Overview
- Viewers questioned Dedication Night scoring, pointing to Robert Irwin’s 8 compared with 9s for contestants such as Dylan Efron and Whitney Leavitt.
- In Instagram comments, Inaba said it is okay to disagree and encouraged fans to support their favorites through voting.
- The studio audience booed after Inaba’s tough feedback on Danielle Fishel and Pasha Pashkov’s performance, though Fishel later said she appreciated the critique.
- DWTS pro Ezra Sosa urged fans to remember the night’s focus on personal dedications over score disputes, while Pasha Pashkov told Variety he felt the “same dance” critique was unfair.
- No one was eliminated this week, and judges’ scores will be combined with audience votes next week to determine the results.