The third series of the Australian Dancing with the Stars

Dancing with the Stars (Australian TV series)

Dancing with the Stars is a Logie Award-winning, Australian light entertainment reality show airing on the Seven Network and filmed live from the HSV-7 studios in Melbourne...

 TV series premiered on Tuesday 6 September 2005 and concluded on Tuesday 8 November 2005. It featured the following celebrities.

Celebrity	Occupation	Professional partner	Status
Tania Zaetta Tania Zaetta Tania Zaetta is an Australian actress and television presenter who acts in Bollywood.-Early life:Zaetta was born to an Italian father and an Australian mother. Grand daughter of James Howard Browne OAM, botanist. She spent the earlier years of her life living in Merbein, Victoria...	Former Who Dares Wins Who Dares Wins Who Dares, Wins, Latin: "Qui audet adipiscitur" is a motto that originated with the British Special Air Service. It is normally credited to the founder of the SAS, David Stirling. The motto has been used by nine elite special forces units around the world that in some way have historical ties to...  presenter	Michael Miziner	Eliminated 1st on 13 September 2005
Michael Caton Michael Caton Michael Caton is an Australian television, film and stage actor, and television host, best known for playing Uncle Harry in the Australian television series, The Sullivans, playing Darryl Kerrigan from 1997's low budget hit film The Castle and playing in the popular Packed to the Rafters. He is...	Actor	Kym Johnson Kym Johnson Kym Johnson is an Australian former professional ballroom dancer, model, and television celebrity. She lives in Sydney NSW, Australia but is currently based in America for Dancing with the Stars.-Dance biography:...	Eliminated 2nd on 20 September 2005
Ky Hurst Ky Hurst Ky Hurst is an Australian swimmer and ironman. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 10km marathon swimming event and finished in 11th place, after qualifying by finishing fifth at the 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championship.He won a silver medal at the 1998 World Aquatics...	Ironman Ironman Triathlon An Ironman Triathlon is one of a series of long-distance triathlon races organized by the World Triathlon Corporation consisting of a swim, a bike and a marathon run, raced in that order and without a break...	Masha Belash	Eliminated 3rd on 27 September 2005
Nicky Buckley Nicky Buckley Nicole Maree Louise Buckley-Bingham is an Australian television presenter and model.-Sale of the Century:Buckley broke into television in her role as co-host of Sale of the Century in the mid-late 1990s...	Former Sale Of The Century Sale of the Century Sale of the Century is a television game show format that has been screened in several countries in various incarnations since 1969. The show found its biggest success in Australia, where it aired weeknights from 1980 to 2001...  presenter	Andrew Palmer	Eliminated 4th on 4 October 2005
Dawn Fraser Dawn Fraser Dawn Fraser AO, MBE is an Australian champion swimmer. She is one of only two swimmers to win the same Olympic event three times – in her case the 100 meters freestyle....	Former Olympic gold medal swimmer	Gordon Gilkes	Eliminated 5th on 11 October 2005
David Campbell David Campbell (Australian musician) David Joseph Campbell is an Australian singer and stage performer. He has performed and recorded many different genres of music from rock to classics. He is the son of singer Jimmy Barnes.-Theatre career:...	Jazz singer	Luda Kroitor Luda Kroitor Luda Kroitor is the reigning five time world Salsa champion. She is popularly known for her role as dance instructor on Dancing with the Stars and is currently partnered with Home and Away actor Dan Ewing...	Eliminated 6th on 18 October 2005
Brodie Holland Brodie Holland Brodie Holland is a former professional Australian rules footballer best known for his playing days at the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League....	AFL Australian Football League The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...  player	Alana Patience	Eliminated 7th on 25 October 2005
Ian "Dicko" Dickson	Australian Idol Australian Idol Australian Idol is a Logie Award-winning Australian singing competition, which began its first season on July 2003 and ended its run in November 2009. As part of the Idol franchise, Australian Idol originated from the reality program Pop Idol, which was created by British entertainment executive...  judge	Leanne Bampton	Eliminated 8th on 2 November 2005
Chris Bath Chris Bath Christine "Chris" Bath is an Australian journalist and television personality. She is currently the weeknight presenter of Seven News Sydney and presenter of Seven's current affairs program Sunday Night....	Seven News Seven News Seven News is the television news service of the Seven Network in Australia.National bulletins are presented from Seven's high-definition studios in Martin Place, Sydney, while flagship 6pm bulletins are produced in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth. The network also produces Seven...  newsreader	Trenton Shipley	Runner Up on 9 November 2005
Ada Nicodemou Ada Nicodemou Ada Nicodemou is a Greek Cypriot-born Australian actress, best known for her role as Leah Patterson-Baker in the soap opera Home and Away.-Early life:Nicodemou was born in Larnaca, Cyprus. She has been an Australian resident since 1987....	Home And Away Home and Away Home and Away is an Australian soap opera that has been produced in Sydney since July 1987 and is airing on the Seven Network since 17 January 1988. It is the second-longest-running drama and most popular soap opera on Australian television...  actress	Aric Yegudkin	Winner on 9 November 2005

Ada Nicodemou and her partner Aric Yegudkin won the series, defeating Chris Bath and her partner.

Scoring Chart

Red numbers indicate the couples with the lowest score for each week.

Green numbers indicate the couples with the highest score for each week.

indicates the couple (or couples) eliminated that week.

indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two.

indicates the couple withdrew from the competition.

indicates the winning couple.

indicates the runner-up couple.

indicates the third-place couple.

