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.”
And how. Judge Carrie Ann Inaba called him the offspring of Donny Osmond and Jerry Springer, while Len Goodman said “it’s never too early to panic.” Even Bruno Tonioli wrote off his performance as “madness.” Even Hasselhoff’s family seemed to indicate that all was not well with their dad; one of his daughters sitting in the audience on Tuesday said that Hasselhoff’s knees were aching, so their pop and his partner Kym Johnson had some fessing up to do after the show.
“He was trying not to talk about it…,” Johnson said.
“I got a cortisone shot, had a few liters of fluid drained and some electrical shocks this morning,” Hasselhoff conceded about his knees. “So I said, if we went to the next round, I’d be good. Now I’ll just be walking good for my live show in Loughlin.” The actor-singer is performing at a casino in the Nevada resort town Sept. 22 through Sept. 26.
Though he admitted feeling bad for Johnson, Hasselhoff is hoping that his now-ex-dance partner will join him on the road during one of his concerts. ”Maybe she’ll jump on stage and do ‘Sex Bomb,’ which is going to be my new single in my live show. Life is a journey. I said to her tonight, ‘Whatever happens, we breathe in God, we breathe out smiles. There’s a reason for everything.’ And you know what? We had a blast. As long as you give everything you’ve got in life, there are no regrets.”
Most importantly, he doesn’t think viewers were trying to get back at him for the way he judged on America’s Got Talent, even though he made a crack about it during the show. ”I was compassionate to those kids,” he said. “The psychiatrist who they usually have backstage for those kids came up to me and said how I saved them a lot of money because I would give them encouragement and tell them to learn from this moment, use it as a springboard to move forward. If I give that message out to them, I take it for myself.”
This isn’t the last we’ll see of The Hoff. He said A&E is about to debut his reality show called The Hasselhoffs, but he’s not ready to reveal the debut date just yet. “It’s really based on my life in Hollywood and the perception of me. Who I am is not what people know. It’s really about me and my daughters and their quest to become pop stars and how hard they have worked. It might be too soft for reality TV because it has the good and the bad, but it’s not ugly. It’s based on positive reinforcement about life and all the things that we learn. I’m very, very proud of it. It’s coming out very soon.”
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First. How was David a shock?? From the way they were treating it all night like the second coming of Sabrina Bryan’s exodus, let alone Shannen Doherty, I thought Brandy or Kyle Massey were in serious trouble. Or at least Audrina Patridge or everybody’s favorite Brady. We knew the athletes weren’t going anywhere, The Situation and Bristol were too media-central to go out the first week, and Margaret Cho was seriously underscored. I thought the Hoff was more memorable than Michael Bolton, but then you hear what people like Chelsea Handler said of Hasselhoff’s first dance and you can’t be surprised. He’s been an embarrassment to himself for years now. He was this season’s Doherty (no offense, Shannen/Brenda!).
ZACH ARE YOU HIRED? NO SHUT UP
stupid and annoying equals Thomas.
Lanmei – you might want to check on that boyfriend of yours. I’ve seen at least ten other different women spamming about him on this site!
Good riddance for Euro-trash!
The Hoff is American, half-wit!
He’s German
Lance is right. He is AMERICAN. Born and bred.
He’s american, but the only country where his music career is (amazingly) still chart worthy is Germany.
There’s no accounting for taste.
And that’s why he’s Euro-trash.
I think David was surprised but I could’nt tell by looking at that surgical mishap he calls a face.
WTF? Kicking off stars and leaving trash like Brisol ? I see where this is going…
Bristol was better than I thought she would be. Don’t count her mother against her.
Bristol was not the worst dancer, Hasselhoff and da Situation were so much worse, Situation needs to leave next
why not? She is only there because of her psycho mother.
My big problem with Bristol is that this is supposed to be Dancing with the Stars, not Dancing with People Whose Parents You’ve Heard of. She isn’t known for anything that she has done, she’s known as someone’s daughter.
Also, Bristol might actually be nuttier than her mom. What person in her right mind publicly announces, after giving birth, that she’s saving herself for marriage? Is she unaware that ship has sailed?
Bristol wasn’t bad, but her dancing was flat. It was a series of carefully counted steps with big pauses to shake her hips. No fluidity and no whole-body dancing. She had a great partner and that’s what saved her routine.
This show is called Dancing with the Stars. Bristol’s star status is worse than Kate plus Eight from last season.
Bristol was really bad. She was off the music and absolutely no movement flowed naturally from her.
I was surprised how awful she was. Watching her shapeless body was so uncomfortable. That girl is going to look like she’s 40 by the time she’s 25.
Leave Bristol alone. She did pretty good for being the only one there without an entertainment/athletic background! She was clearly nervous but wasnt even in the bottom 3 worst performers
Bristol did much better than I expected. She was so nervous going in. I say leave her alone and give her a chance. Leave politics out of it.
