Dancing with the Stars cut Suzanne Somers and her professional dance partner Tony Dovolani during Monday night's broadcast of the twentieth season on ABC.
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The actress/author and Tony became the fourth couple eliminated from the competition based on the combination of the Dancing with the Stars judges' scores they had received during last week's performance show and the home viewer votes that were cast immediately following that episode.
"I think all women my age should go on hormones," Suzanne, 68, said following her ouster. "And I just want to say something about Tony Dovolani. He is a gentleman and he gave me everything he had and I so loved this!"
Suzanne and Tony had finished in ninth place last week, finishing one point above the pair who had landed in tenth -- and last -- place at the bottom of the leaderboard.
This week, Suzanne and Tony tied for fifth place with another couple after they received 28 out of 40 points from DWTS judges Len Goodman, Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli, and Julianne Hough. For the "Disney Night" theme, the couple danced a jazz routine inspired by Lady and the Tramp.
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The Bachelor star Chris Soules and partner Witney Carson were the other couple still in danger of elimination prior to Suzanne and Tony's ouster, but they were "not necessarily" one of the bottom-two couples based on the judges' scores and America's votes from last week.
Monday night's leaderboard was topped by actress Rumer Willis and partner Val Chmerkovskiy, who received 39 points from the judges for their samba. Rumer dressed as Ursula from The Little Mermaid and Val played one of her evil eels.
Second place on the judging leaderboard was a tie at 38 points between R5 frontman -- and second cousin of Julianne and Derek Hough -- Riker Lynch as well as Olympian Nastia Liukin.
Riker and partner Allison Holker performed a Pirates of the Caribbean paso doble, while Nastia and partner Derek danced a jazz routine to a song from Frozen.
The Hunger Games star Willow Shields and partner Mark Ballas finished in fourth place on the leaderboard with 34 points after taking the stage with a foxtrot that represented Alice in Wonderland.
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The couple who tied with Suzanne and Tony for fifth place at 28 points was U.S. Army veteran Noah Galloway and partner Sharna Burgess. Noah and Sharna danced a foxtrot routine inspired by the movie Aladdin.
Seventh place was also a tie between the following two couples: Chris and Witney as well as iconic singer Patti LaBelle and partner Artem Chigvintsev.
Both pairs earned 27 points from the judges. Chris and Witney performed a quickstep in honor of Hercules, while Patti and Artem danced a Pinocchio-inspired waltz.
Shark Tank star Robert Herjavec and partner Kym Johnson finished in ninth -- and last -- place on the judges' leaderboard with 24 points after they took the stage with a quickstep dressed as Mary Poppins characters.
Next week, Dancing with the Stars will feature a "Spring Break Special" during which couples will work together to create "Team Dances." And then in a couple of weeks, Tuesday night results shows will return with a "Dance Off" as stars attempt to save themselves from a double elimination.
About The Author: Elizabeth Kwiatkowski