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Aired spring 2009 · An Olympic gymnast headlined a deep competitive cast

Spring 2009

Season eight brought one of the show's most athletically credentialed celebrity lineups — headlined by an Olympic gold medalist gymnast whose body awareness translated directly to the ballroom. Eleven episodes gave the competition time to build real week-to-week stakes.

Filmed
Los Angeles, California
CBS Television City, Los Angeles
Premiered
Mar 9, 2009
ABC · March 2009
Episodes
11
Format
Celebrity ballroom · 11 episodes
Athletic celebrity cast with Olympic representation
Host
Tom Bergeron
eighth season with Tom Bergeron at the helm
On this page
  1. 01The take
  2. 02The shape of the season
  3. 03Where it sits in the canon
  4. 05Adjacent in the canon
  5. 06Also appears in
01The take

Spring 2009.

An Olympic gymnast's ballroom learning curve turned out to be shorter than anyone expected.
02The shape of the season

A rhythm worth tracking.

Season eight opened with one of the deeper celebrity rosters the spring slot had produced — varied in background, strong in athletic representation, and competitive from the early weeks. The format's usual learning-curve arc played out across a cast where several competitors brought genuine physical credentials rather than relying on charm alone. Eleven episodes let the field narrow at the right pace, and the back-half competition reflected the casting investment. One of the stronger spring seasons of the double-cycle era.

03Where it sits in the canon

The #08 slot.

Slot #08 of 16 in the Dancing with the Stars Editor's Canon. The seasons on either side show what I ranked it against.

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06Also appears in

Cross-references.

Dancing with the Stars — Editor's CanonEditor's Canon · #08
Dancing with the Stars S8 — Spring 2009 — tiered.tv