Dancing with the Stars (Australian season 3)
Dancing with the Stars | |
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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 8 November 2005 | –
Season chronology |
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 |
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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 | |||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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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) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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[]
- Dancing with the Stars (Australian TV series)
- 2005 Australian television seasons