Twitch: Previously on "the real dirty dancing"...
I'm at kellerman's!
Eight celebrities took on the challenge...
And go.
...Of becoming the ultimate baby and johnny.
- Aah! - ( laughing )
they've relived your favorite "dirty dancing" moments...
- ♪ I feel the magic between you and I ♪ - give it to me!
...And mamboed like you've never seen before.
But for one couple, it was their last dance.
Howie and loni, your stay at kellerman's has now ended.
I wouldn't change anything.
- ♪ now I - tonight...
♪ had the time of my life
three couples remain...
♪ and I owe it all to you
...As they journey together to the heart of the film.
Black men, we're not taught to be vulnerable.
I didn't have sex until I was married.
They discover they are more like baby and johnny...
Don't look down. Look up, look up.
- ...Than they ever imagined. - It's a feeling.
It's a heartbeat. ( imitating heartbeat )
only two couples will perform in the finale.
We gonna kill this competition.
The stakes have never been higher.
Oh, my god. I'm so sorry.
One couple will be eliminated.
Who...
I'm tired of coming in second place on tv.
We had to bring something spectacular to this dance.
- Will make... - If we made a mistake,
we're definitely going home.
- Terrified. - Whoa!
...The finale?
This is "the real dirty dancing."
♪ be my, be my baby, be my little baby ♪
♪ my one and only baby, say you'll be my darling ♪
♪ be my, be my baby, be my baby now ♪
♪ whoa-oh-oh-oh
♪ be my, be my baby, be my little baby ♪
♪ my one and only baby
♪ oh, be my, be my baby
♪ oh
♪ my one and only baby
♪ big girls don't cry
oh! Oh, get it. Girl, you got it. Go!
- I got you. - ♪ big girls
- yes. Me, me, me! - She has it. There you go.
Okay, we got horseshoes on the south lawn in 15 minutes.
We've got "splish splash," the water class down by the lake.
All right, beautiful people, we have horseshoes on the front lawn
and complimentary dance lessons in the gazebo.
- And for you older folks... - Both: We have sex.
- Hey! - Yeah!
Twitch: With the competition heating up,
who will become baby and johnny?
Our three remaining couples are, yes, bon qui qui herself...
♪ I'm on mic as a queen, now listen to me sing ♪
...Stand-up comedian anjelah johnson-reyes.
I was really disappointed after our last performance.
I really messed it up for us,
so I've decided that's not gonna happen anymore.
Twitch: She's performing with tyler cameron.
Now you may know him from "the bachelorette,"
but after this, you might be calling him johnny.
If I could be that guy, to be johnny, it'd be incredible.
Dream come true.
We also have wwe champion brie bella...
Brie: Antonio and I have the least amount of dance experience,
but for me, at least I can go out there and trust him.
Twitch: ...Paired with antonio gates,
an nfl future hall of famer.
This experience has allowed me to be more vulnerable.
Now I feel like I'm actually growing on this show.
And finally, we have cat cora, iron chef.
I'm extremely competitive. I like to win.
In my professional life, I'm a leader,
so I have to let go and allow corbin to lead me.
Her dance partner is "high school musical" heartthrob corbin bleu,
who is triple threat.
Growing up watching this movie, I wanted to be johnny.
- Who doesn't? - Go, go!
All right. All right, y'all. Come on with me. Let's get this going.
Places, people. Places.
What's happening, y'all? Welcome, friends, welcome.
- Hey, twitch. - How's everybody feeling after last night?
We're excited that we made it to the quarterfinals.
- We're feeling very confident moving forward. - Definitely.
Now fulfilling this "real dirty dancing" dream,
like baby and like johnny,
the pressure is only going to get more intense.
They're gonna come gunning for us, and we have a target on our backs,
- so we need to bring it, like, hot. - Mm-hmm, yep.
We need to come in hot.
Only two couples will make it to the final showcase,
which means another couple
will be eliminated after your next dance.
So we gotta really bring it. We gotta keep bringing it.
- Yeah. - Do you wanna know what you're dancing to?
All: Yes!
- Yes. - I got a question for you.
- ♪ do you love me? - Yeah!
♪ do you love me?
Hey! Ahh! I like that excitement.
