Dancing with the Stars premiere night 2 live updates: Recap of last night’s dances and first elimination
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Key Points:
- Season 35 of Dancing With the Stars began with technical issues that led ABC to discard all online votes from night one, counting only text message votes for the first elimination.
- Conner Leavitt and Adele Zaikman were the first couple eliminated after receiving low judges' scores and insufficient viewer votes despite the voting glitch.
- Top performances on night one included Ezra Frech and Daniella Karagach’s tango scoring 20/30, and Harry Shum Jr. and Jenna Johnson’s cha-cha earning the highest score of 21/30.
- The second night of the premiere features the women and their professional partners dancing to chart-topping songs from their birth years, airing at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and Disney+.
- The voting process for the season allows fans to vote online and via SMS during live broadcasts, with a maximum of 20 votes per couple (10 online and 10 text).
