Overview
- Judges’ scores from Dedication Night and Wicked Night were combined with live viewer votes to decide Week 6, resulting in the elimination of Scott Hoying and Rylee Arnold.
- Whitney Leavitt and Mark Ballas scored 39/40 on a quickstep to “Popular,” secured the season’s first 10s, and topped the two-week leaderboard with 72/80.
- Robert Irwin with Witney Carson and Jordan Chiles with Ezra Sosa tied at 71 on the combined leaderboard, while Alix Earle posted 35/40 and Danielle Fishel and Elaine Hendrix each earned 36/40 on the night.
- The episode showcased a new Wicked: For Good clip, featured video messages from Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey and Michelle Yeoh, and opened with a medley of signature songs.
- Director Jon M. Chu joined Carrie Ann Inaba, Derek Hough and Bruno Tonioli on the panel, and DWTS reported more than 100 million votes cast across the two-week window, with Halloween Night set for next Tuesday under the same combined-vote format.