Dancing with the Stars ousted both Antonio Brown and Wanya Morris heading into next week's Season 22 finals during Monday night's broadcast on ABC.

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Antonio, an NFL wide receiver, and his professional partner Sharna Burgess were sent home along with Wanya, a member of Boyz II Men, and his pro partner Lindsay Arnold in a special double-elimination episode after they received the lowest combined total of judges' scores and home viewer votes following last week's episode.

Both couples, however, went out with a bang last night. Wanya and Lindsay finished the night in first place after earning a perfect score of 60 total points from Dancing with the Stars judges Len Goodman, Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli. Antonio and Sharna also had their best scores of the season with 55 total points.

Monday night's broadcast featured the five remaining semi-finalist couples each performing two routines -- a "Trio Dance" featuring either a DWTS Troupe member or previously eliminated pro as well as an individual routine. For the first time ever in show history, the scores from last night will count towards the scoring totals for next week's finale.

Wanya and Lindsay topped the judges' leaderboard after they took the stage with a trio dance featuring eliminated pro Witney Carson. After receiving a perfect score of 30 points for the paso doble, Wanya and Lindsay later danced a Charleston number together which earned them an additional 30 points from the judges.

UFC fighter Paige VanZant and pro partner Mark Ballas finished in second place on the judges' leaderboard with 59 total points. They first performed a samba with Troupe member Alan Bersten -- whom Paige is rumored to be dating -- that earned a perfect score of 30 points. Paige and Mark then followed that up with a 29-point worthy Argentine tango.

Third place went to America's Next Top Model winner Nyle DiMarco and pro partner Peta Murgatroyd. Nyle and Peta received 27 points for their jive routine with Troupe member Jenna Johnson and then an additional 30 points for their individual Argentine tango.

Good Morning America meteorologist Ginger Zee and pro partner Val Chmerkovskiy finished in fourth place with 56 total points. For their trio dance, Ginger and Val performed a paso doble with eliminated pro Artem Chigvintsev that earned 27 points from the judges. The couple later followed that up with an individual quickstep routine, racking in an additional 29 points. 

Antonio and Sharna landed in fifth -- and last -- place on the judges' leaderboard with 55 total points. They took the stage with Troupe member Hayley Erbert and performed an Argentine tango which received 27 points from the judges and then later danced a 28-point worthy contemporary routine.



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