Disney week on "Dancing With the Stars" brought more than a few surprises to the ballroom, with a first perfect score, several 9 and 10 paddles, and an unexpected elimination at the end of the night. Now, with the nine remaining Season 25 pairs working on their routines for "A Night At The Movies" in week 6, the reminder that yet one more team will be eliminated is even more daunting.

The leaderboard was shaken up in perhaps the most unexpected way yet on the ABC series, after teams that had previously scored lower on the leaderboard found themselves suddenly propelling up to some of the top spots, knocking down other lead contenders along the way. In addition, the first perfect score of the season was awarded to Jordan Fisher and Lindsay Arnold, meaning that the level of performance the judges expect has officially been upgraded.

However, the biggest potential upset of the night came with the elimination, as two teams, one high scoring and one who found themselves often near the middle of the pack, left standing under the threat of elimination. Finally, Sasha Pieterse and Gleb Savchenko found themselves knocked out of the competition, and the eliminations to follow will only continue to be as heart-breaking. However. While many of the teams have improved dramatically, there are two teams who have seen themselves remain stagnant, which could put them in jeopardy.

While most of the teams saw improved scores this week, a few failed to earn higher judge's marks. While Victoria Arlen and Val Chmerkovskiy scored a 27 again in Week 5, after getting their first similar score in week 4, it is still a marked imporvement from the scores they received in the first three weeks of the competition. However, the married couples who are facing off—Vanessa Lachey and Maks Chmerkovskiy, and Drew Lachey and Peta Murgatroyd, have hardly budged from the scores they previously had in the first four weeks.

While Nick and Peta have found themselves in jeopardy twice before, and have improved from Week one, their scores haven't seen a dramatic climb similar to the ones their remaining competitors have achieved. That inability to truly climb past getting 7's (or one 8) is something that is keeping them firmly planted at the bottom of the leaderboard, and it eventually will hurt them as the competition continues moving forward. Even if they have a strong fanbase, it's unlikely they will keep making it through on those votes alone if the judges fail to see a reason to give their routines higher scores.

However, this week, Vanessa and Maks joined their spouses at the bottom for the first time ever. They started strong in the competition, and stayed at the top of the leaderboard for the first couple of weeks, often falling just behind Jordan and Lindsay and Lindsey Stirling and Mark Ballas, who have often held the top two spots. However, since week 2, they haven't managed to score any better than a 24, and while that wasn't a problem before, it is one now, as the other teams who all previously scored lower or alongside them, have since gone on to better scores and positions on the leaderboard overall. That stagnant score has suddenly flipped their position, and if they remain in such a way, they become less memorable overall.

Being less memorable with routines and falling into low or mediocre scores can be death to a team on the show, and it could put them at extreme risk of elimination this week. When coupled with their big blow-up a few weeks ago, it may have cost them the fan votes, and that could mean that despite starting strong, they could find themselves saying goodbye much earlier than initially anticipated.

Of course, though being in jeopardy doesn't necessarily mean a team is in the bottom two each week, being in jeopardy alongside Sasha and Gleb doesn't necessarily spell good things for Frankie and Witney either, despite their scoring 29 points and landing in second place on the judges' leaderboard. They should be safe for another week, but need to work hard to make sure such a threat isn't a possibility for them going forward.

"Dancing With the Stars" airs Mondays at 8 p.m. EDT on ABC.

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