- I love that. I love that. - Yes.
Why don't y'all go ahead and freshen up,
and let's meet out at the woods
so that I can test your balance on a log I found.
- Whoo! - Yeah.
♪ watch me now, hey!
Twitch: As we get deeper into the competition,
the performances are more complex.
Our celebrities will need to nail difficult tricks and lifts.
It's all about connection, balance, and trust.
Now the most important thing to remember
in lifts is balance.
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Whoa, whoa!
Whoo!
What's going on, everybody? Welcome. Welcome, welcome.
- Hey, twitch. - Hey.
As you can see, we're here at the log.
The same log that johnny and baby were on. I almost felt them there.
What I love about this scene
is that it's beautifully symbolic.
Johnny's dressed in all black. Baby is dressed in all white.
- Polar opposites. - Right.
But when they step foot on the log, they operate as one.
- No. - There's nothing like having to balance on something
and make sure that you don't fall off
that puts you in the present moment.
No. Don't look down. Right here.
So, ladies, when johnny said,
"uh-uh, don't look down. Look here."
he's asking baby to trust him.
- Yes, yes. - So today, what I want you to do up here
is really work on gaining that trust with each other
to help you give the performance of a lifetime.
- No. - Come here. Right here.
- No. - I'm coming to get you then.
- Good balance. - Oh, yes.
- Good balance. - There we go.
There it is.
Like that.
Brie: Every challenge we do,
we gain more and more trust with each other,
which is what we need in dance.
- Yeah! - There you go! There you go!
- Let's get them hips going. - Yeah!
Oh!
- Whoa. Hold on. - Oh!
You didn't seem like you were scared at all.
I wasn't scared. I love that stuff.
I'm a florida man, you know?
So we are into a little wild stuff, you know?
♪ if you'll be my girl
- good. Don't look down. - Don't look down.
- Look up. - Right here.
Antonio: I was just worried about trying to keep my footing,
trying to walk backwards, get the steps,
still look eye to eye with brie.
- Got this, okay. - Hey!
Yeah, get down!
( all shouting )
- oh! - Sorry, antonio.
I wanted to grab you, but I didn't want to go with you.
- Come on, big fella. - ( clapping )
- are you okay? - Oh, golly! I almost had it.
I feel like I should've maybe tried to save you.
Yeah, you could've-- at least a hand or something.
♪ hey
- yeah! Good job. - Wow.
- There it is. - There you go.
- Okay. - Hey!
I definitely relied on corbin a million percent,
and I never broke contact.
It's okay. Pay attention to each other's timing.
- Unh! - Oh, there it is.
So that's a huge step forward in trust and support.
A little foot lift.
The log scene really did help the connection and the trust.
We had a lot of fun just really being in that moment with each other.
So, please, with what we've been doing,
remember to take little bits and pieces
and add it into your baby or johnny for your performance tonight.
You know what? Y'all can go ahead and head back to kellerman's, man.
- I'll see y'all later. - Thanks, twitch.
- Y'all take it easy. - Thank you.
- Absolutely. - That was fun.
- ( animals hooting ) - actually, I'm not trying
to be in the woods by myself. I'ma come with you.
( hooting, chirping )
( muted chatter )
( humming )
so our routine before, I got in my head,
messed up, really was disappointed in myself.
I just, um, messed up a lot.
I was really happy that
tyler and I got another chance.
♪ work, work
tyler: After that last dance,
it was tough seeing anjelah down on herself.
But the competition is gonna be very stiff,
very tough, and me and anjelah gotta bring it.
Oh, my god. I'm so sorry.
- I'm so sorry. - Man: Are you all right?
- Oh, my god. - Oh, man, you about knocked me out!
Oh, my god, I'm so sorry. Oh, my god.
Oh, man, that hurt. That hurt.
- What's up, what's up, you two? - Hey!
- What's happening, you two? - You caught me mid-whip.
- I love it. Look at this. - What's going on, boss?
You know what's great about this?
The smiles y'all got on right now.
- How are you feeling? - We're having a blast.
- Yeah? - We really love this routine. It's so fun.
- Okay. - We got a little show happening.
Obviously, y'all are trusting each other a lot more, right?
- You feel safe in each other's hands? - I don't know about safe.
