Dancing with the Stars (Australian season 14)

Dancing with the Stars
Season 14
Celebrity winner	David Rodan
Professional winner	Melanie Hooper
Country of origin	Australia
No. of episodes	10
Release
Original network	Seven Network
Original release	30 September (2014-09-30) – 25 November 2014 (2014-11-25)
Season chronology
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The fourteenth season of Dancing with the Stars premiered on 30 September 2014. Daniel McPherson had returned to host the season, alongside Edwina Bartholomew. Todd McKenney and Helen Richey returned as judges, alongside Kym Johnson and Adam Garcia. The show received significant promotion using Nathaniel Willemse's song "Live Louder" in the use of its television commercials throughout early September. AFL player David Rodan won the competition with his pro dancer, Melanie Hooper.

Couples[]

The celebrity cast was announced on 28 August, through a News.com.au article.^[1] Actor Paul Fenech was originally part of the cast (partnering Alana Patience), but withdrew after he was arrested in September.^[2]

Celebrity	Occupation / known for	Professional partner	Status
Ashley Hart	Model	Julz Tocker	Eliminated 1st on 7 October 2014
April Rose Pengilly	Actress	Aric Yegudkin	Eliminated 2nd on 14 October 2014
Kyly Clarke	Weather presenter & model	Damian Whitewood	Withdrew on 14 October 2014
Mark Holden	Singer & Australian Idol judge	Jessica Prince	Eliminated 3rd on 21 October 2014
Eamon Sullivan	Former Olympic freestyle swimmer	Ash-Leigh Hunter Melanie Hooper (week 5)	Eliminated 4th on 30 October 2014
Torah Bright	Olympic snowboarder	Robbie Kmetoni Jarryd Byrne (week 5)	Withdrew on 4 November 2014
Matt Cooper	Former NRL player	Masha Belash Ash-Leigh Hunter (week 5)	Eliminated 5th on 11 November 2014
Tai Hara	Home and Away actor	Jorja Freeman Masha Belash (week 5)	Eliminated 6th on 18 November 2014
Ricki-Lee Coulter	Singer-songwriter	Jarryd Byrne Carmelo Pizzino (week 5)	Third place on 25 November 2014
Lynne McGranger	Home and Away actress	Carmelo Pizzino Robbie Kmetoni (week 5)	Runner-up on 25 November 2014
David Rodan	Former AFL player	Melanie Hooper Jorja Freeman (week 5)	Winners on 25 November 2014

Scoring chart[]

Couple	Place	1	2	1 + 2	3	4	5	6	5+6	7	8	7+8	9	10
David & Melanie	1	34	28	62	33	36	38	33+10=43	81	36+35=71	33+28=61	132	30+40=70	40+40+40=120
Lynne & Carmelo	2	29	30	59	32	25	29	28+5=33	62	30+32=62	29+32=61	123	28+35=63	36+38+36=110
Ricki-Lee & Jarryd	3	31	34	65	30	33	32	36+8=44	76	33+35=68	36+37=73	141	27+37=64	40+38=78
Tai & Jorja	4	32	23	55	23	22	32	35+9=44	76	26+32=58	35+34=69	127	29+36=65
Matt & Masha	5	28	27	55	32	29	32	32+7=39	71	24+32=56	38+37=75	131
Torah & Robbie	6	15	35	50	21	33	30	31+6=37	67	—
Eamon & Ash-Leigh	7	29	32	61	35	28	26	27+4=31	57
Mark & Jessica	8	19	17	36	4	12
Kyly & Damian	9	35	34	69	—
April & Aric	10	32	30	62	29
Ashley & Julz	11	28	23	51

Red numbers indicate the lowest score for each week

Green numbers indicate the highest score for each week

  the couple eliminated that week

  the returning couple finishing in the bottom two (or three)

  the returning couple that was the last to be called safe

  the winning couple

  the runner-up couple

  the third-place couple

Averages[]