Couple	Place	1	2	1+2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ada & Aric	1st	24	24	48	29	29	32	34	35	34 + 33 = 67	30 + 35 = 65	36 + 40 + 39 = 115
Chris & Trenton	2nd	30	28	58	31	31	36	32	32	30 + 36 = 66	28 + 40 = 68	38 + 37 + 40 = 115
Dicko & Leanne	3rd	28	23	51	30	26	27	32	34	32 + 31 = 64	26 + 37 = 63
Brodie & Alana	4th	21	18	39	30	25	32	27	28	24 + 24 = 48
David & Luda	5th	27	26	53	27	27	28	28	24
Dawn & Gordon	6th	24	22	46	24	17	24	21
Nicky & Andrew	7th	20	23	43	26	23	24
Ky & Masha	8th	24	24	48	26	25
Michael & Kym	9th	23	21	44	22
Tania & Michael	10th	23	17	40

Dance Schedule

The celebrities and professional partners will dance one of these routines for each corresponding week.

• Week 1 : Cha-Cha-Cha
  Cha-cha-cha (dance)
  The Cha-cha-cha is the name of a dance of Cuban origin.It is danced to the music of the same name introduced by Cuban composer and violinist Enrique Jorrín in 1953...
  
   or Waltz
  Waltz
  The waltz is a ballroom and folk dance in time, performed primarily in closed position.- History :There are several references to a sliding or gliding dance,- a waltz, from the 16th century including the representations of the printer H.S. Beheim...
  
  
• Week 2 : Quickstep
  Quickstep
  The quickstep is a light-hearted member of the standard ballroom dances. The movement of the dance is fast and powerfully flowing and sprinkled with syncopations. The upbeat melodies that quickstep is danced to make it suitable for both formal and informal events...
  
   or Rumba
  Rumba
  Rumba is a family of percussive rhythms, song and dance that originated in Cuba as a combination of the musical traditions of Africans brought to Cuba as slaves and Spanish colonizers. The name derives from the Cuban Spanish word rumbo which means "party" or "spree". It is secular, with no...
  
  
• Week 3 : Tango
  Tango (ballroom)
  Ballroom Tango is a ballroom dance that branched away from its original Argentine roots by allowing European, American, Hollywood, and competitive influences into the style and execution of the dance....
  
   or Jive
  Jive (dance)
  In Ballroom dancing, Jive is a dance style in 4/4 time that originated in the United States from African-Americans in the early 1930s. It was originally presented to the public as 'Jive' in 1934 by Cab Calloway. It is a lively and uninhibited variation of the Jitterbug, a form of Swing dance...
  
  
• Week 4 : Paso Doble or Foxtrot
• Week 5 : Samba
  Samba
  Samba is a Brazilian dance and musical genre originating in Bahia and with its roots in Brazil and Africa via the West African slave trade and African religious traditions. It is recognized around the world as a symbol of Brazil and the Brazilian Carnival...
  
  
• Week 6 : One unlearned Ballroom or Latin dance from weeks 1-5
• Week 7 : One unlearned Ballroom or Latin dance from weeks 1-6
• Week 8 : One unlearned Ballroom or Latin dance from weeks 1-7 & Group Viennese Waltz
• Week 9 : Final unlearned Ballroom or Latin dance from weeks 1-8 & Favourite Dance of Season
• Week 10 : Two Favourite Dances of the Season & Freestyle

Dance Chart

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8		9		10
Ada & Aric	Cha-Cha-Cha	Quickstep	Jive	Foxtrot	Samba	Tango	Paso Doble	Waltz	Viennese Waltz	Rumba	Jive	Jive	Waltz	Freestyle
Chris & Trenton	Waltz	Rumba	Tango	Paso Doble	Samba	Cha-Cha-Cha	Foxtrot	Jive	Viennese Waltz	Quickstep	Rumba	Paso Doble	Tango	Freestyle
Dicko & Leanne	Cha-Cha-Cha	Quickstep	Jive	Foxtrot	Samba	Waltz	Rumba	Tango	Viennese Waltz	Paso Doble	Waltz
Brodie & Alana	Cha-Cha-Cha	Quickstep	Jive	Foxtrot	Samba	Rumba	Waltz	Paso Doble	Viennese Waltz
David & Luda	Waltz	Rumba	Tango	Paso Doble	Samba	Quickstep	Cha-Cha-Cha
Dawn & Gordon	Waltz	Rumba	Tango	Paso Doble	Samba	Foxtrot
Nicky & Andrew	Waltz	Rumba	Tango	Paso Doble	Samba
Ky & Masha	Waltz	Rumba	Tango	Paso Doble
Michael & Kym	Cha-Cha-Cha	Quickstep	Jive
Tania & Michael	Cha-Cha-Cha	Quickstep

Highest Scoring Dance

Lowest Scoring Dance

Average Chart

The average chart is based on the dances performed by the celebrities and not their place in the competition.

Average Ranking	Competitive Finish	Couple	Number Of Dances	Total Score	Average
1	2	Chris & Trenton	14	469	33.5
2	1	Ada & Aric	14	454	32.4
3	3	Dicko & Leanne	11	327	29.7
4	5	David & Luda	7	187	26.7
5	4	Brodie & Alana	9	229	25.4
6	8	Ky & Masha	4	99	24.8
7	7	Nicki & Andrew	5	116	23.2
8	6	Dawn & Gordon	6	132	22.0
-	8	Michael & Kym	3	66	22.0
10	8	Tania & Michael	2	40	20.0