'Dancing with the Stars' Loses a Fan Favorite

Not a dry eye in the house! Things got emotional on the Monday, April 10, episode of Dancing with the Stars. This week’s theme — most memorable year — took each celeb on a trip into the past, giving them the opportunity to tell a personal story (and to make Us tear up, to be honest). But while the theme translated to higher scores for pretty much everyone across the board, there still had to be one couple forced to exit the competition.

With Maks Chmerkovskiy out again this week due to injury, there was still a chance that Heather Morris and her stand-in partner, Alan Burston, would fall out of sync. The pair performed a cha-cha inspired by Heather's happiest moment — when she married her husband in 2015. Wearing matching white outfits, the dancing duo impressed the judges — and Maks, who was there to cheer them on — with their upbeat, technically tight routine to Walk the Moon’s “Shut Up and Dance.” Even judge Julianne Hough appreciated Heather's spot-on moves. “Like technique, it was on, girl,” she said. But let’s not forget that Heather was at one time a backup dancer for Beyoncé, so we can’t say we’re that surprised.

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