Despite Murgtroyd’s insistence that morale was “overall high,” Viall was depicted continuing to struggle with the routine. “It’s hard, I get it; I suck,” he admitted, adding, “I’m physically and mentally tired. Honestly, at this point I am trying to survive.”
Unfortunately for Viall, their Beach Boys inspired routine was met with mixed comments from the judges, all of whom concurred he needed to work on his finesse. The couple (pictured at top, and below with DWTS host Tom Bergeron) scored a 28/40 with Judge Len Goodman being exceptionally harsh. “I wasn’t picking up a lot of good vibrations,” he said, which did nothing to boost Viall’s spirits.
“The packages are the packages,” Viall told me after last week’s dance. “I think this week everyone’s kind of hit that point in the competition. We had two dances this week and especially for us guys, we’re not dancers. It’s a lot for us to handle one dance, let alone two.
“The jive, for me, takes a toll on the body,” he continued. “It takes a lot out of you, yet it’s still a ton of fun.”