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The judges were impressed.
“I’m so glad that you made us wait for the Carlton,” Julianne Hough said. “Not only did you separate yourself from Carlton tonight, because we all wanted it, we all loved it, I think this show and what you’re doing each week, people are going to remember Alfonso.”
Bruno Tonioli called it a “flirtatiously delicious dancing sitcom.”
“All I can say is, finally!” Carrie Ann Inaba said.
Afterward, Ribeiro admitted that the dance was for the fans.
“I’ve been wanting to do this for them forever, and this is a moment I dreamed about for many a years,” Ribeiro said. “I went back. I went back in time.”
“The Carlton” was a hit, with Ribeiro and Carson earning 10s from the judges and fan vote, the only perfect score of the evening.
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