The ‘Dancing with the Stars’ semi-finals see 1 perfect score plus an unexpected finish for 5 remaining couples

LOS ANGELES — We’re just one week away from the season 33 finale of “Dancing with the Stars.” Five couples entered Tuesday’s semi-finals, all pinning their hopes and dreams on winning the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy.

The celebrities and pros who were back heading into the episode were: Danny Amendola and Witney Carson; Joey Graziadei and Jenna Johnson; Chandler Kinney and Brandon Armstrong; Ilona Maher and Alan Bersten; and Stephen Nedoroscik and Rylee Arnold.

All the competitors brought their best to the ballroom for this round. They each had to perform one final ballroom style and one final Latin style.

Joey and Jenna achieved their first perfect score of the season and only 30 of the night. Judge Derek Hough called their foxtrot “one of the best, if not the best” foxtrots he had ever seen a male celebrity do on the show.

“Fred Astaire is high-fiving you right now,” Hough told them.

Their second dance, a paso doble, earned another 28 points for a total of 58 for the night. That gave them the lead with Chandler Kinney and Brandon Armstrong, who the judges awarded 29 points for each of their two dances. Olympian Ilona Maher landed in third place with 57 points; Danny Amendola had 54 and Stephen Nedoroscik, 53.

And the couple going home is…nobody! Everyone in the ballroom was shocked by the news, but happily surprised that there was no elimination.

We’ll see all five couples next week for the season finale on ABC and Disney+.