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Derek Hough And Hayley Erbert Pull Out Of 'DWTS' Finale Performance

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By Kelly Coffey-Behrens on November 21, 2022 at 4:00 PM EST

The "Dancing With the Stars" finale is finally here!

"Bachelorette" lead Gabby Windey and dance partner Val Chmerkovskiy will compete against TikTok star Charli D’Amelio and dance partner Mark Ballas, “Let’s Make a Deal” host Wayne Brady and dance partner Witney Carson, and Drag Queen Shangela and dance partner Gleb Savchenko for the Mirror Ball Trophy tonight, November 21, at 8 PM ET on Disney+.

During the finale, fans can expect performances not only from the contestants but also from professionals as "Dancing With the Stars" always goes out with a bang. Unfortunately, Derek Hough and Hayley Erbert have to pull out of their scheduled performance.

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Derek Hough and Hayley Erbert Face Unexpected Injury

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Derek and Hayley took to social media to announce the news, as the "Dancing With the Stars" judge said, "We were going to be doing a performance for tomorrow's finale on 'Dancing With the Stars' but during camera blocking just now, we, unfortunately, it was an injury and we're going to have to pull out."

Hough continued, "But we are so excited to show you all [the performance]. We worked so hard on it."

"It was looking beautiful, but we just got to take priority over her health," he said. "Hayley here hurt her shoulder and we tried dancing through it but unfortunately it was one of those like you can't really dance through because you just don't mess around with shoulder injuries basically."

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Fans are wishing Hayley a speedy recovery. "Poor gurl i was looking forward to your performance. Hope haleys shoulder gets better," one TikTok user commented as another said, "I always love your choreography and watching you two dance. Rest up, can’t wait to see it another time!?."

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"Dancing With the Stars" Finale

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The finale will feature two rounds -- a redemption round and a freestyle round. The redemption round will consist of a dance style the couple performed earlier in the season, chosen by the judges.

First, head judge Len Goodman, who announced his retirement on the show last week, chose Wayne Brady and Witney Carson’s redemption round dance. They will perform a Quickstep to “(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher” by Jackie Wilson.

Next, Carrie Ann Inaba chose a Jive for Charli D’Amelio and Mark Ballas’ redemption dance. The two will perform to “Grown” by Little Mix.

Judge Bruno Tonioli was aigned to Shangela and Gleb Savchenko, and chose Quickstep for their redemption. They’ll be dancing to “Queen Bee” by Rochelle Diamante.

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Last up, Gabby Windey and Val Chmerkovskiy’s redemption dance was chosen by Derek Hough. The two will dance a Cha Cha to “I Like It (Like That)” by Pete Rodriguez.

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For the freestyle round, Wayne and Witney will dance to “Get Up / 24K Magic” by Ciara ft. Chamillionaire / Bruno Mars while TikTok star Charli and dance pro Mark will dance to “Us Again” by Pinar Toprak.

Drag queen Shangela and dance partner Gleb will dance their freestyle to “Survivor / Call Me Mother” by Destiny’s Child / RuPaul, while Gabby and Val dance to “Cell Block Tango” from Chicago.

The “Dancing With the Stars” finale airs on Disney+ on Monday at 8 PM ET.

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