Dancing With The Stars (Australian Season 5)
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Season Five, Late 2006
The fifth series of the Australian Dancing with the StarsDancing 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 26 September 2006 and concluded on Tuesday 28 November 2006. A controversy occurred in the semi-final when judge Todd McKenney
Todd McKenney
Todd McKenney is an Australian entertainer. He is best known as a judge on Australia's version of Dancing with the Stars.He has won many dancing titles, and has trained in jazz, tap, acrobatics and ballroom dancing...
said that he believed Arianne Caoili
Arianne Caoili
Arianne Caoili is a Philippine born Australian chess player who achieved the FIDE Woman International Master title.-Chess:...
had received professional dance lessons prior to the competition. Caoili denied this. Channel 7's Today Tonight
Today Tonight
Today Tonight is a controversial Australian News and Current Affairs program, produced by the Seven Network and shown weeknightly at in direct competition with rival Nine Network program A Current Affair....
supported McKenney's claims, producing video footage of Caoili attending salsa classes, but Caoili said she just started taking salsa
Salsa (dance)
Salsa is a syncretic dance form with origins in Cuba as the meeting point of Spanish and African cultures.Salsa is normally a partner dance, although there are recognized solo forms such as solo dancing "suelta" and "Rueda de Casino" where multiple couples exchange partners in a circle...
lessons when the producers called to offer her a place on the show. The following celebrities were featured.
| Celebrity | Occupation | Professional partner | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiona Falkiner The Biggest Loser Australia (Season 1) The Biggest Loser Australia is the first season of The Biggest Loser Australia, which is the Australian version of the NBC reality television series The Biggest Loser. The first season was first broadcast at 7pm each week night on Network Ten for 10 weeks from 13 February to 27 April 2006... |
The Biggest Loser Season 1 The Biggest Loser Australia (Season 1) The Biggest Loser Australia is the first season of The Biggest Loser Australia, which is the Australian version of the NBC reality television series The Biggest Loser. The first season was first broadcast at 7pm each week night on Network Ten for 10 weeks from 13 February to 27 April 2006... Finalist |
Serghei Bolgarschii | Eliminated 1st on 3 October 2006 |
| Tom Waterhouse | Son of Gai Waterhouse Gai Waterhouse Gai Waterhouse is a Scottish-born, Australian resident horse trainer, businesswoman and a former actress-Career:... |
Alana Patience | Eliminated 2nd on 10 October 2006 |
| Kerry Armstrong Kerry Armstrong Kerry Michelle Armstrong is an Australian actress on film, television, and stage. She is one of only two actresses to win two Australian Film Institute Awards in the same year... |
Actress | Christopher Ryan | Eliminated 3rd on 17 October 2006 |
| Gary Sweet Gary Sweet Gary Sweet is an Australian film and television actor known for his roles in Alexandra's Project , Police Rescue, Cody, Big Sky, The Battlers, Bodyline and Stingers.... |
Actor | Eliza Campagna | Eliminated 4th on 24 October 2006 |
| Amanda Keller Amanda Keller Amanda Rose Keller is an Australian journalist, radio presenter, and media personality.-Education:Keller went to Carlingford High School, and then went on to study media and communications at Charles Sturt University as a contemporary of Andrew Denton... |
Radio personality | Csaba Szirmai | Eliminated 5th on 31 October 2006 |
| Chris Hemsworth Chris Hemsworth Chris Hemsworth is an Australian actor most notable for portraying Thor in the Marvel Studios film Thor. Hemsworth is set to reprise his role as Thor in the upcoming films The Avengers in 2012 and Thor 2 in 2013. He also starred as Kim Hyde in the Australian soap opera Home and Away... |
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... actor |
Abbey Ross | Eliminated 6th on 7 November 2006 |
| Andrew Gaze Andrew Gaze Andrew Barry Casson Gaze is Australia's best known basketball player, and one of its most successful. He is considered as the greatest player in the history of the NBL.... |
Retired Basketball player | Linda De Nicola | Eliminated 7th on 14 November 2006 |
| Tamsyn Lewis Tamsyn Lewis Tamsyn Carolyn Lewis is an Australian athlete and middle-distance runner, who has won a total of seventeen Australian Championships at 400 metres, 800 metres and 400m hurdles.... |
Olympic runner | Arsen Kishishian | Third Place on 21 November 2006 |
| Arianne Caoili Arianne Caoili Arianne Caoili is a Philippine born Australian chess player who achieved the FIDE Woman International Master title.-Chess:... |
Chess champion | Carmello Pizzino | Runner Up on 28 November 2006 |
| Anthony Koutoufides Anthony Koutoufides Anthony Koutoufides is a former Australian rules footballer with the Carlton Football Club. One of the most powerful and athletic players of all-time, he played in almost every position and was often called the prototype of the modern footballer.Of Greek and Italian descent, Koutoufides has been... |
Former 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 |
Natalie Lowe Natalie Lowe Natalie Lowe is an Australian professional dancer and Ballroom expert.She is a four-time Australian Dance Champion, She is from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.... |
Winner on 28 November 2006 |
Anthony Koutoufides and his partner Natalie Lowe won the series, defeating Arianne Caoili and her partner Carmelo Pizzino.