She almost just knocked me out a minute ago.
- Anjelah: I did. - Twitch: Oh, okay.
Tyler: She came swinging around, threw the elbow at me,
- but I'm now a dancer though. - Exactly.
- So now you know how to take those hits. That's good. - You take some hits.
Anjelah: The tricks we're trying will be super dangerous.
This is our most complicated routine so far.
I can't let tyler down again.
Here we go. Put your big girl chonies on. We're doing this.
Can't wait to see it. I'll check in again with y'all tomorrow.
- I appreciate it. - Thank you.
Good luck, and watch-- careful with the 'bows.
- Careful of the 'bows. - Roll them 'bows.
- All right, see y'all later. - Ready to get back to it?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Twitch: Coming up...
I've always sort of been on that cusp.
I'm not black enough, but clearly not white enough.
...Our celebrities open up.
I come into this marriage and I'm ashamed of my body.
I think I'm searching for more of a vulnerability side of me.
And still to come, they get down and dirty...
It was empowering.
...And go all out to make it to the finale.
Pressure either busts pipes or makes diamonds.
One couple will be eliminated.
This is more than just a dance competition.
This is celebration of the movie.
And if you take that a little deeper,
you fall in love with their journey.
You are not scared of anything. I don't--
me? I'm scared of everything.
Most of all I'm scared of walking out of this room
and never feeling the rest of my whole life
the way I feel when I'm with you.
Just as you saw baby and johnny opening up to each other,
this week our couples got to spend a little more time
outside of the studio to do the same.
Because in order to become better dancers,
you have to become better partners.
- Well, cheers, friend. - Cheers, cheers.
- To an amazing experience. - Yes, an unbelievable experience.
- Yeah. - What I notice is that you dance, you're sexy,
- you go for it. - Thank you.
I'm like, anjelah's got it. This is the best dancer here.
- Thank you. - And so you should be proud of yourself.
I am.
Here I am in, like, my mid-30s, learning how to embrace
my sexuality and my femininity.
When I was a teenager, I was very active in my church,
and I became a good christian girl.
I didn't have sex until I was married.
Wow.
Anjelah: Then I come into this marriage,
- and I'm ashamed of my body. - Yeah.
So coming into this,
this sexy side of me has been wanting to come out.
As soon as the music comes on, she's like, "here I am!"
I will say one thing about this whole experience
is it's fed the soul so much.
I can only imagine,
like, how proud your mom is.
She would've eaten this up. She would've loved it.
She was a big fan of the movie.
My mom was my best friend.
She always tried to push me to dance more,
just to do things that are, you know, out of my comfort zone,
and to push me to do better and bigger things.
About a year and a half ago, she had a brain aneurysm.
With no warning, she was just gone.
My mom was a mom to so many people, right?
Like, she was the team mom. She was the super mom.
And so we wanted to figure out a way
that she could still be that person for somebody.
That is so beautiful.
We started a scholarship fund in order to raise money
and help first generation kids go to college,
and she can be a lending hand to them.
- That's really special. - Thank you.
You know, my brothers, we always say, "make mama proud."
so I'm here to make mama proud.
- Cheers. - Cheers, mate.
Brie bella and antonio gates--
we have two top of the line athletes.
But have they got the moves to get them to the finals?
We have a lot of trust as partners.
I think that's the hardest thing in dance.
But I feel like our next focus going into this third dance
would be our chemistry.
It's still, like, a little awkward.
It's because they're out of their element,
they're a little timid on the dance floor.
I just have to let loose
and just let that final wall come down.
So I was thinking maybe we could do a head scissors.
But it wouldn't be, like, a head scissors in wrestling.
We could kinda do it like in dancing.
Our strategy going into this performance
was bringing something from football and bringing something from wrestling.
At that point I just hold you up, just make sure you stay calm.
Just know if you drop me, I could kick you in your face.
Yeah, I know.
So my first concern was dropping brie.
I wanted to make sure that she was safe
because I've never been in a position where I had to toss,
like, a full body person from one arm to the other arm.
You normally catch the football with two arms.
If I want security, I put two hands on it.
I can't do that here.
Okay, ready? Okay, one, two.
