'Dancing With The Stars: Juniors': Were the judges extra strict on Ariana Greenblatt's 'Halloween Night' performance?

With impeccable intensity to their dance to 'Ways to Be Wicked' from 'Descendants 2', the audience and viewers thought Ariana did a brilliant job. But the judges begged to differ

The fact that there was no 'Dancing With The Stars: Juniors' this week brought to light a couple of things that might have been slightly overlooked with Alana 'Honey Boo Boo' Thompson's elimination last week. While it was definitely heartbreaking to see her break down in tears right after it was announced at the end of the last previous 'Halloween Night' themed episode that she would be heading home, fans and followers also threw light on yet another talent on the show — Ariana Greenblatt. Although she has been a consistently remarkable performer so far, she may have been treated with unnecessary strictness for her quite impressive pasodoble. And now, the question is whether this performance of Ariana's deserves to earn her, her personal lowest score so far, or whether the judges were just being extra strict?

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