(This story contains spoilers for episode seven of Dancing with the stars season 35.)
Dancing with the stars celebrates its most moving evening in the ballroom: Dedication Night.
During the episode, celebrities will pay tribute to a person (or place) of their choice, with a special guest in each issue. It’s traditionally one of the most emotional evenings of each season, and this year promises to be a plethora of moving tributes.
Celebrities still competing in season 35 include Tatyana Ali, Tyler Cameron, Jenna Dewan, Ezra Frech, Amber Glenn, Maura Higgins, Jackson Olson, Harry Shum Jr., Julia Stiles and Connor Wood.
Tatiana dances in his honor Fresh Prince of Bel-Air co-star James Avery, and she will be joined by co-host Alfonso Ribeiro in the tribute. Tyler dedicates his dance to mothers everywhere, while Jenna, Jackson and Ezra also honor their mothers in their respective dances. Connor will also dedicate his play to his father.
Amber pays tribute to her sister, while Harry dances for his wife. Maura is the only celebrity to have chosen a location for the center of her dance and she will be paying homage to Ireland. Another highly anticipated tribute will be performed by Julia, who dedicates her dance to him 10 things I hate about you co-star Heath Ledger.
During Tuesday’s show, it was also revealed that Tyler is expecting his first child, a baby girl, with fiancée Tate Madden.
Ancient DWTS professional dancer Kym Johnson-Herjavec will also be in the ballroom Tuesday night, serving as a guest judge.
Although Dedication Night promises to be moving, much of the speech that preceded Tuesday’s evening DWTS The episode centers on Val Chmerkovskiy’s week-long suspension following his reference to Will Smith’s infamous Oscar slap while criticizing Carrie Ann Inaba’s judgment of his wife, Jenna Johnson.
“The well-being of all those who work Dancing with the stars is not negotiable. Val’s social media post was inappropriate and does not reflect the values or standards expected of anyone connected to the show. As a result, he will not take part in next week’s show,” BBC Studios, the production company behind Dancing with the starssaid in a statement Saturday when announcing that Chmerkovskiy would not dance with Jenna for Dedication Night.
After the Super Bowl party, the professional dancer sparked controversy for a reference he made to Smith slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars while defending his wife, fellow pro Johnson, against Inaba’s comments in the episode. In a TikTok Story posted Wednesday, Chmerkovskiy wrote, “You almost saw Fresh Prince walk into the ballroom last night. »
Inaba responded to Chmerkovskiy’s Fresh Prince remarks on Instagram on Thursday, writing, “So this is what we do now?” by sharing a screenshot of a Page six post containing the dancer’s comment, alongside a shared image of Smith and Chmerkovskiy.
He later apologized to longtime Dancing with the stars judge in a statement on Instagram on Thursday, and BBC Studios announced that he would not participate in Tuesday’s episode on Saturday. Jenna will dance with formerly eliminated pro Alan Bersten; It’s unclear if Chmerkovskiy will return after Dedication Night, although BBC Studios’ statement suggests he’ll be back for next week’s horror film-inspired episode.
The couple with the lowest combined total of judges’ scores and viewer votes is eliminated at the end of each DWTS episode. Each viewer is entitled to up to 10 votes per couple, per voting method (via the ABC website and by SMS).
Live voting takes place during each show’s East Coast broadcast and ends shortly after the final performance; This means that if you are a West Coast viewer and want to vote, you must do so between 5:00 PM PT and approximately 6:45 PM PT, as voting ends after the final performance.
The Hollywood Reporter is inside the ballroom for Dedication Night and will update this story as the episode airs live. See the full sheet music list below.
Maura Higgins and Mark Ballas: 35/40
Jackson Olson and Emma Slater: 32/40
Amber Glenn and Pasha Pashkov: 38/40
Tyler Cameron and Sharna Burgess: 32/40
Connor Wood and Rylee Arnold: 32/40
Julia Stiles and Ezra Sosa: 36/40
Tatiana Ali and Jan Ravnik: 32/40
Jenna Dewan and Alan Bersten: 37/40
Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Johnson: 36/40
Ezra Frech and Daniella Karagach: 37/40
Season 35 of Dancing with the stars airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m., simulcast on ABC and Disney+ and streaming the next day on Hulu. Discover everything The Hollywood ReporterIt is DWTS cover here.
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