Season 8

Season eight of Dancing with the Stars premiered on Monday, March 9, 2009, as part of ABC's spring line-up. The show generally followed the format of previous seasons, with 13 couples, although there were some changes, including two new dances (Argentine tango and Lindy Hop), and an occasional dance-off between the bottom two couples, in order to determine who will be eliminated. The show was again hosted by Tom Bergeron and Samantha Harris. Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba all returned as judges again this season.
Originally, the season was advertised as the first U.S. season where a husband and wife would compete against each other: rodeo champion Ty Murray and singer-songwriter Jewel. The two had married the previous year after a ten-year courtship. However, just prior to the series, Jewel fractured both her tibias and was unable to perform. She was replaced on the show by Playboy model Holly Madison. Murray chose to continue on the show, and Jewel appeared during the season as a special musical guest.
Nancy O'Dell, the then co-host of Access Hollywood, was also originally announced to be on the show, but was forced to withdraw from the competition due to a torn meniscus, which required surgery. She was replaced by Melissa Rycroft, a former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader who won season 13 of The Bachelor. She only had two days to practice her first dance.
Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson won the competition, beating actor Gilles Marini by less than 1%. She is the youngest champion and second youngest competitor on the series.
==Overview[edit]==
Week 1: Gilles Marini & Cheryl Burke received 24⁄30 (the highest score of the night) for their cha-cha-cha. Although having only two days to practice for their Waltz, Melissa Rycroft & Tony Dovolani tied for second place with Shawn Johnson & Mark Ballas. Steve Wozniak and Karina Smirnoff received the lowest score of the night, a 13⁄30, for their cha-cha-cha.
Week 2: Steve-O suffered a pulled back muscle while performing his salsa during dress rehearsal, and therefore could not perform live. Instead, the judges' scores were based on his pre-recorded dress rehearsal video, which earned him a 14⁄30, the lowest score of the night. Gilles Marini performed a quickstep, which earned him a 27⁄30, the highest score of the night. Once the scores from weeks one and two were combined, Gilles & Cheryl held the top spot with 51, Mellissa & Tony, were placed in second, with 49 points, and Shawn & Mark, in third with 47. Steve Wozniak and Belinda Carlisle were revealed to be in the bottom two. They both participated in a dance-off, and they both scored 17⁄30. In the end, Belinda & Jonathan were eliminated.
Week 3: Shawn & Mark, Melissa & Tony, and Gilles & Cheryl all scored 27⁄30, making a three way tie. David Alan Grier improved greatly from his score of 17 the previous week, to a score of 24⁄30 the next week. Steve Wozniak & Karina Smirnoff received the second lowest score in the history of the show for their Samba: 10⁄30 (4, 3, 3). Still, Wozniak managed to escape the bottom two and avoided the dance-off. Denise & Maks and Holly & Dmitry were revealed to be in the bottom two, and they would be participating in the dance-off. Holly improved her score by one point, receiving 18, while Denise improved by four points, receiving a 20. However, Denise Richards was eliminated. This was the second time Maksim Chmerkovskiy was eliminated after a samba, since Tia Carrere in season two.
Week 4: Gilles & Cheryl received the first 30⁄30 of the season for their Argentine tango, tying him with Sabrina Bryan in season five for the earliest 30⁄30 awarded. Melissa & Tony came in second, receiving a 29⁄30 for their Lindy Hop, while Lil' Kim & Derek came in third, receiving a 27⁄30 (9, 8, 10) for their Argentine tango. Steve & Karina received the lowest score, a 12⁄30 on their Argentine tango. Holly & Dmitry, Steve & Karina, and Steve-O & Lacey were revealed to be in the bottom three. In the end, Holly Madison and Steve Wozniakwere eliminated in the show's only mid-season double elimination.
Week 5: Once again, Gilles & Cheryl climbed to first place, with a score of 29⁄30 for their Paso doble. They were also the only couple to receive 10s (from Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno). Shawn & Mark & Lil' Kim & Derek, both came in second place, receiving 26⁄30 for their Vienesse Waltzes. Steve-O & Lacey Schwimmer received the lowest scores of the night, a 18⁄30 for their Viennese Waltz, yet they still managed to escape the bottom two and the dance-off. David & Kym and Lawrence & Edyta were revealed to be in the bottom two and the dance-off. David danced his Viennese Waltz and improved his score by two points to a 24⁄20, while Lawrence did not improve his Paso doble receiving a 20⁄30. However,David Alan Grier was eliminated.
Week 6: For the first time since the start of the competition, Gilles did not receive the highest score. Lil' Kim & Derek had the highest score, with a 28⁄30 for their Jive. Steve-O and Lacey received the lowest score of the night, 16⁄30 for their Rumba. Len Goodman gave them a 4, and Carrie Ann gave them a 7. Such a difference between judges' scores is rare. Furthermore, 4 is the lowest Week 6 score in the history of the show. They were subsequently eliminated.
Week 7: The stars were given the chance to design the costumes for their dances. Also occurring for this week, was the first group dance of the season dedicated to the 1960s. Melissa & Tony took the top of the leaderboard for the second time with a near perfect 29⁄30. Lawrence Taylor & Edyta Śliwińska ended up with the lowest score, a 21⁄30 for their Waltz, and they were later eliminated.
