Dancing on Ice series 8

Dancing on Ice
Series 8
Presented byPhillip Schofield
Christine Bleakley
JudgesKaren Barber
Robin Cousins
Jason Gardiner
Ashley Roberts
Celebrity winnerBeth Tweddle
Professional winnerDaniel Whiston
No. of episodes19
Release
Original networkITV
Original release6 January (2013-01-06) –
10 March 2013 (2013-03-10)
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The eighth series of Dancing on Ice aired from on 6 January to 10 March 2013, on ITV.[1] Phillip Schofield and Christine Bleakley returned as hosts, with Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean serving as mentors. The series was judged by Robin Cousins, Karen Barber, Ashley Roberts, and Jason Gardiner. Gardiner had departed after series 6 in 2011, but returned to replace Louie Spence, while Ashley Roberts joined the Ice Panel as Katarina Witt's replacement. Barber rejoined the Ice Panel after serving as head coach in series 6 and series 7.

Couples

The line-up was officially announced on 18 December 2012.[2]

Celebrity Notability Professional partner Status
Pamela Anderson Actress & Playboy model Matt Evers Eliminated 1st
on 6 January 2013
Lauren Goodger The Only Way Is Essex star Michael Zenezini Eliminated 2nd
on 13 January 2013
Oona King Labour Party politician Mark Hanretty Eliminated 3rd
on 20 January 2013
Anthea Turner Television presenter Andy Buchanan Eliminated 4th
on 27 January 2013
Shayne Ward Singer & The X Factor winner Maria Filippov Eliminated 5th
on 3 February 2013
Joe Pasquale Comedian Vicky Ogden Eliminated 6th
on 10 February 2013
Keith Chegwin Television presenter & actor Olga Sharutenko Eliminated 7th
on 17 February 2013
Samia Ghadie Coronation Street actress Sylvain Longchambon Eliminated 8th
on 24 February 2013
Gareth Thomas Wales rugby player Robin Johnstone Withdrew
on 3 March 2013
Luke Campbell Olympic boxer Jenna Smith Third place
on 10 March 2013
Matt Lapinskas EastEnders actor Brianne Delcourt Runners-up
on 10 March 2013
Beth Tweddle Olympic artistic gymnast Daniel Whiston Winners
on 10 March 2013

Scoring chart

The highest score each week is indicated in bold green with a dagger (†), while the lowest score each week is indicated in italicized red with a double-dagger (‡).

Color key:

  Winners
  Runners-up
  Third place
  Bottom two
  Withdrew from competition
  Eliminated
Dancing on Ice (series 8) - Weekly scores
Couple Pl. Week
1 2 3[a] 4 5 6 7[b] 8 9 10
Beth & Dan 1st 21.0 — Won 23.0 30.5† 29.5 30.5 30.0 33.5+38.0=71.5 36.5+37.5=74.0[c]
Matt & Brianne 2nd 24.0† — Won 25.5† 28.0[d] 28.5 35.5×2=71.0† 36.0 39.0+39.0=78.0† 40.0+40.0=80.0†[e]
Luke & Jenna 3rd — 18.5 Lost 20.0 23.5 24.0 24.5×2=49.0 30.0[d] 30.5+31.5=63.0 34.5+32.5=67.0‡[f]
Gareth & Robin 4th — 22.5† Lost[d] 23.0 27.5 30.0† 29.5×2=59.0 34.5 33.5[g]
Samia & Sylvain 5th 17.5 — Won 23.5 18.0‡ 22.0 27.0[d] 28.0‡[h]
Keith & Olga 6th 15.5‡[d] — Won 21.5[d] 21.0 22.0[d] 25.0‡[h]
Joe & Vicky 7th — 14.0‡ Lost 16.0‡ 18.0‡ 18.5‡[h]
Shayne & Maria 8th 16.0 — Lost 20.0 23.5[h]
Anthea & Andy 9th — 18.0[d] Won 18.5[h]
Oona & Mark 10th — 20.5 Lost[h]
Lauren & Michael 11th — 15.0[h]
Pamela & Matt 12th 18.5[h]
Notes
  1. ^ This week featured celebrity duels. Couples were paired up to compete head-to-head, and the judges determined which of the two couples from each pairing won. That couple received immunity from elimination.
  2. ^ This week featured team performances. The couples on the winning team had their scores doubled for the night.
  3. ^ This couple finished in first place.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h This couple was in the bottom two, but was not eliminated.
  5. ^ This couple finished in second place.
  6. ^ This couple finished in third place.
  7. ^ This couple withdrew from the competition.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h This couple was eliminated.

