Overview
- Performing a Paso Doble to The White Stripes’ “Icky Thump,” Irwin and partner Witney Carson earned 38 out of 40 as judges praised his power, precision, and week-to-week improvement.
- Irwin told Entertainment Tonight he briefly choked on a piece of confetti after the Team Kool group number to “Celebration,” saying he couldn’t breathe before coughing it out.
- Carson said she was unaware of the incident on the floor and noted she would have shielded him from the confetti had she realized what was happening.
- Fans responded with relief and support on social media, reinforcing Irwin’s strong momentum as the competition narrows.
- With team-dance points added, Irwin and Carson finished the episode at 76 out of 80 and advanced, and they are scheduled to dance a Foxtrot to Leona Lewis’s “Footprints in the Sand” next week.