Dancing with the Stars Recap: Elimination Night #4

Last night on Dancing with the Stars, the judges invited back their first couple of the season for an encore and, of course, they chose Gilles and Cheryl, the first couple to receive a perfect score, and very early in the season.

Since two couples were going home this week, there was no dance off, just the pressure of the bottom three, instead of two.

The first safe couple, “no surprise here” said Tom Bergeron, “Gilles and Cheryl.” Joining them, Lawrence and Edtya.

The first couple in the bottom also wasn’t a surprise, Holly and Dmitry.

Before the fate of the other couples is announced, Kevin Rudolph took the stage to perform “Let it Rock.” There was something really disconcerting about hearing Tom saying, “Give it up for Kevin Rudolph.”

Shawn and Mark are the next safe couple, followed by Chuck and Julianne, leaving Steve-O and Lacey in the bottom three.

Boys II Men took the stage next with a Motown medley, which kind of disappointed us. We’d rather hear a B2M medley with some “Motown Philly” mixed with “It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday," finished off with good ol’ “I’ll Make Love to You.” Just when we were giving up hope, they busted out “End of the Road” and that made our night!

The next safe couple was Li’l Kim and Derek, followed by Melissa and Tony, Ty and Chelsie and finally David and Kym, leaving Steve and Karina in the bottom three.

And the two couples sent home on Dancing with the Stars this week…

Holly and Dmitry and Steve and Karina.

Steve-O lives to dance another day.

Until next week…

—Sasha Perl-Raver