Weekly scores

Week 1 (6 January)

Group performance: "Spectrum (Say My Name)" — Florence and the Machine

Only half of the celebrities performed this week. Couples are listed in the order they performed.

Couple Judges' scores Total
score 		Music Public
vote[3] 		Points Result
Cousins Barber Roberts Gardiner Judges Public Total
Samia & Sylvain 4.5 5.5 4.0 3.5 17.5 "Diamonds" — Rihanna 25.93% 3 6 9 Safe
Keith & Olga 4.0 4.5 4.0 3.0 15.5 "Things Can Only Get Better" — D:Ream 12.49% 1 3 4 Bottom two
Beth & Dan 6.5 6.5 4.5 3.5 21.0 "Anything Could Happen" — Ellie Goulding 19.85% 5 4 9 Safe
Matt & Brianne 7.0 7.0 5.0 5.0 24.0 "Turn Up the Music" — Chris Brown 9.41% 6 2 8 Safe
Shayne & Maria 4.0 4.5 4.0 3.5 16.0 "Too Close" — Alex Clare 24.33% 2 5 7 Safe
Pamela & Matt 5.0 6.0 4.0 3.5 18.5 "Read All About It" — Emeli Sandé 7.99% 4 1 5 Eliminated
Save Me skates
Judges' votes to save
  • Barber: Keith & Olga
  • Roberts: Keith & Olga
  • Gardiner: Keith & Olga
  • Cousins: Keith & Olga

Week 2 (13 January)

Group performance: "All About Tonight" — Pixie Lott

Only half of the celebrities performed this week. Couples are listed in the order they performed.

Couple Judges' scores Total
score 		Music Public
vote[3] 		Points Result
Cousins Barber Roberts Gardiner Judges Public Total
Gareth & Robin 7.0 7.0 4.5 4.0 22.5 "All These Things That I've Done" — The Killers 12.61% 6 4 10 Safe
Lauren & Michael 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.0 15.0 "Girl on Fire" — Alicia Keys 10.15% 2 3 5 Eliminated
Joe & Vicky 3.0 4.0 5.0 2.0 14.0 "Flash" — Queen 32.33% 1 6 7 Safe
Oona & Mark 6.0 6.0 5.0 3.5 20.5 "No More Tears" — Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand 8.58% 5 1 6 Safe
Luke & Jenna 5.5 5.5 4.0 3.5 18.5 "Gold Forever" — The Wanted 26.55% 4 5 9 Safe
Anthea & Andy 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 18.0 "Skyfall" — Adele 9.78% 3 2 5 Bottom two
Save Me skates
Judges' votes to save
  • Barber: Anthea & Andy
  • Roberts: Anthea & Andy
  • Gardiner: Anthea & Andy
  • Cousins: Anthea & Andy

Week 3 (20 January)

Group performance: "Standing in the Way of Control" — The Gossip

Tonight featured partner "duels". Two couples skated simultaneously to the same song, and the judges chose the couple who they thought skated the best to receive immunity for the week. The public then voted among the remaining five couples. Dueling pairs are listed in the order they performed.[4][5]

Couple Judges' scores Music Public
vote[3] 		Points Result
Cousins Barber Roberts Gardiner
Matt & Brianne Yes Yes Yes Yes "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" — Charlie Daniels Band Immunity
Gareth & Robin No No No No 18.14% 2 Bottom two
Samia & Sylvain Yes Yes Yes Yes "This Is Love" — will.i.am, feat. Eva Simons Immunity
Luke & Jenna No No No No 22.28% 3 Safe
Beth & Dan Yes Yes Yes Yes "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves" — Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin Immunity
Oona & Mark No No No No 4.36% 1 Eliminated
Anthea & Andy Yes Yes Yes Yes "Broken Strings" — James Morrison & Nelly Furtado Immunity
Shayne & Maria No No No No 25.39% 4 Safe
Keith & Olga Yes Yes Yes Yes "Soul Man" — Sam & Dave Immunity
Joe & Vicky No No No No 29.82% 5 Safe
Save Me skates
Judges' votes to save
  • Barber: Gareth & Robin
  • Roberts: Oona & Mark
  • Gardiner: Gareth & Robin
  • Cousins: Gareth & Robin

