Lawrence Taylor has a tradition of football excellence to keep up on Dancing with the Stars. He's seen here on opening night, alongside Edyta Sliwinska.

We don't see Denise Richards and Maksim Chmerkovskiy being voted off Dancing with the Stars any time soon. This pair impressed on opening night.

Melissa Rycroft looked a bit nervous during her first performance on Dancing with the Stars. But she received high marks for it.

After just one night of dancing Gilles Marini and Cheryl Burke were atop the leaderboard. They earned 24 points on the season premiere of Dancing with the Stars.

23 points for Tony Dovolani and Melissa Rycroft? Not a bad opening showing at all.

Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Denise Richards wave to the crowd upon their season eight introduction. These two are among early favorites on the show.

For their first dance together, Dmitry Chaplin and Holly Madison performed well. Especially because the latter had so little time to prepare.