Trevor Donovan and Emma Slater ‘A Little Shocked’ by ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Scores, Address Derek Hough’s Critique

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After surviving the bottom two, Trevor Donovan and Emma Slater admitted they were a bit taken aback by the feedback from the judges, including Derek Hough’s remark that the contestant was thinking too much about his steps and not in the moment.“To be honest, yes — because I felt pretty loose,” the 44-year-old actor told Us Weekly after the Monday, October 10, episode. “I don’t know.

I didn’t feel like I was heady at all, but I’m gonna take their criticism to heart and get back in it next week.”After their Samba to “Life Is a Highway,” Hough noted that he thought the dance was “actually really good,” but Donovan’s face “took [him] out of it.”“I can see you thinking about the steps.

I want you to trust yourself — you know it, man. You got his dance, you got it. Now it’s just performing, have fun with it,” the former DWTS pro explained. “They’re just sometimes where you’re thinking about it — thinking about ‘OK, Emma wants me to do this, Emma wants me to do that.’”Carrie Ann Inaba agreed: “You are not believing in yourself.

You are not seeing how far you’ve come. You are not seeing what we’re seeing. Your eyes are down. And then I can see you checking in energetically with Emma and making sure you’re getting the OK.”The duo earned a 28 out of 40 for the dance, landing in the bottom two with Sam Champion and Cheryl Burke.