Dancing With the Stars – Most Memorable Year Brings Laughter and Tears

The stars on DWTS were asked to recount their most memorable year on last night's show. This meant some laughter and plenty of tears.

Jonathan Bennett and Allison did a fun samba in honor of his first big movie role in 'Mean Girls' and what that meant to his parents.

While the judges didn't think it was samba enough, I thought it was stinkin fun!

I think the 'Mean Girls' fans will keep him around.

Bethany and Derek got serious with a rumba all about self-confidence and acceptance. Bethany told her story of being bullied and how YouTube gave her a place to feel heard and accepted. It probably didn't hurt that Colbie Caillat was on hand to perform her song for them. It was beautiful.

Let's just keep the tears going with Lea and Artem's contemporary routine. Lea wanted to dedicate this to her father who had passed away from cancer. One of her last memories with him was dancing in the living room together. Then she did a gorgeous contemporary routine to 'Dance With My Father' originally done by Luther Vandross. This version was sung by a woman and was just heartbreaking. There wasn't a dry eye in the house, including Lea's.

I'll give you a second to dry your eyes before we move on.

Now for some happy time! Alfonso and Witney closed the show with an awesome jazz routine. He paid respects to his best known character, Carlton Banks! Tom Jones was the soundtrack, the set was pretty darn close to that of 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air', and the epic move known as 'The Carlton' was shown in full force!

Wasn't that worth the wait?!

In the end Betsey and Tony were sent packing even though I thought it was Michael Waltrip's time to go. So now I'm sure Michael will go home next week. Plus, I think it's the switch up next week! Should be interesting!