Dancing with the Stars (Australian season 7)

Dancing with the Stars
Season 7
Celebrity winner	Bridie Carter
Professional winner	Craig Monley
Country of origin	Australia
No. of episodes	10
Release
Original network	Seven Network
Original release	25 September (2007-09-25) – 27 November 2007 (2007-11-27)
Season chronology
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The seventh season of Dancing with the Stars was the last to be hosted by Daryl Somers. It was also the last season to be aired on a Tuesday night and have a panel consisting of four judges, until season 13.

This season commenced on 25 September 2007 and concluded on 27 November 2007.

Bridie Carter and her professional partner Craig Monley were named the eventual winners, defeating Anh Do and his partner.

The season featured the following celebrities.

Couples[]

Celebrity	Occupation	Professional partner	Status
Michael Klim	Olympic freestyle swimmer	Eliza Campagna	Eliminated 1st on 2 October 2007
Corinne Grant	Comedian	Csaba Szirmai	Eliminated 2nd on 9 October 2007
Elka Graham	Olympic freestyle swimmer	Michael Wojick	Eliminated 3rd on 16 October 2007
Jessica Rowe	Television journalist	Serghei Bolgarschii	Eliminated 4th on 23 October 2007
James Courtney	V8 Supercar driver	Olya Bourtasova	Eliminated 5th on 30 October 2007
Mark Beretta	Sunrise sports reporter	Linda De Nicola	Eliminated 6th on 6 November 2007
Patti Newton	Entertainer & wife of Bert Newton	Sandro Catalano	Eliminated 7th on 13 November 2007
David Hobson	Opera singer	Karina Schembri	Eliminated 8th on 20 November 2007
Anh Do	Comedian & actor	Luda Kroitor	Runner-Up on 27 November 2007
Bridie Carter	McLeod's Daughters actress	Craig Monley	Winner on 27 November 2007

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 that would have been eliminated had an elimination taken place.

  indicates the winning couple.

  indicates the runner-up couple.

  indicates the third-place couple.

Team	Place	1	2	1+2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Bridie & Craig	1	32	29	61	30	35	36	33+31=64	38	36+28=64	31+35=66	35+40+40=115
Anh & Luda	2	24	28	52	29	30	27	25+31=56	27	21+27=48	32+34=66	26+32+35=93
David & Karina	3	27	27	54	28	35	31	29+28=57	27	38+29=67	31+23=54
Patti & Sandro	4	34	28	62	30	31	28	32+29=61	28	28+21=49
Mark & Linda	5	27	22	49	18	25	29	24+28=52	31
James & Olya	6	27	29	56	23	28	18	20+24=44
Jessica & Serghei	7	24	23	47	30	29	14
Elka & Michael	8	23	22	45	28	27
Corinne & Csaba	9	24	25	49	28
Michael & Eliza	10	19	19	38

Dance Schedule[]

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

• Week 1 : Cha-Cha-Cha or Quickstep
• Week 2 : Jive or Tango
• Week 3 : Salsa or Foxtrot
• Week 4 : Waltz or Paso Doble
• Week 5 : Samba or Rumba
• Week 6 : One unlearned dance (Week 1 to Week 5) and a Group Bollywood Routine.
• Week 7 : One unlearned dance (Week 1 to Week 5)
• Week 8 : One unlearned dance (Week 1 to Week 5) and a Disco Routine.
• Week 9 : One unlearned dance (Week 1 to Week 5) and an Argentine Tango
• Week 10 : Final unlearned dance, Favourite dance of the season & Freestyle

Highest And Lowest Scoring Performances[]

The best and worst performances in each dance according to the judges' marks are as follows:

Dance	Best dancer(s)	Best score	Worst dancer(s)	Worst score
Cha Cha Cha	Bridie Carter	35	Anh Do Corinne Grant	24
Jive	Bridie Carter	29	Michael Klim	19
Rumba	Bridie Carter	36	James Courtney	18
Tango	Bridie Carter	36	Mark Beretta	22
Paso Doble	Bridie Carter David Hobson	35	Anh Do	26
Samba	Bridie Carter	40	Jessica Rowe	14
Waltz	David Hobson	38	Mark Beretta	25
Quickstep	Bridie Carter	32	Michael Klim	19
Foxtrot	Bridie Carter Jessica Rowe	30	James Courtney	20
Argentine Tango	Bridie Carter	35	David Hobson	31
Disco	David Hobson	29	Patti Newton	21
Salsa	Bridie Carter	31	Mark Beretta	18
Bollywood	Bridie Carter Anh Do	31	James Courtney	24
Freestyle	Bridie Carter	40	Anh Do	35