Week 8: Melissa suffered a hairline fracture in her ribs, and could not perform her Jive live. Instead, the judges' scores were based on her rehearsal video. She received the lowest score of the night, a 21⁄30. Lil' Kim & Derek received the highest score, a 28⁄30 for their Paso doble. Team Tango (Gilles & Cheryl, Lil' Kim & Derek, and Ty Murray & Chelsie Hightower) managed to beat Team Mambo (Shawn & Mark, Lacey Schwimmer & Tony, and Chuck & Julianne) with a 28⁄30 to Team Mambo's 25⁄30. Melissa's spot in the Team Mambo was filled in by Lacey Schwimmer who learned the dance in less than a day. Lacey and Tony were ignored during the scoring; however, the team score was added to Melissa's individual score. Chuck Wicks was eliminated in what Tom Bergeron called "the most shocking elimination this season".
Week 9: Despite her sustained injury, Melissa & Tony scored a perfect 30⁄30 for their Samba, the second perfect score of the season. This, combined with their score of 27⁄30 for the Viennese Waltz landed them in the top spot, with a total of 57⁄60. Ty and Chelsie landed in the bottom with a total score of 46⁄60, scoring a 25⁄30 for their Argentine tango (their highest individual score of the competition) and a 21⁄30 for their Rumba (the lowest score of the night). However, Lil' Kim was eliminated. This elimination was met by boos from the audience and the judges gasping (with Carrie Ann Inaba holding back tears).
Week 10: Shawn and Mark received their first 30⁄30 for their Argentine tango. Gilles and Cheryl received a perfect 60⁄60 for their Waltz and Salsa. This was the first time since season five that a perfect 60 has been achieved in the semi-finals as well as the first time since season five that a 30 alone was achieved in the semi-finals. Ty Murray and Chelsie were at the bottom of the leaderboard with a 48⁄60, receiving 25⁄30 for their Viennese Waltz and 23⁄30 for their Samba, and were eliminated.
Week 11: Gilles received a perfect score of 30⁄30 for the Group Paso doble. Shawn and Mark were the only couple to receive a perfect score for the Freestyle round. Shawn's combined score of 88 gave her the highest score of the night, tied with Gilles; the first time in eight weeks. Mark became the third, and only male, two-time champion. Shawn, Gilles, and Melissa are the only three couples to get perfect 30s this season, they were also the part of four dancers to maintain above a judges score of 7 (along with Lil' Kim) with Gilles receiving nothing below an 8 and Shawn receiving only one 7 (in week 1). Shawn and Gilles were the only couples not to be in the bottom two or at least not under the red light. Shawn is the fourth female winner, and additionally the sixth winner to get a perfect 30 on the freestyle.
==Couples[edit]==
The 13 celebrities and professional dancers who competed were:
Celebrity 	Occupation / known for 	Professional partner	Result
Belinda Carlisle	Popsinger 	Jonathan Roberts 	Eliminated 1st
on March 17, 2009
Denise Richards 	Actress 	Maksim Chmerkovskiy 	Eliminated 2nd
on March 24, 2009
Holly Madison 	Playboymodel & reality TV star	Dmitry Chaplin 	Eliminated 3rd
on March 31, 2009
Steve Wozniak 	Apple co-founder 	Karina Smirnoff 	Eliminated 4th
on March 31, 2009
David Alan Grier	Comedian & actor 	Kym Johnson 	Eliminated 5th
on April 7, 2009
Steve-O 	Jackass star 	Lacey Schwimmer 	Eliminated 6th
on April 14, 2009
Lawrence Taylor 	Retired football player 	Edyta Śliwińska 	Eliminated 7th
on April 21, 2009
Chuck Wicks 	Country musicsinger 	Julianne Hough 	Eliminated 8th
on April 28, 2009
Lil' Kim 	Rapper 	Derek Hough 	Eliminated 9th
on May 5, 2009
Ty Murray 	Rodeocowboy 	Chelsie Hightower 	Eliminated 10th
on May 12, 2009
Melissa Rycroft 	Reality TV star 	Tony Dovolani 	Third place
on May 19, 2009
Gilles Marini 	Actor 	Cheryl Burke 	Runner-up
on May 19, 2009
Shawn Johnson 	Olympicgymnast 	Mark Ballas 	Winner
on May 19, 2009
==Scoring chart[edit]==
Couple 	Place	1 	2 	1+2	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10 	11
Shawn & Mark 	1 	23	24	47 	27	25	26	26	28	27+25=52	27+29=56	30+26=56	28+30+30=88
Gilles & Cheryl 	2 	24	27	51 	27	30	29	26	27	27+28=55	29+27=56	30+30=60	30+28+30=88
Melissa & Tony 	3 	23	26	49 	27	29	25	27	29	21+25=46	27+30=57	28+27=55	29+27+30=86
Ty & Chelsie 	4 	14	20	34 	23	25	21	18	24	24+28=52	25+21=46	25+23=48	
Lil' Kim & Derek 	5 	21	23	44 	25	27	26	28	26	28+28=56	25+27=52	 	
Chuck & Julianne 	6 	20	20	40 	23	22	23	23	27	26+25=51	 	 	
Lawrence & Edyta 	7 	16	20	36 	20	19	20	22	21	 	 	 	
Steve-O & Lacey 	8 	17	14	31 	15	15	18	16	 	 	 	 	
David & Kym 	9 	19	17	36 	24	22	22	 	 	 	 	 	
Steve & Karina 	10 	13	17	30 	10	12	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Holly & Dmitry 	11 	18	18	36 	17	16	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Denise & Maks 	12 	18	21	39 	16	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Belinda & Jonathan	13 	17	18	35 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
:Red numbers indicate the lowest score for each week.
