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2 Mira Sorvino & Gleb Savchenko Week 1 - "Kiss" (Cha-Cha): 5 Week 2 - "Bailando" (Salsa): 8 Week 3 - "Let's Get It On" (Rumba): 10 Week 4 - "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" (Waltz): 15 Week 5 - "Time After Time" (Contemporary): 12 + Waltz - Cha-Cha

Shayne Ward & Nancy Xu - "Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use)" (Cha-Cha): 7 Sarah Hadland & Vito Coppola - "Birds of a Feather" (Foxtrot): 6 Nick Knowles & Luba Mushtuk - "Rain on the Roof" (Charleston): 4 Jamie Borthwick & Michelle Tsiakkas - "Danza Kuduro" (Salsa): 7 Wynne Evans & Katya Jones - "Money, Money, Money" (Tango): 7 Dr. Punam Krishnan & Gorka Márquez - "2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)" (Jive): 5 Paul Merson & Karen Hauer - "I Won't Dance" (Quickstep): 5 JB Gill & Amy Dowden - "You Might Need Somebody" (Rumba): 8 Chris McCausland & Dianne Buswell - "Down Under" (Salsa): 7 Montell Douglas & Johannes Radebe - "Nobody Gets Me" (Viennese Waltz): 9 Sam Quek & Nikita Kuzmin - "Hips Don't Lie" (Samba): 7 Pete Wicks & Jowita Przystał - "Town Called Malice" (Quickstep): 7 Tasha Ghouri & Aljaž Škorjanec - "Unhealthy" (Charleston): 10

