It’s TikTok night on Dancing with the Stars, and luckily enough, there are quite a few social media stars in the ballroom.
Last week, couples danced to one-hit wonders, resulting in a four-way tie for the top of the leaderboard, comprised of celebrities Jordan Chiles, Jen Affleck, Robert Irwin and Whitney Leavitt. At the end of the third episode, Corey Feldman and Baron Davis were simultaneously sent home in a double elimination.
Having a night’s worth of competition solely devoted to TikTok paired perfectly with the cast of season 34, which notably includes social media stars Affleck, Leavitt and Alix Earle. Not to mention, a large majority of the competitors have large presences online, including Irwin (with over 8 million Instagram followers), Olympic gymnast Chiles, author-influencer Hilaria Baldwin, season three winner of The Traitors Dylan Efron, Fifth Harmony’s Lauren Jauregui, actress Danielle Fishel and Pentatonix’s Scott Hoying.
With growing online showings thanks to DWTS, Elaine Hendrix and Andy Richter round out the cast list. Aside from the celebrities, the slate of professional dancers are also social media stars in their own right.
Jauregui notably danced to Fifth Harmony’s “Work from Home,” with the remaining members of the girl group in the audience there to cheer her on.
When reflecting on the newfound virality of DWTS, Rylee Arnold told The Hollywood Reporter she believes her tendency to post online during her first season as a pro in season 32 is where social media began to majorly change the show.
“I feel like that really picked up and resonated with the rest of the pros, with the show, with people online, and we got together a younger demographic of people, and the people who go on TikTok every day, they [saw] the Dancing with the Stars content,” she said. “It only brought more young people to the show. And then the next season, Ezra [Sosa] came on [as a pro dancer] and did the same thing. He really got so engaged, and I think really just kind of showed that people love it. People love when we share stuff online.”
During one-hit wonders night, Carrie Ann Inaba, Derek Hough and Bruno Tonioli all took to the judges panel for the first time during season 34 after Inaba missed the premiere due to an illness.
See the full list of scores for week three of DWTS season 34 (aka TikTok night) below. Refresh for the latest.
Jen Affleck and Jan Ravnik: 19/30
Lauren Jauregui and Brandon Armstrong: 18/30
Alix Earle and Val Chmerkovskiy
Danielle Fishel and Pasha Pashkov
Andy Richter and Emma Slater
Jordan Chiles and Ezra Sosa
Robert Irwin and Witney Carson
Elaine Hendrix and Alan Bersten
Whitney Leavitt and Mark Ballas
Hilaria Baldwin and Gleb Savchenko
Dylan Efron and Daniella Karagach
Scott Hoying and Rylee Arnold
Season 34 of DWTS airs and streams simultaneously on ABC and Disney+ on Tuesdays, with new episodes available to stream on Wednesdays on Hulu.
More to come.
