Prince took over the ballroom on Tuesday, November 18, as Dancing with the Stars devoted its season 34 semifinals to one of music’s most iconic performers.
According to People, the episode, fittingly titled Prince Night, brought out a full slate of classics—“Let’s Go Crazy,” “Purple Rain,” “When Doves Cry,” “1999,” and more—paired with two routines from each of the six remaining couples.
The show opened with the DWTS troupe performing a high-energy number to “Let’s Go Crazy,” setting the tone for an evening built around Prince’s unmistakable sound. From there, the contestants cycled through a wide range of styles as they tackled his catalog.
Alix Earle and Val Chmerkovskiy took on two of Prince’s biggest hits: an Argentine Tango set to “Little Red Corvette” and a Viennese Waltz to “Purple Rain.”
Robert Irwin and Witney Carson tapped into the upbeat side of the discography, performing a Jive to “Baby I’m a Star” followed by a Viennese Waltz to “WOW.”
Whitney Leavitt and Mark Ballas leaned into different eras of Prince, starting with a Cha Cha inspired by the party anthem “1999” and shifting to a Viennese Waltz to “Slow Love.”
Meanwhile, Dylan Efron and Daniella Karagach split the difference between sharp and smooth, delivering a Tango to “I Would Die 4 U” and a Cha Cha to “Kiss.”
Elaine Hendrix and Alan Bersten highlighted the dramatic side of Prince’s music. They danced a Foxtrot to “I Wanna Be Your Lover” and a Paso Doble to the iconic “When Doves Cry.”
Jordan Chiles and Ezra Sosa also worked with contrasting tempos, performing a Jive to the bright, pop-leaning “Raspberry Beret” before shifting gears with an Argentine Tango to “U Got the Look.”
At the end of the night, fan votes and judges’ scores determined who advanced. Hendrix and Bersten, Earle and Chmerkovskiy, Irwin and Carson, and Efron and Karagach secured spots in the finale.
Leavitt and Ballas were eliminated, placing Chiles and Sosa as the final duo to complete next week’s lineup.