- Dancing with the Stars (Australian season 8)
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Dancing With The Stars
(Season 8)Country 
AustraliaNetwork Channel Seven Original run 31 August 2008 – 9 November 2008 No. of episodes 10 Celebrity winner Luke Jacobz Professional winner Luda Kroitor Previous season Season 7 Next season Season 9 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 told his services were no longer required.[citation needed] 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:
Contents
Couples
Celebrity Occupation Professional partner Status Brooke Hanson Former Olympic swimmer John Paul Collins Eliminated 1st
on 7 September 2008James Tobin Sunrise reporter Jade Hatcher Eliminated 2nd
on 14 September 2008Cal Wilson Comedienne and radio presenter Craig Monley Eliminated 3rd
on 21 September 2008Red Symons Television personality Ana Andre Eliminated 4th
on 28 September 2008Jodi Gordon Home And Away actress Stefano Oliveri Eliminated 5th
on 12 October 2008Toni Pearen Actress, singer and TV presenter Henry Byalikov Eliminated 6th
on 19 October 2008Charli Delaney Former Hi-5 member Csaba Szirmai Eliminated 7th
on 2 November 2008Paul Licuria Former AFL player Eliza Campagna Third Place
on 9 November 2008Danny Green Boxer Natalie Lowe Runner Up
on 9 November 2008Luke Jacobz Home And Away actor and TV presenter Luda Kroitor Winner
on 9 November 2008Scoring 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 11 21 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Luke & Luda 1 24 29 20 25 26 23 23+23=46 25+24=49 28+26=54 29+26+30=85 Danny & Natalie 2 28 32 24 20 24 19 17+25=42 20+25=45 24+29=53 23+22+26=71 Paul & Eliza 3 29 31 23 23 27 28 22+30=52 20+23=43 25+25=50 30+24=54 Charli & Csaba 4 27 31 22 22 26 24 24+27=51 18+21=39 26+20=46 Toni & Henry 5 35 31 23 28 24 24 25+18=43 Jodi & Stefano 6 28 28 23 24 25 22 Red & Ana 7 19 17 14 19 21 Cal & Craig 8 22 34 21 22 James & Jade 9 18 23 17 Brooke & John Paul 10 19 22 ^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 Segway Of Three Dances
- Week 10 : Favourite dance of the season, Cha-cha-cha show down, & 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 35 Brooke Hanson 19 Jive Paul Licuria 31 Red Symons 17 Rumba Paul Licuria 28 Jodi Gordon 22 Tango Cal Wilson 34 Brooke Hanson 22 Paso Doble Jodi Gordon, Charli Delaney 24 Red Symons 19 Samba Toni Pearen 23 Luke Jacobz 20 Waltz Danny Green 24 Red Symons 14 Quickstep Paul Licuria 30 Cal Wilson, Charli Delaney 22 Foxtrot Paul Licuria, Luke Jacobz 25 James Tobin 18 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 18 Segway 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 Luke & Luda Cha-Cha-Cha Tango Samba Quickstep Salsa West Coast Swing Jive Paso Doble Rumba Foxtrot West Coast Swing Segway Foxtrot Cha-Cha-Cha Freestyle Danny & Natalie Foxtrot Jive Waltz Paso Doble Argentine Tango West Coast Swing Salsa Rumba Cha-Cha-Cha Samba Foxtrot Segway Paso Doble Cha-Cha-Cha Freestyle Paul & Eliza Foxtrot Jive Waltz Paso Doble Argentine Tango Rumba West Coast Swing Tango Quickstep Cha-Cha-Cha Jive Segway Quickstep Cha-Cha-Cha Charli & Csaba Cha-Cha-Cha Tango Samba Quickstep Salsa West Coast Swing Paso Doble Rumba1 Jive Foxtrot Tango Segway 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 the celebrities and not their place in the competition.
Average Ranking Competitive Finish Couple Number Of Dances Total Score Average 1 1 Luke & Luda 15 381 26.9 2 3 Paul & Eliza 14 362 25.9 3 5 Toni & Henry 8 208 24.1 4 2 Danny & Natalie 15 358 22.9 - 4 Charli & Csaba 12 288 22.9 6 6 Jodi & Stefano 6 150 22.8 7 8 Cal & Craig 4 99 21.5 8 7 Red & Ana 5 90 16.2 9 9 James & Jade 3 58 16.0 10 10 Brooke & John Paul 2 41 15.0 Running Order
Preceded by
Dancing With The Stars (Australian Season 7)Dancing with the Stars (Australian version)
Season 8Succeeded by
Dancing With The Stars (Australian Season 9)
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