‘Dancing With the Stars’ Season 34 Episode 7 Live Recap: Dances, Scores, Elimination

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Something wicked this way comes this week on Dancing With the Stars—but not Wicked like the film franchise, that was actually last week. Think something spookier than that!

As ABC’s hit show enters Week 7, we’re here to recap everything live for you. After an incredible Week 6 filled with celebrity cameos, unforgettable costumes and the very first 10s of the season, the stakes are higher than ever for the remaining nine stars and their pros as they head into what’s sure to be a scary week—and not just because of the impending elimination.

As noted above, last week’s show was a truly fantastic episode with plenty of fun and surprises. The theme was “Wicked Night,” with each dancing duo tasked with tackling a routine based on a song from the beloved Broadway musical-turned-movie franchise. On the panel as a guest judge was the franchise’s director, Jon M. Chu, who treated the audience to several sneak peeks at the highly anticipated Wicked: For Good, coming to theaters Nov. 21.

Given that there was no elimination in Week 5, the scores from Week 5 were added to Week 6 for a total possible perfect score of 80 this episode. At the top spot on the leaderboard was Whitney Leavitt and her partner Mark Ballas with a final two-week score of 72/80 for their Quickstep set to “Popular.”

Meanwhile, 2025 SI Swimsuit cover model Jordan Chiles and her partner Ezra Sosa had a final two-week score of 71/80 after their Rumba set to “For Good”—putting them just one point behind Leavitt and Ballas. Fellow SI Swimsuit family member and the brand’s first-ever digital cover model, Alix Earle, and her partner Val Chmerkovskiy also did well, with a final two-week score of 70/80 thanks to their Jazz routine set to “What Is This Feeling?”

Unfortunately, Andy Richter and his partner Emma Slate found themselves at the bottom of the leaderboard again with a final two-week score of 51/80, followed by Scott Hoying and Rylee Arnold with a final two-week score of 58/80.

You can check out our full recap of last week’s episode here!

After no one was sent home during “Dedication Night” on Week 5, the show added two weeks’ worth of the judges’ scores to the millions of votes coming in from fans watching live. When all was said and done, Hoying and Arnold were unfortunately the duo sent home.

Hoying called Arnold “his favorite person ever” during their emotional final interview, and the pair were swiftly embraced by the rest of the cast for their final goodbyes as the episode ended.

Week 7’s theme is, appropriately, “Halloween Week.” Pretty self-explanatory, we’d say! This means the dancing duos will be movin’ and groovin’ to songs that lean on the spookier side of things, donning elaborate costumes for their intricate routines.

And—to add even higher stakes to the already intense episode—former DWTS pro and two-time mirrorball trophy winner Cheryl Burke will be on the panel as a guest judge, making the highest possible score for tonight a 40.