Hey, guys.
I'm Tracy.
And I'm Andy.
And I'm Chris.
And this is one of my favorite weeks.
Every single season, I look forward to this week.
It was "Most Memorable Year."
Yes.
OK, so we wanted to start off-- we
thought it would be a good idea to tell you
our most memorable years.
Chris, start with you.
I think 2005.
2005 was when I graduated high school.
And it was my first time out of the country.
I went to Peru.
And I worked at a school that taught handicapped children how
to do trades.
Oh, my gosh.
You're, like, such a good person.
And I think, kind of, it led me here today.
Because I walked out of there wanting to do--
I wanted to make movies and television shows that
made people feel something.
So yeah.
OK, Z, what about yours?
What was your most memorable year?
July 19, 2008, when my wife and I got married.
Oh, yay.
We love that.
She's good.
OK, mine would be--
she's good.
She's good.
Mine would be 2015.
It's the year that I got engaged to my husband, John.
Oh, he's great.
We like him.
We like him too.
And I also won my first Emmy.
Ooh, what a year.
It was a year, within a month.
So that was a very exciting year for me.
And I love this episode, because it's just like you
get to know the contestants.
And I always cry.
I was like, tears, tears, tears.
It was really heavy.
The whole point of this week is not about getting tens.
It's not about getting high scores.
It's about making the audience at home feel something.
Because this week is, I think, what carries you to the finals.
Because this is the week that you basically
make a connection with someone at home who's
going to pick up the phone and call for you, like, all the way
to the end.
That's true.
Whose story really touched you this week?
For me-- and I think we all knew it was coming--
Alexis.
Yeah, that was really sad.
Alexis was probably one of my strongest of the nights.
So Alexis talked about her mom who passed away from cancer,
which was really, really sad.
And she got the news on Mother's Day.
That was so sad.
I was like, immediately, tears streaming down the face.
Also Mary Lou.
Yeah.
Mary Lou talked about 1984, the year she won gold.
Six weeks.
But what we didn't know-- was it six weeks?
She said six weeks before.
Six weeks before that, she had a completely horrible knee injury
that almost kept her from competing.
And no one knew.
Because she didn't want any--
What a champion.
--she didn't want anyone to know.
Because then they would have known that she was injured,
and they can take advantage of that, and this, that,
and the other.
And they would have scored her different-- the judges.
Yeah.
And we have to talk about this.
Because this was the first season, as far as
in my recent memory, where they showed us the little box in box
of them getting--
They usually don't let them watch it.
They roll it, and then they bring them out.
Yeah, I've been getting to watch they're kind of setup package.
I loved it.
It made me cry even more.
Because they were trying to fight the tears.
It made the story seem that much realer.
My boy Juan Pablo, a.k.a.
the Latin Luke Bryan.
Good thing he got out of Buenos Aires.
Yeah.
He got perfect tens this week for his--
do you think it's a little unfair--
and obviously, it kind of went with his story--
but he got to do the Samba, which obviously, he's Latin.
I don't know if that helps.
Talk about your wheel house.
Actually, for me, I wouldn't have given it a 10-- more 9s.
He also really sells it--
his confidence in himself.
Like, you're watching him and how much fun
he's having with his face.
He's like--
Oh, especially in the beginning, the hips.
Really good.
Yeah.
Let me tell you who else I really
connected with this week.
One of my favorites of the night--
I don't know if you'll agree with this--
Evanna.
Oh, yes.
I loved her back stories.
You guys, Evanna's story blew my--
Right?
Crazy.
--freaking mind.
It was like magic.
If you're a huge Harry Potter fan,
like I am, like fanatic, hearing that she was pen pals with j.k.
Rowling-- what?
But it had nothing to do with her getting the role.
That was the craziest part.
And then it's like, yeah, she didn't know she got the part.
And then she came out and just really, like,
danced her life out.
She did.
And the production value of that was awesome.
She had great lines.
That dress was amazing.
And then my last stand out, for me, was DeMarcus.
We didn't talk about DeMarcus last week.
He's back, baby.
He really is back.
They ended the night with him.
His story was great.
He won the Super Bowl.
However, it wasn't with the Dallas Cowboys.
Broncos.
But they did show one picture of him as a Cowboy, anyway.
And then he talked about his family.
And then he came out, and he really gave us that dance.
And he's like such a leading man.
I thought he threw her around like a rag doll.
