Dancing Stars (Austria season 7)

Dancing Stars (Austria season 7)
Country of origin Austria
No. of episodes 10
Broadcast
Original channel ORF1
Original run 9 March 2012 – 18 May 2012
Additional information
Celebrity winner Petra Frey
Professional winner Vadim Garbuzov

The seventh edition of Dancing Stars was broadcast from 9 March to 18 May 2012 on ORF1 and was presented by Mirjam Weichselbraun and Klaus Eberhartinger.

Couples

Celebrity Occupation Professional partner Status
Katerina Jacob Television Actress Christoph Santner Eliminated 1st
on 9 March 2012
Albert Fortell Actor & Screenwriter Lenka Marosiová Eliminated 2nd
on 16 March 2012
Michael Schönborn Actor Maria Jahn Eliminated 3rd
on 23 March 2012
David Heissig Actor Kathrin Menzinger Eliminated 4th
on 30 March 2012
Sueli Menezes Author Florian Gschaider Eliminated 5th
on 13 April 2012
Wolfram Pirchner Television Presenter Anna Chalak-Bock Eliminated 6th
on 20 April 2012
Dolly Buster Actress & Artist Gerhard Egger Eliminated 7th
on 27 April 2012
Eva Maria Marold Actress & Singer Thomas Kraml Eliminated 8th
on 4 May 2012
Brigitte Kren Actress Willi Gabalier Eliminated 9th
on 11 May 2012
Marco Ventre Presenter & Musician Babsi Koitz
Third place
on 18 May 2012
Frenkie Schinkels Football Manager Roswitha Wieland
Runners-up
on 18 May 2012
Petra Frey
Schlager Singer
Vadim Garbuzov
Winners
on 18 May 2012

Scoring chart

Couple Place 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Petra & Vadim
1
30
—
28
30
30
31
32
33+37=70
37+39=76
39+39=78
Frenkie & Roswitha
2
—
19
21
26
16
25
23
29+28=57
24+32=56
28+34=62
Marco & Babsi
3
—
25
21
21
29
26
24
24+25=49
29+29=58
30+33=63
Brigitte & Willi
4
23
—
30
23
30
29
29
32+31=63
31+35=66
Eva Maria & Thomas
5
26
—
27
29
24
32
31
35+33=68
Dolly & Gerhard
6
20
—
24
15
14
15
18
Wolfram & Anna
7
—
15
12
18
16
17
Sueli & Florian
8
27
—
30
32
25
David & Kathrin
9
—
20
24
23
Michael & Maria
10
—
15
15
Albert & Lenka
11
—
12
Katerina & Christoph
12
25
Red numbers indicate the lowest score for each week.
Green numbers indicate the highest score for each week.
     indicates the couple eliminated that week.
     indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two.
     indicates the returning couple that was the last to be called safe.
     indicates the winning couple.
     indicates the runner-up couple.
     indicates the third-place couple.

Highest and lowest scoring performances of the series

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

Dance Best dancer Best score Worst dancer Worst score
Cha Cha Cha Brigitte Kren 31 Dolly Buster 18
Foxtrot Petra Frey 39 Dolly Buster 15
Jive Petra Frey 39 Wolfram Pirchner 12
Mambo Petra Frey
Eva Maria Marold 		33 Marco Ventre 24
Paso Doble Frenkie Schinkels 34 Marco Ventre 21
Quickstep Marco Ventre 33 Michael Schönborn
Wolfram Pirchner
Dolly Buster 		15
Rumba Eva Maria Marold 35 Albert Fortell 12
Samba Petra Frey 37 Dolly Buster 14
Tango Sueli Menezes 30 Marco Ventre
Frenkie Schinkels 		21
Viennese Waltz Brigitte Kren 35 Frenkie Schinkels 16
Waltz Petra Frey 39 Wolfram Pirchner 17

