‘Dancing with the Stars’ Season 20 Week 8 “America’s Choice” gives the audience voting power to decide each contestant’s songs and dance techniques. The votes are now closed. ‘Dancing with the Stars (DWTS)’ Season 20 Week 8 “America’s Choice” airs on Monday, May 4 at 8|7c on ABC.
'DWTS' is a televised reality dance competition that pairs off celebrities with a professional dancer. Each week, the celebrity and dancer duos come up with a choreography to knock the socks off of four judges and audiences. The performances are ranked on a scale of points and votes earned in the competition. Couples are eliminated one week at a time. Six couples will compete in Week 8 “America’s Choice.”
Noah Galloway and Sharna Burgess will dance the tango. Robert Herjavec and Kym Johnson will dance a contemporary dance piece. Nastia Liukin and Derek Hough will dance the paso doble. Riker Lynch and Allison Holker will dance the Viennese waltz. Chris Soules and Witney Carson will dance a contemporary dance piece. Rumer Willis and Valentin Chmerkovskiy will dance a rumba.
On Week 7 “Eras Night” Nastia Liukin and Derek Hough received immunity from eliminations for scoring the highest amount of points. Willow Shields and partner Mark Ballas were sent home after a devastating defeat. Shields could not hold back her sobbing tears as Ballas wiped them away. Ballas praised Shields’ determination in the competition and reminded everyone that she is only 14-years-old.
“Can I not be a TV host for a minute and just be a dad? Come here,” said host Tom Bergeron on Tuesday as he brought her into a fatherly embrace.
The choreographed routine will be judged and scored by a panel of four judges, Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli, Carrie Ann Inaba, and Julianne Hough. Each judge is a renowned dancer who is entitled to grant one to ten points. A perfect score would be a straight ten across the judges’ panel, resulting in a total of 40 points. Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews co-host the show. BBC Worldwide Productions is the producer of ‘DWTS.’