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 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kouta & Natalie | 1st | 27 | 27 | 54 | 29 | 32 | 36 | 37 | 37 | 40+38=78 | 40+40=80 | 40+40+40=120 | |||||||||
| Arianne & Carmello | 2nd | 32 | 33 | 65 | 33 | 35 | 34 | 36 | 38 | 38+37=75 | 39+39=78 | 40+39+40=119 | |||||||||
| Tamsyn & Arsen | 3rd | 29 | 31 | 60 | 35 | 35 | 32 | 36 | 36 | 35+35=70 | 34+35=69 | ||||||||||
| Andrew & Linda | 4th | 30 | 32 | 62 | 33 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 30+27=57 | |||||||||||
| Chris & Abbey | 5th | 18 | 16 | 34 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 22 | ||||||||||||
| Amanda & Csaba | 6th | 19 | 16 | 35 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 19 | |||||||||||||
| Gary & Eliza | 7th | 19 | 17 | 36 | 19 | 18 | 17 | ||||||||||||||
| Kerry & Christopher | 8th | 27 | 23 | 50 | 25 | 21 | |||||||||||||||
| Tom & Alana | 9th | 28 | 25 | 53 | 23 | ||||||||||||||||
| Fiona & Serghei | 10th | 20 | 18 | 38 | |||||||||||||||||
Dance Schedule
The celebrities and professional partners will dance one of these routines for each corresponding week.- Week 1 : Cha-Cha-ChaCha-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 WaltzWaltzThe 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 : QuickstepQuickstepThe 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 RumbaRumbaRumba 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 : JiveJive (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...
or TangoTango (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.... - Week 4 : Foxtrot or Paso Doble
- Week 5 : SambaSambaSamba 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 : Two unlearned Ballroom or Latin dances from weeks 1-7
- Week 9 : Learned Ballroom or Latin dance from weeks 1-8 & Argentine Tango
- Week 10 : Two Favourite Dances of the Season & Freestyle
Dance Chart
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kouta & Natalie | Waltz | Rumba | Tango | Paso Doble | Samba | Jive | Quickstep | Cha Cha Cha | Foxtrot | Waltz | Argentine Tango | Cha Cha Cha | Paso Doble | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||
| Arianne & Carmello | Cha-Cha-Cha | Quickstep | Jive | Foxtrot | Samba | Rumba | Tango | Paso Doble | Waltz | Tango | Argentine Tango | Quickstep | Jive | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||
| Tamsyn & Arsen | Waltz | Rumba | Tango | Foxtrot | Samba | Quickstep | Paso Doble | Cha Cha Cha | Jive | Paso Doble | Argentine Tango | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Andrew & Linda | Waltz | Rumba | Tango | Paso Doble | Samba | Cha Cha Cha | Foxtrot | Quickstep | Jive | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chris & Abbey | Waltz | Rumba | Tango | Paso Doble | Samba | Foxtrot | Cha Cha Cha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amanda & Csaba | Waltz | Rumba | Tango | Paso Doble | Samba | Quikstep | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gary & Eliza | Cha-Cha-Cha | Quickstep | Jive | Foxtrot | Samba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kerry & Christopher | Cha-Cha-Cha | Quickstep | Jive | Foxtrot | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tom & Alana | Cha-Cha-Cha | Quickstep | Jive | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fiona & Serghei | 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.| Rank by average |
Place | Couple | Number Of Dances | Total Points Earned | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Arianne & Carmello | 14 | 513 | 36.6 |
| 2 | 1 | Kouta & Natalie | 14 | 503 | 35.9 |
| 3 | 3 | Tamsyn & Arsen | 11 | 373 | 33.9 |
| 4 | 4 | Andrew & Linda | 9 | 286 | 31.8 |
| 5 | 9 | Tom & Alana | 3 | 76 | 25.3 |
| 6 | 8 | Kerry & Christopher | 4 | 96 | 24.0 |
| 7 | 5 | Chris & Abbey | 7 | 133 | 19.0 |
| - | 10 | Fiona & Serghei | 2 | 38 | 19.0 |
| 9 | 6 | Amanda & Csaba | 6 | 112 | 18.7 |
| 10 | 7 | Gary & Eliza | 5 | 90 | 18.0 |