Couples
The 13 celebrities and professional dancers who competed were:
| Celebrity | Occupation | Professional partner | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belinda Carlisle | Pop singer | Jonathan Roberts | Eliminated 1st |
| Denise Richards | Actress | Maksim Chmerkovskiy | Eliminated 2nd |
| Holly Madison | Playboy model & reality TV star | Dmitry Chaplin | Eliminated 3rd |
| Steve Wozniak | Apple co-founder | Karina Smirnoff | Eliminated 4th |
| David Alan Grier | Comedian & actor | Kym Johnson | Eliminated 5th |
| Steve-O | Jackass star | Lacey Schwimmer | Eliminated 6th |
| Lawrence Taylor | Retired football player | Edyta Śliwińska | Eliminated 7th |
| Chuck Wicks | Country music singer | Julianne Hough | Eliminated 8th |
| Lil' Kim | Rapper | Derek Hough | Eliminated 9th |
| Ty Murray | Rodeo cowboy | Chelsie Hightower | Eliminated 10th |
| Melissa Rycroft | The Bachelor star | Tony Dovolani | Third place |
| Gilles Marini | actor | Cheryl Burke | Runner-up |
| Shawn Johnson | Olympic gymnast | Mark Ballas | Winner |
Read more about this topic: Dancing With The Stars (U.S. Season 8)
Famous quotes containing the word couples:
“Watching Italian opera, all those male sopranos screeching, stupid fat couples rolling their eyes about. That’s not love, it’s just rubbish.”
—Peter Shaffer (b. 1926)
“Attainment and science, retainment and art—the two couples keep to themselves, but when they do meet, nothing else in the world matters.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)
“There are only two or three couples in history.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)