‘Dancing With the Stars’ Halloween Night Includes a Mysterious Injury, a Nod to ‘Buffy’ and Another Surprising Elimination

Dancing With the Stars always goes all out for Monster Night and this years Halloween episode was no different. Each pair danced twice on Tuesday night —first, for their solo routines and second, in the group marathon.

Many of the duos had a lot of fun with the Halloween theme, including Alyson Hannigan and Sasha Farber. Hannigan leaned into her Buffy the Vampire Slayer roots and while she didnt mention the name of the show (and couldnt due to the SAG-AFTRA strike), she dressed as a vampire and dedicated her paso doble to the fans who had stuck with her through the years.

Xochitl Gomez and Val Chmerkovskiy impressed the judges with a contemporary routine. At the end of the dance, however, Chmerkovskiy carried Gomez to get their scores, as she suffered some sort of injury. She pushed through the pain, receiving a score of 37 out of 40, and came back ready to fight in round two.

Harry Jowsey, on the other hand, struggled with the judges low scores and the negative comments he had read about himself on social media. It feels humiliating because Im doing my best but its never good enough, he told partner Rylee Arnold. For reinforcements, she brought in her sister, former pro Lindsay Arnold, to try and up their spirits.

During the Monster-thon, the pairs all danced at the same time in the ballroom. The duos removed first only received one bonus point while the winning pair — Gomez and Chmerkovskiy — received five. Heading into the elimination, Gomez and Chmerkovskiy sat at the top of the leaderboard while Jowsey and Arnold remained at the bottom.

In the end, however, the votes spoke louder than the judges scores and Mauricio Umansky and Emma Slater were eliminated.

Jason Mraz and Daniella Karagach

Dance: Contemporary

Song: “Zombie” by The Cranberries

Score: 36/40 +3

Alyson Hannigan and Sasha Farber

Dance: Paso Doble

Song: “Supermassive Black Hole” by Muse

Score: 29/40 +2

Xochitl Gomez and Val Chmerkovskiy

Dance: Contemporary

Song: “Game of Survival” by Ruelle

Score: 37/40 +5

Ariana Madix and Pasha Pashkov

Dance: Argentine Tango

Song: “Bad Guy” by Billie Eilish

Score: 37/40 +4

Harry Jowsey and Rylee Arnold

Dance: Argentine Tango

Song: “Blinding Lights” by District 78

Score: 28/40 +1

Lele Pons and Brandon Armstrong

Dance: Paso Doble

Song: “Bloody Mary” by Lady Gaga

Score: 33/40 +4

Charity Lawson and Artem Chigvintsev

Dance: Jive

Song: “Skeleton Sam” by LVCRFT

Score: 35/40 +3

Barry Williams and Peta Murgatroyd

Song: Viennese Waltz

Dance: “It’s A Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World” by James Brown

Score: 31/40 +1

Mauricio Umansky and Emma Slater

Dance: Argentine Tango

Song: “Somebody’s Watching Me” by Rockwell

Score: 31/40 +2