Couples' highest and lowest scoring dances[]

Scores are based upon a 40-point maximum:

Couples	Highest Scoring Dance(s)	Lowest Scoring Dance(s)
Bridie & Craig	Samba Freestyle (40)	Disco (28)
Anh & Luda	Freestyle (35)	Rumba (21)
David & Karina	Waltz (38)	Rumba (23)
Patti & Sandro	Cha-Cha-Cha (34)	Disco (21)
Mark & Linda	Quickstep (31)	Salsa (18)
James & Olya	Waltz (28)	Rumba (18)
Jessica & Serghei	Foxtrot (30)	Samba (14)
Elka & Michael	Foxtrot (28)	Jive (22)
Corinne & Csaba	Salsa (28)	Cha-Cha-Cha (19)
Michael & Eliza	Quickstep Jive (19)	Quickstep Jive (19)

Dance Chart[]

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6		7	8		9		10
Bridie & Craig	Quickstep	Jive	Foxtrot	Paso Doble	Rumba	Waltz	Bollywood	Samba	Tango	Disco	Salsa	Argentine Tango	Cha-Cha-Cha	Samba	Freestyle
Anh & Luda	Cha-Cha-Cha	Tango	Salsa	Waltz	Samba	Jive	Bollywood	Foxtrot	Rumba	Disco	Quickstep	Argentine Tango	Paso Doble	Samba	Freestyle
David & Karina	Quickstep	Jive	Foxtrot	Paso Doble1	Rumba	Tango	Bollywood	Salsa	Waltz	Disco	Samba	Argentine Tango
Patti & Sandro	Cha-Cha-Cha1	Tango	Salsa	Waltz	Samba	Paso Doble	Bollywood	Foxtrot	Jive	Disco
Mark & Linda	Cha-Cha-Cha	Tango	Salsa	Waltz	Samba1	Rumba	Bollywood	Quickstep
James & Olya	Cha-Cha-Cha	Tango1	Salsa	Waltz	Rumba	Foxtrot	Bollywood
Jessica & Serghei	Quickstep	Jive	Foxtrot1	Paso Doble	Samba
Elka & Michael	Quickstep	Jive	Foxtrot1	Paso Doble
Corinne & Csaba	Cha-Cha-Cha	Tango	Salsa1
Michael & Eliza	Quickstep1	Jive

  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	Average
1	1	Bridie & Craig	15	509	33.93
2	3	David & Karina	12	360	30.00
3	4	Patti & Sandro	10	295	29.50
4	2	Anh & Luda	15	421	28.07
5	9	Corinne & Csaba	3	77	25.67
6	5	Mark & Linda	8	204	25.50
7	8	Elka & Michael	4	100	25.00
8	6	James & Olya	7	169	24.14
9	7	Jessica & Serghei	5	120	24.00
10	10	Michael & Eliza	2	38	19.00

Running Order[]

Unless indicated otherwise, 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
Anh & Luda	24 (6, 6, 6, 6)	Cha-Cha-Cha	"Kung Fu Fighting"—Bus Stop feat. Carl Douglas
Elka & Michael	23 (5, 6, 6, 6)	Quickstep	"That Mellow Saxophone"—Brian Setzer Orchestra
Mark & Linda	27 (6, 7, 7, 7)	Cha-Cha-Cha	"I Like It Like That"—Tito Puente
David & Karina	27 (6, 7, 7, 7)	Quickstep	"The Continental"—Fred Astaire
Michael & Eliza	19 (4, 5, 5, 5)	Quickstep	"Sing You Sinners"—Tony Bennett feat. John Legend
Corinne & Csaba	24 (5, 6, 6, 7)	Cha-cha-cha	"U and Ur Hand"—P!NK
Bridie & Craig	32 (8, 8, 8, 8)	Quickstep	"Big and Bad"—Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
James & Olya	27 (7, 7, 6, 7)	Cha-cha-cha	"Destination Calabria"―Alex Gaudino feat. Crystal Waters
Jessica & Serghei	24 (6, 6, 6, 6)	Quickstep	"Heart of Glass"—The Puppini Sisters
Patti & Sandro	34 (9, 8, 8, 9)	Cha-cha-cha	"Mambo Italiano"—Bette Midler

Week 2[]

