Mariah Carey night on Dancing With the Stars delivered the vocals, the glamour, and a genuinely shocking elimination. Ciara Miller and her pro partner Brandon Armstrong performed a Jazz routine to“Emotions,”earned 21 out of 30 from the judges, and then got sent packing. Guillermo Rodriguez and Witney Carson and Jackson Olson and Emma Slater joined them in the bottom three, which means the results literally came down to the final reveal. The Summer House star danced well enough to survive on most nights, which is exactly why fans are spiraling.
On the flip side, Maura Higgins and Mark Ballas floated to the top of the leaderboard with the night’s highest score, a 25 out of 30, for their stunning Waltz to“If It’s Over.”Harry Shum Jr., Ezra Frech, and Jenna Dewan all pulled 24s, so the race for the mirrorball is tighter than ever. This season has already eliminated Conner Leavitt, Sarah Jane Nader, Giada De Laurentiis, and Taylor Hanson, and if this week proved anything, it’s that no one is safe.
New episodes air Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and Disney+, with next-day streaming on Hulu, so there is plenty more chaos to come. The big question: do you think Ciara deserved to go home, or did the voters get it completely wrong? Drop your take in the comments below.
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