Surprise Elimination on Dancing with the Stars

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Down to a half-dozen pairs, some tied or separated by just a point this week, the decision of who stays and who survives on Dancing with the Stars is getting tougher.

The low scorers after Monday night's performances also are among the audience favorites: Kendra Wilkinson, Kirstie Alley and Romeo.

When it was all over Tuesday night, viewers got a mild shock. Was it one of those three or somebody else who was sent home? Read on...

Week after week she charmed fans with her girl-next-door sex appeal even as she struggled with the technical aspects of ballroom dance, and now it's over for Kendra Wilkinson.

She was eliminated even though she finished ahead of Alley and Romeo this week with 31 points to their 30 apiece.

"I've lasted seven weeks ? seven weeks longer than I ever thought I would last," said Wilkinson, who thanked her pro partner, Louis van Amstel, and the two Hanks in her life: her husband and son.

"I'm not the best dancer but I am the best mom," she said. "I'm back to being a mom."

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