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Dancing With the Stars Results: Did Shawn Johnson Get the Boot on Country Night?
It's a double elimination week on "Dancing With the Stars: All Stars," so the pressure mounts and tears are shed. Who's left among celebs Johnson, Emmit Smith, Gilles Marini, Kelly Monaco, Kirstie Alley, Melissa Rycroft, Sabrina Brya
Monday night was country night on ABC's "Dancing With the Stars: All Stars," so did West Des Moines native and gold-medal gymnast Shawn Johnson get the boot?
Tune in Tuesday night to find out.
On Monday she danced the cha-cha to the Kenny Chesney hit "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy," with pro partner Derek Hough. During the training sessions this week, host Tom Bergeron said Johnson aggravated her Olympic career-ending knee injury.
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The taped rehearsal footage showed Hough asking her what was wrong at rehearsal and she said nothing, but she was quiet and in pain. Johnson was in tears as she iced her knee and waited for the pain to subside; Hough said he would have to change some of their moves to prevent further injury.
After Monday's dance Johnson said the knee still hurt, but "it was still attached" and she wants to stay in the dancing competition.
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Judge Bruno Tonioli liked what he saw. "You are the sexy one, working it, Shawn."
He raved about the fusion of country dance with the cha-cha, giving the couple a perfect 10.
Judge Carrie Ann Inaba agreed. "It was truly a blend of country and cha-cha." She said Johnson's solo portion of the dance "was a bit stiff," but she enjoyed it and gave the pair a 9.5.
And head judge Len Goodman said the choreography was fantastic, but the pair went overboard on the props -- a small tractor among other things -- and what he called "frippery." He gives the pair an 8.5.
Their score was 28 out of 30; putting them a couple slots behind Sabrina Bryan and Apolo Anton Ohno, who both scored a perfect 30 tonight.
Because of the presidential debate last week, "Dancing With the Stars" had to juggle its format. Nobody was eliminated last week, so two celebs will get be dismissed Tuesday night.
Scores From Last Week
Last week, Johnson danced the rumba to "My Heart Will Go On" from the movie "Titanic," but two of the judges were booed for their critiques of the West Des Moines native and her professional dance partner.
While Tonioli loved her rumba -- giving her a perfect 10 -- two others disagreed. "I was with you every minute of it, emotionally connected like I've never seen you before," Tonioli said.
Inaba praised the performance with one exception, saying the pair violated the rule by doing a lift. As the audience booed loudly Hough disagreed, saying they did a catch.
Host Tom Bergeron quipped, "Tonight, Carrie Ann plays the iceberg."
Despite a penalty, Inaba gave the duo a 9.
Goodman was left a bit cold by the choreography. "I loved the number, but it wasn't a rumba."
He awarded Johnson and Hough an 8.
Johnson, who had to retire from gymnastics competition this summer because of a knee injury, has her eyes on another glitter ball trophy in the 15th season of the ABC network’s show.
Tune in again Tuesday to watch the results episode of “Dancing With the Stars.” Locally, it airs at 7 p.m. on, on both Mondays and Tuesdays.
The 20-year-old gymnast claimed the Season 8 title in 2009.
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