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Bergeron: 'Bristol represents best of DWTS'

Published Monday, Nov 22 2010, 15:47 GMT | By Justin Harp

Bristol Palin and Mark Ballas on Dancing With The Stars

Dancing With The Stars host Tom Bergeron has insisted that Bristol Palin represents what's best about the ABC reality competition.

Bergeron told TV Guide that he is unsure if Palin's continued survival is politically motivated, but suggested that she deserves credit for giving her best effort each week.

"She's not the strongest dancer, obviously," he said. "But she... represents what I think is the best of our show - somebody who comes Day One and is completely out of their element and has shown a clear growth as a dancer. And she clearly has a massive or sufficient amount of viewer support to keep her in despite low scores."

The TV host added that he felt that the most shocking moment of the current season was when David Hasselhoff became the first celebrity to be eliminated.

"Really, it all started with David Hasselhoff. That was the most shocking moment for me. I have no idea what happened there. I was like, 'What the hell?' I figured we had at least four good weeks of comedy coming and boom! He's gone!"

Dancing With The Stars airs on Mondays and Tuesdays on ABC.