Well, the rehearsals were difficult because I had to constantly pick brie up,
and do some things that I just didn't wanna do.
There we go. You got my boob, but that's okay.
Both: One, two, three, four.
- Hey, now. - Twitch!
- Twitch, what's up, man? - How we doing?
- It's coming along. - Both: Yeah.
- We've been working on a couple tricks. - Okay.
We just figured with this dance,
'cause there's a lot of competition...
- Yep. - And anyone can go home...
Right, right.
...I feel like our strengths-- football, wrestling.
- Yeah. - That's awesome.
Brie is so strong.
She's so strong, but she can also hold herself,
and allow him to use his strength to pull off
these, like, almost, like, death-defying moves.
Antonio needs to put trust in himself
and to stop second-guessing himself.
I was just trying to figure out how we were going to pull this lift off.
If we made a mistake, we're definitely going home.
Brie: Isn't it crazy it still looks the same?
I know. It's crazy.
I think we got the best seats in the house.
I know, right?
I don't know if it's dance or if it's being up here
or expressing myself in a way I never thought I could,
but I feel, like, really good about myself.
- I got my sexy back. You know? - Mm-hmm.
I had a baby a year ago, so, the body image that plays in your mind,
like, I'm still trying to lose baby weight.
Every time I get dressed, I look in the mirror,
and I'm like, "okay, do I look like a mom?"
like, my stretch marks aren't showing.
Like, is this hip? It goes through my head all the time.
And just this short time being here,
it's allowed me to express myself not as a mom.
- Mm-hmm. - I have a question.
When they called you to do this, what was it about it
that you were like, "okay, I'll do it"?
Mm-hmm. Sometimes it's good to kind of reboot,
'cause I'm in a transition.
- I just retired 2020. - Right.
I think I'm searching for more of a vulnerability side of me.
I come from an inner city where black men, we're not taught to be vulnerable.
You know, I grew up in detroit, so, you know, I'm tough.
So dance is, like, a whole different world to us.
I mean, when I think about any time I've actually had growth in my life,
it was when I was in positions of being uncomfortable.
Right.
You're thinking like, "how can dance help you be a father?"
but it can in a way, 'cause it's teaching you
how to be balanced and how to be emotional.
So many young men grow up believing
that it's not okay to be vulnerable,
and I'm here to tell you, it's okay.
I'm happy that I actually, you know, decided to do this
because I've learned so much from dance.
I don't know if I was truly free,
- you know what I'm saying? - I am in your boat.
I think dance allowed me to be free, you know what I'm saying? Yeah.
Cheers.
♪ come here, lover boy
- twitch: Coming up... - This is your favorite scene?
...The cast turn up the heat.
And with the finale in sight...
The stakes are high tonight.
...They pull out all the stops.
We did not wanna go home.
( "love is strange" playing )
- ( mouthing words ) - sylvia?
- ( mouthing words ) - yes, mickey?
How do you call your lover boy?
Come here, lover boy!
- And if he doesn't answer? - Oh, lover boy?
And if he still doesn't answer?
I simply say...
♪ baby
twitch: This competition isn't just about dancing.
It's about embodying the characters of baby and johnny.
So what we do is we take different scenes from the movie
where we got different emotions from those characters.
And in the "lover boy" scene, it was one of the first times
that we just got to see them openly flirting.
That's the feeling that we wanna feel
when we're watching the couples.
So the question is, how do you call your lover boy?
I need to see it. Let's go. Let's go.
- I love it. - You know this is my favorite scene.
- This is your favorite scene? - I'm gonna milk this scene.
- So we gotta crush it then. - Oh, oh.
( "love is strange" playing )
- sylvia? - Yes, mickey?
How do you call your lover boy?
Come here, lover boy.
And if he doesn't answer?
Oh, lover boy?
And if he still doesn't answer?
I simply say...
♪ baby
you know, I had to put myself in a mind frame like,
"this is my girl. I gotta go get her."
I have to be a hunter.
♪ my sweet baby
tyler: Wanted to hit guitar so bad.
And then how they kind of come up together is so hot.
- Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. - So hot.
♪ baby, oh
crawling on the floor toward each other
and just behave sexy and steamy.
It's pretty hot.
