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Dancing with the Stars: Athletes week 1 power rankings

By Cheryl Wassenaar

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DANCING WITH THE STARS: ATHLETES – “Episode 2601” – Sports fans rejoice as one of the most competitive seasons of “Dancing with the Stars” ever fires up the scoreboard and welcomes 10 determined athletes who will take to the ballroom floor for their first dance, on the season premiere of “Dancing with the Stars: Athletes,” MONDAY, APRIL 30 (8:00-10:01 p.m. EDT), on The ABC Television Network. (ABC/Kelsey McNeal)

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Dancing with the Stars: Athletes brought it in its season premiere, but who’s really got a shot at the trophy? It’s time for some power rankings.

Normally, Dancing with the Stars starts a new season with a huge number. Not so for the inaugural season of Dancing with the Stars: Athletes. Instead, a Tom Bergeron voiceover introduced our competitors before the pros came in to a marching band version of “We Will Rock You.” Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli even came out in referees’ uniforms.

Now that’s how you kick off a new take on a show that’s been around for a long, long time.

If you’re just here for a standard leaderboard and results, that’ll be here on the first page. But if you’re looking for a take on who impressed and who flopped with the audience and judges … then scroll down and click through for our Dancing with the Stars power rankings.

Hey, it’s only appropriate for an athletic season, right?

Scoreboard in order of appearance:

  • Chris Mazdzer and Witney Carson (salsa): 21 (7, 7, 7)
  • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Lindsay Arnold (cha cha): 17 (6, 5, 6)
  • Jennie Finch Daigle and Keo Motsepe (foxtrot): 21 (7, 7, 7)
  • Jamie Anderson and Artem Chigvintsev (Viennese waltz): 19 (6, 7, 6)
  • Mirai Nagasu and Alan Bersten (salsa): 23 (7, 8, 8)
  • Arike Ogunbowale and Gleb Savchenko (salsa): 20 (7, 6, 7)
  • Adam Rippon and Jenna Johnson (cha cha): 24 (8, 8, 8)
  • Johnny Damon and Emma Slater (foxtrot): 18 (6, 6, 6)
  • Tonya Harding and Sasha Farber (foxtrot): 23 (8, 8, 7)
  • Josh Norman and Sharna Burgess (cha cha): 24 (8, 8, 8)

Ultimately, Johnny Damon and Jamie Anderson both went home, leaving everyone else to dance another week — with both a team dance and the usual routine to learn. So, who’s looking good, and who needs work? Here’s our take on it.

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