Week 8 — picks lock Mon Nov 2, 7:05 pm CT
Mirrorball Junkies — An unnecessarily serious DWTS pool.

“You have to feel it, darling. Feel the music.” — Bruno Tonioli

Week 8 · Picks open

Log in

This week

Week 8 · airs 2026-11-02

Week 7 recap · aired 2026-10-27

Horror Movie Night, a guest judge from Strictly who hands out fours like parking tickets, the season's first perfect score, and two couples walked out the same door.

Halloween in the league, too. Ten inactive players were ghosted this week, so it's now a 16-player race and every point counts for more. Six of you get a 🍬 for picking every single week: Abby Moonwalk, Emily Inside-Turn, Hannah Hustle, Kallie Charleston, Libby Watusi and Myers Boogaloo. Everyone else made it through the purge and gets a 🍎. Same pool, fewer people, shorter odds.

Heads up: next week is Monday. Disney Night airs Monday, November 2, moved off Election Day. Make your Week 8 picks before 7pm CT Monday. The site's lock is still set for Tuesday, so don't trust the countdown.

The top. Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Johnson got the season's first 40/40 for a Saw contemporary to "Toxic." That was four tens, Shirley Ballas's included. Jenna Dewan and Val Chmerkovskiy (37, Argentine tango, back together after Val's one-week suspension) and Connor Wood and Rylee Arnold (37, an Annabelle contemporary to "You Are My Sunshine") were next. Connor's was the breakout of the night. Amber Glenn was right behind on 36 with a Black Swan tango.

The middle. Ezra Frech (jazz, The Invisible Man) and Jackson Olson (Joker contemporary to "That's Life") both scored 35. For Jackson that included his first nines, which made what happened next sting. Maura Higgins scored 32. At the bottom, Tatyana Ali got 28 and Julia Stiles and Tyler Cameron got 26 each.

Numbers worth holding on to.

  • Shirley's fours. She gave a 4 to both Julia (whose other judges went 7-7-8) and Tatyana (8-8-8). Without her, Julia is 22/30 and Tatyana is 24/30, which is mid-table rather than the floor.
  • 101¢. The Kalshi winner book adds up to roughly 100 for the first time this season, down from about 221¢ at the premiere. Ezra Frech is at 63¢, fourth on the judges' two-week totals. Harry has the perfect score and sits at 5¢. Either the money knows something about votes or it hasn't watched.

Who went home. It was a double elimination, carrying over from last week's no-elimination Dedication Night, and it sent home Tyler Cameron & Sharna Burgess and Jackson Olson & Emma Slater. The scores called Tyler: 58/80 over two weeks, dead last. They didn't call Jackson. He was on 67, tied with Maura and ahead of Julia (62) and Tatyana (60). So the fan vote did that one, not the judges.

Bubble watch for Disney Night. Tatyana Ali has the lowest two-week total (60) and the lowest market price (1¢). She survived this week, but not by much. Julia Stiles (62) got the harshest card of the night and has a guest judge to win over again (Cynthia Erivo). Maura Higgins (67) is middling on paper but has a real fanbase behind her and should be fine. Eight couples left.

Picks in 0 / 16
Nobody has picked yet. Be first.
Rising Ezra Frech +7¢ on the winner market
Falling Julia Stiles -1¢ on the winner market
Bubble watch
Tatyana Ali 160 pts Connor Wood 164 pts Julia Stiles 169 pts
Lowest judges’ totals — who’s in danger?
Week 7 top scorer Abby Moonwalk +5.0

How the field called it

11 players locked in picks for Week 7.

Who goes home? Answer: Tyler Cameron & Jackson Olson

Jackson Olson 8/11
Tyler Cameron 6/11
Connor Wood 2/11
Julia Stiles 2/11
Tatyana Ali 1/11

Called by Jud Box-Step, Hannah Hustle, Myers Boogaloo, Emily Inside-Turn, Kallie Charleston, Carley Shimmy, Abby Moonwalk, Libby Watusi, Catherine Worm, Ashley Lambada.

Highest judges' score? Answer: Harry Shum Jr.

