Dancing on Ice series 8

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.

Dancing on Ice
Series 8
Presented by	Phillip Schofield Christine Bleakley
Judges	Karen Barber Robin Cousins Jason Gardiner Ashley Roberts
Celebrity winner	Beth Tweddle
Professional winner	Daniel Whiston
No. of episodes	19
Release
Original network	ITV
Original release	6 January (2013-01-06) – 10 March 2013 (2013-03-10)
Series chronology

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. 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. 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

• Keith & Olga: "O Fortuna" — Carl Orff
• Pamela & Matt: "Sacrifice" — Sinéad O'Connor

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

• Lauren & Michael: "Rescue Me" — Fontella Bass
• Anthea & Andy: "Lovin' You" — Minnie Riperton

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					"The Devil Went Down to Georgia" — Charlie Daniels Band	Immunity
Gareth & Robin						18.14%	2	Bottom two
Samia & Sylvain					"This Is Love" — will.i.am, feat. Eva Simons	Immunity
Luke & Jenna						22.28%	3	Safe
Beth & Dan					"Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves" — Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin	Immunity
Oona & Mark						4.36%	1	Eliminated
Anthea & Andy					"Broken Strings" — James Morrison & Nelly Furtado	Immunity
Shayne & Maria						25.39%	4	Safe
Keith & Olga					"Soul Man" — Sam & Dave	Immunity
Joe & Vicky						29.82%	5	Safe

Save Me skates

• Gareth & Robin: "Somebody to Love" — Queen
• Oona & Mark: "Just the Two of Us" — Bill Withers

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

• Anthea & Andy: "Feeling Good" — Michael Bublé
• Keith & Olga: "Disturbia" — Rihanna

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

• Shayne & Maria: "Sweet Disposition" — The Temper Trap
• Matt & Brianne: "Talking to the Moon" — Bruno Mars

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

• Joe & Vicky: "I Started a Joke" — Robin Gibb
• Keith & Olga: "One Day Like This" — Elbow

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.

• Team Matt (Matt & Brianne; Luke & Jenna; and Gareth & Robin): "U Can't Touch This" — MC Hammer
• Team Beth (Beth & Dan; Samia & Sylvain; and Keith & Olga): "Gangnam Style" — Psy

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

• Keith & Olga: "O Fortuna" — Carl Orff
• Samia & Sylvain: "Should I Stay or Should I Go" — The Clash

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

• Luke and Jenna: "Don't You Worry Child" — Swedish House Mafia
• Samia and Sylvain: "Bailamos" — Enrique Iglesias

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

• Matt and Brianne: "Iris" — Goo Goo Dolls
• Beth and Dan: "Live and Let Die" — Paul McCartney
• Luke and Jenna: "Hometown Glory" — Adele

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