‘Dancing with the Stars’ Season 8 Premiere Recap

Having only announced ten couples in the beginning of the show (as if we didn’t already know the “big shockers”), Derek Hough and Lil Kim were first up on Dancing with the Stars. After calling herself the “black barbie”, she dedicated her dance to the girls she met in the federal penitentiary. Classy… Steve-O said he’s out to prove that even though he’s sober now, he hasn’t lost his mojo! Carrie Ann Inaba showed her lift-Nazi status by insisting Julianne Hough‘s foot came off the ground. Ty Murray compared the Cha cha cha to bull-riding: you’re never completely ready, but it just becomes your turn… That’s awesome!
There were also two new professionals in Dmitry Chaplin and Chelsie Hightower, both of So You Think You Can Dance fame. Here are all the scores:
Lil Kim & Derek Hough (Cha cha cha): 21
Belinda Carlisle & Jonathon Roberts (Waltz): 17
Lawrence Taylor & Edyta Sliwinska (Cha cha cha): 16
Steve-O & Lacey Schwimmer (Waltz): 17
Gilles Marini & Cheryl Burke (Cha cha cha): 24
Chuck Wicks & Julianne Hough (Waltz): 20
Holly Madison & Dmitry Chaplin (Cha cha cha): 18
Ty Murray & Chelsie Hightower (Waltz): 14
Shawn Johnson & Mark Ballas (Waltz): 23
Steve Wozniak & Karina Smirnoff (Cha cha cha): 13
David Alan Grier & Kym Johnson (Waltz):19
Denise Richards & Maksim Chmerkovskiy (Cha cha cha): 18
Melissa Rycroft & Tony Dovalani (Waltz): 23
Every couple will perform next Monday, and the two lowest scoring couples from both weeks will perform in a dance-off on Tuesday to stay in the competition. There is no show tomorrow night… Sad
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KUDOS TO KIM!!!!! Who wouldn’t dedicate something special to friends made when you were virtually hitting rock bottom?
Shawn was awesome. I hope she makes it far.