"Most of David Hasselhoff's fellow dancers were practically speechless afterwards..."

[Amerigo Vespucci]

First contestant eliminated on 'Dancing with the Stars'
Entertainment Weekly
By Lynette Rice, EW.com
September 22, 2010 12:45 p.m. EDT



Most of David Hasselhoff's fellow dancers were practically speechless afterwards.

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(EW.com) -- Host Tom Bergeron wasn't kidding when he teased how the first elimination on this season's "Dancing with the Stars" would be a shocker.

For more about the celebrity who got the boot on Tuesday's episode -- and how it caught the producers by surprise -- go to the jump.

After earning only 15 out of 30 points for dancing the cha cha cha to the band's version of "Sex Bomb," David Hasselhoff got the ol' heave-ho during Tuesday's episode of ABC's "Dancing With the Stars."

Most of his fellow dancers were practically speechless afterwards ("It proves that anything can happen," said a shell-shocked Michael Bolton) while executive producer Conrad Green was downright bummed.

"I'm really sad to see David go," Green told EW. "Of all of the people in the cast, it's a real surprise for us because he is such a brilliant character. I thought his routine was really entertaining. I understand from the judges' purist dance point-of-view, it might not have been technically the best dance.

"But it's the one that made me laugh the most and I enjoyed it. Personally, I watch more for the entertainment than anything else. I like good old-fashioned entertainment shows because you never know what's coming. From that point of view, David had one of the best dances of the night."

Hasselhoff seemed to take the elimination in stride when trying to explain the reason for his quick ouster.

"I knew going into this that when you are David Hasselhoff and you live this larger-than-life persona, then everyone is kind of gunning for you," he told EW. "I knew that I had to kind of get past the judges, and I did everything I could to go on technique. Two days before premiere night, I had it down. I was so happy because my body came around. But premiere night, it just wouldn't work like I hoped."

[Fire Walk With Me]

1. Make. David. A. Judge.

See, problem solved.