Let's Dance (German TV series) season 8 explained

Module1:	Professional Winner: Kathrin Menzinger
Network:	RTL Television
Num Episodes:	12

The eight series of Let's Dance started on 13 March 2015. Sylvie Meis and Daniel Hartwich returned as hosts while Motsi Mabuse, Joachim Llambi and Jorge Gonzalez also returned as the judges.

For the first time 14 couples danced on the show.

Couples

Celebrity	Occupation / Known for	Professional partner	Status
	It-Girl	Marius Iepure	Eliminated 1st on March 13, 2015
Cora Schumacher	Model	Erich Klann	Eliminated 2nd on March 20, 2015
	Television presenter	Sergiu Luca	Eliminated 3rd on March 27, 2015
	Actor	Cathrin Hissnauer	Eliminated 4th on April 10, 2015
	TV Personality	Isabel Edvardsson	Eliminated 5th on April 17, 2015
Beatrice Richter	Actress	Vadim Garbuzov	Eliminated 6th on April 24, 2015
	Actor	Oana Nechiti	Withdrew^[1] on May 4, 2015
Katja Burkard	Television presenter	Paul Lorenz	Eliminated 7th & 8th on May 8, 2015
Daniel Küblböck	Singer	Oti Mabuse	Eliminated 9th on May 15, 2015
Thomas Drechsel	Actor	Regina Murtasina	Eliminated 10th on May 22, 2015
Enissa Amani	Comedian	Christian Polanc	Eliminated 11th on May 29, 2015
Matthias Steiner	Weightlifter	Ekaterina Leonova	Third Place on June 5, 2015
	Actress	Massimo Sinato	Runners-Up on June 5, 2015
Hans Sarpei	Footballer	Kathrin Menzinger	Winners on June 5, 2015

Scoring chart

Couple	Place	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Hans & Kathrin	1	21	23	26	26	24	13	28	data-sort-value=24	21+3=24	data-sort-value=48	25+23=48	24+28=52	data-sort-value=83	26+29+28=83	24+29+29=82
Minh-Khai & Massimo	2	16	25	30	25	23	28	29	data-sort-value=22	20+2=22	16+25=41	data-sort-value=52	27+25=52	25+26+28=79	25+30+30=85
Matthias & Ekaterina	3	13	17	21	15	20	13	25	data-sort-value=28	27+1=28	data-sort-value=37	17+20=37	data-sort-value=28	14+14=28	data-sort-value=78	24+28+26=78	23+29+24=76
Enissa & Christian	4	21	23	19	27	23	19	19	data-sort-value=33	29+4=33	data-sort-value=51	24+27=51	data-sort-value=58	29+29=58	21+22+22=65
Thomas & Regina	5	16	13	19	23	28	11	25	15+8=23	data-sort-value=43	25+18=43	17+14=31
Daniel & Otlile	6	15	16	20	12	14	19	19	data-sort-value=29	19+10=29	14+17=31
Katja & Paul	7	17	15	11	10	7	16	8	7+6=13
Ralf & Oana	8	14	22	14	27	21	19	18
Beatrice & Vadim	9	13	17	13	16	18	12
Detlef & Isabel	10	7	10	13	11	11
Miloš & Cathrin	11	21	16	12	9
Panagiota & Sergiu	12	15	8	10
Cora & Erich	13	9	7
Cathy & Marius	14	9

Red numbers indicates the lowest score for each week.Green numbers indicates the highest score for each week.

indicates the couple eliminated that week.

indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two.

indicates the couple that withdrew from the competition.

indicates the couple was eliminated but later returned to the competition.

indicates the winning couple.

indicates the runner-up couple.

indicates the third-place couple.

