Zendaya’s newest slight on ‘DWTS’ warranted dual 10 scores, a initial any competitor had perceived this season. Zendaya’s partner on DWTS, Val Chmerkovskiy, dedicated a scores to a residents of Boston following a Marathon bombing.

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Molly Driscoll, Staff Writer /
April 16, 2013

Disney Channel star Zendaya is now competing on ‘DWTS.’

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Disney Channel star Zendaya led a luminary contestants on “Dancing with a Stars” following an partial in that a uncover respected a city of Boston after a Marathon bombing.

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“Our thoughts are with everybody in Boston tonight,” horde Tom Bergeron pronounced during a commencement of a episode. “I have family members and many friends there. My heart is with you.”

The night’s foe enclosed a lapse of 4 former pro dancers on a show, Tony Dovolani, Anna Trebunskaya, Chelsie Hightower, and Tristan MacManus. The stream luminary contestants danced with their partners subsequent to dual of a 4 pro dancers behaving a same slight for partial of a dance, that would make any mistakes on a celebrity’s partial even some-more glaring.

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Zendaya and her partner Val Chmerkovskiy achieved an Argentine tango and warranted dual 10 scores, a initial of a season, from a judges. Chmerkovskiy dedicated a scores to a residents of Boston.

During a “side-by-side” portion, Zendaya and Chmerkovskiy danced subsequent to Chmerkovskiy’s hermit Maks and Trebunskaya. In an talk with USA Today, Zendaya pronounced she primarily found it tough to daub into a tension that a tango required. 

“I’m young,” she said. “It’s kind of tough when you’re articulate about being in adore and all this things I’ve never gifted or accepted in my possess life.”

But a judges all praised her performance. 

“Every pierce we do has a story… and we adore it,” decider Carrie Ann Inaba told Zendaya.

With dual 10 scores and one 9, Zendaya and Chmerkovskiy changed to a front of a container with a measure of 29.

Behind Zendaya and Chmerkovskiy were luminary competitor Kellie Pickler and pro dancer Derek Hough, who warranted a measure of 27. Occupying a bottom container was comedian Andy Dick and his partner, Sharna Burgess, who warranted a measure of 18.

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