Week 4 (27 January)

Theme: School Disco
Group performance: "Kidz" — Take That

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

Couple Judges' scores Total
score 		Music Public
vote[3] 		Points Result
Cousins Barber Roberts Gardiner Judges Public Total
Shayne & Maria 5.0 5.5 5.5 4.0 20.0 "Livin' la Vida Loca" — Ricky Martin 11.65% 5 4 9 Safe
Luke & Jenna 5.5 6.0 4.5 4.0 20.0 "When the Going Gets Tough" — Boyzone 12.34% 5 6 11 Safe
Anthea & Andy 4.5 5.0 5.0 4.0 18.5 "Puppy Love" — Donny Osmond 3.35% 4 1 5 Eliminated
Keith & Olga 5.5 6.0 5.5 4.5 21.5 "I'll Be There" — The Jackson 5 8.11% 6 3 9 Bottom two
Gareth & Robin 6.0 6.5 5.5 5.0 23.0 "When Will I Be Famous?" — Bros 11.70% 7 5 12 Safe
Matt & Brianne 7.0 7.0 6.5 5.0 25.5 "Slam Dunk (Da Funk)" — 5ive 3.90% 9 2 11 Safe
Beth & Dan 6.5 6.5 5.5 4.5 23.0 "5,6,7,8" — Steps 16.02% 7 8 15 Safe
Joe & Vicky 3.5 5.0 4.0 3.5 16.0 "The Things We Do for Love" — 10cc 15.12% 3 7 10 Safe
Samia & Sylvain 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.5 23.5 "Wannabe" — Spice Girls 17.81% 8 9 17 Safe
Save Me skates
Judges' votes to save
  • Barber: Keith & Olga
  • Roberts: Anthea & Andy
  • Gardiner: Keith & Olga
  • Cousins: Keith & Olga

Week 5 (3 February)

Theme: The Leveller — Each celebrity was required to perform a 30-second solo skate in their routine.
Group performance: "Hot Right Now" — Rita Ora
Torvill & Dean performance: "Better Together" — Jack Johnson

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

Couple Judges' scores Total
score 		Music Public
vote[3] 		Points Result
Cousins Barber Roberts Gardiner Judges Public Total
Samia & Sylvain 4.5 5.0 4.5 4.0 18.0 "Wings" — Little Mix 18.71% 3 7 10 Safe
Keith & Olga 5.5 6.0 5.0 4.5 21.0 "Hernando's Hideaway" — The Johnston Brothers 15.50% 4 6 10 Safe
Shayne & Maria 6.0 6.5 6.0 5.0 23.5 "Mama Told Me Not to Come" — Tom Jones & Stereophonics 8.38% 5 2 7 Eliminated
Matt & Brianne 7.0 7.5 7.0 6.5 28.0 "Night on Bald Mountain" — Modest Mussorgsky 4.53% 7 1 8 Bottom two
Luke & Jenna 6.5 6.5 5.5 5.0 23.5 "Little Things" — One Direction 10.30% 5 3 8 Safe
Gareth & Robin 7.5 7.0 6.5 6.5 27.5 "The Best Is Yet to Come" — Michael Bublé 10.85% 6 4 10 Safe
Beth & Dan 8.0 8.0 7.0 7.5 30.5 "Clown" — Emeli Sandé 18.75% 8 8 16 Safe
Joe & Vicky 4.5 5.0 5.0 3.5 18.0 "Hippy Hippy Shake" — The Swinging Blue Jeans 12.99% 3 5 8 Safe
Save Me skates
Judges' votes to save
  • Barber: Matt & Brianne
  • Roberts: Matt & Brianne
  • Gardiner: Shayne & Maria
  • Cousins: Matt & Brianne

Week 6 (10 February)

