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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.”

Week 6: Disney Night, Elimination

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Phaedra Parks

For her final solo dance, reality star Phaedra Parks and her partner Val Chmerkovskiy danced the Jazz to “Cruella de Vil” from 101 Dalmations.

Following their solo routine, they teamed up with half of the cast to compete on Team Roar, where they danced to “I Just Can’t Wait to Be King” from The Lion King.

By the end of the episode, the Real Housewives of Atlanta star’s combined solo and team score put her at the bottom of the leader board, and she was ultimately eliminated.

Speaking to co-hosts Ribeiro and Hough after her elimination, she said: “Val’s been the best coach ever. I wanted to thank him for being patient and for allowing me to explore dance.”

STRICTLY Come Dancing head judge Shirley Ballas has slammed fans over accusing the judges of overmarking Wynne Evans and Katya Jones in the ballroom.

Wynne and Katya were the penultimate performers of the night, dancing a Quickstep to Mr Blue Sky by ELO.

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The judges were full of praise for the opera singer’s fun bird-pooping routine, but viewers were not so impressed.

The routine featured Wynne getting paint on his brightly coloured outfit after sitting on a freshly painted bench.

He ended up with tissue stuck to his shoe and bird mess on his head in the final moments.

Fans were infuriated by the over-generous scoring as he ended up with 33 points and bagging two nines.

People took to social media to express that he had been overmarked – and not for the first time.

We asked Shirley on the Pride of Britain red carpet about the claims.

The head judge told us exclusively: “It was an outstanding dance.

“I appreciate everyone’s opinion and when they’ve been in the studio as many years as I have, 55 years, I will listen to what they say.

“Until then, I will keep doing my thing and what I believe in.

“He was amazing!”

The duo beat off the likes of Sarah Hadland and Vito Coppola, and Shayne Ward and Nancy Xu, and found themselves sitting comfortably 5th on the leaderboard.

Taking to X – formerly Twitter – one wrote: “9s for Wynne is INSANE… why do they overmark him EVERY week.”

Another added: “I must be really missing something with Wynne because I think he’s always overmarked. He’s a lovely guy and he’s doing really well but a 9? Same as Tasha? Sarah? There’s no comparison for me but hey ho.”

A third tweeted: “Wynne was completely over marked. Good old Strictly stitch up as usual.”

Meanwhile some viewers felt the judges had been told to score Wynne and Katya highly on purpose to keep them in after the past furore.

One wrote: “9???? F*** off. Guess who @bbcstrictly are stacking the decks for. Ain’t gonna happen now. Wynne Evans needs to be gone.”

Controversy began after pro partner Katya was seen live on TV physically removing the Welsh opera singer’s hand from her waist.

She was seen moving Wynne’s hand away and snubbing his effort to high-five her.

The BBC’s welfare team got involved following the incident.

Katya later confirmed that she had not felt uncomfortable and no further action was taken.

Olympian Sam performed a Quickstep to Natasha Bedingfield’s Unwritten alongside pro partner Nikita Kuzmin.

The pair were supported by fans after something “went wrong” during the live show and cruelly undermarked by the judges.

Sam and Nikita earned 26 out of 40 from the judges, which didn’t go down well with fans.

Punam Krishan and Gorka Márquez only bagged 21 points and ended up at the bottom of the leaderboard.

Paul Merson became the fourth celebrity to be eliminated from the 20th series of the competition.

The former footballer failed to impress the judges in the dance-off against JLS star JB Gill and his dance partner Amy Dowden.

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I was expecting to like Rivals, Disney+’s new steamy eight-episode adaptation of the classic Jilly Cooper novel. With Eighties hairstyles and soundtrack, an all-star cast and more bonking than you can shake a stick (or, should I say, “rock-hard member”) at, what’s not to like? What I definitely wasn’t expecting, however, was to find myself swooning over Danny Dyer. But swoon I did.

In a completely unprecedented turn of events, it was the ex-EastEnders actor – amid an ensemble cast stuffed full of thinking women’s crumpets – who set pulses racing in the role of straight-talking, salt-of-the-earth, boy-dun-good tech magnate Freddie Jones.

