Dancing with the Stars (2005–…): Season 29, Episode 9 - Icons Night - full transcript

INTRODUCING ICON.

THE NEW FRAGRANCE FOR WOMEN.

AND MEN.

ICONS ARE FOREVER.

DO YOU WANT TO SMELL ICONIC?

SMELL LIKE YOU HAVE AN
AIRPORT NAMED AFTER YOU.

ICON.

LIKE YOU HAVE A GRAMMY YOU'RE
TOO FAMOUS TO CARE ABOUT.

ICON.

LIKE PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO
BRING YOU BACK AS A HOLOGRAM.

I SMELL SO FAMOUS.



INSPIRATIONAL.

CELEBRITY.

ORIGINAL.

NELLY.

ICON.

ICON.
BECAUSE HOW ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO

BE ICONIC IF YOU DON'T SMELL

ICONIC.

YO, THIS SMELLS LIKE

IT'S "DANCING WITH
THE STARS" WITH ‐‐

PLEASE WELCOME YOUR HOST,
TYRA BANKS.

WHAT'S UP, AMERICA!

J TO THE LO, HELLO.
WELCOME TO "DANCING WITH THE

STARS."
TONIGHT, OUR STARS WILL PAY



TRIBUTE TO THEIR FAVORITE ICONS
OF POP, ROCK, HIP‐HOP, AND R&B,

SO THAT EXPLAINS ALL THE
FABULOUS LOOKS YOU SEE HERE

TONIGHT.
THEY'RE GOING TO BATTLE IT OUT

AND GET INTO THE SEMIFINALS WITH
NOT ONE BUT TWO DANCES.

IN THE SECOND ROUND, OUR COUPLES
WILL DANCE OFF AGAINST EACH

OTHER FOR BONUS POINTS.
BUT RIGHT NOW, IT'S THE FIRST

ROUND, BABY. THE FIRST ROUND.
VOTING IS OPEN IN THE EASTERN

SUBSCRIBERS OF ALL U. S. WIRELESS
PHONE CARRIERS CAN ALSO VOTE BY

TEXTING THE STAR'S FIRST NAME TO
THE NUMBER 21523.

MESSAGE AND DATA RATES MAY APPLY.
WE'LL BEGIN WITH OUR ACTRESS

FROM "ONE DAY AT A TIME."
LET'S SEE HOW JUSTINA MACHADO

AND SASHA PLAN TO HONOR HER
ICON, MADONNA.

THIS WEEK, IT'S ICONS NIGHT.
AND EVERYONE IS GOING TO BE

PAYING TRIBUTE TO THEIR FAVORITE
ICON. WHO IS YOUR ICON?

ONE OF MY MUSICAL ICONS IS
MADONNA.

WOW.

I LOVED HER SO MUCH.
I REMEMBER SEEING HER FOR THE

FIRST TIME WHEN I WAS 10 YEARS
OLD, AND SHE WAS DOING THE

BORDERLINE VIDEO.
AND I WAS HOOKED.

MADONNA IS AN ICON BECAUSE SHE
BROKE DOWN BARRIERS.

SHE WAS UNAPOLOGETIC FOR BEING

SEXUAL, FOR BEING A BADASS, AND

FOR BEING A TRAILBLAZER.
FROM 10 TO PROBABLY MY MID‐20s,

I WAS OBSESSED.
I THOUGHT IF I MET HER, I WOULD

BE ON TOUR WITH HER.
I WANTED TO BE HER BEST FRIEND.

IN 1994, I MOVED FROM CHICAGO TO
NEW YORK CITY.

I MOVED TO NEW YORK WITH A
DREAM, AND NO MONEY.

AND MADONNA DID THE SAME IN THE
LATE '70s.

I USED TO FANTASIZE ABOUT
RUNNING INTO HER.

THAT'S HOW MUCH I LOVED MADONNA.
LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT IS COMING

UP.

YOU WILL BE DANCING TO, ARE
YOU READY ‐‐

YEAH.

"CRAZY FOR YOU."

I LOVE THAT SONG!

GOOD. AND WE'RE DANCING A RUMBA.

1, 2, BEAUTIFUL.

MADONNA WAS POWERFUL,
BEAUTIFUL, INNOVATIVE.

THE OTHER WAY. THERE YOU GO.

I FEEL REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE
WHAT I'M GOING TO BRING IS WHAT

I'VE ALWAYS ADMIRED FROM HER.

HER SEXUALITY, PRESENCE, AND
POWER.

I WANT TO CHANNEL ALL OF THAT ON
THE DANCE FLOOR TONIGHT.

DANCING THE RUMBA
WITH HER PARTNER SASHA, IT'S

JUSTINA MACHADO.

THE MUSIC STARTS
STRANGERS MAKING THE

BODIES BECOME ONE

WEIGHT OF MY STARE
YOU'RE SO CLOSE BUT

IN MY KISS I'M CRAZY FOR YOU

YES.

JUSTINA AND SASHA,
JUMPING OFF WITH A RUMBA.

GIVING LOVE TO MADONNA.
THE FIRST ICON OF THE NIGHT.

DEREK?

ICONS NIGHT.
MISS J. LO, MADONNA, SASHA.

THANK YOU.

COME ON, DAVID BOWIE.
WHAT AM I DOING?

JUSTINA, BEAUTIFUL RUMBA, GREAT
TURNS.

BUT HERE'S THE THING, THE RUMBA
IS A SLOW DANCE, AND I LIKE IT

TO BE █SHARP AND STRONG IN
MOMENTS.

I DON'T EVER WANT TO SIT BACK IN
MY SEAT, I WANT TO LEAN FORWARD

AND BE ENGAGED THE WHOLE TIME.
JUST THINK ABOUT THAT, BUT WELL

DONE, IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL RUMBA.

AND BRUNO, AS GEORGE MICHAEL.

HELLO, MADONNA.
THE GENTLE SIDE OF MADONNA.

NOTHING SHOCKING, NOTHING
CONTROVERSIAL.

EVERYTHING AS IT SHOULD BE.
YOU DID EVERYTHING EXACTLY, THE

CONTENT WAS THERE.
HE'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, IN RUMBA,

YOU HAVE TO REALLY ENGAGE THE
HIPS, EXTEND THE LINES, CARESS

THE FLOOR.
YOU CAN'T HOLD IT BACK.

IT WAS NICE, BUT, COME ON, NEXT
WEEK, SEMIFINALS.

YOU GOT TO PUSH IT A BIT

FURTHER, YEAH?

ALL RIGHT, CARRIE ANN.

I'M JUST BEING A ROCK STAR,
HAVING FUN.

YOU LOOK AMAZING TONIGHT, VERY
SEXY, IN YOUR STRENGTH AND POWER.

I CAN TELL YOU'RE FEELING GOOD.
RUMBA IS DIFFICULT, IT IS

SLOWER, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN
SMALLER.

SOMETIMES YOU DID THE PORT DE B
BRAS, BUT I WANT TO SEE THE

ENERGY A LITTLE BIT MORE.
YOU'RE SUCH A DYNAMIC PERFORMER.

NEVER LET THAT GO, OKAY?

ALL RIGHT.
ONE OF THE THINGS SO MANY PEOPLE

LOVE ABOUT MADONNA, SHE KEEPS
REINVENTING HERSELF.

SHE'S NEW, AND NEW, AND NEW.
AND THAT'S BEEN HER STAYING

POWER. I FEEL LIKE YOU REINVENT
YOURSELVES EVERY WEEK.

OH, GIRL, I LOVE IT.

HOW DOES IT FEEL, EVERY
WEEK YOU'RE SOMEONE ELSE, AND

BEING SO CLOSE TO SEMIFINALS?

IT'S GREAT TO HIDE BEHIND A
CHARACTER, IT'S SO VULNERABLE TO

BE OUT HERE AS YOURSELF.
SO I LIKE WHEN IT'S A THEME

NIGHT. I LIKE THAT.

ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GET YOUR SCORES.

CARRIE ANN INABA.

8.

DEREK HOUGH.

8.

BRUNO TONIOLI.

8.

24 OUT OF 30 FOR
JUSTINA AND SASHA SO FAR.

THEY'RE GOING TO DANCE‐OFF FOR

BONUS POINTS LATER ON.
NEXT UP IS NELLY, AND HE'S

PAYING TRIBUTE TO HIS ICON,
TUPAC, NEXT, LIVE.

HELLO, HELLO.
WE'RE BACK WITH ICONS NIGHT.

REMEMBER, YOU'RE VOTING FOR THE
STARS YOU WANT TO SEE IN NEXT

WEEK'S SEMIFINALS.
IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT.

YOU GET TEN VOTES PER DANCING

COUPLE, PER VOTING METHOD, AND
YOU CAN CHANGE ONLINE VOTES

UNTIL VOTING CLOSES DURING THE
LAST COMMERCIAL BREAK.

IT'S AMAZING.
NEXT UP, OUR OWN ICONIC

GRAMMY‐WINNING RAPPER PAYS
TRIBUTE TO HIS ICON, TUPAC.

HERE'S HOW NELLY AND DANIELLA
PLANNED TO WORK NELLY'S ARTISTRY

INTO THEIR PERFORMANCE.

THIS WEEK, IT'S ICONS NIGHT.

THIS WEEK IS ICONS NIGHT.
MY ICON IS THE LEGENDARY TUPAC.

HE WAS SOMEONE I GREW UP
LISTENING TO.

HE WAS MULTITALENTED.
OBVIOUSLY MUSIC WAS ONE.

MOVIES WAS ANOTHER.
HE EVEN GOT STARTED DANCING FOR

DIGITAL UNDERGROUND.

HOW DO YOU THINK HE WOULD
HAVE DONE ON THE SHOW?

I THINK HE WOULD HAVE KILLED
IT. WE ALL COME WITH LUGGAGE, THE

GOOD AND THE BAD.
BUT THE PASSION BEHIND HIS

SONGWRITING IS SOMETHING THAT
HAS INSPIRED ME. YEAH, HE'S DOPE.

TWIST, UP, DOWN.
WE'RE DANCING A JAZZ

TO "CALIFORNIA LOVE" BY TUPAC.
A SENTENCE I DON'T THINK I WOULD

EVER SAY.

THIS WEEK, NOT ONLY WILL I BE
DANCING TO "CALIFORNIA LOVE,"

I'M ACTUALLY GOING IN AND
REDOING MY VERSION OF THE SONG.

IN NO WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM AM I
TRYING TO EMULATE OR OUTDO THIS

GREAT MAN.
BUT IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE

REDOING "CALIFORNIA LOVE" AND

DANCING TO IT IN HONOR OF POP.

WE'RE GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE
EVERYONE IS WORKING EXTREMELY

HARD.

OUR JAZZ ROUTINE WILL BE
FILLED WITH A LOT OF GROOVING.

LOTS OF FUN ENERGY TO THE
BALLROOM FLOOR.

YOU CAN DO THE ‐‐ THEN YOU
CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I LIKE THAT.
I SEE NELLY AS ONE OF THE

GREATEST ICONS.
NELLY JUST HELPED CHOREOGRAPH

THE NUMBER.
TO BE DANCING WITH AN ICON ON

ICONS NIGHT IS REALLY EXCITING.
BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM,

BOOM.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IT TO
THE SEMIFINALS.

TURN IT OUT.

OH, YEAH.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT, YOU

MIGHT AS WELL TRY AND GO THE
OTHER WAY.

DANCING JAZZ WITH
HIS PARTNER DANIELLA, IT'S NELLY.

CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA

THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT.

THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT.
NELLY AND DANIELLA, SECOND DANCE

OF THE NIGHT. HONORING TUPAC.
BRUNO?

JAZZ NELLY STYLE MAKES ME
SMILE. YOU KNOW WHY?

BECAUSE YOU WERE COOL,
CONFIDENT, IN YOUR ELEMENT.

YOU HAVE TO MAINTAIN THAT, YOU
KNOW THE DANCES.

YOU DANCE FOR THE PUBLIC.
DON'T KEEP IT IN YOUR MIND.

BUT SOMETHING, AGAIN,
QUARTERFINALS NEXT WEEK.

YOU MISSED A COUPLE OF STEPS.

YEAH.

YOU KNOW THAT, DON'T YOU.

YEAH.

OH, HE KNOWS. COME ON.
HE'S A GENTLEMAN, HE KNOWS.

CARRIE ANN?

OKAY. GREAT JOB, FIRST OF ALL.

THAT WAS YOU ON THE TRACK, RIGHT?

YEAH.

NICE JOB. VERY NICE.
I LIKE ‐‐ I THINK THAT'S PART OF

WHAT MADE THIS SO FUN.
YOU LOOKED LIKE YOU WERE

ENTERTAINING US.
WE'RE NOT TRYING TO MAKE YOU

PROFESSIONAL DANCERS.
WE WANT YOU TO COME THROUGH YOUR

OWN PERSONAL JOURNEY.
EVERY WEEK, YOU MAKE US DANCE

AND LAUGH AND HAVE FUN.
YOU DID MISS SOME STEPS.

NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED THERE.
A FEW MISSED STEPS, BUT REALLY

GOOD FUN.

DEREK?

YEAH, I LOVED ALL THE ELEMENTS.

YOU HIT US WITH THE BACK FLIP,
THEN YOU HAD SOME SALSA, SOME

CHARLESTON FOOTWORK, YOU HIT US
WITH THE ‐‐ WHOA.

IT WAS SO MUCH FUN.
AND THE JOY, THE FUN, IT WAS

SCELEBR CELEBRATORY.
THAT'S WHAT TONIGHT IS,

CELEBRATING THE ICONS.
AND IT WAS A JOY TO WATCH.

YEAH, A FEW LITTLE MISTAKES, BUT
SO FUN.

AND YOU ARE AN ICON.

I APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO AMAZING.
THAT WAS YOU ON THE TRACK.

WHAT WAS IT LIKE DANCING TO
YOURSELF BUT TUPAC?

I MEAN, YEAH.
THAT WAS PRETTY COOL.

BUT THE FACT THAT I HAD A CHANCE
TO REDO SUCH A GREAT SONG BY

SUCH A GREAT PERSON, AND THE
FACT THAT I GOT A CHANCE TO

DISPLAY THAT ON NATIONAL TV WAS
DOPE TO ME. YEAH.

THERE WAS A MOMENT WHEN
YOU LOOKED UP, WAS THAT LOOKING

UP TO TUPAC?

WE WERE WAITING ON HIM TO SAY
WHOA.

ALL RIGHT.
WELL, WE ARE GOING TO GET YOUR

SCORES. AFTER THE BREAK.

NO!

AFTER THE BREAK.

WELCOME, WELCOME BACK
TO ICONS NIGHT.

BEFORE THE BREAK, NELLY AND
DANIELLA DANCED A JAZZ TRIBUTE

TO HIS ICON, TUPAC.
AND NOW IT'S TIME TO GET SOME

SCORES.

CARRIE ANN INABA.

8.

DEREK HOUGH.

8.

BRUNO TONIOLI.

8.

ALL RIGHTY.
24 OUT OF 30 FOR NELLY AND

DANIELLA. SO FAR.
YOU GUYS, GO OFF AND RELAX.

GET READY FOR THE DANCE‐OFF,
WHICH WILL BE SO CRAZY,

HEAD‐TO‐HEAD.
NEXT UP, WITH HIS FIRST DANCE OF

THE NIGHT, TO GET INTO OUR
SEMIFINALS, OUR BACKSTREET BOY.

FIRST, WE'RE GOING TO SEE A. J.
McLEAN AND CHERYL TRAINING TO

PAY TRIBUTE TO HIS ICON, MR.
FREDDIE MERCURY.

I FEEL EXTREMELY GRATEFUL TO
STILL BE IN THE COMPETITION.

AND MY BIGGEST COMPETITION IS
MYSELF.

BUST OPEN, LET IT ALL OUT.

DANCE IS A GREAT WAY TO EXPRESS
YOUR FEELINGS. USE IT.

SO GOOD LAST WEEK.
WE NEED TO PUT OUR HEADS DOWN,

WORK HARD.

I'M READY. I WANT THIS.

IT'S ICONS NIGHT.
EVERYONE WILL BE PAYING TRIBUTE

TO THEIR MUSICAL ICON.
WHO IS YOURS?

FREDDIE MERCURY FROM QUEEN.

YOU REMIND ME OF HIM, FOR SURE.

I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT FROM CREW
MEMBERS OF PAST TOURS, MY STAGE

PRESENCE, MANNERISMS, IT'S OVER
THE TOP.

HE'S IN MY TOP THREE FAVORITE
ARTISTS OF ALL TIME.

YOU JUST KNOW THAT'S HIM.

FREDDIE MERCURY PERFORMED LOUD.

EVEN THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK ROW
COULD FEEL HIM.

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT CARRIE ANN
IS ASKING FROM YOU.

I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS,

YOU'RE DANCING A VIENNESE WALTZ

TO "SOMEBODY TO LOVE ME".

IT REMINDS ME OF MY GRANDMOTHER.

MY FATHER LEFT WHEN I WAS ABOUT
3 YEARS OLD.

MY MOM MOVED IN WITH HER
PARENTS, AND MY GRANDMOTHER

PICKED ME UP FROM SCHOOL, TOOK
ME TO AUDITIONS, AND WAS MY

BIGGEST FAN.
BEFORE SHE PASSED IN 2001, SHE

SAW THE HEIGHT OF MY CAREER.
SHE WAS FRONT ROW IN 1999,

SINGING ALONG, ROOTING FOR ME.
I KNOW SHE WOULD LOVE THIS SHOW.

NO, THAT'S WRONG.
YOUR ARMS HAVE TO BE HERE.

FOR THE VIENNESE WALTZ, THE
JUDGES WILL DEFINITELY BE

LOOKING FOR A. J.'S BREAKOUT

DANCE.

VIENNESE WALGTZ.
NO SKIPPING, I DON'T WANT TO

SEE, 1, 2, 3, AND A SKIP.
IT'S 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

IT HAS TO BE ELEGANT AND
GRACEFUL.

OPEN YOUR CHEST. THAT'S IT.

I'M GOING TO GO OUT THERE
TONIGHT AND GIVE IT MY ALL.

DON'T GO FAST. BE CONSISTENT.

I KNOW I HAVE TWO PEOPLE IN
THE CROWD TONIGHT, MY

GRANDMOTHER AND FREDDIE MERCURY.
THIS ONE IS FOR YOU GUYS.

DANCING THE
VIENNESE WALTZ WITH HIS PARTNER

CHERYL, IT'S A. J. McLEAN.

SOMEBODY TO LOVE

SOMEBODY TO LOVE?
CAN CAN YOU FIND ME

A. J. AND CHERYL WITH A

VIENNESE WALTZ, AN HOMAGE TO
FREDDIE MERCURY.

CARRIE ANN?

THAT WAS A TOUGH ONE.
YOU STARTED OUT STRONG, I

THOUGHT THIS WAS GOOD, I COULD
FEEL YOU.

DID YOU LOSE THE TURNS, AND YOU
LOST THE GRIP, THEN YOU FORGOT

THE CHOREOGRAPHY?
IT WAS A BAD SERIES OF EVENTS

THAT HAPPENED.
BUT YOU ARE OPENING UP YOUR

CHEST MORE, AND TAKING UP SPACE
ACROSS THE BALLROOM.

ONE POINTER, JUST WHEN YOU DO AN
ARM MOVEMENT, BE AWARE OF THE

TIP OF YOUR FINGERS SO IT
DOESN'T END AT YOUR ELBOW.

WELL DONE, GOOD COMEBACK.

DEREK?

MY HEART BLEEDS FOR YOU, I
KNOW YOU'VE NAILED IT 100 OUT OF

100 TIMES.
SOMETIMES THAT HAPPENS.

BUT I WILL SAY, I SAID WORK ON
THE LEFT ARM IN FRAME, AND IT

WAS BEAUTIFUL.
MUCH, MUCH, MUCH BETTER.

GOOD.

AND BEFORE I GO ON STAGE, MY
MANTRA IS CALM AND STRONG.

IT'S CALM, AND THE STRENGTH IN
YOUR MOVEMENT.

BE AWARE OF YOUR FACE, SOMETIMES
WHEN YOU'RE DANCING, YOU RAISE

YOUR EYEBROWS AND OPEN YOUR
MOUTH LIKE THIS.

I THINK IN THESE TYPES OF
DANCES, YOU WANT TO HAVE A

RELAXED FACE AND A LITTLE
STRONGER IN THE BODY.

