Dancing Stars (Austrian season 8)
The eighth edition of Dancing Stars was broadcast from March 1 to May 17, 2013 on ORF1 and was presented by Mirjam Weichselbraun and Klaus Eberhartinger.
Couples
Celebrity | Occupation | Professional partner | Status |
Katharina Gutensohn | Former alpine skier | Christoph Santner | Eliminated 1st on March 15, 2013 |
Doris Schretzmayer | Actress | Gerhard Egger | Eliminated 2nd on March 30, 2013 |
Rudi Roubinek | Actor | Babsi Koitz | Eliminated 3rd on April 5, 2013 |
Gerald Pichowetz | Actor | Roswitha Wieland | Eliminated 4th on April 12, 2013 |
Monika Salzer | Columnist | Florian Gschaider | Eliminated 5th on April 19, 2013 |
Gregor Glanz | Singer | Lenka Pohoralek | Eliminated 6th on April 26, 2013 |
Biko Botowamungu | Former boxer | Maria Jahn | Eliminated 7th on May 3, 2013 |
Susanna Hirschler | Actress | Vadim Garbuzov | Eliminated 8th on May 10, 2013 |
Angelika Ahrens | TV presenter | Thomas Kraml | Eliminated 9th on May 17, 2013 |
Lukas Perman | Singer, actor | Kathrin Menzinger | on May 24, 2013 |
Marjan Shaki | Singer, actress | Willi Gabalier | on May 24, 2013 |
on May 24, 2013 |
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 |
Cha Cha Cha | Marjan Shaki | 34 | Biko Botowamungu | 13 |
Disco | Marjan Shaki | 39 | Rainer Schönfelder | 24 |
Foxtrot | Lukas Perman Marjan Shaki | 34 | Monika Salzer Biko Botowamungu | 13 |
Jitterbug | Rainer Schönfelder Lukas Perman | 38 | Angelika Ahrens | 30 |
Jive | Susanna Hirschler | 31 | Katharina Gutensohn Rudi Roubinek | 17 |
Paso Doble | Rainer Schönfelder | 37 | Biko Botowamungu | 12 |
Quickstep | Rainer Schönfelder | 33 | Doris Schretzmayer | 16 |
Rumba | Rainer Schönfelder | 31 | Monika Salzer | 12 |
Samba | Angelika Ahrens Lukas Perman | 33 | Biko Botowamungu | 13 |
Tango | Angelika Ahrens | 31 | Biko Botowamungu | 12 |
Viennese Waltz | Marjan Shaki | 35 | Gerald Pichowetz Rudi Roubinek Biko Botowamungu | 17 |
Waltz | Lukas Perman | 34 | Biko Botowamungu | 10 |
Average chart
Rank by average | Place | Couple | Total | Number of dances | Average |
1 | 2 | Marjan & Willi | 449 | 14 | 32.1 |
2 | 3 | Lukas & Kathrin | 434 | 14 | 31.0 |
3 | 1 | Rainer & Manuela | 428 | 14 | 30.6 |
4 | 5 | Susanna & Vadim | 300 | 10 | 30.0 |
5 | 4 | Angelika & Thomas | 332 | 12 | 27.7 |
6 | 7 | Gregor & Lenka | 170 | 7 | 24.3 |
7 | 12 | Katharina & Christoph | 38 | 2 | 19.0 |
8 | 11 | Doris & Gerhard | 54 | 3 | 18.0 |
9 | 9 | Gerald & Roswitha | 83 | 5 | 16.6 |
10 | 10 | Rudi & Babsi | 48 | 3 | 16.0 |
11 | 8 | Monika & Florian | 89 | 6 | 14.8 |
12 | 6 | Biko & Maria | 104 | 8 | 13.0 |
Average dance chart
Couples | Averages | Best Dances | Worst Dances |
Rainer & Manuela | 30.6 | Jitterbug | Disco |
Marjan & Willi | 32.1 | Disco | Viennese Waltz |
Lukas & Kathrin | 31.0 | Jitterbug | Waltz |
Angelika & Thomas | 27.7 | Samba | Rumba & Quickstep |
Susanna & Vadim | 30.0 | Waltz | Paso Doble |
Biko & Maria | 13.0 | Viennese Waltz | Waltz |
Gregor & Lenka | 24.3 | Jive | Cha-Cha-Cha |
Monika & Florian | 14.8 | Waltz | Rumba |
Gerald & Roswitha | 16.6 | Foxtrot | Rumba |
Rudi & Babsi | 16.0 | Viennese Waltz & Jive | Waltz |
Doris & Gerhard | 18.0 | Tango | Quickstep & Samba |
Katharina & Christoph | 19.0 | Quickstep | Jive |
Dance order
Week 1
Individual judges' scores in charts below are listed in this order from left to right: Balazs Ekker, Nicole Burns-Hansen, Thomas Schäfer-Elmayer and Hannes Nedbal.Couple | Score | Style | Music |
