Petra Nemcova foxtrots off of Dancing With The Stars! Model fought back tears as she was sent home

Petra Nemcova fought back tears tonight after her Dancing With The Stars dream came to an end.
The 31-year-old model was caught on camera wiping her eyes after being voted off the US reality show in the public vote.

Nemcova and partner Dmitry Chaplin had finished joint bottom of the leader board after a few slip-ups in their quickstep routine the previous evening.

End of dream: Model Petra Nemcova fought back tears tonight after being eliminated from Dancing With The Stars with partner Dmitry Chaplin

Mis-step: The 31-year-old Czech beauty had finished bottom of the leader board after a few slip-ups in her quickstep routine last night

Going home: Nemcova told hosts Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke that it had been a 'life-changing journey' for her and she had made 'amazing friends'

But while her fellow lowly scorers, actor Ralph Macchio and former Playboy model Kendra Wilkinson, made it through to the next round, the cover girl strutted off the dancefloor.

'It's been a life-changing journey for me and I made amazing friends,' Nemcova told hosts Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke after learning her fate.

She added: 'Dmitry put up with me for two months', causing Bergeron to quip: 'That must have been tough.'

Surprise: Nemcova was in the bottom three tonight with Kirstie Alley and Chris Jericho to the amazement of the judges

Reprieve: The former Cheers actress mimed a throat-slitting sign as she thought she was leaving but later clapped her hands with delight when she was saved

Hugging it out: The duo were delighted to be saved to dance for another week

Nemcova, who was born in the Czech Republic, found herself in jeopardy alongside actress Kirstie Alley and wrestler Chris Jericho last night.

Judge Len Goodman branded the final three 'madness' and said neither Nemcova, nor Alley, nor Jericho deserved to be kicked off the show.

'No wonder I get grumpy. Neither of these deserves to be there. Not one of them deserves to go home. And yet there they are,' he said.

Shocked: Wrestler Chris Jericho and Cheryl Burke were in the bottom three too despite getting great praise from the judges last night including Len Goodman who gave him an eight

Relieved: Chris and Cheryl were ecstatic to have been saved after a great performance in the Americana themed night

'Petra's been fantastic. Two weeks ago she was leading the top of the leader board, Chris did the best dance of his life last night. It's madness.'

Alley, 60, appeared less than confident as she learned she and partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy were in the bottom three.

The former Cheers actress mimed a throat-slitting sign - but later clapped her hands with delight after hearing she was safe.

Thank goodness: Karate Kid Ralph Macchio and his partner Karina Smirnoff were saved and breathed a sigh of relief

Playboy passion: Kendra Wilkinson and partner clenched their fists and cheered after they were told they will dance at least one more week - they were joint bottom

Jericho's place in the bottom three came as a surprise after he and partner Cheryl Burke scored 26 out of 30 points for their 'American Week' Viennese Waltz.

The couple clapped graciously after being told they had survived the vote.

But it was Nemcova and her partner who were sent packing - despite finishing top of the leader board the previous week.

Rewind: Rapper Romeo and partner Chelsea Hightower were the judge's pick to perform their dance again which got high praise

Excited re-do: Chelsea lost an earring during the performance but they were happy when told they were safe

Dancing divas: Judges Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli presided over tonight's events

Chaplin told the hosts he was 'proud' of all the hard work the model had put in.

'She's come such a long way. You should have seen her take her first steps the first day,' he said.

Karate Kid actor Macchio and reality TV star Wilkinson had lucky escapes after finishing joint bottom with Nemcova.

While Macchio's partner Karina Smirnoff breathed a huge sigh of relief after hearing they were safe, Wilkinson clenched her fists and cheered.

NFL star Hines Ward, rapper Romeo and Disney star Chelsea Kane also survived the public vote.

Crooner: Country singer Tobey Keith  sang Should've Been a Cowboy and American Soldier while the professionals danced

During the Dancing With The Stars results show, producers aired a string of bloopers that had not made the final cut in previous programmes.

While Ward was seen breaking wind in rehearsals, Len Goodman was caught on camera swearing at fellow judges Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli as they teased him.

In another hilarious outtake, professional dancer Chelsie Hightower was seen losing her bra as she practised her routine with Romeo.
The couple even had a live blooper after being named the judges' favourites and repeating their foxtrot.

Hightower's earring flew off and became lodged in her hair as they danced to 'New York, New York'.

Country singer Toby Keith performed hit song 'Should've been a cowboy' during the hour-long results show.

Next week the remaining contestants will dance to 'guilty pleasure' songs.