Jenna Dewan Eliminated From Dancing With the Stars Despite Winning Her Dance-Off
The race for the Season 35 mirror ball trophy is getting tighter on Dancing With the Stars, with only six celebrity contestants remaining.
The latest elimination took place during Grammy Night, when each couple performed to a song that had either won or received a Grammy Award nomination.
Carrie Ann Inaba, Derek Hough and Bruno Tonioli returned to the judging panel without a guest judge, while the show featured live performances from Grammy-winning artists, including Sheryl Crow, Brandy and Maren Morris.
Here’s a look at the night’s results and the celebrity who was sent home.
Who Was Eliminated From Dancing With the Stars Last Night?
Jenna Dewan and her professional partner, Val Chmerkovskiy, were eliminated in Week 9 following their jazz routine to Janet Jackson’s “All For You.”
The couple received the lowest combined total from the judges’ scores and viewer votes, even though they won their dance-off and tied for second place on the leaderboard with 30 points.
“Honestly, dancing again, getting to share my joy with my family, over here every single night, thank you, my baby, thank you,” Dewan said. “I had a great time and I loved getting to share that with the world. Honestly, all love.”
Cohost Julianne Hough described the result as “shocking.”
Dewan had been expected to make a deep run in the competition. Her scores had remained consistently strong, and she earned a perfect 40 the previous week before placing highly again this time. She also entered the show with a dance background, having starred opposite Channing Tatum in Step Up and previously worked as a backup dancer for Jackson.
This week’s episode introduced a different format for the dance-offs, featuring three head-to-head matchups rather than the usual contest between the two couples at the bottom of the leaderboard. Each winner received two additional points, and Dewan defeated Tatyana Ali and Jan Ravnik in her matchup.
No couple managed to earn a perfect score during the show. However, Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Johnson came close with 29 out of 30 points for their salsa routine to “Die With a Smile.”
The six couples moving on to the semifinals are Shum and Johnson, Ali and Ravnik, Amber Glenn and Pasha Pashkov, Maura Higgins and Mark Ballas, Ezra Frech and Danielle Karagach, and Connor Wood and Rylee Arnold.
Which Other Celebrities Have Been Eliminated From Dancing With the Stars?
Here’s the full list of contestants who have left the competition so far:
- Week 9: Jenna Dewan, actor
- Week 8: Julia Stiles, actor
- Week 7: Tyler Cameron, reality TV star, and Jackson Olson, baseball player
- Week 6: No elimination
- Week 5: Guillermo Rodriguez, TV personality
- Week 4: Ciara Miller, reality TV star
- Week 3: Taylor Hanson, singer
- Week 2: Giada De Laurentiis, chef
- Week 1: Conner Leavitt, reality TV star, and Sarah Jane Nader, influencer
When Does Dancing With the Stars Return?
Dancing With the Stars airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and Disney+. New episodes are available to stream on Hulu the following day.
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