Dancing with the Stars kicked off season 11 with a snazzy bang – but ultimately one contestant had to be the first to hang up their dancing shoes.
In the end, it was down to just two couples on Tuesday night's results show: David Hasselhoff and pro Kym Johnson and Kyle Massey and his pro Lacey Schwimmer. Ultimately, David Hasselhoff was the first celebrity to be voted off the ABC show.
"It's been a great ride," he said before taking another spin around the parquet. "I feel bad for Kym because she worked so hard to try and get me where I was going. I'm just so proud that my daughters are here and got to see me go this far. So, it's great."
Hasselhoff's first dance on Monday's show, a stiff cha cha, landed him in the bottom initially with only 15 points.
On Tuesday's elimination show, the former Baywatch star was joined in the bottom by Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino and Kurt Warner. Both stars were deemed safe due to their combined scores – made up by judges' points and viewers' votes – leaving only Hasselhoff and Massey up for elimination.
It’s time to take off the flip-flops and put on the dancing shoes as the cast of Dancing with the Stars season 11 is now in place.
Baywatch alum David Hasselhoff will compete against Jersey Shore hunk Michael “The Situation” Sorrentino, as well as former NFL star Kurt Warner, singer Michael Bolton, Bristol Palin and actress Jennifer Grey, Dancing with the Stars hosts Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke announced in a live press conference Monday night during a new episode of Bachelor Pad.
Also ready to hit the ballroom are Brady Bunch star Florence Henderson, Hills star Audrina Patridge, former Los Angeles Laker Rick Fox, singer Brandy, comedian Margaret Cho and actor Kyle Massey.
The celebrity-professional pairings will be revealed Wednesday. And the new season of Dancing kicks off September 20th on ABC.
Comedian Howie Mandel will replace former Baywatch star David Hasselhoff as a judge on reality show America's Got Talent.
The funnyman will join rock matriarch Sharon Osbourne and British journalist Piers Morgan on the hit TV show when it returns for its fifth season later this year, according to Life & Style magazine.
Hasselhoff announced his departure from America's Got Talent last Wednesday, revealing he was moving on to work on his own programme.
He said in a statement, "It's been a rewarding experience and now I'm thrilled to be able to follow my dream to do my own TV show, which will be announced very shortly."
Mandel's new role on America's Got Talent marks his return to TV screens after game show Deal Or No Deal, which he presented, was cancelled early last year.
David Hasselhoff is saying goodbye to America’s Got Talent after four years as a judge with Piers Morgan and Sharon Osbourne.
Hasselhoff, 57, said, “I am proud that I was part of making America’s Got Talent the No. 1 rated show for the past four summers. It’s been a rewarding experience and now I’m thrilled to be able to follow my dream to do my own TV show, which will be announced very shortly.”
Hasselhoff adds, “I want to thank my friend, (executive producer) Simon Cowell, and everyone at NBC and Fremantle for the opportunity for four great years.”
Details of his new project have not been released.
A statement from NBC says, “David’s been an integral part of the success of America’s Got Talent and we are sad to see him go. We wish him all the best with his new show.”
NBC sources say that they will be looking for a new judge to fill Hasselhoff’s seat when the show resumes next summer for the fifth season, but no names have been cited as potential replacements.
Former Baywatch star David Hasselhoff was taken to hospital in Los Angeles on Saturday night - allegedly suffering from alcohol poisoning.
The America's Got Talent judge was reportedly found unconscious on the floor of his Encino, California home by his 16-year-old daughter Hayley.
The teenager called her mother, the star's ex-wife Pamela Bach, and the pair drove him to L.A.'s Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, according to Radar Online.
A source tells the website, "(Hayley kept) slapping her dad’s face. He was barely breathing when they got him at the hospital.
“He’s recovering. Pam was his bedside till 4am. This is about the seventh time he’s been taken to a hospital over the last few years with alcohol poisoning."
Hasselhoff’s alcohol problems were exposed in 2007 when home video footage of the star in a drunken state leaked onto the internet.
The 56-year-old later checked into a rehabilitation facility in a bid to kick his drink demons.
Dancing with the Stars kicked off season 11 with a snazzy bang – but ultimately one contestant had to be the first to hang up their dancing shoes.
