. ▁The ▁team ▁with ▁the ▁lower ▁jud ges ▁score ▁from ▁their ▁Monday ▁night ▁performance ▁is ▁then ▁elimin ated . ▁ ▁The ▁rules ▁of ▁elim ination ▁were ▁slightly ▁alter ed ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁season . ▁ ▁The ▁scores ▁from ▁the ▁teams ' ▁Sunday ▁night ▁performance ▁are ▁now ▁added ▁to ▁the ▁view ers ' ▁voting ▁to ▁determine ▁the ▁bottom ▁two ▁cou ples . ▁Also , ▁instead ▁of ▁scoring ▁the ▁bottom ▁two ▁teams ▁on ▁their ▁Sk ate - Off ▁performance , ▁the ▁jud ges ▁are ▁now ▁just ▁asked ▁to ▁vote ▁on ▁the ▁team ▁of ▁their ▁choice . ▁The ▁team ▁with ▁the ▁fewer ▁number ▁of ▁jud ges ' ▁votes ▁is ▁then ▁elimin ated . ▁ ▁Mid way ▁during ▁the ▁second ▁season , ▁it ▁was ▁announced ▁that ▁Week ▁Five ▁would ▁be ▁a ▁" Second ▁Ch ance " ▁competition ▁for ▁the ▁cou ples ▁elimin ated ▁thus ▁far ▁in ▁the ▁season . ▁ ▁The ▁team ▁with ▁the ▁highest ▁combined ▁total ▁of ▁vie wer ' s ▁vote ▁and ▁jud ges ▁score ▁would ▁be ▁re inst ated ▁as ▁of ▁Week ▁Six , ▁re - jo ining ▁the ▁top ▁four ▁team ▁in ▁the ▁competition . ▁ ▁Season ▁three ▁introduced ▁the ▁Judge ' s ▁Save , ▁which ▁is ▁a ▁one - time ▁use ▁per ▁season ▁tool ▁that ▁needed ▁the ▁cons ensus ▁of ▁all ▁jud ges ▁that ▁would ▁re inst ate ▁a ▁team ▁that ▁was ▁elimin ated ▁that ▁same ▁episode ▁back ▁into ▁the ▁competition . ▁ ▁The ▁Monday ▁night ▁results ▁show ▁was ▁cancel led ▁in ▁season ▁four , ▁and ▁therefore ▁elim ination ▁takes ▁place ▁at