Dancing with the Stars (Australian season 3)

Dancing With The Stars (Season 3)
Country  Australia
Network Channel Seven
Original run 6 September 2005 – 8 November 2005
No. of episodes 10
Celebrity winner Ada Nicodemou
Professional winner Aric Yegudkin
Previous season Season 2
Next season Season 4

The third series of the Australian Dancing with the Stars TV series premiered on Tuesday 6 September 2005 and concluded on Tuesday 8 November 2005. It featured the following celebrities.

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 gold medal 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 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

Ada Nicodemou and her partner Aric Yegudkin won the series, defeating Chris Bath and her partner.

Contents

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 withdrew from the competition.
     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 34 35 34 + 33 = 67 30 + 35 = 65 36 + 40 + 39 = 115
Chris & Trenton 2nd 30 28 58 31 31 36 32 32 30 + 36 = 66 28 + 40 = 68 38 + 37 + 40 = 115
Dicko & Leanne 3rd 28 23 51 30 26 27 32 34 32 + 31 = 64 26 + 37 = 63
Brodie & Alana 4th 21 18 39 30 25 32 27 28 24 + 24 = 48
David & Luda 5th 27 26 53 27 27 28 28 24
Dawn & Gordon 6th 24 22 46 24 17 24 21
Nicky & Andrew 7th 20 23 43 26 23 24
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.

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 14 469 33.5
2 1 Ada & Aric 14 454 32.4
3 3 Dicko & Leanne 11 327 29.7
4 5 David & Luda 7 187 26.7
5 4 Brodie & Alana 9 229 25.4
6 8 Ky & Masha 4 99 24.8
7 7 Nicki & Andrew 5 116 23.2
8 6 Dawn & Gordon 6 132 22.0
- 8 Michael & Kym 3 66 22.0
10 8 Tania & Michael 2 40 20.0
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)