David Alan Grier

This week on Dancing with the Stars, it was time to tackle the Paso Doble and the Viennese Waltz.

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.

Facing this week’s double elimination, everyone pushed extra hard with two new dances, the Lindy Hop and the Argentine Tango.

David and Kym were first to perform the Lindy Hop, a perfect dance for David and all his ADD energy. He even threw in a cartwheel. “It had fun, it had energy, occasionally you lost the rhythm,” Len conceded. “The footwork…is something you could work on,” Bruno agreed. “I loved it, I thought it was great,” Carrie Ann countered. The judges give them 22 points.

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Denise and Maks started the show with a Samba that was just sad. Denise looked graceless, confused and lost. Len felt they needed "more Latin kick." "That was so flat and full of holes" Bruno chided. "We're going backwards." "I'm gonna have to go with Bruno" Carrie Ann agreed. Two fives and a six give them 16 points.

Last night, Dancing with the Stars returned with new pros, including Chelsie Hightower, who we loved on So You Think You Can Dance, new stars and a whirlwind of excitement surrounding the new season…that is, unless you were Karina, who looked miserable and defeated from the moment the show started. We don’t need to see Steve Wozniak dance to know they're destined for the bottom two. He’s a big old white dude. They always land in the bottom two. 

The Dancing with the Stars couples have been unveiled and they are:

Super lucky Lil’ Kim and our man Derek Hough (swoon).

A cozy-looking real-life couple Chuck Wicks and Julianne Hough.

Cougar-licious Belinda Carlisle and Jonathan Roberts.

David Alan Grier spotting awful Don Juan de Marco facial hair and Kym Johnson.

Bizarrely well-suited Steve-O and Lacey Schwimmer.

Denise Richards (yuck) and Maksim Chmerkovskiy (why are we the only one who finds him totally groody?).

Sure-thing Shawn Johnson and Mark Ballas.

Apparently ABC got sick of people spoiling their big cast reveal for Dancing with the Stars (sorry about that, ABC) and decided to start announcing their line up before it’s fully finalized.

The season eight cast was unveiled during commercial breaks in ABC’s Sunday night primetime lineup, starting with Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and continuing through Desperate Housewives and Brothers and Sisters.