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"&amp;#xA0;\r\nSure, Aaron Carter may have come out on top on Monday&amp;apos;s Dancing With the Stars premiere (he earned the night&amp;apos;s highest score: 32 out of 40).\r\nBut former House Republican Whip Tom DeLay thought his performance wasn&amp;apos;t so shabby.\r\n&amp;quot;I have to say I nailed it - I did!&amp;quot; he told Usmagazine.com after he danced the cha-cha to 1960s hit &amp;quot;Wild Thing.&amp;quot;\r\nAdded the 62-year-old DeLay (who is partnered with Cheryl Burke): &amp;quot;I felt good, my hips were working. Cheryl held me up, and I really nailed it.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nJudges weren&amp;apos;t so sure. &amp;quot;Parts were magic, parts were tragic,&amp;quot; judge Len Goodman quipped.\r\nDeLay finished with 20 points.\r\n&amp;quot;When we were dancing together, he was all about it,&amp;quot; Burke told Us of DeLay.&amp;#xA0;&amp;quot;He was all in character, and he had a lot of fun, so Tom surprised me the most. I wasn&amp;apos;t laughing at him, but I was laughing, enjoying the moment. I couldn&amp;apos;t believe it!&amp;quot;\r\nWatch a video of Mya rehearsing\r\nAt the bottom: Ashley Hamilton and NFL star Michael Irvin tied, with 19 points each.\r\nFormer teen singer Carter, 21, was thrilled he ranked No. 1 for the night.\r\nHis goal for the show isn&amp;apos;t to win.\r\n&amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m here showing people who I am and what I want to be,&amp;quot; he told Us. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s hard ... people look at me and I&amp;apos;m not 12 anymore.\r\n&amp;quot;You don&amp;apos;t want people to just like you for how you were then,&amp;quot; he added.\r\n&amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s important to know that people do change. They grow up and that&amp;apos;s what I&amp;apos;m doing.&amp;quot;\r\nThe ladies will be performing on Tuesday&amp;apos;s show. A male and female contestant will be eliminated Wednesday.\r\n&amp;#xA0;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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