Dancing With The Stars 'Leg Lift' Trend
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Dancing With The Stars Leg Lift Trend refers to a dance move created by the football player Danny Amendola during his dance with Witney Carson on the TV show Dancing With The Stars in which he raises Witney up from a lying down position using just her leg. The dance move impressed the judges and quickly went viral on TikTok as several other people uploaded their attempts at the move along with tutorials on how to best accomplish it.
Origin
On the October 15th, 2024 episode of Dancing With The Stars, which premiered on Disney+, Danny Amendola and Witney Carson danced to a remix of the song "Unsteady" by X-Ambassadors. The performance was later uploaded to YouTube by the official Dancing With The Stars YouTube channel[1], where it quickly gained over 724,000 in two weeks (shown below).
The dancing trend soon took over TikTok, with people being quick to upload their own variations of it. On October 19th, 2024, the TikToker aubskurnick[2] uploaded a TikTok in which they did the dance move, but made it into a challenge by claiming that the roommate's boyfriend wouldn't be able to stay if they were unable to execute the move, which became a similar caption in other TikTokers examples, and earned over 1.2 million likes in two weeks (shown below).
@aubskurnick I think they ate tbh * * @Dancing with the Stars #DWTS @Barstool Sports ♬ original sound – EMILY SCHMERSE
Spread
The trend continued to grow over the following week, to the point where it started to receive mainstream attention. On October 25th, 2024, the official YouTube[3] channel for Good Morning America uploaded a segment of their coverage earlier that day on the trend, while including an interview portion where the two stars who created the dance talked about the response they've seen to it online, gaining over 170,000 views in five days (shown below).
As the dance move spread across TikTok, so did the number of humorous failed attempts. On October 27th, 2024, the USC Volleyball player AllyBatenHorstt[4] uploaded a TikTok in which she attempted to do the leg lift using a smaller player of her Volleyball team, showcasing that the issue with attempting it comes from the counter-balance of the fulcrum and that being a tall person makes it more difficult (shown below).
@allybatenhorstt doesnt help being 6’4 #uscvolleyball @mia ♬ original sound – EMILY SCHMERSE
Various Examples
@yolandaadiazz My official audition tape for @Dancing with the Stars #DWTS #dwts ♬ original sound – EMILY SCHMERSE
@jenaeatiki We are having way to much fun with this😭🫶🏽 #dwts #foryou #dancingwiththestars #dance #coupledance #viral #viralvideo #creatorsearchinsights #coupledancechallenge #dancecgallenge ♬ original sound – EMILY SCHMERSE
@ustheremingtons This trend but make it parents in their 30s with no dance background, two kids, and throwing out backs by sneezing kind of energy. Also look who was trying to be a zadddy 🤣 @Dancing with the Stars #DWTS @Witney Carson #husbandandwife #couplescomedy #momanddad #momsover30 #couples #nighttimeroutine #nighttimevibes #husbandandwifehumor #husbandandwifecomedy #dwts #fyp #viral #trending ♬ original sound – EMILY SCHMERSE
@livvbarneyy I cant stop crying
♬ original sound – EMILY SCHMERSE
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External References
[1] YouTube – Dancing With The Stars
[2] TikTok – aubsurnick
[3] YouTube – Good Morning America
[4] TikTok – AllyBatenHorstt
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