Former DWTS pro had to lift Jennifer Lopez above his head at the end of the performance

Nov 26, 2013 10:43 GMT  ·  By

Jennifer Lopez was on fire at Sunday’s American Music Awards 2013, where she performed a Celia Cruz tribute complete with a medley of her greatest hits, 3 costume changes and absolutely explosive choreography.

Also part of the choreography was former pro-dancer on ABC’s Dancing With the Stars Maksim Chmerkovskiy (Maks for short) who, as you can see in the video above, had to lift Jennifer above his head in a horizontal position at the end of the performance.

Maks is fit and, I assume, strong but he found the responsibility of holding one of the biggest divas on earth a bit overwhelming. Well, who could blame him? “The most stressful 4 seconds of my life!” Maks tweeted in response to Perez Hilton’s congratulations.

Also on Twitter, Maks congratulated the troupe of dancers working with him on the tribute with a group photo with the caption, “ABUNDANCE of talent in this picture had nothing to do with the end result! The hardest working group of dancers I've worked with!”

Indeed, without all these talented people, the tribute would have been less spectacular, less memorable. Do enjoy!