Dancing with the Stars eliminated Andy Dick and his professional partner Sharna Burgess during Tuesday night's sixth live sixteenth-season results show on ABC.
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The actor and comedian and Sharna became the sixth couple eliminated from the competition based on the combination of the Dancing with the Stars judges' scores they had received during Monday night's performance show and the home viewer votes that were cast afterwards.
"Well, I've been talking about it from Day 1. It's been the best," Andy said in tears following his ouster.
"It's just been the best. [Carrie Ann Inaba], I'm going to kill you for that [score of] five! What did you do?! It was all your fault. No, but you know what? The fact we're here on Week 7 is amazing and every week I'm like, 'Really? Why, how, why, how?' So it's been the best thing and I really thank everybody here -- the people, the fans out there, the judges. It's been a wonderful, wonderful ride... I love you guys!"
"Thank you," added Sharna. "It's been amazing. I couldn't have had a more incredible first season as pro with Andy. He's given me such a special experience that I'll remember forever."
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Andy and Sharna finished in seventh -- and last -- place at the bottom of Monday night's leaderboard after they danced an individual rumba routine for the initial Latin round which received 17 out of 30 possible points from Dancing with the Stars judges Len Goodman, Carrie Ann and Bruno Tonioli.
Soap star Ingo Rademacher and partner Kym Johnson were the other couple still in danger of elimination prior to Andy and Sharna's ouster, as both pairs were revealed by Brooke Burke-Charvet to be the bottom-two couples based on the combination of the judges' scores and America's vote.
Ingo and Kym -- who had been one of the three couples to receive three extra judges' points during their dance-off Monday night -- landed in sixth place on the leaderboard with 22 points after dancing the rumba.
Former American Idol finalist and country singer Kellie Pickler and 2012 Olympic gold medal winning gymnast Alexandra "Aly" Raisman finished tied for first place with 29 points on the leaderboard. Kellie and partner Derek Hough danced the samba, while Aly and partner Mark Ballas took the stage and performed a salsa routine.
Kellie and Derek had received immunity, meaning they could not be eliminated during last night's results show, Monday night for topping the leaderboard.
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Although Kellie and Derek tied with Aly and Mark, they became safe from America's vote and did not have to compete in the Dance-Off Challenge because they had achieved the higher cumulative judges' scores of the season. Aly and Mark did, however, end up earning three additional points in their dance-off.
Disney Channel star Zendaya Coleman and partner Val Chmerkovskiy finished tied for third place on the judges' leaderboard with NFL football player Jacoby Jones and partner Karina Smirnoff. Both couples earned 27 points after Zendaya and Val performed the paso doble and Jacoby and Karina danced the salsa.
Zendaya and Val were one of the couples who had received three bonus points from the judges for their successful performance in the Dance-Off Challenge.
Fifth place went to The Bachelor star Sean Lowe and partner Peta Murgatroyd, who received 24 points for their rumba routine during the Latin round.
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