duo of the evening. Inaba informed Hannigan, 49, that her Quickstep to Christina Aguilera’s “Candyman” was “by far [her] best dance” and stated she was “like a whole new girl” throughout the efficiency.
Tonioli, 67, informed the actress she “even had a little spring in her step,” which he stated she beforehand lacked. “Problem solved!” Tonioli decreed. Hannigan additionally obtained her first 9 of the competitors from Abdul.
In addition to the night’s partnered dances, the contestants additionally participated in a workforce dance-off. Jowsey, Pons, Xochitl Gomez, Charity Lawson and their professional companions danced to “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)” by the Backstreet Boys whereas Hannigan, Jason Mraz, Madix, Williams, 69, and their companions carried out to “Gangnam Style” by PSY.
After struggling throughout his jazz routine with Arnold, Jowsey redeemed himself throughout the group dance. Derek, 38, was so impressed by Jowsey’s efficiency throughout the group quantity that he bought up and hugged him.
Derek then informed Jowsey he’d “figured out” his energy. “You’re not a soloist, you’re a team player,” he stated. Jowsey’s workforce obtained an ideal rating of 40 from the judges whereas the reverse workforce obtained a 37.
Keep scrolling to see all the performers’ scores from Music Video Night:
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