Dancing with the Stars
Season 8 Finale
TV Flash files “Season 8 Finale” as the last listed hour of season 8 — Dancing with the Stars (2005–present) on ABC, season 8, episode 21, aired 2009-05-19, 120 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S08E21: listed hour 146 of 509 in the Dancing with the Stars guide, last listed hour of season 8. It aired 2009-05-19 (120 min). The listed hour before it is “Episode 811” (S08E20). Next is “Episode 1” (S09E01). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
After ten weeks of entertaining drama, surprises and dazzling performances, Shawn Johnson, Gilles Marini and Melissa Rycroft have broken away from the pack and earned the right for a chance to be crowned champion of "Dancing with the Stars." The three finalists will have their last opportunity to impress the judges and viewers on two nights of final competition.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Season 8 Finale sit in the Dancing with the Stars guide?
S08E21 is listed hour 146 of 509 — last listed hour of season 8, season 8 episode 21.
When did Dancing with the Stars S08E21 air?
Season 8 Finale aired 2009-05-19 and is listed at 120 minutes.
Do I need ballroom knowledge?
No. Celebrities learn; pros sweat; judges shade. Scoring fights are plot. The mirrorball is democracy, not a syllabus.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Celebrities in sequins, pros sweating the foxtrot, judges as a chorus of shade. Dancing with the Stars is Monday-night ritual: mirrorball as democracy, scoring fights as plot, ballroom glitter that outlasted every prediction that the franchise should have tired by now.
So about Monday night: we are still fighting about a mirrorball. Dancing with the Stars, the U.S. version of Strictly Come Dancing, premiered on ABC in 2005 and became a long-running franchise — Tom Bergeron hosting, Len Goodman, Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli as a chorus of shade, celebrities in sequins, pros sweating the foxtrot, scoring fights as plot. Voting controversies are half the entertainment. Glitter as democracy. Thirty-five seasons in this pack, 509 episodes, still refusing to clock out. (I said…
Filed against
- Tom Bergeron as Host
Tom Bergeron hosted Dancing with the Stars as Host — celebrities in sequins, pros sweating the foxtrot, judges as a chorus of shade, Monday-night ritual, mirrorball as democracy. Scoring fights as plot. TV Flash files him as 2000s…
- Lenny Goodman as Judge
Lenny Goodman judged Dancing with the Stars as Monday-night ritual shade — celebrities in sequins, pros sweating the foxtrot, mirrorball as democracy, scoring fights as plot. Ballroom glitter that outlasted every prediction the franchise…
- Carrie Ann Inaba as Judge
Carrie Ann Inaba judged Dancing with the Stars as the technical conscience in a chorus of shade — celebrities in sequins, pros sweating the foxtrot, Monday-night ritual, mirrorball as democracy. Scoring fights as plot, glitter that…
- Bruno Tonioli as Judge
Bruno Tonioli judged Dancing with the Stars like a chorus of shade with better posture — celebrities in sequins, pros sweating the foxtrot, Monday-night ritual that outlasted every prediction the franchise should have tired. Mirrorball as…