[This story contains spoilers from episode five of Dancing With the Stars season 34.]
Things are getting emotional in the Dancing With the Stars ballroom, because it’s Dedication Night.
Throughout the episode, each celebrity performed a special tribute dance to honor of someone in their life. The night promised emotional routines in honor of the celebrity cast’s parents, siblings, former co-stars, romantic partners and children. (Read who the professional dancers would dedicate their own number to here.)
Former professional dancer Kym Herjavec also returned to the ballroom, notably serving as the first official guest judge of the season.
Heading into the fifth week of season 34, the cast is notably dwindling down. Hilaria Baldwin was eliminated at the end of last week’s Disney Night, making her the fourth contestant to exit the competition.
The remaining celebrities include Secret Lives of Mormon Wives stars Jen Affleck and Whitney Leavitt, Olympian Jordan Chiles, social media star Alix Earle, The Traitors season three winner (and Zac Efron’s brother) Dylan Efron, actresses Danielle Fishel and Elaine Hendrix, Pentatonix’s Scott Hoying, conservationist (and son of Steve Irwin) Robert Irwin and comedian-actor Andy Richter.
Richter kicked off the night with an adorable salsa alongside his daughter, Cornelia.
Leavitt cemented herself as the early frontrunner during the first half of the competition, having placed as the top scoring couple for four consecutive weeks since the show’s premiere. Disney Night was the first time she and her partner Mark Ballas pulled ahead as the only couple to place at the top of the leaderboard, and they notably earned the season’s first nine.
At the end of each night, the couple with the lowest combined total of judges’ scores and viewer votes is eliminated. Live voting takes place during the East coast airing of each show, and ends shortly after the final dance is completed.
See the full list of scores for week five of DWTS season 34 (aka Dedication Night) below. Refresh for the latest.
Andy Richter and Emma Slater: 24/40
Robert Irwin and Witney Carson: 35/40
Elaine Hendrix and Alan Bersten
Dylan Efron and Daniella Karagach
Danielle Fishel and Pasha Pashkov
Scott Hoying and Rylee Arnold
Alix Earle and Val Chmerkovskiy
Whitney Leavitt and Mark Ballas
Jordan Chiles and Ezra Sosa
Jen Affleck and Jan Ravnik
Season 34 of DWTS airs and streams simultaneously on ABC and Disney+ on Tuesdays, with new episodes available to stream on Wednesdays on Hulu.
