Dancing with the Stars Season 35 Ep 5 Recap

Dancing with the Stars Season 35 Ep 4 Recap Also available on YouTube. It’s Mariah Carey night on Dancing with the Stars Season 35, and Matt Liguoi and Sasha Joseph are breaking down all the performances, the judging controversies, and the heartbreaking elimination that’s leaving the fandom with a lot of feelings. Episode 5 marked a milestone, the first 9 paddles of the season finally appeared, but the night also ended with one of the most-discussed eliminations of the year: Ciara Miller and Brandon Armstrong saying goodbye despite a season of crowd-pleasing performances. Matt and Sasha dig into what went wrong with the voting and why some fans feel the show’s fanbase dynamics are working against certain contestants no matter how well they dance. Ezra Frech and Daniella Karagach delivered another standout rumba, Jenna Johnson had her best night of the season, and Maura Higgins and Mark Ballas broke the season’s 9 barrier with a waltz to “If It’s Over.” Amber Glenn and Pasha Pashkov closed the show with one of the most talked-about finishing poses of the year. But not every moment landed: Carrie Ann Inaba’s judging drew fire from both hosts, Val Chmerkovskiy’s hairstyle sparked social media controversy, and Connor Wood and Rylee Arnold gave the show its most eyebrow-raising package segment of the season. Matt also drops a hot take about Sharna Burgess’s hair, the duo digs into the Jackson Olson-Guillermo TikTok drama, and Sasha’s complicated feelings about Guillermo Rodriguez make for one of the funniest exchanges of the year. Ezra Frech and Daniella earn 8s across the board. Both hosts feel 9s were warranted Maura Higgins and Mark Ballas score the first 9 of Season 35; Matt and Sasha debate whether it was truly a 9 Amber Glenn and Pasha close the show to high praise, but Carrie Ann’s 7 draws serious pushback from Sasha Ciara Miller’s elimination over Tyler Cameron sparks a bigger conversation about Black women on DWTS and voting dynamics Julia Stiles and Ezra Sosa charm in the middle of the pack; Jackson Olson struggles with his performance face With Super Bowl night on the horizon and Matt away, Sasha and Chappell will break it all down next week. Catch Matt when he returns the following episode. Timestamps: 0:00:00 – Intro / Ciara elimination reaction 0:07:00 – Black women on DWTS and voting dynamics 0:14:00 – Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Johnson tango (Amber Riley in the ballroom) 0:21:00 – Jenna’s best night / Val’s haircut controversy 0:34:00 – Tyler Cameron and Sharna / Julianne-Val weirdness 0:45:00 – Maura and Mark score the first 9 of Season 35 0:50:31 – Guillermo Rodriguez and Witney Carson: “Obsessed” samba 0:57:07 – Jackson Olson and Emma Slater: birthday week 1:01:37 – Tatyana Ali and Jan Ravnik 1:06:27