Dancing with the Stars (Australian season 3)

Dancing with the Stars
Season 3
Celebrity winner	Ada Nicodemou
Professional winner	Aric Yegudkin
Country of origin	Australia
No. of episodes	10
Release
Original network	Seven Network
Original release	6 September (2005-09-06) – 8 November 2005 (2005-11-08)
Season chronology
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The third season of the Australian Dancing with the Stars TV series premiered on Tuesday 6 September 2005 and concluded on Tuesday 8 November 2005. Home and Away actress Ada Nicodemou and her partner Aric Yegudkin won the series, defeating Seven News presenter Chris Bath and her partner, Trenton Shipley.

Couples[]

The following celebrities competed.

Celebrity	Occupation	Professional partner	Status
Tania Zaetta	Former Who Dares Wins presenter	Michael Miziner	Eliminated 1st on 13 September 2005
Michael Caton	Actor	Kym Johnson	Eliminated 2nd on 20 September 2005
Ky Hurst	Ironman	Masha Belash	Eliminated 3rd on 27 September 2005
Nicky Buckley	Former Sale of the Century presenter	Andrew Palmer	Eliminated 4th on 4 October 2005
Dawn Fraser	Former Olympic freestyle swimmer	Gordon Gilkes	Eliminated 5th on 11 October 2005
David Campbell	Jazz singer	Luda Kroitor	Eliminated 6th on 18 October 2005
Brodie Holland	AFL player & model	Alana Patience	Eliminated 7th on 25 October 2005
Ian "Dicko" Dickson	Australian Idol judge	Leanne Bampton	Eliminated 8th on 2 November 2005
Chris Bath	Seven News newsreader	Trenton Shipley	Runner Up on 9 November 2005
Ada Nicodemou	Home and Away actress	Aric Yegudkin	Winner on 9 November 2005

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 eliminated that week.

  indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two.

  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	31	34	32+24=56	30+35=65	36+33+34=103
Chris & Trenton	2nd	30	28	58	33	31	31	31	33	29+29=58	28+40=68	32+34+40=106
Dicko & Leanne	3rd	28	23	51	30	26	24	32	29	35+27=62	26+37=63
Brodie & Alana	4th	21	18	39	30	25	27	23	28	18+20=38
David & Luda	5th	27	26	53	27	27	29	28	24
Dawn & Gordon	6th	24	22	46	24	17	23	21
Nicky & Andrew	7th	20	23	43	26	23	20
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 or Waltz
• Week 2 : Quickstep or Rumba
• Week 3 : Tango or Jive
• Week 4 : Paso doble or Foxtrot
• Week 5 : Samba
• 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	449	32.07
2	1	Ada & Aric		427	30.50
3	3	Dicko & Leanne	11	317	28.82
4	5	David & Luda	7	188	26.86
5	8	Ky & Masha	4	99	24.75
6	4	Brodie & Alana	9	210	23.33
7	6	Dawn & Gordon	6	131	22.40
8	7	Nicky & Andrew	5	112	22.00
9	9	Michael & Kym	3	66	21.83
10	10	Tania & Michael	2	40	20.00

Couples' highest and lowest scoring dances[]

Scores are based upon a 40-point maximum:

Couples	Highest Scoring Dance(s)	Lowest Scoring Dance(s)
Ada & Aric	Jive (36)	Cha-cha-cha Quickstep Viennese Waltz (24)
Chris & Trenton	Rumba Freestyle (40)	Rumba Quickstep (28)
Dicko & Leanne	Waltz (37)	Quickstep (23)
Brodie & Alana	Jive (30)	Quickstep Paso Doble (18)
David & Luda	Samba (29)	Cha-cha-cha (24)
Dawn & Gordon	Waltz Tango (24)	Paso Doble (17)
Nicky & Andrew	Tango (26)	Waltz Samba (20)
Ky & Masha	Tango (26)	Waltz Rumba (24)
Michael & Kym	Cha-cha-cha (23)	Quickstep (21)
Tania & Michael	Cha-cha-cha (23)	Quickstep (17)

