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Jason Mraz has barely put a foot wrong during his stint on Dancing With The Stars.
The two-time Grammy Award winner stayed true to form Tuesday night (Nov. 28), for the semi finals of ABC’s DWTS.
Fresh from topping the leaderboard with a perfect score, Mraz and his dance partner Daniella Karagach had two bites at the cherry. First up, a Viennese Waltz, a routine performed to his own song “I Won’t Give Up”. The performance was “refined,” remarked Carrie Ann Inaba. But it wasn’t perfect, earning a score of 27 out of 30.
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Next up, the duo did the double with a Paso Doble, dancing to “Diablo Rojo” by Rodrigo y Gabriela. The pressure was on, but they didn’t show it as their efforts landed a perfect 30 out of 30. Inaba said she was “looking for magic,” and “that dance was magic.”
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Bruno Tonioli remarked that Mraz was so good, he looked like a “man possessed by the devil”.
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Would dancing like the devil be enough to get Mraz to the finals? Well, the short answer is yes. The 57/60 scorecard was enough to place Mraz and Karagach in fourth place. The longer answer involves a twist, which sees all five groups of contestants advance to the finale, with the judges’ scores from the semis carrying over.
Last week, the 46-year-old singer did the business on Dancing With The Stars, now in its 32nd season, as the celebrity dance-off paid tribute to Taylor Swift. After voicing his concerns on an early exit, Mraz and Karagach nailed it, earning a perfect score of 40 from the judging panel for their Argentine Tango to “Don’t Blame Me.” And in the “Relay Dances,” the pair bagged the additional three points for a perfect night out — and a spot at the top of the leaderboard.
In a recent interview with GLAAD, Mraz recounted his performance with Swift during her Speak Now world tour in 2011, and praised her work as an ally to the LGBTQ community. “It’s beautiful,” he said of Swift’s kinship. “If you want your music to be popular, you’re going to hopefully have it be heard by all ears. Therefore, you’re representing all ears, and you should be inclusive of all ears.”
Dancing with the Stars airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and Disney+.
Too much Taylor Swift clearly isn’t enough as Dancing With The Stars paid tribute to the pop superstar with an all-TayTay special.
After remembering the late Whitney Houston on last week’s show, celebrity competitors this time strutted their stuff on the DWTS hardwood for “A Celebration of Taylor Swift.”
Leading the way once again was Jason Mraz who, along with his partner Daniella Karagach, enjoyed a bounce-back routine, an Argentine Tango to “Don’t Blame Me.”
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Mraz has impressed throughout the competition, now in its 10th season, though his performance last week didn’t hit his usual high marks. For a moment there, Mraz confesses he was concerned about an early exit. On Tuesday night (Nov. 21), the pair nailed it, earning a perfect score of 40 from the judging panel.
“Reputation restored,” remarked judge Bruno Tonioli, staying firmly in TayTay theme.
More points were up for grabs, as the teams entered the “Relay Dances.” Mraz and Karagach would face off against Bachelorette star Charity Lawson and Artem Chigvintsev, with a cha cha to Swift’s “Lavender Haze,” remixed by Felix Jaehn.
There could only be one winner, and that was two-time Grammy Award winner Mraz and Karagach, as the pair bagged the additional three points for a perfect night out — and a spot at the top of the leaderboard.
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Earlier, the DWTS professional dance squad got matters moving with a performance to “Love Story” choreographed by guest judge Mandy Moore (not to be confused with the singer and actor), lead choreographer on Swift’s The Eras Tour.
“I wish I could be there but I’m on tour in Brazil,” Swift said in a clip that aired at the top of episode. “I’m sending you guys all my love and best of luck to all the contestants.”
DWTS is simulcast live across both ABC and Disney+ in local time zones and the next day on Hulu.
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There wasn’t much luck for Too Hot to Handle’s Harry Jowsey and Rylee Arnold, who were eliminated from DWTS with the semifinals in sight.
DWTS is simulcast live across both ABC and Disney+ in local time zones and the next day on Hulu.
Jason Mraz bagged some of the highest scores this season on Dancing With the Stars, as Motown came to the dancefloor.
The two-time Grammy Award winning singer and songwriter had one of the stand-out performances of Tuesday’s (Oct. 10) “Motown Night,” as he and his dance partner Daniella Karagach cut loose with a jive to “Do You Love Me” by The Contours.
The judges loved it, as Mraz and Karagach landed the first nines of the season – two of them. With their effort, the pair scored a total of 34 of a possible 40, the equal best result of the night.
