'Dancing With the Stars' 2016 Cast: What Does Artem Chigvintsev Think Of Mischa Barton? [VIDEO]
Does Artem Chigvintsev think his Dancing With the Stars partner Mischa Barton performed to the best of her abilities?
Barton and Chigvintsev were the second couple eliminated from this season of Dancing With the Stars on Monday. The duo had difficulties from the get-go, which culminated in some clear conflict as seen in the clip package before her most recent performance.
"It had been a really intense first few weeks," Barton told E! News after their elimination. Chigvintsev chimed in and said they had a "rough start," but that in the end, "we did our best and that's what it is."
Chigvintsev further admitted that they had their ups and downs over the course of the past few weeks, adding, "I think we're the only couple in the competition who had first tough two weeks and then you're kind of gasping for the air of the change."
Barton also spoke about heading straight from filming a movie into the intense training of dancing on the national stage.
"I came straight out of a film, came into this, thought I was going to get this dance training," she admitted, "and it's been a fun experience and I've learned a lot from Artem."
After some rough scores in the first two weeks, the couple did end up with their best scores yet on the night of their elimination, with 18 out of 30 from the judges.
"This week I feel like we accomplished...so much and the last four days of training, we've done so much more in the past five weeks of training in general ,that I feel like we're finally getting somewhere positive. We're achieving our goals, we keep smiling and having positive energy in the room and that's the time you're going home," Chigvintsev said.
Dancing With the Stars continues every Monday at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.
Watch Barton and Chigvintsev's final dance in the video below:
