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'DWTS' 500th Episode Recap: Who Went Home, Instant Dance Round Results


‘Dancing With the Stars’ commemorated its 500th episode with an unprecedented instant dance round, and one duo was eliminated

Joey Graziadei chose to emulate one of his “favorite” DWTS moments: Riker Lynch and Allison Holker ’s season 20 contemporary routine to “Work Song” by Hozier. While Carrie Ann Inaba thought Graziadei, 29, and Johnson’s rendition was missing “a bit of rawness,” Derek Hough said, “I disagree,” before complimenting the pair on being “really connected” during the dance. After noting that “comparison is inevitable” when recreating dances, Hough told Kinney, 24, “I preferred this one, even over mine.” He added that the performance, which earned the first perfect score of the season, was “smooth as silk” while still having “intensity.”

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