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	Chris Bath	31	Brodie Holland	21
Waltz	Dicko	37	Nicky Buckley	20
Quickstep	Chris Bath David Campbell	28	Tania Zaetta	17
Rumba	Chris Bath	40	Dawn Fraser	22
Jive	Ada Nicodemou	36	Michael Caton	22
Tango	Dicko	35	Dawn Fraser	24
Foxtrot	Chris Bath	33	Dawn Fraser	21
Pasodoble	Ada Nicodemou	34	Dawn Fraser	17
Samba	Ada Nicodemou	32	Nicky Buckley	20
Viennese waltz	Chris Bath	29	Brodie Holland	20
Freestyle	Chris Bath	40	Ada Nicodemou	34

Running Order[]

Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Todd McKenney, Helen Richey, Paul Mercurio, Mark Wilson.

Week 1[]

Running order

Couple	Score	Style	Music
Ada & Aric	24 (6, 6, 6, 6)	Cha-cha-cha	"Come On Over"—Christina Aguilera
David & Luda	27 (6, 7, 7, 7)	Waltz	"Open Arms"—Air Supply
Dicko & Leanne	28 (7, 7, 7, 7)	Cha-cha-cha	"Bad"—Michael Jackson
Chris & Trenton	30 (6, 8, 8, 8)	Waltz	"Weekend in New England"—Barry Manilow
Michael & Kym	23 (6, 6, 6, 5)	Cha-cha-cha	"Sway"—Michael Bublé
Ky & Masha	24 (5, 6, 7, 6)	Waltz	"Dreamcatcher"—Secret Garden
Tania & Michael	23 (5, 6, 6, 6)	Cha-cha-cha	"Me Against the Music"—Britney Spears & Madonna
Nicky & Andrew	20 (5, 5, 5, 5)	Waltz	"A Time for Us"—Henry Mancini
Brodie & Alana	21 (4, 6, 5, 6)	Cha-cha-cha	"Rock DJ"—Robbie Williams
Dawn & Gordon	24 (6, 6, 6, 6)	Waltz	"I Still Call Australia Home"—Peter Allen

Week 2[]

• Musical guests:

Running order

Couple	Score	Dance	Music	Result
David & Luda	26 (6, 7, 6, 7)	Rumba	"Chains"—Tina Arena	Safe
Tania & Michael	17 (4, 5, 4, 4)	Quickstep	"Almost Like Being in Love"—Frank Sinatra	Eliminated
Dawn & Gordon	22 (5, 6, 5, 6)	Rumba	"Out of Reach"—Gabrielle	Safe
Brodie & Alana	18 (3, 5, 5, 5)	Quickstep	"Part-Time Lover"—Stevie Wonder	Safe
Chris & Trenton	28 (7, 7, 7, 7)	Rumba	"Secret"—Maroon 5	Safe
Ada & Aric	24 (6, 6, 6, 6)	Quickstep	"Go Daddy-O"—Big Bad Voodoo Daddy	Safe
Ky & Masha	24 (6, 6, 6, 6)	Rumba	"Take My Breath Away"—Jessica Simpson	Bottom two
Michael & Kym	21 (6, 6, 4, 5)	Quickstep	"Let's Face the Music and Dance"—Robbie Williams	Safe
Nicky & Andrew	23 (5, 6, 6, 6)	Rumba	"The Lady in Red"—Chris de Burgh	Safe
Dicko & Leanne	23 (8, 5, 5, 5)	Quickstep	"The Muppet Show Theme"—Jim Henson & Sam Pottle	Safe

Week 3[]

• Musical guests:

