Dancing With The Stars Sends A Frontrunner Home Ahead Of The Finale — Who’s Still In The Running?

Let’s get the big news out of the way first: “Dancing With the Stars” did eliminate one couple during this year’s semifinals, after two consecutive seasons where the semis ended in a “Surprise! You’re all going to the finale!” twist.

Now, having said that, a whopping six pairs competed in this season’s semifinals, compared to the usual five — so by eliminating just one on Tuesday, we’ve still got five contenders headed to the finale. (Too many! Four finalists or bust!) But after back-to-back years of an anticlimactic semifinals result, I was at least pleased to see this stage of the…