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Alix Earle<\/strong>‘s performance on this week’s episode of Dancing With The Stars<\/em> may have earned her a few 10s from the judges \u2014 but she says there was a last minute change that viewers didn’t know about.<\/p>\n Earlier this week, the influencer, 24, performed a tango alongside her pro partner Val Chmerkovskiy<\/strong> set to Billie Eilish<\/strong>‘s “Bury a Friend.” Given it was Halloween week, the dance had some spooky elements…but one had to be cut during rehearsals.<\/p>\n In a behind-the-scenes video Earle shared to TikTok<\/a> on Thursday (Oct. 30), she revealed that the duo were actually supposed to start their dance buried under a pile of dirt. In the clips, Earle and Chmerkovskiy could be seen getting down and dirty in the makeshift graveyard on the ballroom floor.<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfac\u00a0<\/strong>SIGN UP for Parade\u2019s Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\ud83c\udfac\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n “This is crazier than expected,” Earle said as she stepped into the dirt, later adding, “I mean it looks pretty cool.”<\/p>\n Unfortunately, the dance partners quickly realized that every time they moved the got dirt in their eyes and after they exited the graveyard, they tracked dirt all across the ballroom floor.<\/p>\n In the end, production decided it was best if it was swapped out for something a little less messy to keep everyone safe \u2014 and to keep the ballroom clean. They ultimately decided on using rubber mulch.<\/p>\n “We couldn\u2019t see and dragged dirt across the whole floor so we had to change the material in the box \ud83d\ude2d,” Earle captioned the video.<\/p>\n Even though they decided to go a different direction, Earle added in the comments that she was finding dirt and sand everywhere for days \u2014 and praised the maintenance crew for cleaning up the ballroom.<\/p>\n You can watch Alix Earle and Val Chmerkovskiy’s entire dance below.<\/p>\n This story was originally reported by Parade<\/a> on Nov 1, 2025, where it first appeared in the News<\/a> section. Add Parade as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n