Running order

Couple	Score	Dance	Music	Result
Dicko & Leanne	30 (7, 6, 8, 9)	Jive	"Greased Lightnin'"—John Travolta	Safe
Michael & Kym	22 (6, 5, 5, 6)	Jive	"Great Balls of Fire"—Jerry Lee Lewis	Eliminated
Nicky & Andrew	26 (6, 6, 7, 7)	Tango	"Hey Sexy Lady"—Shaggy	Safe
Ada & Aric	29 (8, 7, 7, 7)	Jive	"Mambo No. 5"—Lou Bega	Safe
Ky & Masha	26 (6, 6, 7, 7)	Tango	"Tanguera"—Musica & Poesia	Safe
Dawn & Gordon	24 (6, 6, 6, 6)	Tango	"Guapita"—Malando	Bottom two
Brodie & Alana	30 (7, 7, 8, 8)	Jive	"Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting"—Elton John	Safe
David & Luda	27 (7, 6, 7, 7)	Tango	"Tango D'Amour"—Vicky Leandros	Safe
Chris & Trenton	33 (7, 8, 9, 9)	Tango	"Jealousy"—Billy Fury	Safe

Week 4[]

• Musical guests: Craig David

Running order

Couple	Score	Dance	Music	Result
Chris & Trenton	31 (7, 8, 8, 8)	Paso Doble	"El Gato Montés"—Carmen's Track	Safe
Dawn & Gordon	17 (4, 5, 4, 4)	Paso Doble	"España cañí"—Erich Kunzel	Safe
Brodie & Alana	25 (6, 6, 7, 6)	Foxtrot	"The Pink Panther Theme"—Henry Mancini	Safe
Ada & Aric	29 (8, 7, 7, 7)	Foxtrot	"You're the Boss"—Brian Setzer & Gwen Stefani	Safe
Dicko & Leanne	26 (7, 7, 6, 6)	Foxtrot	"It Had to Be You"—Harry Connick, Jr.	Safe
Ky & Masha	25 (4, 6, 8, 7)	Paso Doble	"Also sprach Zarathustra"—Richard Strauss / "Where Do You Go"—No Mercy	Eliminated
Nicky & Andrew	23 (6, 6, 6, 5)	Paso Doble	"Eye of the Tiger"—Survivor	Safe
David & Luda	27 (6, 7, 7, 7)	Paso Doble	"The Phantom of the Opera"—Michael Crawford & Sarah Brightman	Bottom two

Week 5[]

• Musical guests:

Running order

Couple	Score	Dance	Music	Result
Chris & Trenton	31 (8, 8, 7, 8)	Samba	"Hot Hot Hot"—Buster Poindexter	Safe
David & Luda	29 (6, 7, 8, 8)	Samba	"Shake Your Bon-Bon"—Ricky Martin	Bottom two
Brodie & Alana	27 (7, 7, 6, 7)	Samba	"Iko Iko"—The Belle Stars	Safe
Dawn & Gordon	23 (5, 6, 6, 6)	Samba	"Macarena"—Los del Rio	Safe
Nicky & Andrew	20 (5, 5, 5, 5)	Samba	"Mas que Nada"—Sérgio Mendes	Eliminated
Ada & Aric	29 (8, 7, 7, 7)	Samba	"You'll Be Mine (Party Time)"—Gloria Estefan	Safe
Dicko & Leanne	24 (7, 5, 6, 6)	Samba	"Soul Bossa Nova"—Quincy Jones	Safe

Week 6[]

• Musical guests:

Running order

Couple	Score	Dance	Music	Result
Chris & Trenton	31 (7, 8, 8, 8)	Cha-cha-cha	"Blame It On The Boogie"—Jackson 5	Safe
Dicko & Leanne	32 (8, 8, 8, 8)	Waltz	"Moon River"—Henry Mancini	Safe
David & Luda	28 (6, 7, 8, 7)	Quickstep	"Top Hat, White Tie and Tails"—Fred Astaire	Bottom two
Dawn & Gordon	21 (5, 5, 6, 5)	Foxtrot	"Beyond The Sea"—Robbie Williams	Eliminated
Brodie & Alana	23 (5, 6, 6, 6)	Rumba	"Alta Marea"—Patrizio Buanne	Safe
Ada & Aric	31 (7, 8, 8, 8)	Tango	"Tango Passion"—Vio Friedmann	Safe

