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Season 33 of family-favourite show Dancing With the Stars made it to episode 2 on September 24. The episode, titled Oscars Night, consisted of stunning performances in the genres of Rumba, Jive, Foxtrot, Paso Doble, Quickstep, Waltz, Salsa, and Tango.
Joey Graziadei from The Bachelor season 28, alongside his professional dance partner, Jenna Johnson, gave a stunning Rumba performance on the song Shallow from A Star is Born. The judges too praised his overall performance after a few tips. The duo was voted highly by judge Carrie Ann Inaba with a score of 8. While Derek Hough gave them a 7, Bruno Tonioli also came in with a 7, totaling their score for the night at 22.
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Joey was given a lesson in passion and sensuality by Jenna's husband, Val. According to what Joey said in the episode, he was finding it hard to be passionate with someone who wasn't his fiancé, so Val's lessons helped him build that chemistry. Fans of Dancing With the Stars came to X to praise Joey's performance.
"Joey is the best bachelor that this show has ever had and it’s not even close actually," a fan said.
"Joey stay impressing me like I was not expecting this from him like wait," another fan said.
"A lot of y’all going to want to hear it but the best male so far this season is Joey. Sorry to my little cute white nerd with glasses," said a third one.
"Now when were y’all gonna tell me that Bachelor Joey is so fine (respectfully, I love you Kelsey)," another wrote.
Some Dancing With the Stars fans also thought that his finding it hard to have chemistry with someone other than Kelsey Anderson, his fiancé from The Bachelor, was adorable.
"Joey saying he is having a hard time with intimacy cause Jenna isn’t his fiancé. Oh I NEED TO FIND A GUN. where are these types of men," an X user wrote.
"Joey having such good chemistry with Jenna week 2 is so impressive like that is PERFORMANCE and you really can't teach that," read one Tweet.
"WHERE THE HELL DID JOEY LEARN TO DANCE LIKE THIS ??" read another Tweet.
What judges said about Joey and Jenna's performance on Dancing With the Stars
Before his Dancing With the Stars performance, Joey talked about how he overcame his struggles with intimacy with someone other than his fiancé, Kelsey Anderson, who he got engaged to at the end of The Bachelor season 28.
But according to what the judges said, Joey did conquer these issues with the help of Val Chmerkovskiy, Jenna's husband and a professional dancer. Bruno explained that it was hard for someone to perform Rumba because it was dedicated to the woman and the man had to lead it, but Joey did it. He said:
"It's very hard for a man you know to live in the Rumba because it really is dedicated to the woman. You did that! You were embracing her, connecting to her".
His tip for Joey was that he wanted him to move his hips in Figure 8 and not side to side. Derek also thought Joey filled the space beautifully but thought he could work on placing his arms in a better way. Carrie Ann found the performance mesmerizing.
New episodes of Dancing With the Stars season 33 are aired every Tuesday at 8 pm ET, on ABC.
