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Season 33 of Dancing with the Stars has shimmied its way onto screens, welcoming a new cast of celebrity contestants ready to put their skills to the test for a chance to win the coveted Mirrorball trophy.

The popular dance competition series – the American version of the UK’s Strictly Come Dancing – has welcomed back Julianne Hough and Alfonso Ribiero as co-hosts.

Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli, and Hough’s older brother, Derek Hough, have returned to judge the competition.

Among the star-studded lineup competing this season are former NBA player Dwight Howard, Bachelor franchise stars Joey Graziadei and Jenn Tran, Olympians Ilona Maher and Stephen Nedoroscik, and Family Matters and Die Hard actor Reggie VelJohnson.

Find out below which celebrity’s dance moves didn’t make the cut. This article will be updated weekly.

DWTS airs Tuesdays on ABC at 8pm, with episodes available to stream on Hulu the next day.

Week Two: Oscars Night, Double Elimination

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Anna Delvey

Controversial addition convicted fraudster Anna Delvey was one of two eliminations on the show’s first round of cuts.

For her final performance, she and her professional partner Ezra Sousa danced the Quickstep to “Suddenly I See” from the 2006 comedy Devil Wears Prada.

Following her elimination, Delvey was asked by host Hough what she would be taking away from her time on the show.

“Nothing,” the Russian-born con artist bluntly replied.

Tori Spelling

Beverly Hills, 90210 star Tori Spelling was also eliminated. She and her dance partner Pasha Pashov performed the Rumba to “This Is Me” from The Greatest Showman for their final routine.

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Reacting to her elimination, Spelling told ExtraTV that she was “sad.”

“I feel like I just started my journey, and I was changing so much and really finding myself through this,” the actor said. “I have an amazing [dancing] partner and now friend in life. I’ll be sad. We all got close, really fast. And you hear that happens, but you’re all thrown into this very unique situation in a short amount of time. So I’ll miss my dance family, and I’ll miss dancing with my partner every day.”

Week Four: Hair Metal Night, Double Elimination

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Eric Roberts

After four weeks of receiving some of the lowest scores this season, actor Eric Roberts was given the boot in the second round of double eliminations. Partnered with Britt Stewart, the actor and older brother of Hollywood star Julia Roberts danced the Paso Doble to Warrant’s “Cherry Pie” for his final performance.

Speaking to TV Insider post-elimination, Roberts shared that he’s going to miss Stewart, the crew and the show. “There’s a crew of over 200 people here, and they make you feel like family,” he said. “You fall in love with the show, your partner, everyone here is so kind and so aware.”

Reginald VelJohnson

The oldest cast member this season, Reginald VelJohnson, was also eliminated alongside Roberts.

During his final dance, the Family Matters alum gave a stiff performance of the Cha Cha to “I Wanna Rock” by the Twisted Sisters with his partner Emma Slater.

Week Five: Dedication Night, Elimination

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Brooks Nader

The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model was eliminated during the halfway point of the season with her partner, Gleb Savchenko.

During her final dance, she was with her three younger sisters to whom she dedicated her salsa to. “It’s been amazing and we had so much fun,” she told the show’s co-hosts, Ribeiro and Hough, following her elimination. Savchenko gushed over the model and his time with her as he said, “I want to thank you for an amazing season, it was so unexpected. I had a blast working with you. You are super talented and I love you.”

STRICTLY Come Dancing’s Paul Merson has lashed out at show bosses for giving him multiple ‘joke’ dances.

The former England player, 56, made a series of subtle digs about his routines when discussing his Strictly journey so far.

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Last week, Paul was finally given a ballroom dance with his pro partner Karen Hauer and they achieved their highest score yet.

But they had previously performed to football anthem Vindaloo, danced around a fake barbecue to Pitball’s Fireball and ridden giant plastic horses.

However, within minutes of making his feelings known, it was revealed Paul and Karen are dancing a Salsa to the disco track Car Wash this weekend – and fans are not happy.

Paul was asked about his time on Strictly during Wednesday’s episode of spin-off show Strictly: It Takes Two.