♪ you're the one
♪ baby
♪ oh, baby
♪ my sweet baby, you're the one ♪
brie: The "lover boy" challenge
was definitely a time where I felt like I blossomed.
It was empowering.
- Oh! - Yeah!
- Yes, brie! - Yeah!
- Whoo! - Yes!
All right, y'all, I think that's enough steam for right now.
Maybe go take a cold shower or two. Come on. Let's go.
Rehearsal leading into our third dance competition here.
I think we're gonna crush it. I think we're gonna kill it.
I agree.
- I'm ready. - This is a big one. Someone's going home.
Yeah.
- All right. Yes, I know. - Inside today.
I love this. How bad do I wanna win?
I really wanna win.
I am a perfectionist, I'm competitive,
and that's why I chose to stay with corbin.
Corbin.
Corbin gives us the best shot at winning.
He's my johnny.
Okay, you talking about one of the most focused teams in this competition?
Cat and corbin.
They were the winning couple last week,
but how will they continue to top themselves?
Okay, so how should we start this?
I feel like we may need to, like, maybe bring out some more trickery in this one.
Trickery? I like that.
In order to get to the finale,
I knew we had to bring something spectacular to this dance...
Both: Hip, hip.
And take it to the next level.
Let's go from here first.
- And try that? Okay. - Yeah.
And one, two...
- Yep. - Yep.
And the drop. Boom.
Cat and I both really want to make it to the end
and do that final lift.
I'm gonna do my best to fill patrick swayze's shoes.
Oh, yo!
- That's what we doing? - That's what we doing!
- That's what we doing right now? - Can you believe this?
- You know what? We won the last round. - Yeah.
- And we know that we need to step our game up... - We have to.
- Because at this point, we can't rest on our laurels. - Right.
We need to continue to raise the bar.
Something that you have to remind incredibly focused
and driven people to do is,
hey, sometimes stop and smell the roses.
Enjoy every step.
So interesting how once I feel drilled down on this,
and then it's just like,
okay, now focus on him, and then that fun,
and that smile, and like, I'm loving this.
- Absolutely. Exactly. - Yeah.
- Wow. - Wow.
Did you ever come to places like this growing up?
No. You know what? We didn't have a lot of money.
We grew up with very little money, but a lot of love.
Having the support of your family,
I think that that's really important.
Absolutely.
I came out to my parents when I was 19 years old as gay.
In the '80s, it was taboo to be gay.
My parents, they were very tolerant of everybody.
It didn't matter the gender, race, heritage, religion,
sexual orientation-- didn't matter.
And I can say that my parents were my biggest fans.
I'm probably gonna cry. I know I'm gonna cry, but they were biggest fans.
My father, he died of cancer.
And about seven years later, my mom died of cancer.
They would be so proud that I stepped out of my comfort zone and did this.
It was so lovely to just dive in with cat,
and it really solidified for me that I've found a new friend.
Growing up as a mixed-race kid,
I remember just going going to school,
having kids be so confused as to, like, going, "wait."
having this white woman show up, and they're like, "wait, that's your mom?"
I've always sort of been on that cusp
where I'm not black enough,
but clearly not white enough.
And having grown up watching musicals,
watching things like "dirty dancing,"
watching people like gene kelly and fred astaire...
- Right. - ...These people that I admire so much,
strong male leads that--
what I looked at were usually,
- you know, white gentlemen. - Right.
And to be able to take on these roles
that I grew up watching
but never saw somebody like myself do,
I'm really grateful.
I just wanna say thank you.
- Thank you. - Thank you for making this experience so joyful
and so easy.
Well, I mean, I'm having the time of my life
that I will never forget.
You know, how can I say it? It's just magical.
Twitch: Coming up...
- Yeah! - Whoa!
...One couple will be leaving the dance floor for good.
- It's not on the one. It's not the mambo. - It's a feeling.
Both: A heartbeat.
( imitating heartbeat )
both: I wanna try something.
( imitating heartbeat )
close your eyes.
Two, three, four. Two, three, four.
- ♪ hungry eyes - two, three, four. One, two, three, four.
- Two. Two. - ♪ one look at you and I can't disguise ♪
three, four. Breathe, two, three, four. Two, three, four.
Each day, I see the couples becoming more and more like baby and johnny.