Forget David Tennant (the dastardly Lord Baddingham), Aidan Turner (the tenacious rottweiler of a journalist Declan O’Hara) and Alex Hassell (cartoonishly sexy rake Rupert Campbell-Black) – Dyer’s gruff brand of charm sparked a thousand WhatsApp chats as the nation succumbed to what can only be described as “Freddie Fever”.

“It’s all I’m talking to people about,” one friend messaged me frantically over the weekend. “The quiet love and respect of Danny Dyer and how wholesome that is. We don’t want bad boys; we just want Danny Dyer! (Also DD is everyone’s w*** fantasy now).” I never thought I’d be reading these words, let alone agreeing with them. But credit where credit’s due.

“I love a ladder – stairway to heaven and all that,” he mutters at one point to sexually frustrated romance novelist Lizzie Vereker, played by Katherine Parkinson, in reference to the ladder in her tights. “Have you got any idea how f***ing beautiful you are?” he says at another. Her vapid fop of a husband, James Vereker (Oliver Chris), is too busy preening and presenting a daytime TV show to perform his marital duties. At Freddie’s words, she melts; we all melt with her.

Dyer and Parkinson are an unlikely pairing – one whose languid, simmering journey towards infidelity sounds, on paper, like the least sexy thing about a show bursting at the seams with adultery, betrayal and naked tennis matches. Why would anyone be on the edge of their seat to find out whether a man frequently typecast as hooligans and criminals and a character actor best known for her role as Jen Barber in The IT Crowd are going to finally rip each other’s clothes off? Yet their understated subplot (well, understated for a show in which the opening scene consists of Campbell-Black renewing his mile-high club membership) is the heart of the entire series. It’s the believable backbone, providing a much-needed injection of emotional investment that grounds the rest of this hugely entertaining shag-fest in something approaching reality.

Their slow-burn romance is perhaps so beguiling because it is slow, set in a fictional Cotswolds world where people need do no more than glance at each other before dropping trow and getting down and dirty. If desire is all about wanting and not having, then Freddie and Lizzie are its epitome; they find themselves first thrown and then drawn together at shoots and dinners and garden parties, creating a two-person bubble of warmth and intimacy whenever they meet before it’s abruptly popped by one of their deeply unlikeable spouses.

In spite – or perhaps because – of being rooted in simplicity, this dynamic is several hundred degrees hotter than Lord Baddingham’s torrid affair or Campbell-Black’s fast-paced bed-hopping. Freddie and Lizzie bond over their shared love of sweet treats, secretly snaffling a bar of Cadbury’s or a piece of fruitcake in defiance of their partners’ enforced diets; they giggle like school children while hiding in a train toilet to avoid paying for a first-class ticket. No innuendos or cheesy chat-up lines necessary – their admiration for one another is straightforward and no-frills, the Ryanair equivalent of saucy dialogue. Yet the sexiest line of the whole show comes courtesy of Freddie after he gallantly rescues some pages from Lizzie’s work-in-progress novel that she accidentally leaves on the train.

“I hope you don’t mind, I read your chapters,” he says upon dropping them back to her. “They were brilliant… And sexy. Like you.” Like I said: swoon.

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Hats off to whoever was responsible for casting. It takes real vision to see the potential of Dyer, in particular, to become the romantic hero we never knew we needed (though past viral clips airing his political views and an unlikely friendship with the late, great playwright Harold Pinter have long been testament to the fact that there’s much more to him than the hardman, cockney wide-boy image). There’s a beautiful stillness in both performances, with Dyer and Parkinson playing the gentle build-up just right, the very ordinariness of their longing making it all the hornier. While other characters flirt so brazenly that they should, by rights, burst into flames on the spot, Freddie and Lizzie convey overwhelming tenderness with just a look or a smile; their pauses say as much as the words they frame. We knew Parkinson had this in her locker, but Dyer? The master of nuance? It’s as shocking as it is tantalising.

