“Dancing With the Stars” has said goodbye to its first female celebrity.
“Love Thy Nader” star Sarah Jane Nader and her pro partner, Hailey Bills, were eliminated at the end of Wednesday night’s show — the second of a two-night Season 35 premiere event.
The elimination occurred after co-hosts Julianne Hough and Alfonso Ribeiro revealed two other couples in danger of going home: “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” alum Tatyana Ali and partner Jan Ravnik, and celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis and partner Alan Bersten.
Nader earned a score of 14/30 for her and Bills’ Jive to Avril Lavigne’s “Sk8er Boi” during “Premiere: Night Two,” which saw all the female celebrities performing a No. 1 song from the year they were born.
“The Traitors” alum Maura Higgins and her partner, Mark Ballas, landed themselves at the top of the night’s leaderboard, earning a 21/30 for their Foxtrot to Alannah Myles’ “Black Velvet.”
Elsewhere during Wednesday’s episode, “Save the Last Dance” actress Julia Stiles and her partner, Ezra Sosa, scored a 18/30 for their Quickstep to Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5” — a memorable tribute to the country icon, who died last month at the age of 80 following a brief battle with cancer.
“Step Up” actress Jenna Dewan and her partner, Val Chmerkovskiy, earned a 19/30 for their Tango to Blondie’s “Call Me,” while Olympic gold medalist Amber Glenn and her partner, Pasha Pashkov, received 18/30 for their Cha Cha to “Smooth” by Santana feat. Rob Thomas.
De Laurentiis — who suffered from a gnarly “busted” toe injury during rehearsals — and Bersten received a 16/30 for their Tango to Shocking Blue’s “Venus,” while “Summer House” star Ciara Miller and her partner, Brandon Armstrong, garnered a 15/30 for their Foxtrot to Whitney Houston’s “Exhale (Shoop Shoop).”
Meanwhile, Ali and Ravnik found themselves at the bottom of the night’s leaderboard, receiving a total score of 12/30 for their Jive to Amii Stewart’s “Knock on Wood.”
The previous night, when the men took to the ballroom to dance to a chart-topper from their birth year, “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” star Conner Leavitt and his pro partner, “DWTS: The Next Pro” winner Adele Zaikman, were sent packing.
After he was voted off, Leavitt’s wife, Whitney, said she was “f–king proud” of him in a social media post. “I hope you never let this ending take away from what you just did,” she added.
“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” star Guillermo Rodriguez (with partner Witney Carson) and comedian Connor Wood (with partner Rylee Arnold) also found themselves in danger of elimination.
On the flip side, “Glee” alum Harry Shum Jr. and his partner, Jenna Johnson, snagged the top score of the night, earning a 21/30 for their Cha Cha to Earth, Wind & Fire’s “Let’s Groove.”
Following this week’s two-night premiere event, new episodes of “DWTS” will air Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and Disney+, and will stream on Hulu the following day.
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