Now they have to take what they've learned
and put it into their performances.
Ooh.
Corbin: With only 24 hours to let a dance sink in,
anybody could be going home.
Antonio: We've worked our butts off.
We need to be the best version of ourselves
and bring that to the floor.
Are we in "dirty dancing" or are we in 007?
- What's happening? I don't even know. - Right?
Listen, we've had a lot of great experiences here at kellerman's.
Gonna have to remind you that the stakes are high tonight.
One couple will be eliminated.
The performances tonight are inspired by the scene
where baby sees johnny dancing for the first time.
There were lifts and tricks.
It was powerful. It was sexy. It was hot.
It's time to bring more than the flirt to the floor,
because a spot in the finale is on the line.
Now we have a very special guest judge today.
I figured since all you johnnys were bringing your babys,
I might as well bring mine.
Oh, yes!
Please welcome the emmy-nominated choreographer...
- Ooh! - Okay!
...Dancer extraordinaire,
mother of my beautiful children...
Oh, hello!
...My beautiful wife allison holker boss.
- Yeah! - ♪ be my girl
allison was actually in
a couple of the "high school musical" movies,
so I've known her since I was a teenager.
The two of them are such a wonderful power couple.
- Hi, baby. - Hi, baby. How are you guys?
Good!
Cat: I am so excited.
I love watching twitch and allison dance together on instagram.
♪ tonight, we gonna lose ourselves ♪
♪ tonight
all right, so, baby, let me kick this off by asking,
what are you looking for in tonight's performances?
Baby and johnny were so great
at bringing the audience in with them.
And I know this is a competition,
and I know we all want to make it to the next round,
but for me, just come out here
and create a lasting memory with your partner.
- Absolutely. - Yes.
With that being said, are y'all ready to get down to it?
- Yes! - Yes!
Twitch: Unlike the movie,
max kellerman is not here to cut it off it gets too hot.
- Thank you. - So we wanna see it all.
- Good. - You ready?
- We're ready. - You ready?
- We ready. - Definitely.
- You ready? - We're ready!
We wanna see this floor on fire. Let's get to it.
First couple to set it off,
anjelah and tyler.
Anjelah: I was really disappointed after our last performance
because it wasn't perfect.
I can't have a mind blank again.
We need to kill this competition.
You got it, baby.
Tyler: There's definitely a little bit of pressure,
but pressure either busts pipes or makes diamonds.
♪ I can mash potato, I can mash potato ♪
♪ I can do the twist, I can do the twist ♪
♪ well, now tell me, baby, tell me, baby ♪
♪ do you like it like this?
- ♪ tell me, tell me - whoo!
- ♪ tell me - yes!
♪ do you love me? Do you love me? ♪
♪ now that I can dance?
♪ dance
♪ work, work
♪ work it out, baby, work, work ♪
- whoa! - ♪ work, work
♪ oh, don't you get lazy
♪ work
yeah!
- Awesome. - Yes!
- So good! - So good!
- Yes. - So good.
- Wow, yes. - Okay.
- Yes. That was hot. - Oh, my gosh, that was hot.
I loved it. I loved it.
You guys just brought the absolute fire to that performance.
It was wild. It was dirty.
- So good. So good. - You killed it.
Were there moments that you could finesse it and smooth it out a little?
Yes. There's absolutely that.
Make sure that we're finishing the lines,
so we get clear picture as the audience, right?
But at the same time, what made baby and johnny
so loveable is that they just went for it.
How are y'all feeling right now?
- Oh, good. - Yeah. That was awesome.
You brought it. You killed it. You put last week behind you.
- I'm so proud of you. - Yeah.
Excellent job. Way to set it off.
We came and did what we wanted to do.
It was fun, it was funky.
I am so incredibly proud of us,
but the competition is fierce.
I just hope we did enough to make it to the finale.
Next up on the floor, come on, brie and antonio.
Let's go! Let's go!
- All right. Wow. - Ow!
Tyler and anjelah, they nailed it.
Like, nailed it.
And I was like, "oh, my gosh, we have to follow that?"
antonio: I've grown as a dancer in so many ways.
It's about opening up, being vulnerable,
trusting yourself, trusting your partner.
