Dancing with the Stars (Australian season 8)

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Dancing with the Stars
Season 8
Celebrity winnerLuke Jacobz
Professional winnerLuda Kroitor
Country of originAustralia
No. of episodes10
Release
Original networkSeven Network
Original release31 August (2008-08-31) –
9 November 2008 (2008-11-09)
Season chronology
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The eighth season of Dancing with the Stars was the first without original host Daryl Somers. Actor Daniel MacPherson was the new host. In a change to the judging panel, Paul Mercurio was replaced. In 2008, only one season was aired instead of two in previous years, the show was moved to Sunday night instead of Tuesday, and it was presented by new producers Freehand.

Season eight featured three finalists, however one couple was eliminated after a Cha-cha-cha showoff, which left two couples to compete for the season title. The season featured the following celebrities:

Couples[]

Celebrity Occupation Professional partner Status
Brooke Hanson Olympic freestyle swimmer John-Paul Collins Eliminated 1st
on 7 September 2008
James Tobin Sunrise reporter Jade Hatcher Eliminated 2nd
on 14 September 2008
Cal Wilson Comedian & radio presenter Craig Monley Eliminated 3rd
on 21 September 2008
Red Symons Musician, writer, & radio presenter Ana Andre Eliminated 4th
on 28 September 2008
Jodi Gordon Home and Away actress Stefano Oliveri Eliminated 5th
on 12 October 2008
Toni Pearen Actress, singer, & television presenter Henry Byalikov Eliminated 6th
on 19 October 2008
Charli Delaney Former Hi-5 singer Csaba Szirmai Eliminated 7th
on 2 November 2008
Paul Licuria Former AFL player Eliza Campagna Third Place
on 9 November 2008
Danny Green Boxer Natalie Lowe Runner Up
on 9 November 2008
Luke Jacobz Home and Away actor Luda Kroitor Winner
on 9 November 2008

Scoring Chart[]

Red numbers indicate the couples with the lowest score for each week.
Green numbers indicate the couples with the highest score for each week.
  indicates the couple (or couples) eliminated that week.
  indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two.
  indicates the winning couple.
  indicates the runner-up couple.
  indicates the third-place couple.
Team Place 1 2 1+21 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Top 3 Top 2
Luke & Luda 1 24 29 53 20 25 26 23 23+23=46 25+24=49 28+26=54 29+26=55 +30=85
Danny & Natalie 2 28 32 60 24 20 24 19 17+25=42 20+25=45 24+29=53 23+22=45 +26=71
Paul & Eliza 3 29 31 60 23 23 27 28 22+30=52 20+23=43 25+25=50 30+24=54
Charli & Csaba 4 27 31 58 22 22 26 24 24+27=51 18+21=39 26+20=46
Toni & Henry 5 35 31 66 23 28 24 24 25+18=43
Jodi & Stefano 6 28 28 56 23 24 25 22
Red & Ana 7 19 17 36 14 19 21
Cal & Craig 8 22 34 56 21 22
James & Jade 9 18 23 41 17
Brooke & John-Paul 10 19 22 41

^1 In Weeks 1 and 2, special guest judge Bruno Tonioli was part of the judging panel, and scores were out of 40 instead of 30.

Dance Schedule[]

The celebrities and professional partners danced one of these routines for each corresponding week.

  • Week 1 : Cha-cha-cha or Foxtrot
  • Week 2 : Jive or Tango
  • Week 3 : Samba or Waltz
  • Week 4 : Quickstep or Paso Doble
  • Week 5 : Salsa or Argentine Tango
  • Week 6 : West Coast Swing or Rumba
  • Week 7 : Two unlearned dances (Week 1 to Week 6) to the theme of songs from the movies.
  • Week 8 : Two unlearned dances (Week 1 to Week 6)
  • Week 9 : Judges Choice and a Segue Of Three Dances
  • Week 10 : Favourite dance of the season, Cha-cha-cha showdown, & Freestyle

Highest And Lowest Scoring Performances[]

The best and worst performances in each dance according to the judges' marks are as follows:

