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"Gavin DeGraw faced off against Jaleel White in a &amp;quot;dance duel&amp;quot; on Tuesday&amp;apos;s Dancing With the Stars, and the singer tells Us Weekly he thrived in the high-pressure environment.\r\n&amp;quot;I&amp;apos;ll miss the whole pressure element of this show,&amp;quot; the singer -- eliminated by Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli in a unanimous vote -- explained after his ouster. &amp;quot;I don&amp;apos;t necessarily enjoy the pressure all the time but pressure is good.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nAdmitting that he never expected to take home season 14&amp;apos;s Mirrorball trophy, DeGraw, 35, still earned a pretty decent consolation prize from his pro partner Karina Smirnoff.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I got Karina&amp;apos;s phone number finally! It took a while,&amp;quot; DeGraw, who continues his concert tour this summer, admitted to Us. &amp;quot;[Dancing With the Stars] was like summer camp: We made a lot of great friends and it was a great experience. You don&amp;apos;t have to win a trophy to learn how to dance, so this is about stepping out, learning something new -- it&amp;apos;s not about winning or losing all the time.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nFollowing DeGraw&amp;apos;s elimination, eight contestants remain in the competition: White, William Levy, Gladys Knight, Maria Menounos, Donald Driver, Roshon Fegan, Melissa Gilbert and Katherine Jenkins."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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