We need to bring that to the floor.
We don't wanna go home.
♪ do you love me? Do you love me? ♪
♪ now do you love me? Do you love me? ♪
♪ now that I can dance?
- Whoa! - Oh!
♪ dance, dance
- ♪ dance - wow.
♪ watch me now, work, work
♪ oh, shake it up, shake it, work, work ♪
♪ oh, shake 'em, shake 'em down ♪
♪ work, work
♪ oh, little bit of soul now
- ♪ work - yes!
♪ work, work
♪ oh, give it to me, baby
♪ work, work
♪ oh, you're driving me crazy
♪ work, work
♪ come on, don't get lazy
♪ work
- whoa! Yeah! - Yes!
We went out there and we gave our all, and we had fun doing it.
Hopefully we have impressed the judges,
because I would love to get to the final dance.
Yes, anty!
I have to start by saying that lift that you guys did
- is just so difficult. - Twitch: Yes.
Allison: That is absolutely impressive.
You really did take what was unique to you
and bring it to the floor. How are y'all feeling right now?
I had so much fun out there,
and we're like, we're gonna bring a little bit of wrestling,
a little bit of football to our performance.
Loved it. Loved it.
And that's what we did, our strengths.
Yeah. I have one request.
The one thing I wanna see from you guys
is a moment of stillness and eye contact.
- Okay, eyes. - I wanna see that vulnerable side.
All right, here we go.
Last but not least,
let's give it up for cat and corbin.
There we go.
Corbin: At this point, the pressure was on.
We really wanted to win. We did not wanna go home.
- Whoo! - What?
♪ do you love me? I can really move ♪
♪ do you love me? I'm in the groove ♪
♪ do you love me? Do you love me? ♪
♪ now that I can dance?
♪ dance
♪ watch me now, work, work
♪ work it out, baby, work, work ♪
♪ well, you driving me crazy
♪ work, work, just a little bit of soul now ♪
- ♪ work - hey!
♪ I can mash potato, I can mash potato ♪
♪ I can do the twist, I can do the twist ♪
♪ well, tell me, baby, tell me, baby ♪
♪ do you like it like this? ♪
♪ do you like it like this?
♪ tell me, tell me
- whoo! - ♪ tell me
( cheering, shouting )
yes! Yes!
- Yes! - Whoo!
Yo, I mean, incredible.
Incredible from start to finish.
Allison: You played the whole cat and mouse game,
which is so important and crucial in "dirty dancing."
you guys were doing some wild moves out there.
It felt like you were in the air and then you were down.
The one thing with that is sometimes when you're doing that many things,
sometimes I want it stretched out so I can fully see the image.
But so proud of you guys. It was beautiful.
It was vibrant, which is exactly what I was looking for.
How are you feeling right now?
You are just the best partner. I am just in awe of you.
- I truly am. Thank you. - It's mutual.
Thank you. It's mutual.
Babe, your job is very difficult tonight.
- Yes, I know. - Yes.
My heart is, like, breaking right now.
This is gonna be really hard.
Yeah, everybody, wonderful, wonderful job,
but we have a decision to make.
So if y'all could please excuse us,
we're gonna talk amongst ourselves for a while.
Thank y'all so much.
Okay, baby, we have so much to talk about.
- Let's start with anjelah and tyler. - Yep.
- They had that eye contact and that connection. - Yeah, absolutely.
Allison: So to me as a performer,
I know when I see that in a couple,
I already know I'm gonna get a great performance,
which is exactly what I got from them.
What do they need to work on if they move on?
- It's just finessing the details. - Mm-hmm.
Allison: The long leg presentation,
the finishing into the fingertips,
the last little bit of detail.
- Antonio and brie. - Oh, amazing.
- They played into their strengths. - Twitch: Yes, yes.
They were doing big moves.
He was down on the ground, literally in football position.
Twitch: Yes, yes.
The one thing I really wanted to see from them
was a little bit more eye contact.
I just need to have a moment when they actually, like, really see each other.
Mm-hmm. Let's talk about corbin and cat.
- Ooh, oh, man. They brought so much fire tonight. - Okay, where do we start?
Allison: Just that opening alone
really brought a new energy to the dance floor out there.
