{"id":2121991,"date":"2025-10-29T05:31:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T05:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2121991"},"modified":"2025-10-29T05:31:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T05:31:14","slug":"who-went-home-on-dancing-with-the-stars-tonight-a-last-minute-absence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/who-went-home-on-dancing-with-the-stars-tonight-a-last-minute-absence\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Went Home on ‘Dancing with the Stars’ Tonight? A Last-Minute Absence!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dancing with the Stars,<\/em> cohosted by Alfonso Ribeiro<\/strong> and Julianne Hough,<\/strong> with judges Bruno Tonioli<\/strong>, Carrie Ann Inaba<\/strong> and Derek Hough<\/strong>, returned for Week 7 as the nine remaining celebrities and their professional partners got into the spooky spirit with eerie makeovers and chilling routines on \u201cHalloween Night\u201d as they competed for this season\u2019s\u00a0Len Goodman<\/strong>\u00a0Mirrorball Trophy.<\/p>\n

This week the judges\u00a0were joined by two-time Mirrorball champion\u00a0Cheryl Burke<\/strong>, who returned to the ballroom as a guest judge, as Jen Affleck<\/strong>, Jordan Chiles<\/strong>, Alix Earle<\/strong>, Dylan Efron<\/strong>, Danielle Fishel<\/strong>, Elaine Hendrix<\/strong>, Robert Irwin<\/strong>, Whitney Leavitt <\/strong>and Andy Richter<\/strong> dance either the Argentine Tango, Jazz, Viennese Waltz, Paso Doble, or Contemporary.<\/p>\n

But before the dancing began, Alfonso<\/strong>\u00a0announced that Elaine was not in the ballroom. She was at the hospital getting checked out because she had injured herself that\u00a0morning<\/a>. Even so, she and her partner Alan Bersten <\/strong>were still allowed to continue on and a video of their last rehearsal was shown for the judges to score. The doctor had given her the greenlight to compete next week if she made it through elimination, which she did.<\/p>\n

Related: Why Elaine Hendrix Missed Dancing with the Stars<\/em> Tonight<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Then, it was the return of the dance marathon, \u201cDance Monster-thon.\u201d\u00a0The remaining eight couples in the ballroom took the floor at the same time, first dancing a Hustle and then the Lindy Hop. The judges tapped out couples from the marathon, one at a time. Couples earned additional bonus points based on how long they remained in the dance marathon, and the last couple standing was crowned king and queen of \u201cDance Monster-thon.\u201d Bonus points from the dance marathon were added to the judges\u2019 scores from the first round of dance to determine a final combined leaderboard of the night.<\/p>\n

Check out our spoiler-filled recap below to find out who went home.<\/p>\n

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Who got eliminated on\u00a0Dancing with the Stars<\/em>\u00a0tonight?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Jen Affleck\u00a0and Jan Ravnik<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Who finished at the top of the\u00a0Dancing with the Stars<\/em>\u00a0leaderboard tonight?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The highest individual score of the night was Alix Earle<\/strong> and her pro partner Val Chmerkovskiy<\/strong> who danced a tango to \u201cbury a friend\u201d by\u00a0Billie Eilish<\/a><\/strong>. She received her first 10s of the season. Derek called her dance \u201cchilling, intense, fantastic;\u201d Cheryl said, \u201cThe tango is full of fire and passion, and you did all that,\u201d and Bruno added, \u201cdrop dead good.\u201d<\/p>\n

Robert Irwin<\/strong> was a close second with a 38 for his Argentine Tango with partner Witney Carson<\/strong>. \u00a0Bruno said, \u201cYou literally killed it.\u201d Carrie Ann added, \u201cYou were in control of that dance. That was an amazing delivery of a great piece of choreography.\u201d<\/p>\n

But the total score for the night included the Monster-Thon scores, and adding that in, the top score of the night was still Alix and Val, who ended up with a total of 43. But it did move Whitney and Mark into second place with a total score of 42, while Robert and Witney moved to third place with a total score of 41.<\/p>\n

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Who finished at the bottom of the\u00a0Dancing with the Stars<\/em>\u00a0leaderboard tonight?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The lowest score of the night was once again Andy Richter,<\/strong> who admits he feels guilty when other people with higher scores go home, but that said, he is very happy to be there. He and Witney Carson<\/strong> got their highest score ever, a 28. Carrie Ann said \u201cevery week you get better\u201d and Derek literally threw out his \u201c6″ scorecard, giving Andy a \u201c7,\u201d saying, \u201cyou were committed and you were doing it.\u201d<\/p>\n

What were the scores on\u00a0Dancing with the Stars<\/em>\u00a0tonight?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Here are the full scores from tonight\u2019s episode of\u00a0DWTS:<\/em><\/p>\n