'Dancing With the Stars' 2015 Premiere: Will Charlotte McKinney, Redfoo Or Someone Else Be First Celeb Eliminated? [POLL, VIDEO]
All 12 celebrity cast members performed for the judges and America during Monday night's premiere of ABC's Dancing With the Stars, with Nastia Liukin, Riker Lynch and Rumer Willis emerging as frontrunners.
Willis and her pro dancing partner Val Chmerkovskiy cemented themselves as the ones to beat during the season 20 premiere of Dancing with the Stars. The pair scored a 32 out of 40 from the judges, which was the highest score of the night.
Right on their heels were Lynch and partner Allison Holker, scoring 31 out of 40 and Liukin and pro partner Derek Hough with a score of 30 out of 40.
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Unless the voting public really lets them down, these three celebs should be safe through the first round of voting.
Other celebs scoring within the top half of the leaderboard include Robert Herjavec and partner Kym Johnson, who scored a 28 out of 40 and a trio of pairs who scored 26 out of 40: Michael Sam and Peta Murgatroyd, Chris Soules and Witney Carson and Noah Galloway and Sharna Burgess.
Three celebs were near the bottom of the pack but may be saved by America due to their fanbases. Willow Shields and Mark Ballas, Patti LaBelle and Artem Chigvintsev and Suzanne Somers and Tony Dovolani all scored a 25 out of 40 for the premiere.
Ultimately, two celebrities look to be in danger of being the first person eliminated. Charlotte McKinney and Keo Motsepe and Redfoo and Emma Slater were slammed by the judges for their performances, giving both pairs a 22 out of 40.
Since Dancing With the Stars combines scores from the judges and votes from America, they will need a big bloc of voters in order to stay in the competition. Redfoo is relatively more well known than McKinney so the latter may be in real danger of going home.
If this were the case, it would be McKinney's pro partner Motsepe's second consecutive season as the first pro eliminated.
Dancing With the Stars continues Mondays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.
