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5 Contestants Make Moves to the Top on ‘Dancing with the Stars’

On Wednesday, reality star Maura Higgins topped the women's leaderboard during her Dancing with the Stars debut, scoring 21 out of 30 with professional partner Mark Ballas.
Higgins and Ballas performed a Traitors-themed foxtrot to 'Black Velvet' by Alannah Myles, drawing on their shared history from The Traitors US reality series.
Judges Carrie Ann Inaba, Derek Hough, and Bruno Tonioli praised the routine, with Inaba calling it 'mesmerising' and Tonioli saying, 'The movement on week one, I've never seen something like that.'
Meanwhile, Love Thy Nader star Sarah Jane Nader and her pro partner Hailey Bills were eliminated at the end of Wednesday night's episode.
Supporters Rob Rausch and Lisa Rinna watched from the audience, with Rausch carrying Higgins' Birkin bag featuring a note reading, 'Text MAURA 21523.

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