:Green numbers indicate the highest score for each week.
:     indicates the couple (or couples) eliminated that week.
:     indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two (or bottom three).
:     indicates the returning couple that was the last to be called safe (they may or may have not been in the bottom two).
:     indicates the winning couple.
:     indicates the runner-up couple.
:     indicates the third-place couple.
:     indicates a couple that was eliminated in a dance-off.
===Average score chart[edit]===
This table only counts for dances scored on a traditional 30-points scale. (Dance-off scores not included)
Rank by average	Place	Couple 	Total points	Number of dances	Average
1 	2 	Gilles & Cheryl 	449 	16 	28.1
2 	1 	Shawn & Mark 	431 	16 	26.9
3 	3 	Melissa & Tony 	430 	16 	26.8
4 	5 	Lil' Kim & Derek 	284 	11 	25.8
5 	6 	Chuck & Julianne 	209 	9 	23.2
6 	4 	Ty & Chelsie 	291 	13 	22.4
7 	9 	David & Kym 	104 	5 	20.8
8 	7 	Lawrence & Edyta 	138 	7 	19.7
9 	12 	Denise & Maksim 	55 	3 	18.3
10 	13 	Belinda & Jonathan	35 	2 	17.5
11 	11 	Holly & Dmitry 	69 	4 	17.3
12 	8 	Steve-O & Lacey 	95 	6 	15.8
13 	10 	Steve & Karina 	52 	4 	13.0
==Highest and lowest scoring dances[edit]==
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 	Shawn Johnson 	30 	Steve Wozniak 	13
Jive 	Lil' Kim 	28 	Ty Murray 	18
Rumba 	Melissa Rycroft
Gilles Marini	27 	Steve-O 	16
Paso doble 	Gilles Marini 	30 	Lawrence Taylor	20
Samba 	Melissa Rycroft	30 	Steve Wozniak 	10
Waltz 	Gilles Marini 	30 	Steve-O
Belinda Carlisle	17
Quickstep 	Melissa Rycroft	28 	Steve Wozniak 	17
Foxtrot 	Gilles Marini 	29 	Steve-O 	15
Argentine tango	Gilles Marini
Shawn Johnson	30 	Steve Wozniak 	12
Viennese Waltz 	Gilles Marini
Melissa Rycroft	27 	Steve-O 	18
Salsa 	Gilles Marini 	30 	Steve-O 	14
Lindy Hop 	Melissa Rycroft	29 	Steve-O 	15
Freestyle 	Shawn Johnson 	30 	Melissa Rycroft	27
David Alan Grier, Denise Richards, Chuck Wicks and Holly Madison did not land on this
==Couples' highest and lowest scoring dance[edit]==
Couples 	Best dances 	Worst dances
Shawn & Mark 	Argentine tango, Freestyle & Cha-cha-cha (30) 	Waltz (23)
Giles & Cheryl 	Argentine tango (twice), Waltz, Salsa, & Paso doble (30)	Cha-cha-cha (24)
Melissa & Tony 	Samba (twice) (30) 	Jive (21)
Ty & Chelsie 	Lindy Hop, Argentine tango & Viennese Waltz (25) 	Cha-cha-cha (14)
Lil' Kim & Derek 	Jive & Paso doble (28) 	Cha-cha-cha (21)
Chuck & Julianne 	Samba (27) 	Waltz & Salsa (20)
Lawrence & Edyta 	Jive (22) 	Cha-cha-cha (16)
Steve-O & Lacey 	Viennese Waltz (18) 	Salsa (14)
David & Kym 	Foxtrot & Viennese Waltz (Dance-off) (24) 	Salsa (17)
Steve & Karina 	Quickstep x2(17) 	Samba (10)
Holly & Dmitry 	Cha-cha-cha ,Quickstep & Samba (Dance-off) (18) 	Argentine tango (16)
Denise & Maks 	Quickstep (21) 	Samba (16)
Belinda & Jonathan	Salsa (18) 	Waltz & Salsa (Dance-off) (17)
==Weekly scores and songs[edit]==
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Unless indicated otherwise, individual judges scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli.
