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Dancing with the Stars Eliminates Taylor and Britt in Week 3
Confirmed
In Short: At the end of the night, Taylor and Britt were announced as the couple going home, leaving them stunned.
Tuesday night's episode of Dancing with the Stars featured a 'Yacht Rock Night' theme, with 13 remaining contestants performing routines to soft-rock classics.
The night's lineup included songs like 'Maneater,' 'Africa,' 'Still the One,' and 'Just the Two of Us,' which kept the audience engaged and cheering.
Many couples showed marked improvement over the premiere week, earning their highest scores yet.
The judges' scores and viewer votes determined the fate of the contestants, with each viewer allowed up to 10 votes per couple via ABC’s website and by text.
At the end of the night, Taylor and Britt were announced as the couple going home, leaving them stunned.
The safe couples for the week were Tatyana and Jan, Ezra and Daniella, Amber and Pasha, Harry and Jenna, and Connor and Rylee.
The elimination of Taylor and Britt leaves the competition with 12 couples still vying for the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy.
What this adds
The combination of judges' scores and viewer votes ensures a fair and competitive elimination process.
Background
Dancing with the Stars is an international television franchise based on the format of the British television series Strictly Come Dancing, itself a successor to the show Come Dancing (1950–1998). It is distributed by BBC Studios, the commercial arm of the BBC.
What's confirmed
- At the end of the night, the couple with the lowest combined judges’s scores and viewer votes was sent home.
What's still developing
- SCORE: 19 Late-night sidekick Guillermo Rodriguez with Whitney Carson danced a Foxtrot to “Escape (The Piña Colada Song)” by Rupert Holmes.
- It is “ Yacht Rock Night ” and the remaining lucky thirteen couples will all perform a routine to a song that helped redefine the era known as yacht rock.
- Last week, Giada De Laurentiis and Alan Bersten were sent home, joining Conner Leavitt and Adele Zaikman and Sarah Jane Nader and Hailey Bills as this season’s eliminated contestants.
- “While not necessarily the bottom three,” Alfonso said, the three remaining couples were Jackson and Emma, Guillermo and Witney and Taylor and Britt.
- Who’s ready to turn up the music and sing along to their favorite Yacht Rock hits?
- Week 3 on Dancing with the Stars featured soft-rock classics from the likes of Fleetwood Mac, Toto, Luther Vandross and more, and as always, we brought you every update from the ballroom.
- And, for the most part, these sun-soaked soundtracks worked their magic on Tuesday's broadcast, with many of our couples earning their highest scores yet.
- From "Maneater" and "Africa," to "Still the One" and "Just the Two of Us," the night's lineup kept everyone singing, dancing and cheering. (Notable mention goes to Guillermo Rodriguez, who ripped open his shirt at the end of his dance to showcase a surprise reveal underneath!) The night ended with the elimination of one couple, who looked stunned when their names were called.
- Hosts Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough drew out the elimination suspense while announcing the safe – and increasingly joyous – couples one by one before revealing the final three.