Gerald & Roswitha | 15 | Cha-Cha-Cha | "When Love Takes Over" – David Guetta |
Lukas & Kathrin | 25 | Waltz | "Nothing Else Matters" – Metallica |
Gregor & Lenka | 19 | Cha-Cha-Cha | "Something in the Water" – Brooke Fraser |
Rudi & Babsi | 14 | Waltz | "Blue Velvet" – Bobby Vinton |
Rainer & Manuela | 27 | Cha-Cha-Cha | "Pumped Up Kicks" – Foster the People |
Biko & Maria | 10 | Waltz | "Fly Me to the Moon" – Frank Sinatra |
Angelika & Thomas Doris & Gerhard Katharina & Christoph Marjan & Willi Monika & Florian Susanna & Vadim | N/A | Mambo | "Mambo Italiano" – Dean Martin |
Week 2
Individual judges' scores in charts below are listed in this order from left to right: Balazs Ekker, Nicole Burns-Hansen, Thomas Schäfer-Elmayer and Hannes Nedbal.Couple | Score | Style | Music |
Susanna & Vadim | 28 | Quickstep | "Single Ladies" – Beyoncé |
Angelika & Thomas | 23 | Rumba | "Set Fire to the Rain" – Adele |
Katharina & Christoph | 21 | Quickstep | "Suddenly I See" – KT Tunstall |
Monika & Florian | 12 | Rumba | "Feel" – Robbie Williams |
Doris & Gerhard | 16 | Quickstep | "Valerie" – Amy Winehouse |
Marjan & Willi | 28 | Rumba | "I Won't Let You Go" – James Morrison |
Biko & Maria Gerald & Roswitha Gregor & Lenka Lukas & Kathrin Rainer & Manuela Rudi & Babsi | N/A | Mambo | "Papa Loves Mambo" – Perry Como |
Week 3: "Aus für Katharina Gutensohn"
Individual judges' scores in charts below are listed in this order from left to right: Balazs Ekker, Nicole Burns-Hansen, Thomas Schäfer-Elmayer and Hannes Nedbal.Couple | Score | Style | Music |
Katharina & Christoph | 17 | Jive | "Je Veux" – Zaz |
Lukas & Kathrin | 29 | Jive | "Hey Ya!" – Outkast |
Monika & Florian | 13 | Foxtrot | "Cheek to Cheek" – Ella Fitzgerald |
Gregor & Lenka | 21 | Foxtrot | "Fever" – Peggy Lee |
Susanna & Vadim | 27 | Paso Doble | "Bring Me to Life" – Evanescence |
Biko & Maria | 12 | Paso Doble | "Rock House Jail" – Hans Zimmer |
Angelika & Thomas | 24 | Viennese Waltz | "I'll Never Break Your Heart" – Backstreet Boys |
Gerald & Roswitha | 17 | Viennese Waltz | "Mr. Bojangles" – Sammy Davis Jr |
Doris & Gerhard | 16 | Samba | "Volare" – Gipsy Kings |
Marjan & Willi | 28 | Tango | "Viva la Vida" – Coldplay |
Rainer & Manuela | 30 | Tango | "Somebody That I Used to Know" – Gotye |
Week 4: "Aus für Doris Schretzmayer"
Individual judges' scores in charts below are listed in this order from left to right: Balazs Ekker, Nicole Burns-Hansen, Thomas Schäfer-Elmayer and Hannes Nedbal.Couple | Score | Style | Music |
Angelika & Thomas | 24 | Jive | "Don't Stop Me Now" – Queen |
Rainer & Manuela | 29 | Jive | "Marry You" – Bruno Mars |
Doris & Gerhard | 22 | Tango | "Epoca" – Gotan Project |
Lukas & Katharina | 27 | Tango | "Back to Black" – Amy Winehouse |
Monika & Florian | 14 | Samba | "Crickets Sing for Anamaria" – Marcos Valle |
Gerald & Roswitha | 18 | Samba | "Soul Bossa Nova" – Quincy Jones |
Susanna & Vadim | 29 | Foxtrot | "Sweet About Me" – Gabriella Cilmi |
Biko & Maria | 13 | Foxtrot | "King of the Road" – Roger Miller |
Marjan & Willi | 30 | Paso Doble | "Misirlou" – Dick Dale |
Gregor & Lenka | 23 | Paso Doble | "It's My Life" – Bon Jovi |
Rudi & Babsi | 17 | Viennese Waltz | "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" – James Brown |
Week 5: "Aus für Rudi Roubinek"
Individual judges' scores in charts below are listed in this order from left to right: Balazs Ekker, Nicole Burns-Hansen, Thomas Schäfer-Elmayer and Hannes Nedbal.Couple | Score | Style | Music |
