Grammy Night Ends With Shocking Exit On ‘Dancing With the Stars’
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Grammy Night on Dancing With the Stars brought a new set of challenges and plenty of pressure.
With only two more episodes to go after Grammy Night, there was no room for error for the remaining 7 teams. Each team was tasked with performing a dance routine choreographed to a Grammy-winning or Grammy-nominated song.
Those still in the competition and their Grammy Night dances were:
- Ezra Frech and Daniella Karagach performed an Argentine tango to “Crazy in Love (Remix)” by Beyoncé (2004 Grammy Award winner for Best R&B Song)
- Amber Glenn and Pasha Pashkov performed a paso doble to “Bring Me to Life” by Evanescence (2004 Grammy Award winner for Best Hard Rock Performance)
- Maura Higgins and Mark Ballas danced an Argentine tango to “Thong Song” by Sisqó (2001 Grammy Award winner for Best R&B Song)
- Jenna Dewan and Val Chmerkovskiy performed a jazz routine to “All For You” by Janet Jackson (2002 Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording)
- Tatyana Ali and Jan Ravnik danced a tango to “Boom Boom Pow” by the Black Eyed Peas (2010 Grammy Award nominee for Best Dance Recording and winner of Best Short Form Music Video)
- Connor Wood and Rylee Arnold danced an Argentine tango to “SexyBack” by Justin Timberlake featuring Timbaland (winner of the 2007 Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording)
- Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Johnson danced a salsa to “Die with A Smile” by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars (2025 Grammy Award nominee for Song of the Year and winner of Best Pop Duo/Group Performance)
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In addition, the Live Dance Offs returned, requiring two couples to share the dance floor and go head-to-head to perform the same dance. Grammy-winning artists performed their hit songs live in the ballroom for the dance-off.
The Live Dance-Off pairings and dances were:
Amber Glenn and Pasha Pashkov vs. Ezra Frech and Daniella Karagach for a rumba dance-off to “The Boy is Mine” by Brandy and Monica.
Jenna Dewan and Val Chmerkovskiy vs. Tatyana Ali and Jan Ravnik for a cha-cha dance-off to “The Middle” by Zedd, Maren Morris and Grey.
Connor Wood and Rylee Arnold vs. Maura Higgins and Mark Ballas for a cha-cha dance-off to “All I Wanna Do” by Sheryl Crow.
Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Johnson weren’t required to compete in the dance-off. The couple earned immunity based on last week’s scores and their cumulative scores from the entire season.
The winner of each dance-off earned two additional points that were added to their final score of the night before taking into account America’s votes. The judges’ scores, plus any bonus points, were added to the viewer votes to determine who would advance.
At the end of the episode, one couple was eliminated, bringing their Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy dreams to an end one week before the semi-finals.
Who was eliminated on Grammy Night?
At the end of Tuesday’s two-hour episode, hosts Julianne Hough and Alfonso Ribeiro revealed which couples were safe and who was in danger of going home.
The Season 35 semi-finalists are:
Harry Shum Jr. & Jenna Johnson
Amber Glenn & Pasha Pashkov
Ezra Frech & Daniella Karagach
Maura Higgins & Mark Ballas
Connor Wood & Rylee Arnold
Tatyana Ali & Jan Ravnik
The eliminated couple is … Jenna Dewan & Val Chmerkovskiy.
Julianne Hough called Dewan’s elimination “shocking to say the least.” Jenna told the audience that she had a great time and loved getting to share her love of dancing with the world. “All love. All love.”
Tune into ABC next Tuesday, November 17, for the Dancing With the Stars Season 35 semi-finals.
