{"id":849371,"date":"2026-09-16T04:20:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T04:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/849371\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T04:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T04:20:12","slug":"dwts-season-35-premiere-night-1-male-celebs-all-scores-elimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/849371\/","title":{"rendered":"DWTS Season 35 Premiere Night 1 Male Celebs: All Scores, Elimination"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t[This story contains spoilers from the season 35 premiere<\/a> of Dancing With the Stars.]<\/p>\n

\n\tDancing With the Stars is finally back for season 35<\/a>, and the festivities for the new season have kicked off with a special two-night premiere.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs previously announced, the premiere episodes are split by gender, with the slate of eight male celebrities performing on Tuesday night, as the eight women celebrities will follow on Wednesday night. With a cast of 16 competing couples<\/a>, the split premiere will ensure each celebrity and their professional dance partner<\/a> get time to shine during the season 35 premiere.<\/p>\n

\n\tComing off a dynamic, Emmy-nominated<\/a> 34th season, the cast is full of reality stars, Olympians and (ABC<\/a>) television stars a plenty. For both nights, the celebrities will dance to a No. 1 song from the year they were born, and yes, someone will be eliminated. <\/p>\n

\n\tCompeting on Tuesday night were The Bachelorette alum Tyler Cameron; Paralympic gold medalist Ezra Frech; \u201cHanson\u201d band member Taylor Hanson; Secret Lives of Mormon Wives\u2018 star Whitney Leavitt\u2019s husband Conner Leavitt; Savannah Bananas baseball star Jackson Olson; Jimmy Kimmel Live! star Guillermo Rodriguez; Grey\u2019s Anatomy actor Harry Shum Jr.; and influencer\/comedian Connor Wood.<\/p>\n

\n\tAt the end of the Tuesday\u2019s premiere, Conner Leavitt was eliminated from DWTS. He was partnered with Adele Zaikman<\/a>, the first-ever winner of Dancing With the Stars: The Next Pro<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter the second dance of the night, performed by Tyler and Sharna Burgess, host Julianne Hough revealed that voting was down on ABC\u2019s website, and that viewers should send in their votes via text. Alfonso Ribeiro announced after Conner\u2019s performance that website voting was still down, and the show was only accepting votes via text for Tuesday night\u2019s premiere. <\/p>\n

\n\tDuring Tyler\u2019s critiques, Derek Hough mistakenly called him Dylan. Despite the name mishap from the judge, Tyler was the early leader of the night, scoring a 17\/30. However, Ezra took over that lead, earning the first two sevens from the judges, bringing his total to 20\/30. The final dance of the night, performed by Harry and Jenna Johnson, ended up being the highest score of the night; the Grey\u2019s Anatomy actor earned all three sevens from the judges, landing at 21\/30.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThat was one of the coolest moments of my life,\u201d Ezra told The Hollywood Reporter after the premiere. Harry also reflected on earning the night\u2019s highest score, saying that \u201cit felt great,\u201d also given his past dance experience was highlighted by the judges.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe technique and all that, you work hard on, and I worked really hard, like countless hours in the mirror, putting weights on my arms and on my wrists and she saw I brought it in just to kind of like really make it feel like it\u2019s natural,\u201d he said, as his partner Jenna Johnson added, \u201cHis dedication is next level, you guys.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHarry added, \u201cI really feel so honored to be able to have this privilege to try [dance] on this level with someone like Jenna who can actually correct me properly. I\u2019m ready for this teacher student moment to keep going.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tGuillermo told THR he was \u201cfeeling great\u201d after his first dance, and that he was looking forward to the second week. Of the praise he received from the audience on premiere night, the Jimmy Kimmel Live! star said, \u201cI was so happy when I saw everybody going crazy. I was like, Oh my God, thank God! And thank to all the fans, and keep voting for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe rest of the cast<\/a> competing on Wednesday night includes The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air star Tatyana Ali; celebrity chef and Food Network host Giada De Laurentiis; The Rookie and Step Up star Jenna Dewan; Olympic gold medalist Amber Glenn; reality star (Love Island, The Traitors) Maura Higgins; Summer House star Ciara Miller; Love Thy Nader reality star Sarah Jane Nader; and 10 Things I Hate About You actress Julia Stiles.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe couple with the lowest combined total of judges\u2019 scores and viewer votes is eliminated at the end of each DWTS episode. Live voting takes place during the East Coast airing of each show and ends shortly after the final performance is completed; that means if you\u2019re a West Coast viewer and want to vote for your favorite couple, you must do so between 5 p.m. PT to roughly 6:45 p.m. PT, as voting ends after the final performance.<\/p>\n

\n\tSee the full list of scores for the first premiere episode of DWTS season 35, featuring only performances from the male celebrities, below.<\/p>\n

\n\tJackson Olson and Emma Slater: 15\/30
Tyler Cameron and Sharna Burgess: 17\/30
Conner Leavitt and Adele Zaikman: 12\/30 (ELIMINATED)
Guillermo Rodriguez and Witney Carson: 10\/30
Ezra Frech and Daniella Karagach: 20\/30
Connor Wood and Rylee Arnold: 16\/30
Taylor Hanson and Britt Stewart: 16\/30
Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Johnson: 21\/30<\/p>\n

\n\tSeason 35 of Dancing With the Stars premieres on Tuesday and Wednesday at 8 p.m., simulcasting across ABC and Disney+, and streaming the next day on Hulu. Check out all of The Hollywood Reporter\u2018s DWTS coverage here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[This story contains spoilers from the season 35 premiere of Dancing With the Stars.] Dancing With the Stars…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":849372,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1855,16621,326769,88,604,13285],"class_list":["post-849371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-abc","tag-dancing-with-the-stars","tag-dancing-with-the-stars-the-next-pro","tag-entertainment","tag-reality-tv","tag-the-secret-lives-of-mormon-wives"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=849371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/849372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=849371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=849371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=849371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}