Both actors are in their forties; both have refreshingly normal-looking bodies to match. And perhaps that’s the lesson in all of this: that underneath the gloss and the glamour, six-packs and DD cleavages, caricature baddies and virginal innocents, the hottest thing in the world is genuinely liking someone who likes you back; someone who sees and accepts you, flaws and all; someone who wants nothing more than to share a bar of Cadbury’s, rip open your hideously garish floral dress (with shoulder pads) and pour champagne over your heaving bosom.

“I’ve never done this before – adultery,” Lizzie says nervously when things finally get steamy between them.

“I’ve never met anyone I wanted to do it with before,” replies Freddie. Lock up your wives: after watching Rivals, I’m pretty sure there’s an army of women who wouldn’t mind, ahem, doing it with him…

MARRIED At First Sight fans have noticed a concerning detail about one bride ahead of her husband’s shock exit from the show.

In scenes yet to air, viewers will soon see Ryan Livesey leave the experiment.

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During Monday night’s episode, viewers were convinced his wife Sionainn Carmichael couldn’t stop shaking and feared it could be due to some unseen issue with her husband.

One person commented on TikTok: “I just felt that shannon(yes I know that’s not how she spells it) was visibly shaking the whole time she was talking on the sofa last night.”

Another agreed, replying: “I said the same to my daughter, she has been visibly and vocally shaking a lot of the time.”

A third suggested there could be an innocent reason for it, writing: “maybe she is just cold. If they film for long hours and it’s cold there I would be shaking as I can’t stand cold.”

The couple told the experts of a misunderstanding they’d had, with Sionainn revealing something Ryan did reminded her of an ex-boyfriend, prompting her to “panic” and flee.

However, they resolved their issues and revealed they’d even discussed moving in together in Manchester and getting a puppy.

Both decided to stay in the experiment, with Ryan gushing about his bride and Sionainn saying he’d turned her into a “soppy mess”.

But the wind will soon blow a different direction as binman and former semi-pro footballer Ryan decides to walk after becoming embroiled in a wife swap drama.

An insider told us: “Ryan has been a real hit with viewers and they will be shocked to see what unfolds in the next few weeks.

“Fans will see a very different side to him and other people in the show.

“He could make a return later on down the line but he feels it is right to walk when he does.”

A Channel 4 Spokesperson said: “Contributors have the right to exit the experiment at any point they wish. 

“Viewers will see one contributor opt to leave the process and, as one spouse cannot remain without the other, both halves of the couple exit, which will play out as part of their story, on screen.”

Ryan was at the centre of a huge row between Hannah Norburn and her husband Stephen Nolson prior to their exit.

During the couple’s retreat, Hannah was accused of being inappropriate towards Ryan.

Polly told the group: “Last night after the commitment ceremony she’s gone up to Sionainn and Ryan’s room and she was rubbing Ryan’s feet in front of Sionainn and going ‘ain’t you got nice blue eyes, your feet are so soft, isn’t it nice and warm in there?’”

But things got even worse for Ryan, when Stephen told him he planned to make a move on Sionainn.

During a tense confrontation in front of the group, Ryan raged: “If I wasn’t here, you’d crack on with her? Muppet.”

Hannah also found herself being confronted by the other brides over her flirting with Ryan – despite being married to Stephen.

Hannah told them: “Nobody is letting me speak, how do you think that makes me feel? It’s f****** horrible.”

But Polly was quick to jump in and told her: “Don’t start getting muggy.

“Do not start speaking to people like that. The last thing you want to do is get brave.” An upset Hannah replied: “Don’t threaten me.”

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The Hairy Bikers star Si King has said he often catches himself expecting a phone call from his late best friend and co-star Dave Myers.

Myers, who found fame alongside King as part of the motorcycle-riding cooking duo on their TV show The Hairy Bikers, died in February aged 66 after being diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer. The pair became known for travelling the world on their motorbikes and their cookery books inspired by their travels.

