Fan favorite Robert Irwin delivered two incredible dance performances during Tuesday night’s Dancing With the Stars semi-finals.
With only one week left until a new Dancing With the Stars winner is crowned, the competition is fierce and the stakes are higher than ever. On Tuesday night (Nov. 18), the six couples who avoided elimination for nine weeks of competition brought everything they had to Prince Night.
The Week 10 theme paid homage to the late “Purple Rain” singer. The ballroom was colored appropriately, and every dance was choreographed to a Prince song. Each of the remaining couples competed with two dances in hopes of garnering a high score from the judges and enough public votes to compete in next week’s finale.
Who are the Dancing With the Stars Season 34 semi-finalists?
Season 34 of Dancing With the Stars premiered on September 16 with 14 celebrities and their professional partners.
Only six couples remained going into Tuesday’s semi-finals. Those couples are:
- Wildlife conservationist Robert Irwin & his professional partner Witney Carson
- “Parent Trap” actress Elaine Hendrix & dancing pro, Alan Bernsten
- “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” star Whitney Leavitt & professional dancer Mark Ballas
- Social media personality Alix Earle & her professional partner Val Chmerkovskiy
- Television personality and “Traitors” winner Dylan Efron and professional dancer Daniella
- Olympic gymnast Jordan Chiles and dancing pro, Ezra Sosa
Each couple proved that they deserve to be in next week’s finale with impressive technical dances. We saw the highest scores of the season and crowd excitement from every dance, making it difficult to predict who might be eliminated tonight.
Fan favorite Robert Irwin continued to dominate with his Prince Night dances.
Robert Irwin has consistently scored well in the weeks leading up to the semi-finals. The wildlife warrior is not only extremely likable and charismatic, a trait the judges have praised him on more than once, but he’s a surprisingly great dancer!
Tuesday night’s dances were no different. Irwin and his professional partner, Witney Carson, danced a Jive to Prince’s 1984 hit “Baby I’m A Star” and a Viennese Waltz to the singer’s 2013 release, “WOW.”
The judges praised both of his performances. Bruno Tonioli called Robert’s first dance “a superstar jive.” Carrie Ann Inaba agreed, saying, “That was insane! So clean. So sharp. So bouyant. So fun. So amazing!”
Robert and Witney earned perfect 10s from the judges for their jive, and were just one point shy of another perfect score for their Viennese Waltz. The high scores put them at the top of the leaderboard for the night and earned them a spot in next week’s finale.
Watch Robert Irwin and Witney Carson’s Prince-themed dances below.