Weekly scores and songs

Week 1: Opening Night

Running order

Couple	Dance	Music				Score	Result
Thomas & Regina	Cha-Cha-Cha	"Traum"—Cro	5	5	6	16	Safe
Minh-Khai & Massimo	Quickstep	"Jungle Drum"—Emilíana Torrini	6	5	5	16	Safe
Detlef & Isabel	Cha-Cha-Cha	"Rasputin"—Boney M.	3	3	1	7	Bottom 3
Katja & Paul	Waltz	"There Must Be an Angel (Playing with My Heart)"—Eurythmics	7	6	4	17	Safe
Cathy & Marius	Cha-Cha-Cha	"I Love It"—Icona Pop	3	4	2	9	Eliminated
Matthias & Ekaterina	Waltz	"Can't Help Falling in Love"—Elvis	6	5	2	13	Safe
Ralf & Oana	Quickstep	"Good Days"—Sascha Schmitz	5	5	4	14	Safe
Beatrice & Vadim	Cha-Cha-Cha	"Don't Go Breaking My Heart"—Elton John	5	5	3	13	Safe
Panagiota & Sergiu	Quickstep	"Valerie"—Amy Winehouse	5	6	4	15	Safe
Hans & Kathrin	Cha-Cha-Cha	"Auf uns"—Andreas Bourani	7	7	7	21	Safe
Miloš & Cathrin	Waltz	"You're Beautiful"—James Blunt	8	7	6	21	Safe
Daniel & Otlile	Quickstep	"You're The One That I Want"—John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John	6	6	3	15	Safe
Enissa & Christian	Cha-Cha-Cha	"All About That Bass"—Meghan Trainor	8	8	5	21	Safe
Cora & Erich	Waltz	"Beneath Your Beautiful"—Labrinth feat. Emeli Sandé	3	4	2	9	Bottom 2

Week 2

Running order

Couple	Dance	Music				Score	Result
Matthias & Ekaterina	Jive	"Crazy Little Thing Called Love"—Queen	7	6	4	17	Safe
Panagiota & Sergiu	Rumba	"Titanium"—David Guetta feat. Sia	3	3	2	8	Bottom 3
Miloš & Cathrin	Jive	"Einmal um die Welt"—Cro	5	5	6	16	Safe
Ralf & Oana	Rumba	"Against All Odds"—Westlife	8	7	7	22	Safe
Beatrice & Vadim	Foxtrot	"Stumblin' In"—Chris Norman & Suzi Quatro	7	6	4	17	Safe
Thomas & Regina	Foxtrot	"My Girl"—The Temptations	5	5	3	13	Bottom 2
Cora & Erich	Jive	"Shake It Off"—Taylor Swift	3	3	1	7	Eliminated
Detlef & Isabel	Rumba	"(Everything I Do) I Do It For You"—Bryan Adams	4	4	2	10	Safe
Minh-Khai & Massimo	Rumba	"If I Were A Boy"—Beyoncé	9	8	8	25	Safe
Katja & Paul	Jive	"Shake A Tail Feather"—Ray Charles	6	5	4	15	Safe
Hans & Kathrin	Foxtrot	"L.O.V.E."—Nat King Cole	9	8	6	23	Safe
Daniel & Otlile	Rumba	"Mad World"—Gary Jules	6	6	4	16	Safe
Enissa & Christian	Foxtrot	"Back to Black"—Amy Winehouse	9	8	6	23	Safe

Week 3: 80's Night

• The couples performed to a song from the 1980s

Running order

Couple	Dance	Music				Score	Result
Thomas & Regina	Paso Doble	"Wild Boys"—Duran Duran	7	7	5	19	Safe
Panagiota & Sergiu	Cha-Cha-Cha	"It's Raining Men"—The Weather Girls	4	4	2	10	Eliminated
Daniel & Otlile	Contemporary	"Jeanny"—Falco	6	8	6	20	Safe
Katja & Paul	Rumba	"True"—Spandau Ballet	5	4	2	11	Bottom 3
Detlef & Isabel	Quickstep	"Live Is Life"—Opus	5	5	3	13	Safe
Beatrice & Vadim	Contemporary	"Forever Young"—Alphaville	6	5	2	13	Bottom 2
Matthias & Ekaterina	Rumba	"Ohne Dich"—Münchener Freiheit	8	7	6	21	Safe
Miloš & Cathrin	Paso Doble	"Fade to Grey"—Visage	5	5	2	12	Safe
Enissa & Christian	Tango	"West End Girls"—Pet Shop Boys	8	7	4	19	Safe
Ralf & Oana	Foxtrot	"Words"—F. R. David	6	6	2	14	Safe
Hans & Kathrin	Tango	"Personal Jesus"—Depeche Mode	9	9	8	26	Safe
Minh-Khai & Massimo	Contemporary	"Nothing Compares 2 U"—Sinéad O'Connor	10	10	10	30	Safe

