Dancing with the Stars eliminated Mike "The Miz" Mizanin and his professional partner Witney Carson on "Queen Night," which also featured a shocking vote in which frontrunners JoJo Siwa and pro partner Jenna Johnson landed in the bottom-two couples during Monday night's Season 30 episode on ABC.
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Dancing with the Stars judges Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, Derek Hough and Bruno Tonioli were able to vote to save one of the bottom-two couples from elimination.
Bruno, Carrie Ann and Derek all voted to save JoJo and Jenna given the women have been top scorers all season long and also finished Monday night towards the top of the judges' leaderboard.
Since three judges were in agreement, they carried the vote and Len did not need to cast his vote. However, Len revealed he would have made the vote unanimous by also choosing to keep JoJo and Jenna in the competition.
On his way out of the ballroom, The Miz announced it was an "honor" to perform on the Dancing with the Stars stage.
Prior to The Miz and Witney's elimination, each of the nine remaining celebrity and professional pairings took the stage with two dances.
The first round of competition featured the couples performing a variety of dance styles to music by the iconic band Queen.
The second "Relay Round" divided the nine couples into three groups based on dance styles they've already performed this season.
The couples in each group were tasked with dancing a specific style one after the other and so on to a song provided for them. The judges each awarded one bonus point to the couple whom they believed performed the best in each of the three relays. Four points were therefore up for grabs in each relay.
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Dancing a foxtrot to "Under Pressure" by Queen and David Bowie were JoJo and Jenna, social-media sensation Olivia Jade and pro partner Val Chmerkovskiy, and country singer Jimmie Allen and pro partner Emma Slater.
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Olivia received all four judges' points from Carrie Ann, Bruno, Derek and Len.
Performing a jive to "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" were The Miz and Witney, NBA champion Iman Shumpert and pro partner Daniella Karagach, and Peloton instructor Cody Rigsby and pro partner Cheryl Burke.
Carrie Ann and Derek each gave an extra point to Iman, while Len and Bruno each awarded an additional point to Cody.
Dancing a Viennese waltz to "We are the Champions" were talk show host Amanda Kloots and pro partner Alan Bersten, Olympic gold medalist Suni Lee and pro partner Sasha Farber, and Emmy-nominated actress Melora Hardin and pro partner Artem Chigvintsev.
Carrie Ann decided to give her bonus point to Suni, Len and Bruno each gave one point to Melora, and Derek awarded Amanda with one extra point.
The two rounds resulted in Olivia and Val topping the judges' leaderboard in first place for the night with a total of 42 out of 44 possible judges' points.
In Round 1, Olivia and Val took the stage with a quickstep to "Fat Bottomed Girls" that received 38 out of 40 possible judges' points.
Despite landing in the bottom-two couples, JoJo and Jenna finished the night in second place on the leaderboard with a total of 39 points.
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JoJo and Jenna earned 39 points from the judges for their tango in the first round of competition, which was set to the song "Body Language." Derek called the modern routine "avant-garde and experimental."
Two couples tied for third place on the judges' leaderboard with a total of 38 judges' points for the night: Jimmie and Emma as well as Melora and Artem.
Jimmie and Emma initially danced a waltz to "Somebody to Love" that earned 38 judges' points.
And Melora and Artem performed a 36-point worthy foxtrot routine to "Killer Queen" for the first round of competition. Their two bonus points in Round 2 boosted them up the leaderboard.
Cody and Cheryl claimed fifth place on the leaderboard with a total of 36 judges' points after performing a foxtrot to "You're My Best Friend" in Round 1 that received 34 points from the judges. Two bonus points in the second round helped Cody and Cheryl secure fifth place.
Sixth place represented a tie at 34 total points amongst three couples: Amanda and Alan, Iman and Daniella, and Suni and Sasha.
Amanda and Alan initially took the stage with a jive to "Don't Stop Me Now" that earned 33 judges' points, and then they received one bonus point.
Iman and Daniella received 32 judges' points in Round 1 for their paso doble to "Everyone Bites the Dust," followed by two bonus points.
And Suni and Sasha danced a paso doble in the first round to "We Will Rock You."
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Suni -- who had a "rough week" and was throwing up on Monday night due to an apparent stomach bug -- and Sasha received 33 points for the performance. One bonus point resulted in them being a part of the three-way tie for sixth place.
And finally, The Miz and Witney landed in ninth -- and last -- place on the judges' leaderboard with a total of 32 points.
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