It was "My Jam Monday" on the second week of "Dancing with the Stars" season 19, and the show started off with high anticipation from both the judges and the audience. With the contestants having been given the freedom to choose any music they wanted, there was no predicting what would happen on center stage.
Last week, Sadie Robertson and dance partner Mark Ballas were the favorites, but they were called in this week as candidates for elimination, along with two other pairs: Michael Waltrip and Emma Slater; and Tavis Smiley and Sharna Burgess.
Robertson and Ballas did a Jazz number to the tune of "She's Country" by Jason Aldeean, and they received 31 out of 40 from the judges. According to Ballas, it was not easy doing the choreography for a Jazz number set to country music. He did pull it off, but their score wasn't at par with what they garnered the previous week.
Waltrip and Slater did a Samba routine to Lee Brice's "Girls in Bikinis" and received 24 out of 40, while Smiley and Burgess received 28 out of 40 for dancing Cha Cha to Earth, Wind & Fire's "Boogie Wonderland."
In the end, it was talk show host Tavis Smiley and his partner Sharna Burgess who were eliminated.
The pair who got the highest score of 35 from the judges this week was Lea Thompson-Artem Chigvintsev, who did the Jive to Wilson Pickett's "Land of a Thousand Dances."
For the third week of the competition, the 11 remaining pairs will dance to music from their favorite movies. ABC announced:
It's about to get even more glamorous in the ballroom as Dancing with the Stars hosts Movie Night MONDAY 8|7c on ABC! In a tribute to Tinseltown, the 11 remaining couples will dance to songs from their favorite movies to compete for the judges' scores and, of course, your votes."
Actor and comedian Kevin Hart will be a guest judge, and will be joining Carrie Ann Inaba, Julianne Hough, and Bruno Tonioli in giving out scores.
"Dancing with the Stars" season 19 airs on ABC every Monday at 8 p.m. ET.
