ET was backstage at ABC's "Dancing With The Stars" Wednesday night, moments after Susan Lucci learned she was the next celeb contestant eliminated from the competition! ET speaks to Susan about the bad news, gets performer Lionel Richie to open up about his granddaughter, and has a Julianne Hough health update straight from her brother!

"I have to be there when she takes those first steps," Lionel says about his granddaughter. "I have video. I have phone. I have every possible way to film this."

Click to watch Susan weigh-in on her elimination, and what 'Dancing' pro Derek Hough and celeb partner Cody Linley have to say about Julianne Hough's recovery.