‘Dancing With the Stars’: Who was sent packing?
“Dancing With the Stars” sent another celebrity out of the contest tonight.
It wasn’t as big news as Kate Gosselin’s departure last week.
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The three celebrities waiting to learn their fate were figure skater Evan Lysacek, host-actress Niecy Nash and “Bachelor” hunk Jake Pavelka.
Evan learned he was safe. Judge Len Goodman said he would miss Niecy’s bubbly personality and Jake’s enthusiasm, and warned the surviving dancer to refine his or her technique.
Who was out? Pavelka, who placed in the bottom of the swing-dance marathon Monday night and wound up at the bottom of the judges’ scoring board.
“This is, I think, the best season of ‘Dancing With the Stars’ I’d ever seen. I was so honored to be here,” Pavelka said. “I enjoyed every second of this.”
His fiancee, Vienna Girardi of Sanford, looked awfully disappointed. He chose her on “The Bachelor.”
“I saw you say to Vienna, ‘It’s OK,’ ” host Tom Bergeron told Pavelka. ”But it still hurts, obviously.”
He broke up as he thanked dance partner Chelsie Hightower. “Thank you for being so great to my beautiful fiancee Vienna,” he added. “Thank you, everybody, for watching and keeping me in.”
Still in the contest are Nash, Lysacek, Pamela Anderson, Nicole Scherzinger, Erin Andrews and Chad Ochocinco. “Dancing” is Disney-owned ABC’s most popular series, the performance show was the most-watched program last week.