Rank by average	Place	Couple	Total points	Number of dances	Average
1	1	David & Melanie	494	14	35.29
2	3	Ricki-Lee & Jarryd	452	13	34.77
3	9	Kyly & Damian	69	2	34.50
4	2	Lynne & Carmelo	440	14	31.43
5	10	April & Aric	91	3	30.33
6	4	Tai & Jorja	330	11	30.00
7	5	Matt & Masha	311	11	28.27
8	7	Eamon & Ash-Leigh	177	6	29.50
9	6	Torah & Robbie	165		27.50
10	11	Ashley & Julz	51	2	25.50
11	8	Mark & Jessica	52	4	13.00

*Team dance scores from Week 6 are included in these totals, but Halloween marathon scores from Week 5 are not. The scores from Round 1 on Week 9 are not included as they were not scored on the 40-point scale. Paul Fenech's scores are not included at all.

Highest and lowest scoring performances[]

The best and worst performances in each dance according to the judges' 40-point scale are as follows:

Dance	Best dancer(s)	Highest score	Worst dancer(s)	Lowest score
Cha-cha-cha	David Rodan	40	Tai Hara	22
Foxtrot	Matt Cooper	38	Torah Bright	15
Contemporary	David Rodan	40*	Tai Hara	32
Jive	David Rodan Ricki-Lee Coulter Lynne McGranger	36	Tai Hara	23
Quickstep	David Rodan	40	Lynne McGranger	28
Jazz	Lynne McGranger	36	Mark Holden	4
Samba	April Rose Pengilly	30	Torah Bright	21
Rumba	David Rodan	38	Matt Cooper	24
Waltz	Kyly Clarke	34	Matt Cooper	27
Salsa	Lynne McGranger	37*	Ashley Hart	23
Tango	Ricki-Lee Coulter	37	Eamon Sullivan	28
Paso doble	Ricki-Lee Coulter	40	Mark Holden	12
Viennese Waltz	David Rodan Ricki-Lee Coulter	33	Mark Holden	17
Marathon	David Rodan	10	Eamon Sullivan	4
Team Dance	Ricki-Lee Coulter David Rodan	35	Lynne McGranger Matt Cooper Tai Hara	32
Argentine tango	Tai Hara	38*	Matt Cooper	37
New Dance	David Rodan (Bollywood)	40	Lynne McGranger (Charleston)	35
Freestyle	David Rodan	40	Lynne McGranger Ricki-Lee Coulter	38

• These scores have been modified to be out of 40 instead of 30.

Couples' highest and lowest scoring dances[]

According to the 40-point scale:

Couples	Highest Scoring Dance(s)	Lowest Scoring Dance(s)
David & Melanie	Bollywood Contemporary* Quickstep Freestyle Cha-cha-cha (40)	Samba Foxtrot (28)
Lynne & Carmelo	Freestyle (38)	Cha-cha-cha (25)
Ricki-Lee & Jarryd	Paso doble (40)	Rumba (30)
Tai & Jorja	Argentine tango* (38)	Cha-cha-cha (22)
Matt & Masha	Foxtrot (38)	Rumba (24)
Torah & Robbie	Contemporary (35)	Foxtrot (15)
Eamon & Ash-Leigh	Quickstep (35)	Jive (26)
Mark & Jessica	Foxtrot (19)	Jazz (4)
Kyly & Damian	Contemporary (35)	Waltz (34)
April & Aric	Viennese Waltz (32)	Rumba (29)
Ashley & Julz	Cha-cha-cha (28)	Salsa (23)

Weekly scores[]

Individual judges scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Todd McKenney, Helen Richey, Kym Johnson, Adam Garcia.

