Dancing with the Stars First Elimination

I am in shock. I still don't know what to say. I've always known it was a popularity contest more than a dance competiton, but I still would have thought that even Shannon Doherty would have had a bigger fan base than Kate Gosselin.But somehow, someway, Kate is still in the running, even after having not one but two disastrous dances. It's not that I would have wanted her to go first (okay, I did) but Shannon wasn't even the worst of the pack. If people were voting on skill, then Chad, Aiden, and Buzz would have been in greater danger. Oh well, I guess that's the kind of drama that makes great T.V. Or at least cheesy entertainment. What do you think? Did Shannon deserve to go? Or should it have been Kate?