Let's meet our couples.
Number 106 Pooja Himovich and Kristijan Burazer.
Being the new kid is scary.
This is my first Latin competition since switching
from rhythm to Latin.
I've got one chance.
I've got five minutes to impress the judges,
and personally, I think they should place me.
High.
Number 1 2 5.
Sabrina Strasser and Stanislav Kochergin.
Winning in New Orleans is so important to me
because I have to prove that I came here for a reason.
I'm not about to miss Passover and the time
with my family to lose.
Number 127 Ga lle Benchetrit and Nino Langella.
Number 136, Colette Marotto and Alex Pigotskyy.
Kristijan being here is upsetting,
but I need to stay focused.
I have to redeem myself after not
even making a final at State.
And I'm going to show him what he's missing.
Number 149, Donie Burch and Iliah Vinikovskiy.
I can't change my body, but I've made changes to my dress
and my hair in hopes that it will help me place better.
The first dance couples Cha Cha.
relax.
Summer floor craft is a big part of dancing
and you collide on the dance floor.
It factors in on how you're judged.
So that definitely was probably not kosher for Passover.
Just listen to yourself.
Paula?
Sahar oh, I'm incredibly nervous because there's a lot at stake.
It's not just about partnership, but it's
also about my self confidence.
When I dance, I hear this self critique in my head constantly.
It takes work when I go, stop listening
just to enjoy the moment.
And that's really what I'm trying to do.
Be better than yourself.
Be the best.
The fastest.
She?
there's no way that happens.
Rumba oh, nice.
In rumba, I leave everything behind.
I can lock eyes with Alex, and it just takes me into a moment
like no other dance.
I love rumba.
Ladies and gentlemen, let's.
Very good places.
Come on.
Plus it.
Golf got budget.
Hospitable is the hardest dance out of all five Latin dances.
When I watched my mom do Paso, I can really feel her intensity.
So I want to show my mom and my sister I can nail the dance.
There's a lot to live up to.
Hey I think our pasta went amazing.
There's no way anyone else on that floor topped it.
I killed that wolf.
Go Donie!
Jive.
Hey hey.
Hey my dress is suffocating me.
And now Sabrina suffocating me, too.
Oh so up the samba.
I can't let this get to my head.
I have to channel Cleopatra and redeem myself.
Nice run with blood, sweat. Welcome back.
Thank you.
Couples that felt a little bit like driving
on ice a little bit.
Yeah, it was.
It was slippery.
It was a little bit shaky.
But I got my lot steps.
This is exactly why I'm doing a smaller competition.
I've been hyper focused on rumba, but that's no excuse.
I missed a lock step, and that's just a silly mistake.
I feel a little bit like I might have let you down a little bit.
Doesn't really matter, because the judges didn't
know your routines happened.