Speaking on This Morning, King said that he’s still processing his friend’s death, and often wonders why he hasn’t heard from him.

“The amount of times that I’ve gone, ‘I’ve not heard from that toe rag’ and I’ll go, ‘Oh man’.

He added: “It was my best mate, and actually he still is my best mate, that never goes does it? But he is a miss. And it’s just a bit odd.”

Reflecting on his grief, King said: “It’s raw for anybody that loses somebody, but there are two things that are certain in life, you begin it and you end it, the bit in the middle is about what you do with it.”

“And Dave, I have to say, he loved his life. He lived it to the full and he was joyous to be around.”

King, 58, remembered how his friend of 30 years was always ready for new challenges and approached each day with enthusiasm – such as his time on Strictly Come Dancing.

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“Could he dance? Could he nelly, but it was just amazing to watch because it was a heart and soul performance, as you always got with Dave – that’s who he was,” said King.

In 2022, Myers revealed he had cancer and was undergoing chemotherapy.

King said the grieving process started for him when Myers was diagnosed but they concentrated on the treatment process together.

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“Grief is a very individual journey because it’s about an emotional adjustment of loss and the things that are no longer tangible, that’s quite an existential thing to get your head around,” he said.

The pair had been working on a new book, The Hairy Bikers: Our Family Favourites, before Myers’ death – but King has been spurred on to finish it in his friend’s honour.

“I really, really wanted to just as a mark of respect for my best mate and also it’s about legacy,” he said of finishing the book on his own.

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“It was about looking after that legacy and being the curator of that legacy is really important and to treat it with the respect it deserves.”

The book contains recipes that stuck with the piece during their travels over their two decades of travelling together.

Reflecting on meeting Myers in 1995 and going on to work together, King said: “We always used to say it was like winning the lottery but better.

“Because we were two working class lads from the north and it’s been such a privilege to see the world we live in and talk to the wonderful people that are sometimes completely diverse from the culture that we know and understand and are completely different.”

STRICTLY fans have joked theyre ‘calling the police’ after Craig Revel Horwood’s latest underscoring.

Judge Craig, 59, has come under fire for giving Montell Douglas, 38, only nine points during Saturday’s show while his co-stars opted for the highest score of 10.

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Montell, best known as Fire from the Gladiators reboot, performed to Skeleton Move by Master KG & Zanda Zakuza with her partner Johannes Radebe this weekend.

The show couple, who were granted their Couple’s Choice, topped the leaderboard – with ever-critical Craig’s nine preventing them from achieving a perfect score of 40.

BBC viewers were left fuming as they watched from home, with some angrily rushing to social media.

One tweeted: “Hello @metpolice? Craig revel horwood for not giving a 10 to Montell, thanks.”

Another added: “Come on Craig. It’s only a ten on Strictly. It’s not like it’s a Paul Hollywood handshake or something important like that.”

Someone else raged: “Omg F**K OFF CRAIG GIVING MONTELL A 9!!!! SHOULD HAVE BEEN 10! I’m cancelling my tv license cause I am fuming.”

One more concluded: “Craig, lad, come on, you know that should have been a 10 for Montell & Johannes.”

Montell joined the BBC reboot of Gladiators earlier this year as she took on the alter ego of Fire to show off her power and strength.

She shared her excitement about her Strictly signing, telling fans: “Strictly ARE YOU READY, Fire is here to light up the Ballroom.

“Wow I am so honoured to have been asked to do the show. It is such an amazing thing to be a part of and I can’t wait to get started.

“Hopefully a few of my Gladiator moves will come in handy with the Tango or Paso Doble!”

She previously competed in the Olympic Games, making sporting history to become the first female UK athlete to compete at both the summer and winter Olympics.

She is a former Team GB sprinter and Olympic bobsledder, and held the British woman’s record for the fastest 100m sprint at 11.05 seconds, smashing the previous record which was unbeaten for 27 years.

In 2010, Montell won Commonwealth Gold in the 4 x 100m relay in Delhi as well as holding a European Under-23 Silver Medal in 100m.

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