'DWTS' Season 32 Motown Night: Viewers accuse judges of 'picking favorites' after Lele Pons' 'terrible' dance

'DWTS' Season 32 contestant Lele Pons bags massive points despite her 'shaky' performance
Despite their sloppy dance moves, 'DWTS' Season 32 judges scored Lele Pons and her professional partner Brandon Armstrong pretty well (Instagram/@dancingwiththestars)
Despite their sloppy dance moves, 'DWTS' Season 32 judges scored Lele Pons and her professional partner Brandon Armstrong pretty well (Instagram/@dancingwiththestars)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: 'Dancing With The Stars' Motown Night featured Lele Pons and her professional partner Brandon Armstrong as the second act. The pair consistently receives high ratings, and supporters criticize the judges for being too kind to them.

On Motown Night, Lele performed Cha Cha. And, there were a bunch of mistakes and shakiness in the performance. Despite their sloppy dance moves, the judges seem to have scored the couple pretty well.

Witnessing this, a few took to X to call out the judges for being too lenient on certain contestants.

One wrote, "We can clearly see the judges have picked favorites. Barry: lots of technique, no mistakes, just frame issues = 25/40. Lele: mistakes, balance issues, fumbled choreo = 27/40. But Lele is young and pretty, so she gets a pass."



 

Another fan claimed, "Over scored. Should have been all 6s." A fan tweeted, "Sorry, it was super freaking not so good. Legs, feet not together, looked like she was marching. Barely any of the ChaCha basics shown or executed."



 



 

One called out Lele's performance, "Not in the groove with this one. Week 3 us tough." "There was zero cha cha in her steps. Why 7’s for this terrible display of a cha cha," wondered one.



 



 

'DWTS' Season 32 contestant Lele Pons bags 27/30 on Motown Night

'DWTS' Season 32 judges slammed for overscoring Lele Pons' performance (Instagram/@dancingwiththestars)
'DWTS' Season 32 judges slammed for overscoring Lele Pons' performance (Instagram/@dancingwiththestars)

Lele and her partner Brandon performed Cha Cha on 'Super Freak' by Rick James. She danced with confidence. However, there were a lot of mistakes that were clearly noticed by the judges.

Michael Strahan dubbed the performance to be "Sexy, strong, smooth, aggressive." Bruno Tonioli on the other hand claimed, "You sell it, I buy it." The judge noticed two movements where Lele lost balance.

Carrie Ann Inaba suggested Lele be careful to protect her core strength in the performance. She claimed Lele sometimes goes "too wild" in her dance.

Derek Hough did not believe it was Lele's best performance as the judge thought she was off balance at many places.

Despite many mistakes, Lele managed to swipe three 7s and one 6, with a total of 27/40.

'DWTS' Season 32 Lele Pons' performance called Shaky in Motown Night (ABC)
'DWTS' Season 32 Lele Pons' performance called 'shaky 'in Motown Night (ABC)

Lele Pons was in the Top 2 in 'DWTS' Season 32's Week 2

Lele and her partner got 21/30 last week. They bagged the second position on the leadership board, making a tie with Charity Lawson. 

On the other hand, Xochitl Gomez and Jason Mraz topped the leadership board, scoring 24/30.

Lele performed Samba on 'Gasoline' by Daddy Yankee. The couple were declared safe after the audience's votes. Sadly, Jamie Lynn Spears was ruled out from the show.

'DWTS' Season 32 Lele Pons came 2nd in Week 2 (ABC)
'DWTS' Season 32 Lele Pons came 2nd in Week 2 (ABC)

New episodes of 'DWTS' Season 32 releases every Tuesday at 8 pm ET on ABC and Disney+.

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