Dancing with the Stars (New Zealand TV series)

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Dancing with the Stars

Dancing with the Stars (with dates of elimination)
Season one (2005)
Norm Hewitt	Winner
Shane Cortese	June 20
Tim Shadbolt	June 13
Bernice Mene	June 6
Teresa Healey	May 30
Georgina Beyer	May 23
Ewan Gilmore	May 16
Nicky Watson	May 9
Season two (2006)
Lorraine Downes	Winner
Beatrice Faumuina	June 25
Danyon Loader	June 18
Rodney Hide	June 11
Angela Bloomfield	June 4
David Wikara-Paul	May 28
Steve Gurney	May 21
Christine Rankin	May 14

Dancing with the Stars is a New Zealand television series based on the British series Strictly Come Dancing. The show introduces 8 local "celebrities" paired with professional ballroom dancers who each week compete against each other in a competition to impress a panel of judges and the viewing public in order to survive potential elimination. Through a telephone poll, viewers vote who should stay and who should go, and go towards 50% of the following votes, taking into account an average score as given by the panel of judges. Proceeds from the voting will go to the celebrity contestant's charity of choice. Dancing with the Stars has been popular with the New Zealand public, averaging 730,000 people per episode in season 1, and up to a million tuned in to the final episode of season 1 [1]. It was also the highest rated in its timeslot in 2005.

1 Hosts
2 Judges
3 Dance
4 Season 1
- 4.1 Partners
- 4.2 Scorecard
5 Season 2
- 5.1 Partners
- 5.2 Scorecard
6 See also
7 External link

[edit] Hosts

Jason Gunn (2005-2006)
Candy Lane (2005-2006)

[edit] Judges

Alison Leonard (2005-2006)
Brendan Cole (2005-2006)
Paul Mercurio (2005-2006)
Carol-Ann Hickmore (2006)
Donna Dawson (2005)

In season 2 Carol-Ann, who partnered Norm Hewitt, in season 1, replaced Donna Dawson who had relocated to Australia.

[edit] Dance

The following are a list of dances that have been performed in an episode:

[edit] Season 1

Season 1 premiered in 2005. It was won by Norm Hewitt and his partner Carol-Ann. 317,698 people voted and they won with 62% of the public vote, while runner-up Shane received 38%. The celebrities that took part are:

Georgina Beyer (Transsexual politician)
Shane Cortese (Former actor - Shortland Street)
Ewan Gilmore (Comedian)
Teresa Healey (Former actress - Shortland Street)
Norm Hewitt (Rugby player)
Bernice Mene (Netballer)
Tim Shadbolt (Mayor of Invercargill)
Nicky Watson (Model and DJ)

[edit] Scorecard

EP = Episode

Couple	EP 1	EP 2	EP 3	EP 4	EP 5	EP 6	EP 7	EP 8
Norm & Carol-Ann	28	32	24	40	29	31,35	34,30	37,39,39
Shane & Nerida	22	32	29	31	29	28,37	33,35	37,39,38
Tim & Rebecca	23	25	21	19	20	14,23	23,19	x
Bernice & d'Artagnan	19	27	25	23	24	29,30	x	x
Teresa & Peter	29	25	28	31	27	x	x	x
Georgina & Michael	19	25	25	22	x	x	x	x
Ewan & Lauren	18	25	17	x	x	x	x	x
Nicky & Kiel	26	22	x	x	x	x	x	x

[edit] Season 2

Season 2 premiered on May 7, 2006. Rebecca Nicholson who partnered Tim Shadbolt from season 1 returned, and partnered Shortland Street actor David Wikara-Paul. On June 25, Lorraine Downes and her partner Aaron Gilmore took the title of Dancing with the stars. The celebrities that took part are:

Angela Bloomfield (Former actress - Shortland Street)
Lorraine Downes (Former Miss-Universe)
Beatrice Faumuina (Discus thrower)
Steve Gurney (Coast to Coast winner)
Rodney Hide (Politician)
Danyon Loader (Olympic gold-medalist swimmer)
Christine Rankin (Former Chief Executive Officer of Work and Income NZ)
David Wikara-Paul (Former actor - Shortland Street)

[edit] Scorecard

EP = Episode

Couple	EP 1	EP 2	EP 3	EP 4	EP 5	EP 6	EP 7	EP 8
Lorraine & Aaron	28	24	36	32	32,32	32,37	30,37	37,38,40
Beatrice & Brian	32	26	32	34	29,30	29,36	32,31	32,36,37
Danyon & Hayley	24	33	27	25	27,31	35,36	29,35	x
Rodney & Krystal	23	19	24	13	16,26	15,4	x	x
Angela & Jonny	26	25	28	26	25,27	x	x	x
David & Rebecca	31	25	36	26	x	x	x	x
Steve & Sharan	24	29	23	x	x	x	x	x
Christine & David	24	27	x	x	x	x	x	x