Host Janette Manrara asked the Arsenal legend ‘what it meant to him’ to achieve his highest score yet with a ballroom quickstep.

Speaking via video link, Paul replied: “It was amazing just to get a nice dance.

“Obviously a barbecue and Vindaloo and Football’s Coming Home and looking like someone who works on a ship… yeah, it was nice to dance.

“I thought Karen deserved that as well, to be fair to her.”

In a second swipe, the dad-of-three continued: “I felt more comfortable. It was just nice.

“When I first took up the chance to come on the show, this was what I thought it would be roughly. Do you know what I mean?

“It was nice to get one of those dances in. Before, I just thought of Fred Astaire and I couldn’t see him dancing to Vindaloo.”

Janette asked him: “So you feel like you’ve got your proper whole Strictly experience under your belt now?”

But in a third swipe, he shot back: “Now it’s back to reality again this week.”

Even Karen appeared to echo Paul’s feelings, saying: “It’s what Strictly’s about. When you have your top hat, you have your beautiful glamorous dresses.

“This is what people tune in at times to see.”

It was then revealed Paul and Karen are dancing a Samba to the 1976 disco track Car Wash, by US soul and RnB band Rose Royce.

Having watched Paul’s interview, fans immediately shared their frustration at him being given another “joke” dance.

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Writing on X, formerly known as Twitter, one raged: “It makes me annoyed to see Paul & Karen talking about how much he loved being Fred Astaire during the quickstep and that’s what he always expected #strictly to be, not the silly stuff.

“And then this week they have a samba to Car Wash, back to being the joke again.”

A second added: “The whole vibe of this interview has been ‘ooh yeah it’s great doing proper ballroom’, I’m so cross they’re now making Paul do the samba.”

Another agreed: “He’s quite right….They need to stop all theses stupid dances they give to ex sports people.

“It’s embarrassing and never works properly. Paul’s dance was far better with the correct music and outfit.”

And someone else begged: “#Strictly Please listen to Paul and Karen! The expectation when signing up was to learn to dance, with all the associated elegance, not silly songs and silly themes.”

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The ex-husband of Real Housewives of New Jersey alum Dina Manzo was sentenced to seven years in prison for hiring a reputed mobster to assault her then-boyfriend, David Cantin.

Thomas Manzo, 59, was sentenced on Tuesday (October 15) after being convicted in June of conspiracy, falsifying and concealing documents, and committing a violent crime in aid of racketeering activity. According to a press release issued by the US Attorney’s Office in the District of New Jersey, Manzo hired John Perna, “a soldier in the Lucchese Crime Family,” to commit the July 2015 attack, in which Cantin was beaten with a weapon.

Federal posecutors stated that Manzo, a co-owner of The Brownstone catering hall in Paterson, New Jersey, gifted Perna a free wedding reception in exchange for the assault. The Perna wedding was held in August 2015, one month after the attack. Four years later, Manzo concealed and falsified documents related to the Perna wedding in response to a grand jury subpoena, according to the press release.

“Whether you’re actually in the Mafia or not, hiring the mob to assault someone because of your marital problems is abhorrent. Covering up the role you played only makes it worse,” US Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said in a statement. “The jury’s verdict, and today’s sentence, make clear that this office will spare no resources to hold accountable anyone who commits such crimes.”

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In addition to the seven-year prison sentence, Manzo will also have to serve three years of supervised release once he’s freed under the sentence imposed by US District Judge Susan Wigenton. Meanwhile, Perna pleaded guilty in December 2020 to committing a violent crime in aid of racketeering activity and received a two-and-a-half-year sentence. He was freed in August 2023.

Dina Manzo, now Dina Cantin, was an original cast member on Bravo’s The Real Housewives of New Jersey. She appeared on the first two seasons of the reality show beginning in 2009. She made a brief cameo in season four, before returning as a full-time cast member for the sixth season. Dina departed the series in 2015 after relocating to California.

Dina and Thomas were married from 2007 to 2012. Their divorce was finalized in 2016.

She married David Cantin in 2017.

Additional reporting from AP