Kristi Skates to Top of First Dancing Power Rankings
Dancing With The Stars by Kelsey McNeal/ABC
With
Dancing with the Stars' first elimination night scheduled for this coming Tuesday, gold-medalist Kristi Yamaguchi is looking utterly golden, at least judging by
TVGuide.com's first Power Rankings reader poll of the new season. Kristi and pro partner Mark Ballas took an early lead and held onto it to come away with 31.2% of the votes. Placing a distant second were Cristián de la Fuente and Cheryl Burke.
Facing an uphill dance going into Monday's performance show are Penn Jillette and Kym Johnson, who came in last with less than two percent of the vote. Can the illusionist work some magic and overcome that rough start?
The complete rankings:
31.2%
Kristi Yamaguchi and
Mark Ballas
11.5%
Cristián de la Fuente and
Cheryl Burke
10.0%
Mario and
Karina Smirnoff
9.7%
Jason Taylor and
Edyta Sliwinska
8.5%
Steve Guttenberg and
Anna Trebunskaya
7.1%
Marlee Matlin and Fabian Sanchez
6.2%
Shannon Elizabeth and
Derek Hough
5.3%
Marissa Jaret Winokur and
Tony Dovolani
3.2%
Monica Seles and
Jonathan Roberts
2.9%
Priscilla Presley and
Louis van Amstel
2.6%
Adam Carolla and
Julianne Hough
1.8%
Penn Jillette and
Kym Johnson
What's your take on this first tally? Is it still too early to serve as any indicator of long-term success?
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