Running order

Couple	Score	Style	Music
David & Karina	27 (6, 8, 6, 7)	Jive	"I'm A Believer"—The Monkees
Corinne & Csaba	25 (6, 6, 7, 6)	Tango	"Nightfall"—Stanley Black
Michael & Eliza	19 (2, 5, 6, 6)	Jive	"Everybody Needs Somebody to Love"—Blues Brothers
James & Olya	29 (6, 8, 8, 7)	Tango	"In Tango"—Bajofondo Tango Club
Jessica & Serghei	23 (5, 6, 6, 6)	Jive	"Reet Petite"—Jackie Wilson
Anh & Luda	28 (7, 7, 6, 8)	Tango	"Hernando's Hideaway"—Alma Cogan
Elka & Michael	22 (6, 6, 5, 5)	Jive	"Tall Skinny Mama"—The Swing Cats
Patti & Sandro	28 (7, 7, 6, 8)	Tango	"Argentino Paso"―Carlos Ortega
Bridie & Craig	29 (8, 7, 7, 7)	Jive	"Johnny B. Goode"—Chuck Berry "Good Times"—INXS feat. Jimmy Barnes
Mark & Linda	22 (5, 6, 6, 5)	Tango	"Marche du Toreador"—Georges Bizet
Kath & Kel	10 (1, 2, 4, 3)

Week 3[]

Running order

Couple	Score	Style	Music
Corinne & Csaba	28 (7, 7, 7, 7)	Salsa	"Can't Touch It"—Ricki-Lee Coulter
Bridie & Craig	30 (7, 8, 7, 8)	Foxtrot	"They Can't Take That Away from Me"—Diana Krall
Anh & Luda	29 (6, 7, 8, 8)	Salsa	"Bombón de Azúcar"—La Secta
Elka & Michael	28 (7, 7, 7, 7)	Foxtrot	"Blue Moon"—Frank Sinatra
Mark & Linda	18 (3, 6, 4, 5)	Salsa	"Esa Morena"—Ozomatli
Jessica & Serghei	30 (8, 7, 8, 7)	Foxtrot	"Lovecats"—The Cure
Patti & Sandro	30 (7, 8, 7, 8)	Salsa	"La Bamba"—Selena
David & Karina	28 (7, 8, 6, 7)	Foxtrot	"Witchcraft"—Steve Tyrell
James & Olya	23 (4, 7, 7, 5)	Salsa	"Quimbara"—Celia Cruz

Week 4[]

Running order

Couple	Score	Style	Music
Elka & Michael	27 (6, 7, 7, 7)	Paso Doble	"España cañí"—Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra
Mark & Linda	25 (6, 7, 6, 6)	Waltz	"Sunrise, Sunset"—Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick
James & Olya	28 (7, 7, 7, 7)	Waltz	"Adiemus"—Karl Jenkins
David & Karina	35 (8, 9, 9, 9)	Paso Doble	"Romeo & Juliet Op. 64"—Sergei Prokofiev
Patti & Sandro	31 (7, 8, 8, 8)	Waltz	"Jesse"—Janis Ian
Bridie & Craig	35 (9, 8, 9, 9)	Paso Doble	"Canción del Mariachi"—Los Lobos
Anh & Luda	30 (8, 7, 8, 7)	Waltz	"I Will Always Return"—Dancehouse
Jessica & Serghei	29 (7, 7, 8, 7)	Paso Doble	"Theatres des Vampires"—Elliot Goldenthal "XRCD"—Elliot Goldenthal

Week 5[]

Running order

Couple	Score	Style	Music
Patti & Sandro	28 (7, 7, 6, 8)	Samba	"I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much)"—Carmen Miranda
James & Olya	18 (3, 6, 4, 5)	Rumba	"She's Like the Wind"—Vibekingz
Jessica & Serghei	14 (2, 4, 4, 4)	Samba	"Right About Now"—Mousse T
David & Karina	31 (7, 8, 8, 8)	Rumba	"La Paloma"—Placido Domingo
Mark & Linda	29 (7, 8, 7, 7)	Samba	"Conga"—Gloria Estefan
Bridie & Craig	36 (9, 8, 9, 10)	Rumba	"Time After Time"—Eva Cassidy
Anh & Luda	27 (7, 7, 6, 7)	Samba	"Rumbakalao"—Azuquita

Week 6[]

