'Dancing with the Stars' Eliminates First-Ever Blind Contestant Danelle Umstead

Dancing with the Starsseason 27 has sent home its second contestant.

After viewers watched the 12 couples perform each of their Vegas Night dances for judges Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli on Tuesday, another celebrity cast member on the reality dancing competition series was eliminated.

At the end of the episode, co-hosts Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews revealed that two couples were in jeopardy after Monday’s online votes and the judges’ Monday and Tuesday scores were combined: John Schneider and Emma Slater andDanelle Umsteadand Artem Chigvintsev.

“John and Emma, Danelle and Artem, on this second week of competition, the couple leaving us is: Danelle and Artem,” revealed Bergeron.

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After Umstead and Chigvintsev — who earned a 19/30 for Tuesday’s quickstep — were announced, the pair received a standing ovation from the audience.

“It’s been fun,” Umstead said of the experience, and told Chigvintsev: “Thank you for everything. It’s been amazing.”

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Last week, the 46-year-old athlete, who has won three Paralympic bronze medals in alpine skiing,opened upabout learning to dance with the inability to see.

“Because I can’t see, I touch Artem’s shoulders or his legs to feel the movement and paint myself a picture,” she explained.

“It was great. I was really impressed. I’m blown away,” he told Bergeron of his wife’s dance.

While Umstead was admittedly “so scared I was going to fall and trip” during the premiere, she said of the challenge: “Anything is possible and you just have to go for it.”

Dancing with the Starsairs Mondays (8 p.m. ET) on ABC.

source: people.com