'Dancing With the Stars' Moving Tribute to Len Goodman Has Viewers in Tears

Months before Season 32 of Dancing With the Stars premiered, the show lost one of its own. In April, head judge Len Goodman died at the age of 78. At the beginning of the season, DWTS shared that they renamed the Mirrorball Trophy to the "Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy" in his honor. The show continued to pay tribute to Goodman on Monday night's "Most Memorable Year" episode, and fans were understandably emotional over the performance. 

Prior to the routine, the pro dancers shared some of their fondest memories of Goodman. Dancing With the Stars pros from the current season took part in the tribute. Additionally, given Goodman's lengthy history with the show, they couldn't help but bring back former pros, such as Mark Ballas, Karina Smirnoff, Tony Dovolani, and Kym Johnson-Herjavec, to make the tribute that much more special. In a nod to Goodman's penchant for clean, no-frill routines, the pros performed a beautiful waltz routine choreographed by Jenna Johnson and Val Chmerkovskiy that was set to one of the judge's favorite songs, "Moon River." 

Moon River. Choreographed by Val and Jenna#DWTS pic.twitter.com/2gjbljLZ27

— L 🍂 (@DWTSDisney) October 25, 2023

At the end of the routine, the dancers all looked towards the judges' table where Goodman used to sit. Judges Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli then embraced and, of course, there wasn't a dry eye in the house. Based on the responses on social media, there wasn't a dry eye amongst the viewers, either.