'DWTS' Predictions: Which Season 25 Pair Will Be Eliminated In Week 4?
The "Dancing With the Stars" Season 25 teams were thankfully spared an elimination during "Guilty Pleasures" week, but "Most Memorable Year" night won't be a night one team will want to remember, because it will signify their last dance.
Once again, the competition has been shaken up by how teams are faring on the leaderboard of the ABC show. While Lindsey Stirling and Mark Ballas and Jordan Fisher and Lindsay Arnold are still enjoying nearly exclusive reign at the top with consistently high marks from the judges, things have been shaken up quite a bit for the remaining teams. Despite having the highest scores of the night after Latin Night in Week 2, Frankie Muniz and Witney Carson saw themselves fall squarely back into the middle of the pack during Week 3, after only scoring a 21 on their Samba. Meanwhile, teams who had previously found themselves near the bottom of the leaderboard, including Drew Scott and Emma Slater, Terrell Owens and Cheryl Burke, and Nick Lachey and Peta Murgatroyd, all found themselves suddenly more successful, earning their highest scores yet for the competition.
Week 3 was also marked by some unexpected backstage drama, which was revealed after the show, between Maksim Chmerkovskiy and his partner, Vanessa Lachey, who also had been enjoying status near the top of the leaderboard. Maks was absent from the competition, with Vanessa dancing with ousted pro Alan Bersten instead, due to reports that Team Babies and Ballroom were constantly fighting because they both had strong personalities and often clashed.
While Week 4 will see Maks' return, it will also see one of the most emotional nights of the competition. "Most Memorable Year" often sees the stars looking back into their pasts and reliving a defining moment and expressing it through dance. While some are a look back at happier moments, others reflect on moments that saw them struggle and attempt to overcome adversity. While this week will likely be a mix of those performances, no matter how strong the pairs are when they hit the dance floor, one will be forced to say goodbye at the night's end. Of the remaining teams, three could find themselves in jeopardy.
Though their drama was off stage and not revealed until after voting had closed, Maks and Vanessa could find themselves shockingly eliminated if fans opted to change their support and give it to other teams who did still dance together. While Vanessa still did manage to score 23 judge's points for her Jazz routine with Alan, the news of the conflict could work against them and lead to an early dismissal from the show.
When only judge's scores are considered however, the two teams who seem most likely at risk of elimination are actually Sasha Pieterse and Gleb Savchenko and Nikki Bella and Artem Chigvintsev.
While Nikki and Artem did see improvement by scoring 21 points for their Viennese Waltz, they still have had other low marks, scoring only 18 points during Week 2's Samba. If Nikki's avid fan base opted out of casting their votes, then the judge's scores could prove to end her run on the show early.
Sasha and Gleb meanwhile found themselves at the bottom of the leaderboard for the first time after Week 3, scoring only 19 points for their Jazz routine. If the "Pretty Little Liars" star doesn't have as large of a fan base on the show as some of her competitors, the low scores could also serve as a detriment to her own continued presence in the competition.
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"Dancing With the Stars" airs Mondays at 8 p.m. EDT on ABC.
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