Stephen Nedoroscik has returned to competitors – dance competitors that’s!
Lower than two months after taking the world by storm through the Paris 2024 Olympic Video games and successful two bronze medals, Stephen took to the dance flooring Tuesday with companion Rylee Arnold to start their stint on Season 33 of Dancing with the Stars.
(Enjoyable truth: Stephen is the primary male gymnast to compete on DWTS! Derek Hough additionally had an excellent shoutout, saying, “Let’s give it up for males’s gymnastics!”)
Stephen leaned into his “full-on nerd” persona with a Rubik’s Dice theme on the dance flooring (together with an enormous Rubik’s Dice chandelier overhead). The quantity was set to Queen’s “Don’t Cease Me Now,” and the routine match the music, with Stephen popping out with a few of the greatest vitality (if not the most vitality) of the evening. Decide Bruno Tonioli even commented on it, saying Stephen was an “unstoppable explosion of vitality.”
After all, no gymnast can do a routine with out exhibiting off their particular set of abilities. On this case, Stephen received low in a again bend, did a entrance handspring and a cut up, and did a straddle soar over Rylee!
Though Stephen is used to having rhythm on the pommel horse, it was questionable whether or not that rhythm would naturally translate to the dance flooring. Spoiler alert: it translated and extra! Little question his athleticism, agility, and adaptability gave Stephen an higher hand, and the rhythm is positively there. With some fine-tuning, Mr. Pommel might go very far on this competitors.
So what precisely does Stephen have to fine-tune for subsequent week? Bruno stated to work on the main points, the little issues, identical to you do in gymnastics. A type of little issues that decide Carrie Ann Inaba commented on? Pointing his toes! A (hopefully) simple repair for a gymnast.
There was no elimination this week, so all votes will carry over and be added to Week 2’s outcomes for the primary elimination subsequent Tuesday, September 24, when two stars (sure, two!) will likely be eradicated. Get excited – it’s Oscar evening!
Though voting has closed for Week 1, transferring ahead, you may vote for Stephen and Rylee on ABC.com and by texting STEPHEN to 21523. You’ll be able to vote 10 occasions on-line and through textual content (so 20 votes whole).
Watch Stephen and Rylee’s jive and see the total leaderboard beneath!
Week 1 Dancing with the Stars Leaderboard
| Rank | {Couples} (star and professional) | Rating (out of 30) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chandler Kinney and Brandon Armstrong | 23 |
| 2 | Dwight Howard and Daniella Karagach | 22 |
| T-3 | Stephen Nedoroscik and Rylee Arnold | 21 |
| T-3 | Joey Graziadei and Jenna Johnson | 21 |
| 5 | Danny Amendola and Witney Carson | 20 |
| T-6 | Jenn Tran and Sasha Farber | 19 |
| T-6 | Phaedra Parks and Val Chmerkovskiy | 19 |
| T-8 | Brooks Nader and Gleb Savchenko | 18 |
| T-8 | Ilona Maher and Alan Bersten | 18 |
| T-8 | Anna Delvey and Ezra Sosa | 18 |
| 11 | Tori Spelling and Pasha Pashkov | 17 |
| 12 | Reginald VelJohnson and Emma Slater | 16 |
| 13 | Eric Roberts and Britt Stewart | 15 |
