Horror Movie Night held no fear for Maura Higgins on Dancing with the Stars in the US on Tuesday as she progressed to next week’s episode.
On Tuesday’s show on ABC, Higgins and her professional dance partner Mark Ballas danced Contemporary to Gerard McMahon’s Cry Little Sister from the film The Lost Boys.
Judge Bruno Tonioli said: “This girl, you throw a sack at her, it looks amazing.”
“You have a fantastic lyrical quality, and you are a magnetic performer,” he continued.
“Now, in Contemporary, now you have to learn to get everything from the ground through the body and really get it coming from the floor.”
Maura Higgins and Mark Ballas danced Contemporary to Gerard McMahon’s Cry Little Sister from the film The Lost Boys
Fellow judge Carrie Ann Inaba said: “I agree with Bruno. The way you make everything so alluring and beautiful, even if it’s dark, it’s very poetic that you do that.”
Judge Derek Hough said: “Maura, you are a phenomenal performer, and you made that weirdly and creepily seductive.”
He told the Longford woman to point her toes in Contemporary and extend her arms.
“But listen, you are so fun to watch. Still fun,” he concluded.
Maura Higgins was described as “a magnetic performer”
Guest judge Shirley Ballas, the mother of Higgins’s dance partner, said: “I like the dynamic parts where you use the height changes. You have the lifts; you go down towards the floor.”
“It was powerful. Your arms are getting quite better,” she continued.
Ballas told Higgins she needs to “rotate your feet a little bit more for flow”.
“Once you get that, everything will start to flow. But good job. Well done,” she concluded.
Maura Higgins and Mark Ballas received 32 points from the judges
After the judges’ comments, Higgins said she “weirdly loved” getting into character for the routine.
“I wish we could do this every week!” the reality TV star and model laughed.
Higgins and Ballas scored a nine from Inaba, eight from Hough, seven from Ballas, and eight from Tonioli for a total of 32 points.
Actor Harry Shum Jr and his professional dance partner Jenna Johnson topped the leaderboard with a perfect score of 40.
Maura Higgins said she “weirdly loved” getting into character for this week’s show
A double elimination saw reality star Tyler Cameron and his professional dance partner Sharna Burgess and baseball player Jackson Olson and his professional dance partner Emma Slater leave the dancefloor.
Next week is Disney Night.