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Dancing with the Stars recap: Bond Week takes out Cheryl Ladd

Good luck Cheryl!

Ahad Sanwari - New York
Senior WriterNew York
October 4, 2022

Dancing with the Stars rolled along with a strong week three, shaken not stirred, as the contestants polished themselves up for Bond Week.

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In a tribute to the iconic franchise, celebrating 60 years of James Bond, the contestants performed to iconic Bond songs from the films over the years.

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Sadly, not all of them were able to keep up with the slick moves of 007, as legendary actress Cheryl Ladd and her professional partner Louis van Amstel were eliminated at the end of the episode.

After delivering a Rumba routine to the classic Diamonds Are Forever, the judges gave them mixed critiques but noted improvement. They were ultimately scored a 24 out of a possible 40.

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They landed in the bottom two once again alongside Sam Champion and Cheryl Burke, with the judges ultimately choosing to save the latter.

It was a sad moment for Good Morning America, not only seeing Sam hit the bottom, but to happen the same night he was visited by co-stars Robin Roberts and Gio Benitez.

Cheryl Ladd and Louis van Amstel were the third pair eliminated

However, on the other side of the spectrum were our leaderboard toppers, once again, a three-way tie between Charli D'Amelio, Wayne Brady, and Gabby Windey, each scoring 33.

But one of the real stars of the night was Charli's mom, Heidi D'Amelio, who had a recurring gag over the past two weeks of willing for a score and then getting it.

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After starting week one off with 24 and rising to 28 last week, the two got their highest score of the competition so far, a very strong 32, representing the most consistent rise in the season. 

The audience remains divided, though, as their loudest cheers and standing ovation went to Shangela and Gleb Savchenko, who ended with a 30, while they took to booing the judges after the low scores given to Vinny Guadagnino and Koko Iwasaki, their 23 marking a fall from their meteoric rise the previous week and the night's lowest.

Heidi D'Amelio has had the season's most consistent rise

Episode highlight: Shangela and Daniel Durant pitching for Bond roles, because why not?

Episode lowlight: The two Cheryls being in the bottom, the sheer coincidence

Our dance of the night: Shangela and Gleb's Rumba to GoldenEye

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