Dancing with the Stars (Australian season 14)

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Dancing with the Stars
(Season 14)
Country of origin Australia
No. of episodes 10
Broadcast
Original channel Seven Network
Original run 30 September 2014 – 25 November 2014
Additional information
Celebrity winner David Rodan
Professional winner Melanie Hooper

The fourteenth season of Dancing with the Stars premiered on 30 September 2014. Daniel McPherson had returned to host the season, alongside Edwina Bartholemew. Todd McKenney and Helen Richey (dancer) returned as judges, alongside Kym Johnson and Adam Garcia. The show received significant promotion using Nathaniel Willemse's song "Live Louder" in the use of its television commercials throughout early September.

Couples

The celebrity cast was announced on August 28, through a News.com.au article.[1] Actor Paul Fenech was originally part of the cast (partnering Alana Patience), but withdrew after he was arrested in September.[2]

Celebrity Occupation / known for Professional partner Status
Ashley Hart Model Julz Tocker Eliminated 1st
on October 7, 2014
April Rose Pengilly Actress Aric Yegudkin Eliminated 2nd
on October 14, 2014
Kyly Clarke Weather presenter Damian Whitewood Withdrew
on October 14, 2014
Mark Holden Former pop star & television personality Jessica Prince Eliminated 3rd
on October 21, 2014
Eamon Sullivan Olympic swimmer Ash-Leigh Hunter
Melanie Hooper (week 5)
Eliminated 4th
on October 30, 2014
Torah Bright Olympic snowboarder Robbie Kmetoni
Jarryd Byrne (week 5)
Withdrew
on November 4, 2014
Matt Cooper NRL player Masha Belash
Ash-Leigh Hunter (week 5)
Eliminated 5th
on November 11, 2014
Tai Hara Home and Away actor Jorja Freeman
Masha Belash (week 5)
Eliminated 6th
on November 18, 2014
Ricki-Lee Coulter Pop star Jarryd Byrne
Carmelo Pizzino (week 5)
Third Place
on November 25, 2014
Lynne McGranger Veteran television actress Carmelo Pizzino
Robbie Kmetoni (week 5)
Runner-Up
on November 25, 2014
David Rodan AFL player Melanie Hooper
Jorja Freeman (week 5)
Winners
on November 25, 2014

Scoring chart

Couple Place 1 2 1 + 2 3 4 5 6 5+6 7 8 7+8 9 10
David & Melanie 1 34 28 62 33 36 38 33+10=43 81 36+35=71 33+28=61 132 30+40=70 40+40+40=120
Lynne & Carmelo 2 29 30 59 32 25 29 28+5=33 62 30+32=62 29+32=61 123 28+35=63 36+38+36=110
Ricki-Lee & Jarryd 3 31 34 65 30 33 32 36+8=44 76 33+35=68 36+37=73 141 27+37=64 40+38=78
Tai & Jorja 4 32 23 55 23 22 32 35+9=44 76 26+32=58 35+34=69 127 29+36=65
Matt & Masha 5 28 27 55 32 29 32 32+7=39 71 24+32=56 38+37=75 131
Torah & Robbie 6 15 35 50 21 33 30 31+6=37 67
Eamon & Ash-Leigh 7 29 32 61 35 28 26 27+4=31 57
Mark & Jessica 8 19 17 36 4 12
Kyly & Damian 9 35 34 69
April & Aric 10 32 30 62 29
Ashley & Julz 11 28 23 51
Red numbers indicate the lowest score for each week
Green numbers indicate the highest score for each week
     the couple eliminated that week
     the returning couple finishing in the bottom two (or three)
     the returning couple that was the last to be called safe
     the winning couple
     the runner-up couple
     the third-place couple

Averages

Rank by average Place Couple Total points Number of dances Average
1 1 David & Melanie 494 14 35.2
2 3 Ricki-Lee & Jarryd 452 13 34.8
3 9 Kyly & Damian 69 2 34.5
4 2 Lynne & Carmelo 440 14 31.4
5 5 Matt & Masha 311 11 31.1
6 10 April & Aric 91 3 30.3
7 4 Tai & Jorja 330 11 30.0
8 7 Eamon & Ash-Leigh 177 6 29.5
9 6 Torah & Robbie 165 6 27.5
10 11 Ashley & Julz 51 2 25.5
11 8 Mark & Jessica 52 4 13.0

*Team dance scores from Week 6 are included in these totals, but Halloween marathon scores from Week 5 are not. The scores from Round 1 on Week 9 are not included as they were not scored on the 40-point scale. Paul Fenech's scores are not included at all.

