Overview
- Guillermo Rodriguez and partner Witney Carson were sent home after Tuesday’s Super Bowl Night show, leaving the competition after five weeks.
- Their salsa to Bad Bunny’s “Tití Me Preguntó” earned their highest judges’ total of the season — two 6s and two 5s for 22 out of 40 — but that score left them at the bottom of the leaderboard.
- Jimmy Kimmel immediately protested the result on his late‑night show, calling the elimination “an outrage” and interviewing the pair from backstage hours after the broadcast.
- In a post‑show interview Guillermo said his body was sore from the contest and that he planned to celebrate his exit with a margarita, while judges and Kimmel praised pregnant pro Witney Carson for her choreography and care.
- The result reignited debate over DWTS’s combined judges‑and‑viewer voting system, with critics pointing to in‑network promotion and fan loyalty as factors that kept a low‑scoring but popular contestant in the field.