The September 16 episode of Dancing With the Stars was all about the ladies! After the Season 35 guys took the floor for Night 1 of the premiere on September 15 (which resulted in Conner Leavitt‘s elimination), it was time for the girls to give it a go.
Throughout the episode, the eight female celebs and their pro partners will take the floor to dance to songs that hit No. 1 the year they were born. They’ll receive scores from the judges, which will be combined with viewer votes to determine who will be eliminated at the very end of the two-hour episode.
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Tatyana Ali & Jan Ravnik — 12/30
Tatyana Ali, who played host Alfonso Ribeiro‘s sister on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, hit the floor first with partner Jan Ravnik. Their first dance style was the jive, and unfortunately there was a bit of a misstep at the beginning that Ali never fully recovered from.
Carrie Ann Inaba weighed in first and reminded everyone that the judges might be scoring low to leave room for growth. “That was a bit of a rough start,” she admitted. “It threw you off. You got off timing and I think you had a hard time recovering. But there’s a fierce fire brewing under you and you’re a powerful woman!”
Derek Hough called Ali a “ball of fire,” but did point out her flat feet and the mistakes she made. Bruno Tonioli added, “You gave me a little bit of sass, you have the sparkle, you just need to keep it going throughout the dance.”
With 4s from the three judges, Ali finished with a 12/30.
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Dancing With the Stars, Season 35, Tuesdays, 8/7c, ABC and Disney+