View gallery
Jersey Shore star Vinny Guadagnino and new DWTS professional Koko Iwasaki are able to make a comeback. Their first efficiency throughout the season 31 premiere earned a 19 out of 40, putting them second to final on the leaderboard. Vinny and Koko are extra decided to get again on the market and aren’t sweating the primary week.
“We’ve been working arduous. It wasn’t my finest move out it. I didn’t suppose I did that dangerous, actually. We’re gonna do our factor, and I type of like being the underdog now,” Vinny admitted to reporters, together with HollywoodLife, after the premiere.
Koko revealed that their “underdog” standing “fuels my hearth.” She added, “I do know what we’ve got. I do know the chemistry that we’ve got. I understand how to show him, and I’m very excited to only hold pushing… I believe it’s type of put a bit bit of fireplace on our ft, and we’re actually going to work arduous in proving ourselves.”
The season 31 premiere marked Koko’s Dancing With the Stars debut. She made DWTS historical past as the primary Japanese professional on the present. “I really feel every kind of feelings. I’m primary simply very grateful to be right here. I’m so joyful,” she informed reporters.
Vinny and Koko survived the primary week of Dancing With the Stars. They didn’t even make the underside two! Jason Lewis and Peta Murgatroyd have been the primary couple of season 31 to be eradicated. Teresa Giudice and Pasha Pashkov have been saved by the judges.
The 15 {couples} who’re nonetheless within the competitors will probably be taking up Elvis Evening when the brand new episode airs on September 26. Vinny and Koko will probably be dancing the quickstep to Elvis Presley’s hit “Viva Las Vegas.” On the finish of the night time, one other couple will probably be despatched residence. Dancing With the Stars season 31 airs Mondays on Disney+.
