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Fans of luxury brokerage The Agency and its CEO Mauricio Umansky had to say a tough goodbye to the broker on Tuesday night as he became the sixth contestant to be eliminated from Dancing With the Stars.
After his stunning performance the week prior, in which Umansky and his professional dance partner Emma Slater performed a contemporary dance that saw the CEO earn his highest score of the season from judges, Umansky was feeling good.
“Going into this week, I’m feeling energized and confident,” Umansky told cameras as he prepped for another week of competition.
Since it was Halloween, the week’s theme was Monster Night. Umansky and Slater dressed up as a zombie matador and a zombie dancer to perform an Argentine tango.
“I think you made yourself a contender [last week],” Slater encouraged Umansky during rehearsals. “We’ve just got to keep the ball rolling.”
The dance partners were in New York for the week because Umansky had a work event to attend, but were doing their best to fit in as much time for rehearsals as possible.
“I love Halloween,” Umansky said. “I definitely believe in ghosts.”
Umansky then went on to tell how he sold the home that Michael Jackson died in, and believes “there is no question” that MJ’s ghost came to visit one time when Umansky returned to the property a day after showing it and found the stereo turned on and the windows open.
“I think that the Argentine tango is something that Mauricio will be really good at because he really likes being that strong, suave, classy guy who leads,” Slater said.
As the number of contestants on the show has been winnowing, Umansky said the biggest challenge for him was to keep his edge as the competition gets more…