Dancing With The Stars wrapped up its three-night season premiere on Wednesday with two eliminations — and a tribute to a dancing cowboy.

Ashley Hamilton, the son of former DWTS competitor George Hamilton and model Alana Stewart, was the first from the celebrity males to go. Also eliminated was Grammy-winning singer Macy Gray, which took last season’s winning professional Jonathan Roberts out of the competition.

In addition to the eliminations, Dancing paid tribute to Patrick Swayze. The late actor — who died of pancreatic cancer last week — was a supporter of the program and even visited DWTS during its first season.

Several of the show’s professionals recreated some of Swayze’s most memorable numbers for the touching tribute.

“We’re honored and privileged to be able to do that for him, his family, and all of his fans,” Derek Hough said.

Professional Maksim Chmerkovskiy added, “I wish we could also do a Michael Jackson tribute.”