What To Know
- The November 2 episode of Dancing With the Stars was Disney-themed.
- The remaining eight couples danced to songs from Disney on Broadway and grouped together for two team dances.
- At the end of the night, the couple with the lowest combined judges’ scores and viewer votes will be eliminated.
November 2 marked Disney Night on Season 35 of Dancing With the Stars. This year, the remaining eight couples danced to songs from the Disney on Broadway playbook, and also hit the floor for two group freestyle dances.
Judges Carrie Ann Inaba, Derek Hough, and Bruno Tonioli were joined by special guest Cynthia Erivo to offer critiques, feedback, and, most importantly, hand out scores. Throughout the night, viewers can vote for their favorite stars, and the couple with the lowest combined scores and votes will be eliminated at the end of the live show.
Scroll down for live updates of the performances and to find out who goes home at the end of the night.
Amber Glenn and Pasha Pashkov — 34/40
First to hit the dance floor was Amber Glenn and Pasha Pashkov. They performed a quickstep to “A Star Is Born” from Hercules. Erivo weighed in first, telling the pair, “I just thought that was the most joyful thing ever to start this with.”
Tonioli pointed out one “little misstep” in the dance, but said it was “great” otherwise. Inaba praised Glenn for leading in the dance at one point, although she did also notice the misstep. “But otherwise I thought it was clean, crisp, and smooth!” she confirmed.
Hough called Glenn’s dancing “beautiful” and confirmed that a star was definitely born. With 8s from Inaba and Erivo and 9s from Hough and Tonioli, the dance scored a total of 34/40.
Maura Higgins and Mark Ballas — 32/40
Maura Higgins and Mark Ballas danced a jive to Peter Pan’s “You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly!” Tonioli praised Higgins for the way she interpreted and sold the dance. “The jive wasn’t bad at all, you just need to have a little elasticity through the legs because at times it looked flat-footed,” he added.
Inaba admitted that Higgins “energy” seemed low at some points, while Hough agreed, adding, “This is a hard dance to do in Week 8. Could’ve used a little more snap, crackle, pop, in the legs and the flicks, but overall, you’re a cinema to watch.” Erivo pointed out that she could see the worry on Higgins’ face at parts of the dance, too.
The dance earned four 8s for a total of 32/40 for Higgins and Ballas.
Tatyana Ali and Jan Ravnik — 33/40
For Disney Night, Tatyana Ali and Jan Ravnik were tasked with doing a contemporary to “Easy as Life” from Aida. The performance gave Inaba chills. “You danced with depth, true emotion,” she said. “I love the way you started sort of tepid and the passion grew and grew as the song went on. I thought that was a brilliant contemporary dance.”
Hough said he felt “connected” to Ali while she was dancing. “One note, though,” he added. “When you stretch, when you’re elongating your arms, moving forward, is hit the full extension, but reach further, and that’s where it should finish. It just feels a little under finished, if that makes sense. But I love watching you.”
Erivo also loved the emotion but gave some notes to Ali about “extending” in the future. Tonioli agreed and said, “Everything has to go through your body to infinity.” With a 9 from Inaba and 8s from the other judges, the total score for Ali was 33/40, her highest of the season so far.
Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Johnson — 40/40
After earning the first perfect score of the season last week, Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Johnson returned with a jazz to “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” from Mary Poppins.
Hough said Shum should be on Broadway. “You are such a fantastic performer, amazing dancer,” he gushed. “The choreography, the intricacy, you were perfectly in sync.” Inaba said “all the nuances were fantastic” and raved over how “precisely clean” everything about the performance was.
For the second week in a row, Shum earned a perfect score with a 40/40.
Dancing With the Stars, Season 35, Tuesdays, 8/7c, ABC and Disney+
