Hope Solo Eliminated From ‘Dancing With the Stars’

Soccer star Hope Solo has been kicked off of "Dancing With the Stars." Solo was forced to hang up her dancing shoes tonight after being voted off “Dancing With the Stars” in the week 9 semifinals, leaving Ricki Lake, J.R. Martinez and Rob Kardashian to battle it out in next week’s finals.

Solo and Maks were at the bottom of the scoreboard from Monday’s dance routines; the couple received a total of just 49 points from judges’ votes. "Instead of winning the mirror ball trophy, I'm going to try and win a gold medal this summer at the Olympics," said a smiling Solo, who won gold in the 2008 Olympics, after learning her fate.

 

"I love them! They were on my team paso and we did so well with that," Ricki Lake says of saying goodbye to Hope and her partner Maks Chermovskiy. “Maks was amazing — the producer of the show, I have to thank you, Maks, for casting me to be on your show!” Hope faux-gushed. We hope no one lets him live down his “this is my show” comment.

"Instead of winning the mirror ball trophy, I'm going to try and win a gold medal this summer at the Olympics," Solo said after she was ousted, calling the show "one of the toughest competitions I've ever been a part of." Solo and Chmerkovskiy have made waves on the show, and not just for their dancing.

Kardashian and Burke then took the stage to find out if they would be in the bottom two or the top three. Rob Kardashian, Ricki Lake, JR Martinez are the remaining three contestants that progress to next week’s show as the final for Dancing With the Stars season 13 draws to a close.