Dancing with the Stars' 23rd season already has a reigning leaderboard topper in Olympic gold gymnast Laurie Hernandez and her professional partner Val Chmerkovskiy.

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Laurie and Val finished in first place on the judges' leaderboard out of the 13 competing couples when they received 32 out of 40 points from Dancing with the Stars judges Len Goodman, Carrie Ann Inaba, Julianne Hough and Bruno Tonioli during Monday night's broadcast on ABC.

Laurie and Val performed a jive inspired by Ducktales for the show's "TV Night" theme in which pairs danced to theme songs of classic television shows.

Little Women: LA star Terra Jole and partner Sasha Farber claimed second place on the leaderboard with 31 points after taking the stage with a quickstep routine to the song from Bewitched.

Iconic singer and producer Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds and partner Allison Holker landed in third place on the leaderboard. They danced a 30-point worthy tango inspired by The X Files.

Three celebrities tied for fourth place with 29 points from the judges: Country singer Jana Kramer, professional race car driver James Hinchcliffe, and actress and former The Celebrity Apprentice contestant Marilu Henner.

Jana and partner Gleb Savchenko performed a tango to the song from her hit show One Tree Hill that was sung by Gavin DeGraw. Jana managed to dance after pulling muscles between her ribs in rehearsal last week, however, it wasn't without pain.

James and partner Sharna Burgess danced a paso doble inspired by The Walking Dead. The couple did well considering they only had two full days to rehearse due to James' prior commitments with racing.

Marilu and partner Derek Hough took the stage with a foxtrot to the song from her old hit show Taxi.

Seventh place went to retired NFL wide receiver Calvin Johnson Jr. and partner Lindsay Arnold. The couple walked away from the night with 28 points thanks to their foxtrot routine set to the music of Family Matters.

Two couples tied for eighth place with 26 points: The Brady Bunch star Maureen McCormick and partner Artem Chigvintsev as well as former rapper and The Vanilla Ice Project star Vanilla Ice (formally known as Robert Van Winkle) and partner Witney Carson.

Maureen and Artem performed a quickstep to The Brady Bunch theme song, while Vanilla Ice and Witney danced a foxtrot to the tune from Married with Children.

Three couples tied for tenth place on the leaderboard after receiving 24 points each from the judges.

Talk show host and model Amber Rose and partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy danced a Viennese waltz to a song from The Game of Thrones.

Disney Channel star Jake T. Austin and partner Jenna Johnson performed a cha cha inspired by Go, Diego, Go!, the animated show for which Jake had provided his voice.

Olympic gold swimmer and former What Would Ryan Lochte Do? star Ryan Lochte and partner Cheryl Burke returned to the dance floor with big smiles on their faces following last week's protest. The couple gave it their all in a quickstep inspired by The Muppets Show.

Stuck at the bottom of the judges' leaderboard again in thirteenth place was former Texas governor and U.S. presidential candidate Rick Perry and partner Emma Slater. Rick and Emma danced a 22-point worthy quickstep routine set to the music from Green Acres.

The judges' votes and home viewer votes from the last two performance shows will be combined to determine which Dancing with the Stars couple will be eliminated during the upcoming Tuesday night results show from 8-10PM ET/PT on ABC.
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