Dancing With the Stars is just now reaching its first elimination, and there has already been plenty of tension and drama to go around.
On Monday, Sept. 27, the ABC competition series aired its second episode of season 30, which saw Karate Kid and Cobra Kai standout Martin Kove, along with dance partner Britt Stewart, head home as the first pair booted from the ballroom. Martin had joined Christine Chiu as the bottom two performers.
Also providing an unexpected twist this week was Cheryl Burke announcing her COVID-19 diagnosis on Sunday, Sept. 26, the day before the episode taped. Luckily, she and partner Cody Rigsby were still able to compete, as the judges evaluated the couple's rehearsal, which had been recorded prior to Cheryl testing positive.
Judges were a bit mixed on the salsa, as Derek Hough called it "really, really good," albeit "a little out of sync," while Carrie Ann Inaba deemed it "a little lackluster."
As for her health, Cheryl said she was "feeling OK" and was "proud of Cody." She added, "I just hope to be back soon in the ballroom."
Read on to see everyone's scores from the first two weeks. Dancing With the Stars airs Mondays at 8 p.m. on ABC.
Iman Shumpert & Daniella Karagach
Week 1: 21 points
Week 2: 25 points
Week 3: 19 points
Week 4: 30 points (Heroes), 33 points (Villains)
Week 5: 28 points
Week 6: 40 points
Week 7: 32 points plus two bonus points
Week 8: 35 points
Week 9: 75 points
Week 10: 80 points
Total: 420 out of 510
JoJo Siwa & Jenna Johnson Chmerkovskiy
Week 1: 29 points
Week 2: 31 points
Week 3: 24 points
Week 4: 35 points (Heroes), 35 points (Villains)
Week 5: 40 points
Week 6: 40 points
Week 7: 39 points
Week 8: 39 points plus two bonus points
Week 9: 80 points
Total: 474 out of 510
Amanda Kloots & Alan Bersten
Week 1: 28 points
Week 2: 32 points
Week 3: 24 points
Week 4: 32 points (Heroes), 36 points (Villains)
Week 5: 39 points
Week 6: 38 points
Week 7: 33 points plus one bonus point
Week 8: 40 points plus two bonus points
Week 9: 79 points
Week 10: 78 points
Total: 460 out of 510
Cody Rigsby & Cheryl Burke
Week 1: 24 points
Week 2: 24 points
Week 3: 18 points
Week 4: 27 points (Heroes), 31 points (Villains)
Week 5: 32 points
Week 6: 36 points
Week 7: 34 points plus two bonus points
Week 8: 38 points
Week 9: 71 points
Week 10: 76 points
Total: 413 out of 510
ELIMINATED: Melora Hardin & Artem Chigvintsev
Week 1: 26 points
Week 2: 27 points
Week 3: 23 points
Week 4: 36 points (Heroes), 37 points (Villains)
Week 5: 36 points
Week 6: 34 points
Week 7: 36 points plus two bonus points
Week 8: 40 points plus two bonus points
Week 9: 72 points
Total: 371 out of 430
ELIMINATED: Suni Lee & Sasha Farber
Week 1: 28 points
Week 2: 28 points
Week 3: 21 points
Week 4: 33 points (Heroes), 35 points (Villains)
Week 5: 36 points
Week 6: 36 points
Week 7: 33 points plus one bonus point
Week 8: 40 points plus two bonus points
Week 9: 75 points
Total: 368 out of 430
ELIMINATED: Jimmie Allen & Emma Slater
Week 1: 22 points
Week 2: 27 points
Week 3: 20 points
Week 4: 30 points (Heroes), 37 points (Villains)
Week 5: 34 points
Week 6: 38 points
Week 7: 38 points
Week 8: 32 points
Total: 288 out of 350
ELIMINATED: Olivia Jade & Val Chmerkovskiy
Week 1: 25 points
Week 2: 27 points
Week 3: 24 points
Week 4: 35 points (Heroes), 35 points (Villains)
Week 5: 36 points
Week 6: 36 points
Week 7: 38 points plus four bonus points
Week 8: 36 points
Total: 296 out of 350
ELIMINATED: The Miz & Witney Carson
Week 1: 24 points
Week 2: 26 points
Week 3: 22 points
Week 4: 31 points (Heroes), 34 points (Villains)
Week 5: 32 points
Week 6: 34 points
Week 7: 32 points
Total: 235 out of 310
ELIMINATED: Kenya Moore & Brandon Armstrong
Week 1: 26 points
Week 2: 24 points
Week 3: 21 points
Week 4: 29 points (Heroes), 30 points (Villains)
Week 5: 36 points
Week 6: 32 points
Total: 198 out of 270
ELIMINATED: Melanie C & Gleb Savchenko
Week 1: 27 points
Week 2: 30 points
Week 3: 22 points
Week 4: 31 points (Heroes), 35 points (Villains)
Week 5: 36 points
Total: 181 out of 230
ELIMINATED: Matt James & Lindsay Arnold
Week 1: 24 points
Week 2: 22 points
Week 3: 20 points
Week 4: 26 points (Heroes), 31 points (Villains)
Total: 123 out of 190
ELIMINATED: Brian Austin Green & Sharna Burgess
Week 1: 24 points
Week 2: 23 points
Week 3: 19 points
Week 4: 25 points (Heroes), 27 points (Villains)
Total: 118 out of 190
ELIMINATED: Christine Chiu & Pasha Pashkov
Week 1: 25 points
Week 2: 24 points
Week 3: 21 points
Total: 70 out of 110
ELIMINATED: Martin Kove & Britt Stewart
Week 1: 13 points
Week 2: 15 points
Total: 28 out of 80