Dance Best dancer(s) Best score Worst dancer(s) Worst score
Cha Cha Cha Toni Pearen 27 Brooke Hanson 14
Jive Toni Pearen 25 Red Symons 13
Rumba Paul Licuria 28 Jodi Gordon 22
Tango Paul Licuria 30 Brooke Hanson 16
Paso Doble Jodi Gordon
Charli Delaney
24 Red Symons 19
Samba Toni Pearen 23 Luke Jacobz 20
Waltz Luke Jacobz 29 Red Symons 14
Quickstep Paul Licuria 30 Cal Wilson
Charli Delaney
22
Foxtrot Paul Licuria 25 James Tobin 14
Argentine Tango Paul Licuria 27 Red Symons 21
West Coast Swing Luke Jacobz 28 Danny Green 19
Salsa Charli Delaney
Luke Jacobz
26 Danny Green 17
Segue Danny Green 29 Charli Delaney 20
Freestyle Luke Jacobz 30 Danny Green 26

Couples' highest and lowest scoring dances[]

The best and worst performances in each dance according to the judges' 30-point scale are as follows (guest judges scores are excluded):

Couples Highest Scoring Dance(s) Lowest Scoring Dance(s)
Luke & Luda Freestyle (30) Cha-cha-cha (18)
Danny & Natalie Segue (29) Salsa (17)
Paul & Eliza Tango
Quickstep (30)
Cha-cha-cha (20)
Charli & Csaba Rumba (27) Jive (18)
Toni & Henry Quickstep (28) Foxtrot (18)
Jodi & Stefano Argentine Tango (25) Jive (21)
Red & Ana Argentine Tango (21) Jive (13)
Cal & Craig Tango (25) Cha-cha-cha (18)
James & Jade Jive
Waltz (17)
Foxtrot (14)
Brooke & John-Paul Tango (16) Cha-cha-cha (14)

Dance Chart[]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Luke & Luda Cha-cha-cha Tango Samba Quickstep Salsa West Coast Swing Jive Paso Doble Rumba Foxtrot West Coast Swing Segue Waltz Cha-cha-cha Freestyle
Danny & Natalie Foxtrot Jive Waltz Paso Doble Argentine Tango West Coast Swing Salsa Rumba Cha-cha-cha Quickstep Foxtrot Segue Tango Cha-cha-cha Freestyle
Paul & Eliza Foxtrot Jive Waltz Paso Doble Argentine Tango Rumba West Coast Swing Tango Cha-cha-cha Salsa Jive Segue Quickstep Cha-cha-cha
Charli & Csaba Cha-cha-cha Tango Samba Quickstep Salsa West Coast Swing Paso Doble Rumba1 Jive Foxtrot Tango Segue
Toni & Henry Cha-cha-cha1 Tango Samba Quickstep Salsa Rumba Jive Foxtrot
Jodi & Stefano Foxtrot Jive Waltz Paso Doble Argentine Tango Rumba1
Red & Ana Foxtrot Jive Waltz Paso Doble Argentine Tango1
Cal & Craig Cha-cha-cha Tango Samba Quickstep1
James & Jade Foxtrot Jive1 Waltz
Brooke & John-Paul Cha-cha-cha Tango1
  Highest Scoring Dance
  Lowest Scoring Dance

^1 This dance was repeated by the couple at the finale.

Average Chart[]

The average chart is based on the dances performed by celebrities and not their place in the competition.

Average Ranking Competitive Finish Couple Number Of Dances Total Score Average
1 5 Toni & Henry 8 208 26.00
2 3 Paul & Eliza 14 362 25.86
3 1 Luke & Luda 15 381 25.40
4 6 Jodi & Stefano 6 150 25.00
5 8 Cal & Craig 4 99 24.75
6 4 Charli & Csaba 12 288 24.00
7 2 Danny & Natalie 15 358 23.87
8 10 Brooke & John Paul 2 41 20.50
9 9 James & Jade 3 58 19.33
10 7 Red & Ana 5 90 18.00

Running Order[]

Unless indicated otherwise, individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Todd McKenney, Helen Richey, Mark Wilson.

Week 1[]

Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Todd McKenney, Helen Richey, Mark Wilson, Bruno Tonioli.

Running order
Couple Scores Dance Music
Charli & Csaba 27 (6,7,7,7) Cha-cha-cha "Pictures"—Sneaky Sound System
James & Jade 18 (4,5,5,4) Foxtrot "Miss You"—Musiq Soulchild
Brooke & John-Paul 19 (4,5,5,5) Cha-cha-cha "Dancing in the Moonlight"—Toploader
Danny & Natalie 28 (7,7,7,7) Foxtrot "Feeling Good"—Michael Bublé
Cal & Craig 22 (6,6,6,4) Cha-cha-cha "Pump It Up"—Elvis Costello
Paul & Eliza 29 (7,8,8,6) Foxtrot "Dream Catch Me"—Newton Faulkner
Luke & Luda 24 (5,7,6,6) Cha-cha-cha "Don't Stop the Music"—Rihanna
Red & Ana 19 (5,5,4,5) Foxtrot "Theme from Get Smart"—Hugo Montenegro
Toni & Henry 35 (9,9,9,8) Cha-cha-cha "Mercy"—Duffy
Jodi & Stefano 28 (6,8,8,6) Foxtrot "Two Hearts"—Kylie Minogue

Week 2[]

Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Todd McKenney, Helen Richey, Mark Wilson, Bruno Tonioli.

