Overview
- Cach Mercer and professional partner Maddie Ingoldsby recorded the highest score in Week 8 with 39 points for a Charleston, the judges' scoreboard published after the live show on Saturday, November 14.
- Delta Goodrem danced with stand‑in partner Aljaž Škorjanec after Kai Widdrington was taken to hospital and the pair were awarded 35 points by the judges.
- Three couples — Graeme Hall and Lauren Oakley, Lacey Turner and Vito Coppola, and Will Best and Dianne Buswell — shared the bottom of the leaderboard with 27 points each.
- The judging panel gave strong praise to Cach's routine, with Motsi Mabuse calling it 'the dance of the season,' and that acclaim prompted a visible split among viewers over whether the marks were deserved.
- The next elimination will be decided on Sunday's results show, with the judges choosing the departing couple and Craig Revel Horwood holding the deciding vote as the contest moves toward Blackpool week.