Who left Dancing with the Stars 2023? First celebrity eliminated revealed
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The first celebrity has been eliminated from Dancing with the Stars 2023.
After a pretty eventful offseason, following the passing of retired judge Len Goodman, a new host as Julianne Hough took over from Tyra Banks, and one cast member almost dropping out due to WGA strikes, season 32 finally got underway with an epic two-and-a-half hour premiere.
It saw all 14 celebs in the Dancing with the Stars 2023 line-up take to the floor with their professional dance partners. Following their performances, they were scored by the judging panel including Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and Derek Hough.
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Who left Dancing with the Stars 2023? First celebrity eliminated revealed
While Charity Lawson and her pro partner Artem Chigvintsev finished at the top of the leaderboard with a score of 22 points, the same couldn't be said for the likes of Tyson Beckford and Jenna Johnson, Harry Jowsey and Rylee Arnold, and Matt Walsh and Koko Iwasaki, who scored just 12 points.
The three couples with the lowest scores were then called back to prove why they deserved to be in the competition.
In the end, it was decided that Matt Walsh and Koko Iwasaki would be going home.
Before leaving the dance floor, Matt, 37, joked about his cha-cha-cha, saying: "I would ask the judges to rewatch that dance sometime."
Ahead of season 32, it was unclear whether the show would go ahead due to the writers strike.
Striking WGA writers picketed rehearsals, targeting comedian Matt, and actresses Alyson Hannigan and Mira Sorvino.
As a result, Walsh temporarily bowed out of the competition until Sunday's tentative agreement between the WGA and the AMPTP, which gave him the okay to dance.
However, it seems the time out may have set him back a little bit with rehearsals.
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