Theme: Love Week[6]
Group performance: "Love Is in the Air" — John Paul Young

Couple Judges' scores Total
score 		Music Public
vote[3] 		Points Result
Cousins Barber Roberts Gardiner Judges Public Total
Gareth & Robin 8.0 8.5 7.0 6.5 30.0 "Beneath Your Beautiful" — Labrinth feat. Emeli Sandé 14.87% 7 6 13 Safe
Joe & Vicky 5.0 5.0 4.5 4.0 18.5 "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" — Michael Holliday 9.21% 2 1 3 Eliminated
Matt & Brianne 7.0 7.5 7.0 7.0 28.5 "Ho Hey" — The Lumineers 13.69% 5 4 9 Safe
Samia & Sylvain 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 22.0 "I Will Always Love You" — Whitney Houston 14.47% 3 5 8 Safe
Luke & Jenna 6.0 6.5 6.0 5.5 24.0 "Everyday" — Buddy Holly 9.32% 4 3 7 Safe
Keith & Olga 5.5 6.0 5.5 5.0 22.0 "All About You" — McFly 9.25% 3 2 5 Bottom two
Beth & Dan 8.0 8.0 6.5 7.0 29.5 "We Found Love" — Rihanna 29.18% 6 7 13 Safe
Save Me skates
Judges' votes to save
  • Barber: Keith & Olga
  • Roberts: Keith & Olga
  • Gardiner: Keith & Olga
  • Cousins: Keith & Olga

Week 7 (17 February)

After their individual performances, the couples were divided into two teams for a group performance. The couples on the winning team, as determined by the judges, had their final scores doubled.[7] Couples are listed in the order they performed.

Couple Judges' scores Total
score 		Team
skate 		Final
score 		Music Public
vote[3] 		Points Result
Cousins Barber Roberts Gardiner Judges Public Total
Keith & Olga 6.0 6.0 6.5 6.5 25.0 Lost 25.0 "20th Century Boy" — T. Rex 21.82% 1 5 6 Eliminated
Luke & Jenna 6.5 6.5 6.0 5.5 24.5 Won 49.0 "Drive By" — Train 9.61% 4 3 7 Safe
Beth & Dan 8.0 8.0 8.0 6.5 30.5 Lost 30.5 "That Man" — Caro Emerald 34.08% 3 6 9 Safe
Matt & Brianne 9.0 9.0 9.0 8.5 35.5 Won 71.0 "A Change Is Gonna Come" — Seal 8.38% 6 1 7 Safe
Gareth & Robin 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.0 29.5 Won 59.0 "Turn Around" — Conor Maynard ft. Ne-Yo 9.01% 5 2 7 Safe
Samia & Sylvain 6.5 7.0 7.0 6.5 27.0 Lost 27.0 "Barbie Girl" — Aqua 17.10% 2 4 6 Bottom two
Judges' votes for Team challenge
  • Barber: Team Matt
  • Roberts: Team Matt
  • Gardiner: Team Beth
  • Cousins: Team Matt
Save Me skates
Judges' votes to save
  • Barber: Samia & Sylvain
  • Roberts: Samia & Sylvain
  • Gardiner: Keith & Olga
  • Cousins: Samia & Sylvain

Week 8 (24 February)

Theme: Prop Week
Group performance: "Galvanize" — The Chemical Brothers
Torvill & Dean performance: "Accentuate the Positive" (performed by Jools Holland's Rhythm and Blues Orchestra & Rumer)

Couple Judges' scores Total
score 		Music Prop Public
vote[3] 		Points Result
Cousins Barber Roberts Gardiner Judges Public Total
Beth & Dan 7.5 8.0 7.5 7.0 30.0 "Born This Way" — Lady Gaga Hula hoop 34.75% 3 5 8 Safe
Luke & Jenna 8.0 7.5 7.0 7.5 30.0 "Sweat" — David Guetta vs. Snoop Dogg Skipping rope 12.05% 3 2 5 Bottom two
Matt & Brianne 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 36.0 "I Need a Dollar" — Aloe Blacc,
"The Entertainer" — Scott Joplin
& "In the Navy" — The Village People 		Hats 11.25% 5 1 6 Safe
Samia & Sylvain 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 28.0 "The Look" — Roxette Hairdresser chair 18.45% 2 3 5 Eliminated
Gareth & Robin 9.0 8.5 8.0 9.0 34.5 "Hall of Fame" — The Script, feat. will.i.am Rugby ball 23.50% 4 4 8 Safe
Save Me skates
Judges' votes to save
  • Barber: Luke & Jenna
  • Roberts: Luke & Jenna
  • Gardiner: Luke & Jenna
  • Cousins: Luke & Jenna

