The 34th season of "Dancing with the Stars" is here.
At 8 p.m. ET on Tuesday night, two notable sports figures were among the star-studded cast for Episode 1 of the dancing competition, which airs on Disney+ and ABC.
After Ilona Maher and her partner, Alan Bersten, finished in second place in Season 33, two more well-known athletes are competing on "DWTS" this year: Baron Davis and Jordan Chiles. Davis is a retired 13-year NBA star who spent time with the Hornets, Warriors, Clippers, Cavaliers and Knicks. The two-time All-Star is from Los Angeles and played at UCLA before he was selected third overall by Charlotte in the 1999 NBA Draft.
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Chiles, meanwhile, is a two-time Olympian who represented the United States gymnastics team in Tokyo and Paris; she helped Team USA win gold in the 2024 women's artistic team all-around competition. She also competed collegiately at UCLA and also won NCAA championships in 2023 and 2025.
Once again, star athletes took the spotlight in "Dancing with the Stars" as Episode 1 officially arrived Tuesday night.
Check out the results from Episode 1 of "DWTS" Season 34 below, including the details on any early eliminations.
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Scores are in the order of when the competitors performed, and they will carry over to Episode 2. Judge scores are out of 20 for Episode 1.
| Contestant Name | Judge Score | Audience Score |
| Jordan Chiles | 10 | TBD |
| Dylan Efron | 10 | TBD |
| Elaine Hendrix | 12 | TBD |
| Whitney Leavitt | 15 | TBD |
| Baron Davis | 10 | TBD |
| Alix Earle | 13 | TBD |
| Scott Hoying | 10 | TBD |
| Danielle Fishel | 12 | TBD |
| Jen Affleck | 12 | TBD |
| Corey Feldman | 9 | TBD |
| Lauren Jauregi | 13 | TBD |
| Andy Richter | 9 | TBD |
| Hilaria Baldwin | 14 | TBD |
| Robert Irwin | 15 | TBD |
Who was eliminated on DWTS?
There were no eliminations in Episode 1, the show announced, with Episode 1 scores carrying over to Episode 2. However, two couples will be eliminated in Episode 2.
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How does Dancing with the Stars scoring work?
Scoring on "Dancing with the Stars" is divided into two categories: judges and audience. During the episode, the panel of judges give the dancers a score from 1 to 10. For Season 34, Derek Hough, Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli will all return as judges. Before the audience votes, the judges give the dancers a maximum of 30 points.
This is where the scoring can get confusing. What matters isn't exactly the number of points a dance gets, but how that number relates to the total number of votes the judges gave out. In the scenario that the judges give out 100 points throughout a round, with dancer A getting 10 and dancer B getting 20, then dancer A will have 10% of the judge's vote and dancer B will have 20% before audience votes are tallied.
Then, let's say dancer A gets 35% of the public vote, while dancer B only gets 5%. Dancer A's final score would be 45% of the vote, and dancer B would have gotten 40%. In this example, dancer A would move on, and dancer B would be eliminated.
Scoring is the percentage of the judges' votes added to the percentage of the audience's votes, for a total score.
How to vote for Dancing with the Stars
You can cast your vote for your favorite dancers either through ABC's website or text messages. A number will pop up on the screen during the broadcast, and you can text the dancer's first name to that number to register a vote.
You are limited to casting up to 10 votes per couple, per voting method. You can vote for multiple couples and allocate your votes as you see fit; further details can be found on ABC's DWTS site.
Voting is only live during the original DTWS broadcast in the ET/CT slot.