'Dancing With the Stars' Season 11, Episode 2 Recap

['Dancing With the Stars' - 'Week 1 Elimination']

When did 'Dancing with the Stars' become "The Carlos Santana Hour"? While Santana was amazing, even Tom Bergeron noted that he had to fill an hour with eliminations. Tom tried his hardest to emphasize a shocking elimination, and he exclaimed that even he and the producers were shocked when they heard the news.

Frankly, the only shocking elimination would have been if Jennifer Grey or Brandy was sent home, and since that didn't happen we weren't shocked.

A message for Brandy: You're good, stop being nervous. She looked so tense that she could probably crush Maks's head with her hands. If we were the producers, we'd have made her suffer and be part of the "not low scores" bottom two. Then there'd be guaranteed tears next week.

The Carlos Santana Performances - While Louis & Karina provided a sexy, sensual rumba for 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' and Mark & Chelsie and Derek & Lacey danced to 'Photograph,' the opening performance to 'Oye Como Va' was the night's showstopper. The biggest issue was that the producers had no clue how to deal with this huge light fixture that was installed on the B-Stage. The cameras were blinded non-stop by the lights as the producers selected several shots of a back-lit Chris Daughtry.

Daughtry - 'September' - Daughtry rocked out the performance without a hitch. It showed amazing growth from his 'American Idol' days. The big question was that since the show focuses on ballroom dancers, why did the production team (or Daughtry) insist on using contemporary dancers? There are several pros like Dmitri, Anna D., or Maks's brother Valentin, who could have danced. Instead, we were treated to a 'So You Think You Can Dance'-esque routine.

We were treated to several packages to fill time. The celebrities mingled in the three weeks they practiced. The only notable scenes were when Margaret compared Rick to toffee and Florence wanted to see Mike's "situation" (though, to be fair, she may have thought that it was something naughtier than just his abs). Adam Corolla was not funny and didn't need to be there. Finally, the pro dancers were interviewed about how mortifying the first elimination can be. The only pros on this season that have been eliminated first were Kym, Louis and Mark.

Hey, want to impress your friends with useless information? The other first eliminated professionals were Andrea Hale, Elena Grinenko, Alec Mazo (twice) Edyta Sliwinska (twice), and Jonathan Roberts.

The eliminations dragged on like they always did, the producers placed everyone in their scoring brackets (Low, Middle, High) and announced half of each group were safe throughout the show. The big shocker of the night came early when Margaret & Louis were deemed safe. The look of total surprise on Margaret's face showed that she thought she was going home. Eventually, the "bottom two" (though not necessarily the two with the lowest scores) were Kyle and David. The eight-point disparity was probably enough to keep Kyle from elimination if he actually was in the bottom two, but after the Situation, Margaret and Michael Bolton were deemed safe, all signs pointed to David's elimination. So sadly, Kym got to add a second first-round elimination to her list. Brandy looked genuinely disappointed that her fellow 'America's Got Talent' judge was eliminated.

David's daughters mentioned that their father had bad knees, so maybe in the end the early elimination was a good thing for the Hoff's body. He had some of the lowest scores, so his elimination was not the huge shock that Tom tried to make it out to be.

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'Dancing With the Stars' airs Mon., 8PM ET on ABC. Results show airs Tues., 9PM ET on ABC.