A few early favorites emerged during the Dancing with the Stars 8 premiere. But it doesn’t bode well when a former professional cheerleader with 48 hours to learn a routine ties for second in a field of stars who’ve been training for weeks.
Gilles Marini & Cheryl Burke — 24
Shawn Johnson & Mark Ballas — 23
Melissa Rycroft & Tony Dovolani — 23
Lil’ Kim & Derek Hough — 21
Chuck Wicks & Julianne Hough — 20
David Alan Grier & Kym Johnson — 19
Holly Madison & Dmitry Chaplin — 18
Denise Richards & Maksim Chmerkovskiy — 18
Belinda Carlisle & Jonathan Roberts — 17
Steve-O & Lacey Schwimmer — 17
Lawrence Taylor & Edyta Sliwinska — 16
Ty Murray & Chelsie Hightower — 14
Steve Wozniak & Karina Smirnoff — 13
What did you think of tonight’s DwtS 8 debut? Besides high-scoring Gilles Marini, who impressed you?