Finally sat down and got to writing out my thoughts about this last week's dances! I thought this was the oddest scoring week of the season so far and Shayne hitting the bottom 2 really surprised me, especially because I thought he was one of the better dancers out of the middle-of-the-pack couples this year. I'm hoping he can stick around for a little longer because I'm really enjoying him thus far 1. Tasha & Aljaž - Charleston: I mean, come on. She's such a juggernaut it's not even funny. My literal only complaint here is that this was such an odd song for a Charleston lol. She has so much precision, character, and just an understanding of technical nuance that people never exhibit on these shows. Like, this was almost an AJ Odudu level Charleston. Beautiful work! 39/40 2. Montell & Johannes - Viennese Waltz: FINALLY This was the breakout moment I've been waiting for from Montell and I'm so happy it came at this time. She's probably the most graceful dancer on this year and it really shone through with this routine (Jojo's VWs are always just so clean and pretty)! Amazing footwork, great hold, really beautiful turns and just such a strong dance from her. My only criticism is that I feel she had some stiffness to her body and her face, which does work for this style, but I think it could've really skyrocketed with some more fluidity and dimension. Still, excellent. Also, baffled that this scored lower than Wynne and Jamie! Ridiculous! 36/40 3. JB & Amy - Rumba: Another solid dance from JB (and lowkey an underscored one)! I think he beautifully sold the character of the dance and had some really great technique to go with it. I thought some of the Rumba posing needed smoother transitions on his end, as there was some stop-go moments in his dancing whereas Amy's was clearly more fluid. Even then, it wasn't that glaring of an issue to me. My favorite from him thus far! 33/40 4. Shayne & Nancy - Cha-Cha: Such a huge improvement for his Latin, like this is leagues better than the Samba. This was just suchhhh a joyful dance to me His footwork is so strong lately, and this was super fun, but my issue with him not fully performing (visibly counting, kinda just straight-faced for some passages) is still there. Agree about his arm placements not fully sticking as well. But I'm still rooting for him! 30/40 5. Jamie & Michelle - Salsa: Who the hell costumed this... cargo shorts for a Salsa is CRAZY Anyway, I love Jamie, but he's still got these messy edges to his dancing that I want him to iron out. He's one of my favorite males this year, and even with my bias I found this overscored? The lifts and tricks were especially messy to me with pretty noticeable mistakes, almost like there's some weight placement or leg placement that needs to be fixed. Still, his energy is insanely infectious and I think he's such a joy to watch. And the good parts were really good (like 9 level imo), so I think this had the bones of an excellent Salsa, but the mistakes were just pretty glaring to me. 30/40 6. Sam & Nikita - Samba: I enjoyed this from Sam, but it also left me feeling kind of conflicted...? I agree with Wally that these Samba rolls were not the best and that the routine got awkward / lost some steam near the end. But, at the same time, I actually thought the footwork was really strong and some of her cleanest dancing thus far. She seemed to be having fun for a lot of it, and I just really connected with this one in spite of the mistakes! 29/40 7. Wynne & Katya - Tango: His best so far. I don't think I'm really loving him as much as the judges are because I, like Jamie's, found this crazy overscored, though I agree about it being his best. His technique is at its best here and I liked his characterization, but he still has these rough edges to his limbs & extensions that really didn't work for how sharp Tangos are supposed to be. I think he also had the same issue as Shayne did this week with the facial expressions at times, I could see him fall out of the performance and thinking his way through the steps. But there was still a strength to this dance and his demeanor that I really enjoyed, so I'm rooting for his improvement. 29/40 8. Chris & Dianne - Salsa: I enjoyed this one a lot from Chris! This is absolutely the most fun routine from him and the most he's performed so far. There were definitely some clear foot missteps and sync issues throughout the course of the routine but Dianne gave him a hard routine and I think he executed it much better than I would've expected him to. He did really well with the sheer amount of lifts (and hard lifts, at that!) which I think also really kept the fluidity of the dance intact even in his messier sections. Agree with the general sentiment that he's quickly becoming a top winner contender. 28/40 9. Pete & Jowita - Quickstep: Quite the improvement from whatever the hell he had going on last week Much more graceful and in-tune with Jowita and just a really vast technical improvement here I will say though, he has this tendency to over-attack his moves and it creates these awkward poses or stomps in his dancing that honestly make me giggle (but also take me out of the dance lol), and while it was lessened this week, it was still there. He's improving though. 27/40 10. Sarah & Vito - Foxtrot: Not my favorite from Sarah here, unfortunately. It was quite hesitant and stop-go for me, thought I do think her turns are some of the best on this cast and she has some beautiful legwork when it's at its best. I did love the emotion of the dance and how she was performing it, especially with how pretty this song is! Sadly, though, it just felt under par from her standard in the competition at this point, and not as great as a lot of other dances this week. A noticeable step down. 26/40 11. Dr. Punam & Gorka - Jive: Ohhh Punam After such a strong week last week, I was sad to see how nervous she was throughout a lot of this routine. She had quite a few visible mistakes in there and I think she had this anxious stiffness to her that really made the dance feel wonky. I think the judges were a bit harsh on her because this was definitely better than Nick's, and I think she was really trying to put on a great performance, but yeah this wasn't a great week for her. I hope she can bounce back next week. 22/40 12. Paul & Karen - Quickstep: Hmm I'm not 100% sure how I feel about this one. I think my issue is actually more the choreography, there really wasn't much hold so there wasn't much true Quickstep for me to say whether or not he's good in hold...? I think this was more elegant than usual for him, but still quite choppy and he seemed to not really be with the music for a lot of the routine. I can commend the grace he had this go around, but there wasn't much connection with Karen and he didn't really keep up in my opinion. 22/40 13. Nick & Luba - Charleston: I really do feel for Nick with his injury, and I know it's obviously affecting his ability, but this one was just not very good. The first half was much better than the rest, but even that was rather stiff and by the numbers for me. He seemed to really lose steam and the end of the routine and he didn't seem to be really in the dance at all. I'm sad for him, but it was his time to go (and I hope he can heal well!). 18/40

1 Mira Sorvino & Gleb Savchenko Week 1 - "Kiss" (Cha-Cha): 9 Week 2 - "Bailando" (Salsa): 10 Week 3 - "Let's Get It On" (Rumba): 10 Week 4 - "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" (Waltz): 11 Week 5 - "Time After Time" (Contemporary): 10 + Waltz - Cha-Cha

5 Adrian Peterson & Britt Stewart Week 3 - "I Want You Back" (Quickstep): 0 Week 4 - "Baby Mine" (Viennese Waltz): 40 + Viennese Waltz

5 Chandler Kinney & Brandon Armstrong - "We're Not Gonna Take It" (Jive): 15 Brooks Nader & Gleb Savchenko - "Nothin' But a Good Time" (Cha-Cha): 9 Stephen Nedoroscik & Rylee Arnold - "Here I Go Again" (Foxtrot): 13 Jenn Tran & Sasha Farber - "The Final Countdown" (Paso Doble): 15 Phaedra Parks & Val Chmerkovskiy - "You Give Love a Bad Name" (Paso Doble): 3 Joey Graziadei & Jenna Johnson - "Rock You Like a Hurricane" (Tango): 55 + Joey & Jenna - Phaedra & Val

