Dancing With the Stars Season 29 Premiere Finally Reveals Which Pros the Stars Are Paired With

Dancing With the Stars returned with a bang on Monday, Sept. 14 with Tyra Banks and Derek Hough filing in their new roles. Plus, find out the Season 29 couples!

By Lauren Piester Sep 15, 2020 2:22 AMTags
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Fifteen mysteries have been solved!

Dancing With the Stars returned tonight and revealed both the celebrity/pro pairings and a whole new pandemic-inspired look. The judges' table is extra-long, especially with new judge Derek Hough taking up a seat, the audience is nowhere to be seen and new host Tyra Banks is all about the outfit changes. One thing, however, has not changed, and that's the slightly awkward joy of watching a celebrity step out onto the dance floor for the first time. Will they be surprisingly incredible? Will they be as bad as we expect them to be? Will they be much worse than we thought? 

The answer to all of the above is yes. Yes, they will. 

The night's highest scorers are not exactly surprises, but they were not the stars people were really watching out for, like Johnny Weir. Skai Jackson and Justina Machado both scored 21 points total, while Carole Baskin and Charles Oakley both landed at the bottom of the leaderboard. 

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Meet the Cast of Dancing With the Stars Season 29

While we had an excessive list of questions heading into this season, the biggest one was obviously which stars would be paired with which pro dancers. That question was answered very slowly over the course of the night as each couple danced for the first time, so scroll down to find out who's with who and how they did! 

1. Kaitlyn Bristowe and Artem Chigvintsev

Week 1: 20 points
Week 2: 22 points 
Week 3: 23 points
Week 4: 25 points
Week 5: 27 points
Week 6: 27 points
Week 7: 24 points
Week 8: 25 + 3 points
Week 9: 30 points
Week 10: 30 + 30 points 
Week 11: 30 + 30 points

Total: 346 out of 395

2. Nev Schulman and Jenna Johnson

Week 1: 20 points
Week 2: 21 points 
Week 3: 24 points
Week 4: 24 points
Week 5: 26 points
Week 6: 26 points
Week 7: 30 points
Week 8: 27 + 3 points
Week 9: 27 + 2 points
Week 10: 30 + 30 points 
Week 11: 30 + 30 points

Total: 350 out of 395

3. Nelly and Daniella Karagach

Week 1: 16 points 
Week 2: 18 points
Week 3: 18 points
Week 4: 21 points 
Week 5: 24 points
Week 6: 24 points
Week 7: 27 points 
Week 8: 21 + 2 points
Week 9: 24 points 
Week 10: 26 + 30 points
Week 11: 27 + 30 points

Total: 308 out of 395

4. Justina Machado and Sasha Farber

Week 1: 21 points
Week 2: 21 points
Week 3: 19 points 
Week 4: 24 points
Week 5: 24 points
Week 6: 27 points
Week 7: 26 points
Week 8: 27 + 2 points
Week 9: 24 + 2 points 
Week 10: 28 + 30 points 
Week 11: 30 + 30 points

Total: 333 out of 395

ELIMINATED: Johnny Weir and Britt Stewart

Week 1: 18 points
Week 2: 18 points 
Week 3: 24 points
Week 4: 24 points
Week 5: 29 points
Week 6: 22 points
Week 7: 27 points
Week 8: 27 + 3 points
Week 9: 30 points
Week 10: 27 + 30 points 

Total: 279 points out of 335

ELIMINATED: Skai Jackson and Alan Bersten

Week 1: 21 points
Week 2: 15 points 
Week 3: 18 points 
Week 4: 28 points
Week 5: 24 points
Week 6: 18 points 
Week 7: 27 points
Week 8: 25 + 2 points
Week 9: 27 + 2 points
Week 10: 27 + 30 points

Total: 264 out of 335

ELIMINATED: AJ McLean and Cheryl Burke

Week 1: 18 points
Week 2: 19 points 
Week 3: 21 points
Week 4: 24 points
Week 5: 24 points 
Week 6: 27 points
Week 7: 26 points
Week 8: 24 + 3 points
Week 9: 23 + 2 points 

Total: 211 out of 275

ELIMINATED: Chrishell Stause and Gleb Savchenko

Week 1: 13 points
Week 2: 18 points 
Week 3: 22 points
Week 4: 22 points
Week 5: 19 points
Week 6: 24 points 
Week 7: 26 points
Week 8: 24 + 2 points

Total: 170 out of 243

WITHDRAWN: Jeannie Mai and Brandon Armstrong

Week 1: 18 points
Week 2: 18 points 
Week 3: 22 points
Week 4: 21 points
Week 5: 24 points 
Week 6: 25 points 
Week 7: 25 points

Total: 153 out of 210

ELIMINATED: Monica Aldama and Val Chmerkovskiy

Week 1: 19 points
Week 2: 16 points
Week 3: 21 points
Week 4: 24 points 
Week 5: 26 points
Week 6: 27 points
Week 7: 22 points 

Total: 155 out of 210

ELIMINATED: Vernon Davis and Peta Murgatroyd

Week 1: 17 points
Week 2: 18 points
Week 3: 22 points
Week 4: 22 points 
Week 5: 21 points
Week 6: 21 points

Total: 121 out of 180

ELIMINATED: Jesse Metcalfe and Sharna Burgess

Week 1: 18 points
Week 2: 20 points 
Week 3: 20 points
Week 4: 21 points
Week 5: 19 points

Total: 98 out of 150

ELIMINATED: Anne Heche and Keo Motsepe

Week 1: 18 points
Week 2: 18 points 
Week 3: 15 points
Week 4: 21 points 

Total: 72 out of 120

ELIMINATED: Carole Baskin and Pasha Pashkov

Week 1: 11 points
Week 2: 16 points 
Week 3: 12 points

Total: 39 out of 90

ELIMINATED: Charles Oakley and Emma Slater

Week 1: 12 points
Week 2: 15 points 

Total: 27 points 

Dancing With the Stars airs next Tuesday at 8 p.m. on ABC.