Dancing with the Stars Week 4 — Mariah Carey Night — went down like “Honey!”
*SPOILERS AHEAD!!!*
Perhaps one of my favorite theme nights of the season so far, even though the elimination left a majorly bitter taste in my mouth.
At the top of the Week 4 leaderboard was Maura Higgins and Mark Ballas, whose Viennese waltz earned them the first 9 of the competition and a total score of 25/30.
Trailing them by just one point was a three-way tie between Ezra Frech and Daniella Karagach, Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Johnson, and Jenna Dewan and Val Chmerkovskiy — with each couple earning 24/30.
Jenna and Val’s rumba to “My All” was a standout dance and finally landed with the judges. Carrie Ann Inaba especially praised Jenna for taking their previous critiques to heart and dialing back some of the intensity.
Sadly for Bravo fans, Ciara Miller and Brandon Armstrong delivered their best dance to date with a jazz routine to “Emotions,” but it still wasn’t enough to save them from elimination.
Savannah Bananas second baseman Jackson Olson and Jimmy Kimmel’s sidekick Guillermo Rodriguez were also in the bottom three with their respective partners, Emma Slater and Witney Carson.
However, Jackson and Emma’s waltz wasn’t the lowest-scoring dance of the night.
That distinction went to Guillermo and Witney, who earned a 13/30 for their samba to “Obsessed.”
Keep scrolling for the complete Mariah Carey Night scoring breakdown for all 12 couples:
Ciara Miller & Brandon Armstrong
Jazz — “Emotions”
Bruno Tonioli: 7
Derek Hough: 7
Carrie Ann Inaba: 7
Total: 21/30
Ezra Frech & Daniella Karagach
Rumba — “Anytime You Need a Friend”
Bruno: 8
Derek: 8
Carrie Ann: 8
Total: 24/30
Harry Shum Jr. & Jenna Johnson
And shoutout to Amber Riley for being on vocals! A little Glee reunion moment.
Tango — “It’s Like That”
Bruno: 8
Derek: 8
Carrie Ann: 8
Total: 24/30
Jenna Dewan & Val Chmerkovskiy
Rumba — “My All”
Bruno: 8
Derek: 8
Carrie Ann: 8
Total: 24/30
Tyler Cameron & Sharna Burgess
Foxtrot — “Beautiful”
Bruno: 7
Derek: 7
Carrie Ann: 7
Total: 21/30
Maura Higgins & Mark Ballas
Viennese Waltz — “If It’s Over”
Bruno: 8
Derek: 8
Carrie Ann: 9
Total: 25/30
Guillermo Rodriguez & Witney Carson
Samba — “Obsessed”
Bruno: 5
Derek: 4
Carrie Ann: 4
Total: 13/30
Jackson Olson & Emma Slater
Waltz — “Without You”
Bruno: 7
Derek: 7
Carrie Ann: 7
Total: 21/30
Tatyana Ali & Jan Ravnik
Jazz — “Fantasy”
Bruno: 7
Derek: 7
Carrie Ann: 6
Total: 20/30
Connor Wood & Rylee Arnold
Rumba — “Touch My Body”
Bruno: 7
Derek: 6
Carrie Ann: 6
Total: 19/30
Julia Stiles & Ezra Sosa
Viennese Waltz — “Vision of Love”
Bruno: 7
Derek: 7
Carrie Ann: 7
Total: 21/30
Amber Glenn & Pasha Pashkov
Rumba — “Hero”
Bruno: 8
Derek: 8
Carrie Ann: 7
Total: 23/30
With Ciara and Brandon officially out of the competition, the 11 remaining couples are now one step closer to winning the coveted Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy.
Up next is the show’s first-ever Super Bowl Night!
The couples will perform routines set to iconic songs featured during past Super Bowl halftime performances.
Watch our Mariah Night Recap:
Dancing with the Stars airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and Disney+, with streaming available the following day on Hulu.
