Bindi Irwin holds onto pro partner Derek Hough tight in this shot from their contemporary dance on Dancing With Stars on Monday night (October 5).

The 17-year-old conservationist earned the season’s first 10 for her performance for Most Memorable Year week.

Bindi you are a magnificent human being who transforms not just the energy surrounding you but living beings that are blessed with your positive high vibrating charge . Your heart is unlike anything I’ve ever seen or felt. You are living your purpose. So proud of the person you are. I love you dearly x @bindisueirwin,” Derek wrote on Instagram later that night.

Bindi and Derek are also pictured arriving for practice at the studio for Switch Up Week the next day.

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Photos: AKM-GSI, ABC

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