DWTS Super Bowl Night Scores and Elimination Highlights
Couples on Dancing With the Stars season 35 performed Super Bowl-themed dances, with Jenna Dewan and Val Chmerkovskiy earning the highest score of 36/40, while Ciara Miller and Brandon Armstrong were eliminated.
Dancing With the Stars celebrated an early Super Bowl Night, featuring routines set to music from past halftime shows. Guest judge Joe Buck, host of ABC’s Monday Night Football, joined regular judges and former NFL players Emmitt Smith, Donald Driver, DeMarcus Ware and Danny Amendola on the panel.
The first couple to dance, Maura Higgins and Mark Ballas, opened with a tango to “Only Girl (In the World)" and received 33 out of 40 points. Amber Glenn and Pasha Pashkov soon surpassed them, scoring 34/40 for a samba to “Mi Gente," marking Glenn’s first nine of the season.
Julia Stiles and Ezra Sosa matched the 33-point mark with a jazz routine to “Jenny From the Block," while Jenna Dewan and Val Chmerkovskiy achieved a perfect set of nines, earning a season-high 36/40 for their Paso Doble to Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance."
The episode also saw the elimination of Ciara Miller and Brandon Armstrong, who had been voted out after the previous Mariah Carey Night. Voting details were outlined, noting that viewers could cast up to ten votes per couple via the ABC website or text, with live voting concluding shortly after the final performance.
Full scores for the night included: - Maura Higgins & Mark Ballas: 33/40 - Jackson Olson & Emma Slater: 31/40 - Amber Glenn & Pasha Pashkov: 34/40 - Tyler Cameron & Sharna Burgess: 30/40 - Connor Wood & Rylee Arnold: 25/40 - Julia Stiles & Ezra Sosa: 33/40 - Tatyana Ali & Jan Ravnik: 29/40 - Guillermo Rodriguez & Witney Carson: 22/40 - Jenna Dewan & Val Chmerkovskiy: 36/40 - Harry Shum Jr. & Jenna Johnson: 33/40