Ballando con le Stelle series 8

The eighth series of Ballando con le Stelle was broadcast from 7 January 2012 to 17 March 2012 on RAI 1 and was presented by Milly Carlucci, along with Paolo Belli and his Big Band.

Couples

Celebrity	Age	Occupation	Professional partner	Status
Thomas Degasperi	30	Water Skier	Natalia Maidiuk	Out Did not enter
Stefano Campagna	49	Journalist & Weather Presenter	Natalia Maidiuk	Eliminated 1st on 7 January 2012
Ariadna Romero	25	Model & Actress	Mirko Sciolan	Eliminated 2nd on 21 January 2012
Gianni Rivera	68	Football Legend & Former MEP	Yulia Musikhina	Eliminated 3rd on 21 January 2012
Claudia Andreatti	24	Television Presenter & Miss Italia 2006	Samuel Peron	Eliminated 4th on 28 January 2012
Alex Belli	29	Actor & Model	Samanta Togni	Eliminated 5th on 11 February 2012
Sergio Assisi	39	Golden Globe Nominated Actor	Ekaterina Vaganova	Eliminated 6th on 10 March 2012
Lucrezia Lante Della Rovere	45	Film & Television Actress	Simone Di Pasquale	Sixth place on 17 March 2012
Christian Vieri	38	Former International footballer	Natalia Titova	Fifth place on 17 March 2012
Ria Antoniou	23	Model & Beauty Pageant Titleholder	Raimondo Todaro	Joint Third place on 17 March 2012
Anna Tatangelo	25	Singer & Former The X Factor Judge	Stefano Di Filippo	Joint Third place on 17 March 2012
Marco Delvecchio	38	Former International footballer	Sara Di Vaira	Second place on 17 March 2012
Andrés Gil	21	Singer & Actor	Anastasia Kuzmina	Series Winners on 17 March 2012

Scoring chart

Highest and lowest scoring performances of the series

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

Dance	Best dancer	Best score	Worst dancer	Worst score
Boogie Woogie	Andrés Gil	38	Christian Vieri	21
Cha Cha Cha	Andrés Gil	37	Ariadna Romero	22
Charleston	Marco Delvecchio	39	Claudia Andreatti	15
Jive	Lucrezia Lante della Rovere	36	Alex Belli	15
Merengue	Lucrezia Lante della Rovere	29	Andrés Gil	18
Paso Doble	Anna Tatangelo	40	Alex Belli	11
Quickstep	Marco Delvecchio	34	Gianni Rivera	23
Rumba	Andrés Gil	39	Alex Belli	17
Salsa	Anna Tatangelo Lucrezia Lante della Rovere	30	Ria Antoniou	12
Samba	Anna Tatangelo	40	Stefano Campagna	12
Tango	Anna Tatangelo	36	Alex Belli	18
Waltz	Claudia Andreatti	32	Andrés Gil	18

Average chart

Rank by average	Place	Couple	Total	Number of dances	Average
1	=3	Anna & Stefano	228	7	32.6
2	2	Marco & Sara	225	7	32.1
3	1	Andrés & Anastasia	239	8	29.9
4	6	Lucrezia & Simone	234	8	29.3
5	7	Sergio & Ekaterina	109	4	27.3
6	5	Christian & Natalia	188	7	26.9
7	13	Thomas & Natalia	26	1	26.0
8	=3	Ria & Raimondo	163	7	23.3
9	9	Claudia & Samuel	115	5	23.0
9	11	Ariadna & Mirko	69	3	23.0
11	10	Gianni & Yulia	90	4	22.5
12	8	Alex & Samanta	90	5	18.0
13	12	Stefano & Natalia	12	1	12.0

Average dance chart

Couples	Averages	Best Dances	Worst Dances
Andrés & Anastasia	29.9	Rumba	Merengue & Waltz
Marco & Sara	32.1	Charleston	Samba
Anna & Stefano	32.6	Samba & Paso Doble	Jive
Ria & Raimondo	23.3	Quickstep	Salsa
Christian & Natalia	26.9	Samba & Rumba	Boogie Woogie & Salsa
Lucrezia & Simone	29.3	Jive	Salsa
Sergio & Ekaterina	27.3	Boogie Woogie	Rumba
Alex & Samanta	18.0	Charleston	Paso Doble
Claudia & Samuel	23.0	Waltz	Charleston
Gianni & Yulia	22.5	Tango	Waltz
Ariadna & Mirko	23.0	Tango	Salsa
Stefano & Natalia	12.0	Samba	Samba
Thomas & Natalia	26.0	Cha-Cha-Cha	Cha-Cha-Cha

Special guest

Individual judges scores in charts below are listed in this order from left to right: Ivan Zazzaroni, Fabio Canino, Carolyn Smith and Guillermo Mariotto.