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At the bottom end of leaderboard, it was a bummer of a night for supermodel Tyson Beckford and his dance partner Jenna Johnson, who scraped to 20 points from a possible 40 with their foxtrot to “Master Blaster (Jammin’)” by Stevie Wonder. It was bye-bye for Beckford, who joins the growing count of eliminated contestants, which includes last week’s outgoing pair Jamie Lynn Spears and Alan Bersten.
Mraz has sparkled in his DWTS run, and based on his scorecards, he’s improving as the season moves on. Last week, the judges awarded the pair 24 out of 30, equaling the night’s (and season’s) best, and before that, they nabbed a hattrick of sevens (good for equal second, just one point from the top of the early leaderboard).
Earlier in this 32nd season of DWTS, Mraz addressed the secrets to his dancing powers; he claims to have an extra vertebra in his spine.Mraz has landed two top 10s on the Billboard Hot 100, and five top 10s on the Billboard 200, including two No. 2s — for 2012’s Love Is a Four Letter Word and 2014’s Yes. A No. 1 has so-far eluded him.
Dancing with the Stars is live Tuesdays on ABC and Disney+, and is available for streaming on Hulu. Next week is Disney 100 night.
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It turns out, Jason Mraz just wants to dance.
The 46-year-old artist has enjoyed an impressive recording career, yielding two Grammy Awards across two-plus decades, and earning the Hal David Songwriters Hall of Fame Award. Nine of his songs have impacted the Billboard Hot 100 chart, including two top 10s.
On Tuesday night (Sept. 26), Mraz showed off his other talents on the season 32 premiere episode of Dancing With The Stars, when he strutted his stuff with a Cha Cha.
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Mraz and his dance partner Daniella Karagach danced to one of his own songs, “I Feel Like Dancing,” and landed a hattrick of sevens – placing the pair equal second, just one point from the top of the early leaderboard.
This hidden skill, Mraz pointed out, might have something to do with an unusual physical feature; he claims to have an extra vertebra in his spine.
Veep star Matt Walsh won’t be around to dance another day. After his own cha cha with Koko Iwasaki was bracketed in the bottom three, fans voted, the judges weighed in and Walsh was walking.
Mraz is competing for the Mirrorball Trophy, now renamed in honor of the late head judge Len Goodman.
Mraz will hope his DWTS run goes deep. On Sept. 22, Atlantic/Rhino will release the 15-year anniversary edition of We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. We Deluxe Edition.
The forthcoming collection will be available as a three-LP, two-CD set, and digitally. We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things originally peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, following its release in 2008, and is one of his five top 10 appearances on the albums chart. In June, Mraz released his eighth studio album, Mystical Magical Rhythmical Radical Ride.
Watch Mraz’s first-up dance on DWTS below.
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Charli D’Amelio and her Dancing With the Stars partner Mark Ballas were crowned the season 31 champions of the dance competition show, beating fellow final four contestants Shangela, Wayne Brady and Gabby Windey.
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“I think for me, I really just gave everything I had to this journey and I got so much out of it, whether it’s confidence in my dancing, new friends, you know, memories that I’ll remember forever,” D’Amelio told Good Morning America on Tuesday (Nov. 22), the morning after winning.
Since season 31 kicked off on Disney+ in September, and throughout the past two months, the 18-year-old TikTok superstar and her pro dancer partner delivered some jaw-dropping performances, nailing ballroom dances from the Cha Cha and Argentine Tango to the Jive and Foxtrot.
If you missed out on the season, or if you want to relive D’Amelio’s champion season, we’ve compiled all of her Dancing With the Stars season 31 performances. See them below.
Week 1 – Cha Cha – “Savage” (Megan Thee Stallion)
Week 2 – Quick Step – “Bossa Nova Baby” (Elvis Presley)
Week 3 – Rumba – “No Time to Die” (Billie Eilish)
Week 4 – Jazz – Simpsons Theme
Week 5 – Contemporary – “When the Party’s Over” (Lewis Capaldi’s Cover)
Week 5 – The Jive – “You Make My Dreams” (Hall & Oates)
Week 6 – The Foxtrot – “Fever” (Peggy Lee)
Week 7 – Argentine Tango – “Tanguera” (Mariano Mores)
Week 8 – Tango – “Song 2” (Blur)
Week 9 – Viennese Waltz – “Glimpse of Us” (Joji)
Week 9 – Paso Doble – “España Cani” (Pascual Marquina Narro)
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