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Sarah Jane Nader was eliminated from "Dancing with the Stars" Season 35 during its premiere event. She and NFL player Marcell Fisk scored a low 14/30 for their Jive to Avril Lavigne’s “Sk8er Boi.” Other eliminations in peril included Tatyana Ali, who scored a 12/30 with her partner Jan Ravnik, and Giada De Laurentiis, who received a 16/30 despite an injury. The article details scores from various performances across the two-night event, highlighting top scorers Maura Higgins at 21/30 and Jenna Dewan at 19/30.
Written by the local model on 2026-09-17,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
On the Season 35 premiere of "Dancing with the Stars", Sarah Jane Nader was eliminated from the competition. During "Premiere: Night Two," Nader received a score of 14/30 for her and Bills' Jive dance to Avril Lavigne’s “Sk8er Boi.” Despite this, other notable performances included Maura Higgins with Mark Ballas earning a perfect 21/30, Jenna Dewan and Val Chmerkovskiy scoring 19/30, Amber Glenn and Pasha Pashkov getting 18/30, Giada De Laurentiis and Alan Bersten receiving 16/30, and Ciara Miller with Brandon Armstrong scoring 15/30. The eliminations followed a two-night premiere event, which aired on ABC and will be available on Disney+ the following day, while Hulu streams new episodes after their air date.
Written for “Dancing With The Stars Elimination” on 2026-09-17,
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The elimination occurred after co-hosts Julianne Hough and Alfonso Ribeiro revealed two other couples in danger of going home: “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” alum Tatyana Ali and partner Jan Ravnik, and celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis and partner Alan Bersten.
Nader earned a score of 14/30 for her and Bills’ Jive to Avril Lavigne’s “Sk8er Boi” during “Premiere: Night Two,” which saw all the female celebrities performing a No. 1 song from the year they were born.
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“The Traitors” alum Maura Higgins and her partner, Mark Ballas, landed themselves at the top of the night’s leaderboard, earning a 21/30 for their Foxtrot to Alannah Myles’ “Black Velvet.”
“Step Up” actress Jenna Dewan and her partner, Val Chmerkovskiy, earned a 19/30 for their Tango to Blondie’s “Call Me,” while Olympic gold medalist Amber Glenn and her partner, Pasha Pashkov, received 18/30 for their Cha Cha to “Smooth” by Santana feat. Rob Thomas.
De Laurentiis — who suffered from a gnarly “busted” toe injury during rehearsals — and Bersten received a 16/30 for their Tango to Shocking Blue’s “Venus,” while “Summer House” star Ciara Miller and her partner, Brandon Armstrong, garnered a 15/30 for their Foxtrot to Whitney Houston’s “Exhale (Shoop Shoop).”
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Miller → land → Exhale
Meanwhile, Ali and Ravnik found themselves at the bottom of the night’s leaderboard, receiving a total score of 12/30 for their Jive to Amii Stewart’s “Knock on Wood.”
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Ali → find → Wood
The previous night, when the men took to the ballroom to dance to a chart-topper from their birth year, “Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” star Conner Leavitt and his pro partner, “DWTS: The Next Pro” winner Adele Zaikman, were sent packing.
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men → take → Wives
After he was voted off, Leavitt’s wife, Whitney, said she was “f–king proud” of him in a social media post.
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she → vote → post
“I hope you never let this ending take away from what you just did,” she added.
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she → hope → what
“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” star Guillermo Rodriguez (with partner Witney Carson) and comedian Connor Wood (with partner Rylee Arnold) also found themselves in danger of elimination.
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themselves → find → elimination
On the flip side, “Glee” alum Harry Shum Jr. and his partner, Jenna Johnson, snagged the top score of the night, earning a 21/30 for their Cha Cha to Earth, Wind & Fire’s “Let’s Groove.”
Following this week’s two-night premiere event, new episodes of “DWTS” will air Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and Disney+, and will stream on Hulu the following day.
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