Week 4

Running order

Couple	Dance	Music				Score	Result
Katja & Paul	Quickstep	"Mister Sandman"—The Chordettes	4	4	2	10	Bottom 3
Thomas & Regina	Rumba	"Stay with Me"—Sam Smith	8	8	7	23	Safe
Miloš & Cathrin	Salsa	"Smooth"—Santana feat. Robin Thomas	4	4	1	9	Eliminated
Minh-Khai & Massimo	Hip-Hop	"Scream & Shout"—will.i.am feat. Britney Spears	9	8	8	25	Safe
Daniel & Otlile	Cha-Cha-Cha	"Tragedy"—Bee Gees	5	5	2	12	Safe
Ralf & Oana	Argentine Tango	"El Choclo"—Ángel Villoldo	10	9	8	27	Safe
Enissa & Christian	Salsa	"Let's Get Loud"—Jennifer Lopez	10	10	7	27	Safe
Beatrice & Vadim	Quickstep	"The Lady Is a Tramp"—Frank Sinatra	6	6	4	16	Safe
Matthias & Ekaterina	Paso Doble	"Supermassive Black Hole"—Muse	6	6	3	15	Safe
Detlef & Isabel	Salsa	"Papa Loves Mambo"—Perry Como	4	4	3	11	Bottom 2
Hans & Kathrin	Hip-Hop	"Black or White"—Michael Jackson	10	9	7	26	Safe

Week 5: Musical Night

• The couples performed to a song from a musical.

Running order

Couple	Dance	Music				Score	Result
Ralf & Oana	Salsa	"La Bamba"—from La Bamba	8	7	6	21	Safe
Beatrice & Vadim	Waltz	"Memory"—from Cats	7	7	4	18	Bottom 3
Thomas & Regina	Jive	"Don't Stop Me Now"—from We Will Rock You	9	10	9	28	Safe
Daniel & Otlile	Waltz	"Yesterday"—from All You Need Is Love	6	6	2	14	Bottom 2
Detlef & Isabel	Paso Doble	"Eye of the Tiger"—from Rocky the Musical	4	4	3	11	Eliminated
Katja & Paul	Cha-Cha-Cha	"Mamma Mia"—from Mamma Mia!	3	3	1	7	Safe
Matthias & Ekaterina	Foxtrot	"Ich war noch niemals in New York"—from Ich war noch niemals in New York	8	7	5	20	Safe
Minh-Khai & Massimo	Salsa	"America"—from West Side Story	8	8	7	23	Safe
Hans & Kathrin	Rumba	"A Whole New World"—from Aladdin	9	9	6	24	Safe
Enissa & Christian	Jive	"I Will Follow Him"—from Sister Act	8	9	6	23	Safe

Week 6

Running order

Couple	Dance	Music				Score	Result
Matthias & Ekaterina	Salsa	"Get Lucky"—Daft Punk feat. Pharrell Williams	5	5	3	13	Bottom 3
Beatrice & Vadim	Paso Doble	"Explosive"—Bond	5	4	3	12	Eliminated
Hans & Kathrin	Samba	"Talk Dirty"—Jason Derulo	5	5	3	13	Safe
Katja & Paul	Tango	"A Night Like This"—Caro Emerald	7	5	4	16	Safe
Ralf & Oana	Paso Doble	"Love Runs Out"—OneRepublic	7	7	5	19	Bottom 2
Daniel & Otlile	Hip-Hop	"Sing"—Ed Sheeran	7	7	5	19	Safe
Minh-Khai & Massimo	Tango	"Cell Block Tango"—from Chicago	10	9	9	28	Safe
Enissa & Christian	Rumba	"Time After Time"—Eva Cassidy	8	7	4	19	Safe
Thomas & Regina	Samba	"It's Not Unusual"—Tom Jones	5	5	1	11	Safe

Week 7: Idols Night

• The couples performed to a song from her idol.

