ABC/Adam TaylorWay to almost give us a heart attack, DWTS!
We had gotten to the very last moments of the show and we were having flashbacks to that time Nastia Liukin was eliminated last season just before the final three.
How on earth were Nick Carter and Bindi Irwin tonight's bottom two and in danger of being eliminated? Sure, we all love Alek Skarlatos, but we also all know that his dancing is not even comparable. He's great, but if this is a dancing competition, he's probably not the one most deserving of that mirror ball trophy.
Tonight's semi-finals were originally supposed to feature the final five, including Tamar Braxton, but her medical issues became too serious for her to continue in the competition. There was some speculation that maybe last week's eliminated contestant, Alexa PenaVega, would be brought back (especially after two perfect dances and the reveal of her struggle with an eating disorder), but that wasn't even a discussion tonight.
Instead, it was revealed at the very last moment that there would simply be no elimination, and Nick and Bindi would survive another week.
The closer we get to the finale, the better the dances should also get, so let's run through them, shall we?
8. Nick Carter and Sharna Burgess: 24/30
To be quite honest, it took us a few rewinds to actually see the mistakes that required Nick to get a mid-dance pep talk from Sharna, but once we saw it, we just felt sad. This could have been great, and instead it just struggled.
7. Alek Skarlatos and Lindsay Arnold: 30/30
Alek has improved so much that we barely recognize the guy, and this waltz was as smooth as his chest.
6. Bindi Irwin and Derek Hough: 27/30 (+3 for winning the dance-off)
"It's raining happiness!" Those words from Bindi could describe every single dance she does, but her salsa this week was especially joyous (partially thanks to the hot pink costumes). Not particularly our favorite choreography ever, but it was still fun.
5. Alek, Lindsay, and Emma Slater: 27/30
Alek got to dance with his DWTS crush again! We were too distracted by that fact to pay attention to the dance, but it seemed fun. Unfortunately, he wasn't ready to spill to Julianne Hough or Erin Andrews as to how that worked out.
4. Nick, Sharna, and Peta Murgatroyd: 30/30
THAT is how you come back from a bad dance! This may have been the best night of trios ever, and this sort of "pop salsa" as one of the judges described it was sexy as hell. Nice to see Peta back on the dance floor, as well!
3. Carlos, Witney, and Karina Smirnoff: 29/30
We feel like we should have gotten an invite to this party. So much fun. Carlos really killed it all over the place tonight.
2. Carlos PenaVega and Witney Carson: 28 (+3 for winning the dance-off)
Carrie Ann may not have gotten it, but like, what was there to get about a shirtless Carlos swinging from a rope to a One Direction song, other than a little hot and bothered? That was an inappropriate comment to make about whatever that rope was supposed to represent metaphorically, but we only feel a little bit bad about it.
1. Bindi, Derek, and Mark Ballas: 30/30
We want to live in this dance, even if it's totally weird with neck ropes and boxes but we don't even care. Amazing.
All in all, kind of an amazing night of endless dancing, even if there was a bit of a sad undertone to the whole evening. We wish Tamar the best, and hope she's well enough to at least make an appearance in the finale.
Who had your favorite dance of the night? Sound off in the comments!