  • Musical guests:
Running order
Couple Scores Dance Music Result
Danny & Natalie 32 (8,8,8,8) Jive "Good Golly, Miss Molly"—Little Richard Safe
Cal & Craig 34 (9,8,8,9) Tango "Mamma Mia"—ABBA Safe
Jodi & Stefano 28 (6,8,7,7) Jive "The Girl Can't Help It"—Tommy Castro Safe
Luke & Luda 29 (6,7,8,8) Tango "Hey Sexy Lady"—Shaggy Safe
James & Jade 23 (5,6,6,6) Jive "Ça plane pour moi"—Plastic Bertrand Safe
Toni & Henry 31 (8,7,8,8) Tango "Toxic"—Britney Spears Safe
Red & Ana 17 (3,5,5,4) Jive "Women in Uniform"—Skyhooks Bottom two
Brooke & John-Paul 22 (5,6,5,6) Tango "Maneater"—Nelly Furtado Eliminated
Paul & Eliza 31 (7,8,8,8) Jive "The Pretender"—Foo Fighters Safe
Charli & Csaba 31 (8,8,7,8) Tango "My Love"—Justin Timberlake Safe

Week 3[]

  • Musical guests:
Running order
Couple Scores Dance Music Result
Toni & Henry 23 (7,8,8) Samba "Work"—Kelly Rowland Safe
Jodi & Stefano 23 (7,8,8) Waltz "See the Day"—Girls Aloud Safe
Luke & Luda 20 (6,7,7) Samba "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'"—Scissor Sisters Bottom two
James & Jade 17 (5,6,6) Waltz "Someday My Prince Will Come"—Barbra Streisand Eliminated
Cal & Craig 21 (7,7,7) Samba "What Is Love"—Haddaway Safe
Paul & Eliza 23 (7,8,8) Waltz "Open Arms"—Journey Safe
Charli & Csaba 22 (7,7,8) Samba "Mas que Nada"—Black Eyed Peas feat. Sérgio Mendes Safe
Red & Ana 14 (4,5,5) Waltz "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"—Elvis Presley Safe
Danny & Natalie 24 (7,8,9) Waltz "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"—Eva Cassidy Safe

Week 4[]

  • Musical guests:
Running order
Couple Scores Dance Music Result
Charli & Csaba 22 (6,8,8) Quickstep "Right Now"—Pussycat Dolls Bottom two
Paul & Eliza 23 (7,8,8) Waltz "The Plaza of Execution"—from The Legend of Zorro / "Will and Elizabeth"—from Pirates of the Caribbean Safe
Cal & Craig 22 (7,7,8) Quickstep "I Want to Be Evil"—Eartha Kitt Eliminated
Red & Ana 19 (6,6,7) Paso Doble "España cañí"—Salsamerica Safe
Luke & Luda 25 (9,8,8) Quickstep "Wonderwall"—Paul Anka Safe
Jodi & Stefano 24 (7,8,9) Paso Doble "Malagueña"—Connie Francis Safe
Toni & Henry 28 (9,9,10) Quickstep "Let's Go Crazy"—Prince Safe
Danny & Natalie 20 (6,7,7) Paso Doble "The Final Countdown"—Europe Safe

Week 5[]

  • Musical guests:
Running order
Couple Scores Dance Music Result
Jodi & Stefano 25 (8,9,8) Argentine Tango "To Tango Tis Nefelis"—Haris Alexiou Bottom two
Toni & Henry 24 (8,8,8) Salsa "American Boy"—Estelle Safe
Danny & Natalie 24 (8,8,8) Argentine Tango "Tangoscuro"—Debayres Safe
Charli & Csaba 26 (8,9,9) Salsa "Low"—Flo Rida feat. T-Pain Safe
Red & Ana 21 (7,7,7) Argentine Tango "Época"—Gotan Project Eliminated
Luke & Luda 26 (8,9,9) Salsa "Bailamos"—Enrique Iglesias Safe
Paul & Eliza 27 (9,9,9) Argentine Tango "Niebla Del Riachuelo"—Otros Aires Safe

