Dancing with the Stars (Australian season 5)

Dancing With The Stars
(Season 5)
Country  Australia
Network Channel Seven
Original run 26 September 2006 – 28 November 2006
No. of episodes 10
Celebrity winner Anthony Koutoufides
Professional winner Natalie Lowe
Previous season Season 4
Next season Season 6

Contents

Season Five, Late 2006

The fifth series of the Australian Dancing with the Stars TV series premiered on Tuesday 26 September 2006 and concluded on Tuesday 28 November 2006. A controversy occurred in the semi-final when judge Todd McKenney said that he believed Arianne Caoili had received professional dance lessons prior to the competition. Caoili denied this. Channel 7's Today Tonight supported McKenney's claims, producing video footage of Caoili attending salsa classes, but Caoili said she just started taking salsa lessons when the producers called to offer her a place on the show.[1] The following celebrities were featured.

Celebrity Occupation Professional partner Status
Fiona Falkiner The Biggest Loser Season 1 Finalist Serghei Bolgarschii Eliminated 1st
on 3 October 2006
Tom Waterhouse Son of Gai Waterhouse Alana Patience Eliminated 2nd
on 10 October 2006
Kerry Armstrong Actress Christopher Ryan Eliminated 3rd
on 17 October 2006
Gary Sweet Actor Eliza Campagna Eliminated 4th
on 24 October 2006
Amanda Keller Radio personality Csaba Szirmai Eliminated 5th
on 31 October 2006
Chris Hemsworth Home And Away actor Abbey Ross Eliminated 6th
on 7 November 2006
Andrew Gaze Retired Basketball player Linda De Nicola Eliminated 7th
on 14 November 2006
Tamsyn Lewis Olympic runner Arsen Kishishian Third Place
on 21 November 2006
Arianne Caoili Chess champion Carmello Pizzino Runner Up
on 28 November 2006
Anthony Koutoufides Former AFL player Natalie Lowe Winner
on 28 November 2006

Anthony Koutoufides and his partner Natalie Lowe won the series, defeating Arianne Caoili and her partner Carmelo Pizzino.

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
Kouta & Natalie 1st 27 27 54 29 32 36 37 37 40+38=78 40+40=80 40+40+40=120
Arianne & Carmello 2nd 32 33 65 33 35 34 36 38 38+37=75 39+39=78 40+39+40=119
Tamsyn & Arsen 3rd 29 31 60 35 35 32 36 36 35+35=70 34+35=69
Andrew & Linda 4th 30 32 62 33 35 34 33 32 30+27=57
Chris & Abbey 5th 18 16 34 18 21 19 19 22
Amanda & Csaba 6th 19 16 35 19 18 21 19
Gary & Eliza 7th 19 17 36 19 18 17
Kerry & Christopher 8th 27 23 50 25 21
Tom & Alana 9th 28 25 53 23
Fiona & Serghei 10th 20 18 38

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
Kouta & Natalie Waltz Rumba Tango Paso Doble Samba Jive Quickstep Cha Cha Cha Foxtrot Waltz Argentine Tango Cha Cha Cha Paso Doble Freestyle
Arianne & Carmello Cha-Cha-Cha Quickstep Jive Foxtrot Samba Rumba Tango Paso Doble Waltz Tango Argentine Tango Quickstep Jive Freestyle
Tamsyn & Arsen Waltz Rumba Tango Foxtrot Samba Quickstep Paso Doble Cha Cha Cha Jive Paso Doble Argentine Tango
Andrew & Linda Waltz Rumba Tango Paso Doble Samba Cha Cha Cha Foxtrot Quickstep Jive
Chris & Abbey Waltz Rumba Tango Paso Doble Samba Foxtrot Cha Cha Cha
Amanda & Csaba Waltz Rumba Tango Paso Doble Samba Quikstep
Gary & Eliza Cha-Cha-Cha Quickstep Jive Foxtrot Samba
Kerry & Christopher Cha-Cha-Cha Quickstep Jive Foxtrot
Tom & Alana Cha-Cha-Cha Quickstep Jive
Fiona & Serghei 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.

Rank by
average		 Place Couple Number Of Dances Total Points Earned Average
1 2 Arianne & Carmello 14 513 36.6
2 1 Kouta & Natalie 14 503 35.9
3 3 Tamsyn & Arsen 11 373 33.9
4 4 Andrew & Linda 9 286 31.8
5 9 Tom & Alana 3 76 25.3
6 8 Kerry & Christopher 4 96 24.0
7 5 Chris & Abbey 7 133 19.0
- 10 Fiona & Serghei 2 38 19.0
9 6 Amanda & Csaba 6 112 18.7
10 7 Gary & Eliza 5 90 18.0
Preceded by
Dancing With The Stars (Australian Season 4)		 Dancing with the Stars (Australian version)
Season 5		 Succeeded by
Dancing With The Stars (Australian Season 6)

References

  1. ^ Kalina, Paul (21 September 2006). "Champ has all the right moves". The Age. http://www.theage.com.au/news/tv--radio/champ-has-all-the-right-moves/2006/09/20/1158431719680.html. Retrieved 2008-11-15.