Robert Irwin Gets Motors Running With Thrilling ‘Born To Be Wild’ Debut on ‘Dancing With the Stars’

In a contention successful which he’s up against a fewer opus and creation ringers successful the signifier of Pentatonix’s Scott Hoying and erstwhile Fifth Harmony subordinate and solo vocalist Lauren Jauregui, conservationist Robert Irwin made a large content successful his Dancing With the Stars debut connected Tuesday nighttime (Sept. 16).

Paired with nonrecreational hoofer Witney Carson, Irwin helped footwear disconnected the ABC contention show’s 34th play successful benignant with an energetic jive to Steppenwolf’s 1968 Billboard Hot 100 No. 2 classical “Born to Be Wild.” Wearing tan slacks and a colorful Hawaiian-print shirt, Irwin executed the analyzable spins, dips, leaps and intricate footwork similar a seasoned pro.

When the votes were tallied astatine the extremity of the night, Irwin and the Secret Lives of Mormon Wives prima Whitney Leavitt some landed the highest scores with a brace of 15/20s; the emblematic 30-point standard was ratcheted down aft justice Carrie Ann Inaba missed the amusement owed to illness.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Irwin’s show-closing show inspired justice Derek Hough to proclaim that it was the “best archetypal creation I’ve ever seen connected the show.” Irwin has immoderate household past with DWTS, with his debut coming a decennary aft his older sister, Bindi Irwin, won play 21 with Hough arsenic her partner.

Things did not spell truthful good for immoderate of the different celebs, with Olympic gymnast Jordan Chiles, Pentatonix’s Hoying, The Traitors‘ Dylan Efron and erstwhile NBA all-star Baron Davis each putting up a 10/20 score, portion singer/actor Corey Feldman and erstwhile Conan O’Brien sidekick Andy Richter scraped the bottommost with 9/10s; Jauregui scored a 13/20 for her elegant tango to Ariana Grande’s “Yes, And?“

With nary celebs eliminated connected the archetypal episode, adjacent week’s amusement volition diagnostic a double-elimination. DWTS airs and streams simultaneously connected ABC and Disney+ connected Tuesdays, with caller episodes streaming connected Hulu connected Wednesdays.

Watch Irwin’s debut connected Dancing With the Stars below.

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