Fifth Harmony singer Lauren Jauregui<\/a> was the third contestant to be sent home, and the first true shock elimination of the season. (When asked how she felt about the result, she simply replied, \u201cPissed.\u201d)<\/p>\nThe competition\u2019s other Miami contestant, Alix Earle, has had a very different journey, going on to become a top competitor on the show. Last week, she earned a spot in the show\u2019s semi-finals, against Olympic gymnast Jordan Chiles, Traitors star Dylan Efron, actress Elaine Hendrix, conservationist Robert Irwin, and Secret Lives of Mormon Wives cast member Whitney Leavitt.<\/p>\n
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Earle\u2019s two competitive dances on Tuesday night\u2019s episode determined whether she would advance to the show\u2019s finale on November 25. For Prince night, she and her partner, Val Chmerkovskiy, danced the Argentine tango to \u201cLittle Red Corvette\u201d and the Viennese waltz to \u201cPurple Rain.\u201d<\/p>\n
The first performance got high praise, but judge Bruno Tonioli pointed out some missteps. \u201cI could see it in your face, actually, when you missed it,\u201d he said. Still, he added, \u201cYou have the potential to go all the way to the end.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fellow judges Derek Hough and Carrie Ann Inaba agreed, saying the content creator was the most improved contestant of the season. Earle earned a score of 28 out of 30 for the performance.<\/p>\n
She faired even better during her second dance. \u201cI have no doubt that we\u2019re going to see you in those finals,\u201d said Hough.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou delivered what I wanted: the perfect combination of motion and emotion,\u201d added Tonioli. Inaba, perhaps the toughest judge of the bunch, said the performance would \u201cgo down in history\u201d \u2014 a critique that took on more significance when she called the current season \u201cthe most challenging and the most competitive\u201d in the show\u2019s 34-season history. Earle\u2019s second performance got 10s across the board.<\/p>\n
The judges don\u2019t have the final say, however. Audience votes play a major role in determining who will take home the mirrorball trophy in next week\u2019s three-hour finale, and tonight, the audience determined Earle would move on to compete against Hendrix, Irwin, and Efron. Leavitt was eliminated. <\/p>\n
Earle will face tough competition in the finale: Irwin \u2014 a part of the DWTS family since his sister won the 21st season ten years ago \u2014 is a favorite of fans and the judges. Efron and partner Daniella Karagach are coming off the heels of one of the most memorable dances of the season last week. Chiles and Hendrix are underdogs in a competition where fans love a comeback story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alix Earle and dance partner Joey Graziadei compete on Dancing With the Stars. Photo by Disney\/Eric McCandless Editor\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294696,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,134,1314,427],"class_list":["post-294695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-social-media","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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