Dancing With the Stars pro Val Chmerkovskiy is willing to do whatever it takes to get partner Alix Earle a perfect score.

“We just got to start bribing the judges with more money. We just got to up the ante a little bit,” Chmerkovskiy, 39, teased to Us Weekly exclusively following the Tuesday, November 4, episode of the ballroom competition show.

Chmerkovskiy and Earle, 24, nearly received all 10s for their paso doble to Bon Jovi‘s “Livin’ on a Prayer” on Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Night. It was the second week in a row the duo were one point away from a perfect 40.

“I just think they want us to work for it,” Chmerkovskiy told Us, “and we are, but they want us to work a little harder. I think that’s part of what’s exciting about the competition is that there’s so many really good couples

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