By Caitlin Hornik

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Season 34 of Dancing With the Stars is officially underway, and the competition is already intense.

All 14 couples performed their first routines and were critiqued and scored by judges Derek Hough and Bruno Tonioli. The two were without fellow judge Carrie Ann Inaba, who was missing due to illness.

At the end of the night, Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Whitney Leavitt and her partner Mark Ballas were tied atop the leaderboard with wildlife conservationist Robert Irwin and Witney Carson. Each couple scored 15 out of a possible 20 points from the judges.

The competition will resume next Tuesday and include a double elimination — the first of the season.

Season 34 of the beloved dance competition series, co-hosted by Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough, features a mix of reality TV stars, athletes, and other pop culture personalities.

New episodes air Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and Disney+, with streaming available the next day on Hulu.