“Dancing” Contestant De La Fuentes Scores With One Good Arm
May 06, 2008
It doesn’t always take two to tango. For Dancing With the Stars contestant Cristian de la Fuente, it only takes one arm to tango and mambo.
The Chilean actor and his partner were the top-scoring couple after Monday night’s Dancing With the Stars, despite an injury to De La Fuente’s left arm.
The soap star dropped partner Cheryl Burke last week when he ruptured a tendon in his bicep, but his doctor cleared him to continue in the dancing competition. Burke choreographed their dances so that de la Fuente mostly used his good arm—especially for the lifts.
The couple pulled off their routine and De La Fuente even donned a glittery support sleeve during the mambo.
They scored a 28 for the tango, and a near-perfect 29 for the mambo, to lead all the contestants in judges’ scores at the end of the night.
De la Fuente has said he will eventually need surgery to repair the injury, but that he planned to delay the operation so he could continue dancing.
