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‘Dancing With the Stars’ Brings a Broadway Twist to Disney Night
‘Dancing With the Stars’ held its Disney-themed episode during season 35 on Tuesday night.
The couples performed dances inspired by Disney stories and their stage adaptations, including *Mary Poppins*, *The Little Mermaid* and *Beauty and the Beast*.
The episode also brought back team dances, with co-hosts Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough joining group performances.
Cynthia Erivo was the guest judge.
Eight celebrities remained in the competition, including Tatyana Ali, Jenna Dewan, Harry Shum Jr. and Julia Stiles.
Each week, the couple with the lowest combined total of judges’ scores and viewer votes is eliminated; Jackson Olson and Tyler Cameron had gone home in a double elimination the week before.
The next elimination depends on judges’ scores and viewer votes, with live voting ending shortly after the final performance.
Julia Stiles and pro partner Ezra Sosa were eliminated from Dancing With the Stars during its Disney Night episode.
The couple finished in eighth place in Season 35.
Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Johnson earned immunity for the next week’s dance-off.
Shum and Johnson and Jenna Dewan and Val Chmerkovskiy both received perfect scores of 40 out of 40.
The episode featured dances inspired by Disney stories and stage musicals, with Cynthia Erivo as guest judge.
- Who
- Julia Stiles and Ezra Sosa were eliminated; Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Johnson earned immunity.
- What
- Dancing With the Stars held a Disney-themed episode with Broadway-inspired dances and sent Stiles and Sosa home.
- When
- Monday night, November 2, according to articles describing the episode; one article refers to it as Tuesday night.
- Where
- The Dancing With the Stars ballroom.
- Why
- Stiles and Sosa were eliminated after the combined results of judges’ scores and viewer votes. Shum and Johnson earned immunity based on their cumulative season score.
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Jackson Olson and Tyler Cameron were eliminated in a double elimination during Horror Movie Night.
The show held its Disney-themed episode, featuring Broadway-inspired dances and team dances.
Julia Stiles and Ezra Sosa were eliminated and finished in eighth place.
Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Johnson secured immunity for the next week’s dance-off.
- Eliminated couple
- Julia Stiles and Ezra Sosa
- Season placing
- Eighth
- Perfect scores
- Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Johnson; Jenna Dewan and Val Chmerkovskiy
- Perfect score value
- 40 out of 40
- Guest judge
- Cynthia Erivo
- Theme
- Disney stories and Broadway stage adaptations
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