Rudi & Babsi | 17 | Jive | "You Never Can Tell" – Chuck Berry |
Marjan & Willi | 27 | Viennese Waltz | "What's New Pussycat?" – Tom Jones |
Lukas & Kathrin | 29 | Paso doble | "Right Here, Right Now" – Fatboy Slim |
Angelika & Thomas | 30 | Foxtrot | "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" – B. J. Thomas |
Biko & Maria | 13 | Samba | "Conga" – Miami Sound Machine |
Gregor & Lenka | 27 | Tango | "Jealousy" – Billy Fury |
Susanna & Vadim | 31 | Samba | "Angelina" – Harry Belafonte |
Rainer & Manuela | 30 | Viennese Waltz | "Kommissar Maigret" – Gerhard Trede |
Monika & Florian | 16 | Tango | "Eleanor Rigby" – The Beatles |
Gerald & Roswitha | 19 | Foxtrot | "The Pink Panther Theme" – Henry Mancini |
Week 6: "Aus für Gerald Pichowetz"
Individual judges' scores in charts below are listed in this order from left to right: Balazs Ekker, Nicole Burns-Hansen, Thomas Schäfer-Elmayer and Hannes Nedbal.Couple | Score | Style | Music |
Marjan & Willi | 28 | Samba | "Copacabana" – Barry Manilow |
Gregor & Lenka | 30 | Jive | "Candyman" – Christina Aguilera |
Angelika & Thomas | 28 | Paso Doble | "Frozen" – Madonna |
Gerald & Roswitha | 14 | Rumba | "Sign Your Name" – Terence Trent D'Arby |
Lukas & Kathrin | 30 | Quickstep | "Sing, Sing, Sing" – Louis Prima |
Susanna & Vadim | 33 | Waltz | "You Light Up My Life" – Debby Boone |
Biko & Maria | 12 | Tango | "Dance With Me" – Debelah Morgan |
Rainer & Manuela | 35 | Paso Doble | "The 5th" – David Garrett |
Monika & Florian | 15 | Cha-Cha-Cha | "Sway" – Dean Martin |
Week 7: "Aus für Monika Salzer"
Individual judges' scores in charts below are listed in this order from left to right: Balazs Ekker, Nicole Burns-Hansen, Thomas Schäfer-Elmayer and Hannes Nedbal.Couple | Score | Style | Music |
Susanna & Vadim | 30 | Rumba | "You Know I'm No Good" – Amy Winehouse |
Gregor & Lenka | 25 | Viennese Waltz | "Doctor Zhivago Theme" – Maurice Jarre |
Angelika & Thomas | 23 | Quickstep | "Pon de Replay" – Rihanna |
Rainer & Manuela | 30 | Foxtrot | "My Baby Just Cares For Me" – Nina Simone |
Monika & Florian | 19 | Waltz | "If You Don't Know Me by Now" – Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes |
Lukas & Kathrin | 28 | Rumba | "Apologize" – OneRepublic |
Marjan & Willi | 32 | Waltz | "Three Times a Lady" – Lionel Richie |
Biko & Maria | 13 | Cha-Cha-Cha | "Sex Bomb" – Tom Jones |
Week 8: "Aus für Gregor Glanz"
Individual judges' scores in charts below are listed in this order from left to right: Balazs Ekker, Nicole Burns-Hansen, Thomas Schäfer-Elmayer and Hannes Nedbal.Couple | Score | Style | Music |
Gregor & Lenka | 25 | Samba | "Kiss Kiss" – Holly Valance |
Susanna & Vadim | 29 | Tango | "Summertime Sadness" – Lana Del Rey |
Angelika & Thomas | 27 | Cha-Cha-Cha | "The Shoop Shoop Song" – Betty Everett |
Biko & Maria | 17 | Viennese Waltz | "Tales from the Vienna Woods" – Johann Strauss II |
Rainer & Manuela | 31 | Rumba | "Hero" – Enrique Iglesias |
Marjan & Willi | 30 | Jive | "SOS" – Rihanna |
Lukas & Kathrin | 34 | Foxtrot | "Magic Moments" – Perry Como |
Angelika & Thomas Biko & Maria Gregor & Lenka Lukas & Kathrin Marjan & Willi Rainer & Manuela Susanna & Vadim | N/A | American Smooth | "L-O-V-E" – Nat King Cole |
Week 9: "Aus für Biko Botowamungu"
