Dancing With the Stars Responds to Boston Marathon

Regular Dancing With the Stars viewers who tuned in last night, at least in the Boston area, were instead greeted with coverage of the Boston Marathon explosion from yesterday. 

While ABC's dancing contest continued, the incident was not far from the minds of the cast and crew. According to a tweet from People Magazine:

Tom Bergeron opened tonight's #DWTS show with these words: "Our thoughts are with everyone in Boston tonight. ... My heart is with you."

Needham Olympian Aly Raisman dedicated her dance to the people in Boston, and Zendaya sent the city her 10-point scores from the judges (she had two of them and a 9). 

She did well again this week, scoring 25 points in a double-samba with professional pair Tony Dovolani and Witney Carson, Raisman of course dancing with her partner Mark Ballas. GossipCop also noted that the Olympian was “Feeling so sick to my stomach. Wish I could do something to help everyone in Boston! Things need to change, so disturbing.”

In addition to the judge's scores, viewers can vote for their favorite teams. To vote for Aly in tonight's episode, her voting call number is 800-868-3408 (or 800-VOTE4-08), or text the number 3408. 

Phone and text voting close 60 minutes after the show, and online voting at both ABC's website and the DWTS Facebook page remain open until 11 a.m. on Tuesday.

"Dancing With the Stars" returns from 8 p.m. to 10:01 p.m. on Monday, tonight, with the DWTS Results Show airing Tuesday night from 9 to 10:01 p.m. 

Raisman trained for the Olympics Gymnastics Team at the Brestyan’s American Gymnastics Club in Burlington. She won two gold medals and a bronze medal for the U.S. Women’s Olympics at the 2012 London Games.

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