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'Dancing with the Stars' Season 35: See Who Is Eliminated

The premiere split 16 couples across two nights and ended with Conner Leavitt and Adele Zaikman eliminated after voting issues limited ballots to texts.

  • On Tuesday, September 15, 2026, Season 35 of "Dancing with the Stars" premiered with male celebrities, resulting in Conner Leavitt and professional partner Adele Zaikman becoming the first contestants eliminated after judges' scores and viewer text votes were combined.
  • Technical glitches on the ABC website forced producers to discard all online votes, leaving the show to rely exclusively on text message voting for the evening's results.
  • Actor Harry Shum Jr. and partner Jenna Johnson topped the leaderboard with 21 out of 30 points, while Guillermo Rodriguez and partner Witney Carson finished at the bottom with 10 out of 30 despite judges praising Rodriguez's entertainment value.
  • The two-night premiere continues Wednesday, September 16, 2026, with the female celebrity lineup taking to the ballroom floor, where another contestant pair will be eliminated that evening.
  • Sixteen couples are competing this season for the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy, with the show airing Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and Disney+; episodes stream on Hulu the following day.
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‘Dancing With the Stars’ Continues Season 35 Premiere Spotlighting the Female Celebrities: See the Scores, Who Went Home (Updating Live)

Closing out the two-night premiere, which kicked off on Tuesday, Sept. 15, the female stars will perform a dance to a No. 1 song from the year they were born.

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Dancing With the Stars Premiere Recap: Back to the Ballroom

We’re back in the ballroom with a concentrated dose of millennial nostalgia that is enough to distract from that fact that some of the contestants have dancing backgrounds.

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Conner Leavitt Becomes First Elimination of ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Season 35

Conner Leavitt and partner Adele Zaikman became the first elimination of "Dancing With the Stars" Season 35, with the show's second episode airing Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and Disney+.

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'DWTS' sees skyrocket in night 1 votes, despite online voting crash

"Dancing with the Stars" Season 35 saw its first elimination last night. Here's who went home, the scores and when part 2 of the premiere airs.

·Pensacola, United States
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Who was eliminated from Dancing with the Stars last night?

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'Dancing with the Stars' season 35 premiere brings 8 dances, lots of nostalgia and 1st elimination

The ballroom is back for season 35 of "Dancing with the Stars!" Round one saw eight male stars compete, but only seven will dance another week.

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