Dancing With the STars fans had mixed reactions about the most recent ouster (Image: ABC)
Dancing with the Stars fans who have been stunned week after week over the eliminations, were left finding themselves relieved when the quarterfinals ended with an elimination many thought would happen weeks prior.
With the ABC show’s finale in just a few short weeks, the remaining seven couples were set to face some of their biggest challenges yet, and with the level of competition the show has seen all season long, there were also fears about how the elimination right before the semifinals could play out.
After one celebrity had fans crying out in rage over being “underscored,” many were even more fearful of how the results would play out as the night continued.
However, after the viewer votes and the judges’ scores were added together, many who were nervous breathed a sigh of relief.
Despite making it through for several weeks and outlasting several other celebrities who had been faring better in the competition, Andy Richter danced his last dance.
The elimination came down to Elaine Hendrix, Jordan Chiles and Andy Richter (Image: ABC)
After Andy and his partner, Emma Slater, were announced as the ones cut, he expressed joy over his time on the floor, and credited his partner for “changing his life.”
“I’ve said it, I’ve said it a bunch, it’s changed my life, I’m a different person because of this show and this woman right here,” he told hosts Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough. “None of this would have happened without her.”
Following his emotional goodbye, fans who were angry he had made it that far took to social media to celebrate his ouster.
“Justice at last,” one wrote on Reddit.
Richter was cut from the competition after outlasting several other celebs (Image: ABC)
“Needed this result so badly today. Thanks everyone!” another said.
“This week the old man, next week the Mormon!!! Please get these votes right next week!!!” a third added on X.
“I’m finally free from Andy,” another added.
However, others shared that while they felt his time to go had come, they were still sad to see him leave, saying he was the heart of show.
Several fans celebrated the news saying “justice was served’ (Image: ABC)
“The bottom 3 was my top 3 so har for me. I know it was andy’s time but I truly loved his energy every week,” one person said on Reddit. “Him and Emma had an amazing season and he should be so proud.
“I wish Andy would’ve gone out with more positive discourse. I also thought that it was his time but the amount of people actually celebrating his loss is kinda mean,” another added. “All he did was bring light and laughter into this show.”
“If there was an award for congeniality, it would go to Andy. Heart & spirit of the show,” another said on X.
Others also lamented that his elimination meant the competition would be at its fiercest in the semi-finals–and could be the biggest heartbreaker yet when it comes to an elimination.
Others expressed sadness that Richter was cut (Image: ABC)
“Now that Andy is gone, the semis are going to be so tough!!” the fan wrote.
Going into the semifinals are Elaine Hendrix, Jordan Chiles, Dylan Efron, Robert Irwin, Alix Earle and Whitney Leavitt.
At least one more will be cut before the finale.
Dancing With the Stars airs Tuesdays on ABC and Disney+.
It’s the last person anyone would expect.
General Hospital keeps throwing suspects at us in the Who Shot Drew mystery. Was it Willow? Michael? Portia? Nina? Jacinda? They all have good reasons to do it. (Most of the audience feels the same.) But there is one person who has the best reason to want Drew gone. And, so far, no one has considered them….
Key Takeaways
You’d think, what with gaslighting Willow (Katelyn MacMullen), taunting Michael (Rory Gibson), harassing Portia (Brook Kerr), and trying to steal Monica’s (Leslie Charleson) house — not to mention swiping Tracy’s (Jane Elliot) luggage (SO mature) — Drew (Cameron Mathison) would have no time to be making his daughter Scout’s (Cosette Abinante) life miserable. And if you ask Drew, it’s not Scout he’s trying to make miserable, it’s her brothers, Danny (Asher Antonyzyn) and Rocco (Finn Carr). And her grandmother, Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn).
Drew is throwing out restraining orders, right and left, to keep them all away from his little girl. For her own good, of course.
Well, Scout isn’t appreciating his efforts. She hasn’t said much about it to Drew. Probably because the poor girl has already lost her mother, Sam (Kelly Monaco).
Drew has isolated her from most of her family. Scout doesn’t want to risk losing her father’s life, too. While he’s alive, that is. If Scout is forced to live with only Drew, it would be nice if he didn’t hate her. On the other hand…
On the other hand… if Scout didn’t have to live with Drew… if he were, say, dead… why, that would be a whole other story! If Drew were out of the way, Scout could see her brothers. And her grandma. And her aunts. And basically anyone she wanted, without fear that Drew might remember that they snubbed him in an elevator once by letting the door shut in his face, and now he has a score to settle.
Could Scout have been the one to shoot Drew? Maybe because she heard about this girl in Salem, who shot her uncle… and got away with it, scot-free.