Overview
- On Sept. 30, the show’s first TikTok Night featured Fishel and pro partner Pasha Pashkov performing a foxtrot to Carpenter’s “Manchild.”
- The routine integrated TikTok-inspired choreography with ballroom technique, drawing Bruno Tonioli’s praise as “elegant” and “stylish.”
- Judges awarded 21 out of 30, the highest score of Fishel’s season to date.
- Fishel dedicated the performance to Carpenter and said she has known her for more than a decade, calling the singer “like a daughter.”
- Carpenter joined rehearsals via video call to encourage Fishel and later urged Instagram followers to vote for her, writing, “Vote for Danielle as many times as humanly possible.”