Who Left 'Dancing With the Stars' Last Night and Who Is In The Final?

Who Left 'Dancing With the Stars' Last Night and Who Is In The Final?

After 11 weeks of dazzling performances, perfect scores, and intense eliminations, the final of Dancing With the Stars is almost here.

Last night's (Monday, November 15) semi-final saw a double elimination, with two couples narrowly missing out on a spot in next week's final.

Now, just four couples competing in the all-important grand final to take home the Mirror Ball trophy.

Newsweek has everything you need to know about the semi-final results and the final top four.

Who left Dancing With The Stars Last Night?

Six couples were competing in last night's semi-final, hoping to secure their rightful place in the grand final, which is set to take place on Monday, November 22.

However, with six couples competing and just four places up for grabs, sadly two couples were eliminated from the running.

The Bold Type actress Melora Hardin and her professional partner, Artem Chigvintsev, were first to be eliminated from the competition after receiving the lowest number of public votes—despite receiving a high 72 out of 80 on semi-final night.

Olympic gymnast Suni Lee and The Talk co-host Amanda Kloots were the next famous faces to find themselves vulnerable to elimination, with the ultimate decision coming down to the four judges, Len Goodman, Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli, and Derek Hough.

Unfortunately for Suni and her professional partner Sasha Farber, their time on Dancing With the Stars was officially over after the judges voted unanimously to save Amanda.

Melora Hardin Dancing with the Stars
Suni Lee Dancing with the stars

Who Is In The Dancing With the Stars Final?

Jojo Siwa and her partner Jenna Johnson sailed through to the final, alongside basketball star Iman Shumpert and Daniella Karagach, and Fitness Trainer Cody Rigsby and his professional partner Cheryl Burke.

They were joined by Amanda Kloots and her partner Alan Bersten after they were saved from elimination.

To earn their spot in the final, the couples had to perform two routines for the judges. One dance was the "redemption round," where the couples re-performed a dance they had struggled with earlier in the season, coached by one of the judges.

For their second dance, the couples performed a brand new routine in a dance style they had not yet performed. JoJo and Amanda performed a contemporary routine, whilst Iman tackled jazz and Cody performed the Argentine tango.

Newsweek has a full breakdown of the dances and the scores of the finalists from last night's semi-final below and it looks like the final is set to be very tough competition.

Amanda and Alan

First dance: Tango

Score: 39/40

Second dance: Contemporary

Score: 40/40

JoJo and Jenna

First dance: Argentine Tango

Score: 40/40

Second dance: Contemporary

Score: 40/40

Iman and Daniella

First dance: Tango

Score: 37/40

Second dance: Jazz

Score: 38/40

Cheryl and Cody

First dance: Salsa

Score: 35/40

Second dance: Argentine Tango

Score: 36/40

The Dancing With the Stars final 2021 takes place on Monday, November 22 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.

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