Derek Hough from ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" jumps backstage with his award for Outstanding Choreography at the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles September 22, 2013. (Photo : REUTERS)
"Dancing With the Stars" (DWTS) Season 20 (2015) features performances based on America's choice and Trio dances in week 8 of the competition. The remaining six contestants will deliver two performances each as they aim to win the Mirror Ball trophy in finale, which is only two weeks away. Meanwhile, the show has returned to two-nights per week schedule, featuring separate live results episode on Tuesdays. Here are few spoilers for Week 8 of "Dancing With the Stars" (DWTS) Season 20 (2015). Read on to find out what happens next.
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The Week 7 featured "Eras night" wherein seven couples performed to win immunity. Nastia and Sasha emerged as frontrunners with highest scores-38. Meanwhile Willow and Mark where eliminated despite earning second highest scores in the episode.
Moving on to Week 8 of "Dancing With the Stars" (DWTS) Season 20 (2015), ABC has released synopsis on its official website. Those who will perform in Week 8 are Nastia Liukin and Derek Hough, Rumer Willis and Valentin Chemerkovskiy, Robert Herjavec and Kym Johnson, Noah Galloway and Sharna Burgess, Chris Soules and Witney Carson, and Riker Lynch and Allison Holker.
According to the press release, the couples' next gig will be based on America's choice of song and dance style. Later, each couple will perform a trio dance with an eliminated professional dancer or troupe member. An array of dances will be performed including Rumba, Contemporary, Tango and more.
According to Pure DWTS, Rumer and Val will do Rumba on "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps" by Doris Day for their individual performance. As for Trio dance, they will be joined by Artem Chigvintsev to present Paso Doble to the tune of "Scott & Fran's Paso Doble" from Strictly Ballroom."
Chris and Witney will perform Contemporary. They will dance on "Lay Me Down" by Sam Smith. They will be joined by Lindsay Arnold to do a Paso Doble routine. Details about their trio performance remain unknown.
Noah and Sharna will do Tango on "Geronimo" by Sheppard. They will be joined by Emma Slater for a Salsa routine to the music of "Mr. Put It Down" by Ricky Martin feat. Pitbull.
Robert and Kym will perform contemporary on "Champagne Kisses" by Jessie Ware. Jenna Johnson joins the couple for a performance of Samba routine on "Cinema Italiano" from Nine.
Riker and Allison perform Viennese Waltz on "What Now" by Rihanna. Brittany Cherry joins them to perform Jazz on "A Little Party Never Killed Nobody" by Fergie.
And Sasha will replace Derek for a performance with Nastia. They will perform Paso Doble to the tune of "Centuries" by Fall Out Boy." Derek, who is suffering from an injury, will join the pair later for a performance of Jive routine on "Diane Young" by Vampire Weekend.
On Tuesday, May 5, 2015, "Dancing With the Stars" (DWTS) will return with Season 20 (2015) first ever live results episode. Based on judges' score and public votes, the couples will face elimination. Two out of six pairs will be sent home.
Fans can also expect to see some celebrity performances. Travis Wall's Shaping Sound, Maddi Ziegler and "Dancing With the Stars" pro Allison Holker and Jenna Johnson will perform a contemporary routine at the beginning of the episode. Later, Josh Groban will perform "Somewhere Over the Rainbow. Carly Rae Jepsen will also take the stage to sing her latest single "I Really Like You."
"Dancing With the Stars" (DWTS) airs 8:00 pm ABC. Stay tuned for more spoilers and recap.