4 Adrian Peterson & Britt Stewart Week 3 - "I Want You Back" (Quickstep): 1 Week 4 - "Baby Mine" (Viennese Waltz): 39 + Viennese Waltz

4 Chandler Kinney & Brandon Armstrong - "We're Not Gonna Take It" (Jive): 15 Brooks Nader & Gleb Savchenko - "Nothin' But a Good Time" (Cha-Cha): 9 Stephen Nedoroscik & Rylee Arnold - "Here I Go Again" (Foxtrot): 12 Jenn Tran & Sasha Farber - "The Final Countdown" (Paso Doble): 15 Phaedra Parks & Val Chmerkovskiy - "You Give Love a Bad Name" (Paso Doble): 5 Joey Graziadei & Jenna Johnson - "Rock You Like a Hurricane" (Tango): 54 + Joey & Jenna - Phaedra & Val

3 Danny Amendola & Witney Carson - "Livin' on a Prayer" (Paso Doble): 1 Chandler Kinney & Brandon Armstrong - "We're Not Gonna Take It" (Jive): 15 Brooks Nader & Gleb Savchenko - "Nothin' But a Good Time" (Cha-Cha): 9 Stephen Nedoroscik & Rylee Arnold - "Here I Go Again" (Foxtrot): 12 Jenn Tran & Sasha Farber - "The Final Countdown" (Paso Doble): 15 Phaedra Parks & Val Chmerkovskiy - "You Give Love a Bad Name" (Paso Doble): 6 Joey Graziadei & Jenna Johnson - "Rock You Like a Hurricane" (Tango): 52 + Joey & Jenna - Danny & Witney

3 Adrian Peterson & Britt Stewart Week 3 - "I Want You Back" (Quickstep): 3 Week 4 - "Baby Mine" (Viennese Waltz): 37 + Viennese Waltz

