"Dancing With the Stars" (DWTS) Season 22 (2016) Week 5 features "Switch Up" night. On this episode, the remaining nine celebrities will be pairing up with a new professional dancer for their performance. This happens to be a tradition of ABC's long-running reality talent show and one of the most exciting nights ever. Meanwhile, elimination predictions and speculations about which celebrity will get eliminated next are running rampant. Find out who has the most chances of getting eliminated this week. Also, find out the new pairings for the "Switch Up" night.
[Spoiler alert! This article contains spoilers for "Dancing With the Stars" (DWTS) Season 22 (2016) Week 5. Read on only if you wish to know more about it.]
In the previous episode, the show celebrated "Disney Night" wherein the couples performed on a song from a Disney film. Doug Flutie and Karina Smirnoff scored the lowest points and Ginger Zee and Val Chmerkovskiy, and Paige VanZant and Mark Ballas emerged as frontrunners with highest scores. However, the couple that bid goodbye to the "Dancing With the Stars" (DWTS) Season 22 stage was Marla Maples and Tony Dovolani.
Meanwhile, speculations and predictions about "Dancing With the Stars" (DWTS) Season 22 (2016) Week 5 suggest that the former NFL quarterback Doug Flutie will be the next one to be eliminated. According to Gold Derby, Flutie has 57% chance and 8/11 odds to get eliminated after the Switch Up night. However, there are 29% chances and 5/2 odds suggesting that there might be no eliminations this week. Fans must note that no celebrities were eliminated during the Switch Up night special in previous years.
Jodie Sweetin has 33/1 chances of getting eliminated next. Kim Fields has 40/1 and Ginger Zee has 66/1 odds of being voted out in the upcoming week if eliminations happen. As for the other celebrities, including Wanya Morris, Paige VanZant, Von Miller, Nyle DiMarco and Antonio Brown have least or no chances of being voted out yet.
In addition, ABC has revealed the new pairings. Jodie Sweetin will be pairing up with Val Chmerkovskiy for a Paso Doble routine this week. Nyle DiMarco will do Viennese Waltz with Sharna Burgess. Paige VanZant will perform Rumba with Sasha Farber. Ginger Zee will be seen performing a Salsa routine with Mark Ballas.
Wanya Morris and Witney Carson will come together for a Tango routine. Karina Smirnoff will be seen with Antonio Brown doing a Cha Cha-Cha. Von Miller and Lindsay Arnold pair up for a Jive routine. Kim Fields and Keo Motsepe will perform together Viennese Waltz. And, Dough Flutie and Peta Murgatroyd will perform Tango.
At the same time, Maks Chmerkovskiy, Val's brother will return to the judging panel for "Dancing With the Stars" (DWTS) Season 22 (2016) Week 5 as a guest judge alongside Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and Len Goodman.
Note: a promo video for the next episode is not available. It will be uploaded as soon as it is released.
"Dancing With the Stars (DWTS) Season 22 (2016) Week 5 airs April 18, Monday at 8:00 pm on ABC. Stay tuned for more spoilers and updates. What are your predictions? Let us know who you think will be eliminated next in comment section below.