Individual judges' scores in charts below are listed in this order from left to right: Balazs Ekker, Nicole Burns-Hansen, Thomas Schäfer-Elmayer and Hannes Nedbal.Couple | Score | Style | Music |
Rainer & Manuela | 26 | Waltz | "Fascination" – Nat King Cole |
Susanna & Vadim | 31 | Jive | "It's Raining Men" – The Weather Girls |
Angelika & Thomas | 31 | Tango | "I've Seen That Face Before" – Grace Jones |
Marjan & Willi | 34 | Foxtrot | "Sunny" – Bobby Hebb |
Biko & Maria | 14 | Rumba | "GoldenEye" – Tina Turner |
Lukas & Kathrin | 29 | Cha-Cha-Cha | "Forget You" – Cee Lo Green |
Angelika & Thomas Biko & Maria Lukas & Kathrin Marjan & Willi Rainer & Manuela Susanna & Vadim | N/A | Charleston | "We No Speak Americano" – Yolanda Be Cool |
Week 10: "Aus für Susanna Hirschler"
Individual judges' scores in charts below are listed in this order from left to right: Balazs Ekker, Nicole Burns-Hansen, Thomas Schäfer-Elmayer and Hannes Nedbal.Couple | Score | Style | Music |
Marjan & Willi | 34 | Cha-Cha-Cha | "Smooth" – Santana feat. Rob Thomas |
Marjan & Willi | 36 | Disco | "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" – Michael Jackson |
Lukas & Kathrin | 34 | Viennese Waltz | "Chim Chim Cher-ee – Cliff Richard |
Lukas & Kathrin | 30 | Disco | "Stayin' Alive" – Bee Gees |
Angelika & Thomas | 33 | Samba | "Half a Minute" – Matt Bianco |
Angelika & Thomas | 27 | Disco | "Reach Out " – The Four Tops |
Susanna & Vadim | 31 | Viennese Waltz | "Kiss from a Rose" – Seal |
Susanna & Vadim | 31 | Disco | "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!" – ABBA |
Rainer & Manuela | 27 | Samba | "Mas que Nada" – Sérgio Mendes |
Rainer & Manuela | 24 | Disco | "Y.M.C.A." – Village People |
Week 11: "Aus für Angelika Ahrens"
Individual judges' scores in charts below are listed in this order from left to right: Balazs Ekker, Nicole Burns-Hansen, Thomas Schäfer-Elmayer and Hannes Nedbal.Couple | Score | Style | Music |
Rainer & Manuela | 33 | Quickstep | "Part Time Lover" – Stevie Wonder |
Rainer & Manuela | 38 | Jitterbug | "In The Mood" – Glenn Miller |
Angelika & Thomas | 32 | Waltz | "Over the Rainbow" – Judy Garland |
Angelika & Thomas | 30 | Jitterbug | "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" – Wham! |
Marjan & Willi | 32 | Quickstep | "I'm Yours" – Jason Mraz |
Marjan & Willi | 36 | Jitterbug | "At The Hop" – Danny & The Juniors |
Lukas & Kathrin | 33 | Samba | "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" – KT Tunstall |
Lukas & Kathrin | 34 | Jitterbug | "Rama Lama Ding Dong" – The Edsels |
Week 12: "Das Finale"
Individual judges' scores in charts below are listed in this order from left to right: Balazs Ekker, Nicole Burns-Hansen, Thomas Schäfer-Elmayer and Hannes Nedbal.Couple | Score | Style | Music |
Marjan & Willi | 35 | Viennese Waltz | "What's New Pussycat?" – Tom Jones |
Marjan & Willi | 39 | Disco | "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" – Michael Jackson |
Marjan & Willi | N/A | Showdance | "A Whole New World" – Brad Kane & Lea Salonga/"Montagues & Capulets" – Sergei Prokofiev |
Rainer & Manuela | 31 | Disco | "Y.M.C.A." – Village People |
Rainer & Manuela | 37 | Paso Doble | "The 5th" – David Garrett |
Rainer & Manuela | N/A | Showdance | Michael Jackson Medley |
Lukas & Kathrin | 34 | Waltz | "Nothing Else Matters" – Metallica |
Lukas & Kathrin | 38 | Jitterbug | "Rama Lama Ding Dong" – The Edsels |
Lukas & Kathrin | N/A | Showdance | Andreas Gabalier & Barbra Streisand Medley |