No. of episodes 27 Celebrity winner Kara Tointon Number of episodes 27 | Original network BBC One Professional winner Artem Chigvintsev Country of origin United Kingdom | |
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Original release 11 September (2010-09-11) (Launch Show)
1 October 2010 (2010-10-01) – 18 December 2010 (2010-12-18) Winners Kara Tointon, Artem Chigvintsev | ||
Strictly Come Dancing returned for its eighth series on BBC One with a red carpet launch show on 11 September 2010, and the competitive live shows began on 1 October. The series concluded on 18 December when Kara Tointon and Artem Chigvintsev won the competition. According to BARB data, this series was the consistently highest rated of the show to date, peaking at 14.28 million viewers. Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli, Craig Revel Horwood and Alesha Dixon returned as judges.
Contents
- Scoring chart
- Average chart
- Highest and lowest scoring performances of the series
- Weekly scores and songs
- Night 1 Friday
- Night 2 Saturday
- Week 2
- Week 3
- Week 4
- Week 5 Halloween Week
- Week 6
- Week 7
- Week 8 Blackpool Week
- Week 9
- Week 10 Movie Night
- Week 11 Semi Final
- Show 1
- Show 2
- Dance chart
- TV ratings
- Professional partners
- Professional Dance Troupe
- Celebrity performances
- References
There are 14 couples in this series and three new male professionals, Artem Chigvintsev, Robin Windsor and Jared Murillo. For series 8 the set has been totally revamped to try to attract more viewers to the programme, the backstage room where scores were given has been replaced by a tower above the dancefloor so the couples can watch as their team mates perform (much like the so-called 'celebriquarium' on the American version Dancing With The Stars). In week 8 of the competition the live show was transmitted from the Blackpool Tower Ballroom.
This series is co-presented by Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly on Saturday. On Sunday, for the results show, Daly is joined by Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two presenter Claudia Winkleman.
The celebrities did not know their professional partners until they were introduced to each other at the launch show. At the age of 61, Pamela Stephenson became (by far) the oldest contestant to ever make it to the finale. Contestant Paul Daniels 4 years after he went on Strictly Come Dancing.
Scoring chart
indicates the couple eliminated that week indicates the couple that was in the bottom two that week but not eliminated indicates the couple withdrew from the competition that week indicates the winning couple indicates the runner-up couple indicates the third-place couple Red text the couple(s) with the lowest score for that week Green text the couple(s) with the highest score for that week "—" indicates the couple(s) did not dance that weekAverage chart
This table only counts for dances scored on a traditional 40 points scale (the scores for the swing-a-thon are not included).
Highest and lowest scoring performances of the series
The best and worst performances in each dance according to the judges' marks are as follows:
Patsy Kensit, Michelle Williams, Jimi Mistry and Goldie are the only celebrities not to land on this list.
Weekly scores and songs
Unless indicated otherwise, individual judges scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Craig Revel Horwood, Len Goodman, Alesha Dixon, Bruno Tonioli.
Night 1 – Friday
Night 2 – Saturday
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
* Ian Waite standing in for Brendan Cole who was away attending his father's funeral.
Week 5: Halloween Week
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8: Blackpool Week
Week 9
Week 10: Movie Night
Week 11: Semi-Final
Show 1
Show 2
Dance chart
Highest scoring dance Lowest scoring dance Not performed due to illnessTV ratings
Weekly ratings for each show on BBC One. All numbers are in millions and provided by BARB
Professional partners
Each year the professional dancers perform professional routines and dance to the special guest. With three new male professional dancers some of the professional pairings have changed again. The following professional partners will dance with each other for the professional routines:
Professional Dance Troupe
The dances that the Dance Troupe have performed:
Celebrity performances
Each week various celebrities perform on the results show, often accompanied by some of the professional couples.