Dancing With the Stars’ non-elimination week came as a surprise to the cast — and a former pro dancer.

“I was hoping for an elimination,” Peta Murgatroyd said on the Friday, October 17, episode of her “Penthouse With Peta” podcast, recapping this week’s Dedication Night with fellow alum Sharna Burgess. “Not like that’s a terrible thing to say, but someone’s got to go home.”

During the Tuesday, October 14, live episode, the DWTS couples performed emotional tributes to a special person in each star’s life. At the end of the night, cohosts Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough revealed that there wouldn’t be an elimination and all votes would roll over to next week.

“I know why they don’t because it’s a sad situation,” Murgatroyd, 39, noted on her podcast of the decision to avoid eliminating

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