Yes, absolutely. If there's anything
that cat and corbin can work on, what should it be?
I just wanted to have one moment where it felt a little bit
- more still from them... - Twitch: Mm-hmm.
Allison: ...So I could just see them just being with each other.
- Twitch: Being with each other. Yeah. - Allison: Yeah.
So what do you think? Only two of these couples can go to the finale.
You think you have a decision?
I think so.
I feel like we went out and did our very best.
Corbin: But someone is going to be eliminated, and I don't like to lose.
Brie: We wanted to bring something from both our backgrounds,
we want it to be memorable.
And hopefully we did enough.
Last time, I was really disappointed
that I didn't come through for myself.
I let tyler down, let myself down.
This time, I just came ready to sell it
and, like, give it.
And now that we've made it this far,
I really don't wanna go home.
All right, you beautiful couples, come on back in here.
- Yeah. - Oh.
- Looking beautiful as ever. - Yep, yep, yep.
Thank you.
Twitch: You were all amazing tonight, but unfortunately,
one couple has to go home.
You guys brought these performances to life.
This has been such a tough decision for me.
The question is, out of these couples,
which will be the first one to dance in our finale?
Anjelah and tyler.
Oh!
Ooh! Let's go. Let's go!
We worked so hard. I believe in her so much.
I know we can do it.
Compared to our last time performing,
I am so relieved. All of the hard work paid off.
It feels like redemption.
All right, baby, only two couples left.
Which one of these couples
do you think deserves to go on to our finale?
That couple is...
- Cat and corbin. - Oh, my god! Yes!
I was just so impressed from beginning to end.
Your performance was committed. You had amazing lifts.
But you guys felt in control of your performance the entire time.
Oh, my god. So excited! We're going to the finale.
Corbin: We are gonna do the lift.
- We get to do the lift, the iconic dance-- - we're gonna do the lift.
Oh, my god, we're doing the lift. We gotta get to practice.
- The reality of that just set in for a second. - We gotta start practicing.
Brie and antonio, I have to take a moment to let y'all know
how proud I am of how far y'all have come
and the way that y'all took on these challenges.
Thank you.
You guys were absolutely incredible.
You should be so proud of that performance tonight.
- Absolutely. - Thank you.
How was your experience?
It took a lot to bring down all these walls.
But I did, and I got my sexy back.
And I found this new side to me
that I really liked that I'm gonna take home!
- Yes. - And this guy, you know? And this one.
No doubt. No doubt, no doubt.
Man, antonio, how was your experience, man?
Never in a million years, like I said,
had I imagined being in a position
where I can learn things so fast.
What I've come to learn about dance,
it's just such an essential way of expression.
It shows a lot of maturity for any man who watches
that you can still be vulnerable and still be a man.
So now when I go home, I see my kids, music come on, I'm like, "what's up?"
- you know what I'm saying? - Yeah!
So it's given me a better version of me,
and I'm grateful for the opportunity, for sure.
Babe, I'm so happy that you were here to share this with us.
Will you please escort brie and antonio out of kellerman's, please?
Absolutely. It'd be my honor.
All right. Thank y'all.
- Let's go. - Love you, guys.
- Brie and antonio!
- Love you! - The hardest thing getting eliminated
is leaving the people.
- We love you! - We love you!
Brie: I've only known them in this short little time,
but I feel like I'm gonna be good friends for life.
All right, baby and johnny...
...Meet baby and johnny.
- Oh. - The showdown.
Congratulations, anjelah and tyler and cat and corbin,
you are in our finale.
Both couples will be dancing to "time of my life"
- in front of a live audience. - Wow.
And you will be doing that iconic lift.
- Wow. - Yeah.
But right now, you've earned some rest.
- We'll see y'all soon. - Thank you.
Come on, guys.
♪ now I
twitch: Next week...
♪ had the time of my life
on "the real dirty dancing"...
♪ and I owe it all to you
your socks are about to be blown off.
...It's the grand finale.
It comes down to this moment.
I am so scared.
Who has what it takes
to do the most iconic lift of all time?
We're here to win. We didn't come this far just to come this far.
Which couple will be crowned the winners?
It's in front of a live audience and you get one shot at it.
This is "the real dirty dancing."