Spoilers forward for Music Video Night time of Dancing with the Stars Season 32.
After the Season 32 celebrities embraced their spooky sides for Dancing with the Stars‘ Monster Night time within the 2023 TV schedule, they channeled their internal pop stars for Music Video Night time. This meant particular person performances that ranged from Alyson Hannigan and Sasha Farber paying homage to Christina Aguilera through a “Candyman”-themed dance to Ariana Madix and Pasha Pashkov‘s tackle Britney Spears‘ “I am A Slave 4 U” to Harry Howsey and Rylee Arnold taking a boy band flip with NSYNC‘s “It is Gonna Be Me.” It was the 2 group dances that I can not get out of my head, nevertheless, and never in a great way after seeing Psy‘s “Gangnam Fashion” vs. Backstreet Boys‘ “Everyone.”
The remaining eight celebs have been break up into two groups of 4. Group Younger’n Fashion was comprised of Harry Howsey with accomplice Rylee Arnhold, Lele Pons with Brandon Armstrong, Xochitl “Little Marvelette” Gomez with Val Chmerkovskiy, and Charity Lawson with Artem Chigvintsev for Psy’s “Gangnam Fashion.” Group 4 Everyone was made up of Alyson Hannigan with Sasha Farber, Jason Mraz with Daniella Karagach, Ariana Madix with Pasha Pashkov, and Barry Williams with Peta Murgatroyd for Backstreet Boys’ “Everyone.”
As a baby of the ’90s, I used to be rooting for Group 4 Everyone as quickly as quickly as DWTS made it clear that NSYNC wasn’t the one boy unhealthy getting a tribute in Music Video Night time. As someone who had a group of Backstreet Boys CDs and VHS tapes in my day, there was no approach I wasn’t instantly rooting for the crew that was getting “Everyone.”
However as an individual who was alive in 2012, I virtually had “Gangnam Fashion” caught in my head as quickly because it was introduced for Music Video Night time. Nonetheless, I used to be totally ready to be on board the BSB quantity to get high marks and the Psy quantity to attain decrease, particularly because the present already did “Gangnam Fashion” previous to Season 32. And I did love the DWTS tackle “Everyone,” as a result of how may I not?
However as painful as it’s to confess, I did not suppose that Group 4 Everyone’s Backstreet Boys quantity was the higher group dance of the night time, and neither did the judges. Carrie Ann Inaba, Derek Hough, Bruno Tonioli, and visitor decide Paula Abdul gave them a complete rating of 37 our of 40. It virtually hurts to even sort that!
In all seriousness, I am nonetheless way more more likely to hearken to “Everyone” on repeat than danger getting “Gangnam Fashion” caught in my head by listening to it even as soon as… however Group Younger’n Fashion crushed their group dance, full with Charity Lawson exhibiting off her cheerleading background and all people sporting matching costumes.
Actually, kudos to them for successful me over, particularly after DWTS alum A.J. McLean confirmed as much as help Group 4 Everyone. “Gangnam Fashion” simply had the vitality to present them the sting and earn them an ideal rating of 40 out of 40:
Group Younger’n Fashion getting that good rating and even successful me over in opposition to a Backstreet Boys quantity made it all of the extra shocking that one of many “Gangnam Fashion” celebrities was eradicated. Lele Pons, who began the night time with an exciting efficiency of Shakira‘s “At any time when, Wherever,” was eradicated after the votes have been tallied, to the shock of her accomplice Brandon Armstrong. Her journey is now over on Dancing with the Stars.
There are nonetheless seven celebs within the operating for the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy, by, and Alyson Hannigan is one week nearer to reaching her dream of creating it to Taylor Swift Night time, which was confirmed shortly earlier than Music Video Night time. New episodes of Dancing with the Stars Season 32 will proceed airing on ABC on Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET, and streaming on the identical time for viewers with Disney+ subscriptions.
