'Dancing With the Stars' Season 20: Week 2 Recap, First Celebrity Eliminated
The second week of "Dancing with the Stars" had the celebrities choose the songs for their performances as the theme of the week was "My Jam Monday." Some of the couples who turned in a lackluster performance last week redeemed themselves this time around as a few pairs who were at the bottom of the leaderboard last week advanced, but one celebrity was sent home.
Here is a recap of the performances and scores for week 2 of "Dancing With the Stars':
Rumer Willis and Val Chmerkovskiy
Dance: Cha-Cha
Score: 32 (out of 40)
The pair's cha-cha to Adele's "Rumor Has It" earned a lot of applause from the audience and praise from the judges. Julianne Hough said that it was a "powerhouse performance" and that Willis' legs were "super sharp and super quick", while Carrie Ann Inaba praised the choreography.
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Willow Shields and Mark Ballas
Dance: Argentine Tango
Score: 32
Their tango to Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" was fiery and spirited that it surprised Shields too. "I can't believe I did that!" said the 14-year old. "You showed maturity in your dance," said Len Goodman. "You came out here with such intensity!" added Hough.
Robert Herjavec and Kym Johnson
Dance: Foxtrot
Score: 28
Herjavec addressed the dating rumors about him and his dance partner as he said, "I'm not sure either of us really pay attention to any of that stuff!" Their dance was a hit with the judges as Inaba told them, "You guys are like a fairy tale!"
Chris Soules and Witney Carson
Dance: Cha-Cha
Score: 21
The rehearsal footage showed Soules having some trouble mastering the choreography. "You got your feet stuck in a jam," noted Bruno Tonioli. "That was some pretty intricate choreography for the second week," said Hough.
Nastia Liukin and Derek Hough
Dance: Rumba
Score: 34
Their rumba to Ed Sheeran's "Thinking Out Loud" was praised by Julianne Hough as she said, "That was beautifully executed." Inaba added, "The quality of motion was spectacular … you just took yourself to a whole other level." Their dance earned them the first straight 9s of the competition, placing them on top of the leaderboard this week.
Noah Galloway and Sharna Burgess
Dance: Samba
Score: 27
The pair's cowboy-themed Samba to "Homegrown Honey" prompted Inaba to say, "What's so impressive is the way you know how to manipulate energy and flow. You guys are a wonderful team and that was a great execution."
Patti LaBelle and Artem Chigventsev
Dance: Salsa
Score: 28
Though LaBelle sustained a knee injury, her salsa to "In Da Club" made Tonioli compare her dancing to Cookie on the show "Empire." "You sing with soul and you dance with soul," said Goodman.
Charlotte McKinney and Keo Motsepe
Dance: Cha-Cha
Score: 26
This week, the model and her partner showed an improvement over last week's performance as they danced to "California Girls". Hough said, "I feel like there is so much within you and so much potential that we haven't quite seen yet."
Michael Sam and Peta Murgatroyd
Dance: Foxtrot
Score: 28
Their foxtrot to "Workin' My Way Back to You Babe" was compared by Hough to a "Broadway performance" and Inaba told Sam, "This week, you are in the game!"
Redfoo and Emma Slater
Dance: Jive
Score: 31
Redfoo impressed the judges with his jive to "My Sharona", and Tonioli said "you went from running on empty to running on plenty" while Inaba told the pair that they were "in the zone."
Suzanne Somers and Tony Dovolani
Dance: Jive
Score: 28
"What I loved was the spring in your step!" said Inaba of their jive. Somers got emotional after their dance as she said, "I just want all the women out there who are my age to know it's not about your age. It's about your energy."
Riker Lynch and Allison Holker
Dance: Foxtrot
Score: 32
The pair's dance to Maroon 5's "Sugar" earned them second place on the leaderboard, tying with Willis and Shields. Tonioli praised Lynch's dancing style, calling it "so hip and so now" while Inaba said that "everything was so elegant.
In the end, Redfoo and Slater were eliminated, and the studio audience were stunned and clearly disagreed with the results.
"I'm just happy that I got the chance to dance and I did my best," said Redfoo. "I think Emma is the best and I wanted to be there for her."
"Dancing With the Stars" airs on Mondays at 8 p.m. on ABC.