Week	Couple	Score	Dance	Music
1	Oscar Pistorius & Annalisa Longo	40	Tango	"The Winner Takes It All – ABBA
2	Giancarlo Fisichella & Annalisa Longo	32	Boogie Woogie	"Andavo a 100 all'ora" – Gianni Morandi
3	Laura Natalia Esquivel & Ferdinando Iannaccone	40	Salsa	"No me ames" – Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony
4	Stefania Sandrelli & Roberto Imperatori	40	Tango
5	Claudia Gerini & Roberto Imperatori	40	Paso Doble
6	Max Giusti & Vicky Martin	29	Tango
7	Nino Frassica & Annalisa Longo	38	Cha-Cha-Cha	"Sì, la vita è tutta un quiz" – Renzo Arbore
8	Loredana Bertè & Roo Imperatori Gigi D'Alessio & Annalisa Longo	40 40	Tango Waltz
9	Emma Marrone & Roberto Imperatori	40	Tango

Dance order

Week 1

Individual judges scores in charts below are listed in this order from left to right: Ivan Zazzaroni, Fabio Canino, Carolyn Smith and Guillermo Mariotto.

Couple	Score	Dance	Music
Anna & Stefano	18	Jive	"Mamma Mia" – ABBA
Stefano & Natalia	12	Samba
Claudia & Samuel	15	Charleston	"Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)" – Louis Prima
Sergio & Ekaterina	26	Tango
Ariadna & Mirko	14	Salsa	"Baila morena" – Zucchero
Marco & Sara	22	Samba	"L'ombelico del mondo" – Jovanotti
Lucrezia & Simone	30	Tango	"Acqua e sale" – Adriano Celentano, Mina
Alex & Samanta	11	Paso Doble	"Domani" – L'Aura
Gianni & Yulia	23	Quickstep	"Fly Me to the Moon" – Nat King Cole
Ria & Raimondo	12	Salsa	"Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" – Marilyn Monroe
Christian & Natalia	21	Boogie Woogie	"Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" – The Blues Brothers
Andrés & Anastasia	18	Merengue	"Il più grande spettacolo dopo il Big Bang" – Jovanotti

Week 2

Individual judges scores in charts below are listed in this order from left to right: Ivan Zazzaroni, Fabio Canino, Carolyn Smith and Guillermo Mariotto.

Couple	Score	Dance	Music
Claudia & Samuel	21	Jive	"Vedo nero" – Zucchero
Sergio & Ekaterina	30	Paso Doble	"Nata per me" – Adriano Celentano
Anna & Stefano	30	Salsa	"Let's Get Loud" – Jennifer Lopez
Alex & Samanta	18	Tango	"Fino alla fine del mondo" – Gianni Morandi
Ariadna & Mirko	22	Cha-Cha-Cha	"Poker Face" – Lady Gaga
Gianni & Yulia	21	Charleston	"Che bambola!" – Fred Buscaglione
Lucrezia & Simone	32	Paso Doble	"La musica continuerà per sempre" – Kraftwerk
Marco & Sara	33	Boogie Woogie	"Il Gatto e la Volpe" – Edoardo Bennato
Andrés & Anastasia	24	Samba	"Fuori dal tunnel" – Caparezza
Ria & Raimondo	18	Jive	"Candyman" – Christina Aguilera
Christian & Natalia	21	Salsa	"Thriller" – Michael Jackson

Week 3

Individual judges scores in charts below are listed in this order from left to right: Ivan Zazzaroni, Fabio Canino, Carolyn Smith and Guillermo Mariotto.

