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Let's Dance (German season 8)

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Country of origin
  
Germany

Original network
  
RTL Television

Professional winner
  
Kathrin Menzinger

No. of episodes
  
12

Celebrity winner
  
Hans Sarpei

Original release
  
March 13 – June 5, 2015

The eight series of Let's Dance started on 13 March 2015. Sylvie Meis and Daniel Hartwich returned as hosts while Motsi Mabuse, Joachim Llambi and Jorge Gonzalez also returned as the judges.

Contents

For the first time 14 couples danced on the show.

Scoring chart

Red numbers indicates the lowest score for each week. Green numbers indicates the highest score for each week.      indicates the couple eliminated that week.      indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two.      indicates the couple that withdrew from the competition.      indicates the couple was eliminated but later returned to the competition.      indicates the winning couple.      indicates the runner-up couple.      indicates the third-place couple.

Averages

This table only counts for dances scored on a traditional 30-points scale.

Highest and lowest scoring performances

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

Couples' Highest and lowest scoring performances

According to the traditional 30-point scale.

Week 1: Opening Night

Running order

Week 2

Running order

Week 3: 80's Night

  • The couples performed to a song from the 1980s
    • Running order

    Week 4

    Running order

    Week 5: Musical Night

  • The couples performed to a song from a musical.
    • Running order

    Week 6

    Running order

    Week 7: Idols Night

  • The couples performed to a song from her idol.
    • Running order

    Week 8

  • On May 4, 2015 Ralf Bauer had to Withdrew from the competition because of health issues. Katja Burkard returned to the competition .
    • Running order

    Week 9: Dance Duels Night

  • For the first time a "Dance Duel" was introduced to the show. Two couples had to perform at the same time a dance style with the same choreography. The Rock n' Roll was also introduced as a new dance style.
    • Running order

    Week 10

    Running order

    Week 11: Semi-Final

  • For the first time every semi-finalist had to learn three individual dances while the third dance was a "impro dance" which means that the celebrities got the music only 20 minutes before they had to perform. They did not know the dance style and their costumes too.
    • Running order

    Week 12: Finale

    Running order
    Encore performances by the eliminated couples

    Dance chart

         Highest scoring dance      Lowest scoring dance      Did not scored (encore performance in the finale)      Withdrew from the competition

    References

    Let's Dance (German season 8) Wikipedia
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