The cast of Dancing With the Stars season 19 have been training hard for the next week of competition as one team–Lolo Jones and Keo Motsepe–are already eliminated.
Some of the teams have already grown very close, as evident by some of the pictures and videos.
Check out updates by team below.
Janel Parrish and Val Chmerkovskiy
Parrish is best known as Mona in Pretty Little Liars, although her character was recently killed off.
Chmerkovskiy is often in the shadow of his brother but is a very talented dancer in his own right, being a 13-time US National Champion and two-time World Dance Champion.
These two have already drawn comparisons to last year’s winning team, Meryl Davis and Maksim Chmerkovskiy, aka Meryl and Maks, for their passion and intense chemistry.
Bethany Mota and Derek Hough
Mota is one of the most famous YouTube stars. She doles out fashion and beauty advice on the social network.
Hough is the only five-time champion in DWTS franchise history so far. He started dancing at age 11 in Salt Lake City, soon moving to London to live and train with top dance coaches.
Mota and Hough appear to be one of the frontrunners due to their skill and chemistry.
Alfonso Ribeiro and Witney Carson
Ribeiro is best known for being Carlton Banks in Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
Carson is a Utah native who started dancing at age three and who has learned many different dance styles, including Ballet, Tap, and Latin.
The team was likely the top surprise of the week, earning the best scores from the judges.
Jonathan Bennett and Allison Holker
Bennett is an actor who has appeared in movies including Mean Girls, Lovewrecked, and National Lampoon’s Van Wilder: Freshman Year.
Holker is an Emmy-nominated dancer and choregrapher who started her rise on season 2 of So You Think You Can Dance. She’s married to fellow dancer Stephen “tWitch” Boss.”
Bennett and Holker did great in the first week and look to be a strong team moving forward.
Sadie Robertson and Mark Ballas
Sadie is the 17-year-old daughter of one of the couples who star in Duck Dynasty, and is also known as an athlete and Christian speaker.
Ballas is a choreographer, actor, and musician who has been on DWTS for 14 seasons, winning two times.
While Sadie appears more reserved than many of the other woman, the duo looks good and will likely have a deep run this season.
My dancing shoes are still smokin, but I’m pumped for next week. Catch a new episode of #DWTS on 9/22 man.
— Tommy Chong (@tommychong) September 19, 2014
Tommy Chong and Peta Murgatroyd
Chong is a comedian best known for being part of the team Cheech & Chong. He’s been an actor and an actor.
Murgatroyd is a famed dancer who was born in Auckland, New Zealand and studied classical ballet for many years.
Chong and Murgatroyd had a crowd-pleasing dance in week 1 and look to be having a good time with each other.
Lea Thompson and Artem Chigvintsev
Thompson is best known for being Lorraine McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy.
Chigvintsev, originally from Russia, was first on the UK version of DWTS, Strictly Come Dancing. He joins this year as the first time on DWTS as a pro.
This team was probably the second-top surprise of the week, and figures to last at the very least several more weeks.