Average chart

Rank by
average		 Place Couple Total Number of
dances		 Average
1 1 Petra & Vadim 405 12 33.8
2 5 Eva Maria & Thomas 237 8 29.6
3 4 Brigitte & Willi 293 10 29.3
4 8 Sueli & Florian 114 4 28.5
5 3 Marco & Babsi 316 12 26.3
6 2 Frenkie & Roswitha 305 12 25.4
7 12 Katerina & Christoph 25 1 25.0
8 9 David & Kathrin 67 3 22.3
9 6 Dolly & Gerhard 106 6 17.7
10 7 Wolfram & Anna 78 5 15.6
11 10 Michael & Maria 30 2 15.0
12 11 Albert & Lenka 12 1 12.0

Average Dance chart

Couples Averages Best Dances Worst Dances
Petra & Vadim 33.8 Waltz, Foxtrot & Jive (39) Tango (28)
Frenkie & Roswitha 25.4 Paso Doble (34) Viennese Waltz (16)
Marco & Babsi 26.3 Quickstep (33) Tango & Paso Doble (21)
Brigitte & Willi 29.3 Viennese Waltz (35) Waltz & Foxtrot (23)
Eva Maria & Thomas 29.6 Rumba (35) Viennese Waltz (24)
Dolly & Gerhard 17.7 Jive (24) Samba (14)
Wolfram & Anna 15.6 Foxtrot (18) Jive (12)
Sueli & Florian 28.5 Paso Doble (32) Viennese Waltz (25)
David & Kathrin 22.3 Jive (24) Quickstep (20)
Michael & Maria 15.0 Quickstep & Jive (15) Quickstep & Jive (15)
Albert & Lenka 12.0 Rumba (12) Rumba (12)
Katerina & Christoph 25.0 Waltz (25) Waltz (25)

Dance order

Week 1: "Aus für Katerina Jacob"

Individual judges scores in charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Thomas Schäfer-Elmayer, Balazs Ekker, Nicole Burns-Hansen and Hannes Nedbal.

Running order
Couple Score Style Music
Eva Maria & Thomas 26 (7,7,7,5) Cha-Cha-Cha "On Broadway" – The Drifters
Brigitte & Willi 23 (6,6,6,5) Waltz "Fly Me to the Moon" – Frank Sinatra
Sueli & Florian 27 (8,7,7,5) Cha-Cha-Cha "Sugar Sugar" – The Archies
Dolly & Gerhard 20 (7,4,5,4) Waltz "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" – Elvis Presley
Petra & Vadim 30 (8,8,8,6) Cha-Cha-Cha "Sway" – Dean Martin
Katerina & Christoph 25 (6,6,7,6) Waltz "Moon River" – Andy Williams
Albert & Lenka
David & Kathrin
Frenkie & Roswitha
Marco & Babsi
Michael & Maria
Wolfram & Anna		 N/A Salsa "Tequila" – The Champs

Week 2: "Aus für Albert Fortell"

Individual judges scores in charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Thomas Schäfer-Elmayer, Balazs Ekker, Nicole Burns-Hansen and Hannes Nedbal.

Running order
Couple Score Style Music
Albert & Lenka 12 (3,2,4,3) Rumba "Somethin' Stupid" – Frank & Nancy Sinatra
David & Kathrin 20 (5,6,5,4) Quickstep "Crazy in Love" – Beyoncé
Frenkie & Roswitha 19 (5,4,6,4) Rumba "You're Beautiful" – James Blunt
Michael & Maria 15 (4,4,4,3) Quickstep "Mr. Sandman" – The Chordettes
Marco & Babsi 25 (7,5,7,6) Rumba "Bleeding Love" – Leona Lewis
Wolfram & Anna 15 (5,3,4,3) Quickstep "Puttin on the Ritz" – Irving Berlin
Brigitte & Willi
Dolly & Gerhard
Eva Maria & Thomas
Petra & Vadim
Sueli & Florian		 N/A Salsa "Bailamos" – Enrique Iglesias

Week 3: "Aus für Michael Schönborn"

Individual judges scores in charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Thomas Schäfer-Elmayer, Balazs Ekker, Nicole Burns-Hansen and Hannes Nedbal.