Week 7[]

• Musical guests: Jimmy Barnes

Running order

Couple	Score	Dance	Music	Result
Dicko & Leanne	29 (7, 7, 7, 8)	Rumba	"Light My Fire"—José Feliciano	Safe
Brodie & Alana	28 (7, 7, 7, 7)	Waltz	"Until It's Time for You to Go"—Buffy Sainte-Marie	Safe
David & Luda	24 (5, 6, 6, 7)	Cha-cha-cha	"Ain't No Mountain High Enough"—Jimmy Barnes	Eliminated
Chris & Trenton	33 (8, 8, 8, 9)	Foxtrot	""—Lou Rawls	Safe
Ada & Aric	34 (9, 8, 9, 8)	Paso Doble	"Malagueña"—Brian Setzer	Safe

Week 8[]

• Musical guests:

Running order

Couple	Score	Dance	Music	Result
Chris & Trenton	29 (6, 7, 8, 8)	Jive	"Hey Dolly"—Louis Armstrong	Safe
	29 (5, 8, 8, 8)	Viennese Waltz	"Kiss from a Rose"—Seal
Brodie & Alana	18 (6, 5, 4, 3)	Paso Doble	"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"—The Animals	Eliminated
	20 (3, 6, 6, 5)	Viennese Waltz	"Kiss from a Rose"—Seal
Ada & Aric	32 (8, 8, 8, 8)	Waltz	"If I Were A Painting"—Kenny Rogers	Safe
	27 (5, 8, 7, 7)	Viennese Waltz	"Kiss from a Rose"—Seal
Dicko & Leanne	35 (9, 8, 9, 9)	Tango	"James Bond Theme"—John Barry & Orchestra	Safe
	24 (5, 7, 6, 6)	Viennese Waltz	"Kiss from a Rose"—Seal

Week 9[]

• Musical guests:

Running order

Couple	Score	Dance	Music	Result
Dicko & Leanne	26 (6, 6, 7, 7)	Paso Doble	"Bohemian Rhapsody"—Queen	Third place
	37 (8, 9, 10, 10)	Waltz	"Mull of Kintyre"—Paul McCartney and Wings
Chris & Trenton	28 (6, 7, 8, 7)	Quickstep	"Sing, Sing, Sing"—Benny Goodman	Bottom two
	40 (10, 10, 10, 10)	Rumba	"You'll Never Find Another Love like Mine"—Lou Rawls
Ada & Aric	30 (8, 7, 7, 8)	Rumba	"I Finally Found Someone"—Bryan Adams	Safe
	35 (9, 8, 9, 9)	Jive	"Jump, Jive an' Wail"—Louis Prima

Week 10[]

• Musical guests: Human Nature, John Farnham

Running order

Couple	Score	Dance	Music	Result
Chris & Trenton	32 (8, 8, 8, 8)	Samba	"Hot Hot Hot"—Buster Poindexter	Runners-Up
	34 (7, 9, 9, 9)	Waltz	"Weekend in New England"—Barry Manilow
	40 (10, 10, 10, 10)	Freestyle	"TNT"—AC/DC / "Sex Bomb"—Tom Jones
Ada & Aric	36 (9, 9, 9, 9)	Paso Doble	"Malagueña"—Brian Setzer	Winners
	33 (9, 8, 8, 8)	Waltz	"If I Were A Painting"—Kenny Rogers
	34 (9, 9, 9, 7)	Freestyle	"Billie Jean" / "Smooth Criminal"—Michael Jackson

References[]

Preceded by Dancing with the Stars (Australian season 2)

Dancing with the Stars (Australian version) Season 3

Succeeded by Dancing with the Stars (Australian season 4)