‘Battlefield’ magnificence Jordin Sparks is battling to be topped victor of season 31 of ‘Dancing With the Stars,’ which premiered on Disney+ Monday (September 19).
Hitting the ground to carry out a cha-cha through her debut dance on the Tyra Banks and Alfonso Ribeiro-hosted program, Sparks strutted her stuff alongside professional companion, Brandon Armstrong, to one in all late icon Whitney Houston‘s biggest hits: ‘I Wanna Dance With Anyone (Who Loves Me).’
Look inside to see how she fared.
Whereas commenters flooded social media with reward for the singer-actress’ exhibiting she obtained a rating of 26/40 from judges Len Goodman, Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and Derek Hough.
The efficiency got here as a tribute of kinds for Jordin, who not solely starred reverse Houston in her final film, 2012’s ‘Sparkle,’ however has additionally by no means been shy about sharing her adulation of the Pop famous person.
Throughout a post-show chat with the press, Jordin revealed what she thinks Whitney would’ve mentioned about her cha-cha.
“I’m nonetheless loving and admiring her all these years later. I do know she can be actually, actually proud,” the GRAMMY nominee shared. “And if she was in that viewers, she would’ve been standing up. She would’ve been screaming identical to all of us. She was so supportive.”
The ‘DWTS’ season 31 premiere got here simply days after the primary trailer of Houston’s long-awaited large display screen biopic, additionally titled ‘I Wanna Dance With Anyone,’ danced onto the web.
Click on right here to take a look at the sneak peek of the Naomi Ackie-led movie.