IT SELLS IT A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENTLY TO US.

I'M THINKING, I'M DANCING, RIGHT?
JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.

BECAUSE I THINK WE'LL SEE YOU
AGAIN.

BRUNO?

BUT FIRST, LET ME SAY ONE
THING, IT WAS SO FREDDIE.

YOU WERE SO PUMPED UP, I THINK
YOU GOT YOURSELF INTO A JUMBLE.

AND THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
I JUST HAD ANOTHER LITTLE THING,

FREE ARM AND HAND.
WHEN YOU TENSE, IT LOOKS LIKE AN

AIRPLANE WING, YEAH?
SO MAKE SURE TO SOFTEN IT.

BUT I KNOW YOU'LL BE BACK AND
YOU'LL DO BETTER.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.
I'M STANDING IN FRONT OF A

LEGEND.
HOW IS THE LEGEND A. J. FEELING

RIGHT NOW?

LOOK, THE SHOW MUST GO ON.
YOU JUST GOT TO KEEP ON PRESSING

THROUGH.
AS LONG AS HER AND I ARE LOCKED

EYES, I CAN FOLLOW HER AND WE
CAN KEEP GOING.

AND YOU GOT ONE MORE
DANCE TONIGHT.

YOU HAVE THE DANCE‐OFF.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT THE

SEMIFINALS AND THE DANCE‐OFF?

I HOPE SO.

LET'S GET THESE SCORES.

CARRIE ANN INABA.

7.

DEREK HOUGH.

8.

BRUNO TONIOLI.

8.

ALL RIGHT.
WE'VE GOT 23 OUT OF 30 FOR A. J.

AND CHERYL SO FAR.
AND NEXT UP, HER FIRST DANCE OF

THE NIGHT TO GET INTO THE
SEMIFINALS, KAITLYN BRISTOWE AND

ARTEM PAY TRIBUTE TO BRITNEY
SPEARS, LIVE.

HEY, BRUNO.
EVERYTHING ALL RIGHT?

WHAT'S GOING ON?

I'M TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING
READY FOR MY SPECIAL NIGHT.

YOUR NIGHT?

YES, ICONS NIGHT.
AND BECAUSE I'M AN ICON, I

REQUESTED A COUPLE OF SIMPLE

THINGS LIKE AN ESPRESSO MACHINE,
A REPLICA OF THE COLISEUM, THE

FULL CAST OF "MAGIC MIKE" TO
ENTERTAIN ME.

AND A LIFE‐SIZED CUTOUT OF ME.

DEREK, SHOULD WE TELL HIM
NONE OF THIS IS HAPPENING?

OH, YES, ACTUALLY, I WANTED
TO PUT IT NEXT TO THE FONDUE

SET, BUT MIND THE KOI POND AS
YOU ENTER.

WOW.

BRUNO, I DIDN'T KNOW
THAT YOU WERE SUCH A DIVA.

WELL, I LEARNED FROM THE BEST.

WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO
SAY? ARE YOU COMING FOR ME?

I NEED ALL OF MY M&Ms TO BE
GREEN TO MATCH THE LOOK TONIGHT,

OKAY? I CAN OUT‐DIVA YOU ANY DAY,
BABY.

WELCOME BACK TO ICONS NIGHT.
I LOVE YOU, BRUNO.

LET'S GIVE A SHOUT‐OUT TO THE
INCREDIBLE RAY CREW LIVE.

AND OUR AMAZING SINGERS,
FELICIA, KELLI, TRAVIS, AND C. J.

SPECTACULAR VOICES EVERY SINGLE
WEEK.

OUR "BACHELORETTE" STAR IS UP

NEXT, WITH HER TRIBUTE TO
BRITNEY SPEARS.

LET'S LEARN ABOUT HER DEEP
CONNECTION WITH THE ICON.

WE'RE DOING ARGENTINE TANGO.

YOU'RE DANCING TO BRITNEY SPEARS.
AND THE SONG IS "TOXIC".

YES, MY GIRL.

THAT MUCH EXCITEMENT, I CAN'T
HANDLE IT.

THERE ARE SO MANY ICONS OUT
THERE, BUT IN MY TIME, IT WAS

BRITNEY SPEARS.

IT WAS IN 1999, HER FIRST

HIT, "BABY ONE MORE TIME."
AND I WAS LIKE, OOH, I WANT TO

BE HER.

SHE WANTS TO BE BRITNEY!

EMBARRASSING STORY, BUT I WAS
PUT ON THE 6:00 P. M. NEWS IN MY

HOMETOWN FOR BEING A BRITNEY FAN
WHEN SHE CAME IN TOWN FOR A

CONCERT.
GROWING UP, I LOVED SINGING.

I THINK I TRULY BELIEVED I COULD
BE A BRITNEY SPEARS.

BECAUSE I LOVED SINGING, SHE
INSPIRED ME TO DO IT.

IN 2015, I MOVED TO NASHVILLE.
I ALWAYS HAD DREAMS OF BEING

AROUND MUSIC.
I FINALLY GOT TO FULFILL MY

DREAMS OF WRITING AND RECORDING
A SONG. IT'S CALLED "IF I'M BEING

HONEST."

AND IT ENDED UP GOING TO
NUMBER TWO ON THE iTUNES CHART

BELOW JUSTIN BIEBER.
AND IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF BRITNEY.

ALL RIGHT, SO, CHANNEL THE
INNER BRITNEY.

HECK, YEAH.

AND LET'S DO THE ARGENTINE
TANGO.

TONIGHT, I HAVE TO GO OUT
THERE AND SHOW THE JUDGES A

DIFFERENT SIDE OF KAITLYN.

THERE YOU GO. THERE YOU GO.

WHAT BETTER WAY TO DO THAT
THAN CHANNEL MY INNER, SAUCY

BRITNEY SPEARS.

YEAH, NICE.

DANCING THE
ARGENTINE TANGO WITH HER PARTNER

ARTEM, IT'S KAITLYN BRISTOWE.

DON'T YOU KNOW THAT

ALL RIGHT.
KAITLYN AND ARTEM WITH THE

ARGENTINE TANGO.
LOTS OF RHINESTONES UP IN HERE,

HONORING BRITNEY SPEARS. DEREK?

SPARKLES. KAITLYN ‐‐

SO MANY SPARKLES.

SLOW CLAP, DEREK, NICE.

LISTEN, CHECK THIS OUT.
THE WAY I JUDGE IS TECHNIQUE,

CONTENT, CREATIVITY, EXECUTION,
AND IMPACT.

FOR ME, I ALWAYS FELT LIKE
YOU'VE LACKED A LITTLE BIT OF

THE IMPACT UNTIL TONIGHT.
THAT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL, EXQUISITE

LINES, BEAUTIFUL TRANSITIONS.
THE CHOREOGRAPHY, WELL DONE,

ARTEM. YEAH, YOU DID THAT.

YES! THANK YOU.

WELL DONE.

BRUNO?

HIT ME, KAITLYN, ONE MORE
TIME! NOW WE'RE IN BUSINESS.

I MEAN, COME ON.
THE LUSCIOUS SHAPES, THOSE LINES

STRETCHED TO INFINITY.
SOME OF THE IMAGES WERE LIKE

PRECIOUS PAINTINGS THAT YOU
COULD ONLY SEE IN A MUSEUM.

YOUR FOCUS AND INTENSITY WAS
BETTER THAN WE'VE EVER SEEN IT.

A STAR PERFORMANCE.

CARRIE ANN?
YOU'RE SMILING LIKE A PROUD MAMA

RIGHT NOW.

YES.
YOU KNOW, LOOK, I KNOW IT'S BEEN

A ROUGH COUPLE OF WEEKS.
BUT I JUST HAVE TO GIVE YOU A

STANDING "O," BECAUSE THAT WAS
INCREDIBLE.

WE PUSH YOU BECAUSE WE WANT YOU
TO REACH YOUR ULTIMATE.

EVERY LINE, EVERY LIFT, IT WAS
PERFECT.

NOT A CENTIMETER, EVERYTHING

WE'VE WANTED FROM YOU WAS IN THE
ROUTINE. BEAUTIFUL JOB!

HOW ABOUT A HUG. WELL DONE.

OKAY.
SO THESE JUDGES ARE LOVING YOU

RIGHT NOW, KAITLYN. OKAY.
DO YOU THINK IT HAS ANYTHING TO

DO WITH MISS SPEARS?

I MEAN, I DEFINITELY
CHANNELED THAT LITTLE TOXIC

SAUCY INTO TONIGHT. YES.

WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE
TO HAVE CARRIE ANN'S PRAISE?

IT WAS LIKE SHE WAS YOUR MAMA,
AND SHE WAS LIKE, BABY, YOU JUST

DID MAMA SO PROUD.

I ALWAYS FELT LIKE THAT'S
WHERE IT WAS COMING FROM, EVEN

IF IT WAS HARD TO HEAR, I KNEW
IT CAME FROM THAT PLACE.

TO HEAR THAT WE WORKED SO HARD,
AND WE GOT WHAT WE WANTED FROM

ALL OF YOU, THANK YOU.

YES.

IT WORKED, IT WORKED.

ALL OF THE LIVING
LEGENDS TONIGHT THAT ARE THE

STARS THAT WE'RE CELEBRATING, I
HIT ALL OF THEM UP ON INSTAGRAM.

AND BRITNEY WAS ONE OF THEM.
I HOPE YOU'RE WATCHING.

LET'S GET YOUR SCORES.

CARRIE ANN INABA.

IT'S A 10!

DEREK HOUGH.

1. I MEAN A 10!

BRUNO TONIOLI.

INTOXICATING!

A PERFECT SCORE, YOU
GOT A 30! KAITLYN! PERFECT SCORE.

WHAT ARE YOU FEELING RIGHT NOW?

I DON'T EVEN KNOW. I'M SO HAPPY.

SO GOOD.
NEXT UP, JOHNNY WEIR AND BRITT

PAY TRIBUTE TO HIS ICON.
CAN YOU GUESS BY LOOKING AT HIM?

AMY WINEHOUSE.
WE'LL BE BACK, LIVE.

WELCOME BACK TO ICONS NIGHT.

AND THE LAST CHANCE FOR OUR
STARS TO GET INTO NEXT WEEK'S

SEMIFINALS. ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL SEE WHERE OUR FIRST FOUR

COUPLES STAND ON THE LEADERBOARD
SO FAR.