Highest and lowest scoring performances

The best and worst performances in each dance according to the judges' 40-point scale are as follows:

Dance Best dancer(s) Highest score Worst dancer(s) Lowest score
Cha-cha-cha David Rodan 40 Tai Hara 22
Foxtrot Matt Cooper 38 Torah Bright 15
Contemporary David Rodan 40* Tai Hara 32
Jive David Rodan
Ricki-Lee Coulter
Lynne McGranger
36 Tai Hara 23
Quickstep David Rodan 40 Lynne McGranger 28
Jazz Lynne McGranger 34 Mark Holden 4
Samba April Rose Pengilly 30 Torah Bright 21
Rumba David Rodan 38 Matt Cooper 24
Waltz Kyly Clarke 34 Matt Cooper 27
Salsa Lynne McGranger 37* Ashley Hart 23
Tango Ricki-Lee Coulter 37 Eamon Sullivan 28
Paso Doble Ricki-Lee Coulter 40 Mark Holden 12
Viennese Waltz David Rodan
Ricki-Lee Coulter
33 Mark Holden 17
Marathon David Rodan 10 Eamon Sullivan 4
Team Dance Ricki-Lee Coulter
David Rodan
35 Lynne McGranger
Matt Cooper
Tai Hara
32
Argentine Tango Tai Hara 38* Matt Cooper 37
New Dance David Rodan (Bollywood) 40 Lynne McGranger (Charleston) 35
Freestyle David Rodan 40 Lynne McGranger
Ricki-Lee Coulter
38

Couples' highest and lowest scoring dances

According to the 40-point scale:

Couples Highest Scoring Dance(s) Lowest Scoring Dance(s)
David & Melanie Bollywood, Contemporary*, Quickstep, Frestyle, Cha-Cha-Cha (40) Samba, Foxtrot (28)
Lynne & Carmelo Freestyle (38) Cha-Cha-Cha (25)
Ricki-Lee & Jarryd Paso Doble (40) Rumba (30)
Tai & Jorja Argentine Tango* (38) Cha-Cha-Cha (22)
Matt & Masha Foxtrot (38) Rumba (24)
Torah & Robbie Contemporary (35) Foxtrot (15)
Eamon & Ash-Leigh Quickstep (35) Jive (26)
Mark & Jessica Foxtrot (19) Jazz (4)
Kyly & Damian Contemporary (35) Waltz (34)
April & Aric Viennese Waltz (32) Rumba (29)
Ashley & Julz Cha-Cha-Cha (28) Salsa (23)

Weekly scores

Individual judges scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Todd McKenney, Helen Richey, Kym Johnson, Adam Garcia.

Week 1

Running order
Couple Score Dance Music
Ashley & Julz 28 (7, 7, 7, 7) Cha-Cha-Cha "I Will Never Let You Down"—Rita Ora
Eamon & Ash-Leigh 29 (6, 8, 7, 8) Foxtrot "Story of My Life"—One Direction
Kyly & Damian 35 (9, 9, 9, 8) Contemporary "Read All About It"—Emeli Sande
David & Melanie 34 (9, 8, 8, 9) Cha-Cha-Cha "Everybody"—Justice Crew
Lynne & Carmelo 29 (7, 7, 7, 8) Viennese Waltz "It's a Man's Man's Man's World"—James Brown
Matt & Masha 28 (6, 7, 8, 7) Cha-Cha-Cha "Timber"—Pitbull feat. Kesha
Mark & Jessica 19 (2, 6, 6, 5) Foxtrot "You Make Me Feel So Young"—Frank Sinatra
April & Aric 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) Viennese Waltz "Say Something"—A Great Big World feat. Christina Aguilera
Torah & Robbie 15 (1, 3, 5, 6) Foxtrot "Rather Be"—Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne
Tai & Jorja 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) Contemporary "All of Me"—John Legend
Ricki-Lee & Jarryd 31 (7, 8, 8, 8) Cha-Cha-Cha "Move"—Little Mix

