Dancing with the Stars cut RedFoo and his professional dance partner Emma Slater during Monday night's broadcast of the twentieth season on ABC.

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The singer and deejay and his partner Emma became the first 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.

Dancing with the Stars host Tom Bergeron revealed less than one-tenth of 1% separated the bottom-two couples in the voting.

"I got the chance to dance. I did my best," RedFoo said following his ouster. "Emma is the best. I wanted to be there for her."

RedFoo and Emma had landed at the bottom of the judges' leaderboard last week in a tie for last place.

However, in an unfortunate twist, the pair had a great showing last night with 31 out of 40 points from Dancing with the Stars judges Len Goodman, Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli, and Julianne Hough. That put them one point behind a tie for second place.

For the "My Jam Monday" theme, which featured each celebrity dancing to his or her favorite song, RedFoo and Emma performed a jive to "My Sharona" by the Knack.

Actress and author Suzanne Somers and partner Tony Dovolani were the other couple still in danger of elimination prior to RedFoo and Emma'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.

The celebrity and professional pairing to finish the night at the top of the judges' leaderboard was Olympian Nastia Liukin and partner Derek Hough. They earned the first 9's of the season with their rumba to "Thinking Out Loud" by Ed Sheeran. Their total score was 34.

Second place on the leaderboard was a three-way tie between the following couples: Actress Rumer Willis and partner Val Chmerkovskiy, R5 frontman -- and second cousin of Julianne and Derek Hough -- Riker Lynch and partner Allison Holker, and The Hunger Games star Willow Shields and partner Mark Ballas.

All three couples received 32 points from the judges. Rumer and Val danced a cha cha to Adele's "Rumor Has It," Riker and Allison performed a foxtrot to "Sugar" by Maroon 5, and Willow and Mark took the stage with an Argentine tango to "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye.

Following RedFoo and Emma in fifth place on the leaderboard was a whopping four-way tie for sixth place. The four couples each earned 28 points.

Suzanne and Tony danced a jive to "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" by Jerry Lee Lewis.

Shark Tank star Robert Herjavec and partner Kym Johnson performed a foxtrot to Michael Buble's "You Make Me Feel So Young."

Former NFL player Michael Sam and partner Peta Murgatroyd took the stage with a foxtrot to "Working My Way Back to You Babe" by The Spinners.

Iconic singer Patti LaBelle and partner Artem Chigvintsev danced a salsa routine to "In Da Club" by 50 Cent, which was certainly a crowd pleaser.

Tenth place went to U.S. Army veteran Noah Galloway and his partner Sharna Burgess after they danced a samba to "Homegrown Honey" by Darius Rucker that received 27 points from the show's judges.

Model and actress Charlotte McKinney and her partner Keo Motsepe finished in eleventh place on the judges' leaderboard with 26 points. They danced a cha cha to Katy Perry's "California Girls."

The Bachelor star Chris Soules and his partner Witney Carson landed at the very bottom of the leaderboard in twelfth -- and last -- place with 21 points for their cha cha routine. The pair performed to "Time of Our Life" by Big Time Rush.

Next week, another couple will be eliminated from the competition based on last night's scores and home viewer votes.


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