Week 1[]

Running order

Couple	Score	Dance	Music
Ashley & Julz	28 (7, 7, 7, 7)	Cha-cha-cha	"I Will Never Let You Down"—Rita Ora
Eamon & Ash-Leigh	29 (6, 8, 7, 8)	Foxtrot	"Story of My Life"—One Direction
Kyly & Damian	35 (9, 9, 9, 8)	Contemporary	"Read All About It"—Emeli Sande
David & Melanie	34 (9, 8, 8, 9)	Cha-cha-cha	"Everybody"—Justice Crew
Lynne & Carmelo	29 (7, 7, 7, 8)	Viennese Waltz	"It's a Man's Man's Man's World"—James Brown
Matt & Masha	28 (6, 7, 8, 7)	Cha-cha-cha	"Timber"—Pitbull feat. Kesha
Mark & Jessica	19 (2, 6, 6, 5)	Foxtrot	"You Make Me Feel So Young"—Frank Sinatra
April & Aric	32 (8, 8, 8, 8)	Viennese Waltz	"Say Something"—A Great Big World feat. Christina Aguilera
Torah & Robbie	15 (1, 3, 5, 6)	Foxtrot	"Rather Be"—Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne
Tai & Jorja	32 (8, 8, 8, 8)	Contemporary	"All of Me"—John Legend
Ricki-Lee & Jarryd	31 (7, 8, 8, 8)	Cha-cha-cha	"Move"—Little Mix

Week 2[]

Running order

Couple	Score	Dance	Music	Result
David & Melanie	28 (7, 7, 7, 7)	Samba	"I Want You Back"—The Jackson 5	Safe
Matt & Masha	27 (6, 7, 7, 7)	Waltz	"Let It Go"—Idina Menzel	Safe
April & Aric	30 (7, 7, 8, 8)	Samba	"Bamboleo"—Gipsy Kings	Safe
Mark & Jessica	17 (3, 5, 5, 4)	Viennese Waltz	"She's Leaving Home"—The Beatles	Bottom two
Lynne & Carmelo	30 (8, 8, 7, 7)	Jive	"Shake a Tail Feather"—Ray Charles	Safe
Kyly & Damian	34 (7, 9, 9, 9)	Waltz	"You Raise Me Up"–Josh Groban	Safe
Ashley & Julz	23 (5, 6, 6, 6)	Salsa	"(I've Had) The Time of My Life"—Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes	Eliminated
Eamon & Ash-Leigh	32 (8, 8, 8, 8)	Paso doble	"The Pretender"—Foo Fighters	Safe
Ricki-Lee & Jarryd	34 (8, 8, 9, 9)	Contemporary	"One Sweet Day"—Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men	Safe
Tai & Jorja	23 (5, 6, 6, 6)	Foxtrot	"Keep it Loose, Keep it Tight"—Amos Lee	Safe
Torah & Robbie	35 (9, 8, 9, 9)	Contemporary	"Roar"—Katy Perry	Safe

Week 3[]

Running order

Couple	Score	Dance	Music	Result
Matt & Masha	32 (8, 8, 8, 8)	Tango	"Love Runs Out"—OneRepublic	Safe
Eamon & Ash-Leigh	35 (9, 9, 8, 9)	Quickstep	"Puttin' On the Ritz"—Irving Berlin	Safe
April & Aric	29 (7, 7, 7, 8)	Rumba	"You Ruin Me"—The Veronicas	Eliminated
David & Melanie	33 (7, 9, 9, 8)	Viennese Waltz	"If I Knew"—Bruno Mars	Safe
Tai & Jorja	23 (5, 6, 6, 6)	Jive	"Don't Stop"—5 Seconds of Summer	Safe
Mark & Jessica	4 (1, 1, 1, 1)	Jazz	"House of Fun"—Madness	Safe
Torah & Robbie	21 (5, 5, 6, 5)	Samba	"Problem"—Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea	Bottom two
Ricki-Lee & Jarryd	30 (7, 8, 8, 7)	Rumba	"Halo"—Beyoncé	Safe
Lynne & Carmelo	32 (8, 8, 8, 8)	Tango	"Addicted to You"—Avicii	Safe

Week 4[]