CURRENTLY AT THE TOP, KAITLYN
AND ARTEM WITH A PERFECT 30,

WHICH IS AMAZING.
AND AT THE BOTTOM, A. J. AND

CHERYL, WITH 23.
BUT THERE IS STILL A LOT MORE

DANCING TO DO.
AND YOU GUYS CAN MAKE THOSE

LEADERBOARDS CHANGE.
NEXT UP, OUR OLYMPIC FIGURE

SKATER HONORS HIS ICON,
AND BEFORE JOHNNY WEIR AND BRITT

DANCE, HERE'S AN EMOTIONAL STORY
ABOUT HIS APPRECIATION FOR AMY.

THIS WEEK IS ICONS NIGHT.
AND YOU GET TO PAY TRIBUTE TO

YOUR BIGGEST MUSICAL ICON.
WHO IS ONE OF YOUR BIGGEST

MUSICAL ICONS?

AMY WINEHOUSE!
AMY WINEHOUSE IS ICONIC.

SHE'S ONE OF THE VERY SPECIAL
ARTISTS THAT COMES ALONG AND

THEY'RE NOT ANYTHING LIKE THE
TRADITIONAL POP STAR.

SHE WENT THERE WITH THE HAIR,
THE LOOK, THE VIBE.

BEING VERY UP FRONT AND PUBLIC
ABOUT HER STRUGGLE.

AND IT TAKES A LOT TO NOT
SUCCUMB TO THE PRESSURE OF BEING

EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED
TO BE.

WHEN YOU'RE IN THE PUBLIC EYE,
THERE IS A LOT OF PRESSURE THAT

COMES WITH THAT.
YOU NO LONGER CAN BE JUST A

NORMAL PERSON.
AND I THINK AMY WINEHOUSE DEALT

WITH THAT PRESSURE IN THE BEST
WAY THAT SHE COULD.

IN THAT WAY, I CAN CERTAINLY
RELATE.

BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE IN A SPORT
THAT GIVES YOU SIX MINUTES TO

SUCCEED, AND YOU'VE DEDICATED
EVERY SINGLE WAKING MINUTE OF

YOUR LIFE TO THOSE SIX MINUTES,

THE PRESSURE IS OUTRAGEOUS.

IN 2006, I COULD NOT HANDLE THE
PRESSURE AT THE OLYMPICS, AND I

BLEW IT. I COULDN'T FEEL MY LEGS.
I FAILED MYSELF, I FAILED MY

COUNTRY. I WAS A LAUGHINGSTOCK.
IT WAS JUST BECAUSE I'D HAD A

ROUGH NIGHT.
IN FOUR YEARS' TIME, I WENT BACK

TO ANOTHER OLYMPICS.
AND I KNEW I NEEDED TO REDEEM

MYSELF.
I HAD THAT MOMENT WHERE I WAS

STANDING IN FRONT OF 2 BILLION
PEOPLE AGAIN, AND DESPITE ALL

THE PRESSURE, AND THE HATE, AND
I WAS STRONG IN MYSELF.

I DIDN'T WIN A MEDAL, BUT I WAS
ABLE TO GIVE THE BEST

PERFORMANCES OF MY LIFE.
AND EVEN THOUGH I HADN'T SKATED

AS LONG AS SOME OF THE OTHER
PEOPLE IN THAT COMPETITION, I

HAD DEDICATED JUST AS MUCH OF MY
LIFE TO A DREAM OF STANDING IN

FRONT OF THE WORLD AND HAVING
THEM APPLAUD YOU.

1, 2, 3, 4.

TONIGHT, BRITT AND I ARE

DANCING A QUICKSTEP TO "VALERIE"

BY AMY WINEHOUSE.
TONIGHT'S PERFORMANCE IS ALL

ABOUT LOVING YOURSELF ENOUGH TO
LOVE YOURSELF AT YOUR WORST.

AND TO MARCH FORWARD, TO DANCE
ON.

DANCING THE
QUICKSTEP WITH HIS PARTNER

BRITT, IT'S JOHNNY WEIR.

COME ON OVER VALERIE

OH, JOHNNY AND BRITT
WITH A QUICKSTEP HONORING AMY

WINEHOUSE. BRUNO?

OH, JOHNNY, AMY WOULD HAVE
LOVED THAT.

UNIQUE, GROUNDBREAKING, KIND
OF ‐‐ FORGET ABOUT ALL

PERCEPTIONS, I'LL DO IT THE WAY
I WANT TO.

APART FROM THE IMPERSONATION OF
THE CHARACTER, THE ACTUAL

QUICKSTEP WAS EXCELLENT!
YOU DIDN'T SKIMP ON ANYTHING.

LIGHT OF TOUCH, PRECISE,
BEAUTIFUL. WELL DONE.

CARRIE ANN?

OKAY.
I MEAN, FIRST OF ALL, WE'VE

NEVER SEEN A QUICKSTEP LIKE THAT.
AFTER 29 SEASONS, IT'S HARD TO

DO SOMETHING WE'VE NEVER SEEN
BEFORE.

YOU PULLED IT OFF BEAUTIFULLY.
YOU'RE SUCH A GREAT PERFORMER.

YOU BELIEVE IN WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
YOU DELIVER EVERY CREATIVE

CHOICE WITH PASSION, POWER, AND
PRECISION.

IT WAS AMAZING, LIGHT ON YOUR
FEET, USED THE WHOLE FLOOR LIKE

AN ICE SKATING RINK. BEAUTIFUL.
AMAZING.

DEREK?

YOU'RE A PERFECT
REPRESENTATION ABOUT BEING

ENOUGH.
BEING AN ATHLETE AND COMPETITOR,

WE THINK WINNING EQUALS LOVE.
AND THE TRUTH IS, JUST YOU BEING

YOU AND WHO YOU ARE EQUALS LOVE,
NO MATTER WHAT.

YOU'LL ALWAYS BE ENOUGH, AND YOU
ALWAYS WILL BE.

AND WITH THE TECHNIQUE, THE
FOOTWORK, I LOVE THE BASIC OVER

IN THE CORNER, YOU'RE LIKE, JUST

KIDDING. POW!
SO CLEAN, AND THE BEEHIVE HAIRDO.

I LOVED IT.

I'M HONORED TO HAVE AN
ICE SKATING ICON IN THE HOUSE.

HELLO. YOU'RE HOLDING YOUR OWN.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR YOU TO GET

TO THE SEMIFINALS?

I'M A COMPETITOR.
I'VE TRIED TO BE THE BEST NO

MATTER WHO I NEED TO DANCE OVER
TO GET THERE.

AND I'M READY FOR A SEMIFINAL.

RIGHT BEFORE THEY
DANCE, BRITT IS HUGGING AND

KISSING HIM. IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL.
LET'S GET THESE SCORES.

CARRIE ANN INABA.

IT'S A 10!

DEREK HOUGH.

10!

BRUNO TONIOLI.

OH, A 10!

YES!

OH, MY GOODNESS, 30 OUT
OF 30 FOR JOHNNY AND BRITT.

WE GOT A PERFECT SCORE.
OKAY, YOU GUYS GO GET READY FOR

THAT DANCE‐OFF.
BECAUSE YOU JUST GOT TO TAKE IT

TO THE NEXT LEVEL. OKAY.
SKAI AND ALAN GOT A SECOND

CHANCE TO COME BACK THIS WEEK.
BEFORE THEY DANCE, SKAI SHARES A

POWERFUL STORY ABOUT WHY SHE
CHOSE MISS JANET JACKSON AS HER

ICON.

LAST WEEK WAS REALLY STRANGE
FOR ME.

I FEEL LIKE I DID ONE OF MY BEST
PERFORMANCES.

BUT IT LANDED ME IN THE BOTTOM
TWO.

SKAI AND ALAN ARE IN THE
BOTTOM TWO.

I'VE NEVER BEEN IN THE BOTTOM
TWO.

AND I WAS JUST REALLY SCARED,
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GO HOME.

WHICH COUPLE WOULD YOU LIKE
TO SAVE?

SKAI, YOU'VE GONE UP AND DOWN
AND HANDLED IT LIKE A BOSS.

SKAI AND ALAN, I'M SAVING YOU.

MY GOAL IS TO MAKE IT TO THE
FINALE.

IF ANYTHING, THIS JUST MAKES ME
WANT TO WORK HARDER.

I LOVE THAT.
YOU'VE PUT IN SO MUCH HARD WORK

AND EFFORT.

THANK YOU.

IT'S ICONS NIGHT, AND
EVERYONE IS PAYING TRIBUTE TO

THEIR MUSICAL ICONS.
SKAI, WHO IS YOUR ICON?

IT WOULD HAVE TO BE JANET
JACKSON.

SHE'S VERY PASSIONATE.
AND I'VE ALWAYS LOOKED UP TO HER.

EVEN THOUGH JANET IS AN AMAZING
PERFORMER, THE THING I ADMIRE

MOST IS THAT SHE IS AN ACTIVIST.
SHE ISN'T AFRAID TO SPEAK UP AND

USE HER VOICE FOR GOOD.
THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME.

THERE IS SO MUCH GOING ON IN THE
WORLD RIGHT NOW.

I LIKE TO TELL PEOPLE MY REAL
EXPERIENCES.

REAL THINGS HAPPEN TO ME, TOO.

I'VE DEALT WITH A LOT OF RARACI,

COLORISM IN THE INDUSTRY.
AS A YOUNG GIRL, I WENT TO A

BALLET SCHOOL.
I WAS THE ONLY BLACK GIRL THERE.

ONE OF THE GIRLS SAID TO ME, NO,
I CAN'T TOUCH YOU, BECAUSE YOUR

SKIN COLOR WILL RUB OFF ON ME.
LIKE IT WAS A DISGUSTING THING.

AT THAT TIME, I DIDN'T
UNDERSTAND IT.

BUT I WAS SAD ABOUT IT, THAT
SOMEONE DIDN'T WANT TO PLAY WITH

ME BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF MY
SKIN.

THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT
MEANS SO MUCH TO ME.

IT MAKES ME SAD TO SEE PEOPLE OF
YOUR RACE KILLED FOR NO REASON.