Amber Glenn 3/11
Ezra Frech 3/11
Harry Shum Jr. 2/11
Julia Stiles 1/11
Maura Higgins 1/11
Jenna Dewan 1/11

Called by Carley Shimmy, Abby Moonwalk.

Standings

All 16 →
  1. 1 Abby Moonwalk🍎3w streak 53% right 17.0
  2. 2▼1 Hannah Hustle🍎 47% right 15.0
  3. 3 Myers Boogaloo🍎5w streak 47% right 14.0
  4. 4▼1 Emily Inside-Turn🍎 33% right 12.5
  5. 5 Libby Watusi🍎 36% right 11.5
  6. 6▲4 Carley Shimmy🍎 33% right 7.5
  7. 7▼1 Catherine Worm🍎 30% right 6.5
  8. 8▲5 Kallie Charleston🍎 20% right 6.0

What the money thinks

Kalshi prices updated Wed Oct 28, 7:03 am CT.

The market thinks it's a two-horse race: Frech (63¢) and Glenn (16¢) account for 78% of the implied probability.

Favorites

Frech
63¢ +7
Glenn
16¢ +1

Contenders

Higgins
6¢ -1
Jr.
5¢
Dewan
5¢ +1

Longshots

Wood
3¢
Stiles
2¢ -1
Ali
1¢

The field

Ordered by running judges' total once scores exist. Eliminated couples drop to the bottom.

Harry Shum Jr.

Harry Shum Jr.

with Jenna Johnson

Glee, the Step Up films, and Everything Everywhere All at Once.

196 judges 5¢ market Trained dancer
Jenna Dewan

Jenna Dewan

with Val Chmerkovskiy

Professional backup dancer before Step Up; now on ABC's The Rookie.

195 judges 5¢ market Trained dancer
Ezra Frech

Ezra Frech

with Daniella Karagach

Paralympic gold medalist and world-record holder in track and field.

194 judges 63¢ market
Amber Glenn

Amber Glenn

with Pasha Pashkov

Olympic gold medalist and three-time U.S. national champion figure skater.

194 judges 16¢ market Performs on ice, not floor
Maura Higgins

Maura Higgins

with Mark Ballas

Television personality and style figure from Love Island and The Traitors.

187 judges 6¢ market
Julia Stiles

Julia Stiles

with Ezra Sosa

Emmy and Golden Globe nominee; 10 Things I Hate About You and the Bourne films.

169 judges 2¢ market
Connor Wood

Connor Wood

with Rylee Arnold

Social creator known as Fibula, with 1.3 million followers across platforms.

164 judges 3¢ market
Tatyana Ali

Tatyana Ali

with Jan Ravnik

Ashley Banks on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air; more recently Abbott Elementary.

160 judges 1¢ market
Jackson Olson Eliminated week 7

Jackson Olson

with Emma Slater

Savannah Bananas player whose dugout choreography is the reason he is here.

170 judges 2¢ market Trained dancer
Tyler Cameron Eliminated week 7

Tyler Cameron

with Sharna Burgess

The Bachelorette runner-up turned real estate entrepreneur.

159 judges 1¢ market Burgess returns after five years off
Guillermo Rodriguez Eliminated week 5

Guillermo Rodriguez

with Witney Carson

Jimmy Kimmel's sidekick for twenty-three years and counting.

72 judges 3¢ market Carson won last season
Ciara Miller Eliminated week 4

Ciara Miller

with Brandon Armstrong

Bravo's Summer House.

72 judges 1¢ market
Taylor Hanson Eliminated week 3

Taylor Hanson

with Britt Stewart

One third of Hanson, the pop-rock band that broke out in the mid-nineties.

49 judges 3¢ market
Giada De Laurentiis Eliminated week 2

Giada De Laurentiis

with Alan Bersten

Emmy-winning Food Network chef, Everyday Italian.

28 judges 1¢ market
Sarah Jane Nader Eliminated week 1

Sarah Jane Nader

with Hailey Bills

Actress and model starring in the Hulu and Disney+ series Love Thy Nader.

14 judges 1¢ market The season's same-sex pairing
Conner Leavitt Eliminated week 1

Conner Leavitt

with Adele Zaikman

Off-Broadway performer; husband of a Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star.

12 judges 1¢ market Zaikman is the new pro