J.R. Martinez & partner top the ‘Dancing with the stars’ leaderboard

September 20th, 2011 - 7:11 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt  

Los Angeles, Sept 20 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The new season of ABC’s hit show Dancing with the Stars has started airing. On the opening say of the contest, J.R. Martinez and professional partner Karina Smirnoff gave a good account of their dancing skills and ended up at the top of the leaderboard. They share that position with Wilson Phillips member Chynna Phillips and professional partner Tony Dovolani.

Martinez performed to a song from Kelly Clarkson titled “Breakaway.” The judges agreed that the performance was a good start for the soap star considering the fact that she has never had any professional dancing experience. They awarded her 22/30 and that proved to be the best points given on the night alongside the one awarded to Phillips.

The lowest mark on the night was awarded to Italian model Elisabetta Canalis. She performed to Katy Perry’s “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.).” Her professional partner is Val Chmerkovskiy. The judges were not impressed with the performance and revealed that she some improvements to make. The pair was awarded 15/30.

The highlight of the night was the performance of the first transgender on the show Chaz Bono. He performed with professional partner Lacey Schwimmer to a tune from Martha and the Vandella titled “Dancing in the Street.” They were awarded 17/30.

The first eviction show will be held on Tuesday.

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