A performance in the season finale of Dancing With The Stars has been described as one of the best ever.
Gymnast Stephen Nedoroscik and his professional dance partner, Rylee Arnold, stunned the audience and judges alike with their second performance of the night during Tuesday's show.
The pair performed an intense freestyle to Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" that was dubbed emotional and beautiful by DWTS judge Bruno Tonioli. The dance, which featured Nedoroscik showing off his pommel horse moves, also earned him and Arnold their first perfect score of the season.
Earlier in the night they performed a a Quickstep to "I'll Be There for You" by The Rembrandts, which earned them a score of 29.
Despite their gallant efforts, they did not make it through to the final pairing and finished in fourth place. The mirrorball trophy was eventually awarded to The Bachelor's Joey Graziadei and Jenna Johnson. Olympian Ilona Maher and Alan Bersten came second ahead of Chandler Kinney and Brandon Armstrong in third.
Regardless of their final standing, viewers watching at home raved about the freestyle dance and shared their views on X, formerly Twitter.
"BREAKINGđ¨ stephen and rylee's freestyle just received a 55-minute standing ovation from me in my living room," wrote @maggieinabottle.
"this moment in particular... rylee's little nod and the POMMEL MOVES IN THE SPOTLIGHT??? nothings topping it!" posted @ruesbug.
"and this will go down in history as one of the best dancing with the stars dance," posted @caliirangers.
And @musicforapoer added: "going down in history as one of the best dwts freestyles."
Nedoroscik represented Team USA at the Olympic games, where he earned a bronze medal and went viral for his performances. He was dubbed USA's 'Clark Kent' for wearing his thick, glasses on the sidelines waiting for his turn to compete.
"They're more for show than anything," he said to AP during the Olympics. "They don't have prescription in them. We'll see if they make an appearance in one of the next couple of competitions I have."
Also known as the "Pommel Horse Guy," Nedoroscik gave an almost flawless routine and earned the USA's highest score on the pommel horse to help secure the bronze medal.
"Going out to Pommel Horse, last guy up there in the whole competition, I had a good feeling that our team was in a great spot," Nedoroscik said during the Olympics. "I just knew I had to go up there and do my job."
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