Dancing With the Stars contestants paid homage to the late nice Whitney Houston through the Tuesday, November 14, episode.
The night time kicked off with visitor decide Billy Porter performing Houston’s 1985 hit “How Will I Know” with DWTS professionals dancing round him.
“In her time, Whitney established a new benchmark for superstardom and left a legacy of amazing music,” cohost Alfonso Ribeiro mentioned of Houston after the efficiency.
Pat Houston, executor of Whitney’s property in addition to her sister-in-law and longtime supervisor, was within the viewers. “[Whitney] would be elated that you’re honoring her tonight,” Pat informed Ribeiro, 52, through the episode.
Alyson Hannigan had a very sturdy connection to the Whitney track she carried out, “The Greatest Love of All.” Throughout a confessional, Hannigan, 49, defined how the track helped her by way of her troublesome childhood when she was “alone a lot.”
“It was the first song that introduced the idea of self-love and I needed it so bad when I was a kid,” she continued by way of tears. “This song got me through so much and I’m gonna thank the song with this dance.”
Choose Carrie Ann Inaba was moved by Hannigan’s Modern routine with companion Sasha Farber.
“It’s been a long time since I actually cried up here,” Inaba, 55, mentioned whereas wiping away tears. “That was storytelling and I just wanna thank you.”
Whereas Hannigan mirrored on her previous, Harry Jowsey realized a brand new talent forward of his efficiency on Tuesday. His companion, Rylee Arnold, introduced him to a ballet class to organize for his or her Viennese waltz.
“This class is completely out of my comfort zone but I wanna show the judges that I’m listening to their critiques and I wanna be a better dancer,” Jowsey, 26, informed cameras. “This class is completely out of my comfort zone but I wanna show the judges that I’m listening to their critiques and I wanna be a better dancer.”
Whereas Inaba informed Jowsey she noticed “true grace peeking out from the corners of every movement,” Bruno Tonioli nonetheless noticed room for enchancment. “Your bum stuck out a lot,” Tonioli, 67, mentioned.
On the finish of the night, Barry Williams and Peta Murgatroyd and Jowsey and Arnold, 18, had the bottom scores of the night. Williams, 69, and Murgatroyd, 37, had been finally eradicated.
“This has been the most wonderful experience of my life. The support, the fans, family and everyone here has made this a complete delight from start to finish,” Williams mentioned after the outcomes had been revealed.
Along with the partnered dances, the contestants additionally participated in a sequence of dance-offs through the episode.
Hannigan and Farber, 39, beat out Jowsey and Arnold, Williams and Murgatroyd beat out Jason Mraz and Daniella Karagach, whereas Charity Lawson and Artem Chigvintsev emerged victorious from their dance battle aginst Xochitl Gomez and Val Chmerkovskiy. Ariana Madix and Pasha Pashkov had been immune from the dance-off because the duo with the very best rating final week.
Preserve scrolling to see all of the performers’ scores from Whitney Houston Evening: