The show has set up an outdoor stage and we see all this season's eliminated contestants and pros plus the troupe before the finalists are introduced.
Next is a recap of last night - read what I wrote last night if you want to know what happened.
Although, we do see that Tom Bergeron gave some encouraging words to Noah Galloway backstage before his freestyle and we learn how they got all that fake facial hair off Riker Lynch so quickly. They also show Rumer Willis's proud papa Bruce Willis - the clip Erin Andrews was calling for last night.
Apparently Twitter chose Riker Lynch & Allison Holker to reprise their freestyle. Huh. Maybe Noah's fans aren't on Twitter.
Back from commercial, Riker & Allison are dancing what looks like a samba on the outside stage. Is this their fusion dance and live TV missed the intro? No, wait, here's Erin to explain. Apparently that was just a back-from-commercial bumper.
Erin mentioned earlier that she was wearing flats tonight and you can see them in this outdoor interview. Smart girl, our Erin, for a night she's going to be running around everywhere.
Redfoo is back to perform his song "Juicy Wiggle." He's more singing than dancing but his former partner Emma Slater's out there wiggling for all she's worth.
After a quick recap of weeks 1-3, Charlotte McKinney & Keo Motsepe are back. Her dancing has not improved in her time away from the show. But the dancing crabs are back so it's all good.
Back from commercial, we have last season's first and second place couples, Alfonso Ribeiro & Witney Carson and Sadie Robertson & Mark Ballas. Eventually Witney and Mark leave the stage so it's Alfonso and Sadie dancing together. Good for them.
Tom Bergeron then announces that Alfonso is the new host of "America's Funniest Home Videos." Whoa. Good for him, I guess - should be a steady gig.
Suzanne Somers is back with Tony Dovolani for an encore of their "Copacabana" number.
The "Not Good Lip Reading" segment is actually pretty funny. My favorite might be when Tom "says": "We've sold 29 bearded chickens worldwide." My second favorite is Erin to Tom: "And who chooses you? My rat chose you."
Robert Herjavec & Kym Johnson are talking to Tom before their cha cha. Robert still has pancake hands. But they're having fun and not dancing for scores, so who cares?
Jason Derulo comes on to perform "Want to Want Me." His voice is shaky enough at times to convince me he's actually singing live. Emma Slater gets a pretty prominent role in the accompanying dance. Get it, Emma!
Amy Purdy & Derek Hough are on stage dancing with Noah Galloway & Sharna Burgess and there's a small moment when Amy & Noah are dancing together by themselves.Pretty awesome, actually.
Aw, Chris Soules and Witney Carson redo their "Footloose" routine. My only complaint about this is that I wish they'd done it to "Let's Hear It for the Boy" which is the song behind the Willard montage in the movie. Also, Chris has had approximately eight gallons of self tanner applied to his torso tonight.
After a recap of "Most Memorable Year," Disney night, and Spring Break week, Nastia Liukin, Derek Hough, and Sasha Farber reprise their Charleston to guest performer Andy Grammer's song, "Honey, I'm Good" - you know, the subway car routine. Hearing this song once was enough for me. I'd rather they'd redone their Disney routine.
There's a silly fake movie trailer for "Dance Hard" starring Tony Dovolani, since as Tom admits, they couldn't afford the real Bruce Willis. The funniest part might be at the end when the voiceover guy says, "This movie will never be seen by anyone."
Rumer & Val put their disco duds to use for some "Turn the Beat Around" action coming back from commercial. I like how much dancing we're seeing tonight.
Willow Shields & Mark Ballas are doing an encore of their "Alice in Wonderland" number which means I have to deal with nightmare bunny Ballas again. Thanks, show.
Oh goodie - dress rehearsal bloopers! Lots of sticking out tongues. Charlotte clearly has a point where she doesn't understand the concept of "dress rehearsal" and has to keep asking, "Is this real life," until Erin says flatly, "No, this is fake."
A girl group called Fifth Harmony performs inside while the female pros dance outside. The gist of the song seems to be, "Give it to me, I'm worth it." I do not think Susan B. Anthony ever dreamed this particular dream for my gender. Catchy song, though.
The male pros are all dancing in unclosed leather vests but halfway through they rip off the vests and it turns into a little bit of "Magic Mike." Erin wastes no time putting herself in the middle of the shirtless guys post-dance. She's no dummy.
Sia is here to perform "Elastic Heart" while Derek and Julianne Hough dance, alongside a couple of kids. It's all very artsy and Sia does her usual face hiding thing during her performance. I'm distracted by the bedspread on the bunk bed for the little girl. I'm pretty sure it's one I've been eyeing at Ikea.
Julianne gets hoisted up by a ceiling fan at one point and I'm sure that's SYMBOLIC and MEANS SOMETHING. Bah. Take me back to the shirtless men.
Then we get a quick recap of Eras Night, America's Choice & Trios week, and the Semifinals. Highlight: Bruno falling off his chair and Julianne's Bruno impression. Also, I get teary-eyed all over again at Len Goodman's dance with Nastia. Oh, and they show Noah's proposal to his girlfriend again.
Patti LaBelle and Artem Chigvintsev are back for another round of "In Da Club." They've let Charlotte be the champagne girl but she's wearing the same costume as her earlier dance. Hee. It's like she's not even worth a second costume or just really likes that other one too much to change.
They ask the eliminated contestants about the finalists and nobody says anything that interesting, except for Keo saying of Rumer, "I knew after her first dance she would be a finalist," and Robert also saying of Rumer recording her own dance music for this week, "How much talent does that woman have?"
I like that he called her a woman and not a girl. It's a small thing, but it made me think very well of Robert.