Hilaria Baldwin and partner Gleb Savchenko were eliminated on Dancing with the Stars’ Disney Night, ending an episode that mixed theme-park spectacle with tense judging and a tight viewer vote. The Oct. 7 broadcast marked Week 4 of Season 34 and featured 11 routines tied to Disneyland’s 70th anniversary; Baldwin’s quickstep to the Star Wars “Cantina Band” earned mid-pack marks, but she fell into the bottom three with Danielle Fishel and Andy Richter before being sent home.
Producers leaned into the Disney brief with opening numbers and character cameos as the couples tackled genres from foxtrot to salsa. A late-show leaderboard shakeup and a split response from the panel fueled the results drama, with fan voting again proving decisive. Baldwin addressed the audience after the announcement, thanking her partner and acknowledging the scale of the weekly challenge.
The night also highlighted contrasting trajectories among the remaining contenders. Whitney Leavitt closed the show with a foxtrot to “The Room Where It Happens,” drawing raves from one judge and pushback from another, while other standouts used familiar Disney staples to underline storytelling and frame-to-frame polish. Across the two-hour live telecast, judges balanced notes on technique, musicality and character work, often disagreeing on performance priorities as the competition tightened heading into Week 5.
The Week 4 field included celebrity-athlete entries, reality stars and digital creators, each paired with a veteran pro and tasked with quick-turn choreography under a public vote. After early-season injuries and fluctuating scores, Tuesday’s outcome reinforced how small margins—one point on the paddles, a surge of viewer texts—can swing elimination risk even for couples improving week to week. With Baldwin’s exit, the series moves forward with 10 couples as producers prepare fresh themes and the judges signal a higher bar for footwork precision and partnership chemistry in the midseason stretch.
