This article comprises spoilers for the season 31 premiere episode of Dancing With the Stars.
Dancing With the Stars is again! The premiere started with a fun-filled opening quantity and ended with the first elimination of the season.
The pairings with the lowest scores have been Vinny Guadagnino and Koko Iwasaki and Jason Lewis and Peta Murgatroyd. After all the duos had danced and all the votes have been counted, the backside two {couples} have been Teresa Giudice and Pasha Pashkov and Jason, 51, and Peta, 36.
All 4 judges selected to avoid wasting Teresa and Pasha, that means Jason and Peta have been eradicated first.
The Monday, September 19, episode marked the actuality competitors’s first time streaming stay solely on Disney+ after 30 seasons on ABC. Host Tyra Banks additionally launched her new cohost Alfonso Ribeiro for the first time. The 50-year-old Fresh Prince of Bel-Air alum beforehand received season 19 of DWTS together with his companion Witney Carson. Ribeiro advised Us Weekly earlier this month that he knew he needed to simply accept the cohosting gig as quickly as he acquired the name.
“There was no hesitation. It was a very simple yes,” he mentioned. Banks, 48, for her half, advised Us of her new cohort, “When the team brought up the idea of Alfonso with me, I was like, ‘Yes, yes and yes, let’s stop right there and look no further.’”
The first couple of the season to carry out have been American Idol alum Jordin Sparks and Brandon Armstrong. When Sparks, 32, advised Armstrong 28, that she had no actual dance expertise, he laughed and replied, “Oh, no, don’t tell me that.”
However, the “One Step At a Time” singer impressed her companion as she realized the Cha Cha to Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me).”
“For someone with no dance experience, she was actually pretty natural,” Armstrong mentioned throughout the episode. Judge Len Goodman known as the efficiency “clean” and “precise.” Derek Hough, for his half, did give the singer one factor she might work on, saying her “foot placement” may very well be “just a little more intentional.”
Back in May 2019, Sparks advised Us that she can be “so terrified” to seem on the actuality TV collection. “Give me a microphone, I am totally fine. Tell me to dance in front of an audience and I … Mm-mm,” she mentioned at the time.
Despite her reservations, the Arizona native and Armstrong earned a 26 out of 40 for his or her first dance. Other duos, nonetheless, weren’t as well-received by the judges.
After climate anchor Sam Champion’s Foxtrot to “Hold Me Closer” with Cheryl Burke, Goodman, 78, advised the Weather Channel alum, “You came out with such a sunny disposition, however, a few dark clouds appeared.” The pair in the end earned a 20 out of 40.
Scroll via to see all the performers’ scores after the premiere episode:
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