The Standouts WE COULDN'T STOP WATCHING

ROBERT IRWIN THE POSITIVE INFLUENCE Dancing With the Stars (ABC)

- RYAN HUDGINS

“It's one of the most amazing things I've ever gotten to be part of. I don't want to leave. I want to be part of the furniture!” Robert Irwin is, of course, talking about Dancing With the Stars. (He's partnered with Witney Carson.) Season 34 is shattering voting records, and we have to believe one reason is the Aussie's infectious energy and enthusiasm, his jaw-dropping moves — and, OK, that shirtless moment.

The wildlife conservationist, 21, is following in the footsteps of sister Bindi, who won the Mirrorball Trophy back in 2015. “It's a big, strange new world. [I'd] never been in a ballroom,” he tells Us. “It's been really cool to have her advice.” For his part, the competition has been a “beautiful” experience, Robert says. “It's almost like you feel everything tenfold, because you're expressing it through music and through dance.” You get the feeling he could be voted off tomorrow and would still be thrilled he had this platform “to amplify a bit of good into the world.” Everything he does, he adds, is with late dad Steve and mom Terri in mind: “To honor the legacy my parents created is such a privilege.”

RYAN HUDGINS

CHRISTINA HAACK THE TRANSFORMER The Flip Off (HGTV)

Christina Haack knows firsthand that renovating houses is unpredictable, something made painfully clear in The Flip Off.