Jesse Csincsak was at Dancing with the Stars Supporting Melissa Rycroft on March 23rd 2009…

Dancing with the Stars returns with new surprises and all the elements viewers have come to know and love. Macy’s Stars of Dance, which features some of the most renowned dancers and choreographers of our time will also be back on Dancing with the Stars the Results Show along with its hugely popular Design a Dance competition. Design a Dance is sponsored by Macy’s and made its debut last season. In addition, couples will once again take part in a team dance, group dance and face off as well as perform the Argentine Tango and East Coast Swing; a first in the series.

And in an exciting new twist, the bottom two couples facing elimination will “Dance Off” to determine who is dismissed in the first weeks of competition. For the Week 1 elimination, the bottom 2 is determined by combining the judges scores from the first 2 weeks with the viewer votes from the first 2 weeks. In the “Dance-Off,” the judges scores from the first 2 weeks are wiped out and the judges scores from the “Dance-Off” performance will replace them. The viewer votes from the first 2 weeks still count. The new judges scores from the “Dance-Off” and the viewers votes from the first 2 weeks will be combined to determine the eliminated couple.