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'DWTS' Queen Night: Len awards Melora Hardin bonus point, fans say 'Len loves Melora'

Channeling Queen like a true queen Melora Hardin gave a theatric performance dressed as royalty

Monday night is here and we're feeling especially musical tonight! 'Dancing With The Stars' came back for an amazing 'Queen Night' in an ode to one of the most iconic bands of all time leaving us with a high like no other. As the weeks go by the contestants have to present fresh new sides to them in order to stay in the competition.

Melora Hardin who although has been giving exemplary dances was asked to freshen up her act as a pattern is emerging and needs to push herself more. For Horror Night she and partner  Artem Chigvintsev danced the Jive emerging with a total score of  34 out of 40. 'Queen Night' saw them dancing the Foxtrot to “Killer Queen”. Here are the judges' and fans' views of the performance.

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Rehearsals saw Melora express what an extraordinary band Queen is and how she really appreciated their performance as an actor. Reminded of her role on 'The Bold Type' we also saw the ladies from the show pay her a surprise visit as they promised to come to watch her live tonight as well. Taking Queen quite literally Hardin came dressed as queen for her performance. Judge Len said she was elegant, has style and grace, and gave a well-polished performance. He scored a 9. Judge Derek said everything was there from her costume to her concept and gave her a 9 as well. Judge Bruno said she was lethal as a killer queen, is a full performance package who he loves watching. Judge Carrie Ann said she upped it a notch giving a good aggressive performance. But she pointed that something was off towards the end of the dance. Both of them gave her 9's for a total of 36 out of 40.

For the special relay challenge, she did the Viennese Waltz to “We Are The Champions” alongside Amanda Kloots and Suni Lee. All the judges loved the dances and commented on a job well done by all three. While Judge Derek and Judge Carrie Ann gave their votes to Amanda and Suni respectively, Judge Len and Judge Bruno gave their bonus points to Melora. This made her grand total 38 out of 40.

Eagle-eyed fans who have been watching the show have noticed Judge Len's open appreciation for Hardin and took to Twitter to point this out. This is how they reacted. A fan commented, "Len loves Melora. It’s charming and weird at the same time #dwts". Another viewer said, "YES QUEEN MELORA #dwts". A user also said, "Melora and artem’s Viennese waltz was so good #dwts". 

A fan commented, "NO LEN ACTUALLY HAS A FUCKING CRUSH ON MELORA BECAUSE SHE DID NOT DESERVE THAT FUCKING POINT #DWTS". One of the tweets read, "no because len is actually in love with melora that’s so embarrassing #DWTS". Another viewer said, "lens vote: melora #DWTS".

Catch Season 30 of 'Dancing With The Stars' on Monday at 8/7c on ABC. You can also stream the episodes on abc.com and Hulu.