Running order
Couple Score Style Music
Michael & Maria 15 (4,2,5,4) Jive "I'm Still Standing" – Elton John
Petra & Vadim 28 (7,7,8,6) Tango "Dance With Me" – Debelah Morgan
David & Kathrin 24 (6,5,7,6) Jive "Footloose" – Kenny Loggins
Sueli & Florian 30 (8,8,8,6) Tango "Ole Guapa" – André Rieu
Wolfram & Anna 12 (4,1,4,3) Jive "The Boy Does Nothing" – Alesha Dixon
Marco & Babsi 21 (6,6,6,3) Tango "Por Una Cabeza" – Carlos Gardel
Dolly & Gerhard 24 (6,6,7,5) Jive "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" – The Andrews Sisters
Frenkie & Roswitha 21 (5,5,6,5) Tango "La Cumparsita" – Gerardo Matos Rodríguez
Brigitte & Willi 30 (7,7,9,7) Jive "Don't Stop Me Now" – Queen
Eva Maria & Thomas 27 (8,7,6,6) Tango "El Tango de Roxanne" – Moulin Rouge!

Week 4: "Aus für David Heissig"

Individual judges scores in charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Thomas Schäfer-Elmayer, Balazs Ekker, Nicole Burns-Hansen and Hannes Nedbal.

Running order
Couple Score Style Music
Frenkie & Roswitha 26 (6,6,7,7) Paso Doble "O Fortuna" – Carl Orff
Brigitte & Willi 23 (6,5,6,6) Foxtrot "Cheek to Cheek" – Ella Fitzgerald
Petra & Vadim 30 (8,7,9,6) Paso Doble "Boléro" – Maurice Ravel
Wolfram & Anna 18 (4,4,5,5) Foxtrot "King of the Road" – Roger Miller
Sueli & Florian 32 (9,8,8,7) Paso Doble "Conquest of Paradise" – Vangelis
David & Kathrin 23 (6,6,6,5) Foxtrot "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" – B. J. Thomas
Eva Maria & Thomas 29 (8,7,8,6) Paso Doble "Malagueña" – Connie Francis
Marco & Babsi 21 (5,5,6,5) Paso Doble "Rock House Jail" – Hans Zimmer
Dolly & Gerhard 15 (4,2,5,4) Foxtrot "Sunny" – Bobby Hebb

Week 5: "Aus für Sueli Menezes"

Individual judges scores in charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Thomas Schäfer-Elmayer, Balazs Ekker, Nicole Burns-Hansen and Hannes Nedbal.

Running order
Couple Score Style Music
Sueli & Florian 25 (4,8,8,5) Viennese Waltz "I'll Never Break Your Heart" – Backstreet Boys
Wolfram & Anna 16 (3,4,5,4) Samba "Quando, Quando, Quando" – Engelbert Humperdinck
Petra & Vadim 30 (8,7,9,6) Viennese Waltz "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" – Doris Day
Dolly & Gerhard 14 (3,2,5,4) Samba "Angelina" – Harry Belafonte
Frenkie & Roswitha 16 (3,4,6,3) Viennese Waltz "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" – James Brown
Eva Maria & Thomas 24 (5,6,7,6) Viennese Waltz "Chim Chim Cher-ee" – Cliff Richard
Brigitte & Willi 30 (7,9,7,7) Samba "Volare" – Gipsy Kings
Marco & Babsi 29 (7,8,8,6) Viennese Waltz "Doctor Zhivago Theme" – Maurice Jarre

Week 6: "Aus für Wolfram Pirchner"

Individual judges scores in charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Thomas Schäfer-Elmayer, Balazs Ekker, Nicole Burns-Hansen and Hannes Nedbal.

Running order
Couple Score Style Music
Eva Maria & Thomas 32 (8,8,9,7) Jive "Livin La Vida Loca" – Ricky Martin
Brigitte & Willi 29 (8,6,8,7) Tango "Jealousy" – Billy Fury
Marco & Babsi 26 (6,7,7,6) Jive "Do You Love Me" – The Contours
Dolly & Gerhard 15 (3,2,5,5) Quickstep "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" – Marilyn Monroe
Wolfram & Anna 17 (5,3,5,4) Waltz "If You Don't Know Me By Now" – Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
Petra & Vadim 31 (9,7,8,7) Rumba "My Love is Your Love" – Whitney Houston
Frenkie & Roswitha 25 (7,5,7,6) Cha-Cha-Cha "Let's Get Loud" – Jennifer Lopez
Brigitte & Willi
Dolly & Gerhard
Eva Maria & Thomas
Frenkie & Roswitha
Marco & Babsi
Petra & Vadim
Wolfram & Anna		 N/A Argentine Tango "Libertango" – Astor Piazzolla

Week 7: "Aus für Dolly Buster"

Individual judges scores in charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Thomas Schäfer-Elmayer, Balazs Ekker, Nicole Burns-Hansen and Hannes Nedbal.

