Jason Mraz wows judges with Motown jive, earns highest scores of the season on Dancing With the Stars

Two-time Grammy winner Jason Mraz steals the show on Dancing With the Stars Motown Night with a standout jive performance

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He and his dance partner, Daniella Karagach, unleashed their energy with a lively jive performance set to Do You Love Me by The Contours

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The judges were highly impressed, awarding Mraz and Karagach the season's first pair of nines not just one, but two of them

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Their performance earned them a combined score of 34 out of a potential 40, making it the highest score of the evening, tied for the best result

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On the lower rungs of the leaderboard, it was a disappointing evening for supermodel Tyson Beckford and his dance partner Jenna Johnson

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Beckford bids farewell adding to the mounting tally of ousted participants in the competition

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Mraz has shone throughout his DWTS journey and his consistently improving scores indicate his season-long progress

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In the previous week, the judges granted the duo a score of 24 out of 30

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Mraz has landed two top 10s on the Billboard Hot 100, and five top 10s on the Billboard 200

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