The first two couples have been eliminated from Dancing With the Stars Season 34.
During last week’s premiere, it was announced that two couples will depart during week two, leaving fans on edge heading into the second week of ABC’s dance competition series.
*Warning: Major spoilers ahead for Dancing With the Stars Season 34*
After a One-Hit Wonder-themed evening that had couples performing either the cha-cha, foxtrot, jive, quickstep, samba, or tango to songs including “Baby Got Back” by Sir Mix-A-Lot, “Rhythm of the Night” by Corona, “Blue (Da Ba Dee)” by Eiffel 65, and “Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of … )” by Lou Bega, two couples were sent packing.
Former NBA star Baron Davis and pro dancer Britt Stewart, and actor Corey Feldman and his reigning DWTS champion pro partner Jenna Johnson were eliminated.
Votes and scores from week one combined with those from Tuesday, leading to their respective eliminations.
All 14 couples performed their first routines during week one’s anthem-themed episode, followed by their second routines this week, and received critiques and scores by judges Derek Hough, Bruno Tonioli, and Carrie Ann Inaba, who returned to the ballroom Tuesday following her week one absence due to illness.
As a result, couples’ combined scores from last week and this week were out of a total of 50 points instead of 60.
At the end of week one, Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Whitney Leavitt and her partner Mark Ballas were tied atop the leaderboard with wildlife conservationist Robert Irwin and Witney Carson. Each couple scored 15 out of a possible 20 points from the judges.
After their week two dances, both couples remained tied atop the leaderboard with 37 each.
At the bottom of the leaderboard after week one were Andy Richter and partner Emma Slater, along with Feldman and Johnson. Both couples remained at the bottom following their respective week two dances, though Richter and Slater ended up with 25 points, one point more than Feldman and Johnson.
Davis and Stewart earned a total of 28 points combined during the first two weeks of the competition, falling near the bottom of the pack.
Fans were surprised and upset following their elimination, lamenting that the couple had “so much potential.”
“Baron and Britt deserved better,” one fan wrote on X while another agreed: “Baron could MOVE he deserved to be there longer!”
Season 34 of the beloved dance competition series, co-hosted by Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough, features a mix of reality TV stars, athletes, and other pop culture personalities.
New episodes of Dancing With the Stars air Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and Disney+, with streaming available the next day on Hulu.
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