Running order

Couple	Dance	Music	Idol				Score	Result
Ralf & Oana	Jive	"I Won't Dance"	Frank Sinatra	7	6	5	18	Bottom 3
	Charleston
Katja & Paul	Tango	"Strong Enough"	Cher	3	3	2	8	Eliminated
	Quickstep
Matthias & Ekaterina	Jive	"Jailhouse Rock"	Elvis	9	9	7	25	Safe
	Foxtrot
Daniel & Otlile	Jazz	"Born This Way"	Lady Gaga	8	7	4	19	Bottom 2
	Paso Doble
Enissa & Christian	Rumba	"Happy Birthday, Mr. President"	Marilyn Monroe	8	7	4	19	Safe
	Jive	"I Wanna Be Loved By You"
Thomas & Regina	Argentine Tango	"Goldfinger"	James Bond	9	9	7	25	Safe
	Rumba	"GoldenEye"
Hans & Kathrin	Contemporary	"I Believe I Can Fly"	R. Kelly	10	10	8	28	Safe
	Jazz
Minh-Khai & Massimo	Paso Doble	"Billie Jean"	Michael Jackson	10	10	9	29	Safe
	Rumba

Week 8

• On May 4, 2015, Ralf Bauer had to withdraw from the competition because of health issues. Katja Burkard returned to the competition.^[2]

Running order

Couple	Dance	Music				Score	Result
Daniel & Otlile	Samba		7	7	5	19	Safe
Matthias & Ekaterina	Quickstep	"I Wan'na Be Like You"—from The Jungle Book	10	9	8	27	Safe
Hans & Kathrin	Jive		7	8	6	21	Safe
Enissa & Christian	Paso Doble	"Zorongo"一Paco Peña	10	10	9	29	Safe
Thomas & Regina	Tango		6	5	4	15	Bottom 2
Minh-Khai & Massimo	Foxtrot		7	7	6	20	Bottom 3
Katja & Paul	Hip-Hop		3	3	1	7	Eliminated
Matthias & Ekaterina Minh-Khai & Massimo Hans & Kathrin Enissa & Christian Katja & Paul Thomas & Regina Daniel & Otlile	Disco Marathon	"Fliegerlied"一Tim Toupet "Traum von Amsterdam"一Axel Fischer "Verlieben, verloren, vergessen, verzeih'n"一Wolfgang Petry "Mein Herz"一Beatrice Egli "Du hast mich tausendmal belogen"一Andrea Berg "Das geht ab!"一Frauenarzt "Ich will immer wieder... dieses Fieber spür'n"一Helene Fischer	1 2 3 4 6 8 10

Week 9: Dance Duels Night

• For the first time a "Dance Duel" was introduced to the show. Two couples had to perform at the same time a dance style with the same choreography. The Rock n' Roll was also introduced as a new dance style.

Running order

Couple	Dance	Music				Score	Result
Matthias & Ekaterina	Hip-Hop	"Stayin' Alive"一N-Trance	7	6	4	17	Safe
Daniel & Otlile	Tango	"When Doves Cry"一Prince	6	6	2	14	Eliminated
Minh-Khai & Massimo	Cha-Cha-Cha	"Wrapped Up"一Olly Murs	6	6	4	16	Bottom 2
Hans & Kathrin	Paso Doble	"Run Boy Run"一Woodkid	9	9	7	25	Safe
Thomas & Regina	Contemporary	"Auf anderen Wegen"一Andreas Bourani	9	9	7	25	Safe
Enissa & Christian	Waltz		9	9	6	24	Safe
Matthias & Ekaterina Hans & Kathrin	Charleston	"Bang Bang"一Will.i.am	7	7	6	20
			8	9	6	23
Daniel & Otlile Thomas & Regina	Rock n' Roll	"Surfin' U.S.A."一The Beach Boys	6	7	4	17
			6	7	5	18
Minh-Khai & Massimo Enissa & Christian	Bollywood	"Pretty Woman"一Kal Ho Naa Ho	9	8	8	25
			9	10	8	27