===Week 1[edit]===
;Running Order
Couple 	Score 	Style 	Music
Lil' Kim & Derek 	21 (7, 7, 7)	Cha-cha-cha	"Nasty"—Janet Jackson
Belinda & Jonathan	17 (6, 6, 5)	Waltz 	"What the World Needs Now Is Love"—Jackie DeShannon
Lawrence & Edyta 	16 (6, 5, 5)	Cha-cha-cha	"25 Miles"—Edwin Starr
Steve-O & Lacey 	17 (6, 5, 6)	Waltz 	"Vito's Waltz"—101 Strings Orchestra
Gilles & Cheryl 	24 (8, 8, 8)	Cha-cha-cha	"Addicted to Love"—Robert Palmer
Chuck & Julianne 	20 (6, 7, 7)	Waltz 	"Are You Lonesome Tonight?"—Elvis Presley
Holly & Dmitry 	18 (6, 6, 6)	Cha-cha-cha	"Just Dance"—Lady Gaga
Ty & Chelsie 	14 (5, 4, 5)	Cha-cha-cha	"Train in Vain"—The Clash
Shawn & Mark 	23 (8, 8, 7)	Waltz 	"It is You (I Have Loved)"—Dana Glover
Steve & Karina 	13 (5, 4, 4)	Cha-cha-cha	"You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet"—Bachman-Turner Overdrive
David & Kym 	19 (6, 7, 6)	Waltz 	"You Light Up My Life"—Debby Boone
Denise & Maksim 	18 (6, 6, 6)	Cha-cha-cha	"Nothin' but a Good Time"—Poison
Melissa & Tony 	23 (8, 7, 8)	Waltz 	"Moon River"—Andy Williams
===Week 2[edit]===
;Running Order
Couple 	Score 	Style 	Music 	Result
Holly & Dmitry 	18 (6, 6, 6)	Quickstep	"We Are in Love"—Harry Connick, Jr. 	Safe
David & Kym 	17 (6, 5, 6)	Salsa 	"El Cumbanchero"—Angel Melendez and the 911 Orchestra	Safe
Denise & Maksim 	21 (7, 7, 7)	Quickstep	"We Go Together"—from Grease 	Safe
Belinda & Jonathan	18 (6, 6, 6)	Salsa 	"Higher"—Gloria Estefan 	Bottom two
Ty & Chelsie 	20 (7, 6, 7)	Quickstep	"Life Is a Highway"—Rascal Flatts 	Safe
Shawn & Mark 	24 (8, 8, 8)	Salsa 	"Las Muchachas"—Johnny Pacheco 	Safe
Steve & Karina 	17 (6, 5, 6)	Quickstep	"Oh, Boy!"—Buddy Holly 	Bottom two
Chuck & Julianne 	20 (6, 7, 7)	Salsa 	"Say Hey (I Love You)"—Michael Franti & Spearhead 	Safe
Lawrence & Edyta 	20 (7, 7, 6)	Quickstep	"As Long as I'm Singing"—The Brian Setzer Orchestra 	Safe
Steve-O & Lacey 	14 (5, 4, 5)	Salsa 	"Cobrastyle"—Teddybears 	Safe
Lil' Kim & Derek 	23 (8, 7, 8)	Quickstep	"Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend"—Marilyn Monroe 	Safe
Melissa & Tony 	26 (9, 8, 9)	Salsa 	"The Cup of Life"—Ricky Martin 	Safe
Gilles & Cheryl 	27 (9, 9, 9)	Quickstep	"Kryptonite"—3 Doors Down 	Safe
Dance-off 	Dance-off 	Dance-off	Dance-off 	Dance-off
Belinda & Jonathan	17 (5, 6, 6)	Salsa 	"Higher"—Gloria Estefan 	Eliminated
Steve & Karina 	17 (6, 5, 6)	Quickstep	"Oh, Boy!"—Buddy Holly 	Safe
===Week 3[edit]===
;Running Order
Couple 	Score 	Style 	Music 	Result
Denise & Maksim 	16 (5, 6, 5)	Samba 	"Take a Picture"—Filter 	Bottom two
Chuck & Julianne	23 (8, 7, 8)	Foxtrot 	"All I Want To Do"—Sugarland 	Safe
Holly & Dmitry 	17 (5, 6, 6)	Samba 	"Bananza (Belly Dancer)"—Akon 	Bottom two
Steve-O & Lacey 	15 (5, 5, 5)	Foxtrot 	"I'm Yours"—Jason Mraz 	Safe
Lawrence & Edyta	20 (7, 6, 7)	Samba 	"I Can't Get Next To You"—The Temptations 	Safe
Shawn & Mark 	27 (9, 9, 9)	Foxtrot 	"More Than This"—Norah Jones 	Safe
Gilles & Cheryl 	27 (9, 9, 9)	Samba 	"El Matador"—Los Fabulosos Cadillacs 	Safe
David & Kym 	24 (8, 8, 8)	Foxtrot 	"Come Rain or Come Shine"—Natalie Cole 	Safe
Steve & Karina 	10 (4, 3, 3)	Samba 	"Jump in the Line (Shake, Senora)"—Harry Belafonte	Safe
Melissa & Tony 	27 (9, 9, 9)	Foxtrot 	"Recipe for Love"—Harry Connick, Jr. 	Safe
Lil' Kim & Derek	25 (8, 8, 9)	Samba 	"Remedio P'al Corazon"—Alberto Plaza 	Safe
Ty & Chelsie 	23 (8, 8, 7)	Foxtrot 	"Come Dance with Me"—Frank Sinatra 	Safe
Dance-off 	Dance-off 	Dance-off	Dance-off 	Dance-off
Holly & Dmitry 	18 (6, 6, 6)	Samba 	"Bananza (Belly Dancer)"—Akon 	Safe
Denise & Maksim 	20 (6, 7, 7)	Samba 	"Take a Picture"—Filter 	Eliminated
===Week 4[edit]===
;Running Order
Couple 	Score 	Style 	Music 	Result
David & Kym 	22 (8, 7, 7) 	Lindy Hop 	"Bandstand Boogie"—Barry Manilow 	Safe
Lil' Kim & Derek	27 (9, 8, 10) 	Argentine tango	"Taquito Militar"—Conjunto Tipico Del Tango 	Safe
Chuck & Julianne	22 (8, 7, 7) 	Lindy Hop 	"Summertime Blues"—Brian Setzer 	Safe
Lawrence & Edyta	19 (7, 5, 7) 	Argentine tango	"Suite Punta Del Este"—Ástor Piazzolla 	Safe
Ty & Chelsie 	25 (9, 8, 8) 	Lindy Hop 	"You and Me and the Bottle Makes 3 Tonight (Baby)"—Big Bad Voodoo Daddy	Safe
Steve & Karina 	12 (4, 4, 4) 	Argentine tango	"Cité Tango"—Gotan Project 	Eliminated
