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DWTS season 35 week 5: underdog's elimination after comeback dance

The underdog's comeback dance drew screams from the ballroom before her elimination in week five of season thirty-five; the experts have been right all along.

On air: Gloria Vance on BBN Overnight
Published 1:47 AM ET, Wednesday, October 14, 2026

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First reported by Entertainment Weekly: “‘DWTS’ season 35 week 5 recap: Beloved underdog’s elimination earns ballroom screams after comeback dance”.
Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 1:47 AM ET on BBN Overnight, by Gloria Vance.

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Entertainment Weekly‘DWTS’ season 35 week 5 recap: Beloved underdog’s elimination earns ballroom screams after comeback dance

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Gloria Vance · World News AnchorDancing With the Stars lost its beloved underdog tonight, after a comeback dance that had the ballroom screaming before the scores were even read.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorWith us is Cornelius Abernathy-Voss, ballroom futurist, whose new book is called Everyone Gets Voted Off. Cornelius, did you see this coming?
Cornelius Abernathy-VossGloria, I called it months ago. I said she would survive the week, and I flagged this in the margins of my first draft.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorBut she was eliminated. So you said she would survive, and she did not.
Cornelius Abernathy-VossI also said she would be eliminated. I flagged that in the margins of the paperback, which is a different margin.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorBoth.
Cornelius Abernathy-VossBoth is the whole thesis, Gloria. A contestant either stays or goes, and my book has covered it since chapter one.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorSo is that a yes? Did you predict the elimination, on the record, before tonight?
Cornelius Abernathy-VossI flagged it in the margin of a napkin at a Tulsa diner, and I am holding this signed foam finger as witness.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA foam finger cannot testify. Where is the napkin now?
Cornelius Abernathy-VossA busboy took it. I flagged him in the margins of my memory, and he is, in my view, a hostile witness.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorGive me one prediction you are willing to be wrong about. Just one, for next week.
Cornelius Abernathy-VossEveryone gets voted off. Available wherever books are sold.

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