'DWTS' Season 31: Was 'Dance Marathon' rigged? Fans slam Disney+'s 'chaotic' format

Jessie James Decker and Alan Bersten became the prom queen and king in 'Dancing with the Stars' Season 31 Prom Night episode
'DWTS' Season 31 dance marathon (Disney+)
'DWTS' Season 31 dance marathon (Disney+)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: 'Dancing with the Stars' Season 31 started its 'Stories Week' with two episodes airing back to back. 'Most Memorable Year' and 'Prom Night' brought made the audience aware of some interesting facts about the contestants. In the previous episode, we saw the celebrities sharing some harsh moments of their life on camera. Well, in the recently released episode, we saw performers talking about their prom night incidents and reliving it on the 'DWTS' floor.

The 'Prom Night' episode had Charli D'Amelio at the top of the leaderboard. As soon as all the performances ended, all the stars came out on the stage for the dance marathon. This dance marathon was four minutes long with all the dancers jiving side by side to each other. As the stars jived to the song, the judges eliminated the ones who they didn't find up to the mark in the dance hustle. In the end, only two contestants were left on the floor, Jessie James Decker and Shangela. Well, all the judges unanimously voted for Jessie and made Shangela step down. Indeed, Jessie and her partner Alan Bersten became the prom queen and king of the show. Well, it seemed that fans were not too satisfied with the judgment of the dance marathon. Moreover, many found the dance marathon to just be a "chaotic" round of competition.

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As soon as the dance marathon began, fans started claiming how messy it was going to be. "This is about to be so chaotic". As soon as Jessie and Alan were announced the winner of the dance marathon, a fan slammed, tweeting, "This was such bull crappy how the h**l did she beat out all those top dancer ffs". Another wrote, "I’m trying to figure out how this was judged because wtf?" The fan further claimed, "Maybe they wanted Jessie to win prom queen cause they know she’s going home".



 



 



 



 

Another fan slammed Jessie and Alan's performance, claiming, "Jesse & Allen kept doing the same stuff over & over again..." Another fan wrote, "Charli should have gotten a perfect score. Shangela should have won the marathon. Those should not have been the bottom two and Jessie should have gone home two weeks ago". Furthermore, 'DWTS' fans called out Jessie's performance saying, "They were not the best. Gabby was robbed". Another slammed the show, "H**l to the no! First you take Selma away and now you rob Shangela for prom queen I HATE LEN GOODMAN!!!"



 



 



 



 

Tune in to Disney+ to watch ‘Dancing with the Stars’ Season 31. This week the show aired Monday and Tuesday at 8 pm ET.

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