Dancing with the Stars recap: ‘Absolute perfection’ earns first perfect score of the season
Jack Woolley and dance partner Alex Vladimirov scored the first perfect score of the season. Picture: Kyran O’Brien/kobpix
Actress Yasmin Seky has become the latest celebrity to leave this year's
The star's jive to Imelda May's version of the classic hit 'Tainted Love' went down well with the judges earlier in the night — but head judge Loraine Barry had worried it may not have been enough to keep her in the competition.
As she left the dancefloor, Seky said she felt she had improved "every single week".
She faced pageant queen Aishah Akorede in the dreaded dance-off — her second in a row.
The judges had commended her for bouncing back earlier in the night with Barry saying "there was a fiery energy oozing out of [her].” She had also received 33 for her Paso Doble, her highest score to date.
Kevin Dundon was, once again, bottom of the leaderboard, with his score dropping down to 20 after a season-best of 24 in last week's Eurovision special.
Judge Arthur Gourounlian said he “brought the drama” to his performance, but said he wished his footwork was “a bit sharper”.
In a surprise shock, Rhys McClenaghan’s Romeo and Juliet inspired Rumba left him down at the bottom end of this week's leaderboard.
Judge Brian Redmond said every champion faces a challenge, and he believes this week was a challenge for the Olympian.
“The storytelling, it needed a little bit more. It’s not your best week,” he admitted. He scored 31.
Comedian Gearóid Farrelly, however, had another good week with judge Karen Byrne commenting that his frame in his quickstep was his best to date.
“You looked like you were at ease,” she added, saying it was “very enjoyable”.
“It was light, it was fluid, it had a lot of swing... it was done with great posture and great consistency in the frame,” Barry added. He scored 32.
Content creator Kayleigh Trappe also scored 32.
Barry said you could “see that little bit of trepidation” during the lifts in her salsa, but Redmond said she dealt with the “another one.. and another one..” aspect of the routine very well.
At the top end of the scoreboard was actor Danny O'Carroll. His Viennese Waltz earned him 34 points from the judges.
“Every week, you show us a different side to you,” Byrne said, while Redmond said he had a “beautiful top line.”
"You really captured the flow,” Gourounlian said. “It was cohesive, harmonious."
Tonight's stand-out performance came from taekwondo athlete Jack Woolley who received a standing ovation from all of the judges for his contemporary ballroom — and a perfect score of 40.
“That was danced with a level of dancing we’ve rarely seen on this show,” Redmond said.
"When we think things can't get any better you come out and blow us all away," Byrne added. Gourounlian called it “outstanding.”
Head judge Barry concluded the judge's comments: “Absolute perfection.”
Can it be matched next week?
