Another season of “Dancing with the Stars,” another expert gymnast whose looks destined for the Mirror Ball trophy. As the 12 big celebrity hopefuls made that big appearance for Season 24 on Monday night, we positioned them all from best to worst:
Top 8 Rankings from Best to Worst
Rank #1
Simone Biles/Sasha Farber (tango, judge score: 8, 8, 8, 8 for a sum of 32 out of 40)
Age: 20
Best known as: Gold award winning Olympic gymnast and a member from the Final Five.
Story line: Her Final Five colleague, Laurie Hernandez, won the Mirror Ball Trophy a year ago. Will she do likewise?
Performance: Looks like the appropriate response is yes! A naturally skilled dancer, Simone shuts the show to enormous applause from the audience and judges, and turns into the undeniable front-runner. “You folks are the power couple,” Carrie Ann Inaba spouts, calling it “exquisite.” Len Goodman names it the best dance of the night, and Julianne Hough concurs that Simone is the entire package. Bruno Tonioli runs with “deliciously beautiful.”
Rank #2
Rashad Jennings/Emma Slater (cha, judge score: 8, 7, 8, 8, for an aggregate of 31 out of 40)
Age: 31
Best known as: NFL running back most as of late with the New York Giants, at present a free agent.
Story line: As a self-described former plump child with a learning inability, Rashad needs to demonstrate he can dance. Gracious and he likewise needs to inspire the ladies.
Performance: Rashad resembles he’s having a great time, and Julianne exclaims that it’s her most loved dance. Bruno calls Rashad a revelation and says he was “shimmering with star quality.” Carrie Ann is similarly blissful. Extreme critic Len says Rashad advanced beyond the music, yet at the same time calls it breathtaking. As usual, professional athletes keep on crushing it on “DWTS.”
Rank #3
Normani Kordei/Val Chmerkovskiy (quickstep, judge score: 7, 6, 7, 7 for a sum of 27 out of 40)
Age: 20
Best known as: Member of Fifth Harmony, the girl group with a crazy fan base and some recent dramatization.
Story line: She’s anxious to demonstrate to the world that she’s more than only a singer; and her grandmother is a tremendous fanatic of the show.
Performance: Len asks more body contact amongst Normani and Val, however generally calls it a “five star” performance. Bruno shouts that it was “crackling with vitality,” while Julianne and Carrie Ann concur it was an awesome opening number. Given Fifth Harmony’s colossal fan base, Normani could go very far.
Rank #4
Heather Morris/Maksim Chmerkovskiy (Viennese waltz, judge score: 7, 7, 7, 7 for an aggregate of 28 out of 40)
Age: 30
Best known as: Brittany, the ditzy cheerleader from “Joy.”
Story line: She’s Beyonce’s formal back-up singe– will people think she has an out of line advantage?
Performance: Julianne safeguards Heather against the haters and says ballroom dancing is exceptionally difficult, and calls attention that Heather should take in a radical new skill set. Out of line favorable position or not, the judges love it: Bruno considers the performance enchanted and excellent. “You are an exceptionally accomplished dancer,” Len tells Heather, including that she and Maks are a “match made in heaven.” Carrie Ann, in any case, supposes she was concealing her personality.
Rank #5
David Ross/Lindsay Arnold (quickstep, judge score: 7, 7, 7, 7 for a total of 28 out of 40)
Age: 40
Best known as: Chicago Cubs catcher who lead his team to a World Series win, the previous fall with a grand slam in Game 7.
Story line: He’s not a very good dancer, but rather he needs to demonstrate to his children that it’s alright to take a stab at something and come up short. He’s likewise the main baseball player on the show.
Performance: Self-belittling aside, turns out David is really an incredible dancer, and additionally very enchanting. Carrie Ann declares him as one of her top picks of the night, and Len and Bruno additionally adore it — Julianne thinks the choreography was stunning and predicts David will do very well this season.
Rank #6
Nancy Kerrigan/Artem Chigvintsev (Viennese waltz, judge score: 7, 7, 7, 7 for a total of 28 out of 40)
Age: 47
Best known as: Olympic figure skater who got to be distinctly world celebrated, when she was attacked by an opponent before the 1994 Olympics.
Story line: A formal athlete turned homemaker, she’s eager to contend by and by.
Performance: Nancy’s numerous years of ice skating pays off, as she’s very elegant. Julianne raves that it’s a respect to watch her dance; however the performance was somewhat uneven now and again. Carrie Ann calls it a wonderful dance and Len likewise cherished it and thinks the pair has great promise. Bruno’s take is exceptionally Bruno: “I felt I was encompassed by a luxurious cashmere shawl.”
Rank #7
Bonner Bolton/Sharna Burgess (cha, cha judge score: 6, 5, 5, 6 a total of 22 out of 40)
Age: 29
Best known as: An expert bull rider.
Story line: He was genuinely injured a year ago, when he broke his neck and was briefly paralyzed — so he needs to inspire people that anything is possible.
Performance: Carrie Ann says the couple “overflows” chemistry. Will Bonner and Sharna be this current season’s fauxmance? Len isn’t exactly as happy, but recognizes that they have incredible chemistry and did a better than average job. Julianne urges them to trust their gut feelings, and Bruno is brimming with cowboy puns (“Sharna, you’re in for the ride of a lifetime!”) until Tom Bergeron stops him.
Rank #8
Mr. T/Kym Johnson (cha, judge score: 5, 5, 5, 5 for a total of 20 out of 40)
Age: 64
Best known as: “I pity the fool!” Or as he presents himself, “Hello fool, I’m Mr. T. You know me from ‘Rough III’ and ‘The A-Team.’ ”
Story line: Mr. T simply needs to be a motivation to kids — in addition, as the show’s “old guy,” he needs to demonstrate that he can overcome the opposition.
Performance: Well, he tries quite hard, regardless of the possibility that it wasn’t in fact great. “Still the lord of bling!” Bruno roars. Carrie Ann is tragic that Mr. T committed tons of errors, but can hardly wait to perceive what he does one week from now. “The “T” likely doesn’t stand for technique,” Len snarks, in spite of the fact that he admits that it could stand for “try” and “perseverance.” Julianne calls him the heart of what really matters to the show.