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 with Paolo Belli and his Big Band.
Couples
| Celebrity | Occupation | Professional partner | Status |
| Thomas Degasperi | Water Skier | Natalia Maidiuk | Out Did not enter |
| Stefano Campagna | Journalist & Weather Presenter | Natalia Maidiuk | Eliminated 1st on 7 January 2012 |
| Ariadna Romero | Model & Actress | Mirko Sciolan | Eliminated 2nd on 21 January 2012 |
| Gianni Rivera | Football Legend & Former MEP | Yulia Musikhina | Eliminated 3rd on 21 January 2012 |
| Claudia Andreatti | Television Presenter & Miss Italia 2006 | Samuel Peron | Eliminated 4th on 28 January 2012 |
| Alex Belli | Actor & Model | Samanta Togni | Eliminated 5th on 11 February 2012 |
| Sergio Assisi | Golden Globe Nominated Actor | Ekaterina Vaganova | Eliminated 6th on 10 March 2012 |
| Lucrezia Lante Della Rovere | Film & Television Actress | Simone Di Pasquale | Sixth place on 17 March 2012 |
| Christian Vieri | Former International Footballer | Natalia Titova | Fifth place on 17 March 2012 |
| Ria Antoniou | Model & Beauty Pageant Titleholder | Raimondo Todaro | Joint Third place on 17 March 2012 |
| Anna Tatangelo | Singer & Former The X Factor Judge | Stefano Di Filippo | Joint Third place on 17 March 2012 |
| Marco Delvecchio | Former International Footballer | Sara Di Vaira | Second place on 17 March 2012 |
| Andrés Gil | 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 | TBA |
| Claudia & Samuel | 15 | Charleston | "Sing, Sing, Sing " – Louis Prima |
| Sergio & Ekaterina | 26 | Tango | TBA |
| 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 |
| 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 | "Happy Days" – 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 e 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 Vuo' Fa 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 | |||
| Saved by public | Claudia & Samuel | |||
| Eliminated | Stefano & Natalia |
Week 2
| Couple | First Dance | Dance-off Dance | % Votes | |
| Gianni & Yulia | ||||
| Alex & Samanta | ||||
| Ariadna & Mirko |
Week 3
| Couple | First Dance | Dance-off Dance | % Votes | |
| Lucrezia & Simone | ||||
| Claudia & Samuel | ||||
| Gianni & Yulia |
Week 4
| Couple | First Dance | Dance-off Dance | % Votes | |
| Marco & Sara | ||||
| Lucrezia & Simone | ||||
| Claudia & Samuel |
Week 5
| Couple | First Dance | Dance-off Dance | % Votes | |
| Christian & Natalia | ||||
| Alex & Samanta | ||||
| Ariadna & Mirko |
Week 6
| Couple | First Dance | Dance-off Dance | % Votes | |
| Marco & Sara | ||||
| Ria & Raimondo | ||||
| Alex & Samanta | ||||
| Thomas & Natalia |
Week 7
| Couple | First Dance | Dance-off Dance | % Votes | |
| Anna & Stefano | ||||
| Marco & Sara | ||||
| Andrés & Anastasia | ||||
| Lucrezia & Simone |
Week 9
| Couple | First Dance | Dance-off Dance | % Votes | |
| Marco & Sara | ||||
| Andrés & Anastasia | ||||
| Sergio & Ekaterina |