Week 9: Semifinals (3 March)

Theme: Flying
Group performance: "Titanium" — David Guetta, feat. Sia
Torvill & Dean performance: "Never Tear Us Apart"

Gareth Thomas was forced to withdraw from the competition after his first performance for medical reasons. As a result, the other three couples automatically advanced to the finals, although they did perform their skate-off routines in exhibition.[8]

Couple Judges' scores Total
score 		Music Public
vote[3] 		Points Result
Cousins Barber Roberts Gardiner Judges Public Total
Matt & Brianne 10.0 10.0 10.0 9.0 78.0 "Straighten Up and Fly Right" — Robbie Williams 9.89% 4 2 6 Safe
9.5 9.5 10.0 10.0 "Bad" — Michael Jackson
Beth & Dan 9.0 8.5 8.0 8.0 71.5 "Domino" — Jessie J 49.29% 3 4 7 Safe
10.0 9.5 9.5 9.0 "Angel" — Sarah McLachlan
Luke & Jenna 8.0 8.0 8.0 6.5 62.0 "Higher Love" — James Vincent McMorrow 9.47% 2 1 3 Safe
8.0 8.5 7.5 7.5 "What About Now" — Westlife
Gareth & Robin 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.0 33.5 "Viva la Vida" — Coldplay 31.35% 1 3 4 Withdrew[8]
Save Me skates

Week 10: Finale (10 March)

Torvill & Dean performance: "Boléro"

Couple Judges' scores Total
score 		Music Public
vote[3] 		Boléro[3] Result
Cousins Barber Roberts Gardiner
Beth & Dan 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.5 74.0 "Car Wash" — Rose Royce 64.14% 74.99% Winners
9.0 9.5 9.5 9.5 "Clown" — Emeli Sandé
Luke & Jenna 8.5 8.5 9.0 8.5 67.0 "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" — Dwight Yoakam 9.72% — Third place
8.0 8.0 8.5 8.0 "Little Things" — One Direction
Matt & Brianne 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 80.0 "Mr. Pinstripe Suit" — Big Bad Voodoo Daddy 26.14% 25.01% Runners-up
10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 "Turn Up the Music" — Chris Brown

Ratings

Official ratings are taken from BARB.[9]

Episode Date Official ITV rating
(millions)[9] 		Weekly rank[9] Share (%) Official ITV HD rating
(millions)[10] 		Total ITV viewers
(millions)
Live show 1 6 January 7.49 7 30.5[11] 0.83 8.32
Live results 1 6.80 11 25.0[11] 0.69 7.49
Live show 2 13 January 6.92 14 27.0[12] 0.64 7.56
Live results 2 6.41 15 23.8[12] 0.58 6.99
Live show 3 20 January 6.88 11 26.7[13] 0.65 7.53
Live results 3 5.45 15 18.2[13] 0.51 5.96
Live show 4 27 January 6.73 11 28.2[14] 0.62 7.35
Live results 4 4.99 15 17.2[14] 0.48 5.47
Live show 5 3 February 6.59 12 27.4[15] 0.68 7.27
Live results 5 5.22 17 18.1[15] 0.52 5.74
Live show 6 10 February 6.44 12 26.4[16] 0.61 7.05
Live results 6 4.94 15 17.3[16] 0.49 5.43
Live show 7 17 February 6.32 12 27.7[17] 0.67 6.99
Live results 7 5.02 14 17.6[17] 0.45 5.47
Live show 8 24 February 6.12 13 26.6[18] 0.62 6.74
Live results 8 4.97 16 17.7[18] 0.57 5.54
Live show 9 3 March 6.67 11 28.1[19] 0.63 7.30
Live results 9 5.31 15 17.8[19] 0.50 5.81
Live final 10 March 6.63 12 24.5[20] 0.73 7.36

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