{"id":118747,"date":"2025-11-05T05:38:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T05:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/118747\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T05:38:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T05:38:07","slug":"even-the-fan-favorite-team-competition-cant-prevent-a-shocking-elimination-on-rock-roll-hall-of-fame-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/118747\/","title":{"rendered":"Even The Fan-Favorite Team Competition Can\u2019t Prevent A Shocking Elimination On Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Night"},"content":{"rendered":"

SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from Tuesday night\u2019s episode of\u00a0Dancing with the Stars<\/a>, including who went home.<\/p>\n

Cue the air guitars, it\u2019s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Night in the ballroom.<\/p>\n

More from Deadline<\/p>\n

The eight remaining pairs have prepared routines to some of the genre\u2019s biggest hits including songs from Bon Jovi and Elton John. They\u2019re joined by Public Enemy\u2019s Flava Flav, who is guest judging the competition.<\/p>\n

In addition to performances from each of our pairs, there\u2019s also the team dance competition in store tonight, which will feature cohosts Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough for the first time ever.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s get into it!<\/p>\n

Reality TV star Dylan Efron and Daniella Karagach.\u00a0Dancing a jive to Elton John, these two are coming off some decent scores last week and, even though Efron is still recovering from his broken nose, they want to finally land a 10. They\u2019ll be dancing to \u201cI\u2019m Still Standing,\u201d which coincidentally featured judge Bruno Tonioli in the original music video. Incorporating some of Tonioli\u2019s dance moves from that video pays off, with the judge calling it \u201cabsolutely fabulous.\u201d SCORE:\u00a036 out of 40 (they got their 10, thanks to Flava Flav!)<\/p>\n

Social media personality Alix Earle with Val Chmerkovskiy.\u00a0Still reeling from their nearly perfect score last week, these two are dancing Paso Doble to \u201cLivin\u2019 On a Prayer\u201d by Bon Jovi tonight. The rockstar himself sends Earle and Chmerkovskiy a video wishing them luck, so this better be good! Turns out, they had nothing to worry about, because the judges ate it up. \u201cBe careful, she is almost too hot to handle,\u201d Tonioli warned pro Chmerkovskiy. SCORE:\u00a039 out of 40 (Flava Flav was the only 9)<\/p>\n

Comedian Andy Richter with partner Emma Slater.\u00a0Richter got choked up in rehearsals this week as he discussed his contemporary dance with Slater. The pro says the dance to \u201cGod Only Knows\u201d by The Beach Boys is all about their friendship. The comedian acknowledges he\u2019s going to have a harder time getting into the seriousness of the style but is committed to doing his best, as he always is! \u201cThank you for embracing this process,\u201d Derek Hough tells Richter after their performance. SCORE:\u00a030 out of 40 (another 9 from Flava Flav! Wild night at the judges\u2019 table!)<\/p>\n

Whitney Leavitt (The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives) with Mark Ballas. Winning last week\u2019s monster-thon kept them in second place on the leaderboard, but the pressure is on this week as they dance a paso doble to \u201cNo More Tears\u201d from Ozzy Osbourne. The three top couples are all performing the same style tonight, upping the ante for them all. Leavitt and Ballas\u2019 electric routine got the ballroom on their feet, and it left the judges stunned! \u201cThat paso, it rocked! It was classic. It was edgy. It was perfectly entangled and totally metal!\u201d Derek Hough gushed. Carrie Ann Inaba didn\u2019t like it as much as the others but still had overall positive things to say. SCORE:\u00a039 out of 40<\/p>\n

Danielle Fishel (Boy Meets World) with Pasha Pashkov.\u00a0The judges are looking from more emotion from the Boy Meets World star, which she really wants to bring to her contemporary to \u201cDream On\u201d by\u00a0Aerosmith this week. She admits that this style definitely doesn\u2019t come naturally, but she leaves it all out on the dance floor and is rewarded with overall positive comments from the judges. \u201cI felt the chills,\u201d Inaba said. Derek Hough says it felt \u201ca little disjointed,\u201d but she should still be proud. SCORE:\u00a034 out of 40<\/p>\n

