WATCH: Rylee Arnold dances with her sisters as she reunites with her family for Thanksgiving after DWTS

Rylee Arnold reunites with family in style for Thanksgiving [Image for Representational Purposes] [Image Source : Rylee Arnold
Rylee Arnold reunites with family in style for Thanksgiving [Image for Representational Purposes] [Image Source : Rylee Arnold's Instagram]

Rylee Arnold's campaign at 'Dancing with the Stars' ended with the grand finale conducted on November 26. The 19-year-old choreographer returned home for the Thanksgiving festival, which she celebrated in style.

Arnold uploaded a video of her reunion with her sisters, where they danced to the Nicki Minaj song 'Beauty and a Beat'. She posted the reel on Instagram with the caption,

"The gang is back together 🫶🏼🥹"

The reel video is going viral, having garnered over 89000 likes within two hours of posting. However, that wasn't all. Arnold also uploaded a couple of photographs of the Thanksgiving reunion on her Instagram stories. In one of them, she even wrote,

"Home for Thanksgiving"
Screengrab of Rylee Arnold's Instagram Stories [Image Source : Rylee Arnold's Instagram]
Screengrab of Rylee Arnold's Instagram Stories [Image Source : Rylee Arnold's Instagram]

Rylee Arnold and Stephen Nedoroscik achieved a near-perfect score of 59 out of 60 during the grand finale of the 33rd season of 'Dancing with the Stars'. Arnold was cheered by her family members, as well as her boyfriend Walker Lyons, who is a player for the USC Trojans football team in the Big Ten Conference League.

However, by the audience vote, Arnold and Nedoroscik ended up in the fourth position. Joe Graziadei and his dance partner Jenna Johnson won the mirrorball trophy, while Ilona Maher and her dance partner Alan Bersten finished as the runners-up.


Rylee Arnold on her experience of participating in Dancing With the Stars

Rylee Arnold on her experience at 'Dancing with the Stars' [Image for Representational Purposes] [Image Source : Rylee Arnold's Instagram]
Rylee Arnold on her experience at 'Dancing with the Stars' [Image for Representational Purposes] [Image Source : Rylee Arnold's Instagram]

Rylee Arnold recently opened up on her experience at the 33rd season of 'Dancing with the Stars'. She thanked her dance partner, double Olympic medalist gymnast Stephen Nedoroscik for his strong support. In her words,

"Meeting Stephen, having Stephen as my partner and being on this journey with him was seriously life changing, and his, the way he lives his life and inspiring us, is just how I'm gonna take that with me through the rest of my life. He just changed me really in a lot of ways." [0:03 onwards]

When the duo made it to the grand finale, Arnold explained in a long, emotional Instagram post why this was a huge achievement. In her words:

"Dancing with the stars was always my goal growing up I had always imagined becoming a pro, getting to dance a freestyle, or even winning the show and the fact that in a week I’ll be competing in the finals on my second season of dancing with the stars is truly something that I will ALWAYS remember and hold so close to my heart!!! I just know for a fact that little Rylee is looking at where we are now with the biggest smile on her face and it’s so surreal getting to accomplish my biggest dream!!!"

Rylee Arnold's fourth-place finish is her best performance at the senior level in 'Dancing with the Stars'. the 19-year-old choreographer had previously finished second with actor Miles Brown in 2018 when she participated in the junior edition of 'Dancing with the Stars'.

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