( CNN ) -- `` Dancing with the Stars '' got off to a fresh start Monday with actor Alfonso Ribeiro taking the lead in the season 19 premiere . The episode was the debut of the new cast , which includes `` Fresh Prince '' star Ribeiro , comedian Tommy Chong , athlete Lolo Jones , `` Duck Dynasty '' star Sadie Robertson and more . Performing a jive with pro partner Witney Carson , Ribeiro got a standing ovation for his moves . Judge Julianne Hough , herself a former `` Dancing with the Stars '' pro , said she was `` blown away , '' and her fellow judges Len Goodman , Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba seemed to agree . All told , Ribeiro walked away from Monday 's show with a score of 36 out of a possible 40 , the best of the night . Right behind him was `` Duck Dynasty 's '' Robertson , who nailed her cha-cha with pro partner Mark Ballas . Performed to Katy Perry 's `` Birthday , '' Robertson 's routine earned a score of 34 . On the greener side of things was Tommy Chong , who rolled onto the set with his comedy partner , Cheech Marin . The 76-year-old bluntly told Time magazine recently that he 's hoping to give his career another boost with `` DWTS , '' along with his dream of becoming `` the poster boy for the marijuana community . '' `` Medical marijuana is my passion in life . I went for jail for my beliefs . Now that we 're getting legal , I want to focus on the benefits of medical marijuana -- it helps little children with epilepsy and MS , and it helped me with my cancer , '' Chong said . And while `` Dancing with the Stars '' wo n't allow him to `` show pot leaves or bongs , '' Chong continued , `` they have Tommy Chong , who really is a pot leaf . '' So when he made his entrance during Monday 's show , it was no accident that Chong and his partner , Peta Murgatroyd , were wearing so much green . ( `` Peta , my partner , '' Chong told Time , `` is going to look like a little marijuana bud . '' ) The verdant pair did a cha-cha to Snoop Dogg 's `` Drop It Like It 's Hot , '' much to the delight of the judges , who awarded them 27 points . On the lower side of the scoreboard were designer Betsey Johnson and Olympian Lolo Jones . Johnson 's cha-cha suffered from a bit of a wardrobe malfunction , and she and partner Tony Dovolani earned the lowest score of the night with a total of 20 . Jones and her pro partner , Keo Motsepe , did n't fare much better . Even she admitted that her routine , a cha-cha , was pretty `` awful , '' and the judges did n't disagree . Jones and Motsepe were given a score of 22 , the second-lowest of the evening . The `` Dancing with the Stars '' audience also gets a chance to weigh in on its favorite pair . On Tuesday night , the dancing duo with the lowest combined score of audience votes and judges ' votes will be the first elimination of the season .
`` Dancing with the Stars '' premiered Monday night . The season 19 cast made its debut . Actor Alfonso Ribeiro is in the lead . Hide Caption 1 of 11 Photos:'Dancing With the Stars' stars make their debuts on TV Actress and singer Jennifer Hudson makes her television debut as a judge