Running order
Couple Score Style Music
Petra & Vadim 32 (9,7,9,7) Quickstep "Pon de Replay" – Rihanna
Marco & Babsi 24 (6,6,6,6) Foxtrot "The Pink Panther Theme" – Henry Mancini
Dolly & Gerhard 18 (5,2,6,5) Cha-Cha-Cha "Respect" – Aretha Franklin
Eva Maria & Thomas 31 (8,8,8,7) Waltz "Over the Rainbow" – Judy Garland
Brigitte & Willi 29 (8,6,8,7) Rumba "Apologize" – OneRepublic
Frenkie & Roswitha 23 (5,5,7,6) Quickstep "Jungle Drum" – Emilíana Torrini
Brigitte & Willi
Dolly & Gerhard
Eva Maria & Thomas
Frenkie & Roswitha
Marco & Babsi
Petra & Vadim		 N/A Charleston

Week 8: "Aus für Eva Maria Marold"

Individual judges scores in charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Thomas Schäfer-Elmayer, Balazs Ekker, Nicole Burns-Hansen and Hannes Nedbal.

Running order
Couple Score Style Music
Marco & Babsi 24 (6,6,6,6) Mambo "Mambo No 5" – Pérez Prado
25 (6,6,7,6) Cha-Cha-Cha "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" – Betty Everett
Eva Maria & Thomas 35 (9,9,9,8) Rumba "You Know I'm No Good" – Amy Winehouse
33 (9,8,9,7) Mambo "La Colegiala" – Rodolfo y Su Tipica
Brigitte & Willi 32 (9,8,8,7) Mambo "Papa Loves Mambo" – Perry Como
31 (8,8,8,7) Quickstep "Part Time Lover" – Stevie Wonder
Frenkie & Roswitha 29 (7,7,8,7) Jive "Hey Ya" – OutKast
28 (7,7,7,7) Mambo "Mambo Italiano" – Dean Martin
Petra & Vadim 33 (9,8,8,8) Mambo "The Mambo Craze" – De-Phazz
37 (10,9,10,8) Jive "V.I.P." – Jungle Brothers

Week 9: "Aus für Brigitte Kren"

Individual judges scores in charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Thomas Schäfer-Elmayer, Balazs Ekker, Nicole Burns-Hansen and Hannes Nedbal.

Running order
Couple Score Style Music
Brigitte & Willi 31 (7,8,9,7) Cha-Cha-Cha "Sex Bomb" – Tom Jones
35 (8,9,10,8) Viennese Waltz "Kommissar Maigret" – Gerhard Trede
Marco & Babsi 29 (8,8,7,6) Waltz "True Love" – Bing Crosby
29 (8,7,7,7) Quickstep "Girls Girls Girls" – Sailor
Petra & Vadim 37 (10,9,10,8) Samba "La Isla Bonita" – Madonna
39 (10,10,10,9) Waltz "When I Need You" – Leo Sayer
Frenkie & Roswitha 24 (6,6,6,6) Waltz "Fascination" – Nat King Cole
32 (8,7,9,8) Samba "Half A Minute" – Matt Bianco

Week 10: "Das Finale"

Individual judges scores in charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Thomas Schäfer-Elmayer, Balazs Ekker, Nicole Burns-Hansen and Hannes Nedbal.

