Scores from Week 1 of DWTS 11

The eleventh season of Dancing with the Stars has kicked off among a cloud of glitter, feathers and pearly white smiles.

I have high hopes for this season, we'll see if it can be even better than last!

Here are the scores with some initial thoughts:

• Audrina Patridge and Tony Dovolani - 19 - A nice performance from Audrina, I felt she deserved a higher score.  It's always hard to go first, but she seemed very comfortable on the floor.
• Kurt Warner and Anna Trebunskaya - 19 - Kurt was nervous to start but pulled off some nice moves.  Wasn't as good as Audrina.
• Kyle Massey and Lacey Schwimmer - 23 - I have to admit I had Kyle down as one of the first to leave, but after this performance it'd be a real shame if he did get booted off.  He's a real performer.
• Rick Fox and Cheryl Burke - 22 - Rick was pretty good and they overcame the height difference pretty well.  I think dances like the jive might be harder for him.
• Margaret Cho and Louis Van Amstel - 15 - Margaret started really well, and then messed it up trying to be funny.  It's a shame - I like her!
• Brandy and Maksim Chmerkovskiy - 23 - Brandy showed why she was one of the favorites with a technically good dance with some emotion in it.
• Bristol Palin and Mark Ballas - 18 - Bristol was better than I expected.  She was obviously nervous, but seemed to actually try to enjoy herself.  If Mark can get the entertainer out, she could last a while.
• Michael Bolton and Chelsie Hightower - 16 -  Michael didn't seem as though he was enjoying it and he was very stiff.
• Florence Henderson and Corky Ballas - 18 - Now Florence DID enjoy herself.  She forgot the steps occasionally, but she gave an enjoyable performance.
• Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino and Karina Smirnoff - 15 - If your factor in the fact that he only had five days of practice this was a pretty good performance - unfortunately it doesn't work that way!  Assuming he stays, I think he will improve rapidly.
• Jennifer Grey and Derek Hough - 24 - A lovely performance with the choreography you've come to expect from Derek.  Jennifer had her heart on her sleeve dancing to a song from Dirty Dancing.  Unfortunately, the show tried to play it up a bit too much.
• David Hasselhoff and Kym Johnson - 15 - Oh dear.  The Hoff was enjoying himself, but he just can't dance.

Just another observation - Brooke Burke seemed to be asking questions that were being served to her, rather than coming up with her own.  She seemed a lot like Samantha.  She was like this at the beginning of last season but loosened up - I hope she does this time too!

Overall, I'm very encouraged!