Couple	Score	Dance	Music
Lucrezia & Simone	24	Salsa	"Giorni nuovi" – Alberto Fortis
Gianni & Yulia	19	Waltz	"We Are the Champions" – Queen
Sergio & Ekaterina	21	Rumba	"Se qui" – Toto Cutugno
Andrés & Anastasia	29	Jive	"Oh Happy Day" – Lauryn Hill
Claudia & Samuel	28	Tango	"Mi sono innamorato di te" – Luigi Tenco
Marco & Sara	33	Paso Doble	"Le nozze di Nore" – Jovanotti
Ria & Raimondo	19	Rumba	"I Wanna Be Loved by You" – Marilyn Monroe
Christian & Natalia	24	Tango	"El Tango de Roxanne" – Moulin Rouge!
Alex & Samanta	15	Jive	"Great Balls of Fire" – Jerry Lee Lewis
Anna & Stefano	34	Cha-Cha-Cha	"Into the Groove" – Madonna

Week 4

Individual judges scores in charts below are listed in this order from left to right: Ivan Zazzaroni, Fabio Canino, Carolyn Smith and Guillermo Mariotto.

Couple	Score	Dance	Music
Claudia & Samuel	19	Paso Doble	"She Bangs" – Ricky Martin
Anna & Stefano	36	Tango	"Libertango" – Ástor Piazzolla
Andrés & Anastasia	18	Waltz
Marco & Sara	34	Quickstep	"When The Saints Go Marching In" – Louis Armstrong
Ria & Raimondo	24	Waltz	"A New Day Has Come" – Celine Dion
Alex & Samanta	17	Rumba	"The Look of Love" – Diana Krall
Sergio & Ekaterina	N/A	Waltz	"Moon River" – Louis Armstrong
Lucrezia & Simone	25	Charleston	"Life Is a Cabaret" – Liza Minnelli
Christian & Natalia	25	Jive	"Tutti Frutti" – Little Richard

Week 5

Couple	Winner	Dance	Music
Alex & Samanta	Marco & Sara	Samba	"Bello e impossibile" – Gianna Nannini
Marco & Sara	Marco & Sara	Jive	"You're the One That I Want" – John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John
Andrés & Anastasia	Andrés & Anastasia	Quickstep	"Calma e sangue freddo" – Luca Dirisio
Christian & Natalia	Andrés & Anastasia	Paso Doble	"Eye of the Tiger" – Survivor
Ria & Raimondo	Ria & Raimondo	Tango
Lucrezia & Simone	Ria & Raimondo	Waltz	"Unchained Melody" – The Righteous Brothers
Anna & Stefano	Anna & Stefano	Boogie Woogie	"Over the Rainbow" – Judy Garland
Ariadna & Mirko	Anna & Stefano	Rumba	"Killing Me Softly" – Roberta Flack

Week 6

Couple	Winner	Dance	Music
Alex & Samanta	Christian & Natalia	Salsa	"Cercami" – Renato Zero
Christian & Natalia	Christian & Natalia	Quickstep	"Il tuo bacio è come il rock" – Adriano Celentano
Andrés & Anastasia	Andrés & Anastasia	Tango	"Questo piccolo grande amore" – Claudio Baglioni
Ria & Raimondo	Andrés & Anastasia	Cha-Cha-Cha	"Like a Virgin" – Madonna
Anna & Stefano	Marco & Sara	Rumba	"E non finisce mica il cielo" – Mia Martini
Marco & Sara	Marco & Sara	Waltz	"I migliori anni della nostra vita" – Renato Zero
Lucrezia & Simone	Lucrezia & Simone	Samba	"La voglia, la pazzia" – Ornella Vanoni
Thomas & Natalia	Lucrezia & Simone	Jive	"Surfin' U.S.A." – The Beach Boys

Week 7

Individual judges scores in charts below are listed in this order from left to right: Ivan Zazzaroni, Fabio Canino, Carolyn Smith and Guillermo Mariotto.

Couple	Score	Dance	Music
Anna & Stefano	30	Quickstep	"You Can't Hurry Love" – The Supremes
Marco & Sara	30	Tango
Lucrezia & Simone	29	Merengue	"Con le mani" – Zucchero
Christian & Natalia	27	Waltz	"Smile" – Charlie Chaplin
Ria & Raimondo	31	Samba	"Sex Bomb" – Tom Jones
Andrés & Anastasia	38	Boogie Woogie	"L'amore è una cosa meravigliosa" – Neil Sedaka

Week 8

Individual judges scores in charts below are listed in this order from left to right: Ivan Zazzaroni, Fabio Canino, Carolyn Smith and Guillermo Mariotto.

