Week 5 on "Dancing With the Stars" found the remaining 9 celebrity dancers grooving to songs from Disney movies. According to USA Today, "Fairy dust and princess costumes ruled the night."
But no amount of star-wishing could keep one of the contestants from succumbing to elimination. So, who got the boot?
Let's run through the night's proceedings first, shall we?
First to strut their stuff was Charlie White, with his dance partner Sharna Burgess, turning "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" into a "delightful jazz number," which got raves and high scores from the judges.
Next up was Drew Carey, who did a quickstep to "Friend Like Me." His performance got a quadruple 7 from the judges and a comment from Bruno Tonioli that while there was a lot of zip, the technique was "doo-dah."
Danica McKellar quickstepped to "Be Our Guest" and nearly got all judges to give her a perfect 10, earning a total of 39 points.
Amy Purdy waltzed with Derek Hough and had Len Good man telling her that the performance was "beautiful," albeit in need of a little time "in hold."
Cody Simpson samba-ed to "I Just Can't Wait to be King," playing cub Simba from the film. He was praised for the energy. However, guest judge Donny Osmond thought he lacked "happiness and joy."
NeNe Leakes came next with a foxtrot, where she played Cruella DeVil. "Girl, you can rock the villain," judge Carrie Inaba told her glowingly. She got a score of 9 from each judge.
James Maslow did a contemporary dance with "Let It Go" as his backing track. The judges were so "mesmerized" and "blown away" that he ended the night with the only (so far) and the first perfect score of the season!
Meryl Davis did a samba number with "I Want to Be Like You" playing in the background, which previously had partner Maks Chmerkovskiy saying that the song choice is "a little weird" because it's not sexy, while samba oozes with sexiness. Despite this observation, the pair managed to impress the judges enough to give Meryl a quadruple 9 score.
Candace Cameron Bure, the last performer of the night and in jeopardy of getting eliminated, did a "Little Mermaid" samba number with Mark Ballas. Bruno told her she did "so much better," which also reflected in her final score of 35.
So, who did get the boot?
The crowd reportedly booed when it was announced that Cody was going home. Clearly disappointed, he said: ""This has been an amazing experience. Obviously it's tough, but it is what it is."
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