Running order

Couple	Score	Dance	Music	Result
David & Melanie	36 (9, 9, 9, 9)	Quickstep	"Let's Go Crazy"—Prince & The Revolution	Safe
Matt & Masha	29 (6, 7, 8, 8)	Salsa	"U Can't Touch This"—MC Hammer	Safe
Eamon & Ash-Leigh	28 (7, 8, 7, 6)	Tango	"Rock and Roll All Nite"—KISS	Safe
Torah & Robbie	33 (9, 8, 8, 8)	Jive	"Shake It Off"—Taylor Swift	Safe
Lynne & Carmelo	25 (6, 6, 6, 7)	Cha-cha-cha	"It's My Party"—Jessie J	Safe
Tai & Jorja	22 (4, 6, 6, 6)	Cha-cha-cha	"Party Rock Anthem"—LMFAO	Bottom two
Mark & Jessica	12 (1, 3, 3, 5)	Paso doble	"Highway To Hell"—AC/DC	Eliminated
Ricki-Lee & Jarryd	33 (8, 8, 8, 9)	Foxtrot	"Time After Time"—Cyndi Lauper	Safe

Week 5[]

Running order

Couple	Score	Dance	Music
Tai & Masha	32 (8, 8, 8, 8)	Paso doble	"My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)"—Fall Out Boy
Torah & Jarryd	30 (7, 7, 8, 8)	Viennese Waltz	"The Only Exception"—Paramore
Eamon & Melanie	26 (5, 7, 7, 7)	Jive	"Dance with Me Tonight"—Olly Murs
Matt & Ash-Leigh	32 (9, 8, 8, 7)	Foxtrot	"Moondance"—Van Morrison
David & Jorja	38 (10, 9, 9, 10)	Rumba	"Thinking Out Loud"—Ed Sheeran
Ricki-Lee & Carmelo	32 (8, 8, 8, 8)	Jive	"Another Man"—Itch ft. Megan Joy
Lynne & Robbie	29 (7, 7, 7, 8)	Foxtrot	"Dark Paradise"—Lana Del Rey

• Couples performed one unlearned dance style with a different partner selected by the general public; no elimination took place.

Week 6[]

Running order

Couple	Score	Dance	Music	Result
Ricki-Lee & Jarryd	36 (9, 9, 9, 9)	Paso doble	"Thriller"—Michael Jackson	Safe
David & Melanie	33 (9, 8, 8, 8)	Tango	"Black Widow"—Iggy Azalea feat. Rita Ora	Safe
Eamon & Ash-Leigh	27 (6, 7, 7, 7)	Samba	"Fun House"—Pink	Eliminated
Matt & Masha	32 (8, 8, 8, 8)	Paso doble	"Sympathy for the Devil"—The Rolling Stones	Safe
Tai & Jorja	35 (9, 8, 9, 9)	Tango	"Little Drop of Poison"—Tom Waits	Safe
Lynne & Carmelo	28 (7, 7, 7, 7)	Quickstep	"That Old Black Magic"—Frank Sinatra	Safe
Torah & Robbie	31 (8, 7, 8, 8)	Paso doble	"Bring Me to Life"—Evanescence	Bottom two
Eamon & Ash-Leigh Lynne & Carmelo Torah & Robbie Matt & Masha Ricki-Lee & Jarryd Tai & Jorja David & Melanie	4 5 6 7 8 9 10	Halloween Marathon	"This is Halloween"—from The Nightmare Before Christmas "Devil Gate Drive"—Suzi Quatro "Monster Mash"—Bobby "Boris" Pickett "The Time Warp"—from The Rocky Horror Picture Show	N/A

Week 7[]

Running order

Couple	Score	Dance	Music	Result
David & Melanie	36 (9, 9, 9, 9)	Jive	"Happy"—Pharrell Williams	Safe
Matt & Masha	24 (5, 6, 7, 6)	Rumba	"Impossible"—James Arthur	Safe
Tai & Jorja	26 (6, 6, 7, 7)	Viennese Waltz	"Hallelujah"—Jeff Buckley	Safe
Lynne & Carmello	30 (7, 7, 8, 8)	Jazz	"Le Jazz Hot!"— from Victor/Victoria	Safe
Ricki-Lee & Jarryd	33 (8, 8, 8, 9)	Viennese Waltz	"Fallin'"—Alicia Keys	Safe
Lynne & Carmello Matt & Masha Tai & Jorja	32 (8, 8, 8, 8)	Team Rock (Paso doble/Tango Fusion)	"Thunderstruck"—AC/DC	N/A
Ash-Leigh* & Robbie Ricki-Lee & Jarryd David & Melanie	35 (8, 8, 10, 9)	Team Pop (Cha-cha-cha/Samba Fusion)	"Bom Bom"—Sam and the Womp	N/A

* Due to Torah being injured, she was replaced by Ash-Leigh Hunter in Team Pop.

