Dancing with the Stars (Australian TV series) season 5
| Industry | Television |
|---|---|
| Founded | September 26, 2006 |
| Headquarters | Australia |
| Products | Reality television series |
The fifth installment of the Australian series Dancing with the Stars debuted on 26 September 2006. Returning to host were Daryl Somers and Sonia Kruger, with the judging panel consisting of Todd McKenney, Paul Mercurio, Helen Richey, and Mark Wilson.
On 28 November 2006, AFL athlete Anthony Koutoufides alongside professional dancer Natalie Lowe secured the championship, while chess competitor Arianne Caoili and her partner Carmelo Pizzino finished as runners-up.
A dispute emerged during the semifinals when judge Todd McKenney accused Caoili of having previous professional dance training, which she refuted. Channel 7's Today Tonight aired footage showing Caoili attending salsa classes; however, she maintained that these lessons commenced only after she was invited to join the program.
Couples
This season included ten celebrity participants.
| Celebrity | Claim to Fame | Professional Partner | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiona Falkiner | Finalist on The Biggest Loser | Serghei Bolgarschii | First eliminated 3 October 2006 |
| Tom Waterhouse | Entrepreneur | Alana Patience | Second eliminated 10 October 2006 |
| Kerry Armstrong | Actress and author | Christopher Ryan | Third eliminated 17 October 2006 |
| Gary Sweet | Actor in film and television | Eliza Campagna | Fourth eliminated 24 October 2006 |
| Amanda Keller | Presenter on television and radio | Csaba Szirmai | Fifth eliminated 31 October 2006 |
| Chris Hemsworth | Actor known for Home and Away | Abbey Ross | Sixth eliminated 7 November 2006 |
| Andrew Gaze | Player in the NBL | Linda De Nicola | Seventh eliminated 14 November 2006 |
| Tamsyn Manou | Olympic athlete in track and field | Arsen Kishishian | Eighth eliminated 21 November 2006 |
| Arianne Caoili | Chess competitor | Carmello Pizzino | Runner-up 28 November 2006 |
| Anthony Koutoufides | AFL sportsman | Natalie Lowe | Champions 28 November 2006 |
Scoring chart
The top score each week is indicated by a dagger (), while the lowest score is shown with a double-dagger ().
Color legend:
3rd | 29 | 27 | 56 | bgcolor='lightblue' Template:Fontcolor'†[lower-alpha 5] | 31 | Template:Fontcolor'† | 31 | Template:Sort '78' | 42+36=Template:Fontcolor'† | Template:Sort '61' | 28+33=61 | Template:Sort '55' bgcolor='f4c7b8' | 26+29=Template:Fontcolor'Template:Double-dagger[lower-alpha 6] || Couple | Pl. | Week | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 1+2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7[lower-alpha 1] | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||
| Anthony & Natalie | 1st | 27 | 26 | 53 | 29 | 29 | 26[lower-alpha 2] | 35[lower-alpha 2] | Template:Sort | 37+33=70 | Template:Sort bgcolor="lightblue" | 33+25=58[lower-alpha 2] | Template:Sort bgcolor="lightblue" | 33+35=Template:Fontcolor†[lower-alpha 2] | Template:Sort bgcolor="gold" | 33+35+40=Template:Fontcolor†[lower-alpha 3] |
| Arianne & Carmello | 2nd | Template:Fontcolor† | 25 | Template:Fontcolor† | 28 | Template:Fontcolor† | 27 | Template:Fontcolor† | Template:Sort | 34+36=70 | Template:Sort | 36+29=Template:Fontcolor†
| Template:Sort '96' bgcolor='silver' 33+27+36=Template:Fontcolor'Template:Double-dagger[lower-alpha 4]| | ||
- Notes
Weekly scores
Unless noted otherwise, the scores given by each judge are shown in parentheses from left to right: Todd McKenney, Helen Richey, Paul Mercurio, Mark Wilson.