AND I TALK ABOUT THESE ISSUES,
EVEN THOUGH IT MAY MAKE SOMEONE

UNCOMFORTABLE.
I'M NEVER GOING TO STOP FIGHTING

FOR THIS CAUSE, AND I'M NOT
GOING TO STOP FIGHTING IN THIS

COMPETITION.

YEAH, YEAH, 5, 6, 7.

THIS WEEK, WE'RE DOING A PASO
DOBLE TO THE SONG "IF" BY JANET

JACKSON.

FEET TOGETHER. 1, 2, 3. CROSS.

IT HASN'T BEEN EASY FOR ME TO
GET TO THIS POINT.

I'VE HAD MY UPS AND DOWNS, BUT
I'VE WORKED THROUGH THAT.

GOING HOME IS NOT AN OPTION FOR
ME. I STILL WANT TO BE HERE.

I WANT TO FIGHT TO THE END.

THAT WAS AMAZING.

WELL, WELCOME, WELCOME
BACK TO ICONS NIGHT.

J.LO NEEDED A BREAK, SO NICKI
MINAJ HAS COME OUT TO PLAY.

LOVE YOU, NICKI.
BEFORE THE BREAK, WE SAW SKAI

JACKSON AND ALAN TRAINING FOR
THEIR TRIBUTE TO HER ICON, JANET

JACKSON.
WE'RE LOOKING AT YOU, JANET.

I HEAR JANET IS WATCHING RIGHT
NOW. HERE'S SKAI AND ALAN.

DANCING THE PASO
DOBLE WITH HER PARTNER ALAN,

IT'S SKAI JACKSON.

STARIN' IN YOUR FACE
WITH A LUST IN MY EYES

THINK OF WHAT YOU WANT
LET YOUR MIND FREE

SO I CAN'T THEN I WON'T

SKAI AND ALAN, TEARING
IT UP WITH A PASO DOBLE HOMAGE

TO JANET JACKSON.
CARRIE ANN IS LIKE, HER MOUTH IS

OPEN.

YEAH. FIRST OF ALL, YES.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORY

AND, YES, BLACK LIVES MATTER.
I'M SO PROUD OF YOU FOR USING

YOUR PLATFORM IN THE RIGHT WAY.
AND I'M PROUD OF YOU FOR GIVING

US THIS FIERCE PASO DOBLE.
WHEN JANET CAME OUT WITH THIS

ALBUM, SHE CHANNELED A NEW
FIERCENESS, AND THE SAME WITH

YOU.
WHEN YOU DID THE SPIN, WE WERE

LIKE, WHAT? AMAZING.
YOU'RE AMAZING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, CARRIE ANN.

DEREK?

FOR SOMEONE SO YOUNG, YOU'RE
STRONG, POWERFUL, AND CONFIDENT.

STARTING ON YOUR OWN LIKE THAT,
IT WAS BOLD AND BRAVE. WELL DONE.

I WAS LIKE, WHOA!
AND THE KICK HERE, I WOULD SAY

THERE WERE STILL A FEW MOMENTS,
IT LOOKS A LITTLE LIKE THIS

SOMETIMES.

RIGHT.

AND WATCH YOUR ARMS, YOU
DON'T WANT TO ACTUALLY HAVE

TENSION IN YOUR ARMS.
IF YOU HAVE TOO MUCH TENSION, IT

RICOCHETS.
BUT, LISTEN, THE TECHNICAL

TERMS, OVERALL, IT WAS A GREAT
ROUTINE. WELL DONE.

BRUNO?

RESPECT, MY DARLING.
I'LL TELL YOU, THIS IS ONE OF

THE MOST GROWN‐UP DANCES WE HAD.
YOU LIVED UP TO IT. INTENSE.

THANK YOU.

PURPOSE, STRENGTH, BEAUTY,
POWER. I'M TELLING YOU, YOU DID A

FANTASTIC JOB.
HE'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

AND WITH A LINE, THINK ABOUT
REACHING FOR THE SKY.

ENERGY GOES THROUGH IT, AND IT
CONTINUES. IT DOESN'T STOP HERE.

YOU SEE, YOU'VE JUST DONE IT NOW.
BUT DO IT WHEN YOU'RE DANCING.

GOT YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MISS SKAI.
MISS JACKSON, IF YOU'RE NASTY.

AND YOU WERE NASTY ON THIS FLOOR
TONIGHT.

BUT ON THE SERIOUS SIDE OF THIS,
YOU ARE THE FUTURE.

YOU'RE OUR BABY AT "DANCING WITH
THE STARS," AND YOU AND YOUR

GENERATION REPRESENTS THE FUTURE.

RIGHT.

YOU TALK ABOUT JANET
JACKSON BEING AN ICON FOR

ACTIVISM.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU?

IT MEANS SO MUCH, USING THEIR

PLATFORM, I'M SO GLAD I GOT TO
CHANNEL MY ENERGY INTO THAT

TONIGHT.

AND I CALL IT THE
CUCKOO CLOCK, AND SHE HAD THE

CONTROL TO STOP THAT. YEAH.
SO USE THIS MOMENT, WHAT DO YOU

WANT TO SAY TO THE TEENAGERS WHO
ARE LOOKING UP TO YOU?

IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY
FOLLOWERS YOU HAVE, USE YOUR

VOICE FOR GREATNESS.

LET'S GET YOUR SCORES.

CARRIE ANN INABA.

9.

DEREK HOUGH.

FORCE FOR GOOD. 9.

BRUNO TONIOLI.

I'M WITH YOU. 9.

WOW.
27 OUT OF 30 FOR SKAI AND ALAN

SO FAR.
NOW, LAST UP IN THE FIRST ROUND,

NEV SCHULMAN AND JENNA HONOR THE
TRULY ICONIC ELTON JOHN, LIVE.

HELLO AND WELCOME TO ‐‐

HOW TO BE AN ICON.

THIS SIMPLE TUTORIAL WILL
TEACH YOU HOW TO CONVINCE

EVERYONE THAT YOU ARE REALLY,
REALLY FAMOUS.

ICONS KNOW HOW TO FIND THE
CAMERA.

ICONS DO THINGS IN SLOW MOTION.

BECAUSE SLOW MOTION IS FREAKING

COOL.

IF I SAY YOU LOOK COOL, CAN
WE GET BACK TO REHEARSAL?

MOST IMPORTANTLY, ALWAYS HAVE
A DIVA FAN ON STANDBY TO BLOW

YOUR HAIR.
CHERYL, ON A SCALE OF 1 TO 10,

HOW ICONIC DO I LOOK RIGHT NOW?

NO.

OH, A. J., HAIR IS A
STATE OF MINE.

IT'S ALL ABOUT WHAT IS INSIDE OF
YOU, NOT WHAT IS ON TOP OF THE

HEAD, RIGHT?
WELCOME BACK TO ICONS NIGHT.

TO FINISH OFF TONIGHT'S FIRST
ROUND, THE HOST OF "CATFISH"

PAYS TRIBUTE TO AN ICON AMONG
ICONS.

NEV SCHULMAN AND JENNA TRAINED
TO HONOR ELTON JOHN.

IT'S ICONS NIGHT!
WHO WOULD YOU SAY IS YOUR

BIGGEST MUSIC ICON?

ELTON JOHN IS PROBABLY MY
NUMBER ONE.

WHEN YOU LOOK UP ICON IN THE
DICTIONARY, IT'S PROBABLY A

PICTURE OF HIM WITH THE GIANT
GLASSES AND HAT AT THE PIANO.

YOU THINK ELTON JOHN, AND IT'S A
VISION.

ONE OF THE THINGS I ESPECIALLY
LOVE ABOUT HIM, HE'S DONE A LOT

OF MUSICALS.
OBVIOUSLY "THE LION KIN

KING," "AIDA," "BILLY ELLIOTT."

MY MOM WAS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT
TAKING US TO SHOWS.

UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN SHE WAS 15,

SHE GOT DIAGNOSED WITH SKCOLIOSS

AND HER DREAMS ABOUT PERFORMING
AND BEING A DANCER CAME TO A

GRINDING HALT.
I THINK SHE ALWAYS HAD THAT

PASSION AND LOVE FOR THE
PERFORMING ARTS, AND REALLY

TRANSFERRED IT TO ME.

BEING ON THIS SHOW HAS TOTALLY
RE‐IGNITED A PASSION AND A LOVE

FOR PERFORMING THAT I HAD MOSTLY
FORGOTTEN ABOUT.

SOMETHING HAS CHANGED AND
SHIFTED INSIDE OF ME.

NOW, I'M NOT JUST THE "CATFISH"
GUY. I'M ALSO THAT DANCER GUY.

1, 2, 3. AS A TEACHER, BUT MOST

IMPORTANTLY AS A FRIEND, I LOVE
THIS NEWFOUND PASSION THAT NEV

HAS FOR PERFORMING.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A DREAM OF
MINE TO BE IN A BROADWAY MUSICAL.

MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, AFTER
"DANCING WITH THE STARS" ENDS, I

COULD BE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO
THAT DREAM.

DANCING THE JIVE
WITH HIS PARTNER JENNA, IT'S

NEV SCHULMAN.

HAVE YOU SEEN MY MATES
MA TELL ME WHEN

I WANT TO ROCK
WANT TO GET A BELLY

ALL RIGHT FOR FIGHTING
GET A LITTLE ACTION IN

SATURDAY NIGHT'S
ALL RIGHT ALL RIGHT ALL RIGHT

WHOA.

NEV AND JENNA DOING THE JIVE,
PAYING HOMAGE TO ELTON JOHN.

DEREK?

LISTEN, THE THING I LOVE
ABOUT THIS SHOW SO MUCH IS

EXACTLY WHAT YOU WERE TALKING
ABOUT IN THE PACKAGE.

RECLAIMING A PART OF YOUR
PASSION.

AND IT'S BEEN AMAZING TO SEE YOU
DANCE AND PERFORM, IT BRINGS A

SMILE TO MY FACE EVERY TIME.
THAT HAD SO MUCH CONTENT, SO

MUCH CHARISMA.
I WOULD LIKE A LITTLE BIT MORE

PUMP IN THE ACTION AND JIVE.
A LITTLE STRONGER.

BUT, DUDE, I LOVE YOU, MAN.
GREAT JOB.

BRUNO?

ROCKET MAN AT ITS MOST
ENTERTAINING. ELTON ON BROADWAY.

