Dancing With The Stars Fans Wanted To See Another Contestant Eliminated On Halloween Night, But Here's Why I Totally Disagree

Warning! The following contains spoilers for the Dancing with the stars episode “Halloween Nightmares.” Stream the episode with a Disney+ subscription and read at your own risk.

In the past it was only a matter of time Dancing with the stars Season 33 had an elimination that ruffled some feathers. Despite solid numbers throughout the season, the time had come Jen Tran And Sasha Farber go home. It was clear that quite a few people on the internet disagreed with the call and felt it Dwight Howard And Daniella Karagach should have been next.

I don’t agree with the sentiment of fans on social media one X user who posted that “HE’S THE WORST DANCER THERE” in protest of his rise – about Dwight Howard. While Bachelor nation While I may have some feelings about Jenn leaving the NBA star who has been the lowest scorer almost every week so far, I’m willing to fight for him this week. It may have been a good call, but Howard deserved to stay over Tran.

Dwight and Daniella's dance — (Image credit: ABC/Christopher Willard)

Dwight’s solo performance was the best of the night

I won’t mince my words: Dwight Howard is, statistically speaking, the worst performer alive Dancing with the stars Season 33. That’s especially true at this stage of the competition, which people love Reginald VelJohnson couldn’t slide along with a Die hard tribute more. Howard had to pull off a miracle this week and luckily he delivered a near-perfect performance on the night of “Halloween Nightmares.”

How perfect? Well, thanks to him he scored the first 10 of the season Carrie Ann Inabawhich is wild in context. Although Inaba was quite gracious in handing out A’s for the rest of the evening, who would have thought that the worst performer would have come first? Dancing with the stars contestant of the season to make this happen? I would have given it Ilona Maher the for her last week Encanto dancebut I’m not a professional dance judge either.

Dwight and Daniella dance

(Image credit: ABC/Christopher Willard)

Daniella performed a dance that highlighted Dwight’s strengths, and it paid off

Dwight Howard survived the last one Dancing with the stars elimination, and that is as much a credit to Daniella Karagach as it is to everything he has done. Her choreography work is always top notch and tonight’s episode was reminiscent of another iconic performance of hers from a few seasons earlier. Was I the only one who had one? flashback to Iman Shumpertruns on the show?

Former NBA star Shumpert also had a great showing on the Halloween-themed night, and that momentum ultimately carried him to the end of the game. Shumpert made history with Karagach as the first NBA player to win a Mirrorball Trophybut that’s not even the most impressive part. He was upset JoJo Siwa And Jenna Johnsonwho also wrote history as the first same-sex duo on the show. Plus, they were a team of two professional dancers, so the upset was notable.

The point I’m making here is that Daniella Karagach just might be the X-factor that Dwight Howard needs to go far in this league. There is something in her ability to see her participant’s skills and figure out a way to make them shine. If this latest episode is a sign that she’s finally cracked the code with Howard, Jenn Tran’s departure won’t be the most shocking thing in the coming weeks. The upside here is that her departure wasn’t nearly as brutal as her finale op The bachelorette.

Next Dancing with the stars The episode won’t happen until after the November 5 election, so expect a new episode on Tuesday, November 12 at 8pm ET on ABC and Disney+. We’ll see then if Dwight Howard’s big night was just a fluke or if he’s about to become the newest sensation of the season.