Week 10

Running order

Order	Couple	Dance	Music				Score	Result
1	Hans & Kathrin	Quickstep	"All Night"一Parov Stelar	9	9	6	24	Bottom 2
		Contemporary	"Earned It"—from Fifty Shades of Grey	10	9	9	28
2	Thomas & Regina	Hip-Hop	"Die Da!?	"一Die Fantastischen Vier	7	6	4	17	Eliminated
		Quickstep	"Girls! Girls	Girls!"—from Girls! Girls! Girls!	6	6	2	14
3	Matthias & Ekaterina	Cha-Cha-Cha	"Kiss"一Prince	6	5	3	14	Safe
		Samba	"La Camisa Negra"一Juanes	6	6	2	14
4	Minh-Khai & Massimo	Waltz		9	9	9	27	Safe
		Jive	"Hit the Road Jack"一Ray Charles	9	8	8	25
5	Enissa & Christian	Samba		10	10	9	29	Safe
		Contemporary	"Chandelier"一Sia	10	10	9	29

Week 11: Semi-Final

• For the first time every semi-finalist had to learn three individual dances while the third dance was an "impro dance" which means that the celebrities got the music only 20 minutes before they had to perform. They did not know the dance style and their costumes too.

Running order

Order	Couple	Dance	Music				Score	Result
1	Enissa & Christian	Quickstep	"Crazy in Love"—Emeli Sandé and The Bryan Ferry Orchestra	8	8	5	21	Eliminated
		Hip-Hop	"Don't Cha"—The Pussycat Dolls	9	9	4	22
		Cha-Cha-Cha	"Call Me Maybe"—Carly Rae Jepsen	8	8	6	22
2	Hans & Kathrin	Salsa	"Dr. Beat"—Miami Sound Machine	9	9	8	26	Safe
		Waltz	"I Belong to You"—Eros Ramazzotti	10	10	9	29
		Cha-Cha-Cha	"Ain't No Mountain High Enough"—Marvin Gaye	10	9	9	28
3	Matthias & Ekaterina	Tango	"Grenade"—Bruno Mars	8	9	7	24	Safe
		Contemporary	"One"—U2	10	10	8	28
		Rumba	"You'll Be in My Heart"—Phil Collins	9	9	8	26
4	Minh-Khai & Massimo	Samba	"Boum Boum Boum"—MIKA	9	8	8	25	Bottom 2
		Paso Doble	"Carmen Suites (Bizet/Guiraud)"—Georges Bizet	9	9	8	26
		Rumba	"Dear Darlin'"—Olly Murs	10	9	9	28

Week 12: Finale

Running order

Order	Couple	Dance	Music				Score	Result
1	Matthias & Ekaterina	Salsa	"Jump in the Line (Shake, Senora)"—Harry Belafonte	8	8	7	23	Third place
		Quickstep	"I Wan'na Be Like You"—from The Jungle Book	10	10	9	29
		Freestyle	Medley of Andreas Gabalier	9	8	7	24
2	Minh-Khai & Massimo	Quickstep	"Rehab"—Amy Winehouse	9	8	8	25	Runner-Up
		Contemporary	"Nothing Compares 2 U"—Sinéad O'Connor	10	10	10	30
		Freestyle	Medley of Gladiator	10	10	10	30
3	Hans & Kathrin	Samba	"All Night Long (All Night)"—Lionel Richie	8	8	8	24	Winner
		Hip-Hop	"Black or White"—Michael Jackson	10	10	9	29
		Freestyle	Africa Medley	10	10	9	29

Encore performances by the eliminated couples

Order	Couple	Dance	Music
1	Cathy & Marius	Cha-Cha-Cha	"I Love It"—Icona Pop
2	Cora & Erich	Waltz	"Beneath Your Beautiful"—Labrinth feat. Emeli Sandé
3	Panagiota & Sergiu	Quickstep	"Valerie"—Amy Winehouse
4	Miloš & Cathrin	Waltz	"You're Beautiful"—James Blunt
5	Detlef & Isabel	Salsa	"Papa Loves Mambo"—Perry Como
6	Beatrice & Vadim	Quickstep	"The Lady Is a Tramp"—Frank Sinatra
7	Ralf & Oana	Argentine Tango	"El Choclo"—Ángel Villoldo
8	Katja & Paul	Cha-Cha-Cha	"Mamma Mia"—from Mamma Mia!
9	Daniel & Otlile	Hip-Hop	"Sing"—Ed Sheeran
10	Thomas & Regina	Jive	"Don't Stop Me Now"—from We Will Rock You
11	Enissa & Christian	Paso Doble	"Zorongo"一Paco Peña

