{"id":94480,"date":"2025-10-22T15:13:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T15:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/94480\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T15:13:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T15:13:09","slug":"dwts-fans-are-applauding-elaine-hendrix-for-calling-out-judges-scoring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/94480\/","title":{"rendered":"‘DWTS’ Fans Are Applauding Elaine Hendrix for Calling Out Judges’ Scoring"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dancing With the Stars fans are cheering on Elaine Hendrix after The Parent Trap actress called out the judges\u2019 inconsistent scoring<\/a> in Season 34. <\/p>\n

After receiving just a 30\/40 for her foxtrot to \u201cThis Will Be (An Everlasting Love)\u201d on Dedication Night, despite the judges\u2019 effusive praise, Hendrix spoke candidly with pro partner Alan Bersten at the top of their package for Tuesday\u2019s Wicked Night<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t understand the scoring,\u201d she told the pro dancer, adding, \u201cOther people were given good comments and got higher scores, and I was given lower scores.\u201d<\/p>\n

A flashback to Dedication Night<\/a> showed Bersten assuring Hendrix that the scores had not matched her performance, and he told her during Tuesday\u2019s episode it was \u201cnot like [she was] just not trying.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"DANCING WITH THE STARS \u2013 \u201cWicked Night\u201d \u2013 Special guest judge Jon M. Chu, director of last year\u2019s Oscar\u00ae-winning \u201cWicked\u201d and this year\u2019s epic \u201cWicked: For Good,\u201d joins the panel to provide expert insights as the couples dance to the films\u2019 iconic soundtracks in the Ozdust Ballroom. TUESDAY, OCT. 21 (8:00-10:00 p.m. EDT) on ABC. (Disney\/Eric McCandless) ALAN BERSTEN, ELAINE HENDRIX<\/p>\n

\u201cYou were hit by a car,\u201d he reminded Hendrix, who revealed to the audience that she had to have a titanium joint implanted into her right foot after a grisly car crash. With half of that foot rendered \u201cunusable,\u201d Hendrix said she didn\u2019t want her injury to keep her down in the competition. \u201cI don\u2019t want to let it stop me,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Dancing With the Stars fans quickly took to social media to praise Hendrix for calling out the judges, with one person writing<\/a>, \u201cElaine calling out the judges for lowballing her scores and not other people\u2019s is SO REAL TO ME. DO IT AGAIN.\u201d Another added<\/a>, \u201cEXACTLY ELAINE MAMA CALL OUT THE SCORING.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite her complaints, viewers complained online that Hendrix and Bersten\u2019s Wicked Night contemporary performance to \u201cDefying Gravity\u201d was also underscored, receiving just a 36\/40 after moving judge Carrie Ann Inaba to tears.<\/p>\n

Praising the dance as \u201csomething special,\u201d Inaba said during the judging, \u201cI just burst into tears just because you were so purely in this moment. There are these moments that happen on this show that are magical\u2014that no one will ever forget how it made them feel. When you danced and you reached\u2014and that passion. It was beauty, elegance and you just dug into my soul and I am so proud of you.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Elsewhere in the evening, both Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Whitney Leavitt and Olympic gymnast Jordan Chiles were awarded 10s<\/a> from the judges for their quickstep to \u201cPopular\u201d and rumba to \u201cFor Good,\u201d respectively. <\/p>\n

Despite the complaint online, Hendrix seemed thrilled with her Wicked Night score, declaring proudly, \u201cI am 54, I am injured and I just did that!\u201d<\/p>\n

Bersten praised his partner following their performance, saying, \u201cElaine\u2019s determination and her perseverance is just so incredible and so inspiring, and I feel so lucky to be partnered with her.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dancing With the Stars airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and Disney+, and streams the next day on Hulu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dancing With the Stars fans are cheering on Elaine Hendrix after The Parent Trap actress called out the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94481,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[6761,16811,156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":{"0":"post-94480","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-abc","9":"tag-dancing-with-the-stars","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-new-zealand","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz","14":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94480","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=94480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}