Derek Hough Rips Off His Shirt After Gabby Windey's Routine on Dancing With the Stars

Nov. 7 was '90s Night on Dancing With the Stars, and Bachelorette Gabby Windey's routine to "Livin' La Vida Loca" caused a commotion in the ballroom—making Derek Hough go shirtless.

By Daniel Trainor Nov 08, 2022 3:22 AMTags
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Somebody find the candle wax.

The Nov. 7 episode of Dancing With the Stars paid homage to the '90s with a host of nostalgic performances, but only Bachelorette Gabby Windey and partner Val Chmerkovskiy's tango routine to Ricky Martin's "Livin' La Vida Loca" inspired judge Derek Hough to go shirtless.

During their steamy routine, Val stripped off his shirt and wrapped it around Gabby's body, just minutes after fellow pro dancer Artem Chigvintsev danced shirtless during his routine with Heidi D'Amelio

"I feel like I need to take my shirt off," Derek said after Gabby and Val's performance. "Everybody is taking their shirt off."

So, once Gabby and Val earned another perfect score, he did just that. With the help of judge Bruno Tonioli—who also tore off his own shirt—Derek showed off his impressive physique much to the delight of Gabby and the ballroom crowd.

Gabby and Val's perfect score was matched, yet again, by Charli D'Amelio and her partner Mark Ballas, who danced a tango routine to "Song 2" by Blur, and Wayne Brady and his partner Witney Carson, who danced a salsa routine to "Motownphilly" by Boyz II Men

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The news, however, wasn't so good for Charli's mom and her partner Artem on the first double elimination night of the season. After their initial score was combined with their dance relay score, Heidi and Artem were the first couple eliminated.

That left Vinny Guadagnino and his partner Koko Iwasaki and Trevor Donovan and his partner Emma Slater as the two couples up for the other elimination of the evening. 

All four judges voted to save Trevor and Emma, meaning there's some very somber fist pumping happening on the Jersey Shore. Vinny did mention, though, that he made it farther in the competition than his co-stars Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi and Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino.

At least there's that!

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Get ready the toughest week of the competition yet when Dancing With the Stars returns for the semi-finals next Monday at 8 p.m/5 p.m. PT live on Disney+.

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Charli D’Amelio and Mark Ballas

Week 1: 32 points
Week 2: 32 points
Week 3: 33 points
Week 4: 36 points
Week 5: 39 points
Week 6: 38 points
Week 7: 50 points
Week 8: 78 points
Week 9: 45 points
Week 10: 80 points
FINALE: 80 points (WINNERS)

Gabby Windey and Val Chmerkovskiy

Week 1: 28 points
Week 2: 32 points
Week 3: 33 points
Week 4: 36 points
Week 5: 36 points
Week 6: 40 points
Week 7: 46 points
Week 8: 71 points
Week 9: 40 points
Week 10: 80 points
FINALE: 80 points (2nd place)

Wayne Brady and Witney Carson

Week 1: 29 points
Week 2: 32 points
Week 3: 33 points
Week 4: 36 points
Week 5: 37 points
Week 6: 40 points
Week 7: 44 points
Week 8: 76 points
Week 9: 45 points
Week 10: 73 points
FINALE: 76 points (3rd place)

Shangela and Gleb Savchenko

Week 1: 28 points
Week 2: 28 points
Week 3: 30 points
Week 4: 32 points
Week 5: 32 points
Week 6: 35 points
Week 7: 45 points
Week 8: 73 points
Week 9: 42 points
Week 10: 73 points
FINALE: 76 points (4th place)

Daniel Durant and Britt Stewart

Week 1: 27 points
Week 2: 29 points
Week 3: 31 points
Week 4: 29 points
Week 5: 34 points
Week 6: 32 points
Week 7: 43 points
Week 8: 73 points
Week 9: 39 points
Week 10: 69 points (Eliminated)

Trevor Donovan and Emma Slater

Week 1: 21 points
Week 2: 30 points
Week 3: 27 points
Week 4: 28 points
Week 5: 32 points
Week 6: 32 points
Week 7: 42 points
Week 8: 78 points
Week 9: 39 points
Week 10: 65 points (Eliminated)

Heidi D’Amelio and Artem Chigvintsev

Week 1: 24 points
Week 2: 28 points
Week 3: 32 points
Week 4: 34 points
Week 5: 36 points
Week 6: 33 points
Week 7: 46 points
Week 8: 70 points
Week 9: 35 points (Eliminated)

Vinny Guadagnino and Koko Iwasaki

Week 1: 17 points
Week 2: 27 points
Week 3: 23 points
Week 4: 29 points
Week 5: 32 points
Week 6: 28 points
Week 7: 36 points
Week 8: 63 points
Week 9: 29 points (Eliminated)

Jordin Sparks and Brandon Armstrong

Week 1: 26 points
Week 2: 27 points
Week 3: 29 points
Week 4: 34 points
Week 5: 33 points
Week 6: 35 points
Week 7: 43 points
Week 8: 69 points (Eliminated)

Jessie James Decker and Alan Bersten

Week 1: 20 points
Week 2: 25 points
Week 3: 26 points
Week 4: 31 points
Week 5: 29 points
Week 6: 32 points
Week 7: 41 points (Eliminated)

Joseph Baena and Daniella Karagach

Week 1: 23 points
Week 2: 24 points
Week 3: 29 points
Week 4: 28 points
Week 5: 34 points
Week 6: 32 points (Eliminated)

Selma Blair and Sasha Farber

Week 1: 28 points
Week 2: 28 points
Week 3: 28 points
Week 4: 32 points
Week 5: 40 points (Announced forced exit from competition)

Sam Champion and Cheryl Burke

Week 1: 20 points
Week 2: 26 points
Week 3: 25 points
Week 4: 25 points (Eliminated)

Cheryl Ladd and Louis van Amstel

Week 1: 21 points
Week 2: 21 points
Week 3: 24 points (Eliminated)

Teresa Giudice and Pasha Pashkov

Week 1: 20 points
Week 2: 23 points (Eliminated)

Jason Lewis and Peta Murgatroyd

Week 1: 18 points (Eliminated)

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