Overview
- The July 20 episode of Dancing With the Stars: The Next Pro staged a week-two challenge asking dancers to translate a personal story into choreography.
- Host Robert Irwin visited contestant Allen Genkin before Genkin’s routine and shared his own experience with parental grief to offer guidance and support.
- Irwin and Genkin embraced on camera after an emotional exchange in which Irwin told Genkin, "I'll be right there with you."
- Genkin performed a Rumba to Charlie Puth’s "See You Again" as a tribute to his mother, received strong praise from judges, and advanced to the next week.
- Viewers flooded Genkin’s Instagram with supportive comments and the moment builds on Irwin’s earlier public conversations about grieving his father and the DWTS tradition of dedication dances.