SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from Tuesday night’s episode of ABC‘s Dancing with the Stars, including who goes home. It’s the Season 34 Dancing with the Stars semi-finals, and the remaining six couples are celebrating with a tribute to the High Priest of Pop. Prince Night in the ballroom requires at least 12 songs from the late musician’s discography, because each couple will have two individual dances this week, including a “repeat” of a style they’ve already performed this season as well as a new-to-them dance style. Here’s how things shook out this week. REPEAT DANCES Actor Elaine Hendrix with Alan Bersten. The actress says she’s “beside herself” to have made it to the semifinals, especially with all the issues that have plagued her this season. The only thing left to do is finally get a 10, and she and Bersten are hoping tonight will be her night. Dancing a foxtrot to “I Wanna Be Your Lover,” starts the show off on a high note, literally jumping for joy after she nails the routine. “That was beautiful, truly an incredible foxtrot,” Derek Hough says. However, they do say they want to see “a little bit more fight” in her next performance. SCORE: 27 out of 30 Social media personality Alix Earle with Val Chmerkovskiy. This influencer is running back her Argentine tango, this time to “Little Red Corvette.” She got a perfect score last week, and she’s following up two very memorable Argentine tangos from the 20th anniversary show that also got perfect scores, so she’s got a lot riding on this performance. Earle says she admires how Prince was always “authentically himself,” and she really wants to channel that this week. Bruno Tonioli calls her “the most improved” after the dance and, while all the judges loved it, they also said she had quite a few things she could’ve improved on. SCORE: 28 out of 30 Whitney Leavitt (The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives) with Mark Ballas. The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star is getting another shot at a cha cha, dancing to “1999” this time around. She last showed off her cha cha skills during One-Hit Wonder Night to “Play That Funky Music” by Wild Cherry. Leavitt and Ballas also got a perfect score last week, so they’re ready to keep that hot streak going. The judges were mixed on this one. “Once again, a wonderful dance is, she doesn’t kick him once, and it’s all praise from the judges. “That was a top performance,” Derek says. SCORE: 30 out of 30 Wildlife conservationist Robert Irwin with Witney Carson. A Viennese waltz to “WOW” might just get Irwin into the finale (as if, after the only perfect score from the first round of dances wouldn’t). He’s ready to ramp things up, though, with this second routine. The 21-year-old says the hardest part of this dance in particular is showing a ton of passion and chemistry with Carson, which he says is a bit “weird,” since their dynamic is pretty friendly and goofy. He finds the intensity somewhere inside him though and leaves it all on the dance floor. “That was so thrilling, I want to see the sequel. I didn’t want it to stop!” Tonioli declared. SCORE: 29 out of 30 So, now it’s time to find out who will not be sticking around for the finals. Based on judges’ scores, Irwin and Carson were at the top of the leaderboard for the night, while Efron and Karagach were at the bottom. Dun dun dun. sadly and shockingly, this is the end of the road for Whitney Leavitt and Mark Ballas. Tune in next week for the finals.
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