Melissa & Tony 	29 (10, 9, 10) 	Lindy Hop 	"Brown Derby Jump"—Cherry Poppin' Daddies 	Safe
Holly & Dmitry 	16 (5, 6, 5) 	Argentine tango	"Libertango"—Bond 	Eliminated
Steve-O & Lacey 	15 (5, 5, 5) 	Lindy Hop 	"Dance Little Sister"—The Rolling Stones 	Bottom three
Gilles & Cheryl 	30 (10, 10, 10)	Argentine tango	"Assassin's Tango"—John Powell 	Safe
Shawn & Mark 	25 (8, 8, 9) 	Lindy Hop 	"Ready Teddy!"—Little Richard 	Safe
===Week 5[edit]===
;Running Order
Couple 	Score 	Style 	Music 	Result
Chuck & Julianne	23 (7, 8, 8) 	Viennese Waltz	"Feels Like Today"—Rascal Flatts 	Safe
Lawrence & Edyta	20 (6, 7, 7) 	Paso doble 	"Granada"—Agustín Lara 	Bottom two
Shawn & Mark 	26 (9, 8, 9) 	Viennese Waltz	"Ordinary Day"—Vanessa Carlton 	Safe
Melissa & Tony 	25 (8, 8, 9) 	Paso doble 	"Poker Face"—Lady Gaga 	Safe
David & Kym 	22 (7, 8, 7) 	Viennese Waltz	"I Put a Spell on You"—Screamin' Jay Hawkins	Bottom two
Gilles & Cheryl 	29 (10, 9, 10)	Paso doble 	"Habanera"—Charlotte Church 	Safe
Steve-O & Lacey 	18 (6, 6, 6) 	Viennese Waltz	"Complainte de la Butte"—Rufus Wainwright 	Safe
Ty & Chelsie 	21 (7, 7, 7) 	Paso doble 	"Barracuda"—Heart 	Safe
Lil' Kim & Derek	26 (9, 8, 9) 	Viennese Waltz	"I'll Be"—Edwin McCain 	Safe
Dance-off 	Dance-off 	Dance-off 	Dance-off 	Dance-off
David & Kym 	24 (8, 8, 8) 	Viennese Waltz	"I Put a Spell on You"—Screamin' Jay Hawkins	Eliminated
Lawrence & Edyta	20 (6, 7, 7) 	Paso doble 	"Granada"—Agustín Lara 	Safe
===Week 6[edit]===
;Running Order
Couple 	Score 	Style	Music 	Result
Ty & Chelsie 	18 (6, 6, 6) 	Jive 	"The Girl's Gone Wild"—Travis Tritt 	Last to be called safe
Shawn & Mark 	26 (8, 9, 9) 	Rumba	"Slow Dancing in a Burning Room"—John Mayer	Safe
Lawrence & Edyta	22 (7, 7, 8) 	Jive 	"Ain't That Peculiar"—Marvin Gaye 	Safe
Melissa & Tony 	27 (9, 9, 9) 	Rumba	"If I Were a Boy"—Beyoncé 	Safe
Lil' Kim & Derek	28 (10, 8, 10)	Jive 	"Jailhouse Rock"—Elvis Presley 	Safe
Steve-O & Lacey 	16 (7, 4, 5) 	Rumba	"Fall for You"—Secondhand Serenade 	Eliminated
Gilles & Cheryl 	26 (9, 8, 9) 	Jive 	"Dance, Dance"—Fall Out Boy 	Safe
Chuck & Julianne	23 (8, 7, 8) 	Rumba	"She Will Be Loved"—Maroon 5 	Safe
===Week 7[edit]===
;Running Order
Couple 	Score 	Style 	Music 	Result
Melissa & Tony 	29 (10, 9, 10)	Argentine tango 	"Mi Confesión"—Gotan Project 	Safe
Lawrence & Edyta	21 (7, 7, 7) 	Waltz 	"Open Arms"—Journey 	Eliminated
Lil' Kim & Derek	26 (9, 8, 9) 	Rumba 	"Lost Without U"—Robin Thicke 	Safe
Chuck & Julianne	27 (9, 9, 9) 	Samba 	"Baila, Baila"—Angela Via feat. Joe Budden 	Safe
Ty & Chelsie 	24 (8, 8, 8) 	Waltz 	"Strawberry Wine"—Deana Carter 	Last to be called safe
Shawn & Mark 	28 (9, 9, 10) 	Cha-cha-cha 	"P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)"—Michael Jackson	Safe
Gilles & Cheryl 	27 (9, 9, 9) 	Viennese Waltz 	"I Go to Sleep"—The Pretenders 	Safe
Chuck & Julianne
Lil' Kim & Derek
Gilles & Cheryl
Ty & Chelsie
Lawrence & Edyta
Shawn & Mark
Melissa & Tony	N/A 	1960s Group Dance	"The Clapping Song"—Shirley Ellis 	"The Clapping Song"—Shirley Ellis
===Week 8[edit]===
;Running order
Couple 	Score 	Style 	Music 	Result
Gilles & Cheryl 	27 (9, 9, 9) 	Lindy Hop 	"Go Daddy-O"—Big Bad Voodoo Daddy 	Safe
Lil' Kim & Derek	28 (9, 9, 10)	Paso doble 	"El Gato Montes"—Manuel Penella 	Safe
Chuck & Julianne	26 (9, 9, 8) 	Cha-cha-cha	"I'm Outta Love"—Anastacia 	Eliminated
Shawn & Mark 	27 (10, 8, 9)	Samba 	"Get Down on It"—Kool and the Gang 	Safe
Melissa & Tony* 	21 (7, 7, 7) 	Jive 	"We Got the Beat"—The Go-Go's 	Last to be called safe
Ty & Chelsie 	24 (9, 7, 8) 	Salsa 	"Vehicle"—The Ides of March 	Safe
Chuck & Julianne
Lacey & Tony*
Shawn & Mark	25 (8, 8, 9) 	Team Mambo 	"Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"—Beyoncé	"Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"—Beyoncé
Ty & Chelsie
Gilles & Cheryl
Lil' Kim & Derek	28 (9, 9, 10)	Team Tango 	"Womanizer"—Britney Spears 	"Womanizer"—Britney Spears
* Due to an injury, Melissa Rycroft was unable to perform her Jive, or as part of Team Mambo, on the live show. Lacey Schwimmer filled in for her on Team Mambo instead. Rycroft's rehearsal tape for her Jive was shown and scored, as Steve-O was forced to do in Week 2.
