Maura Higgins could be going home on Dancing With the Stars tonight, amid low scores
Fingers crossed she survives!
Maura Higgins tied for the lowest scores of the week on Disney Night for Dancing With the Stars, week eight. Now, she could be at risk of elimination tonight on Dancing With the Stars.
Maura and her pro partner Mark Ballas scored a 32 out of 40 for their solo dance, which was a Jive to You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly! for Disney Week. They then scored an extra 36 points for the Team Slaytopia group dance.
While Maura’s been making major progress, she did tie with Connor Wood and Rylee Arnold for the lowest score.
Maura and Mark ended up with a cumulative score of 68 out of 80, which was the lowest of the night. Despite coming in last place, she managed to avoid elimination. So, she narrowly pulled off enough viewer votes to survive.
Maura then took to Instagram to share her experience so far on the show, and opened up about how hard DWTS has been for her. “This week was definitely one of the toughest I’ve had so far. I was really unwell, running on very little energy and trying to learn two dances, but I gave it absolutely everything I had❤️” she wrote.
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“I came into this experience knowing I wasn’t a dancer, a performer or an athlete, but I wanted to challenge myself, step outside my comfort zone and give something completely new my absolute best & that’s exactly what I’m trying to do every single week.”
“I’m so grateful to still be here, to be learning and to have this opportunity,” she said. “I’m proud that I kept going, even when things felt impossible, and I promise I’ll keep giving it everything I’ve got!!”
With Maura coming off the bottom of the leaderboard from last week and clearly feeling discouraged, hopefully she’s turned a corner and will end up on the top of the rankings this week.
Tonight, Maura and Mark will be dancing a cha-cha to All I Wanna Do by Sheryl Crow against Connor and Rylee.