{"id":145294,"date":"2025-11-20T20:40:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T20:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/145294\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T20:40:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T20:40:07","slug":"alix-earle-chats-about-making-dwts-finale-while-getting-unready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/145294\/","title":{"rendered":"Alix Earle Chats About Making \u2018DWTS\u2019 Finale While Getting \u2018Unready\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"tagStyle_oeqfd7-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_jhehlimjw\">Alix Earle\u2019s Dancing With The Stars journey is on its final lap, as the content creator and SI Swimsuit digital cover model prepares for the Season 34 finale next Tuesday, Nov. 25. However, following the penultimate episode of the nearly three-month-long competition, the 24-year-old New Jersey native took to social media to reflect on her growth throughout its 11 weeks on-air. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_oeqfd7-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_48j4vdby9\">While taking off her makeup, Earle began by discussing the show\u2019s \u201c<a class=\"tagStyle_oeqfd7-o_O-style_o031dp\" href=\"https:\/\/lifestyle.si.com\/celebrities\/dancing-with-the-stars-season-34-episode-10-live-recap?utm_source=RSS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Prince Night<\/a>.\u201d Alongside her partner Val Chmerkovskiy, the pair performed an Argentine Tango set to \u201cLittle Red Corvette\u201d and a Viennese Waltz to \u201cPurple Rain\u201d as a tribute to the legendary artist. They finished the night with a total score of 58\/60. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_oeqfd7-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_liv3wf2af\">\u201cI just didn\u2019t know if tonight was gonna be our last time dancing together,&#8221; Earle told her followers on <a class=\"tagStyle_oeqfd7-o_O-style_o031dp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/t\/ZTreFsHVU\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok<\/a> and <a class=\"tagStyle_oeqfd7-o_O-style_o031dp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DRQzX32j4eX\/?igsh=NGJyb3F5eHhkdGcz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>. She continued, \u201cI feel like there\u2019s still so much more I want to do and try.\u201d The duo survived elimination and will perform a trio of new routines for the competition\u2019s three-hour finale. One of those routines will be a brand new style, which Chmerkovskiy <a class=\"tagStyle_oeqfd7-o_O-style_o031dp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@kepneravery\/video\/7574392235937090847\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">revealed<\/a> will be a samba. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_oeqfd7-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_h18z8kcl6\">However, before she returned to the ballroom, Earle took a moment of gratitude for her experience on the long-time competition show, which she deemed a \u201cdream of a lifetime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_oeqfd7-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_puo0m61sy\">Earle explained, \u201cThis Dancing with the Stars journey has truly just changed my life. Like, I am gonna come out of this such a different person than I was going in. I think it\u2019s been the best thing for me that I could have ever done.\u201d The model continued, \u201cAfter week one, I mean, I just didn\u2019t know how far I would make it in this, but I knew I was going to give it my all and try my hardest and just dedicate this time to dance, and we somehow got to the finale. And the hard work is not stopping now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_oeqfd7-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_lm0nwuphg\">Earle and Chmerkovskiy will compete against fellow <a class=\"tagStyle_oeqfd7-o_O-style_o031dp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DRQRK9bkibc\/?igsh=MTE1cTA5NDBxNHZscg==\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">finalist<\/a> celebrity contestants, Robert Irwin, Dylan Efron, Elaine Hendrix and SI Swimsuit cover girl, Jordan Chiles\u2014and their respective professional partners\u2014for the Mirror Ball Trophy when the DWTS finale debuts on ABC and Disney+ (next day on Hulu) on Nov. 25 at 8 p.m. ET.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_oeqfd7-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_xeqrfqnzm\">And for the viewers who have rooted for Earle and Chmerkovskiy along the way, the content creator left a message in the candid video that expressed her appreciation: \u201cI just wanted to say thank you guys for voting and giving us here. I will not let you down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More Lifestyle &amp; Celeb:<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alix Earle\u2019s Dancing With The Stars journey is on its final lap, as the content creator and SI&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":145295,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":{"0":"post-145294","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-new-zealand","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz","12":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145294","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=145294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}