'Dancing With the Stars' Cast: 5 Best Dance Routines So Far, Including Performances By Willow Shields, Nastia Liukin, Rumer Willis & More [VIDEOS]
Heading into Week 5 of ABC's Dancing With the Stars, many dances have already become some of the most memorable performances of the season.
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Many celebrities on Dancing With the Stars have already showcased some of their best work after four weeks of dancing with their partners. Some of the most memorable performances can be due to technical achievement of the celebrity and their partner or it could simply come down to being the most fundamentally entertaining.
Enstars has compiled the five best dance routines performed so far on this season of Dancing With the Stars.
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Riker Lynch and Allison Holker - Week 3
Dance: Salsa
Song: Limbo by Daddy Yankee
Score: 34 out of 40
Lynch proved that he could potentially live up to his cousin Derek Hough in this fiery dance with Holker. With excellent arm and leg movements and an epic jump over his partner, Lynch cemented himself as a potential frontrunner in Week 3.
Rumer Willis and Val Chmerkovskiy - Week 4
Dance: Waltz
Song: Turning Tables by Adele
Score: 35 out of 40
Willis has been a frontrunner since the start of the season, but this dance with Chmerkovskiy in Week 4 was the first to combine her strong dance skills with real, heartfelt emotion. While the dance had a contemporary feeling in the beginning, her moves as the dance went along proved that she is in this to win.
Patti LaBelle and Artem Chigvintsev - Week 2
Dance: Salsa
Song: In da Club by 50 Cent
Score: 28 out of 40
While certainly not the most technically excellent dance, LaBelle's dance in Week 2 with Chigvintsev has become a viral hit. LaBelle's swagger at the age of 70 was on full display and quickly turned her into an audience favorite. On a pure entertainment level, it is hard to beat LaBelle's performance here.
Nastia Liukin and Derek Hough - Week 4
Dance: Argentine Tango
Song: Variations on Dark Eyes by Lara St. John
Score: 36 out of 40
Liukin has easily become one of the most technically proficient celebrities in the competition alongside 5x Mirrorball champion Hough. Liukin's leg movements alone in this dance proved that she is here to stay in the competition and her rapid spins were astonishing to watch.
Willow Shields and Mark Ballas - Week 4
Dance: Contemporary
Song: Atlas by Coldplay
Score: 39 out of 40
Shields and Ballas' Contemporary dance in Week 4 is by far the most epic performance of the season, and it also happens to be the highest scoring dance from the judges. Incorporating haunting imagery that evokes The Hunger Games, the couple created their own film in and of itself in this performance. Dripping with emotion and very smooth technical work, this is the best dance so far of the season.
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More incredible dances will be coming in the next few weeks as Dancing With the Stars enters the second half of the season.
Dancing With the Stars airs Mondays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.