===Week 9[edit]===
;Running order
Couple 	Score 	Style 	Music 	Result
Shawn & Mark 	27 (9, 9, 9) 	Quickstep 	"Friend Like Me"—Robin Williams 	Safe
Shawn & Mark 	29 (10, 9, 10) 	Paso doble 	"Gotta Get thru This"—Daniel Bedingfield 	Safe
Ty & Chelsie 	25 (8, 9, 8) 	Argentine tango	"Amor Que Se Baila"—Otros Aires Electronic Tango Orchestra	Bottom two
Ty & Chelsie 	21 (7, 7, 7) 	Rumba 	"Free Fallin'"—Tom Petty 	Bottom two
Lil' Kim & Derek	25 (8, 9, 8) 	Waltz 	"When I Need You"—Leo Sayer 	Eliminated
Lil' Kim & Derek	27 (9, 9, 9) 	Salsa 	"Por Arriba, Por Abajo"—Ricky Martin 	Eliminated
Gilles & Cheryl 	29 (10, 9, 10) 	Foxtrot 	"Fever"—Peggy Lee 	Safe
Gilles & Cheryl 	27 (9, 9, 9) 	Rumba 	"Sexual Healing"—Marvin Gaye 	Safe
Melissa & Tony 	27 (9, 9, 9) 	Viennese Waltz 	"Angel"—Sarah McLachlan 	Safe
Melissa & Tony 	30 (10, 10, 10)	Samba 	"Jaleo"—Ricky Martin 	Safe
===Week 10[edit]===
;Running order
Couple 	Score 	Style 	Music 	Result
Melissa & Tony 	28 (9, 10, 9) 	Quickstep 	"I Got Rhythm"—Ella Fitzgerald 	Last to be called safe
Melissa & Tony 	27 (9, 9, 9) 	Cha-cha-cha 	"Save the Last Dance for Me"—Ben E. King 	Last to be called safe
Gilles & Cheryl	30 (10, 10, 10)	Waltz 	"Come Away with Me"—Norah Jones 	Safe
Gilles & Cheryl	30 (10, 10, 10)	Salsa 	"I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)"—Pitbull	Safe
Shawn & Mark 	30 (10, 10, 10)	Argentine tango	"Asi Se Baila El Tango"—Bailongo 	Safe
Shawn & Mark 	26 (9, 8, 9) 	Jive 	"Reet Petite"—Jackie Wilson 	Safe
Ty & Chelsie 	25 (8, 9, 8) 	Viennese Waltz 	"Tuesday's Gone"—Lynyrd Skynyrd 	Eliminated
Ty & Chelsie 	23 (8, 7, 8) 	Samba 	"Concrete and Clay"—Unit 4 + 2 	Eliminated
===Week 11: Final[edit]===
;Running Order (Night 1)
Couple 	Score 	Style 	Music
Shawn & Mark 	28 (9, 9, 10) 	Paso doble	"So What"—Pink
Melissa & Tony 	29 (10, 9, 10) 	Paso doble	"So What"—Pink
Gilles & Cheryl	30 (10, 10, 10)	Paso doble	"So What"—Pink
Shawn & Mark 	30 (10, 10, 10)	Freestyle 	"Do Your Thing"—Basement Jaxx
Melissa & Tony 	27 (9, 9, 9) 	Freestyle 	"Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)"—C+C Music Factory
Gilles & Cheryl	28 (9, 10, 9) 	Freestyle 	"Flashdance (What a Feeling)"—Irene Cara
;Running Order (Night 2)
Couple 	Score 	Style 	Music 	Result
Shawn & Mark 	30 (10, 10, 10)	Cha-cha-cha 	"P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)"—Michael Jackson	Winner
Melissa & Tony 	30 (10, 10, 10)	Samba 	"Jaleo"—Ricky Martin 	Third place
Gilles & Cheryl	30 (10, 10, 10)	Argentine tango	"Assassin's Tango"—John Powell 	Runner-up
==Dance chart[edit]==
Couple 	Wk 1 	Wk 2 	Wk 3 	Wk 4 	Wk 5 	Wk 6 	Wk 7 	Wk 7 	Wk 8 	Wk 8 	Wk 9 	Wk 9 	Wk 10 	Wk 10 	Wk 11 	Wk 11 	Wk 11
Shawn & Mark 	Waltz 	Salsa 	Foxtrot	Lindy Hop 	Viennese Waltz	Rumba	Cha-cha-cha 	1960s Dance	Samba 	Team Mambo	Quickstep 	Paso doble	Argentine tango	Jive 	Paso doble	Freestyle	Cha-cha-cha
Gilles & Cheryl 	Cha-cha-cha	Quickstep	Samba 	Argentine tango	Paso doble 	Jive 	Viennese Waltz 	1960s Dance	Lindy Hop 	Team Tango	Foxtrot 	Rumba 	Waltz 	Salsa 	Paso doble	Freestyle	Argentine tango
Melissa & Tony 	Waltz 	Salsa 	Foxtrot	Lindy Hop 	Paso doble 	Rumba	Argentine tango	1960s Dance	Jive1 	Team Mambo	Viennese Waltz 	Samba 	Quickstep 	Cha-cha-cha	Paso doble	Freestyle	Samba
