Dancing with the Stars Took On Famous Dances—Who Went Home?

Footloose, Michael Jackson, NSYNC & more received tributes on Monday

By Lauren Piester Apr 26, 2016 2:36 AMTags
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Famous dances night is just the best.

We're big suckers for epic movie dance sequences, and who doesn't love a good iconic music video? We fell in love with each dance tonight (except for one that terrified us forever), and it has occurred to us that now without Doug Flutie, we don't want anyone to leave.

We're obviously not saying we wanted Doug Flutie to leave, but he was clearly the least good dancer of the remaining bunch, and every single one of the top eight delights us in their own way and we don't want to say goodbye to any of them.  

So who had the best dance of the night? Let's find out!

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9. Doug Flutie and Karina Smirnoff: 21/30

Slumdog Millionaire, "Jai Ho"

Flutie looked happier than he has all season, even if we would never have imagined him to really shine in a Bollywood number.

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8. Kim Fields and Sasha Farber: 24/30

Hairspray, "You Can't Stop the Beat"

How Kim managed to not stop that beat on a possible stress fracture, we will never know, but that was a lot of fun.

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7. Nyle DiMarco and Peta Murgatroyd: 25/30

The Mask

We honestly don't know what to say about that. It was simultaneously terrifying and mesmerizing. It was good, we think. But it was also the worst thing we've ever seen. (Also not fans of Nyle's new cocky attitude. You may be good, but you're no Val yet, buddy.)

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6. Ginger Zee and Val Chmerkovskiy: 24/30

Janet Jackson, "Nasty"

This was great, but Ginger's just not nasty. She's a bright, candy colored explosion of happiness, and she was even smiling too much throughout the performance. We still loved it, but maybe there was another iconic dance that would have made more sense for her to take on.

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5. Jodie Sweetin and Keo Motsepe: 25/30

Pink, "Try"

We couldn't even tell she had an injured ankle. Pink does not make her dances easy to recreate, but this was a wonderful attempt. 

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4. Von Miller and Witney Carson: 24/30

Michael Jackson, "Bad"

KILLED. IT. Von's lankiness worked to give him his own Jackson-esque but unique style, and it was awesome.

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3. Paige VanZant and Mark Ballas: 28/30

Austin Powers

This just looked so effortless and way too fun. Even with Mark's totally ridiculous Austin Powers impression, we couldn't take our eyes off of Paige, who looked like she was having the best time.

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2. Antonio Brown and Sharna Burgess: 27/30

Footloose

We are Footloose suckers. We can't help it. Antonio makes a wonderful Kevin Bacon and we want to go to that party and dance our faces off.

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1. Wanya Morris and Lindsay Arnold: 29/30

NSYNC, "Bye Bye Bye"

WANYA FOR PRESIDENT OF DANCING. That's not a thing but we'd like to make it one. Even Joey Fatone and Lance Bass were fans of the epic VMAs recreation.  

Who had your favorite dance? Sound off in the comments!

Dancing with the Stars airs Mondays at 8 p.m. on ABC. 

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