Week 2

Running order
Couple Score Dance Music Result
David & Melanie 28 (7, 7, 7, 7) Samba "I Want You Back"—The Jackson 5 Safe
Matt & Masha 27 (6, 7, 7, 7) Waltz "Let It Go"—Idina Menzel Safe
April & Aric 30 (7, 7, 8, 8) Samba "Bamboleo"—Gipsy Kings Safe
Mark & Jessica 17 (3, 5, 5, 4) Viennese Waltz "She's Leaving Home"—The Beatles Bottom two
Lynne & Carmelo 30 (8, 8, 7, 7) Jive "Shake a Tail Feather"—Ray Charles Safe
Kyly & Damian 34 (7, 9, 9, 9) Waltz "You Raise Me Up"–Josh Groban Safe
Ashley & Julz 23 (5, 6, 6, 6) Salsa "(I've Had) The Time of My Life"—Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes Eliminated
Eamon & Ash-Leigh 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) Paso Doble "The Pretender"—Foo Fighters Safe
Ricki-Lee & Jarryd 34 (8, 8, 9, 9) Contemporary "One Sweet Day"—Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men Safe
Tai & Jorja 23 (5, 6, 6, 6) Foxtrot "Keep it Loose, Keep it Tight"—Amos Lee Safe
Torah & Robbie 35 (9, 8, 9, 9) Contemporary "Roar"—Katy Perry Safe

Week 3

Running order
Couple Score Dance Music Result
Matt & Masha 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) Tango "Love Runs Out"—OneRepublic Safe
Eamon & Ash-Leigh 35 (9, 9, 8, 9) Quickstep "Puttin' On the Ritz"—Irving Berlin Safe
April & Aric 29 (7, 7, 7, 8) Rumba "You Ruin Me"—The Veronicas Eliminated
David & Melanie 33 (7, 9, 9, 8) Viennese Waltz "If I Knew"—Bruno Mars Safe
Tai & Jorja 23 (5, 6, 6, 6) Jive "Don't Stop"—5 Seconds of Summer Safe
Mark & Jessica 4 (1, 1, 1, 1) Jazz "House of Fun"—Madness Safe
Torah & Robbie 21 (5, 5, 6, 5) Samba "Problem"—Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea Bottom two
Ricki-Lee & Jarryd 30 (7, 8, 8, 7) Rumba "Halo"—Beyoncé Safe
Lynne & Carmelo 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) Tango "Addicted to You"—Avicii Safe

Week 4

Running order
Couple Score Dance Music Result
David & Melanie 36 (9, 9, 9, 9) Quickstep "Let's Go Crazy"—Prince & The Revolution Safe
Matt & Masha 29 (6, 7, 8, 8) Salsa "Can't Touch This"—MC Hammer Safe
Eamon & Ash-Leigh 28 (7, 8, 7, 6) Tango "Rock and Roll All Nite"—KISS Safe
Torah & Robbie 33 (9, 8, 8, 8) Jive "Shake It Off"—Taylor Swift Safe
Lynne & Carmelo 25 (6, 6, 6, 7) Cha-Cha-Cha "It's My Party"—Jessie J Safe
Tai & Jorja 22 (4, 6, 6, 6) Cha-Cha-Cha "Party Rock Anthem"—LMFAO Bottom two
Mark & Jessica 12 (1, 3, 3, 5) Paso Doble "Highway To Hell"—ACDC Eliminated
Ricki-Lee & Jarryd 33 (8, 8, 8, 9) Foxtrot "Time After Time"—Cyndi Lauper Safe

Week 5

Running order
Couple Score Dance Music
Tai & Masha 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) Paso Doble "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)"—Fall Out Boy
Torah & Jarryd 30 (7, 7, 8, 8) Viennese Waltz "The Only Exception"—Paramore
Eamon & Melanie 26 (5, 7, 7, 7) Jive "Dance with Me Tonight"—Olly Murs
Matt & Ash-Leigh 32 (9, 8, 8, 7) Foxtrot "Moondance"—Van Morrison
David & Jorja 38 (10, 9, 9, 10) Rumba "Thinking Out Loud"—Ed Sheeran
Ricki-Lee & Carmelo 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) Jive "Another Man"—Itch ft. Megan Joy
Lynne & Robbie 29 (7, 7, 7, 8) Foxtrot "Dark Paradise"—Lana Del Rey

