Overview

• Robert Irwin performed a contemporary to Phil Collins’ “You’ll Be In My Heart” dedicated to his mother, Terri, who joined him onstage for the finale of the routine.
• Derek Hough was moved to tears during the judges’ critiques, and Irwin and partner Witney Carson received 35 out of 40.
• The format shift brought each celebrity’s chosen loved one into the ballroom for the first time, with Kym Johnson serving as guest judge.
• Hosts announced that live voting surpassed 50 million, and producers ended the episode without an elimination.
• Dylan Efron topped the Week 5 leaderboard with 36, and all couples advance to Week 6’s Wicked Night.