--- title: The Internet Has Feelings About Simone Biles Leaving DWTS description: In a shocking twist, Olympian Simone Biles was eliminated during the semifinals of this season's 'Dancing with the Stars.' canonical: https://time.com/4780546/simone-biles-dwts-reactions/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-16T15:14:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:43:41.412Z og:title: The Internet Has Feelings About Simone Biles Leaving DWTS og:description: And it's not happy. og:url: https://time.com/4780546/simone-biles-dwts-reactions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7932156b4f09ac2b/6988cd6a97cdff2a586b0b71/simone-biles-sasha-farber.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: ABC's "Dancing With the Stars": Season 24 - Week Seven og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Has Feelings About Simone Biles Leaving DWTS twitter:description: And it's not happy. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7932156b4f09ac2b/6988cd6a97cdff2a586b0b71/simone-biles-sasha-farber.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Has Strong Feelings About Simone Biles Losing _Dancing With the Stars_ > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner May 16, 2017 3:14 PM UTC  DANCING WITH THE STARS - "Episode 2407" - The seven remaining couples are presented with an all-new challenge, as they dance to celebrate "A Night at the Movies." One couple will receive immunity; the remaining couples will compete in a Dance-Off; and a double elimination will take place at the end of the night, on "Dancing with the Stars," live, MONDAY, MAY 1 (8:00-10:01 p.m. EDT), on The ABC Television Network. (Eric McCandless/ABC via Getty Images) SIMONE BILES, SASHA FARBER DANCING WITH THE STARS - "Episode 2407" - The seven remaining couples are presented with an all-new challenge, as they dance to celebrate "A Night at the Movies." One couple will receive immunity; the remaining couples will compete in a Dance-Off; and a double elimination will take place at the end of the night, on "Dancing with the Stars," live, MONDAY, MAY 1 (8:00-10:01 p.m. EDT), on The ABC Television Network. (Eric McCandless/ABC via Getty Images) SIMONE BILES, SASHA FARBER Eric McCandless—ABC via Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner May 16, 2017 3:14 PM UTC In a shocking twist, [five-time Olympic medalist](http://time.com/4532104/most-influential-teens-2016/item/simone-biles19/) and [_Dancing with the Stars_](http://time.com/4682246/simone-biles-mr-t-dancing-with-the-stars/) firebrand Simone Biles was eliminated on Monday night’s show, even after executing a flawless, high-energy jive and a sleek rumba with professional partner Sasha Farber, for which they received two sets of perfect scores from the judges. But America’s voters had [winners](http://time.com/4772305/simone-biles-dwts-smile/) in mind, and left Biles hanging without enough votes to propel her forward in the competition. The reaction of the judges? Utter speechless surprise. The reaction of the internet? Many, many feelings. Three other stars — Fifth Harmony’s Normani Kordei, football player Rashad Jennings, and former Cubs catcher David Ross — remain in the running for the mirror ball trophy. Yet many who had watched Biles progress on the show remain heartbroken over the unexpected elimination. That’s not to mention the support she received from her A-list fan club, like Michael Phelps, Demi Lovato, and Aly Raisman. See the reactions below. > [](https://twitter.com/1Band1D1Dream/status/864300200512413696) > [](https://twitter.com/ChrisKattan/status/864352761525133314) > [](https://twitter.com/snooki/status/864299875588075522) > [](https://twitter.com/RKOBlackSwan/status/864311112363323392) > [](https://twitter.com/jenntread/status/864301150333534208) > [](https://twitter.com/sadieblach/status/864299458707808258) Even Phelps, Biles’s former Olympic teammate, had tweeted in advance to support his fellow Rio star. And yet. > [](https://twitter.com/MichaelPhelps/status/864240070097682432) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4780546/simone-biles-dwts-reactions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4780546/simone-biles-dwts-reactions/"},"headline":"The Internet Has Strong Feelings About Simone Biles Losing Dancing With the Stars","datePublished":"2017-05-16T15:14:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:43:41.412Z","description":"In a shocking twist, Olympian Simone Biles was eliminated during the semifinals of this season's 'Dancing with the Stars.'","url":"https://time.com/4780546/simone-biles-dwts-reactions/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","celebrities","viral","Dancing with the Stars","Simone Biles"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7932156b4f09ac2b/6988cd6a97cdff2a586b0b71/simone-biles-sasha-farber.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7932156b4f09ac2b/6988cd6a97cdff2a586b0b71/simone-biles-sasha-farber.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"ABC's \"Dancing With the Stars\": Season 24 - Week Seven","caption":"ABC's \"Dancing With the Stars\": Season 24 - Week Seven","creditText":"Eric McCandless—ABC via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4780546/simone-biles-dwts-reactions/","name":"The Internet Has Strong Feelings About Simone Biles Losing Dancing With the Stars"}}]}] ```