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Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino and partner Karina Smirnoff danced the Cha Cha Cha to “Break Your Heart on the Season 11 premiere of Dancing with the Stars.

According to Sorrentino, the biggest handicap he had to overcome was being behind in practice. “It will take me a little bit of time to get the first steps down, but once I have them down I should be good.”

The other contestants had more than three weeks of rehearsals prior to Monday night’s premiere, While “Team Sitchoff” had only five days to rehearse due to Mike’s contract obligations to MTV’s Jersey Shore.

After the dance, judge Len Goodman told Sorrentino, “You’ve got potential…you’re just under rehearsed.” The two then had a testy moment when Len slammed The Situation after he made a comment inaudible to viewers, and the judge responded with “Did I tell you, you’ve got the guns without the ammunition?”

Bruno Tonioli said “There is a spark there somewhere…only time will tell.”

“I wanna see what you bring back next week,” said Carrie Ann Inaba.

Watch video of Karina Smirnoff and The Situation dancing the Cha Cha on DWTS below and then text or dial 1-800-868-3410 to vote.


Karina and The Situation first rehearsal:

Mike The Situation DWTS video: