It was gentlemen's night on the season premiere of Dancing With the Stars.

The females will entertain viewers this evening, but first a former Congressmen; star snowboarder; master chef; and many other took to the stage to kick off season nine of the ABC competition.

They performed Latin and Ballroom routines, totaling the following combined scores for the night:

• Aaron Carter & Karina Smirnoff: 32
• Donny Osmond & Kym Johnson: 30
• Mark Dacascos & Lacey Schwimmer: 29
• Louie Vito & Chelsie Hightower: 27
• Chuck Liddell & Anna Trebunskaya : 22
• Tom DeLay & Cheryl Burke: 20
• Ashley Hamilton & Edyta Sliwinska: 19
• Michael Irvin & Anna Demidova: 19

Catch a snippet of each celebrity's performance with the video below:

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