actress shannon dougherty found herself off of the show. herehere's george. >> shannon and mark. >> reporter: shannon dougherty is the first star heading home this season leaving pam to dance another day. >> you are like barbara walters all of a sudden. i met some amazing people. i'll miss them. i'm miss mark. >> reporter: if she got to continue dancing she would have missed mark anyway because a knee injury would have temporarily sidelined him. >> there is no damage which is good. it is looking like six week opinion three weeks of a minimum. six weeks maximum recovery. >> reporter: although she is the first to go she accomplished what she set out to do. if only for a little while. >> for two weeks i got to see my dad smiling and be really proud of me. that's all that matters to me. >> reporter: viewer votes make all the difference in this competition. once your vote was factored in, pam anderson was in the dreaded bottom two, despite being in fourth place on the judge's leader board. on the other hand voters voted to keep kate gosselin. >>