Week 4 prediction form! Week 4 Questions (Open-ended answers, 2 points each): - Who will open the episode? Ilona & Alan - Who will close the episode? Stephen & Rylee - Who will be at the top of the leaderboard? (Can choose only TWO celebs) Chandler, Joey - Who will be at the bottom of the leaderboard? (Can choose only TWO celebs) Brooks, Phaedra - Will the first 4 performances consist of more male celebs, more female celebs or an equal amount? Equal - Will the 5th performer be a male or a female celeb? Female - Will the last 4 performances consist of more male celebs, more female celebs or an equal amount? Equal - What number paddle will be given the most from all the judges? 8 - What will be the highest number paddle given? 10 - What will be the lowest number paddle given? 7 - Which celeb will increase in points the most from last week? Ilona - Which celeb will decrease in points the most from last week? Brooks - How many celebs will increase in points from last week? 5 - How many celebs will decrease in points from last week? 2 - How many celebs will score the same this week as last week? 2 - How many celebs will Mark Ballas score higher than all of the judges? 1 - How many dances will all the judges score the same? 4 - How many dances will feature backup dancers? 2 - Will Mark wear his hair tied back/in a bun or wear it out? Out - Will Derek & Hayley perform their dance in the first hour or second hour of the show? 2nd - If given, who will be the first judge to give a 10? Carrie Ann - If given, which celeb will be the first to get a 10? Chandler - If given, who will be the celebrity to get a perfect 40? Chandler - What will be the highest score of the night? (Scores out of 40) 38 - What will be the lowest score of the night? (Scores out of 40) 28 - Which three couples will be the last couples awaiting the final result? Brooks & Gleb, Phaedra & Val, Danny & Witney - Which couple will be eliminated? Brooks & Gleb Battle of the Dance Styles (Open-ended answers, 2 points each): (Note: You can also list a tie if you think a tie will happen. You'll only get points for a tie if a tie happens.) Contemporary: (Chandler or Danny) - Who will have the highest scoring Contemporary? Chandler - Who will have the lowest scoring Contemporary? Danny Rumba: (Dwight, Ilona or Phaedra) - Who will have the highest scoring Rumba? Ilona - Who will have the lowest scoring Rumba? Phaedra Predict the Disney Night Group routine members, 2 points each): (You can place only 8 celebs in each group of 4, leaving out 1 celeb from these predictions) Team #1: Chandler & Brandon, Danny & Witney, Phaedra & Val, Stephen & Rylee Team #2: Dwight & Daniella, Ilona & Alan, Jenn & Sasha, Joey & Jenna Yes or No questions (1 points each): - Will Alfonso & Julianne do a dance together at some point in the show? No - Will Carrie Ann call out a lift? No - Will Carrie Ann cry for any of the dances? Yes - Will Derek sing a song (danced to from one of the couples) in any of his comments? No - Will Bruno flirt with a male celeb? No - Will Brooks feature or dance with her sisters at any point in her Salsa? No - Will Chandler hug her mother after her Contemporary? Yes - Will Dwight hug his kids for his after his dance? Yes - Will any of Ilona's women's national rugby sevens team members come by to visit her in her dance rehearsals? Yes - Will Joey's fiancé Kelsey be featured at any point in Joey's Viennese Waltz dance? Yes - Will Jenn get a surprise video message from Taylor Swift? No - Will Phaedra cry talking about her mother? No - Will any of the Team USA Men's gymnastics team be in the audience rooting Stephen on? Yes - Will any of the main judges give a 10? Yes - Will Mark Ballas give a 10? No - Will a perfect 40 be given? No - Will there be a tie at the top of the leaderboard? No - Will there be a tie at the bottom of the leaderboard? Yes Predict the Week 5 Disney Night Dances: (Since no theme was mentioned on tonight's show, we'll just continue to guess the dance styles as is. +2 for each correct style guess, +1 for the right category of dance guessed correctly.) Brooks & Gleb: (danced so far: Tango, Quickstep, Rumba, Cha-Cha, Salsa) Waltz Chandler & Brandon: (danced so far: Tango, Rumba, Cha-Cha, Jive, Contemporary) Quickstep Danny & Witney: (danced so far: Tango, Jive, Foxtrot, Paso Doble, Contemporary) Rumba Dwight & Daniella: (danced so far: Salsa, Foxtrot, Cha-Cha, Paso Doble, Rumba) Contemporary Ilona & Alan: (danced so far: Cha-Cha, Salsa, Foxtrot, Jive, Rumba) Jazz Jenn & Sasha: (danced so far: Cha-Cha, Tango, Viennese Waltz, Paso Doble, Foxtrot) Contemporary Joey & Jenna: (danced so far: Cha-Cha, Rumba, Jive, Tango, Viennese Waltz) Paso Doble Phaedra & Val: (danced so far: Cha-Cha, Foxtrot, Quickstep, Paso Doble, Rumba) Viennese Waltz Stephen & Rylee: (danced so far: Jive, Paso Doble, Quickstep, Foxtrot, Argentine Tango) Jazz

2 Adrian Peterson & Britt Stewart Week 3 - "I Want You Back" (Quickstep): 5 Week 4 - "Baby Mine" (Viennese Waltz): 35 + Viennese Waltz

2 Danny Amendola & Witney Carson - "Livin' on a Prayer" (Paso Doble): 2 Chandler Kinney & Brandon Armstrong - "We're Not Gonna Take It" (Jive): 15 Brooks Nader & Gleb Savchenko - "Nothin' But a Good Time" (Cha-Cha): 9 Stephen Nedoroscik & Rylee Arnold - "Here I Go Again" (Foxtrot): 12 Jenn Tran & Sasha Farber - "The Final Countdown" (Paso Doble): 15 Phaedra Parks & Val Chmerkovskiy - "You Give Love a Bad Name" (Paso Doble): 8 Joey Graziadei & Jenna Johnson - "Rock You Like a Hurricane" (Tango): 49 + Joey & Jenna - Danny & Witney

1 Tasha Ghouri & Aljaž Škorjanec - "What Was I Made For?" (Rumba): 128 Sarah Hadland & Vito Coppola - "Hedwig's Theme" (Viennese Waltz): 2 + Tasha & Aljaž

1 Adrian Peterson & Britt Stewart Week 1 - "Yeah!" (Salsa): 2 Week 2 - "Taki Taki" (Samba): 0 Week 3 - "I Want You Back" (Quickstep): 7 Week 4 - "Baby Mine" (Viennese Waltz): 31 + Viennese Waltz - Samba