Whitney Leavitt and Mark Ballas' quickstep made them fairly fashionable with the Dancing With the Stars judges, incomes the primary 10s of the season.
“I'm very grateful, however [it] additionally looks like a giant reward,” Leavitt, 32, solely advised Us Weekly after the Tuesday, October 21, stay present. “Mark and I labored actually laborious on that dance.
Leavitt and Ballas, 39, danced a quickstep to “Widespread” from Depraved throughout Tuesday's broadcast, receiving 39 out of 40 — three 10s and one 9 — from the judges.
“That's probably the most intimidating dance I've finished up to now,” the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star advised Us. “It's simply, like, after we completed that final pose, I felt like I might breathe.”
Mark Ballas was not fairly able to say goodbye to the ballroom — and is able to vie for the mirrorball trophy with Whitney Leavitt on Dancing With the Stars season 34. “I had some damage stuff clear up that was form of slowing me down,” Mark, 39, solely advised Us Weekly on Wednesday, September […]
Ballas was equally happy that his choreography yielded the very best rating of the night time.
“I used to be very proud. This one was a hustle,” Ballas advised Us. “It's a number of work [and] a number of element went into this. I simply at all times say, like, ‘So long as you end and you're feeling such as you did the very best and it felt good, that's the objective.' It's nothing worse than ending and being like, ‘Dang it, I might have finished higher.'”
After Leavitt and Ballas hit their closing pose, the judges additionally lauded their routine. Derek Hough even gushed that the fact TV character is clearly a bona fide star.
“It meant rather a lot. I really feel like I've envisioned this [side] of Whitney, and I really feel like she's coming to mild on this stage,” she stated on Tuesday. “And so, listening to that, it meant rather a lot. [It was] so good.”
Whitney Leavitt and Mark Ballas carry out a quickstep on ‘DWTS' Depraved Evening. Eric McCandless/Disney by way of Getty Photos
Whitney and Ballas even have the complete assist of Whitney's husband, Conner Leavitt, who made a splash within the ballroom himself by portray his full face inexperienced like Elphaba. (Conner, 31, who carried out together with his spouse on Dedication Evening earlier in October, has worn his personal costumes within the ballroom every week, honoring the assorted theme nights.)
“He was like, ‘What ought to I do for Depraved?' I used to be like, ‘Wouldn't or not it's so humorous when you painted your self inexperienced?'” Whitney recalled. “He was like, ‘I'm not doing that. After which he confirmed up tonight, and he's inexperienced. It's nice [and] I really like the dedication.”
She continued, “It's humorous as a result of he referred to as me and he was like, ‘I've a shock for you.' And I, like, thought it was gonna be a deal with or one thing.”
With Depraved Evening now within the rearview mirror, Whitney and Ballas are gearing up for Halloween Evening on Tuesday, October 28. Along with performing a spooky-themed quantity, the entire {couples} may also participate within the “Monster Evening Monster-thon” dance relay.
“There will likely be some extra inexperienced subsequent week,” Ballas teased to Us how his Halloween plan might match the Depraved colours.
Dancing With the Stars airs on ABC and Disney+ Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET.
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