Overview
- Director Jon M. Chu served as guest judge alongside Carrie Ann Inaba, Derek Hough and Bruno Tonioli, with an exclusive Wicked: For Good clip and messages from Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey and Michelle Yeoh.
- Whitney Leavitt and Mark Ballas scored 39/40 for a quickstep to “Popular,” earning the season’s first 10s and topping the two-week leaderboard.
- Jordan Chiles and Ezra Sosa matched 39/40 with a rumba to “For Good,” while Danielle Fishel, Robert Irwin and Elaine Hendrix posted strong 36/40 routines.
- Results combined judges’ scores from Dedication Night and Wicked Night with live votes from both weeks, which the show reported surpassed 100 million.
- Scott Hoying and Rylee Arnold were eliminated, and the competition moves to Halloween Night on Oct. 28 on ABC and Disney+, with next-day streaming on Hulu.