Degrassi: The Next Generation (Season 8)

The eighth season of Degrassi: The Next Generation depicts the first semester of the 2007-08 school year.

Main Cast
24 characters received star billing, with thirteen new characters:

Adults Graduates Seniors Juniors Freshmen
 * Stefan Brogren as Archie Simpson, a Media Immersion teacher
 * Sarah Barrable-Tishauer as Liberty Van Zandt, an overachiever
 * Shane Kippel as Spinner Mason, a troubled teen
 * Miriam McDonald as Emma Nelson, an environmentalist and human rights activist
 * Cassie Steele as Manny Santos, an aspiring actress
 * Evan Willams as Kelly Ashoona, Emma's love interest (New)
 * Dalmar Abuzeid as Danny Van Zandt, a fun-loving musician
 * Paula Brancati as Jane Vaughn, a tough tomboy
 * Marc Donato as Derek Haig, a mean jock
 * Jamie Johnston as Peter Stone, a fun-loving musician
 * Scott Paterson as Johnny DiMarco, a bully (New)
 * Natty Zavitz as Bruce the Moose, Johnny's partner in crime (New)
 * Raymond Ablack as Sav Bhandari, a musician with strict, Muslim parents (New)
 * Charlotte Arnold as Holly J. Sinclair, a queen bee
 * Nina Dobrev as Mia Jones, a teenage modelling mom
 * Jordan Hudyma as Blue Chessex, a mysterious, passionate aritst (New)
 * Judy Jiao as Leia Chang, a shy outcast (New)
 * Argiris Karras as Riley Stavros, a closeted, homosexual, alpha male jock (New)
 * Jajube Mandiela as Chantay Black, a gossiper (New)
 * Samantha Munro as Anya MacPherson, Sav's supportive girlfriend (New)
 * Sam Earle as K.C. Guthrie, a gifted student with a dark past (New)
 * Aislinn Paul as Clare Edwards, a Christian gifted student (New)
 * AJ Saudin as Connor Desjardins, an Aspergers-diagnosed giften student (New)
 * Melinda Shankar as Alli Bhandari, a gifted student rebelling against her religion (New)