Couple	Score	Dance	Music
Alex & Samanta	29	Charleston
Claudia & Samuel	32	Waltz
Gianni & Yulia	27	Tango	"Luci a San Siro" – Roo Vecchioni
Thomas & Natalia	26	Cha-Cha-Cha	"Billie Jean" – Michael Jackson
Ariadna & Mirko	33	Tango
Andrés & Anastasia	37	Cha-Cha-Cha	"Ragazzo fortunato" – Jovanotti
Lucrezia & Simone	36	Jive

Week 9

Individual judges scores in charts below are listed in this order from left to right: Ivan Zazzaroni, Fabio Canino, Carolyn Smith and Guillermo Mariotto.

Couple	Score	Dance	Music
Lucrezia & Simone	28	Boogie Woogie
Anna & Stefano	40	Samba	"I Will Survive" – Gloria Gaynor
Marco & Sara	34	Rumba
Ria & Raimondo	32	Quickstep	"L-O-V-E" – Nat King Cole
Sergio & Ekaterina	32	Boogie Woogie	"Tu vuò fà l'americano" – Renato Carosone
Christian & Natalia	35	Samba	"Help!" – The Beatles
Andrés & Anastasia	36	Paso Doble	"Albachiara" – Vasco Rossi

Week 10

Individual judges scores in charts below are listed in this order from left to right: Ivan Zazzaroni, Fabio Canino, Carolyn Smith and Guillermo Mariotto.

Couple	Score	Dance	Music
Ria & Raimondo	27	Paso Doble	"La bambola" – Patty Pravo
Christian & Natalia	35	Rumba
Marco & Sara	39	Charleston	"Puttin on the Ritz" – Irving Berlin
Lucrezia & Simone	30	Salsa
Andrés & Anastasia	39	Rumba	"Non me lo so spiegare" – Tiziano Ferro
Anna & Stefano	40	Paso Doble	"I giardini di marzo" – Lucio Battisti

Bottom 3/4

Week 1

	Couple	First Dance	Dance-off Dance	% Votes
Saved by judges	Ariadna & Mirko	Salsa	Samba	Safe
Saved by public	Claudia & Samuel	Charleston	Merengue	66%
Eliminated	Stefano & Natalia	Samba	Cha-Cha-Cha	34%

Week 2

	Couple	First Dance	Dance-off Dance	% Votes
Saved by judges	Gianni & Yulia	Charleston	Salsa	Safe
Saved by public	Alex & Samanta	Tango	Merengue	73%
Eliminated	Ariadna & Mirko	Cha-Cha-Cha	Merengue	27%

Week 3

	Couple	First Dance	Dance-off Dance	% Votes
Saved by judges	Lucrezia & Simone	Salsa	Rumba	N/A
Saved by public	Claudia & Samuel	Tango	Salsa	75%
Eliminated	Gianni & Yulia	Waltz	Jive	25%

Week 4

	Couple	First Dance	Dance-off Dance	% Votes
Saved by judges	Marco & Sara	Quickstep	Cha-Cha-Cha	N/A
Saved by public	Lucrezia & Simone	Charleston	Cha-Cha-Cha	69%
Eliminated	Claudia & Samuel	Paso Doble	Quickstep	31%

Week 5

	Couple	First Dance	Dance-off Dance	% Votes
Saved by judges	Christian & Natalia	Paso Doble	Cha-Cha-Cha	N/A
Saved by public	Alex & Samanta	Samba	Boogie Woogie	64%
Eliminated	Ariadna & Mirko	Rumba	Jive	36%

Week 6

	Couple	First Dance	Dance-off Dance	% Votes
Saved by judges	Marco & Sara	Waltz	Merengue	N/A
Saved by public	Ria & Raimondo	Cha-Cha-Cha	Merengue	41%
Eliminated	Alex & Samanta	Salsa	Waltz	28%
Eliminated	Thomas & Natalia	Jive	Salsa	31%

Week 7

	Couple	First Dance	Dance-off Dance	% Votes
Saved by judges	Anna & Stefano	Quickstep	Tango	N/A
Saved by public	Marco & Sara	Tango	Tango	?/55%
Eliminated	Andrés & Anastasia	Boogie Woogie	Tango	31%
Eliminated	Lucrezia & Simone	Merengue	Tango	?/45%

Week 9

	Couple	First Dance	Dance-off Dance	% Votes
Saved by judges	Marco & Sara	Rumba	Apache	N/A
Saved by public	Andrés & Anastasia	Paso Doble	Apache	75%
Eliminated	Sergio & Ekaterina	Boogie Woogie	Apache	25%

Call-out order

The table below lists the order in which the contestants' fates were revealed. The order of the safe couples doesn't reflect the viewer voting results.