NeNe Leakes trades Tony Dovolani for Derek Hough on Dancing with the Stars for the first ever (and hopefully last) DWTS Switch-Up this week.
"Derek is great," shares NeNe. "He's a great choreographer. I've watched him dance over the seasons and I know how dope he is. What I like is that Derek knows that I am known for being fabulous – not that Tony didn't know that – but maybe he didn't know how to bring that out."
I cannot explain the feather sticking out of Derek's crotch in the above picture. I also have no words for Derek and NeNe's tribal-inspired jazz number. Derek looks like a flying monkey from the Wizard of Oz flapping his arms around next to giant NeNe. I can't – watch the video below.
No elimination tonight – last week's and this week's scores and viewer votes will be combined to determine who goes home next week. Will NeNe survive?
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Len Goodman says, "This is a dance that absolutely fits your personality. It's the best dance you've done this season."
Bruno Tonioli compares NeNe to the Queen of Sheba.
Carrie Ann Inaba thinks NeNe "finally" killed it.
Julianne Hough gushes, "Every girl wants to let their inner Beyonce out and you had a full number with millions of people watching. That was awesome."
So we're not judging NeNe tonight because her partner is Golden Boy. Got it.
Scores
8+8+8+8=32
Leaderboard
Meryl Davis and Val Chmerkovskiy: 39+39=78
James Maslow and Cheryl Burke: 36+35=71
Amy Purdy and Mark Ballas: 36+34=70
Charlie White and Peta Murgatroyd: 36+33=69
Danica McKellar and Maks Chmerkovskiy: 36+32=68
Cody Simpson and Sharna Burgess: 35+31=66
Drew Carey and Witney Carson: 30+33=63
NeNe Leakes and Derek Hough: 31+32=63
Candace Cameron Bure and Tony Dovolani: 32+28=60
NeNe's reaction to Meryl's nearly perfect – and much deserved – score:
NeNe Leakes and Derek Hough
DANCING WITH THE STARS - "Episode 1804" - For the first time ever celebrities switched professional dance partners on "Dancing with the Stars," MONDAY, APRIL 7 (8:00-10:01 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. This past week, America was given the power to vote and change celebrity and professional dance pairings and each star faced this new challenge. The new couples were revealed live for the first time throughout the evening. Additionally, two-time professional "Dancing with the Stars" champion, Julianne Hough, returned to guest judge for the second time alongside Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba. (ABC/Adam Taylor)
NENE LEAKES, DEREK HOUGH
Dancing with the Stars
DANCING WITH THE STARS - "Episode 1804" - For the first time ever celebrities switched professional dance partners on "Dancing with the Stars," MONDAY, APRIL 7 (8:00-10:01 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. This past week, America was given the power to vote and change celebrity and professional dance pairings and each star faced this new challenge. The new couples were revealed live for the first time throughout the evening. Additionally, two-time professional "Dancing with the Stars" champion, Julianne Hough, returned to guest judge for the second time alongside Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba. (ABC/Adam Taylor)
NENE LEAKES, DEREK HOUGH
NeNe and Derek
DANCING WITH THE STARS - "Episode 1804" - For the first time ever celebrities switched professional dance partners on "Dancing with the Stars," MONDAY, APRIL 7 (8:00-10:01 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. This past week, America was given the power to vote and change celebrity and professional dance pairings and each star faced this new challenge. The new couples were revealed live for the first time throughout the evening. Additionally, two-time professional "Dancing with the Stars" champion, Julianne Hough, returned to guest judge for the second time alongside Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba. (ABC/Adam Taylor)
NENE LEAKES, DEREK HOUGH
NeNe Leakes
DANCING WITH THE STARS - "Episode 1804" - For the first time ever celebrities switched professional dance partners on "Dancing with the Stars," MONDAY, APRIL 7 (8:00-10:01 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. This past week, America was given the power to vote and change celebrity and professional dance pairings and each star faced this new challenge. The new couples were revealed live for the first time throughout the evening. Additionally, two-time professional "Dancing with the Stars" champion, Julianne Hough, returned to guest judge for the second time alongside Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba. (ABC/Adam Taylor)
NENE LEAKES, DEREK HOUGH
Dancing with the Stars
DANCING WITH THE STARS - "Episode 1804" - For the first time ever celebrities switched professional dance partners on "Dancing with the Stars," MONDAY, APRIL 7 (8:00-10:01 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. This past week, America was given the power to vote and change celebrity and professional dance pairings and each star faced this new challenge. The new couples were revealed live for the first time throughout the evening. Additionally, two-time professional "Dancing with the Stars" champion, Julianne Hough, returned to guest judge for the second time alongside Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba. (ABC/Adam Taylor)
DEREK HOUGH, NENE LEAKES
NeNe Leakes and Derek Hough
DANCING WITH THE STARS - "Episode 1804" - For the first time ever celebrities switched professional dance partners on "Dancing with the Stars," MONDAY, APRIL 7 (8:00-10:01 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. This past week, America was given the power to vote and change celebrity and professional dance pairings and each star faced this new challenge. The new couples were revealed live for the first time throughout the evening. Additionally, two-time professional "Dancing with the Stars" champion, Julianne Hough, returned to guest judge for the second time alongside Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba. (ABC/Adam Taylor)
NENE LEAKES, DEREK HOUGH
TELL US – YOUR THOUGHTS ON NENE AND DEREK'S DANCE? WHO DO YOU WANT TO WIN THE MIRRORBALL?
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