Who Will Win 'Dancing With The Stars'? Ariana, Jason Leading

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Last Updated: Oct 11^th, 2023

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Who Will Win 'Dancing With The Stars'? Ariana, Jason Leading

It was "Motown Night" on the latest "Dancing With The Stars" episode, which saw guest judge Michael Strahan join the three regular panelists, Carrie Ann Inaba, Derek Hough and Bruno Tonioli.

That meant the scores were out of 40 points rather than 30 in this fox trot-filled week, but that didn't help model Tyson Beckford, who became the third star eliminated from this year's series, following his 20-point routine.

Tight At The Top

Ariana Madix has joined Jason Mraz at the top of the "Dancing With The Stars" market after the “Vanderpump Rules” star's 34-point quickstep.

She is now just +200 to win the Len Goodman Mirror Ball Trophy, even with Mraz after his impressive jive in Week Three. Hough described it as “fantastic," and Strahan, who awarded the singer nine points, joked the "I'm Yours" star could probably dance on hot coals and not incur and injury.

Charity Lawson is not far behind the two frontrunners at +250 in the futures betting, and she was just two points off the pair in the leaderboard this week.

Tonioli described her routine as a "gold-standard fox trot,” and said she danced with ease, while Strahan also loved Xochitl Gomez's "effortless" 32-point fox trot. She is just +300 to triumph in the competition, narrowly ahead of +400 chance Lele Pons after her cha-cha-cha.

Strahan was full of praise for the "sexy" routine, but Inaba called for her to control her movements more, and she was awarded 27 points by the judges.

Mira Sorvino Makes A Move

Strahan also praised Mira Sorvino's rumba for being "sexy", and Hough gave her a further confidence boost by predicting she could do really well in the competition. She is now +500, from +600, to win the season, just ahead of Alysson Hannigan (+700).

One of the best improvers of the week was The Brady Bunch star Barry Williams, who scored 25 points for his tango. Tonioli couldn't see any mistakes in his routine, but Inaba couldn't resist pointing out a couple of things to work on.

While there was an additional 10 points up for grabs this week thanks to guest judge Strahan, Williams still demonstrated a huge improvement compared to his 15-point cha-cha-cha last week, and he is now +800 to win the contest, from +1000.

Elsewhere, Adrian Peterson has swapped places with Williams in the market. He is now at +1000 after a 22-point quickstep, but he received some praise from Tonioli, who was surprised at how light on his feet the ex-NFL player was, despite his years as a running back.

Two +1200 chances, Harry Jowsey and Mauricio Umansky, are propping up the market, but both also showed signs of improvement.

The pair both danced fox trots, and Jowsey - who scored 15 points last week - was awarded 24 points, just one more than Umansky, who fared much better than his 12-point salsa last time out.