I LOVE THE STRUCTURE, THE
CHARACTERIZATION, THEY WERE

DELICIOUS.
YOU BRING CHARACTERS TO LIFE.

YOU'RE AN ENTERTAINER.
NEXT WEEK, QUARTERFINALS.

NO, SEMIFINALS, I'M SORRY.
AND THE KICKS, IT IS A JIVE.

KICKS AND FLICKS, RETRACTION,
YEAH?

I ALWAYS SAY PRAYING MANTIS,
PRAYING MANTIS.

AS A THEATRICAL NUMBER,
FANTASTIC.

CARRIE ANN?

YOU'RE A PLEASURE TO WATCH.
IT'S FUN TO WATCH SOMEONE WHO IS

HAVING FUN.
I LOVE THAT YOU CAN STYLIZE YOUR

ROUTINE A LITTLE BIT.
BUT THERE WAS ONE TINY THING.

YOUR FEET, I'VE SEEN THEM
POINTED A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE

PAST. NO MORE FLOPPIES.

YOU SHARED WITH THE
WORLD TONIGHT YOUR ASPIRATIONS

TO PERFORM, TO BE ON BROADWAY.
WE HAD A NICE PHONE CONVERSATION

ABOUT THAT A FEW WEEKS AGO.
ARE WE GOING TO SEE YOU ON

BROADWAY?
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES BACK.

MAYBE NOW THAT WE HAVE A NEW
PRESIDENT, MAYBE IT WILL COME

BACK. HOW ABOUT THAT?

AND FOR YOU, JENNA, HOW
IS IT DANCING WITH THIS MAN.

DO YOU SEE BROTHER AND SISTER?

IT'S NOT JUST THE SYNCOPATION.

I GO INTO WORK WITH A SMILE
ON MY FACE, I ENJOY EVERY

REHEARSAL, I'M VERY FULFILLED AS
A PARTNER.

HE'S HAPPINESS AND
KINDNESS, RIGHT?

AND WE'RE GOING TO GET YOUR
SCORES ‐‐ WHEN WE COME BACK.

WELCOME BACK TO ICONS
NIGHT. ALL ABOUT MUSIC STARS.

BEFORE THE BREAK, NEV AND JENNA
PERFORMED A JIVE TRIBUTE TO HIS

ICON, ELTON JOHN.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO GET YOUR

SCORES, ARE YOU READY?
HERE WE GO.

CARRIE ANN INABA.

9.

DEREK HOUGH.

9.

BRUNO TONIOLI.

9.

WOW.
27 OUT OF 30 FOR NEV AND JENNA.

SINCE THEY FINISH LAST WEEK'S
COMPETITION TIED AT THE TOP OF

THE LEADERBOARD AND THEY HAD THE
HIGHEST CUMULATIVE SCORES ACROSS

THE SEASON AS OF LAST WEEK, NEV
AND JENNA HAVE WON IMMUNITY FROM

TONIGHT'S DANCE‐OFF.
AND ON TOP OF THAT, THEY GET TWO

BONUS POINTS. AMAZING.
HOWEVER, LISTEN UP, THEY'RE NOT

IMMUNE FROM TONIGHT'S BOTTOM TWO.
THEY STILL NEED YOUR VOTES TO

KEEP THEM SAFE THIS WEEK AND
SEND THEM TO THE SEMIFINALS.

YOU GOT THAT? SEE YOU TWO LATER.
YOU GUYS CAN RELAX, YOU DON'T

HAVE TO DO THE DANCE‐OFF.
YOU'RE SUPER LUCKY.

LET'S LOOK AT THE LEADERBOARD TO
SEE WHERE ALL OF OUR STARS

STAND.
TIED AT THE TOP, KAITLYN AND

ARTEM AND JOHNNY AND BRITT WITH
30. PERFECT SCORES, TIED.

AND CURRENTLY AT THE BOTTOM,
A.J. AND CHERYL, WITH 23.

NOW, THE LOWEST SCORING COUPLES
COULD GET A BOOST IF THEY WIN

THEIR DANCE‐OFF.
SO THIS AIN'T OVER.

IT'S HARDLY OVER.
LISTEN UP, TWO AT A TIME, THE

COUPLES WILL DANCE SIDE‐BY‐SIDE
FOR TWO BONUS POINTS.

WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT WHICH OF
OUR COUPLES WILL BATTLE IT OUT

IN THE FIRST DANCE‐OFF.

IT'S A DANCE‐OFF.
WHO WILL IT BE? HERE IT IS.

HEY!

I'M NOT GOING TO LIE, A
LITTLE NERVOUS.

SHE'S A BEAUTIFUL DANCER.
AND SHE'S GOT GREAT LINES.

WE'RE BOTH SUCH DIFFERENT
DANCERS.

SO I'M GOING TO REALLY HAVE TO
STEP UP MY PERFORMANCE SIDE

ALONG WITH MY TECHNIQUE.

ARE YOU GUYS READY TO FIND
OUT WHAT WE'RE DANCING TO?

OH, WE'RE DANCING THE CHA‐CHA

TO "TELEPHONE" BY LADY GAGA AND
BEYONCE.

THEY'RE TWO HUGE ICONS, WOMEN
WHO EMPOWER ALL WOMEN.

JUSTINA VERSUS KAITLYN.
THEY BOTH DID THE CHA‐CHA‐CHA

WEEK ONE.

JUSTINA GOT 21.
SHE'S GOING TO BRING ENERGY.

THEY BOTH HAVE GREAT TECHNIQUE.

MAYBE KAITLYN HAS A LITTLE
BETTER TECHNIQUE THAN JUSTINA.

KAITLYN, I'M SORRY TO SAY
THIS, I LOVE YOU, BUT YOU'RE

GOING DOWN.
I NEED THOSE TWO POINTS.

THOSE TWO POINTS MEAN
EVERYTHING TO US.

WE DON'T WANT TO GO HOME.

JUSTINA WILL BRING THE
CHARISMA AND ENERGY, KAITLYN

WILL BRING THE TECHNIQUE.
I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT

WILL HAPPEN WITH THIS ONE.

DANCING THE
CHA‐CHA AGAINST EACH OTHER, IT'S

JUSTINA MACHADO AND SASHA VERSUS
KAITLYN BRISTOWE AND ARTEM.

LET THE DANCE‐OFF BEGIN.

WHOO! ALL RIGHTY.
CHA‐CHA DANCE‐OFF, JUSTINA AND

SASHA VERSUS KAITLYN AND ARTEM.
WHAT ARE YOU THINKING AT HOME?

NOW LET'S FIND OUT WHAT DEREK IS
THI THINKING.

I LOVE THIS SO MUCH.

THIS IS A PROPER BALLROOM LATIN

COMPETITION.
AND YOU'RE ALL TOGETHER, YOU

NEED TO STAND OUT TO BE
OUTSTANDING.

I KNOW WHO IT WAS, WE'RE GOING
TO FIND OUT RIGHT AFTER THIS.

I'M JUST KIDDING.

COME ON.

BRUNO?

HE'S GOING TO MAKE IT HARD
FOR ME NOW.

WHAT ARE YOU THINKING, BRUNO?

WHAT I THINK, I FELT PLENTY

OF LATIN FIRE AND PASSION.
CHEEKINESS, FUN.

THE OTHER ONE, I FELT PRECISION,
ELEGANCE, PLACEMENT.

OH, IT'S SO HARD.
YOU HAVE TO WAIT.

CARRIE ANN, IS IT HARD
FOR YOU, TOO, BABY?

IT'S LIKE SUGAR AND SPICE,
EVERYTHING THAT'S NICE.

CAN'T WE JUST MAKE A TIE?
REALLY, JUSTINA, YOU STARTED OUT

STRONG.
YOU GRABBED THE ATTENTION.

THEN KAITLYN, YOU PULLED ME
BACK, BECAUSE IT WAS CLEAN AND

REFINED.
ALL THE WAY ‐‐ OH, TIGHT AND

NICE AND SEXY, FEISTY. AH!

I'M GOING TO START WITH
THE SPICE.

MISS SPICE, ARE YOU FEELING
COMPETITIVE TONIGHT?

YEAH.

READY TO JUST WIN THIS?

YEAH.

IT'S A WEIRD QUESTION.

I THINK WE'RE ALL READY TO
WIN THIS, BUT, YES, I'M READY.

WHAT ABOUT YOU, MISS SWEET?

I'M READY TO WIN AGAINST THAT
SPICE.

SOUNDS LIKE SOME REALLY

GOOD FOOD, BY THE WAY.
SWEET AND SPICY.

WHICH COUPLE HAS WON THE
DANCE‐OFF?

TIME FOR THE JUDGES TO TALK
ABOUT IT.

CARRIE ANN INABA.

I'M GOING TO GO WITH SUGAR.

DEREK HOUGH.

I'M GOING WITH SPICE!

BRUNO TONIOLI.

I'M GOING WITH MY LITTLE HOT
CHILI, JUSTINA!

ALL RIGHT.
JUSTINA AND SASHA. THE SPICE.

THE SPICE HAS WON THE DANCE‐OFF.
THEY'VE GOT TWO POINTS.

ALL RIGHT.
JUSTINA, YOU GOT TO TALK TO US,

BABY. HOW DOES IT FEEL?

I LOVE IT.
BECAUSE THEY DON'T NEED THEM.

I NEED THOSE POINTS.

JUSTINA AND SASHA GET
TWO BONUS POINTS ADDED TO THEIR

TOTAL FOR THE NIGHT.
YOU AT HOME STILL HAVE TO VOTE

TO SEND YOUR FAVORITES TO THE
SEMIFINALS.

AND GIVE SOME LOVE TO KAITLYN,
TOO. WHICH COUPLES WILL BATTLE

SIDE‐BY‐SIDE IN THE NEXT
DANCE‐OFF?

WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT, LIVE,
IT'S GOING TO BE SUGAR, IT'S

GOING TO BE SPICE, IT'S GOING TO
BE, I DON'T KNOW, TART?

WE'LL FIND OUT, LIVE.

WE'RE BACK WITH ICONS
NIGHT AND THE DANCE‐OFF ROUND.

YOUR VOTES WILL STILL COUNT FOR
HALF OF OUR STARS' FINAL TOTALS

FOR THE NIGHT.
YOU GET TEN VOTES PER COUPLE,

AND YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR ONLINE
VOTES UNTIL VOTING CLOSES.

