Overview
- The 21-year-old and partner Witney Carson performed a foxtrot to Leona Lewis’s “Footprints in the Sand,” the song Bindi Irwin used in her Season 21 tribute to their father, Steve Irwin.
- Bindi joined onstage at the close of the routine as family images filled the floor, and the judges awarded a 40/40 with former host Tom Bergeron returning as guest judge.
- Carrie Ann Inaba, Derek Hough and Bruno Tonioli praised the performance, with Hough calling Robert “this generation’s beacon of joy.”
- In a pre-taped video call, Prince William jokingly dubbed Irwin “twinkle toes,” asked for “as much glitter as you can,” and referenced Irwin missing the Nov. 5 Earthshot awards in Rio due to DWTS.
- The milestone broadcast marked DWTS’s 20th anniversary, and the season now heads to next week’s semifinals before a three-hour finale on Nov. 25.