Week 6[]

  • Musical guests:
Running order
Couple Scores Dance Music Result
Luke & Luda 23 (7,8,8) West Coast Swing "All Right Now"—Free Safe
Paul & Eliza 28 (10,9,9) Rumba "Secret Garden"—Bruce Springsteen Safe
Danny & Natalie 19 (5,7,7) West Coast Swing "A Little Less Conversation"—Elvis Presley vs. JXL Bottom two
Jodi & Stefano 22 (6,8,8) Rumba "Bleeding Love"—Leona Lewis Eliminated
Toni & Henry 24 (8,8,8) Rumba "No Air"—Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown Safe
Charli & Csaba 24 (8,8,8) West Coast Swing "Don't Wanna Go to Bed Now"—Gabriella Cilmi Safe

Week 7[]

  • Musical guests:
Running order
Couple Scores Dance Music Result
Toni & Henry 25 (9,8,8) Jive "Maniac"—from Flashdance Eliminated
18 (5,7,6) Foxtrot "Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life"—from Monty Python's Life of Brian
Luke & Luda 23 (6,9,8) Jive "Greased Lightnin'"—from Grease Bottom two
23 (7,8,8) Paso Doble "Star Wars Theme"—from Star Wars
Charli & Csaba 24 (8,8,8) Paso Doble "Scott & Fran's Paso Doble"—from Strictly Ballroom Safe
27 (9,9,9) Rumba "Colors of the Wind"—from Pocahontas
Paul & Eliza 22 (6,8,8) West Coast Swing "You Never Can Tell"—from Pulp Fiction Safe
30 (10,10,10) Tango "The Phantom of the Opera"—from The Phantom of the Opera
Danny & Natalie 17 (3,7,7) Salsa "My Way (A mi manera)"—from Happy Feet Safe
25 (8,8,9) Rumba "Stand by Me"—from Stand by Me

Week 8[]

  • Musical guests:
Running order
Couple Scores Dance Music Result
Paul & Eliza 20 (6,7,7) Cha-cha-cha "SexyBack"—Justin Timberlake Safe
23 (7,8,8) Salsa "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' 2008"—Michael Jackson feat. Akon
Danny & Natalie 20 (6,7,7) Cha-cha-cha "Closer"—Ne-Yo Safe
25 (9,8,8) Quickstep "Little Green Bag"—from Reservoir Dogs
Charli & Csaba 18 (5,7,6) Jive "Yeh, Yeh"—Matt Bianco Safe
21 (7,7,7) Foxtrot "1234"—Feist
Luke & Luda 25 (8,9,8) Rumba "Last Request"—Paolo Nutini Safe
24 (8,8,8) Foxtrot "Jump"—Van Halen

Week 9[]

  • Musical guests:
Running order
Couple Scores Dance Music Result
Paul & Eliza 25 (8,9,8) Jive "Travelin' Band"—Creedence Clearwater Revival Bottom two
25 (8,9,8) Segue
- Waltz
- Rumba
- Foxtrot
"Take It to the Limit"—Eagles
"Falling into You"—Celine Dion
"Cheek to Cheek"—Doris Day
Danny & Natalie 24 (8,8,8) Foxtrot "I've Got the World on a String"—Michael Bublé Safe
29 (10,9,10) Segue
- Paso Doble
- Waltz
- Jive
"Don't Hold Back"—The Potbelleez
"Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet"—Henry Mancini
"You Can't Stop the Beat"—from Hairspray
Charli & Csaba 26 (9,9,8) Tango "Santa Maria"—Gotan Project Eliminated
20 (6,7,7) Segue
- Cha-cha-cha
- Quickstep
- Salsa
"Kiss (Prince song)"—Prince
"Keep Young and Beautiful"—Annie Lennox
"Groove Is in the Heart"—Deee-Lite
Luke & Luda 28 (9,10,9) West Coast Swing "Just a Gigolo"—Louis Prima Safe
26 (9,9,8) Segue
- Quickstep
- Salsa
- Tango
"Do It Well"—Jennifer Lopez
"Desire"—U2
"Peter Gunn"—Max Sedgley and Sarah Vaughan

Week 10[]

