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Week 9 of “Dancing With the Stars” concluded with the abolishment of Paralympian Victoria Arlen.
["933.14"]After dancing the Charleston and earning her aboriginal 10s of the season, Arlen said the abolishment was “devastating.”
“Our two dances were apparently the best we’ve had all season, and you aloof acquainted so acceptable with them,” Arlen said today on “GMA.” “I was absolutely excited. I mean, aftermost night couldn’t accept gone greater, until the end, but I’m absolutely appreciative of what we accomplished and the actuality we did get those 10s.”
Val Chmerkovskiy additionally addressed the elimination, saying, “With every claiming is a abundant opportunity. I’m so beholden that the appearance trusted me with this absurd adolescent woman and I got to acquaint her story.”
Over the accomplished few weeks, Arlen has aggregate the affecting adventure of the affliction she faced aback she was 11 and diagnosed with two attenuate conditions: axle myelitis and astute broadcast encephalomyelitis, which broken her adeptness to speak, eat, airing and move.
She managed to affected it and went on to become a gold advocate swimmer in the 2012 Summer Paralympics. Her adventure was inspirational, but she had the everyman accumulated judges’ array and eyewitness votes from aftermost week, and although she fabricated it to the semifinals, she won’t be aggressive in the finals for the Mirror Ball Trophy.
This anniversary featured two circuit of competition: dancer’s pick, in which the pros best a song that best represents their partner, and a archetypal routine, in which the couples reinterpreted an iconic ball from accomplished seasons.
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“Property Brothers” co-host Drew Scott kicked off the appearance with a tango in high-Scottish breeding to the Proclaimers’ “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)” in a red checkerboard kilt, which akin a continued dress that his partner, Emma Slater, wore.
In animosity of a active performance, adjudicator Len Goodman was boxy on Scott about his technique, saying, “Well done, Braveheart. You came out abounding of assurance and attack. However, ball is a balance. It was so abounding on, you absent your posture, you absent your technique.”
Scott and Slater still drew 8s from anniversary judge, for a account of 24.
Chmerkovskiy and Arlen had a affective abreast routine, for a account of 27.
Jordan Fisher and Lindsay Arnold performed an Argentine tango, admitting Arnold had some difficulties with her leg, which gave out during rehearsals. She managed to assemblage and danced cutting a knee support.
While Goodman and Carrie Ann Inaba were boxy on Fisher because they accept such aerial expectations of him. Bruno Tonioli was enthusiastic, calling the achievement “absolutely fabulous.” Their accepted becoming Fisher and Arnold a absolute account of 28, with a 10 from Tonioli.
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Lindsey Stirling and Mark Ballas performed a abreast dance, which confused Goodman to say, “You absolutely blew me away.” Nevertheless, while Inaba and Tonioli awarded 10s, Goodman gave alone a 9, earning the brace 29, the round’s aerial score.
Frankie Muniz and Witney Carson confused able-bodied in a abreast ball that Goodman said “was too abundant hip-hop and not abundant hip action.” He and Inaba were boxy and gave the “Malcolm in the Middle” brilliant 8s, but Tonioli gave them a 9, for a 25.
After a appropriate achievement by the pros from the accessible “Dancing With the Stars Live: Light Up the Night” tour, Scott and Slater were decked out in gold bruised to re-create the applesauce accepted of Corbin Bleu and Karina Smirnoff from division 17. The ball appropriate Scott to twirl, lift and circuit Slater, and at times it looked as if he was activity to bead her, but they pulled it off for a account of 24.
Arlen and Chmerkovskiy had to re-create the Charleston that Amber Riley and Derek Hough performed in division 17 and drew acclaim from the board and a about absolute score, as Goodman and Tonioli gave them 10s while Inaba captivated them aback with a 9, for a absolute of 29.
Fisher and Arnold re-created a high-energy jive, complete with cartwheels, that MMA fighter Paige VanZant and Ballas performed in division 22 to “Proud Mary.” The brace drew acclaim from the board and a well-earned absolute score.
Stirling and Ballas re-created the division 18 tango of Meryl Davis and Maks Chmerkovskiy for a 28.
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Muniz and Carson re-created the paso doble of division 4 champions Julianne Hough and Apolo Ono. They were fun to watch, but Muniz absent credibility for form. They denticulate 26.
Muniz and Arlen were up for elimination, and she was beatific home. She started to cry and didn’t allege as her accomplice hugged her and said, “Come on. Be appreciative of yourself. There’s annihilation to be agitated about. I’m so appreciative of you. Seriously.”
Tom Bergeron alleged her the best alarming being he has met in 25 seasons of the show.
Scores: Drew Scott and Emma Slater: aboriginal ball 24, additional ball 24 Frankie Muniz and Witney Carson: 25, 26 Jordan Fisher and Lindsay Arnold: 28, 30 Lindsey Stirling and Mark Ballas: 29, 28 Victoria Arlen and Val Chmerkovskiy: 27, 29; eliminated
“Dancing With the Stars” allotment for the finals abutting Monday at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
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