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Whitney Leavitt and Mark Ballas went home in the Season 34 semifinals of Dancing With the Stars, broadcast November 18, 2025. The “Prince Night (Semi-Finals)” episode sent them out after two dances and a reported combination of judges’ scores and viewer votes. Leavitt and Ballas scored 58 out of 60 from the judges, tying Alix Earle and Val Chmerkovskiy on the judges’ leaderboard.
Who was eliminated?
Whitney Leavitt and professional partner Mark Ballas were eliminated during Season 34’s semifinals on November 18, 2025. The episode, titled “Prince Night (Semi-Finals),” featured six remaining couples dancing twice.
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The elimination was not determined by the judges’ scoreboard alone. Forbes’ recap reports that the result combined judges’ scores with viewer votes. Audience vote totals were not published, so the available coverage does not establish how the vote distribution produced the final result.
After the announcement, Leavitt said: “This show has meant the absolute world for me. It’s changed my life, and I will forever be so grateful for the friendships I’ve made and for this experience. Thank you so much.”
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Whitney Leavitt and Mark Ballas’s semifinal scores
| Dance | Score |
|---|---|
| Cha Cha | 29/30 |
| Viennese Waltz | 29/30 |
| Combined judges’ score | 58/60 |
Derek Hough praised their Cha Cha by saying, “That was literal perfection,” according to Forbes’ 2025 recap. Despite that strong score, their 58 was tied with Earle and Chmerkovskiy rather than being the top total, and the reported viewer-vote component determined who advanced.
Semifinals leaderboard and dances
The table below uses the routine scores and totals reported by Forbes and independently reflected by Just Jared. Scores are judges’ points; “safe” means the couple advanced to the finale.
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| Couple | First dance | Second dance | Combined judges’ score | Result |
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| Robert Irwin and Witney Carson | Jive — 30/30 | Viennese Waltz — 29/30 | 59/60 | Safe |
| Alix Earle and Val Chmerkovskiy | Argentine Tango — 28/30 | Viennese Waltz — 30/30 | 58/60 | Safe |
| Whitney Leavitt and Mark Ballas | Cha Cha — 29/30 | Viennese Waltz — 29/30 | 58/60 | Eliminated |
| Elaine Hendrix and Alan Bersten | Foxtrot — 27/30 | Pasodoble — 30/30 | 57/60 | Safe |
| Jordan Chiles and Ezra Sosa | Jive — 27/30 | Argentine Tango — 30/30 | 57/60 | Safe |
| Dylan Efron and Daniella Karagach | Tango — 27/30 | Cha Cha — 28/30 | 55/60 | Safe |
Why the judges’ ranking did not decide the result by itself
Leavitt and Ballas were tied for second on judges’ points with Earle and Chmerkovskiy. Robert Irwin and Witney Carson led the judges with 59/60, while Hendrix and Bersten and Chiles and Sosa each scored 57/60. The reported elimination therefore cannot be explained by saying Leavitt had the lowest judges’ score. The published recaps identify the combined judges-and-viewer-vote result, but they do not provide the audience totals.
A score discrepancy involving Dylan Efron and Daniella Karagach
Forbes and Just Jared list Efron and Karagach’s Cha Cha at 28/30 and their combined total at 55/60. Parade’s 2025 recap instead reports 29 for that second dance and a 56-point total. Because those published figures conflict, the table follows the Forbes and Just Jared totals and flags the discrepancy rather than presenting Parade’s number as settled fact.
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The semifinals were built around Prince songs. One specifically reported pairing was Earle and Chmerkovskiy’s Viennese Waltz to “Purple Rain.” Each of the six couples performed two routines before the elimination.
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Forbes reported that the Season 34 finale was scheduled for Tuesday, November 25, 2025, at 8 p.m. Eastern on ABC and Disney+, with next-day availability on Hulu and ABC.com at the time. Those were the published historical schedule and platform details for that finale and should not be treated as a current streaming guarantee.
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- Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Full Screen, NTSC
- Language: English
- Region: Region 1 U.S. and Canada only
- Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
- Video Run Time: 51 minutes
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