Who Will Win 'Dancing With The Stars'? Xochitl Gomez's Perfect Semifinal Amid Elimination Shock

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Last Updated: Mar 14^th, 2024

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Who Will Win 'Dancing With The Stars'? Xochitl Gomez's Perfect Semifinal Amid Elimination Shock

With just one week to go until the "Dancing With The Stars" finale, the bar was set incredibly high in this week's semifinal, with several maximum scores achieved.

The standards were so great the show's bosses decided none of the final five should go home, and they will all advance to Tuesday's finale.

Mirrorball Is Gomez's To Lose

There was no guest judge this week, so the scores from the regular three panelists, Carrie Ann Inaba, Derek Hough and Bruno Tonioli, were out of 30 per dance.

Celebrities had to perform two routines in the semifinal, and when it was announced nobody was going home, it was revealed the scores and votes will carry over to next week's finale.

Xochitl Gomez went into the semifinal as the favorite to win the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy, and she has further increased her chances after a perfect semifinal.

Her first dance was the samba, which is regarded as one of the toughest styles to learn, but she had no problem mastering the moves, scoring a maximum 30 out of 30 from the judges.

She followed that up with a 30-point waltz, which Hough said late "Dancing With The Stars" judge Goodman would have loved.

As a result of her semifinal heroics, Gomez is now just -100 to win Season 32 of "Dancing With The Stars,” ahead of new second favorite Charity Lawson (+200).

Madix Injury May Set Her Back

Lawson has flip-flopped positions with Ariana Madix (+300) in the futures betting, after scoring one more point than her rival in Tuesday night's high-scoring semi.

But Madix may have other problems after the star revealed she had a back issue in her clip package last week.

And following her jive on Tuesday night, judge Inaba suggested an injury could be holding Madix back in the competition, but the panelist also said Madix has "everything" she needs to win the contest.

She put in two incredible performances on Tuesday, scoring a maximum 30 points for her foxtrot and 28 points for her jive, ending up with 58 points, just one point behind Lawson on the leaderboard.

TV personality Lawson managed a maximum for her quickstep, which Hough said she had made look "easy and exciting,” and 29 points for her rumba.

Elsewhere, singer Jason Mraz is at +400, from +500 last week, after he scored 57 out of 60 points for his Viennese waltz and paso doble.

He earned a maximum score for his paso, during which he resembled "a man possessed,” according to judge Tonioli.

Alyson Hannigan remains the +1000 outsider and is perhaps fortunate to advance to next week's finale after she scored 51 points out of 60 for her jive and waltz, which Hough said was her "best dance.”