WHICH IS SUPER COOL. ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT WHICH OF

THE STARS WILL GO HEAD‐TO‐HEAD
IN THE NEXT DANCE‐OFF.

ALL RIGHT. BRING IT ON.
SHOW US WHO YOU ARE.

LET'S GO IT.

NO!

THAT'S MY LITTLE PRINCESS.
WHAT ARE THEY DOING AROUND HERE?

LET'S SEE.

WE'RE DANCING TO "CUP OF
LIFE" BY RICKY MARTIN.

AND A SALSA.

I LOVE THIS SONG THAT WE'RE
DANCING TO.

NELLY AND SKAI ARE FACING OFF
IN THE SALSA.

THIS IS AN EXCITING MATCHUP,
BECAUSE THEY'RE BOTH SO

DIFFERENT.

SINCE THE LAST TIME WE SAW
NELLY PERFORM THE SALSA, HE HAS

IMPROVED A LOT.
BUT NELLY NEEDS TO RELAX INTO

THE SALSA. DON'T GET TIGHT.

YOUR GROOVE IS RIGHT, AND IT
FEELS GOOD, AND NO ONE ELSE HAS

THAT.

SKAI JUST DANCED THE SALSA IN
WEEK EIGHT.

I WANTED TO BRING DOWN THE
ENERGY A LITTLE BIT, SOMETIMES

IT CAN LOOK A LITTLE FRANTIC AND
OFF‐BALANCE.

YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT
WHEN YOU'RE DOWN, YOU GET THE

BALANCE, AND YOU CAN CONTINUE
THE FLOW OF THE DANCE.

6, 7, 8.

I WILL WIN THIS DANCE‐OFF
COMPETITION NO MATTER WHAT.

AND I'M GOING TO WORK HARD FOR
IT. WE READY.

WE READY.

BOOM, BOOM, BOOM. THERE WE ARE!

THIS TIME AROUND, WE WILL
DEFINITELY BE MOVING OUR HIPS

WAY MORE. AND DO WAY BETTER.
NICE.

WE'RE GOING TO WORK OUR BEST,
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO

FALL WHERE IT MAY.

THEY'RE BOTH SO DIFFERENT.
NELLY IS SUBDUED AND IN A

GROOVE, AND SKAI IS REALLY
INTENSE AND SHARP.

THIS IS GOING TO BE REALLY CLOSE.

DANCING THE SALSA
AGAINST EACH OTHER, IT'S NELLY

AND DANIELLA VERSUS SKAI JACKSON
AND ALAN.

LET THE DANCE‐OFF BEGIN.

YEAH

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA! MIND BLOWN.

THE SALSA DANCE‐OFF WITH NELLY
AND DANIELLA AND SKAI AND ALAN.

THE BALLROOM IS ON FIRE! BRUNO?

I HAVE TO SAY, I WAS VERY
DISTRACTED, NELLY.

I NEVER LOOKED AT YOUR FEET.
WHO IS YOUR PERSONAL TRAINER?

GIVE ME THE NUMBER.

I GOT YOU.

LOOSENED UP, READY FOR
ACTION, GOOD.

SKAI, YOU KEPT UP WITH THE
RHYTHM, YOU DIDN'T PUT A FOOT

WRONG.
ALL THE DISMOUNTS THIS TIME WERE

ACTUALLY THERE.
YOU DIDN'T WOBBLE, YOU HAD THE

ENERGY OF THE DANCE.
TWO DIFFERENT STYLES, VERY

EFFECTIVE. UH‐HUH.

CARRIE ANN?

THAT WAS NONSTOP ACTION.
BOTH OF YOU IN IT TO WIN IT.

NELLY, THE SHIRT OFF. COME ON.
OKAY, SO THAT TO ME WAS A BIT OF

NEW SCHOOL VERSUS OLD SCHOOL.
WE GOT THE SLOW, SEXY GROOVE,

AND THE SHARP, SHARP, SHARP,
SHARP, SHARP. YOU BOTH DID GREAT.

ONE OF YOU HAD A LITTLE TROUBLE
COMING OUT OF THE LIFTS.

WE'LL FIND OUT BY MY SCORE.

DEREK?

IT WAS LIKE A BOXING MATCH.
NELLY AND DANIELLA WERE ON FIRE,

AND I LOOK OVER AT SKAI AND
ALAN, THEY'RE ON FIRE.

THEY'RE BUSTING OUT THE LIFTS,
THEY'RE BUSTING OUT THE TRICKS.

I HAD TO LOOK AT MY SCREEN TO
SEE, AND IT COULD REALLY GO

EITHER WAY. I HAVE NO IDEA.

ONE THING WE KNOW IS,
NELLY, LOOK AT THIS IN MY HANDS.

WE HAVE HIS SEXY VEST.
I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS HOME AND

SLEEP WITH IT TONIGHT.
AND SKAI WAS JUST, LIKE, HITTING

IT. YOU GUYS WERE ON FIRE.
ALL RIGHT.

I THINK IT'S TIME TO GET SOME
SCORES. WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

CARRIE ANN INABA.

THIS IS NO JOKE.
THIS IS REALLY HARD.

BUT I HAVE TO GO WITH SKAI.

DEREK HOUGH.

NELLY!

BRUNO TONIOLI.

LOVE YOU BOTH.
BUT I HAVE TO GO WITH SKAI.

ALL RIGHTY, SKAI AND
ALAN HAVE WON THEIR DANCE‐OFF.

OKAY. HOW YOU FEELING, SKAI?

I FEEL GOOD.
I'M SO GLAD THAT WE GOT TO

HEAD‐TO‐HEAD. I LOVE NELLY.

NELLY, HERE'S YOUR SEXY LEATHER.

THEY'RE GOING TO GET TWO BONUS
POINTS, SKAI AND ALAN, BUT YOU

AT HOME STILL HAVE TO VOTE.
GREAT.

THERE'S ONE MORE DANCE‐OFF TO GO
BEFORE TONIGHT'S ELIMINATION.

A.J. AND CHERYL AND JOHNNY AND
BRITT WILL BATTLE FOR THE BONUS

POINTS WHEN WE COME BACK, LIVE.

WELL, WE'RE BACK WITH
THE FINAL DANCE‐OFF OF OUR ICONS

NIGHT COMPETITION AND THE LAST
DANCE BEFORE THE SEMIFINALS.

THIS IS AMAZING. THIS IS HUGE.
A.J. AND CHERYL WILL GO

TOE‐TO‐TOE AGAINST JOHNNY AND
BRITT.

LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENED WHEN
THEY FOUND OUT ABOUT THE DETAILS

OF THIS MATCHUP.

READY?

WHO IS IT?
SHOW US WHO IT IS. OH!

YEAH!

I'M EXCITED.
I'M JUST GOING TO GO OUT THERE

WITH MY AMAZING PARTNER AND KICK
SOME BUTT.

NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS DID
I THINK I WOULD BE SHARING THE

STAGE WITH A BACKSTREET BOY AND
DANCING. THIS IS REALLY COOL.

LET'S FIND OUT WHAT WE'RE
DANCING AND WHO WE'RE DANCING TO.

WE'RE DOING "WAKE ME UP BEFORE

YOU GO‐GO" BY WHAM.

GEORGE MICHAEL, HE'S SO ICONIC.

A. J. VERSUS JOHNNY.
LAST TIME A. J. DID A JIVE, IT

FELT A LITTLE BIT LIKE A SWING.

JOHNNY DID IT WEEK FOUR, AND
HE NEEDED A LITTLE BIT MORE

KICKS AND FLICKS.

WE'RE GOING TO LITERALLY GIVE
IT OUR ALL AND LEAVE EVERYTHING

ON THE BALLROOM FLOOR.

5, 6, NO.

WINNING THE TWO POINTS COULD
SAVE US. SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

THE JIVE IS A VERY
CHALLENGING DANCE, YOU KNOW.

SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT
MATCH.

DANCING THE JIVE
AGAINST EACH OTHER, IT'S A. J.

McLEAN AND CHERYL VERSUS
JOHNNY WEIR AND BRITT.

LET THE DANCE‐OFF BEGIN.

OH, MY GOSH.

OH, IT'S RAINING PINK RIGHT NOW.
THAT WAS A JIVE DANCE‐OFF WITH

A.J. AND CHERYL, JOHNNY AND
BRITT.

THAT'S THE FINAL DANCE OF THE
NIGHT, SO GET YOUR VOTES IN

NAME OF YOUR FAVORITE STAR TO
THE NUMBER 21523.

YOU READY, CARRIE ANN?
CAN YOU HANDLE IT?

I DON'T KNOW.
THAT WAS BY FAR THE HARDEST OF

THE DANCES, DON'T YOU AGREE?
OKAY, BUT YOU BOTH DID GREAT, AS

USUAL.
THESE WERE GREAT MATCHUPS, VERY

TOUGH TO CALL, ALL OF THEM.
JOHNNY, YOUR TECHNIQUE LOOKED

REALLY GREAT TONIGHT.
THE LINES WERE STRONG AND

CLEARLY DEFINED.
A.J., YOU HAD STAMINA FROM START

TO FINISH.
IT WAS NONSTOP FUN, FUN, FUN.

I DON'T KNOW, OBVIOUSLY ONE MORE
TIME, WE'RE AT THAT PLACE.

DEREK?

I WANT TO GIVE A HUGE
SHOUT‐OUT TO ALL THE PROS, FOR

BEING AMAZING CHOREOGRAPHERS,
TEACHING EVERYBODY.

THIS IS THE PART WHERE IT GETS
TOUGH, AND THE WORKLOAD IS TOUGH.

WITH THE CREATIVE, PHYSICAL, AND
EMOTIONAL STAMINA, THIS IS WHERE

IT IS.
JOHNNY, THE FIRST HALF WENT TO

YOU.
THE SECOND HALF WENT TO A. J.

AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY IT'S

GOING TO GO.

I GOT A JEKYLL AND HYDE
GOING ON RIGHT NOW. BRUNO?

THEY WERE BOTH EXCELLENT.
ONE HAD AN EDGE OF SHARPNESS,

COMPACTNESS.
AND KIND OF GREAT PUMPING ACTION.

THE OTHER WAS A CLARITY,
MUSICALITY, BRIGHTNESS, AND

PRECISION.
DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN THE TWO

IS REALLY VERY DIFFICULT.