Actor Elaine Hendrix with Alan Bersten.\u00a0After suffering an injury last week and having to forfeit her dance, Hendrix wants to come back swinging with a Viennese waltz to \u201cWhat the World Needs Now Is Love\u201d by\u00a0Dionne Warwick. While she\u2019s back in action, she did have to take a couple days off from dancing, which puts her at a bit of a disadvantage that she\u2019ll need to overcome if she wants to impress the judges. This is quite a flowy style to be accommodating Hendrix\u2019s rib pain (they aren\u2019t sure if she tore a muscle or just sprained it, but either way, something hurts), but somehow they get through it! \u201cThat really was a sumptuous performance,\u201d Tonioli raved. SCORE: 37 out of 40 (their first ever 10 from Flava Flav!)<\/p>\n

Olympic gold medalist Jordan Chiles with Ezra Sosa.\u00a0The harness gave Chiles a bit of trouble last week. Inaba said it was distracting. But, she and Sosa are ready to move onward and upward, so they\u2019re turning their focus to a jazz to\u00a0Ike\u00a0and\u00a0Tina Turner\u2019s \u201cRiver Deep \u2013 Mountain High.\u201d The dance ends with Chiles on the judges\u2019 table and the whole ballroom on their feet! \u201cYou\u2019re ballsy! You\u2019re ballsy and you take the risk and this one paid off,\u201d Inaba shouted. SCORE: 38 out of 40<\/p>\n

Wildlife conservationist Robert Irwin with Witney Carson.\u00a0They got two 10s last week, so they\u2019ll need to keep the momentum going with their paso doble to The White Stripes\u2019 \u201cIcky Thump\u201d tonight. Since Irwin is the lone male celebrity of the trio of top couples dancing a paso doble, he\u2019s got some tough competition in Ballas and Chmerkovskiy, which certainly makes him a little nervous. Not that he had anything to worry about! \u201cYou didn\u2019t just dominate, you owned this arena!\u201d Derek Hough told him. SCORE:\u00a038 out of 40<\/p>\n

Now, it\u2019s time for the team dance round. Leavitt and Ballas get immunity from next week\u2019s dance challenge based on having the highest total judges\u2019 points of the season, since they were tied this week at the top of the leaderboard with Earle and Chmerkovskiy.<\/p>\n

For the team dance round, Julianne Hough joined Team Kool, dancing to \u201cCelebration\u201d by Kool and the Gang, while Ribeiro was on Team Chicago dancing to \u201c25 or 6 to 4\u201d by Chicago \u2014\u00a0and both bands performed live on stage while the groups danced!<\/p>\n

\u201cTeam Chicago is the bomb diggity, baby!\u201d Flava Flav raved (which pretty much sums up all the judges\u2019 comments about the Bond-inspired dance). They got a perfect 40 out of 40.<\/p>\n

Team Kool had the judges on their feet as well, though Derek admitted that the other team was probably tighter technically. But, they had swagger. As Flava Flav said, \u201cTeam Kool was cooler than four blocks of ice cubes.\u201d The rest of the judges concurred. 38 out of 40.<\/p>\n

At this point in the competition, the eliminations are becoming pretty tough, but sadly someone\u2019s gotta go. This week\u2026who knows! The show was pre-empted briefly by ABC News, bringing viewers election coverage. But, fortunately, there was still time to get through the elimination.<\/p>\n

And, it was a shocking one! Danielle and Pasha were sent home this week, which it doesn\u2019t seem anyone expected.<\/p>\n

Next week is Dancing with the Stars 20th anniversary celebration!<\/p>\n

Best of Deadline<\/p>\n

Sign up for Deadline’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from Tuesday night\u2019s episode of\u00a0Dancing with the Stars, including who went home.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118748,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[61586,16813,45371,31259,46625,26059,83949,16811,26058,52604,83950,22524,61124,156,83948,43350,69662,111,139,69,35840,437,52158],"class_list":{"0":"post-118747","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-alfonso-ribeiro","9":"tag-alix-earle","10":"tag-andy-richter","11":"tag-bon-jovi","12":"tag-bruno-tonioli","13":"tag-carrie-ann-inaba","14":"tag-contemporary-dance","15":"tag-dancing-with-the-stars","16":"tag-derek-hough","17":"tag-dylan-efron","18":"tag-elaine-hendrix","19":"tag-elton-john","20":"tag-emma-slater","21":"tag-entertainment","22":"tag-flava-flav","23":"tag-julianne-hough","24":"tag-mark-ballas","25":"tag-new-zealand","26":"tag-newzealand","27":"tag-nz","28":"tag-reality-tv-star","29":"tag-tv","30":"tag-val-chmerkovskiy"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}