Dance chart

Highest scoring dance

Lowest scoring dance

Did not scored (encore performance in the finale)

Withdrew from the competition

Couple	1 ^[3]	2 ^[4]	3 ^[5]	4 ^[6]	5 ^[7]	6 ^[8]	7	8 ^[9]		9 ^[10]		10		11			12^[11]
Hans & Kathrin	Cha-Cha-Cha	Foxtrot	Tango	Hip-Hop	Rumba	Samba	Contemporary Jazz	Jive	Disco Marathon	Paso Doble	Charleston	Quickstep	Contemporary	Salsa	Waltz	Cha-Cha-Cha	Samba	Hip-Hop	Freestyle
Minh-Khai & Massimo	Quickstep	Rumba	Contemporary	Hip-Hop	Salsa	Tango	Paso Doble Rumba	Foxtrot	Disco Marathon	Cha-Cha-Cha	Bollywood	Waltz	Jive	Samba	Paso Doble	Rumba	Quickstep	Contemporary	Freestyle
Matthias & Ekaterina	Waltz	Jive	Rumba	Paso Doble	Foxtrot	Salsa	Jive Foxtrot	Quickstep	Disco Marathon	Hip-Hop	Charleston	Cha-Cha-Cha	Samba	Tango	Contemporary	Rumba	Salsa	Quickstep	Freestyle
Enissa & Christian	Cha-Cha-Cha	Foxtrot	Tango	Salsa	Jive	Rumba	Rumba Jive	Paso Doble	Disco Marathon	Waltz	Bollywood	Samba	Contemporary	Quickstep	Hip-Hop	Cha-Cha-Cha			Paso doble
Thomas & Regina	Cha-Cha-Cha	Foxtrot	Paso Doble	Rumba	Jive	Samba	Argentine Tango Rumba	Tango	Disco Marathon	Contemporary	Rock n' Roll	Hip-Hop	Quickstep						Jive
Daniel & Otlile	Quickstep	Rumba	Contemporary	Cha-Cha-Cha	Waltz	Hip-Hop	Jazz Paso Doble	Samba	Disco Marathon	Tango	Rock n' Roll								Hip-Hop
Katja & Paul	Waltz	Jive	Rumba	Quickstep	Cha-Cha-Cha	Tango	Tango Quickstep	Hip-Hop	Disco Marathon										Cha-Cha-Cha
Ralf & Oana	Quickstep	Rumba	Foxtrot	Argentine Tango	Salsa	Paso Doble	Jive Charleston												Argentine tango
Beatrice & Vadim	Cha-Cha-Cha	Foxtrot	Contemporary	Quickstep	Waltz	Paso Doble													Quickstep
Detlef & Isabel	Cha-Cha-Cha	Foxtrot	Quickstep	Salsa	Paso Doble														Salsa
Miloš & Cathrin	Waltz	Jive	Paso Doble	Salsa															Waltz
Panagiota & Sergiu	Quickstep	Rumba	Cha-Cha-Cha																Quickstep
Cora & Erich	Waltz	Jive																	Waltz
Cathy & Marius	Cha-Cha-Cha																		Cha-Cha-Cha

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ralf Bauer withdrew from Let's Dance, Katja returned. 4 May 2015. German. 4 May 2015.
2. Web site: Ralf Bauer withdrew from Let's Dance, Katja returned. 4 May 2015. German. 4 May 2015.
3. Web site: Let's Dance 2015: Die Tänze in der ersten Liveshow .
4. Web site: Let's Dance 2015: Das sind die Tänze der zweiten Liveshow .
5. Web site: Let's Dance 2015: Diese Tänzen kommen in der dritten Liveshow aufs Parkett .
6. Web site: Let's Dance 2015: Die Tänzen der vierten Liveshow .
7. Web site: Let's Dance 2015: Die Tänzen der fünften Liveshow .
8. Web site: Let's Dance 2015: Die Tänzen der sechsten Liveshow .
9. Web site: Let's Dance 2015: Diese Tänze kommen in der achten Liveshow aufs Parkett.
10. Web site: Let's Dance 2015: Die Tänze der neunten Show.
11. Web site: Let's Dance 2015: Die Tänze des Finales.