Week 1
The pairs showcased either the cha-cha-cha or the waltz in the sequence they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gary & Eliza | 19 (4, 5, 5, 5) | Cha-cha-cha | "Addicted to Love" — Robert Palmer |
| Tamsyn & Arsen | 29 (7, 7, 7, 8) | Waltz | "I Will Always Love You" — Dolly Parton |
| Tom & Alana | 28 (8, 7, 6, 7) | Cha-cha-cha | "Señorita" — Justin Timberlake |
| Amanda & Csaba | 19 (4, 5, 5, 5) | Waltz | "Phenomenal Woman" — Olivia Newton-John |
| Fiona & Sergei | 20 (3, 5, 6, 6) | Cha-cha-cha | "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" — Harry Belafonte |
| Anthony & Natalie | 27 (6, 8, 6, 7) | Waltz | "Run to You" — Whitney Houston |
| Kerry & Christopher | 27 (7, 7, 6, 7) | Cha-cha-cha | "Ain't No Other Man" — Christina Aguilera |
| Chris & Abbey | 18 (5, 5, 4, 4) | Waltz | "The Wings" — from Brokeback Mountain |
| Arianne & Carmello | 32 (7, 9, 8, 8) | Cha-cha-cha | "I Like the Way" — BodyRockers |
| Andrew & Linda | 30 (8, 6, 8, 8) | Waltz | "Mr. Bojangles" — Sammy Davis Jr. |
Week 2
Participants danced either the quickstep or the rumba, arranged by their performance order.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom & Alana | 22 (5, 5, 7, 5) | Quickstep | "Good Morning" — from Singin' in the Rain | Safe |
| Anthony & Natalie | 26 (6, 7, 6, 7) | Rumba | "What's Left of Me" — Nick Lachey | Safe |
| Fiona & Sergei | 20 (4, 5, 6, 5) | Quickstep | "Piccadilly" — Ted Heath Orchestra | Eliminated |
| Tamsyn & Arsen | 27 (7, 7, 6, 7) | Rumba | "Fairy Tale" — Toni Braxton | Safe |
| Gary & Eliza | 28 (7, 6, 8, 7) | Quickstep | "42nd Street" — from 42nd Street | Safe |
| Andrew & Linda | 26 (6, 6, 7, 7) | Rumba | "One" — U2 & Mary J. Blige | Safe |
| Kerry & Christopher | 24 (6, 6, 6, 6) | Quickstep | "Get Happy" — Judy Garland | Bottom two |
| Amanda & Csaba | 28 (7, 6, 8, 7) | Rumba | "Buttons" — The Pussycat Dolls | Safe |
| Chris & Abbey | 20 (5, 5, 5, 5) | Rumba | "Babylon" — David Gray | Safe |
| Arianne & Carmello | '25' (7,6,6,6) | 'Quickstep' | "Anything Goes” – from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | 'Safe' |
Week 3
The couples showcased either the jive or the tango in the sequence they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerry & Christopher | 27 (6, 7, 7, 7) | Jive | "Long Tall Sally" — Little Richard | Safe |
| Chris & Abbey | 20 (5, 5, 5, 5) | Tango | "Assassin's Tango" — John Powell | Safe |
| Tom & Alana | 23 (5, 6, 6, 6) | Jive | "Great Gosh A'Mighty" — Little Richard | Eliminated |
| Amanda & Csaba | 26 (6, 7, 7, 6) | Tango | "Mary and Steve's Tango" — Mervyn Warren | Safe |
| Arianne & Carmello | 28 (7, 7, 7, 7) | Jive | "Bandstand Boogie" — Barry Manilow | Safe |
| Anthony & Natalie | 29 (7, 8, 7, 7) | Tango | "El Vaquero" — Prandi Sounds | Safe |
| Gary & Eliza | 27 (7, 7, 7, 6) | Jive | "Bad Bad Leroy Brown" — Frank Sinatra | Safe |
| Tamsyn & Arsen | 33 (8, 9, 8, 8) | Tango | "Sensation" — Musica & Poesia | Bottom two |
| Andrew & Linda | 21 (5, 6, 5, 5) | Tango | "Watching You" — Rogue Traders | Safe |
Week 4
Musical performance by: Ronan Keating
Performances included either the paso doble or the foxtrot, presented in order of appearance.
