‘Dancing With the Stars’ Fans Lash out Over Distracting ‘Roxanne’ Cover During Justina Machado’s Dance

Dancing With the Stars‘ semifinals week saw the competitors each dancing two routines. For One Day at a Time actor Justina Machado, she first performed a tango to “El Tango de Roxanne,” a track from the 2001 film Moulin Rouge based on The Police’s “Roxanne.” While Machado and her partner, Sasha Farber, nailed their routine, viewers took to Twitter to share that they were distracted during the performance by the show’s cover of the famous song.

On Monday night’s episode, all of the couples were tasked with performing a redemption routine. In other words, they had to perform a routine featuring a dance style that they previously tried their hand at earlier in the season. For Machado, she was tasked with performing another tango. Ultimately, she received high praise from the judges for her performance and earned a score of 28 out of 30.

Even though they received an amazing score for their routine, their performance didn’t exactly earn a lot of praise from those watching. However, that was more so because viewers were definitely not into the DWTS rendition of “El Tango de Roxanne.”

Horrible

While Machado’s routine was wonderful, there were many viewers who were too distracted by the “El Tango de Roxanne” cover to focus on it. One user on Twitter even wrote that it was “HORRIBLE.”

Not Feeling It

It’s safe to say that fans weren’t impressed by DWTS‘ version of “Roxanne.” Maybe they should have had Ewan McGregor lend his vocals?

Drunk Karaoke?

This user referred to the song choices on Monday night’s episode of DWTS as “drunk karaoke” versions. They even wrote that “Roxanne” was “terrible.”

Distracting

Many viewers were cringing during the performance because of the song. But, Machado still pulled out all of the right moves. 

Nope

Clearly, fans were not vibing with “El Tango de Roxanne” on Monday night. In fact, one user wrote that it was “brutal.”

Couldn’t Pay Attention

It’s a shame that many viewers were too distracted by the song choice to focus on Machado’s dance. The One Day at a Time actor definitely nailed her routine, after all. 

Yikes

Many of these Twitter users are total fans of “El Tango de Roxanne.” That’s exactly why they were so taken aback by DWTS‘ very interesting rendition.