‘Dancing With the Stars’ Competitors Swap Partners For Same-Sex Dance Shake-Up
Fans were delighted by the surprise.
The same-sex pairing on Dancing With the Stars may have already gone home, but that didn’t stop the show from giving viewers a delightfully queer moment in the latest episode.
This week’s Grammy Night featured a dance-off rumba to “The Boy Is Mine.” Brandy and Monica appeared in person to sing their ’90s hit as Amber Glenn and Pasha Pashkov competed against Ezra Frech and Daniella Karagach.
But the foursome took a different approach to the dance-off than expected, actually interacting with one another throughout and ending by switching partners entirely, leaving Glenn paired up with Karagrach and Pashkov with Frech.
“It felt more like a team dance than anything else,” Karagach said. “We came together and we had the best time sharing the dance floor, and we couldn’t also not end swapping partners because I’ve always wanted to dance with Amber, and Ezra and Pasha secretly wanted to dance with each other.”
Frech called the experience a “privilege” and joked with Karagach (who is married to Pashkov) that he got to “dip the sexiest man.”
While the judges praised both performances, Glenn and Pashkov were deemed the winners and received an extra two points for the routine. However, it’s clear that the real winners here were the viewers who got to appreciate the unexpected shake-up.
“Every time I watch Dani and Ezra dance, I don’t see any flaws. I just see perfection,” Glenn said after the win. “Honestly, I kind of had forgotten that it was a competition thing.”
“It felt like we were doing it together,” she added.