| Couple | Scores | Dance Style | Song Selection | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew & Linda | 21 (2, 6, 7, 6) | Paso doble | "Holding Out for a Hero" — Bonnie Tyler | Safe |
| Gary & Eliza | 26 (6, 7, 6, 7) | Foxtrot | "Me and My Shadow" — Robbie Williams & Jonathan Wilkes | Bottom two |
| Tamsyn & Arsen | 31 (7, 8, 8, 8) | Paso doble | "Spanish Paso Doble" — from The Mask of Zorro | Safe |
| Arianne & Carmello | 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) | Foxtrot | "Why Don't You Do Right?" — Sinéad O'Connor | Safe |
| Chris & Abbey | 29 (7, 7, 8, 7) | Paso doble | "Marita" | Safe |
| Kerry & Christopher | 24 (5, 6, 6, 7) | Foxtrot | "Moondance" — Van Morrison | Eliminated |
| Anthony & Natalie | 29 (7, 7, 7, 8) | Paso doble | "The Stampede" — from The Lion King | Safe |
| Amanda & Csaba | 25 (5, 6, 7, 7) | Paso doble | "Black Betty" — Spiderbait | Safe |
Week 5
Special musical appearance: Guy Sebastian
All couples performed the samba, arranged by their performance sequence.
Week 6
The couples are presented according to their sequence of performance.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamsyn & Arsen | 31 (8, 8, 7, 8) | Salsa | "Shake Up the Party" — Joy Enriquez | Safe |
| Chris & Abbey | 24 (6, 6, 6, 6) | Foxtrot | "Dream a Little Dream of Me" — Michael Bublé | Safe |
| Andrew & Linda | 20 (5, 5, 5, 5) | Salsa | "Stayin' Alive" — Bee Gees | Safe |
| Amanda & Csaba | 25 (6, 6, 7, 6) | Foxtrot | "I Wanna Be Loved by You" — Sinéad O'Connor | Eliminated |
| Anthony & Natalie | 35 (9, 8, 9, 9) | Quickstep | "That Old Black Magic" — Sammy Davis Jr. | Bottom two |
| Arianne & Carmello | 37 (9, 9, 9, 10) | Salsa | "Ran Kan Kan" — Tito Puente | Safe |
Week 7
Scores from judges are recorded in the following order: Todd McKenney, Helen Richey, Paul Mercurio, Mark Wilson, and guest judge Ian "Dicko" Dickson.
Every pair showcased a fresh routine and then participated in a group West Coast Swing for additional individual scores. Couples appear in their performance sequence.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arianne & Carmello | 34 (6, 7, 8, 7, 6) | Tango | "Jealousy" — Billy Fury | Safe |
| Chris & Abbey | 21 (5, 5, 3, 3, 5) | Salsa | "Get Busy" — Sean Paul | Eliminated |
| Tamsyn & Arsen | 42 (9, 9, 8, 8, 8) | Foxtrot | "The Way You Look Tonight" — Michael Bublé | Safe |
| Andrew & Linda | 22 (5, 5, 4, 4, 4) | Quickstep | "Sweet Georgia Brown" — Brother Bones and His Shadows | Bottom two |
| Anthony & Natalie | 37 (5, 8, 8, 8, 8) | Salsa | "Johnny's Mambo" — from Dirty Dancing | Safe |
| Arianne & Carmello | 36 (6, 8, 7, 8, 7) | Group West Coast Swing |
"We Will Rock You" — Queen & "SexyBack" — Justin Timberlake | |
| Chris & Abbey | 28 (7,6,3,6,6) | |||
| Tamsyn & Arsen | 36 (7,7,7,8,7) | |||
| Andrew & Linda | 23 (4,6,4,5,4) | |||
| Anthony & Natalie | 33 (6,7,7,7,6) | |||
Week 8
Order of performances is shown below.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamsyn & Arsen | 28 | "Cha-cha-cha" | "It's So Nice to Have a Man Around The House" — Della Reese | "Safe" |
| "33 (8,9,8,8)" | "Quickstep" | "Billy-A-Dick" — Bette Midler | ||
| Anthony & Natalie | "33" | "Foxtrot" | "As If We Never Said Goodbye” — Barbra Streisand" | "Bottom two" |
| "25 (4,7,7,7)" | "Cha-cha-cha" | "Rhythm of the Night” — DeBarge" | ||
