‘Dancing With the Stars’ Gets Spooky for Horror Movie Night: See the Scores, Who Went Home (Updating Live)
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Jackson Olson and Emma Slater, and Tyler Cameron and Sharna Burgess, were eliminated from Dancing With the Stars after its Horror Movie Night. Their departures followed a week in which no couples left, so the results were decided using judges’ scores and viewer votes from both episodes.
Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Johnson earned the season’s first perfect score, 40 out of 40, for a contemporary routine inspired by Saw. Shirley Ballas joined the judges as a guest, while Val Chmerkovskiy returned after a one-week suspension. The combined leaderboard placed Jackson and Emma joint sixth on 67 out of 80, and Tyler and Sharna last on 58; the remaining couples include Tatyana Ali, Jenna Dewan, Ezra Frech, Amber Glenn, Maura Higgins, Julia Stiles and Connor Wood.
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In short
- Jackson Olson and Tyler Cameron were eliminated.
- Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Johnson scored 40 out of 40.
- Results combined votes and scores from two episodes.
How this story developed
- 19 seconds ago Jackson Olson and Emma Slater, and Tyler Cameron and Sharna Burgess, were eliminated from Dancing With the Stars after its Horror Movie Night.
- 1 hour ago Dancing With the Stars held a Horror Movie Night, with couples performing routines inspired by films including Sinners, Black Swan and Joker. Two couples were due to leave the competition, making the results significant for the remaining contestants.
Full account
Dancing with the Stars turned to horror films for its eighth episode of season 35, with performances inspired by titles including The Omen, Saw, Sinners and Annabelle: Creation. Shirley Ballas joined the judging panel as a guest, and the episode ended with a double elimination after no one left the competition the previous week. Jackson Olson and Emma Slater, and Tyler Cameron and Sharna Burgess, were sent home. The remaining contestants include Tatyana Ali, Jenna Dewan, Ezra Frech, Amber Glenn, Maura Higgins, Harry Shum Jr., Julia Stiles and Connor Wood.
Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Johnson led the night, earning the season’s first perfect score: 40 out of 40 for a contemporary routine inspired by Saw, set to 2WEI’s version of “Toxic”. Jenna Dewan and Val Chmerkovskiy, returning after Val’s one-week suspension, scored 37 for an Argentine tango drawing on zombie films. In a rehearsal segment, Val apologised to Dewan for the disruption around his suspension, and she accepted his apology. Derek Hough praised the pair’s precision and power; Carrie Ann Inaba also commended Val’s choreography.
Connor Wood and Rylee Arnold also earned 37 points for their contemporary dance to “You Are My Sunshine”, inspired by Annabelle: Creation. Tatyana Ali and Jan Ravnik scored 28 for a paso doble built around “I Lied to You” from Sinners. Shirley gave Ali and Ravnik four points, while the other judges awarded them eights. Julia Stiles and Ezra Sosa received 26 for an Argentine tango to music from The Omen; Shirley also scored them four. Stiles had starred in the 2006 remake of the film, and the pair had worked through disagreements during rehearsals.
The eliminations were based on a combined total of judges’ marks and audience votes from both Dedication Night and Horror Movie Night. The reports describe the voting rules as allowing up to ten votes per couple through each of two methods, the ABC website and text. The programme also previewed a Disney-themed episode for the following week, with Cynthia Erivo announced as guest judge.
Where outlets differ
From the full account, which is AI-written from the sources:
The first report focuses on the full leaderboard context, the two couples eliminated, the voting mechanics and Val Chmerkovskiy’s return after suspension. The second is structured around individual routines and includes more performance-specific commentary, but the supplied excerpt ends part-way through Connor Wood and Rylee Arnold’s score, so it does not provide the complete results or elimination details.
The first report says Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Johnson were the only couple at the top of the leaderboard, with Jenna Dewan and Val Chmerkovskiy and Connor Wood and Rylee Arnold each on 37. The second excerpt confirms those scores but does not offer a full leaderboard comparison.
The first report says Val apologised to Dewan in a pre-recorded segment and quotes her acceptance. The second describes their return together more briefly as following a dispute with Carrie Ann Inaba. The first also notes Shirley Ballas’s connection to professional dancer Mark Ballas; the second adds that he is her son.
Explained simply
Dancing With the Stars is a US television competition in which celebrities are paired with professional dancers. Each week, the couples perform routines and receive scores from a panel of judges, while viewers can also vote for the acts they want to keep in the contest.
The competition’s results can depend on both judges’ scores and audience votes. A previous themed show ended without an elimination, so votes from that week were carried into the decision about which couples would leave. The outcome affects which celebrities remain and continue competing for the title.
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