Dancing with the Stars (Australian season 8)
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.
Dancing with the Stars | |
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Season 8 | |
Celebrity winner | Luke Jacobz |
Professional winner | Luda Kroitor |
Country of origin | Australia |
No. of episodes | 10 |
Release | |
Original network | Seven Network |
Original release | 31 August – 9 November 2008 |
Season chronology |
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 |
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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 |
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Luke & Luda | 1 | 24 | 29 | 53 | 20 | 25 | 26 | 23 | 23+23=46 | 25+24=49 | 28+26=54 | 29+26+30=85 |
Danny & Natalie | 2 | 28 | 32 | 60 | 24 | 20 | 24 | 19 | 17+25=42 | 20+25=45 | 24+29=53 | 23+22+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 |
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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 |
Dance Chart
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||||
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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 |
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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, Bruno Tonioli.
Week 1
- Running order
Couple | Score | Style | Music |
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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 (8,9,8,4) | 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
- Musical guests:
- Running order
Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
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Charli & Csaba | 23 ( ) | Tango | "My Love"—Justin Timberlake | Safe |
James & Jade | 17 ( ) | Jive | "Ça plane pour moi"—Plastic Bertrand | Safe |
Brooke & John-Paul | 16 ( ) | Tango | "Maneater"—Nelly Furtado | Eliminated |
Danny & Natalie | 24 ( ) | Jive | "Good Golly, Miss Molly"—Little Richard | Safe |
Cal & Craig | 25 ( ) | Tango | "Mamma Mia"—ABBA | Safe |
Paul & Eliza | 23 ( ) | Jive | "The Pretender"—Foo Fighters | Safe |
Luke & Luda | 21 ( ) | Tango | "Hey Sexy Lady"—Shaggy | Safe |
Red & Ana | 13 ( ) | Jive | "Women in Uniform"—Skyhooks | Bottom two |
Toni & Henry | 23 ( ) | Tango | "Toxic"—Britney Spears | Safe |
Jodi & Stefano | 21 ( ) | Jive | "The Girl Can't Help It"—Tommy Castro | Safe |
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 season 7) |
Dancing with the Stars (Australian version) Season 8 |
Succeeded by Dancing with the Stars (Australian season 9) |
Reception
Viewership
Episode | Original airdate | Viewers (in millions) |
Rank (Night) |
Source | |
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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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- Knox, David (22 September 2008). "Week 39". TV Tonight. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- Knox, David (29 September 2008). "Week 40". TV Tonight. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
- Knox, David (13 October 2008). "Week 42". TV Tonight. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
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