Ty & Chelsie 	Cha-cha-cha	Quickstep	Foxtrot	Lindy Hop 	Paso doble 	Jive 	Waltz 	1960s Dance	Salsa 	Team Tango	Argentine tango	Rumba 	Viennese Waltz 	Samba 	 	 	Lindy Hop
Lil' Kim & Derek 	Cha-cha-cha	Quickstep	Samba 	Argentine tango	Viennese Waltz	Jive 	Rumba 	1960s Dance	Paso doble 	Team Tango	Waltz 	Salsa 	 	 	 	 	Jive
Chuck & Julianne 	Waltz 	Salsa 	Foxtrot	Lindy Hop 	Viennese Waltz	Rumba	Samba 	1960s Dance	Cha-cha-cha	Team Mambo	 	 	 	 	 	 	Samba
Lawrence & Edyta 	Cha-cha-cha	Quickstep	Samba 	Argentine tango	Paso doble 	Jive 	Waltz 	1960s Dance	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Jive
Steve-O & Lacey 	Waltz 	Salsa1 	Foxtrot	Lindy Hop 	Viennese Waltz	Rumba	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Foxtrot
David Alan & Kym 	Waltz 	Salsa 	Foxtrot	Lindy Hop 	Viennese Waltz	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Viennese Waltz
Steve & Karina 	Cha-cha-cha	Quickstep	Samba 	Argentine tango	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Quickstep
Holly & Dmitry 	Cha-cha-cha	Quickstep	Samba 	Argentine tango	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Samba
Denise & Maksim 	Cha-cha-cha	Quickstep	Samba 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Quickstep
Belinda & Jonathan	Waltz 	Salsa 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Salsa
:     Highest Scoring Dance
:     Lowest Scoring Dance
:     Danced, but not scored
===Dance schedule[edit]===
The celebrities and professional partners danced one of these routines for each corresponding week.
*Week 1: Cha-cha-cha or waltz
*Week 2: Salsa or quickstep
*Week 3: Samba or foxtrot
*Week 4: Lindy Hop or Argentine tango
*Week 5: Paso doble or Viennese Waltz
*Week 6: Jive or Rumba
*Week 7: One unlearned dance from week one to week six and 1960s group dance
*Week 8: One unlearned dance from week one to week six and Team mambo or tango
*Week 9: Two unlearned dances (one ballroom, one Latin) from week one to week six, with a 15-second solo during the Latin routine
*Week 10: Final two unlearned dances (one Ballroom, one Latin) from week one to week six
*Week 11 (night 1): Paso doble face-off, freestyle
*Week 11 (night 2): Favorite dance of the season, eliminated stars return
==Professional dancer competition[edit]==
Six professional dancers, three men and three women, will compete live in a weekly dance competition for a guaranteed spot as a professional dancer to be paired with a celebrity next season.
*For the first week, six professionals will be paired into three couples and will compete in the first round with their chosen style of dance, either Latin or Ballroom. Of the six dancers, one male and one female will be eliminated based on fewest viewer votes.
*In the second week, the four remaining professionals will pair up and compete in whichever style dance they did not do the first week. The dancer with the lowest number of viewer votes, whether it be male or female, will be eliminated.
*In the third week, the three remaining professionals will teach a celebrity from a previous season, and the dancer with the lowest number of viewer votes will be eliminated.
