Dancing with the Stars (season 8)

Season eight of Dancing with the Stars premiered on Monday, March 10, 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.

The winner of this season was TBA, and their partner was TBA.

This season was preceded by season seven and followed by season nine.

Couples
The 13 celebrities and professional dancers who competed were:

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.

Average chart
According to the 30 point scale.

Couples' highest and lowest scoring performances
According to the traditional 30-point scale.

Weekly scores
The following is a list of the dances.

Individual judges scores in charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli.

Week 1

 * Running order

Week 2

 * Running order

Week 2

 * Running order