Despite Chaz Bono getting the lowest scores from the judges after Monday night's performances on Dancing with the Stars, it was Elisebetta Canalis who got voted off, and RadarOnline.com can exclusively reveal that her partner Val Chmerkovskiy thinks it was because of a lack of popularity - not dancing skills - that got her the boot.

"She's not known in this country aside from her past relationships," Chmerkovskiy told RadarOnline.com in an exclusive interview. "Because of the lack of fan base our only shot was to score high, which we did, but unfortunately for us, that night a lot of couples received similar scores and it was left to the voters to decide.

"I can't say what the public perception of Elisabetta was, but I do know that going up against David Arquette's fanbase or Chaz Bono's publicity frenzy, she didn't stand a chance," he said.