Dancing with the Stars – Season 20 (Episode 5)

The most recent Dancing with the Stars episode was “Disney Night”, which featured plenty of princes and princesses. Of course, every Disney movie also features a villain. Last night, judges Len Goodman, Carrie Ann Inaba, Julianne Hough, and Bruno Tonioli played that role and proved that not every fairy tale has a happy ending.

It was no surprise to see the out-of-her-league Three’s Company actress Suzanne Somers and her professional dance partner Tony Dovolani exit. While we had her pegged as one of the pre-show favorites, she quickly proved her dancefloor ineptitude and fell all the way to 35/1 last week.

The reality show competition heats up next week with its Spring Break Special.

Here are odds on each dance team after episode 5:

Nastia Liukin (with Derek Hough): 3/1

• Frontrunners from the get-go this season, Olympic artistic gymnast Nastia Liukin and Derek Hough are as consistent as they come. Their performance of a jazz dance to “Love Is an Open Door” from Frozen ended last night’s show on a high note. The pair stays at 3/1.

Rumer Willis (with Valentin Chmerkovskiy): 7/2

• Even though Rumer Willis eschewed portraying a princess, instead picking The Little Mermaid antagonist Ursula the Sea Witch, she played the underdog role with a chip on her shoulder. Willis and her partner Valentin Chmerkovskiy turned in the highest performance of the evening with 39 points. They move up from 4/1 as a result.

Willow Shields (with Mark Ballas): 6/1

• Willow Shields – the youngest DwtS contestant ever – and her partner Mark Ballas received a middle of the pack score of 34, but don’t discount this Hunger Games actress who is getting stronger every week. They fall only slightly from 5/1.

Riker Lynch (with Allison Holker): 10/1

• Last week, rocker Riker Lynch and his partner Allison Holker turned in a 34-point performance. Proving the performance wasn’t an abberation, Lynch (dressed as Captain Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean) and Holker knocked it out of the park again with a 38-point pasodoble showing. The pair jumps up from 14/1.

Robert Herjavec (with Kym Johnson): 14/1

• When you’re performing a dance number called “Step in Time” (from Mary Poppins), you better make sure you, well, dance in time with your steps. This was not the case for Robert Herjavec. With an episode-low score of 24 points, the sharks may be starting to circle the Shark Tank star, who had been the surprise of the show through the first three weeks. He falls from 10/1, effectively trading places with Lynch.

Noah Galloway (with Sharna Burgess): 33/1

• “A Whole New World” it wasn’t for Noah Galloway and partner Sharna Burgess, who scored 28 points doing the foxtrot to the popular Aladdin song. The duo better hope it has a wish or two left if it wants to survive much longer. He stays put at 33/1.

Patti LaBelle (with Artem Chigvintsev): 30/1

• No one was surprised that Patti LaBelle was all class waltzing to “When You Wish upon a Star” (from Pinocchio) with her partner Artem Chigvintsev. She moves up slightly from 35/1. However, the singer’s physical limitations mean she’s not long for the dance competition.

Chris Soules (with Whitney Carson): 40/1

• A spat during dance rehearsals between Chris Soules (The Bachelor) and professional dancer Whitney Carson showed up on the scorecards when the injured Soules turned in the second lowest performance of the night. Last to be called safe, odds are this couple gives its swansong performance next week. Soules falls from 38/1.

What will the Spring Break Special have in store for us next week? We’ll have to tune in to find out. But whatever the producers have planned, we’ll be back with another update to the season 20 odds after episode 6.

So y’all come back now, y’hear!

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