You say she did good without an athletci or entertainment backgound. So what exactly qualifies her as a “star”? Of course you could say that about most of this cast, but really, plain looking, trampy daughter of a former governor who was briefly a vice presidential nominee.
She was announced in the comercial as Alaska’s famous first daughter BLEHH Sarah will probably rig the votes..
I’m more upset that we were left with that no-talent greaseball Situation.
Not sure how this was a shock. Hasselhoff was a terrible dancer.
David, consider this a wake up call. You’re not as beloved as your drunken delusions tell you.
i agree!
And Germans can’t vote.
Better him than Kyle Massey and Kurt Warner.
I’m not shocked, his performance wasn’t good. Plus, for some reason he came across as a bit smug for my liking. I’m not sure he really wanted to be there or thought he had a chance of winning. I don’t know, maybe he did have some health issues he was working through. All the other performers seemed happy to be there.
Personally, I’m happy that Bristol’s participating and that she will get a chance to grow more as the show progresses. I think that this is actually one of the shows strongest features, it give celebrities an opportunity to learn how to dance and grow as human beings. We saw this two years ago with Kelly Osbourne, this year, I want to see how Bristol grows through this process. I certainly admire her courage for doing something that is completely out of her realm of experience.
“out of her realm of experience” – which is what, exactly?
Sneaking a nooner in while mommy is playing governor and daddy is lookin’ fer oil on the north shore?
that said, would have rather the “situation” gone away. The clown has to be on minute 14.5 by now.
U never sneaked a nooner when u were young, she just got caught and was actually responsable!
The situation may have sucked but I did vote for him. A girl’s gotta have some eye candy. Lol
Ick, he’s gross. His abs are disgusting and don’t look natural at all.
which means what? They look like spray ons?
They look as if they were surgically implanted (not saying they are…). He Was the worst dancer of the bunch. I believe in deeply in diversity of opinion, and mine is that he is so NOT eye candy.
His abs look like they used rolled-up socks as implants. Not sexy.
HE MAY ABS BUT HIS FACE IS UGLY…AND I AM GAY
ewww…. there are “real” people out there that think he is hot??? He is simply nasty and needs to take a shower.
Kurt Warner is much better eye candy than The Situation!!!
That ain’t eye candy. More like an emetic.
Your eyes are deceiving you. That midget is pitiful.
I think he’s just plain creepy….not to mention pompous.
Hasselhoff leaving wasn’t a shock at all. I thought it would be Brandy – she was good Monday night, but I wasn’t sure she would get enough of America’s vote.
I am sure Brandy has more fans than a couple of people with lower scores.
Brandy said she hasn’t received fan mail for years so I don’t think she has that large a fan base. Not since she got knocked up then lied she was married, then went out and killed a young mother with her car. Murder kind of sucks the life out of a fan base, you know?
Shalonda, go spew your crap elsewhere. Brandy did not murder anyone. It was an accident. Accidents happen. Brandy seemed to have felt terrible about it.
Ohhhh shucks, I’m sorry I didn’t vote. I really like the Hoff and thought he’d be better. But oh well, at least he won’t be straining his knees. Best wishes to him!!
WHILE HE EATS A BURGER
Hay Hoff, it’s going to be ok.Here have some vodka you looser.
looser than what?
I’ve never heard him referred to as “Hay Hoff” before….
You’re the loser . . . and you can’t spell either!
Holy heck you people are nasty and judgemental. Hasselhoff was entertaining and young Bristol did very well.
Everyone has a skeleton in their closet so you should be very careful what you say because one day that could be you drunk on a floor somewhere or with a Political mom who is unpopular.
I give all the dancers credit for the hard work they put in to their dances.
Good for you . . . it’s nice to hear someone with a brain who speaks positively of others.
That political mom is not unpopular. You just like to believe what the media is handing to you.
She’s unpopular with everyone I know.
Nicely said, witchy mom.
I can’t believe people liked Margaret Cho better than Hasselhoff! I mean, neither ofthem was that good, but Cho was HORRIBLE!!
When Cho first came out she was fantastic. Graceful and moving. It all went sour after she tried to inject a comedy skit into the routine. The judges were right: the comedy didn’t work. You must have missed the part where it was deliberate.
I didn’t mind the comedy, but maybe she should have waited a few weeks to do it. And yes, her initial dancing was very graceful.
She overdid it with her comedic touches to the dance. She should have waited until mid October to do it in the performance. Just doesn’t blend well to the ballroom dancing.
It will dance some fat off of Bistol
No sh*t. I was surprised at how thick and shapeless her body and face are.
She definitely didn’t inherit her mom’s looks, bless her heart…. She’ll slim up, though, if she stays on the show long enough.
She’s got the Innuit Indian build that’s common for women of that ethnicity.