VIDEO: Alfonso Ribeiro Tap Dances His Way to a Perfect Score on DWTS

By: Nov. 25, 2014
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After ten weeks of competitive dancing spanning a variety of styles from the Cha Cha to the Quickstep to the Viennese Waltz and more, Alfonso Ribeiro & Witney Carson, Bethany Mota & Derek Hough, Janel Parrish & Valentin Chmerkovskiy and Sadie Robertson & Mark Ballas remain in the competition, but only one couple will be crowned "Dancing with The Stars" Season 19 champion.

The four remaining couples competed in two exciting rounds of dance. In the first round, each couple took on the "Judges Pick" and performed a dance they previously performed this season that the judges had selected. In the second round, the couples took on the biggest competitive dance of the season, a Freestyle routine featuring special effects, additional dancers and unexpected surprises. At the end of night, one couple was eliminated based on the previous weeks' viewer votes combined with the judges' scores from the previous Monday night.

In the Judges Pick round, Broadway vet Alfonso Ribeiro and his professional dance partner Witney Carson performed The Jive, which they danced in Week 1 of the competition. This time around, the couple earned a perfect score.

In the Freestyle round, Ribeiro and Carson danced a medley of all the dances they performed throughout the season, once again earning a perfect score.

Check out both performances below!

Starting his acting career at the age of eight, Alfonso landed his first starring role in the Broadway musical The Tap Dance Kid, whereupon he was signed to famed music label Island Records. He became an overnight sensation, enamoring the likes of director Bob Geraldi, choreographer Michael Peters and "The King of Pop" Michael Jackson(who enlisted Alfonso in the infamous Pepsi commercial). After taking time to attend Cal State University, Los Angeles where he earned a Theater Arts education, Alfonso was offered a role in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Alfonso played the memorable character of Carlton Banks, opposite his friend, Will Smith. Following six years on the popular series Fresh Prince, he was then approached by Quincy Jones to appear with L.L.Cool J in the NBC/UPN series In the House. Both can still be seen in syndication.



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