The stars on ABC’s hit dancing competition series battled it out with routines to yacht rock music this week, ending with former teen heartthrob Taylor Hanson heading home.
Week 3’s broadcast had some surprises, but Kalshi traders still expect Paralympic gold medalist Ezra Frech to add “Dancing with the Stars winner” to his list of accolades. He continues to lead the Dancing with the Stars winner market at 45%.
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Maura Higgins and Harry Shum Jr. remain behind Frech in the winner market, at 13% and 12% respectively, but Higgins has the edge in the Kalshi market predicting second place. There, Higgins leads at 31%, followed by Amber Glenn at 19% and Frech at 18%.
What happened during week 3?
Figure skater Amber Glenn drew blood from her partner Pasha Pashkov when she accidentally elbowed him in the nose during rehearsal for their routine to “Hold the Line” by Toto, and Julia Stiles suffered a rib injury earlier in the week while rehearsing. Still, despite the mishaps, Glenn scored 24 out of 30 in week 3, and Stiles scored 19.
Glenn received the highest score of the season thus far at 24, and Shum Jr. soon followed up with the same score. Frech, Higgins, and Jenna Dewan all also scored above 20 and were declared safe for next week’s episode.
Tatyana Ali, who was previously favored by Kalshi traders to go home before Tuesday night’s episode, delivered another crowd-pleasing performance and scored 21 out of 30. Judge Derek Hough called it her “breakthrough.”
On the lower end of the scoring spectrum were Guillermo Rodriguez, Ciara Miller, Taylor Hanson, Jackson Olson, and Tyler Cameron. The lowest score belonged to Rodriguez at 15, but his coconut bra reveal with the words “DANCING 4 THE PEOPLE” painted on his chest charmed audiences enough to keep him around for another week.
The final elimination came down to Olson, Rodriguez, and Hanson, with Hanson exiting the show. Per Entertainment Weekly, “the couple were visibly shocked and dismayed by the results, but still handled their elimination with grace.”
The takeaway:
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