Week 6

Running order
Couple Score Dance Music Result
Ricki-Lee & Jarryd 36 (9, 9, 9, 9) Paso Doble "Thriller"—Michael Jackson Safe
David & Melanie 33 (9, 8, 8, 8) Tango "Black Widow"—Iggy Azalea feat. Rita Ora Safe
Eamon & Ash-Leigh 27 (6, 7, 7, 7) Samba "Fun House"—Pink Eliminated
Matt & Masha 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) Paso Doble "Sympathy for the Devil"—The Rolling Stones Safe
Tai & Jorja 35 (9, 8, 9, 9) Tango "Little Drop of Poison"—Tom Waits Safe
Lynne & Carmelo 28 (7, 7, 7, 7) Quickstep "That Old Black Magic"—Frank Sinatra Safe
Torah & Robbie 31 (8, 7, 8, 8) Paso Doble "Bring Me to Life"—Evanescence Bottom two
Eamon & Ash-Leigh
Lynne & Carmelo
Torah & Robbie
Matt & Masha
Ricki-Lee & Jarryd
Tai & Jorja
David & Melanie
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Halloween Marathon "This is Halloween"—from The Nightmare Before Christmas
"Devil Gate Drive"—Suzi Quatro
"Monster Mash"—Bobby "Boris" Pickett
"The Time Warp"—from The Rocky Horror Picture Show
N/A

Week 7

Running order
Couple Score Dance Music Result
David & Melanie 36 (9, 9, 9, 9) Jive "Happy"—Pharrell Williams Safe
Matt & Masha 24 (5, 6, 7, 6) Rumba "Impossible"—James Arthur Safe
Tai & Jorja 26 (6, 6, 7, 7) Viennese Waltz "Hallelujah"—Jeff Buckley Safe
Lynne & Carmello 30 (7, 7, 8, 8) Jazz "Le Jazz Hot!"— from Victor/Victoria Safe
Ricki-Lee & Jarryd 33 (8, 8, 8, 9) Viennese Waltz "Fallin'"—Alicia Keys Safe
Lynne & Carmello
Matt & Masha
Tai & Jorja
32 (8, 8, 8, 8) Team Rock (Paso Doble/Tango Fusion) "Thunderstruck"—AC/DC N/A
Ash-Leigh* & Robbie
Ricki-Lee & Jarryd
David & Melanie
35 (8, 8, 10, 9) Team Pop (Cha-Cha-Cha/Samba Fusion) "Bom Bom"—Sam and the Womp N/A

* Due to Torah being injured, she was replaced by Ash-Leigh Hunter in Team Pop.

Week 8

Running order
Couple Scores Dance Music Result
Tai & Jorja 35 (8, 10, 9, 8) Paso Doble "Scott & Fran's Paso Doble" — David Hirschfelder Safe
34 (9, 8, 8, 9) Rumba "Stay with Me"—Sam Smith
Matt & Masha 38 (9, 10, 9, 10) Foxtrot "It's a Beautiful Day"—Michael Bublé Eliminated
37 (9, 9, 10, 9) Argentine Tango "Asi se Baila el Tango"—Veronica Verdier
David & Melanie 33 (8, 9, 8, 8) Rumba "Only Love Can Hurt Like This"—Paloma Faith Safe
28 (5, 6, 8, 9) Foxtrot "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"—Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
Lynne & Carmelo 29 (7, 7, 7, 8) Foxtrot "You're the Boss"—Elvis Presley & Ann-Margret Safe
32 (8, 8, 8, 8) Waltz "Open Arms"—Mariah Carey
Ricki-Lee & Jarryd 36 (9, 9, 9, 9) Jive "Bang Bang"—Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj Last to be called safe
37 (10, 9, 9, 9) Tango "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"—Lorde

