Ginger Zee was the Belle of the ballroom on 'Dancing with the Stars'

The 'GMA' anchor said bonjour to the top of the leaderboard this week.
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GMA anchor Ginger Zee brought Beauty and the Beast to the ballroom Monday night on Dancing With the Stars and it's safe to say she was the Belle of this ballroom.

She and partner Val brought out a Foxtrot for Disney night set to the tune "Belle," the song that in the movie plays as Belle walks through her town. 


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It was, in Len's words, the best dance he's seen so far this season -- which his high praise coming from His Crankiness.

In the end, Ginger and Val tied for the highest score of the night. 

The other pair to get straight 9s? Paige VanZant and Mark Ballas. Shocker, I know. But this was a breakout week for the pair, who thus far have kind of sat in the background as pairs like Wanya Morris and Lindsay Arnold and Nyle DiMarco and Peta Murgatroyd -- as well and Ginger and Val -- take the lion's share of the praise. 

Nyle and Wanya, by the way, had solid weeks even if they didn't top the leaderboard, scoring 34 and 35 points respectively with their partners. And Nyle's abs scored 40/40, according to my Twitter feed and an informal poll of the people on my couch. (I'm home alone.) 

Antonio Brown and Sharna Burgess also scored 35. 

On the other end of the spectrum, Jodie Sweetin and Keo Motsepe were once again in the bottom two, along with Marla Maples and partner Tony Dovolani. 

The latter ended up being the pair to head home, in a bit of a shocking elimination. 

Do you think the right pair got eliminated? And who do you think gave the best dance of the night? 


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Sandra Gonzalez

Sandra Gonzalez was a Senior Television Reporter at Mashable. A Texas native, she spent almost four years in New York City before leaving the land of superstorms for Los Angeles, where she was introduced to these terrifying things called "rolling earthquakes."Previously, she was with Entertainment Weekly, where she wrote about every show that could fit into her perfectly crafted TV schedule and anything ever touched by Shonda Rhimes.You can reach her at [email protected] or on Twitter @theSandraG

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