ABCHe's baaa-aaack!
Of course, Derek Hough never really left Dancing with the Stars, no matter how many things tried to pull him away. First there was Broadway, and he said "screw it!" Then, he went an injured himself multiple ways, only to say "screw it!" yet again. This man will not be kept off the dance floor, and we love him for it.
His return also paid off big time for him and partner Nastia Liukin. While most other couples struggled a bit when forced to add a third person to their routine, Nastia's been doing it for weeks now, and she jived back and forth between Derek and Sasha Farber like it was the easiest thing in the world. Naturally, the judges gave the routine a perfect score. Add that to Nastia and Sasha's gladiator routine from earlier in the show, they walked away with a third place score of 76 out of 80.
Watch Derek dance—broken toe and all—below!
So who took the top spot of the night?
That would be Rumer Willis, who, despite struggling a little bit last week, came back in full form. She was awarded not one but two perfect scores, and was followed closely by second place finisher Riker Lynch, who was given a 39 out of 40 for both of his performances tonight.
Of course, we would be remiss if we didn't mention the night's biggest moment: Robert Herjavec and Kym Johnson, kissing! It was America's Choice tonight, and America obviously really, really wanted Robert and Kym to kiss on the dance floor. Fortunately for all of us, they did, and even though they ended up with the lowest combined scores of the night, they won in all of our hearts. Watch their big moment below:
Check out the full list of scores:
Robert Herjavec and Kym Johnson: 33/40 + 29/40 = 62/80
Noah Galloway and Sharna Burgess: 31/40 + 32/40 = 63/80
Chris Soules and Witney Carson: 34/40 + 30/40 = 64/80
Nastia Liukin and Derek Hough and Sasha Farber: 36/40 + 40/40 = 76/80
Riker Lynch and Allison Holker: 39/40 + 39/40 = 78/80
Rumer Willis and Val Chmerkovskiy: 40/40 + 40/40 = 80/80
Tune into ABC tomorrow night at 8 p.m. to see which couples go home in the double elimination!
What was your favorite dance of the night? Other than Derek, Nastia, and Sasha's fabulous trio performance, we definitely did a bit of aww-ing during Chris Soules and Witney Carson's contemporary routine, which the judges called his best dance yet. Head to the comments to weigh in!
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