Running order

Couple	Score	Style	Music
James & Olya	20 (5, 5, 5, 5)	Foxtrot	"The Way You Make Me Feel"—Michael Jackson
	24 (6, 6, 6, 6)	Bollywood	"Bollywood Remix"—Krishnamoorthy, Sangathia & Chorus
Mark & Linda	24 (4, 7, 6, 7)	Rumba	"Little Wonders"—Rob Thomas
	28 (8, 7, 6, 7)	Bollywood	"Bollywood Remix"—Krishnamoorthy, Sangathia & Chorus
Patti & Sandro	32 (8, 8, 8, 8)	Paso Doble	"Y viva España"—Manolo Escobar
	29 (7, 8, 7, 7)	Bollywood	"Bollywood Remix"—Krishnamoorthy, Sangathia & Chorus
Bridie & Craig	33 (8, 9, 8, 8)	Waltz	"I Had A Dream"—Joss Stone
	31 (7, 8, 8, 8)	Bollywood	"Bollywood Remix"—Krishnamoorthy, Sangathia & Chorus
Anh & Luda	25 (6, 7, 6, 6)	Jive	"Wake Up Jeff"—The Wiggles "Hot Potato"—The Wiggles
	31 (8, 8, 7, 8)	Bollywood	"Bollywood Remix"—Krishnamoorthy, Sangathia & Chorus
David & Karina	29 (6, 8, 7, 8)	Tango	"Ecstasy"—Geoff Love
	28 (6, 7, 7, 8)	Bollywood	"Bollywood Remix"—Krishnamoorthy, Sangathia & Chorus

Week 7[]

Running order

Couple	Score	Style	Music
David & Karina	27 (7, 7, 6, 7)	Salsa	"It Had Better Be Tonight"—Michael Bublé
Anh & Luda	27 (8, 6, 7, 6)	Foxtrot	"I'm Your Man"—Leonard Cohen
Mark & Linda	31 (7, 8, 8, 8)	Quickstep	"The Dirty Boogie"—Brian Setzer Orchestra
Bridie & Craig	38 (10, 9, 9, 10)	Samba	"Le Serpent"—Guem et Zaka
Patti & Sandro	28 (7, 7, 7, 7)	Foxtrot	"The Locomotion"—Kylie Minogue

Week 8[]

Running order

Couple	Score	Style	Music
Bridie & Craig	36 (9, 9, 9, 9)	Tango	"Olé Guapa"—André Rieu
	28 (6, 8, 6, 8)	Disco	"You Should Be Dancing"—Bee Gees
Anh & Luda	21 (6, 6, 4, 5)	Rumba	"More Than Words"—Extreme
	27 (6, 6, 7, 8)	Disco	"Shake Your Groove Thing"—Peaches & Herb
David & Karina	38 (9, 10, 10, 9)	Waltz	"Gymnopédie"—Erik Satie
	29 (5, 8, 10, 6)	Disco	"Play That Funky Music"—Wild Cherry
Patti & Sandro	28 (7, 7, 7, 7)	Jive	"You Can't Stop the Beat"—Hairspray soundtrack
	21 (5, 5, 5, 6)	Disco	"I Will Survive"—Young Divas

Week 9[]

Running order

Couple	Score	Style	Music
Anh & Luda	32 (8, 8, 8, 8)	Quickstep	"When You're Smiling"—Andy Williams
	34 (9, 8, 9, 8)	Argentine Tango	"Quejas de Bandoneon"—Astor Piazzolla
David & Karina	31 (6, 8, 8, 9)	Argentine Tango	"Verano Porteño"—Astor Piazzolla
	23 (5, 5, 6, 7)	Samba	"Sweetheart from Venezuela"—Harry Belafonte
Bridie & Craig	31 (7, 8, 7, 9)	Salsa	"Micaela"—Sonora Carruseles
	35 (9, 9, 8, 9)	Argentine Tango	"The Addams Family Theme Song"—Prandi Sound Tango Ensemble "El Vaquero"—Prandi Sound Tango Ensemble

Week 10[]

Running order

Couple	Score	Style	Music
Bridie & Craig	35 (9, 9, 8, 9)	Cha-cha-cha	"Respect"—Aretha Franklin
	40 (10, 10, 10, 10)	Samba	"Le Serpent"—Guem et Zaka
	40 (10, 10, 10, 10)	Freestyle	"Kothbiro"—Ayub Ogada
Anh & Luda	26 (6, 6, 7, 7)	Paso Doble	"Wall Breached"—Harry Gregson-Williams
	32 (7, 8, 8, 9)	Samba	"Rumbakalao"—Azuquita
	35 (8, 9, 9, 9)	Freestyle	"Livin' la Vida Loca"—Ricky Martin

References[]

Preceded by Dancing with the Stars (Australian season 6)

Dancing with the Stars (Australian version) Season 7

Succeeded by Dancing with the Stars (Australian season 8)