"Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars" hoe-down celebrates country music

"Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars" hosts Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke Charvet.

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Just days before the Country Music Awards take place in Nashville, Tenn., the "Dancing with the Stars" studio in Los Angeles was transformed into a cowboy paradise Monday for the competition's Country Night.

The evening featured performances by Little Big Town, Big & Rich and Cowboy Troy, as well as the first perfect scores of the season.

Sabrina Bryan's rumba, evoking a past romance with a drug addict, brought the audience to its feet and earned the first 30, giving her a two-week total of 88.5 out of 90. (There were no eliminations last week.)

Also earning a perfect score was Apolo Anton Ohno, who said his Viennese waltz was about a woman battling cancer. It brought his two-week total to 86.5.

At the bottom of the leaderboard was soap star Kelly Monaco, whose "Gone with the Wind"-themed tango was called "ambitious" by one of the judges. She earned a 27 for a combined score of 78.5.

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Actress Kirstie Alley also is in the bottom two, despite earning the night's extra two points for performance in the episode-ending group dance. Her rumba earned 27.5 for a combined total (with the extra two points) of 82.

In the middle were former NFL star Emmitt Smith and reality TV star Melissa Rycroft. Smith's foxtrot was called "out of sync" but his solo was praised. His total: 26.5 for a total of 82.5. Rycroft, injured last week in rehearsal, worked through the pain with a Viennese waltz that earned her 29.5 or a total of 86.

Gymnast Shawn Johnson was injured in rehearsal this week, aggravating a knee injury that kept her from the summer Olympics. Her samba earned her 28 for a total of 86.5.

French actor Gilles Marini seemed out of his element with a western-themed cha cha. Judge Carrie Ann Inaba, who famously fell off her chair while commenting on Marini's routine last week, gamely tied herself to her chair before rendering judgment. Marini earned 27.5 for a total of 84.

Marini was among several of the participants who mentioned the monster storm Sandy and sent their best wishes to East Coast viewers who were weathering the storm.

A results show starts tonight at 8 p.m. ET and one star will be eliminated.

[NHTVcritic]

So tired of this show being a popularity contest instead of a skills event. How can Kirstie Alley still be on? Didn't care for her as an actress, even less as a dancer. Finding it hard to bother with this show anyomore. When you can drop very talented people like Sabrina and make us suffer through really poor dancing, it it no longer enjoyable.

[ashlexjamesalex]

I am very disappointed in tonights show as the east coast just went through a major hurricane (Sandy)and I am sure that many were unable to see the show because we were all upset over storm that we were unable watch Dancing With the Stars. On our ABC channel was news all day and night on television. Sabrina should not have been eliminated. Kristie Alley should have been.

[carolannie20]

I just watched the results show & was disgusted that Kirstie Ally was safe but Sabrina was eliminated. Kirstie Ally should have been eliminated the 1st week. She is terrible & she looks like she is either smashed or stoned out of her mind. This is the last show I will watch...I think it is rigged.

[SarahInTexas]

I for one wish there had been some actual country music on country music night. Pseudo modern country pop and Michael Buble ballads do not a country music evening make.