A "Dancing With the Stars" Run Continues for Aly Raisman

She's still dancing, and she's dancing for Boston.

Aly Raisman, Needham's own gold-medaling Olympic gymnast, survived another round of ABC's Dancing With the Stars with her pineapple-throwing performance. 

"I never shimmied that much in my life." Raisman said behind the scenes, "and I liked it a lot."

She was declared safe about a third of the way into last night's program. 

However, the judges and fans scores end up sending actor Andy Dick and his partner Sharna Burgess home. Burgess was reportedly angry about the judge's treatment of her partner. 

Following the Boston Marathon bombing, a ballroom dancer and instructor who lost her leg in the attack did announce her intention to dance for the competition. Host Tom Bergeron said they would follow the recovery of Adrianne Haslet, who is putting together a routine.  

This week, DWTS threw in a fresh competitive twist: a dance-off among six of the seven competing couples. Aly & Mark won a cha-cha dance-off against another couple, which scored the Needhamite and her professional dancing partner some extra points from the panel of judges.

"Dancing With the Stars" returns again from 8 p.m. to 10:01 p.m. on Monday, with the DWTS Results Show airing next Tuesday night from 9 to 10:01 p.m. Next week's theme is Latin Night.

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