Taylor Hanson and partner Britt Stewart were eliminated from Dancing With the Stars Season 35 following Week 3's Yacht Rock Night. Amber Glenn and Harry Shum Jr. tied for the highest scores with 24 points each. Guillermo Rodriguez received the lowest score of 15. The next episode will feature Mariah Carey songs.
Singer Taylor Hanson and pro partner Britt Stewart were eliminated from 'Dancing With the Stars' Season 35 following a 'Yacht Rock Night' episode. Their foxtrot to 'What a Fool Believes' scored 18/30, leading to their departure despite high scores from Amber Glenn and Harry Shum Jr.
Taylor Hanson and Britt Stewart were eliminated from DWTS Season 35 after a Yacht Rock-themed episode. Amber Glenn and Harry Shum Jr. tied for the highest score, while Guillermo Rodriguez remained in the competition despite receiving the lowest judges' score.
Dancing With the Stars Season 35 Episode 3, themed 'Viral Hits Night,' saw a sharp drop in performance quality across the board. Giada De Laurentiis was eliminated after receiving a unanimous score of 12/30 for her salsa, marking the first exit of the week. While Ezra Frech and Amber Glenn delivered standout performances, many couples struggled with stiffness and lack of connection, leading to a generally low-scoring night.
Giada De Laurentiis was eliminated from 'Dancing With the Stars' Season 35 during Week 2 after scoring 12/30 on 'Viral Hits Night.' The episode saw record-breaking fan votes, surpassing last season's finale. Three couples tied for the top score of 21/30, while 13 celebrities remain in contention for the Mirrorball Trophy.
Chef Giada De Laurentiis was eliminated from Dancing With the Stars Season 35 on September 22, 2026, following a 12/30 score for her tango performance. She became the third celebrity to leave the competition, joining Conner Leavitt and Sarah Jane Nader. Judges criticized her performance as 'shaky' and lacking spice, while she acknowledged her tendency to dance too fast. The episode featured a 'Viral Hits Night' theme, with Jenna Dewan, Ezra Frech, and Amber Glenn tying for the highest score at 21/30.
Giada De Laurentiis was eliminated from Dancing With the Stars Season 35 on September 22, 2026, following a 12/30 score for her salsa to 'Bella Ciao.' The episode, themed around viral hits, saw 14 couples compete for the first time in a single broadcast. While Jenna Dewan, Ezra Frech, and Amber Glenn tied for the highest score at 21/30, De Laurentiis and Guillermo Rodriguez both received 12/30. De Laurentiis was the lowest-ranked couple based on combined judge scores and viewer votes. The show’s judges enforced a new one-word feedback rule for the third judge to manage broadcast time.
Dancing With the Stars Season 35 concluded its second week with a 'Viral Hits Night' theme, resulting in the elimination of Conner Leavitt and Sarah Jane Nader. Jenna Dewan and Val Chmerkovskiy, Ezra Frech and Daniella Karagach, and Amber Glenn and Pasha Pashkov tied for the highest score at 21/30. Host Alfonso Ribeiro noted that fan votes for this episode surpassed the combined totals of both premiere nights.
DWTS Season 35 kicked off its second-night premiere with Sarah Jane Nader and pro Hailey Bills being eliminated after a fiery but off-sync jive to Sk8er Boi, earning a 14 total that wasn’t enough to advance. Nader had highlighted pride in competing as part of a same-sex pairing, while other couples delivered strong performances as the season began.
In DWTS Season 35 Night 2, eight female celebs and their pro partners danced to songs from the year they were born; after judges’ scores and viewer votes, the bottom three were Giada De Laurentiis/Alan Bersten, Sarah Jane Nader/Hailey Bills, and Tatyana Ali/Jan Ravnik, and Sarah Jane Nader and Hailey Bills were eliminated.
Dancing With the Stars Season 35 began with a two-night premiere, and the first female celebrity was sent home: Sarah Jane Nader and her pro partner Hailey Bills were eliminated after their Jive to Sk8er Boi, scoring 14/30. The night also featured Maura Higgins and Mark Ballas topping the leaderboard with 21/30 for a Foxtrot, while Julia Stiles and others delivered notable routines. New DWTS episodes air Tuesdays on ABC and Disney+, with Hulu streaming the next day.
Dancing With The Stars Season 35 closes its two-night premiere with the women celebrities taking the stage in Night 2, featuring performances from Tatyana Ali, Amber Glenn, Ciara Miller, Giada De Laurentiis, Julia Stiles, Maura Higgins, Sarah Jayne Nader and Jenna Dewan. Nader is the first contestant sent home, with another elimination to come by the end of the show. The recap notes mix of scores, a return of online voting after a Tuesday outage, and a ratings boost for the premiere.
Dancing with the Stars Season 35 moved to the women’s night as eight female celebrities—Tatyana Ali, Giada De Laurentiis, Jenna Dewan, Amber Glenn, Maura Higgins, Ciara Miller, Sarah Jane Nader, and Julia Stiles—danced to No. 1 songs from their birth years. Maura Higgins led the pack with 21/30, while Jenna Dewan (19/30) and Amber Glenn and Julia Stiles (18/30) followed; Sarah Jane Nader was eliminated with 14/30. Tuesday’s premiere night for the men saw Conner Leavitt eliminated and Harry Shum Jr. at the top with 21/30. The two-night premiere drew 6.67 million viewers, the most-watched DWTS debut since 2020, and an online voting crash forced Tuesday votes to be submitted by text. The show airs on ABC/Disney+ with eliminations based on judges’ scores plus viewer votes.
Dancing With the Stars Season 35 kicks off with a two-night premiere. Night one features the male celebrities performing while a voting outage forces reliance on text votes, compounded by contestants with similar names causing vote confusion. Conner Leavitt and Adele Zaikman are eliminated after their first dances, ahead of night two when the women finally take the floor.