| Arianne & Carmello | "36 (9,9,9,9)" | "Paso doble" | "Terre Aride” — Cirque du Soleil" | "Safe" |
| "29" | "Waltz" | "His Eye Is on the Sparrow” — Lauryn Hill & Tanya Blount" | ||
| Andrew & Linda | "28 (7,7,7,7)" | "Foxtrot" | "Business of Love” — Domino" | "Eliminated" |
| "23" | "Jive" | "Knock on Wood” — Amii Stewart" |
Week 9
During this week, each pair showcased two different dances, one of which was the Argentine tango, presented in the sequence they appeared.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamsyn & Arsen | 26 | Jive | "Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing" — Chris Isaak | Eliminated |
| 29 | Argentine tango | "Por una Cabeza" — featured in Scent of a Woman | ||
| Anthony & Natalie | 35 | Argentine tango | "Tanguera" — Musica & Poesia | Bottom two |
| 33 | Jive | "Blue Suede Shoes" — Elvis Presley | ||
| Arianne & Carmello | 30 | Rumba | "The Prayer" — Celine Dion & Andrea Bocelli | Safe |
| 28 | Argentine tango | "The Tango Lesson" — Gotan Project |
Week 10
Featured musical performances by: Human Nature, Rogue Traders, Shannon Noll, and Natalie Bassingthwaighte
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony & Natalie | 33 (8, 8, 9, 8) | Quickstep | "That Old Black Magic" — Sammy Davis Jr. | Champions |
| 35 (7, 9, 10, 9) | Lindy Hop | "Moonlight Serenade" — Glenn Miller | ||
| 40 (10, 10, 10, 10) | Freestyle | "Together We Are One"—Delta Goodrem | ||
| Arianne & Carmello | 33 (8, 8, 9, 8) | Paso doble | "Terre Aride" — Cirque du Soleil | Runners-up |
| 27 (6, 7, 7, 7) | Lindy Hop | "Zoot Suit Riot" — Cherry Poppin' Daddies | ||
| 36 (9, 9, 9, 9) | Freestyle | West Side Story medley |
Dance chart
The weekly dance assignments were as follows:
- Week 1: One new dance (Cha-cha-cha or waltz)
- Week 2: One new dance (Quickstep or rumba)
- Week 3: One new dance (Jive or tango)
- Week 4: One new dance (Foxtrot or paso doble)
- Week 5: Samba performance
- Week 6: One new dance routine
- Week 7: One new dance plus group West Coast Swing
- Week 8: Two new dances
- Week 9: One new dance plus Argentine tango
- Week 10: Season favourite dance, Lindy Hop, and freestyle
| Couple | Week | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||||
| Anthony & Natalie | Waltz | Rumba | Tango | Paso doble | Samba | Quickstep | Salsa | Group West Coast Swing |
Foxtrot | Cha-cha-cha | Argentine tango | Jive | Quickstep | Lindy Hop | Freestyle |
| Arianne & Carmello | Cha-cha-cha | Quickstep | Jive | Foxtrot | Samba | Salsa | Tango | Paso doble | Waltz | Rumba | Argentine tango | Paso doble | Lindy Hop | Freestyle | |
| Tamsyn & Arsen | Waltz | Rumba | Tango | Paso doble | Samba | Salsa | Foxtrot | Cha-cha-cha | Quickstep | Jive | Argentine tango | ||||
| Andrew & Linda | ' Waltz | ' Rumba | ' Tango | ' Paso doble | ' Samba | ' Salsa | ' Quickstep | ' Foxtrot | ' Jive | ||||||
| ' Waltz | ' Rumba | ' Tango | ' Paso doble | ' Samba | ' Foxtrot | ' Salsa | |||||||||
| ' Waltz | ' Rumba | ' Tango | ' Paso doble | ' Samba | ' Foxtrot | ||||||||||
| ' Cha-cha-cha | ' Quickstep | ' Jive | ' Foxtrot | ' Samba | |||||||||||
| ' Cha-cha-cha | ' Quickstep | ' Jive | ' Foxtrot | ||||||||||||
| ' Cha-cha-cha | ' Quickstep | ' Jive | |||||||||||||
| ' Cha-cha-cha | ' Quickstep | ||||||||||||||
References
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