TV IN HIGH HEELS: DANCING WITH THE STARS RECAP FOR OCTOBER 31, 2016
Hello and welcome to Dancing With The Stars on ABC. Tonight is Halloween night for our dancers. Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews are hosting, Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli, Len Goodman and Julianne Hough are judging.
We open with an epically spooky group dance number. Sharna Burgess is injured, so she is out for the night. The couple with the highest score will win immunity.
Celebrity: Terra Jolle
Claim To Fame: Reality star
Pro: Sasha Farber
Dance: Cha cha cha
Sammi: I cannot say enough that I love this couple. Not only do they have a great sense of humor and awesome chemistry, but they put their all into everything. They didn’t just dance, they put on a freaking SHOW!
Julianne: They set the mood and tone for the night…but she wants more!
Carrie Ann: She wants more!
Bruno: He enjoyed it as well.
Score:8-8-8=24 out of 30
Celebrity: Laurie Hernandez
Claim To Fame: Olympic gymnast
Pro: Val Chmerkovskiy
Dance: Viennese Waltz
Sammi: Beautiful. Classy. Enchanting. I can see why everyone was in tears, because it brought a tear to my eye as well.
Bruno: It was a Viennese wonder waltz.
Carrie Ann: She tearfully says how much she loved it.
Julianne: A childlike dream enchantment.
Score: PERFECT SCORE
Celebrity: Marilu Henner
Claim To Fame: Taxi star
Pro: Derek Hough
Dance: Argentine Tango
Sammi: Sixties? Who cares? She rocked that dance like nobody’s business. I hate when people think others can’t do something due to age, it is so ignorant. Marilu rocked that dance and simply amazed me from start to finish, despite a few missteps. Derek truly knew what he was doing with that choreography.
Carrie Ann: She liked it, but there were mistakes.
Julianne: It was hot and sexy, but she needs to stop second guessing herself.
Bruno: He agrees that she did well, but needs to stop with the second guessing.
Scores: 7-8-8=23 out of 30
Celebrity: Calvin Johnson Jr/Megatron
Claim To Fame: NFL legend/Detroit Lions WR
Pro: Lindsay Arnold
Dance: Quickstep
Sammi: LOVE LOVE LOVE!!! That is all I can say about that dance…WOW.
Julianne: She loves it and screams in delight.
Bruno: Suberb!
Carrie Ann: He is like Emmitt Smith.
Scores:PERFECT SCORE!!!!
Celebrity: Ryan Lochte
Claim To Fame: Olympic swimmer
Pro: Cheryl Burke
Dance: Tango
Sammi: He seems to be concentrating on the footwork, which is all well and good, but at some points it looked like a Tango By Numbers. Performance wise? He knocked it out of the park.
Bruno: It was a true, believable performance, but he gives him places to improve.
Carrie Ann: It had a lot of content, but it was lacking in some places.
Julianne: The performance outweighed the squatiness.
Scores: 7-8-8=23 out of 30
Celebrity: Jana Kramer
Claim To Fame: Actress and singer
Pro: Gleb Savchenko
Dance: Jazz
Sammi: That had to be one of the cutest dances I have ever seen. I love how we get to see a different side of her personality and their chemistry is amazing.
Carrie Ann: She loved it.
Julianne: It was very Broadway.
Bruno: High energy and bendy.
Scores: 9-9-9=27 out of 30
Celebrity: James Hinchcliffe
Claim To Fame: Racecar driver
Pro: Sharna Burgess—Jenna Johnson standing in
Dance: Viennese waltz
Sammi: Sharna is injured and under strict orders not to dance because then she will need reconstructive knee surgery. Jenna will step in to help and partner with James. They certainly make a great Harley Quinn and Joker and the dancing is incredible.WOW. If he isn’t in the finals I am calling shenanigans. WOW.
Julianne: He is the real deal.
Bruno: AMAZING!!!
Carrie Ann: Beyond incredible.
Scores: PERFECT SCORE!!!!! AND THEY HAVE IMMUNITY!!! AND FIVE EXTRA POINTS!!! (They have immunity because of highest cumulative scores)
Everyone else has a dance off.
Laurie and Val vs. Calvin and Lindsay—Jive—Winner—Laurie and Val
Jana and Gleb vs. Terra and Sasha—Salsa—Winner—Jana and Gleb
Marilu and Derek vs. Ryan and Cheryl—Cha cha—Winner—Ryan and Cheryl
Results!! Marilu and Derek are SAFE!! Laurie and Val are SAFE!! Calvin and Lindsay are SAFE!! Jana and Gleb are SAFE!!
Ryan and Cheryl and Terra and Sasha are in the bottom two. The couple eliminated is…Ryan and Cheryl.
Tune in next week!!
