海角大神

Skip to footer

'DWTS' couples achieve perfect scores as finale approaches

'Dancing With the Stars' finalists Paige VanZant, Nyle DiMarco, and Ginger Zee each received a perfect score for one of their routines during the first part of the finale of the season. Judge Bruno Tonioli called it 'a night of creative and artistic excellence.'

|
Adam Taylor/ABC/AP
'Dancing With the Stars' contestants Ginger Zee (r.) and Valentin Chmerkovskiy (l.) appear during an April 11 episode.

The first part of the 鈥淒ancing With the Stars鈥� season finale included technically impressive performances, as all three of the competing couples earned at least one perfect score for their routines.

The contestants remaining on the show are martial artist Paige VanZant, who is performing with professional dancer Mark Ballas; Nyle DiMarco, the first deaf winner of 鈥淎merica鈥檚 Next Top Model,鈥� and dancer Peta Murgatroyd; and Ginger Zee of 鈥淕ood Morning America鈥� and dancer Valentin Chmerkovskiy.聽

All the pairs performed two dances during the newest episode, with Ms. VanZant and Mr. Ballas performing both a freestyle routine and a salsa, while Mr. DiMarco and Ms. Murgatroyd performed a freestyle routine and a quickstep and Ms. Zee and Mr. Chmerkovskiy performed a freestyle routine and a contemporary dance.聽

All the freestyle routines earned perfect scores from the judges. Judge DiMarco following his and Murgatroyd鈥檚 freestyle routine, 鈥淚n 22 seasons, that is the best dance I have ever seen,鈥� while the high scores of the evening in praising VanZant and Ballas鈥檚 freestyle routine, saying that the dance was 鈥渞eally a triumph on a night of creative and artistic excellence.鈥澛�

The season finale of 鈥淒ancing鈥� will air on May 24.聽

Have other contestants been able to reach these heights?

One achievement in this area occurred quite recently, according to in Australia. 鈥淒WTS鈥� contestant and eventual winner Bindi Irwin got the most perfect scores of any celebrity contestant on the show just last season.聽

noted that Ms. Irwin winning was 鈥渢he least-surprising finale ever 鈥� the 鈥楧ancing With the Stars鈥� audience fell for her immediately. The judges also loved her from the start.鈥澛�

However, in the past, judges giving high scores has stirred negative discussion, too. During the 14th season of 鈥淒WTS,鈥� which aired in 2012, the season premiere included the contestants receiving the biggest scores for a premiere in the show's history.聽

鈥淲ith such generous marks, it鈥檚 hard to not think: Were the judges unusually kind to the amateurs to help generate excitement for an otherwise lackluster cast?鈥� wrote at the time.

You've read  of  free articles. Subscribe to continue.
Real news can be honest, hopeful, credible, constructive.
海角大神 was founded in 1908 to lift the standard of journalism and uplift humanity. We aim to 鈥渟peak the truth in love.鈥� Our goal is not to tell you what to think, but to give you the essential knowledge and understanding to come to your own intelligent conclusions. Join us in this mission by subscribing.
Subscribe
QR Code to 'DWTS' couples achieve perfect scores as finale approaches
Read this article in
/The-Culture/TV/2016/0524/DWTS-couples-achieve-perfect-scores-as-finale-approaches
QR Code to Subscription page
Start your subscription today
/subscribe