{"id":21046,"date":"2025-09-17T02:17:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T02:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/21046\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T02:17:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T02:17:07","slug":"dancing-with-the-stars-premiere-season-34-recap-and-scores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/21046\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Dancing With the Stars’ Premiere Season 34 Recap and Scores"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cDancing with the Stars\u201d<\/a> is officially back!<\/p>\n

The hit dancing competition show kicked off Season 34 with 14 new celebrities<\/a> showing off their moves on the ballroom for a chance to win the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy.<\/p>\n

Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the Sept. 16 premiere began with a high-energy opening number that saw the dancing pros perform to \u201cKill the Lights\u201d by Whitney Myer, which was choreographed by Ray Leeper.<\/p>\n

Co-hosts Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough then welcomed the in-person audience and viewers at home, introducing judges Bruno Tonioli and Derek Hough and the contestants and their partners. Earlier in the day Carrie Ann Inaba shared that she wouldn’t be there<\/a> after falling ill.<\/p>\n

Each couple danced to the song that defined them. Heading into the scoring section, the judges noted that they could be surprised by the scores as they are just starting and have a long way to go. <\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a recap of what went down on the Season 34 \u201cDWTS\u201d premiere, including the dances <\/a>and scores of each couple. <\/p>\n

What Did Each Star Dance to and What Was Their Score?\u201cThe Secret Lives of Mormon Wives\u201d star Jen Affleck and partner Jan Ravnik<\/a> performed a salsa to \u201cNUEVAYoL\u201d by Bad Bunny \u2014\u00a0SCORE: 12\/20TV personality Hilaria Baldwin and partner Gleb Savchenko performed a cha cha to \u201cLet\u2019s Get Loud\u201d by Jennifer Lopez \u2014 SCORE: 14\/20Jordan Chiles and partner Ezra Sosa performed a salsa to \u201cBreak My Soul\u201d by Beyonc\u00e9\u2014 SCORE: 10\/20NBA All-Star Baron Davis and partner Britt Stewart performed a cha cha to \u201cU Can\u2019t Touch This\u201d by MC Hammer \u2014 SCORE: 10\/20Social media personality Alix Earle and partner Val Chmerkovskiy performed a cha cha to \u201cCircus\u201d by Britney Spears \u2014 SCORE: 13\/20Reality TV star Dylan Efron and partner Daniella Karagach performed a cha cha to \u201cMilkshake\u201d by Kelis \u2014 SCORE: 10\/20Actor Corey Feldman and partner Jenna Johnson performed a tango to \u201cIt\u2019s Still Rock & Roll To Me\u201d by Billy Joel \u2014 SCORE: 9\/20\u201cBoy Meets World\u201d star Danielle Fishel and partner Pasha Pashkov performed a tango to \u201cStronger (What Doesn\u2019t Kill You)\u201d by Kelly Clarkson \u2014 SCORE: 12\/20Actor Elaine Hendrix and partner Alan Bersten performed a cha cha to \u201cWoman\u201d by Kesha featuring The Dap-Kings Horns \u2014 SCORE: 12\/20\u201cPentatonix\u201d singer Scott Hoying and partner Rylee Arnold performed a tango to \u201cAbracadabra\u201d by Lady Gaga \u2014 SCORE: 10\/20Wildlife conservationist Robert Irwin and partner Witney Carson performed a jive to \u201cBorn To Be Wild\u201d by Steppenwolf \u2014 SCORE: 15\/20\u201cFifth Harmony\u201d singer Lauren Jauregui and partner Brandon Armstrong performed a tango to \u201cyes, and?\u201d by Ariana Grande \u2014 SCORE: 13\/20\u201cThe Secret Lives of Mormon Wives\u201d star Whitney Leavitt and partner Mark Ballas performed a tango to \u201cGolden\u201d from “K-Pop Demon Hunters\u201d \u2014 SCORE: 15\/20Comedian Andy Richter and partner Emma Slater performed a cha cha to \u201cHold On, I\u2019m Coming\u201d by Sam & Dave \u2014 SCORE: 9\/20Who Is At the Top of the Leaderboard?\"RobertRobert Irwin and Witney Carson.Andrew Eccles \/ Disney<\/p>\n

After the premiere episode, two couples were tied at the top. <\/p>\n

Robert Irwin and Witney Carson were the final duo to take the stage and received a 15 out of 20. <\/p>\n

\"WhitneyWhitney Leavitt and Mark Ballas.Andrew Eccles \/ Disney<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Secret Lives of Mormon Wives\u201d star Whitney Leavitt and partner Mark Ballas also received the same score. <\/p>\n

Was There An Elimination?<\/p>\n

No, there was not an elimination in the \u201cDWTS\u201d Season 34 premiere. <\/p>\n

However, there will be a double elimination next week. <\/p>\n

The live viewer votes will be combined with the judges’ scores from the first two weeks to determine which couples will be in jeopardy of elimination.<\/p>\n

How to Vote for the \u2018Dancing With the Stars\u2019 Contestants<\/p>\n

Viewers can head to the \u201cDancing With the Stars\u201d website<\/a> to vote for their favorite couple.<\/p>\n

People get up to 10 votes and can change and save their votes until the voting window closes during the live ET\/CT simulcast, shortly after the final competitive dance.<\/p>\n

People can also vote by SMS text message<\/a> during the live voting window each episode\/week. Voting by text cannot be changed and the first 10 only count. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cDancing with the Stars\u201d is officially back! The hit dancing competition show kicked off Season 34 with 14…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21047,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[146,85,46,411],"class_list":["post-21046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}