Running order
Couple Score Style Music
Petra & Vadim 39 (10,10,10,9) Foxtrot "Sugar Town" – Nancy Sinatra
39 (10,9,10,10) Jive "V.I.P." – Jungle Brothers
N/A Showdance "I See You" – from Avatar
Marco & Babsi 30 (8,7,8,7) Samba "La Camisa Negra" – Juanes
33 (8,8,9,8) Quickstep "Girls Girls Girls" – Sailor
N/A Showdance "My Heart Will Go On" – from Titanic
Frenkie & Roswitha 28 (7,6,8,7) Foxtrot "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?" – Dean Martin
34 (8,7,10,9) Paso Doble "O Fortuna" – Carl Orff
N/A Showdance "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" – from Dirty Dancing

Call-out order

The table below lists the order in which the contestants' fates were revealed. The order of the safe couples doesn't reflect the viewer voting results.

Order12345678910
1 Sueli & Florian Frenkie & Roswitha Marco & Babsi Eva Maria & Thomas Wolfram & Anna Petra & Vadim Petra & Vadim Marco & Babsi Petra & Vadim Petra & Vadim
2 Eva Maria & Thomas Marco & Babsi Brigitte & Willi Frenkie & Roswitha Dolly & Gerhard Frenkie & Roswitha Brigitte & Willi Brigitte & Willi Marco & Babsi Frenkie & Roswitha
3 Petra & Vadim Wolfram & Anna Dolly & Gerhard Petra & Vadim Brigitte & Willi Eva Maria & Thomas Frenkie & Roswitha Frenkie & Roswitha Frenkie & Roswitha Marco & Babsi
4 Brigitte & Willi David & Kathrin Frenkie & Roswitha Sueli & Florian Marco & Babsi Marco & Babsi Eva Maria & Thomas Petra & Vadim Brigitte & Willi
5 Dolly & Gerhard Michael & Maria Petra & Vadim Wolfram & Anna Eva Maria & Thomas Brigitte & Willi Marco & Babsi Eva Maria & Thomas
6 Katerina & Christoph Albert & Lenka Sueli & Florian Dolly & Gerhard Petra & Vadim Dolly & Gerhard Dolly & Gerhard
7 Eva Maria & Thomas Brigitte & Willi Frenkie & Roswitha Wolfram & Anna
8 Wolfram & Anna Marco & Babsi Sueli & Florian
9 David & Kathrin David & Kathrin
10 Michael & Maria
     This couple came in first place with the judges.
     This couple came in last place with the judges.
     This couple came in last place with the judges and was eliminated.
     This couple was eliminated.
     This couple won the competition.
     This couple came in second in the competition.

Dance chart

Couple 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Petra & Vadim Cha-Cha-Cha Group Salsa Tango Paso Doble Viennese Waltz Rumba Argentine Tango Quickstep Charleston Mambo Jive Samba Waltz Foxtrot Jive Showdance
Frenkie & Roswitha Group Salsa Rumba Tango Paso Doble Viennese Waltz Cha-Cha-Cha Argentine Tango Quickstep Charleston Jive Mambo Waltz Samba Foxtrot Paso Doble Showdance
Marco & Babsi Group Salsa Rumba Tango Paso Doble Viennese Waltz Jive Argentine Tango Foxtrot Charleston Mambo Cha-Cha-Cha Waltz Quickstep Samba Quickstep Showdance
Brigitte & Willi Waltz Group Salsa Jive Foxtrot Samba Tango Argentine Tango Rumba Charleston Mambo Quickstep Cha-Cha-Cha Viennese Waltz Viennese Waltz
Eva Maria & Thomas Cha-Cha-Cha Group Salsa Tango Paso Doble Viennese Waltz Jive Argentine Tango Waltz Charleston Rumba Mambo Rumba
Dolly & Gerhard Waltz Group Salsa Jive Foxtrot Samba Quickstep Argentine Tango Cha-Cha-Cha Charleston Cha-Cha-Cha
Wolfram & Anna Group Salsa Quickstep Jive Foxtrot Samba Waltz Argentine Tango Waltz
Sueli & Florian Cha-Cha-Cha Group Salsa Tango Paso Doble Viennese Waltz Paso Doble
David & Kathrin Group Salsa Quickstep Jive Foxtrot Quickstep
Michael & Maria Group Salsa Quickstep Jive Jive
Albert & Lenka Group Salsa Rumba Rumba
Katerina & Christoph Waltz Waltz
     Highest scoring dance
     Lowest scoring dance

References