Guillermo Rodriguez spent five weeks at the bottom and survived. Does the night's lowest scorer go home on 'DWTS' Oct 20?
80% of users predicted YES — the community missed this one. 10 predictions cast.
No couple was eliminated on 'Dancing With the Stars' during the Oct. 20, 2026 episode, breaking the show's usual weekly elimination pattern. The installment, themed 'Dedication Night,' featured routines dedicated to contestants' loved ones, including a tribute from figure skater Amber Glenn to her late sister that earned 38 of 40 points. Paralympic athlete Ezra Frech received the season's first perfect 10, from judge Carrie Ann Inaba, finishing with 37 of 40 overall. Because producers did not send anyone home that week, the night's lowest-scoring couple was spared, and all remaining pairs advanced to the following week's Halloween-themed 'Horror Movie Night.' The no-elimination week came after Guillermo Rodriguez, Jimmy Kimmel's longtime television sidekick, had survived five consecutive weeks at or near the bottom of the leaderboard before finally being voted off on Oct. 13. That earlier elimination drew on-air complaints from Kimmel, who called the result a 'fix.' The community expected a standard elimination: 80 percent predicted the night's lowest scorer would go home, making this one of the week's larger misses, since 'DWTS' instead held the elimination over rather than sending a couple home on Dedication Night.