'DWTS' : Cheryl Burke Says Cody Rigsby Deserves 'Extra Credit' for Dancing Remotely with COVID

The duo is currently still quarantining aftertesting positive for breakthrough cases of COVID-19, and as a result, they did their Britney Spears week dance from their respective homes. They received an 18 out of 30 for their performance. (Judge Derek Hough wasnot presentin the ballroom due to potential exposure to COVID.) The pro dancer continued, “Like, you don’t have to talk about us getting COVID, we get it, we’re sick, but at the end of the day, just the amount of work and having to dance as two soloists as opposed to dancing together, when you can manipulate your partner’s body movement and the musicality…”

'DWTS' : Cody Rigsby and Cheryl Burke to Compete Separately and Virtually After Positive COVID Tests

“We’re going to be doing it from the comfort of our own home,” Burke added. “Look at that. I’ve turned our living room into a ballroom.” Also on Friday, Burke shared a health update with her followers onInstagram. For more onDancing with the Starsand other top stories, listen below toour daily podcast PEOPLE Every Day. “I feel great. I have officially lost my senses: I can’t smell … and I definitely can’t taste anything, so now is the time for those disgusting juices that I know are so good for you,” she said.

'DWTS' : Cody Rigsby Wishes He Could've Danced with a Sub, Cheryl Burke Talks What's Next

On a new episode of Burke’sPretty Messed Uppodcast, the pair recounted their experience being shut out of the ballroom this week due to Burke, 37, testing positive for abreakthrough case of COVID-19. After she began to feel “strange” last Friday, Burke — who is fully vaccinated — said she suspected “there was something off for sure.” The pro dancer then got tested and broke the news of her diagnosis with fans on Sunday.

'DWTS' : Cody Rigsby, Cheryl Burke Dance First-Ever Remote Performance After Breakthrough COVID

They received an 18 out of 30 for their performance. Judge Derek Hough wasnot presentdue to a “potential COVID exposure,” according to host Tyra Banks. “I’ve been waiting 34 years for this performance. I can’t believe I got to do this, I’m just excited,” the Peloton star told Banks virtually. Shortly before the show, the pro dancerdocumentedher at-home hair and makeup process while she was alone in her makeshift ballroom. “A day of firsts!

'DWTS' : Derek Hough Misses Week 3 'Out of an Abundance of Caution' Due to 'Potential COVID Exposure'

Derek Hough was missing from the judges' panel onDancing with the Stars. At the top of Monday’s week 3 show, which was a Britney Spears-themed night, host Tyra Banks announced that Hough, 36, was not present in the ballroom. “Due to a potential COVID exposure, and although he’s fully vaccinated and tested negative, Derek will sit out tonight’s show out of an abundance of caution,” Banks said. Then, the camera panned to the three original judges Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli.