Week three of season 31 of Dancing With the Stars brought a whole new theme with “Bond Night.”
With the iconic spy James Bond as their inspiration, the pro dancers and their celebrity partners brought their best to the dance floor, but as always at least one pair had to be sent home.
After a rocky start for many pairs, week three proved that many stars are starting to shine and on Bond Night it was Charli D’Amelio, Wayne Brady and Gabby Windey who ended up tied at the top of the leaderboard for the second week in a row. As host Alfonso Ribeiro teased ahead of the show that viewers should get ready for a night of “hot and seductive routines,” there were a lot of steamy and sexy performances.
After a night of fun, Bond-themed performances, voting finally closed and Tyra and Alfonso began delivering the results.
Heidi and Artem, Charli and Mark, Wayne and Whitney, Jessie and Alan, Shangla and Gleb, Gabby and Val, Vinny and Koko, Selma and Sasha, Daniel and Britt, Joseph and Alexis, and Jordin and Brandon were all named safe. The last couple to make it through was Trevor and Emma.
That left only two of the older contestants in the bottom two: Sam Champion and his partner Cheryl Burke, as well as Cheryl Ladd and her partner Louis van Amstel.
However, after the judges unanimously decided to save Sam and Cheryl, it was Ladd who was sent home.
“Louis is the best. He was a great teacher and a lot of fun,” Ladd said following the judges’ decision. “When you are legend, you lived a long time — and I had a lot of fun.”