The Top 10 ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Performances

1. Stephen Nedoroscik and Rylee Arnold – Freestyle

The best dance I have ever seen was a freestyle choreographed by Rylee Arnold, performed with her partner Stephen Nedoroscik. Having followed Stephen’s journey at the olympics and Rylee’s season on Dancing With the Stars last year, their dance was emotional and perfect. The dance was in honor of Stephen’s gymnastics career and was very meaningful yet fun. This dance scored a perfect thirty and the couple took fourth place.

2. Jordan Fisher and Lindsay Arnold – Freestyle

Jordan Fisher and Lindsay Arnold had one of the most energetic and unique freestyles i’ve ever seen.  The dance was filled with an abundance of energy and high level tricks. The couple scored perfect scores and went on to be 2017 mirrorball champions.

3. Charli D’Amelio and Mark Ballas – Contemporary

Charli D’Amelio and her partner Mark Ballas performed a very emotional contemporary dance. They brought awareness to anxiety and earned their first 10’s of the season. The dance was very touching and had many people in tears.

4. Iman Shumpert and Daniella Karagach – Contemporary

Iman Shumpert and his partner Daniella Karagach showcased a spooky contemporary dance . They showcased a lot of lifts and tricks. Iman is over a foot taller than Daniella, so it is fun to see how she choreographs to make the most of the disadvantage. The lights and fog they used to stage the dance really sold the scary feeling. This is a very fun dance to watch.

5. Zendaya Coleman and Val Chemerkovskiy – Argentine Tango

Zendaya and Val performed an impressive Argentine Tango. The dance was very fast and sharp. Val included many different spin tricks. The precision is why I love this dance. It is so cool to watch how clean each step is. The couple did an amazing job and kept me entertained even after re-watching over and over.

6. Riker Lynch and Allison Holker – Pasa Doble

Riker and Allison did a Pasa Doble inspired by Pirates of the Caribbean. The costumes were on point and the dance was even better. The background setup was perfect and really helped showcase the movie. The dance was fast and fit the music wonderfully. Of course they incorporated some fancy tricks to up the difficulty and it was overall a great performance.

7. Joey Graziadei and Jenna Johnson – Samba

Jenna Johnson choreographed an outstanding samba dance for Disney night. Her and Joey Graziadei went with Tarzan as their theme, and they portrayed just that. This dance is a fan favorite filled with exciting moves and lots of energy. I  could watch this dance over and over.

8. Dwight Howard and Daniella Karagach – Contemporary

Daniella choreographed an amazing contemporary dance for the halloween episode in 2024. She made it spooky and used the lights to sell that scene. She also took the height difference to her advantage to play the roles of a good and bag guy. I love watching this dance because of the fun and very difficult lifts.

9. Danny Amendola and Witney Carson – Contemporary

Danny and Witney took my breathe away with this contemporary dance. There is one trick where Witney gets pulled up by the leg that caught my attention. That is an insanely hard trick. Besides the leg lift, there were a handful of other difficult lifts included as well. This whole dance was elegant and the song choice was perfect.

10. Alfanso Ribeiro and Witney Carson – Freestyle

Alfanso Ribeiro and Witney Carson perform an energetic freestyle dance. This dance is so fun to watch. It is super up-beat and has plenty of eye catching moves. Witney really allowed Alfanso to be himself with all the fun moves. There was a really fun switch between songs that caught my attention. Alfanso got to have a tap dance solo which made the performance even better!