First of all, when they just start and he's just lifting her
up.
Then he spins her and catches her.
Oh, my god.
Then at the end, that lift was like, boop.
And it was like he could have held that forever.
His taped piece was all about being vulnerable and trusting
that the world has, like, a plan,
and the bad things lead to the best things.
And like, when he is just standing there and holding
Lindsey, and then kind of gives it up and then takes control--
it was just such a perfect connection.
You watch it on such a deeper level than me.
I'm, like, drinking my wine.
I'm like, that's cool!
But I loved it.
I tell you, the one person who actually, like,
didn't impress me this week and the judged loved, that I kind
of disagreed with, was Tinashe.
Her story-- I didn't connect with it.
It kind of felt very superficial.
I mean, I have no doubt that that's her most memorable year.
Listen to her own song.
It's a great platform for her to get her song out
there to people that may not know her.
All right, so let's talk about who had the weakest week.
I think anybody doing contemporary gets a bad card.
No.
Because Bobby did contemporary.
Oh, Bobby did do great.
No.
You know I don't like Bobby.
I don't like Bobby either.
I know.
He had some facials that I was like, no, no, no, no.
No, no.
You need to be serious in contemporary dance.
But compared to last week, I thought
he was dancing, kind of like, with his inner child.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And kind of like, you know, to his taped piece,
he never had that childhood.
So for me, I was just so happy that he
was able to kind of like live that moment.
I think it was very therapeutic for him.
And then obviously, we always have to go back to him.
But Grocery Store Joe-- he's still getting sixes this week.
Right.
Oh, did you see the ground fog to cover his footwork?
At the very beginning, there was a ton of ground fog.
I was like, you can't even see his steps.
He totally nailed that opening, kind of, hand movement,
where he was just like--
He looked better.
Let's give him some credit.
He looked better.
He committed.
So then we get to the very end of the episode.
And we get to the two that are in jeopardy
are Nancy and Val, and then Tinashe and Brandon.
Do we think that she was really the lowest?
No.
And I went back, and I listened to the exact verbiage
of what they were saying.
And sometimes the bottom two and who is in jeopardy
are two very different things.
So they'll say, like, "in the bottom two this week."
So those are the two lowest scores of the week.
And this time, they just said who is in jeopardy.
Sadly, we had to say goodbye to Nancy.
[SINGING "DANCING WITH THE STARS" THEME SONG]
Ba, ba, dum, ba, dum, ba, ba--
It wasn't very much a surprise.
Bum, ba, dum, ba, ba.
Bye-bye.
Ba, ba, ba.
Ba, da, da.
Put that on my monitor.
You're never going to get any work done.
Not this week, for sure.
OK, now you know what time it is, everybody.
It's time to play our favorite game, "Who Did You
Spot in the Audience?"
OK, so it wasn't that big.
Not a star-studded audience at all.
I only saw one person, and we're all
going to say the same person.
Who?
Miles Brown for Blackish?
No.
Evan, next to Kendall.
That was the only person I saw all night.
From The Bachelor franchise.
With Carly.
Evan and Carly.
And then if you look into the corner,
right next to Carrie Ann, during one of the dances,
you'll see Nastia Liukin, who I love-- gymnast.
Oh, and then I want to do a game called,
who was that hot guy in the hat right next to Tom?
I was wondering who that dude was.
They don't let hats in.
I missed it.
Oh, he was there the whole time.
I kept thinking, he's obviously somebody,
because he's wearing a hat, and the girl next to him
was wearing a Gucci shirt.
If you know who these two people are--
Boing, boing, boing, boing, boing, boing, boing, boing.
[INAUDIBLE] And that's how you play, "Who Did You
Spot in the Audience?
And then before we wrap up, we just
have to talk about Dancing with the Stars Juniors.
Who did you spot in that audience?
Kim Kardashian.
I mean, that is a big get.
It's because she's friends with Scottie Pippen's wife.
His daughter's on the floor--
I mean on the show.
Wow.
It is just tiny people doing the same thing.
And I live for it.
I love Mandy Moore on that show.
So we see her-- you know, you hear the name on Dancing
with the Stars all the time.
I'm very happy for her.
This is her moment.
But the kids are phenomenal.
A big thanks to y'all for watching.
And tune in next week for our recap.
And comment below to tell us what you think.
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Ba, ba, da, puh, ba, ba, ba--
ba, da, da.