• Because of Torah's injury, there was also no elimination this week.

Week 8[]

Running order

Couple	Scores	Dance	Music	Result
Tai & Jorja	35 (8, 10, 9, 8)	Paso doble	"Scott & Fran's Paso Doble"—David Hirschfelder	Safe
	34 (9, 8, 8, 9)	Rumba	"Stay with Me"—Sam Smith
Matt & Masha	38 (9, 10, 9, 10)	Foxtrot	"It's a Beautiful Day"—Michael Bublé	Eliminated
	37 (9, 9, 10, 9)	Argentine tango	"Asi se Baila el Tango"—Veronica Verdier
David & Melanie	33 (8, 9, 8, 8)	Rumba	"Only Love Can Hurt Like This"—Paloma Faith	Safe
	28 (5, 6, 8, 9)	Foxtrot	"Ain't No Mountain High Enough"—Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
Lynne & Carmelo	29 (7, 7, 7, 8)	Foxtrot	"You're the Boss"—Elvis Presley & Ann-Margret	Safe
	32 (8, 8, 8, 8)	Waltz	"Open Arms"—Mariah Carey
Ricki-Lee & Jarryd	36 (9, 9, 9, 9)	Jive	"Bang Bang"—Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj	Last to be called safe
	37 (10, 9, 9, 9)	Tango	"Everybody Wants to Rule the World"—Lorde

Week 9 - Semi-Finals[]

Running order

Couple	Scores	Dance	Music	Result	Mentor
Ricki-Lee & Jarryd	27 (9, 9, X, 9)	Quickstep	"Do Your Thing"—Basement Jaxx	Safe	Kym Johnson
	37 (9, 9, 10, 9)	Broadway	"Cinema Italiano"—Kate Hudson
Tai & Jorja	29 (9, X, 10, 10)	Argentine tango	"El Sonido De La Milonga"—Campo	Eliminated	Helen Richey
	36 (9, 9, 9, 9)	Urban	"Talk Dirty"—Jason Derulo feat. 2 Chainz
Lynne & Carmelo	28 (10, 9, 9, X)	Salsa	"Conga"—Gloria Estefan	Safe	Adam Garcia
	35 (8, 10, 9, 8)	Charleston	"Pencil Full of Lead"—Paolo Nutini
David & Melanie	30 (X, 10, 10, 10)	Contemporary	"Latch"—Sam Smith	Last to be called safe	Todd McKenney
	40 (10, 10, 10, 10)	Bollywood	"Ek Ajnabee"— Sunidhi Chauhan, Sukhwinder Singh & Vishal Dadlani

• Each semi-finalist was 'mentored' by one of the four judges this week, and this judge was unable to score their corresponding couple in round one.

Week 10 - Grand Final[]

Running order

Couple	Scores	Dance	Music	Result
Ricki-Lee & Jarryd	40 (10, 10, 10, 10)	Paso doble	"Malaguena"—Domingo DeGrazia	Third Place
	38 (9, 10, 9, 10)	Freestyle	"Shot Me Down"—David Guetta feat. Skylar Grey
David & Melanie	40 (10, 10, 10, 10)	Quickstep	"Jumpin' Jack"—Big Bad Voodoo Daddy	Winners
	40 (10, 10, 10, 10)	Freestyle	"P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)"—Michael Jackson
	40 (10, 10, 10, 10)	Cha-cha-cha	"Everybody"—Justice Crew
Lynne & Carmelo	36 (9, 9, 9, 9)	Jazz	"I'm a Woman"—from Smokey Joe's Cafe	Runners-Up
	38 (9, 9, 10, 10)	Freestyle	"I Just Wanna Dance"—Alison Jiear
	36 (9, 9, 9, 9)	Jive	"Shake a Tail Feather"—Ray Charles

