PureDWTS Season 24 Week One Media, Scores, Recaps, And Interviews After Night One

Wow! What a show last night!! I seriously loved all of the couples in different ways from dancing ability to the entertainment factor. If you didn’t get to see all the dances, see them IdolXfactor.com (these videos can be seen internationally too) and DWTS Official You Tube. Let’s review the scores…

Simone Biles and Sasha Farber: Scores of 8-8-8-8 from the judges for a total of 32.
Rashad Jennings and Emma Slater: Scores of 8-7-8-8 from the judges for a total of 31.
David Ross and Lindsay Arnold: Scores of 7-7-7-7 from the judges for a total of 28.
Nancy Kerrigan and Artem Chigvintsev: Scores of 7-7-7-7 from the judges for a total of 28.
Heather Morris and Maksim Chmerkovskiy: Scores of 7-7-7-7 from the judges for a total of 28.
Normani Kordei and Valentin Chmerkovskiy: Scores of 7-6-7-7 for a total of 27.
Nick Viall and Peta Murgatroyd: Scores of 6-6-6-6 from the judges for a total of 24.
Erika Jayne and Gleb Savchenko: Scores of 6-6-6-6 from the judges for a total of 24.
Bonner Bolton and Sharna Burgess: Scores of 6-5-5-6 from the judges for a total of 22.
Charo and Keo Motsepe: Scores of 6-5-5-5 from the judges for a total of 21.
Mr. T and Kym Herjavec: Scores of 5-5-5-5 from the judges for a total 20.
Chris Kattan and Witney Carson: Scores of 5-4-4-4 from the judges for a total of 17.

For a fun photo gallery, see ABC7. Don’t miss the People interviews here. They may post more later, so keep checking back. I love these quotes by Sharna and Bonner….

“Oh gosh,” she told reporters. “I am a professional. Look, we have a lot of chemistry and we have a lot of fun, but first and foremost we are trying to do a really great job in this competition. I want Bonner to be around until the end and I want to take this man to the finale. That is our priority. Everyone is making a lot of our really obvious chemistry.”

“I’ll be the first to say that she is as 100 percent a professional as she is beautiful,” echoed Bonner, who previously told PEOPLE it was adoration at first sight for him. “She’s a great teacher. She’s pushing me hard I’m working hard. I just want to make her proud.”

FOX411 also talked with some of the couples after the show which you can read on HERE and HERE in full. Below are some quotes….

Ross smiled to reporters after the show, “That’s as much fun I’ve had since probably game seven of the World Series,” referring to the previously cursed Cubs winning it all last season.

Actually, he added, “DWTS” was more fun because he was “so stressed out” during the baseball finale last November, in which his Cubs defeated the Cleveland Indians, 8-7, in one of the most exciting World Series games of all time. Ross also was on the 2013 Boston Red Sox championship team.

When asked by FOX411 if he could be the sleeper underdog of season 24, he replied, “I’m the underdog in life! Listen, I’m a backup catcher who’s on ‘Dancing with the Stars.’ I’ve won two World championships as a backup and a guy that is not a superstar player, so I’m fine with not getting the attention. I’m here for me, to have fun. I’m here to enjoy this, a once in a lifetime experience.”

Meanwhile, the leader Biles told FOX411 performing the tango with Sasha Farber, “was definitely fun” and noted, “Gymnastics is a very different sport from dancing.”

Kattan admitted that with his neck injury “I wasn’t supposed to do that [head bobbing in the dance], but whatever. All week, I was like, okay, be careful. And then I gave it my all [on show night].”

His devoted dance partner Carson, said, “It’s definitely concerning because that’s a big injury…so for me, I’m a little bit scared but I obviously want to push him so the judges see he is a contender and that he’s doing stuff that really shines and makes him pop. It’s a hard balance but the first two weeks have been a lot of test and trial to see what he can do and what he’s incapable of but he’s really fearless even though he’s had so many surgeries.”

Kattan noted, “One of the judges said, ‘Try not to be so stiff.’ But that’s one of the hardest things for me, is to not be stiff.”

Meanwhile, “DWTS” pro Sharna Burgess, who performs with bull rider Bonner Bolton, thought Kattan was judged way too harshly.

“Judging was super hard tonight,” Burgess sighed. “They threw out ‘4’s tonight! I haven’t seen a ‘4’ in, I think, ever. Poor Chris! Honestly, I think he did a fantastic job.”

Below are more interviews and recaps…