  • Musical guests:
Running order
Couple Scores Dance Music Result
Danny & Natalie 23 (7,8,8) Tango "Eye of the Tiger"—Survivor Runner-Up
22 (8,7,7) Cha-cha-cha "In These Shoes"—Kirsty MacColl
26 (9,9,8) Freestyle "Gonna Fly Now"—Bill Conti
Luke & Luda 29 (10,10,9) Waltz "Come Away with Me"—Norah Jones Winner
26 (8,9,9) Cha-cha-cha "In These Shoes"—Kirsty MacColl
30 (10,10,10) Freestyle "Boogie Wonderland"—from Happy Feet
Paul & Eliza 30 (10,10,10) Quickstep "Mr. Pinstripe Suit"—Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Third place
24 (8,8,8) Cha-cha-cha "In These Shoes"—Kirsty MacColl
not scored Freestyle "Disturbia"—Rihanna

Recap from the series[]

Week 1: All 10 couples performed their first dance of the competition. Guest Judge Bruno Tonioli was judging as was Todd McKenney, Helen Richey and Mark Wilson. Toni and Henry finished a clear 1st place with a Cha-Cha-Cha scoring 35 with 9s from all the judges except Bruno. Paul and Eliza finished 2nd with 29 points for their Foxtrot. James and Jade finished last and scored just 18 points.

Week 2: The second show features guest judge Bruno Tonioli and the other three main judges. Cal and Craig may not have been the best in Week 1 but they turned it round and finished 1st with 34 points for their Tango. Red and Ana finished bottom of the leaderboard with just 17 points for their Jive. Brooke and John-Paul were the first couple to be eliminated.

Week 3: In the third show and since there were only the main judges (Todd McKenney, Helen Richey and Mark Wilson. Danny and Natalie were 1st on the leaderboard for their Waltz and received the only 9 of the evening (this was given by Mark). Red and Ana finished bottom of the leaderboard for the second week in a row with 19 points for their Waltz. There was a highlight from Luke and Luda's Samba which scored 20 points but his tongue accidentally stuck out which was severely criticised by Todd who gave him a 6. James and Jade were the second couple to leave.

Week 4: Toni and Henry were 1st on the leaderboard for their Quickstep and received the first 10 of the series (this was given by Mark). Luke and Luda were welcomed to the competition and mentioned as the dark horse by the judges and earned him 25 points. Red and Ana for the third time in a row finished last with 19 points, which however was a better score for Red's performance. Cal and Craig were the next to leave.

Week 5 Paul & Eliza were 1st on the leaderboard for their Argentine Tango but Luke and Luda and Charli and Csaba really got the competition going as Luke kept up the good performance from the previous week and Charli and Csaba mentioned it was their coming out week and did just that and came equal second. Red and Ana, yet another time finished bottom with 21 points, again a better performance but it wasn't enough to remove him from last and him and Ana were eliminated from the competition.

Preceded by Dancing with the Stars (Australian version)
Season 8
Succeeded by

Reception[]

Viewership[]

Episode Original airdate Viewers
(in millions)
Rank
(Night)
Source
1 "Week One" 31 August 2008 1.333 #5 [1]
2 "Week Two" 7 September 2008 1.334 #5 [2]
3 "Week Three" 14 September 2008 1.167 #10 [3]
4 "Week Four" 21 September 2008 1.113 #10 [4]
5 "Week Five" 28 September 2008 1.213 #3 [5]
6 "Week Six" 12 October 2008 1.167 #9 [6]
7 "Week Seven" 19 October 2008 1.255 #4 [7]
8 "Week Eight" 26 October 2008 1.344 #3 [8]
9 "Week Nine" 2 November 2008 1.384 #1 [9]
10 "Week Ten" 9 November 2008 1.453 #1 [10]

References[]

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  2. ^ Knox, David (8 September 2008). "Week 37". TV Tonight. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  3. ^ Knox, David (15 September 2008). "Week 38". TV Tonight. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  4. ^ Knox, David (22 September 2008). "Week 39". TV Tonight. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  5. ^ Knox, David (29 September 2008). "Week 40". TV Tonight. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  6. ^ Knox, David (13 October 2008). "Week 42". TV Tonight. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  7. ^ Knox, David (20 October 2008). "Week 43". TV Tonight. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  8. ^ Knox, David (27 October 2008). "Week 44". TV Tonight. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  9. ^ Knox, David (3 November 2008). "Week 45". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 11 December 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  10. ^ Knox, David (10 November 2008). "Week 46". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 11 December 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
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