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Thirteen couples (five too many) stepped out for the Season 33 premiere and showed who鈥檚 leading and who鈥檚 following.

The ones to beat: Chandler Kinney and Joey Graziadei. Who?

She鈥檚 a Disney actress; he鈥檚 a former 鈥淏achelor.鈥�

And up in the top three with them? NBA star Dwight Howard. Towering over his partner, Daniella Karagach, he had great moves and a real 鈥渨ow鈥� factor. When he spun her around there was no worry he wouldn鈥檛 catch her. The height difference could be a problem, but they鈥檝e figured out how to make it work. He鈥檒l make the playoffs.

Who else impressed? Olympic bronze medalist Stephen Nedoroscik has a bag of tricks, thanks to his gymnastics past, and 鈥淩eal Housewives鈥� Phaedra Parks. They were in the 20s.

And then, we come to聽the ones who will definitely be at the bottom of the heap: actors Eric Roberts and Reginald VelJohnson. An accident limited the former鈥檚 mobility; a determination to stand 鈥� not dance 鈥� hindered the latter. Look for one or both of them to go next week.

And then we come to the big bunch in聽the middle. 鈥�90210鈥� star Tori Spelling was OK; model Brooks Nader was, too. Ilona Maher, a bronze-medal rugby player, has plenty of personality, just a halting way with moves.

NFL wide receiver Danny Amendola wasn鈥檛 rushing, but he didn鈥檛 break through the line to score. He was better than many, just not memorable. Anna Delvey, the focus of 鈥淚nventing Anna鈥� and the first contestant to wear an ankle bracelet, got the crowd鈥檚 attention but prompted judge Carrie Ann Inaba to plead 鈥済ive her another chance鈥� and grade her on her dancing. Translation: She鈥檚 probably toast.

Jenn Tran, a 鈥淏achelorette鈥� alum, was forgettable, too, but that鈥檚 probably because Graziadei, her counterpart, was the first to dance and came out blazing. He was good. No, really good, and will continue to rank in the top five based on his fluidity.

Kinney, however, is the one to watch. Like other Disney stars (Zendaya, anyone?), she has a built-in audience, dance ability and the kind of personality that gets fans to vote. She鈥檒l continue to be in the top three.

Tuesday鈥檚 show didn鈥檛 introduce any changes, but it did show the judges were more than generous (they didn鈥檛 give anyone lower than a 5) and encouraging to a fault.

While Delvey attracts attention, she won鈥檛 get the votes.

Nedoroscik, however, will. He wowed Olympic fans and, if he calms down, all those incredible moves will serve him well. Shawn Johnson and Laurie Hernandez were gold medal gymnasts 鈥� and won 鈥淒ancing鈥檚鈥� mirror-ball trophy. Nedoroscik could hoist the prize, too.