Dancing With the Stars is back! The fan favorite ABC show that puts celebrities with professional dancers to compete for the mirror ball trophy is finally back for it’s 19th season. The show has 13 contestants this year, all paired up with one of the show’s professionally trained dancers. The celebrity contestants this year are from a wide range of jobs. From actresses to athletes they have just about everyone.
Lolo Jones, an Olympic track star was the first to go on this season of the show. She was partnered with Keo and they received the low score of 22 out of a 40 possible points. They performed a cha cha that started off with the exchange of a few text messages but the dance was a little rocky after that with Lolo forgetting her moves and not being able to recover.
Tavis Smiley and partner Sharna were the second to go home after the week 2 theme of #MyJamMonday. The celebrities and their partners had to pick a song that they considered “their jam” and then had to perform to the song. Tavis and Sharna brought it back to the disco days with their cha cha dance to Boogie Wonderland. Unfortunately the judges felt that it was an off week and the fans didn’t vote in the direction so the duo was sent home.
The other celebrities for this season include Jonathan Bennett, an actor who is best known for playing Aaron Samuels in the 2004 movie Mean Girls. Jonathan is partnered with Allison Holker. Partnered with Peta Murgatroyd is comedian Tommy Chong who is most known for his marijuana themed Cheech & Chong comedy albums. UFC champion and actor Randy Couture is partnered with Karina Smirnoff. The famous fashion designer Betsey Johnson is paired with dancer Tony Dovolani.
Youtube sensation Bethany Mota was partnered with Derek Hough and Pretty Little Liars star Janel Parrish was matched with Valentin Chmerkovskiy. Alfonso Ribeiro, the sitcom actor dances with Witney Carson. Duck Dynasty star Sadie Robertson dances with Mark Ballas and Antonio Sabàto, Jr. is paired with Cheryl Burke. Lea Thompson from ABC Family’s Switched at Birth is partnered with Artem Chigvintsev and auto racing champion Michael Waltrip dances with Emma Slater.
While the celebrities of the show perform new dances each week to compete with one another to win the mirror ball trophy and not be sent home, the professional dancers of the show also have an ongoing competition between themselves to see who can win the most mirror ball trophies. Derek Hough is in the lead currently with a total of 5 mirror ball trophies and no one is close behind him.
Dancing with the Stars is on ABC every night Monday night at 8/7 central.
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