Grab the Tissues, It’s Dedication Night on ‘Dancing With the Stars’: See the Scores, Who Went Home (Updating Live)

Dancing With the Stars held its seventh episode of season 35 as Dedication Night, with celebrity contestants performing tributes to people or places that matter to them. The episode combined emotional performances with the announcement of the latest elimination, while attention also focused on professional dancer Val Chmerkovskiy’s one-week suspension.

Tributes included Tatyana Ali honouring her Fresh Prince of Bel-Air co-star James Avery, Julia Stiles paying tribute to Heath Ledger, and Maura Higgins dancing for Ireland. Jenna Dewan, Jackson Olson and Ezra Frech honoured their mothers; Tyler Cameron dedicated his dance to mothers generally, Connor Wood to his father, Amber Glenn to her sister and Harry Shum Jr. to his wife. Guest judge Kym Johnson-Herjavec joined the panel, and Maura and Mark Ballas scored 35 out of 40; the supplied article text ends before giving the other scores or naming who went home. BBC Studios said Chmerkovskiy would miss the episode after an inappropriate social media post referencing Will Smith’s 2022 Oscars slap; Jenna Johnson danced with Alan Bersten.