Dance chart[]

The celebrities and professional partners danced one of these routines for each corresponding week:

• Week 1: Cha-cha-cha, Viennese Waltz, Contemporary or Foxtrot
• Week 2: One Unlearned Dance Introducing Samba, Waltz, Jive, Salsa and Paso doble (Memorable Moments Week)
• Week 3: One Unlearned Dance Introducing Tango, Viennese Waltz, Quickstep, Rumba and Jazz (Audience Chooses The Songs Week)
• Week 4: One Unlearned Dance (Party Anthems Week)
• Week 5: One Unlearned Dance (Partner Switch-Up Week)
• Week 6: One Unlearned Dance and Marathon Dance (Spooky Halloween Special)
• Week 7: One Unlearned Dance and Team Dances (Rock vs. Pop Week)
• Week 8: Week 5 Dance and One Unlearned Dance (Switch-Up Redo Week)
• Week 9: One Unlearned Dance and One New Style (Semi Finals)
• Week 10: Audience's Choice Dance, Judge's Choice Dance & Freestyle (Grand Final)

Couple	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6		Week 7		Week 8		Week 9		Week 10
David & Melanie	Cha-cha-cha	Samba	Viennese Waltz	Quickstep	Rumba David & Jorja	Tango	Halloween Marathon	Jive	Team Pop	Rumba	Foxtrot	Contemporary	Bollywood	Quickstep	Freestyle	Cha-cha-cha
Lynne & Carmelo	Viennese Waltz	Jive	Tango	Cha-cha-cha	Foxtrot Lynne & Robbie	Quickstep	Halloween Marathon	Jazz	Team Rock	Foxtrot	Waltz	Salsa	Charleston	Jazz	Freestyle	Jive
Ricki-Lee & Jarryd	Cha-cha-cha	Contemporary	Rumba	Foxtrot	Jive Ricki-Lee & Carmelo	Paso doble	Halloween Marathon	Viennese Waltz	Team Pop	Jive	Tango	Quickstep	Broadway	Paso doble	Freestyle
Tai & Jorja	Contemporary	Foxtrot	Jive	Cha-cha-cha	Paso doble Tai & Masha	Tango	Halloween Marathon	Viennese Waltz	Team Rock	Paso doble	Rumba	Argentine tango	Urban
Matt & Masha	Cha-cha-cha	Waltz	Tango	Salsa	Foxtrot Matt & Ashleigh	Paso doble	Halloween Marathon	Rumba	Team Rock	Foxtrot	Argentine tango
Torah & Robbie	Foxtrot	Contemporary	Samba	Jive	Viennese Waltz Torah & Jarryd	Paso doble	Halloween Marathon	Quickstep	Team Pop
Eamon & Ashleigh	Foxtrot	Paso doble	Quickstep	Tango	Jive Eamon & Melanie	Samba	Halloween Marathon
Mark & Jessica	Foxtrot	Viennese Waltz	Jazz	Paso doble
Kyly & Damian	Contemporary	Waltz	Jazz
April & Aric	Viennese Waltz	Samba	Rumba
Ashley & Julz	Cha-cha-cha	Salsa

  Highest scoring dance

  Lowest scoring dance

  Not performed or scored

Reception[]

Viewership[]

Episode		Original airdate	Viewers (in millions)	Rank (Night)	Source
1	"Week One"	30 September 2014	1.040	#6	[3]
2	"Week Two"	7 October 2014	0.882	#7	[4]
3	"Week Three"	14 October 2014	0.946	#5	[5]
4	"Week Four"	21 October 2014	0.954	#2	[6]
5	"Week Five"	28 October 2014	0.902	#4	[7]
6	"Week Six"	30 October 2014	0.898	#5	[8]
7	"Week Seven"	4 November 2014	0.883	#9	[9]
8	"Week Eight"	11 November 2014	0.886	#6	[10]
9	"Week Nine"	18 November 2014	0.908	#5	[11]
10	"Week Ten"	25 November 2014	1.063	#1	[12]

References[]