Dancing with the Stars couple Lea Thompson and her pro partner Artem Chigvintsev topped Monday night's judging leaderboard.
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The actress and Back to the Future star and Artem finished in first place on the judges' leaderboard during the second performance show of Dancing with the Stars' nineteenth season on ABC.
Lea and Artem received 35 out of 40 possible points for their jive routine from Dancing with the Stars judges Len Goodman, Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli, and Julianne Hough.
Monday night's performance show featured each celebrity and professional pairing taking the stage once, dancing to each celebrity's favorite song.
Michael Waltrip, a professional race car driver, and partner Emma Slater finished in twelfth -- and last -- place on the leaderboard with 24 points after dancing the samba.
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Second place on the leaderboard went to actress and Pretty Little Liars star Janel Parrish and partner Val Chmerkovskiy. The couple earned 34 points for a foxtrot routine.
YouTube fashionista Bethany Mota and partner Derek Hough finished in third place on the leaderboard with 33 points after performing the foxtrot.
Fourth place went to actor and Fresh Prince of Bel-Air star Alfonso Ribeiro and partner Witney Carson. The pair received 32 points from the judges after dancing the samba.
Fifth place on the judges' leaderboard was a tie between soap opera and General Hospital star Antonio Sabato Jr. and fellow celebrity Sadie Robertson, a Duck Dynasty star.
Antonio and partner Cheryl Burke took the stage with a rumba routine, while Sadie and partner Mark Ballas danced a jazz routine. Both pairs received 31 points.
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Actor and Mean Girls star Jonathan Bennett and partner Allison Holker performed a cha cha routine worthy of 30 points and therefore landed in seventh place on the leaderboard.
Eighth place ended up being a four-way tie at 28 points amongst the following celebrities: Mixed martial arts and UFC fighter Randy Couture, late-night talk show host Tavis Smiley, fashion designer Betsey Johnson, and comedian Tommy Chong.
Randy and partner Karina Smirnoff performed the cha cha, as did Tavis and partner Sharna Burgess. Betsey and partner Tony Dovolani danced a foxtrot routine, while Tommy and partner Peta Murgatroyd performed a salsa routine.
One of the 12 nineteenth-season couples will be eliminated during Tuesday night's Dancing with the Stars results show based on the combination of judges' scoring and home-viewer voting results from last night's performance show.
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