DWTS Season 9 Week 5 Results

This week the dancers performed either the Paso Doble or the Argentine Tango. Maksim Chmerkovskiy stepped in for the flu-ridden Derek Hough and danced the Argentine Tango with Joanna Krupa during performance night. Although Derek Hough was in the ballroom for tonight’s result show (10/20/09). First was the encore performance and the judge’s choice was Donny Osmond and Kym Johnson’s Argentine Tango which earned them a score of 29 and top of the leader board this week.

Grammy Award winner Norah Jones was tonight’s musical guest and she performed “It’s Gonna Be”, a new single from her upcoming new album “The Fall” due out on November 17, 2009. Her second performance was “Come Away With Me”, which is the title track from her debut album. This week’s Macy’s Stars of Dance performance featured all 16 of the show’s professional dancers performing to the music of Michael Jackson as a tribute to the ‘King of Pop’. Stay tuned for the video… **VIDEO ADDED: Watch the Michael Jackson Tribute from DWTS here.**

Back to the results…

The couples in jeopardy were:
Joanna Krupa and Derek Hough
Aaron Carter and Karina Smirnoff
Natalie Coughlin and Alec Mazo
Melissa Joan Hart and Mark Ballas

The two couples that were sent to safety were:
Melissa Joan Hart and Mark Ballas
Joanna Krupa and Derek Hough

The bottom two couples were:
Aaron Carter and Karina Smirnoff
Natalie Coughlin and Alec Mazo

The couple going home this week is: