'Dancing with the Stars' Season 21 Spoilers & Update: Tamar Braxton Departs Show, Four Couples Left
"Dancing with the Stars" season 21 star Tamar Braxton announced on Tuesday that she will be leaving the show due to a health issue. According to the official website of ABC, the R&B singer-actress will no longer be competing in the American dance show after she was diagnosed as having pulmonary embolism.
She revealed details via her Instagram account wherein she said that her time with "Dancing with the Stars" has come to an end as well as her scheduled tours. She posted a photo of her with her pro partner, Val Chmerkovskiy, by her hospital bed.
The source continued on to say that Braxton was hospitalized just before Monday's show. She didn't make it in time to perform a contemporary routine in the first part of the night but luckily, she was able to do the team dance number with Chmerkovskiy, Nick Carter and Sharna Burgess.
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Now that Braxton has left, the show is now short one celebrity and professional pair, leaving the competition with only four pairs left. Buddy TV noted that next week's episode will already be the semifinals and instead of dancing twice each, the stars and professional dancers are tasked with a new dance-off routine. They will be dancing three times in the semifinal round.
In a spoiler report by People, on Monday's episode, fans can expect to see Carter and Burgess performing a samba against Bindi Irwin and partner Derek Hough. They will then do a tango to "Scars" by Alesso ft. Ryan Tedder for their second routine and then a trio dance with Peta Murgatroyd.
Irwin and Hough will dance a salsa to "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile" by Sia and then a trio dance with Mark Ballas.
Meanwhile, Alek Skarlatos and partner Lindsay Arnold will have a cha-cha dance-off against Carlos PenaVega and partner Witney Carson. For their second routine, Skarlatos and Arnold will also dance a waltz to the tune of "America The Beautiful." They will do their trio dance with Emma Slater. Carlos and Carson will perform a contemporary to "Drag Me Down" by One Direction for their second dance and do a trio with Karina Smirnoff.
"Dancing with the Stars" airs Mondays 8 p.m. on ABC.
