'Dancing with the Stars': A celeb bags her pro partner and is sent home on Disney night

'Dancing with the Stars': A celeb bags her pro partner and is sent home on Disney night


Disney Night is back at the ballroom, and the production doesn't disappoint: The opener stars Broadway's Michael James Scott as the Genie in “A Friend Like Me.” Aladdin When the group absolutely melded with Mandy Moore's choreography.

So no fuss, crowd! Judge Carrie Ann Inaba only wants love in the house tonight.

NBA champion Dwight Howard with partner Daniela Karagach. Howard suffered some serious stage fright last week, which affected his performance and pushed him down the leaderboard. He must control his anxiety! He must have done something, because his tango is one Wreck-It Ralph Sur was filled with joy. The audience was impressed! Inba, however, was not. “The way you've managed to get through the tango is so impressive that it needs to be celebrated,” he said. “But you had a lot of mistakes and you stopped a lot of time.” Score: 24 out of 30

Phaedra Park (Real Housewives of Atlanta) with partner Val Chmerkovskiy. Park's partner has vowed to “revive the good engine” this week by encouraging his celebrity partner to tap into his villainous side for their jazz routine. She got a little testy at rehearsals — Parks called her “squeamish” — but he got her ready to dance in “Cruella de Vil.” 101 Dalmatian. However, the competition is much tougher for him. “That dance was devilishly delightful,” said judge Derek Hough. “The choreography was smart, the concept was complete. It felt like a Broadway show. A few times I thought you were waiting for him. But you exuded so much confidence.” Score: 24 out of 30

Jane Tran (bachelorette) with partner Sasha Farber: Fun fact: Farber says he started DWTS Luckily, playing a crab, he opted not to dress as a crustacean for his romantic – but not flob-free – rumba rendition of “Kiss the Girl”. The Little Mermaid. “Honestly, I'm actually kind of disappointed we didn't get the crab Sasha,” Hough said. “It was beautiful. Jane, I really see your improvement every week. Moving forward, focus on the hips, but on the rib cage. Score: 24 out of 30

olympian Stephen Nedorowski with partner Riley Arnold: Pick up the phone: The guy on the pommel horse hasn't gotten a spray tan yet? The Olympian is finally brown-sugared for her tongue-in-cheek performance from “A Star Is Born.” Hercules. But it wasn't a solid effort, despite host Alfonso Ribeiro declaring. “What a fantastic way to start the night. You danced like a hero … but a bit far from a hero,” said Inaba. “You've got a bit of a musical head.” Score: 24 out of 30

Julianne Hough, Stephen Nedorosik, Riley Arnold (Disney/Eric McCandless)

Olympic rugby player Ilona Maher with partner Alan Bursten. Fun! Maher opened his jazz number by holding a giant earth balloon before hoisting Burstein, dressed as a donkey, on his shoulders. This is a song inspired by Badass Luisa Madrigal the charmAnd he is the perfect one to perform it. “There's no secret why you're a crowd favorite,” says Huff. “You are very impressive when you dance. Tonight is about embodying these characters and you did just that. My only note is to balance the difference between storytelling and dancing. I want to see some more dancing.” Score: 25 out of 30

bachelorJoey Graziadei with partner Jenna Johnson. Apparently, Graziadi always wanted to play a shirtless Tarzan on TV. He came to the right show! The bachelor managed to get down — but for his animated samba — while rocking a messy wig and holding onto his goofy grin. “You are Tarzan. I am glad to see you,” said judge Bruno Tonioli. “Listen, samba is one of the hardest performances … it needs music and it needs to look natural. You did all that.” Score: 25 out of 30

Super Bowl champion Danny Amendola with partner Whitney Carson. No silly little character from a Disney animated movie for Amendola! Baller managed to jazz up N'SYNC's “Bye Bye Bye.” Deadpool and Wolverine. Their “reenactment” of the fight scene from the movie looked harmless, even though he had to flip his partner around and slide across the floor. At least the judges were impressed. “Deadpool and all that jazz is the musical! You should pitch it to Ryan Reynolds,” Tonioli said. “I love the fact that you included everything from the beginning of the movie. It worked, it was powerful. A great tribute to Marvel's excitement.” score: 27 out of 30

Chandler Kinney (Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin) with partner Brandon Armstrong. Kinney was buggin' about the “dig deep” comment from last week's judges' stage, and it certainly didn't help when friend/actor Milo Manheim showed up at rehearsals and made sure the trio was hard on him. So he uses his frustration to use his Paso Doble to Disney's “We Own the Night.” zombie Voting Rights “I know it can be hard to hear what we say,” Inaba said. “What makes me happy is when I'm proven wrong. You come out on this dance floor and throw down like nobody's business! It was a passionate and powerful performance.” Score: 27 out of 30

Kinney earned immunity for the next week because her judges' scores over the past six weeks were higher than the other duo's.

Team dance round

The team roared Danced to “I Just Can't Wait to Be King” featuring Amendola, Nedorosick, Parks and Howard Mufasa: The Lion King. Parks looked a little too much for the direction of Chermkowski and his fellow celebrities, but Nedoroszczyk had some more swagger and Howard was his usual charming Howard — especially when he lifted the boy on the pommel horse above his head. “Great pictures, you've managed to make some very nice pictures,” Tonioli said. “You always have to be completely in sync on time, but sync wasn't always great.” Score: 24 out of 30

Team Goofs Featuring Maher, Kinney, Tran and Graziadei. Described by Farber as “one big pow-dye” on the dance floor, their performance of “Eye to Eye” from the movie Goofy featured the women in black hot pants and the duo in neon green jumpsuits. They were right to trash Team Roar before their numbers; The goofs were so … so … good. “It was so tight and so clean and so well-rehearsed,” Hough said. “That was brilliant! Well done.” Score: 27 out of 30

Team dance scores are added to individual scores. And hey, it was another record breaking episode while voting!

The bottom three were Park, Tran, and Nedorowskyk. Parks was sent home.

“Bal is the best coach ever. I want to thank her for being patient and allowing me to explore dance,” she said.


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