VERY DIFFICULT.
YOU GUYS BOTH DID YOUR THING.

I MEAN, BOTH SUPER FORMIDABLE.
AND NOW, I DON'T KNOW, LOOK AT

THE JUDGES.
THEY'RE, LIKE, LOOKING AT EACH

OTHER. Y'ALL LOOK LOST.

IT'S THAT PUMPING ACTION.

A. J., I NOTICED YOU
TOOK DEREK'S NOTE, CLOSED YOUR

MOUTH A LOT.
AND JOHNNY WAS KICKING AND

FLICKING.
OKAY, IT'S TIME FOR THE JUDGES'

DECISION.

CARRIE ANN INABA.

I CHOOSE JOHNNY.

DEREK HOUGH.

FINISHED STRONG. A.J.!

BRUNO TONIOLI.

A. J.!

WOW.
A.J. AND CHERYL HAVE WON THEIR

DANCE‐OFF.
HOW HAPPY ARE YOU, A. J.?

GOOD JOB.

A. J., HOW ARE YOU FEELING?

I'M EXCITED.
WE NEEDED THOSE TWO POINTS.

I'M STOKED. THANK YOU.

YOU GOT THE TWO POINTS
FOR THIS ROUND.

AND THOSE EXTRA POINTS COULD
HELP THEM SURVIVE TONIGHT'S

BOTTOM TWO.
LET'S LOOK AT THE FINAL

LEADERBOARD WITH THE BONUS
POINTS ADDED IN.

AT THE TOP, THE TIE OF KAITLYN
AND ARTEM AND JOHNNY AND BRITT.

AT THE BOTTOM, NELLY AND
DANIELLA.

SO YOU GUYS HAVE TO VOTE FOR THE
COUPLES YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE

WE'LL SHOW YOU THE DETAILS FOR
THE COUPLES ONE LAST TIME.

VOTING WILL CLOSE SOON.
GET THOSE VOTES AND TEXTS IN, DO

IT RIGHT NOW.
BECAUSE ALL OF THE VOTING

WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT WHICH
COUPLES WILL DANCE IN NEXT

WEEK'S SEMIFINALS AND WHICH
COUPLES, DANG IT, WILL NOT.

WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, LIVE.
YOU HAD BETTER BE HERE, RIGHT

NOW. BE RIGHT BACK.

WELCOME BACK TO ICONS NIGHT.

TONIGHT HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE
CELEBRATION OF SOME OF THE

GREATEST MUSIC ARTISTS OF ALL
TIMES.

AND OUR STARS HAVE DONE THEM
PROUD.

I WANT TO THANK J. LO AND NICKI

MINAJ.
NOW, IT'S UP TO YOU, YOU, YOU,

YOU, AND IT'S UP TO THE JUDGES.
BEFORE WE FIND OUT WHICH COUPLES

HAVE MADE IT, LET'S HEAR WHY
BECOMING A SEMIFINALIST MEANS SO

MUCH TO OUR STARS.

I WANT TO MAKE IT TO THE
SEMIFINALS BECAUSE I'VE WORKED

HARD ENOUGH TO GET THERE.
IT'S A ROLLER COASTER OF A RIDE,

PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY.

JUSTINA IS ON FIRE!

THIS IS WAY TOUGHER THAN I
COULD HAVE IMAGINED, BUT I DON'T

WANT TO PUT IN 2 1/2 MONTHS TO
SEE IT VANISH.

THAT WAS YOUR BEST DANCE YET!

MY BODY AND MIND ARE STRONGER
THAN I THOUGHT THEY WERE.

YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES.

I STILL HAVE MORE OF THAT TO
GIVE.

YOU CAN DO EVERYTHING.

THIS HAS SHOWN ME A LOT ABOUT
MYSELF.

MY DETERMINATION, MY PASSION.
I AM DETERMINED TO MAKE IT INTO

THE SEMIFINALS.

I HAVE MY UPS AND DOWNS.
BUT LOOK AT ME NOW.

I'M HERE, I'M DOING IT.

JUST SHEER PERFECTION.

NOW WE'RE COOKING WITH SOME
HOT SAUCE.

I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD GET
THIS FAR. I'M NOT READY FOR THIS

EXPERIENCE TO BE OVER.

I'VE BEEN STRONG, I'VE KEPT
MY HEAD ABOVE WATER.

YOU CRUSHED IT.

I WANT TO MAKE IT TO THE
SEMIFINALS.

I WANT TO MAKE IT TO THE
SEMIFINALS.

I WANT TO MAKE IT TO THE
AC SEMIFINALS.

MAKING IT TO THE SEMIFINALS
WOULD BE AMAZING.

THAT SAYS IT ALL.
BUT ONE COUPLE WILL HAVE TO GO,

JUST ONE WEEK SHY OF THE
SEMIFINALS.

THE VOTING IS CLOSED AND HERE
ARE THE RESULTS.

AS ALWAYS, IT'S GOING TO BE UP
TO THE JUDGES TO SAVE ONE OF OUR

BOTTOM TWO COUPLES AND SEND THEM
TO NEXT WEEK'S SEMIFINALS.

JUDGES, THIS IS THE MOMENT OF
TRUTH.

WE HAVE COMBINED THE SCORES FROM
TONIGHT WITH YOUR LIVE VOTES.

AND NOW, IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER,
LET'S FIND OUT WHO WILL DANCE IN

THE SEMIFINALS AND WHO IS IN THE
BOTTOM TWO.

THE FIRST SEMIFINALISTS ARE

KAITLYN AND ARTEM.

YES!

JOINING THEM IN THE

SEMIFINALS ARE SKAI AND ALAN.

YES!

ALSO COMING BACK TO

DANCE IN THE SEMIFINALS ARE NEV

AND JENNA.

THE NEXT SEMIFINALISTS ARE

JUSTINA AND SASHA.

AND IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER, THE
LAST COUPLE WHO IS DEFINITELY IN

THE SEMIFINALS IS NELLY AND
DANIELLA.

OH, MY GOSH!

WHICH MEANS JOHNNY AND
BRITT AND A. J. AND CHERYL ARE IN

THE BOTTOM TWO.
PLEASE COME AND JOIN ME ON THE

DANCE FLOOR.
AGAIN, THIS IS ABOUT WHO GETS

INTO THE SEMIFINALS.
THE JUDGES WILL NOW SAVE ONE OF

THESE COUPLES AND SEND THEM TO
THE SEMIFINALS.

NOW, AS ALWAYS, IF TWO OF THE
JUDGES ARE DIVIDED, THE THIRD

JUDGE WILL CAST THE DECIDING
VOTE. IT'S TIME FOR THE JUDGES'

VERDICT.

BRUNO, WHICH COUPLE WOULD YOU
LIKE TO SAVE?

OH, GOD, THIS IS SO HARD.
IT'S GOING TO GET HARDER.

WE LOVE YOU, BOTH OF YOU.
YOU'VE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB.

SO, SO CLOSE.
I BASE MY DECISION UPON THE

COMPETITION SO FAR.
AND I HAVE TO SAVE JOHNNY AND

BRITT.

BRUNO VOTES TO SAVE
JOHNNY AND BRITT.

DEREK, WHICH COUPLE WOULD YOU
LIKE TO SAVE?

YOU KNOW THAT MEME WITH THE
GUY WHO MAKES THIS FACE?

THAT'S HOW I FEEL RIGHT NOW.
I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE IN THE

BOTTOM TWO RIGHT NOW.
JOHNNY, YOU'RE GETTING BETTER

EVERY WEEK.
SO REFINED, SO BEAUTIFUL.

THE DANCING IS EXQUISITE.
A.J., YOU'RE AN AMAZING

ENTERTAINER AND AMAZING PERSON,
AND GETTING BETTER AND BETTER

EVERY WEEK.
FOR ME, I'M GOING TO GO WITH MY

GUT, AND I'M GOING TO SAVE A. J.
AND CHERYL.

OH, MY GOSH.
WE'RE SPLIT. ONE VOTE APIECE.

EITHER ONE OF THE COUPLES COULD
BE ELIMINATED.

CARRIE ANN, WHICH COUPLE WOULD
YOU LIKE TO SAVE?

OKAY, THIS IS HARD BECAUSE
YOU'RE BOTH ICONS.

TONIGHT, YOU'VE BOTH PROVEN IT.
YOU'RE VERY SPECIAL PERFORMERS.

YOU'VE ENTERTAINED ME SO MUCH,
AND IT'S LIKE GETTING A FRONT

ROW SEAT TO A CONCERT.
IT'S AWESOME.

JOHNNY, YOU'VE FOUND SOMETHING
NEW AND ARTISTIC, TAPPED INTO

SOMETHING THAT IS DIFFERENT.
FOR THAT REASON, I LOVE YOU

BOTH, RESPECT YOU BOTH, BUT I'M
SAVING JOHNNY AND BRITT.

CARRIE ANN SAVES JOHNNY
AND BRITT.

THAT MEANS THAT A. J. AND CHERYL
ARE ELIMINATED. I'M SO SORRY.

GOSH. OKAY. YOU TWO CAN GO OFF.
GO CELEBRATE.

AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME

TIME WITH A. J. AND CHERYL.

ALL RIGHTY.
BOTH OF YOU, SPEAKING OF

STRENGTH AND BEAUTY, SHARING
YOUR STORIES.

HOW ARE YOU FEELING RIGHT NOW?

YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS HAS BEEN
ONE HELL OF A RIDE.

AND I COULD NOT HAVE PICKED A
BETTER PARTNER TO GO ON THE

JOURNEY WITH.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY AT HOME.

FROM THE ICON HIMSELF,
A.J., BACKSTREET BOY FOR LIFE.

LET'S HEAR IT ONE MORE TIME FOR
THEM.

YOU CAN SEE THEM TOMORROW ON
"GOOD MORNING AMERICA."

LOVE YOU, CHERYL.
NEXT MONDAY, IT'S THE SEMIFINALS

AND A DOUBLE ELIMINATION.
SO BE HERE TO VOTE FOR THE STARS

THAT YOU WANT TO SEE DANCING FOR
THAT MIRROR BALL TROPHY.

IT WILL BE LIVE, THE COMPETITION

STARTS MONDAY AT 8:00 P. M., 7:00
P.M. CENTRAL. YOU WANT TO WATCH