{"id":898882,"date":"2026-09-17T07:08:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T07:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/898882\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T07:08:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T07:08:14","slug":"sarah-jane-nader-axed-from-dancing-with-the-stars-as-season-35-premiere-event-wraps-with-surprise-elimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/898882\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Jane Nader axed from \u2018Dancing With the Stars\u2019 as Season 35 premiere event wraps with surprise elimination"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cDancing With the Stars\u201d<\/a> has said goodbye to its first female celebrity.<\/p>\n

\u201cLove Thy Nader\u201d star Sarah Jane Nader and her pro partner, Hailey Bills, were eliminated at the end of Wednesday night\u2019s show<\/a> \u2014 the second of a two-night Season 35 premiere event<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The elimination occurred after co-hosts Julianne Hough and Alfonso Ribeiro revealed two other couples in danger of going home: \u201cThe Fresh Prince of Bel-Air\u201d alum Tatyana Ali and partner Jan Ravnik, and celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis and partner Alan Bersten.<\/p>\n

Sarah Jane Nader and Hailey Bills performed a Jive to \u201cSk8er Boi\u201d by Avril Lavigne. Disney<\/p>\n

Tatyana Ali and Jan Ravnik performed a Jive to \u201cKnock on Wood\u201d by Amii Stewart. Disney<\/p>\n

Nader earned a score of 14\/30 for her and Bills\u2019 Jive to Avril Lavigne\u2019s \u201cSk8er Boi\u201d during \u201cPremiere: Night Two,\u201d which saw all the female celebrities performing a No. 1 song from the year they were born.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Traitors\u201d alum Maura Higgins and her partner, Mark Ballas, landed themselves at the top of the night\u2019s leaderboard, earning a 21\/30 for their Foxtrot to Alannah Myles\u2019 \u201cBlack Velvet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Elsewhere during Wednesday\u2019s episode, \u201cSave the Last Dance\u201d actress Julia Stiles<\/a> and her partner, Ezra Sosa, scored a 18\/30 for their Quickstep to Dolly Parton\u2019s \u201c9 to 5\u201d \u2014 a memorable tribute to the country icon<\/a>, who died last month<\/a> at the age of 80 following a brief battle with cancer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Giada De Laurentiis and Alan Bersten performed a Tango to \u201cVenus\u201d by Shocking Blue. Disney<\/p>\n

Maura Higgins and Mark Ballas performed a Foxtrot to \u201cBlack Velvet\u201d by Alannah Myles. Disney<\/p>\n

\u201cStep Up\u201d actress Jenna Dewan and her partner, Val Chmerkovskiy, earned a 19\/30 for their Tango to Blondie\u2019s \u201cCall Me,\u201d while Olympic gold medalist Amber Glenn and her partner, Pasha Pashkov, received 18\/30 for their Cha Cha to \u201cSmooth\u201d by Santana feat. Rob Thomas.<\/p>\n

De Laurentiis \u2014 who suffered from a gnarly \u201cbusted\u201d toe injury<\/a> during rehearsals \u2014 and Bersten received a 16\/30 for their Tango to Shocking Blue\u2019s \u201cVenus,\u201d while \u201cSummer House\u201d star Ciara Miller and her partner, Brandon Armstrong, garnered a 15\/30 for their Foxtrot to Whitney Houston\u2019s \u201cExhale (Shoop Shoop).\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Ali and Ravnik found themselves at the bottom of the night\u2019s leaderboard, receiving a total score of 12\/30 for their Jive to Amii Stewart\u2019s \u201cKnock on Wood.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jenna Dewan and Val Chmerkovskiy performed a Tango to \u201cCall Me\u201d by Blondie. Disney<\/p>\n

Julia Stiles and Ezra Sosa performed a Quickstep to \u201c9 to 5\u201d by Dolly Parton. Disney<\/p>\n

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The previous night, when the men took to the ballroom to dance to a chart-topper from their birth year, \u201cSecret Lives of Mormon Wives\u201d star Conner Leavitt and his pro partner, \u201cDWTS: The Next Pro\u201d winner Adele Zaikman, were sent packing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After he was voted off, Leavitt\u2019s wife, Whitney, said she was \u201cf\u2013king proud\u201d of him<\/a> in a social media post. \u201cI hope you never let this ending take away from what you just did,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

\u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d star Guillermo Rodriguez (with partner Witney Carson<\/a>) and comedian Connor Wood (with partner Rylee Arnold) also found themselves in danger of elimination.<\/p>\n

Amber Glenn and Pasha Pashkov performed a Cha Cha to \u201cSmooth\u201d by Santana feat. Rob Thomas. Disney<\/p>\n

Ciara Miller and Brandon Armstrong performed a Foxtrot to \u201cExhale (Shoop Shoop)\u201d by Whitney Houston. Disney<\/p>\n

On the flip side, \u201cGlee\u201d alum Harry Shum Jr.<\/a> and his partner, Jenna Johnson, snagged the top score of the night, earning a 21\/30 for their Cha Cha to Earth, Wind & Fire\u2019s \u201cLet\u2019s Groove.\u201d<\/p>\n

Following this week\u2019s two-night premiere event, new episodes of \u201cDWTS\u201d will air Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and Disney+, and will stream on Hulu the following day.<\/p>\n

For more of Page Six\u2019s \u201cDancing With the Stars\u201d coverage, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cDancing With the Stars\u201d has said goodbye to its first female celebrity. \u201cLove Thy Nader\u201d star Sarah Jane…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":898883,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2086,49,48,362,35383,65324,75,348,80632],"class_list":["post-898882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-abc","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrity-news","tag-dancing","tag-dancing-with-the-stars","tag-entertainment","tag-tv","tag-virtual-reali-tea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=898882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/898883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=898882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=898882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=898882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}