Recap: Dancing With The Stars: First Dances

Dancing With The Stars: First Dances
Dancing With The Stars: First Dances
Tom Bergeron gets Season 21 started with a smile!
Image: ABC/Adam Taylor

Last night was pretty great. We saw a killer opening number, lots of sequin and some terrific dances. And we also saw some not-so-terrific dances, which in my opinion were almost as entertaining as the good stuff.

But isn’t it a little early for a clip show?

Are any other parents a little bummed that what I consider a “Family Show” aired from 9-11pm ET on a school night? The main show on Mondays from 8-10pm ET is already pushing it! How to East- and West-coast families handle this? DVR?

We get another look at the hop opening number and I felt a little bad for the contestants who weren’t in it: Victor, Hayes, Kim and Gary. Even Tamar seemed like an afterthought.

So we re-watched Victor’s dance, and before long, I realized that ABC is basically getting me to watch the same 2-hour show that I already watched last night! Don’t give me a few extra BTS shots and tell me it’s a special. Booo!!! But I’m still gonna watch it anyway, because I’m crazy for DWTS!

Here of a few of the best moments of the BTS bonus footage: Hayes Grier’s relief after his dance; Paula Deen in embarrassed tears over her poor score and deciding “I’m a big girl, I can handle it;” Kim Zolciak Biermann acting vulnerable and Erin Andrews summing it up perfectly when she called Kim endearing. And who didn’t love watching Bindi’s joy after her first dance? She won my heart when she told Derek, “You just changed my life!” And Gary Busey is still insane and in love with Anna Trebunskaya. And did you catch Nick Carter revealing that the button of his pants flew off during his dance. We were thiiiiiis close to a sweet wardrobe malfunction!

Tom revealed more details of next week’s 2-night event: we will get to know the hometowns of each celebrity and pro, and it’s a double trouble when we have double elimination: one couple will be eliminated on Monday and another couple will be eliminated on Tuesday!

Dancing With The Stars Season 21

Recap: DWTS Season 21 Premiere
DWTS Voting Phone Numbers for Season 21
DWTS Announces Pros for Season 21
DWTS Announces Celebrity Contestants for Season 21

All Images © 2015 American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.