Iman Shumpert wows the 'Dancing With the Stars' judges with a 'masterpiece' Horror Night performance
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Debanjali Bose
Oct 26, 2021, 23:13 IST
Iman Shumpert and Daniella Karagach during their "masterpiece" routine.
Eric McCandless/ABC
Iman Shumpert and Daniella Karagach impressed the "DWTS" judges with a "masterpiece" performance.
They did an "Us"-inspired contemporary dance to "I Got 5 On It (Tethered Mix)" for Horror Night.
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Iman Shumpert and his "Dancing With the Stars" partner Danielle Karagach earned their first perfect score of the season with a "masterpiece" performance on Horror Night.
For their performance, the pair donned red jumpsuits like the murderous doppelgängers, or tethers, featured in the movie and got into character with the same creepy facial expressions and mannerisms as the villains.
Their commitment to detail paid off, and all four judges praised Karagach and Shumpert's routine as "genius."
"You transported us to another world," said judge Carrie Ann Inaba. "My mind was blown, it was sheer perfection."
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Fellow judge Derek Hough agreed with Inaba and described the dance as a routine that "people will watch over and over and over again."
"It was your masterpiece performance," judge Bruno Tonioli added.
Tonioli, Hough, Inaba, and head judge Len Goodman each gave Shumpert and Karagach a 10 out of 10, giving the "DWTS" couple their first perfect score of the season.
Monday night's performance was a significant improvement for Karagach and Shumpert over last week where the two were at the bottom of the scoreboard with a score of 28 out of 40 for their Viennese waltz to "Hopelessly Devoted To You" from "Grease."
Much of their Horror Night success likely came from "the most brilliant concept" Karagach came up with, as Goodman said, "that made Iman look fantastic."
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In a video package accompanying Monday's performance, the NBA star said Karagach was a "good coach" to him.
Shumpert previously told Insider earlier in October that Karagach has been "great with teaching" him everything he needs to know before taking to the ballroom floor. He called the "DWTS" pro his "angel on my shoulder that knows all the right things."
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