*In the fourth week, the two professionals will pair up with a current pro and choreograph a Ballroom and a Latin routine. The dancer with the highest number of votes will win.[1]
The competing dancers are:
*Mayo Alanen (Runner-up)
*Brent Borbon
*Afton DelGrosso (3rd Place)
*Anna Demidova (Winner)
*Genya Mazo
*Snow Urbin
The celebrity partners for Round 3 are:
*Cody Linley (season 7, paired with Afton DelGrosso)
*Lisa Rinna (season 2, paired with Mayo Alanen)
*Maurice Greene (season 7, paired with Anna Demidova)
The professional partners for Round 4 are:
*Kym Johnson (paired with Mayo Alanen)
*Maksim Chmerkovskiy (paired with Anna Demidova)
Date 	Round	Pair 	Dance 	Song 	Eliminated
April 21, 2009	1 	Brent & Afton 	Cha-cha-cha	"Damaged"—Danity Kane 	Brent Borbon
&
Snow Urbin
April 21, 2009	1 	Mayo & Anna 	Waltz 	"Weekend in New England"—Barry Manilow 	Brent Borbon
&
Snow Urbin
April 21, 2009	1 	Genya & Snow 	Rumba 	"Stop and Stare"—OneRepublic 	Brent Borbon
&
Snow Urbin
April 28, 2009	2 	Genya & Afton 	Quickstep 	"I'm Sitting on Top of the World"—Bobby Darin 	Genya Mazo
April 28, 2009	2 	Mayo & Anna 	Jive 	"Wild One"—Jerry Lee Lewis 	Genya Mazo
May 5, 2009 	3 	Afton & Cody 	Samba 	"Dance Like This"—Wyclef Jean feat. Claudette Ortiz	Afton DelGrosso
May 5, 2009 	3 	Mayo & Lisa 	Quickstep 	"Walking on Sunshine"—Katrina and the Waves 	Afton DelGrosso
May 5, 2009 	3 	Anna & Maurice	Tango 	"La Yumba"—Lalo Schiffrin 	Afton DelGrosso
May 12, 2009 	4 	Mayo & Kym 	Tango 	"Jalousie"—Alfred Hause's Tango Orchestra 	Mayo Alanen
May 12, 2009 	4 	Mayo & Kym 	Cha-cha-cha	"Shake Your Groove Thing"—Peaches & Herb 	Mayo Alanen
May 12, 2009 	4 	Anna & Maksim 	Quickstep 	"Almost Like Being in Love"—Frank Sinatra 	Mayo Alanen
May 12, 2009 	4 	Anna & Maksim 	Samba 	"Crayons"—Donna Summer feat. Ziggy Marley 	Mayo Alanen
The winner, guaranteed a spot as a pro in season nine, is Anna Demidova.
==Musical guests[edit]==
Date 	Performers 	Tracks performed 	Dancers
March 17, 2009	Big Bad Voodoo Daddy	"Calloway Boogie" 	Mark Ballas, Cheryl Burke, Tony Dovolani, Lacey Schwimmer, Derek Hough, and Julianne Hough
March 17, 2009	Jewel 	"Over the Rainbow" 	Dmitry Chaplin and Chelsie Hightower
March 24, 2009	Hall & Oates 	"Maneater" 	Karina Smirnoff, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Tony Dovolani, and Dmitry Chaplin
March 24, 2009	Adele 	"Chasing Pavements" 	Edyta Śliwińska and Alec Mazo
March 31, 2009	Kevin Rudolf 	"Let It Rock" 	Julianne Hough, Derek Hough, Chelsie Hightower, Lacey Schwimmer, and Artem Chigvintsev
March 31, 2009	Boyz II Men 	"It's the Same Old Song" 	Cheryl Burke, Dmitry Chaplin, Tony Dovolani, and Kym Johnson
March 31, 2009	Boyz II Men 	"Reach Out I'll Be There"	Cheryl Burke, Dmitry Chaplin, Tony Dovolani, and Kym Johnson
March 31, 2009	Boyz II Men 	"End of the Road" 	Cheryl Burke, Dmitry Chaplin, Tony Dovolani, and Kym Johnson
April 7, 2009 	Etta James 	"At Last" 	Karina Smirnoff and Maksim Chmerkovskiy
April 7, 2009 	Demi Lovato 	"La La Land" 	Benji Schwimmer and Torri Smith
April 14, 2009	West Side Story 	"America" 	2009 Broadway revival cast
April 14, 2009	Rascal Flatts 	"Here Comes Goodbye" 	Julianne Hough and Tony Dovolani
April 14, 2009	Rascal Flatts 	"Revolution" 	Mark Ballas, Chelsie Hightower, Aliona Vilani, and Artem Chigvintsev
April 21, 2009	Natasha Bedingfield 	"Soulmate" 	Dmitry Chaplin and Lacey Schwimmer
April 21, 2009	Celtic Woman 	"You Raise Me Up" 	Eric Luna and Georgia Ambarian
April 28, 2009	Robin Thicke 	"When I Get You Alone" 	Alec Mazo, Edyta Sliwinska, Cheryl Burke, Tony Dovolani, Kym Johnson, and Dmitry Chaplin
April 28, 2009	Robin Thicke 	"Sidestep" 	Pasha Kovalev and Anya Garnis
May 5, 2009 	Jamie Cullum 	"I Get a Kick out of You"	Urs Geisenhainer and Agnieszka Kazmierczak
May 12, 2009 	Raphael Saadiq 	"100 Yard Dash" 	Raphael Saadiq Dancers
May 19, 2009 	Lady Gaga 	"Just Dance" 	Lady Gaga Dancers
May 19, 2009 	Lady Gaga 	"LoveGame" 	Lady Gaga Dancers
==Macy's Stars of Dance[edit]==
Date 	Performers 	Music
March 17, 2009	Michael Rooney – "The Golden Age of Musicals" 	"The Boy Does Nothing"—Alesha Dixon
April 7, 2009 	Le Rêve 	
April 14, 2009	Lindsley Allen – Cabaret Routine with Carmen Electra 	"Stuff Like That There" by Bette Midler
April 21, 2009	Jason Gilkison – Burn the Floor 	
May 5, 2009 	Marty Kudelka & Dee Caspary 	"Viva La Vida" by Coldplay
May 12, 2009 	Design a Dance – Mark Ballas, Lacey Schwimmer, Derek Hough & Julianne Hough	
*For the May 12 "Design a Dance" performance, viewers had voted in the weeks beforehand about what style dance they wanted (Quickstep), what song they wanted the dance to ("It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"), and what professionals they wanted to do the dance. Also, Dancing with the Stars held an online contest where viewers could submit their drawings for outfits for the performance. The winner was Rebecca Farmer from New York City. Her designs were turned into the outfits for the performers, and she won a trip to the show.