Week 9 - Semi-Finals

Running order
Couple Scores Dance Music Result Mentor
Ricki-Lee & Jarryd 27 (9, 9, X, 9) Quickstep "Do Your Thing"—Basement Jaxx Safe Kym Johnson
37 (9, 9, 10, 9) Broadway "Cinema Italiano"—Kate Hudson
Tai & Jorja 29 (9, X, 10, 10) Argentine Tango "El Sonido De La Milonga"—Campo Eliminated Helen Richey
36 (9, 9, 9, 9) Urban "Talk Dirty"—Jason Derulo feat. 2 Chainz
Lynne & Carmelo 28 (10, 9, 9, X) Salsa "Conga"—Gloria Estefan Safe Adam Garcia
35 (8, 10, 9, 8) Charleston "Pencil Full of Lead"—Paolo Nutini
David & Melanie 30 (X, 10, 10, 10) Contemporary "Latch"—Sam Smith Last to be called safe Todd McKenney
40 (10, 10, 10, 10) Bollywood "Ek Ajnabee"— Sunidhi Chauhan, Sukhwinder Singh & Vishal Dadlani

Week 10 - Grand Final

Running order
Couple Scores Dance Music Result
Ricki-Lee & Jarryd 40 (10, 10, 10, 10) Paso Doble "Malaguena"—Domingo DeGrazia Third Place
38 (10, 9, 10, 9) Freestyle "Shot Me Down"—David Guetta feat. Skylar Grey
N/A Foxtrot "Time After Time"—Cyndi Lauper
David & Melanie 40 (10, 10, 10, 10) Quickstep "Jumpin' Jack"—Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Winners
40 (10, 10, 10, 10) Freestyle "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)"—Michael Jackson
40 (10, 10, 10, 10) Cha-Cha-Cha "Everybody"—Justice Crew
Lynne & Carmelo 36 (9, 9, 9, 9) Jazz "I'm a Woman"—from Smokey Joe's Cafe Runners-Up
38 (9, 9, 10, 10) Freestyle "I Just Wanna Dance"—Alison Jiear
36 (9, 9, 9, 9) Jive "Shake a Tail Feather"—Ray Charles

Dance chart

The celebrities and professional partners danced one of these routines for each corresponding week:

Couple Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10
David & Melanie Cha-Cha-Cha Samba Viennese Waltz Quickstep Rumba
David & Jorja
Tango Halloween Marathon Jive Team Pop Rumba Foxtrot Contemporary Bollywood Quickstep Freestyle Cha-Cha-Cha
Lynne & Carmelo Viennese Waltz Jive Tango Cha-Cha-Cha Foxtrot
Lynne & Robbie
Quickstep Halloween Marathon Jazz Team Rock Foxtrot Waltz Salsa Charleston Jazz Freestyle Jive
Ricki-Lee & Jarryd Cha-Cha-Cha Contemporary Rumba Foxtrot Jive
Ricki-Lee & Carmelo
Paso Doble Halloween Marathon Viennese Waltz Team Pop Jive Tango Quickstep Broadway Paso Doble Freestyle Foxtrot
Tai & Jorja Contemporary Foxtrot Jive Cha-Cha-Cha Paso Doble
Tai & Masha
Tango Halloween Marathon Viennese Waltz Team Rock Paso Doble Rumba Argentine Tango Urban
Matt & Masha Cha-Cha-Cha Waltz Tango Salsa Foxtrot
Matt & Ash-Leigh
Paso Doble Halloween Marathon Rumba Team Rock Foxtrot Argentine Tango
Torah & Robbie Foxtrot Contemporary Samba Jive Viennese Waltz
Torah & Jarryd
Paso Doble Halloween Marathon Quickstep Team Pop
Eamon & Ash-Leigh Foxtrot Paso Doble Quickstep Tango Jive
Eamon & Melanie
Samba Halloween Marathon
Mark & Jessica Foxtrot Viennese Waltz Jazz Paso Doble
Kyly & Damian Contemporary Waltz Jazz
April & Aric Viennese Waltz Samba Rumba
Ashley & Julz Cha-Cha-Cha Salsa
     Highest scoring dance
     Lowest scoring dance
     Not performed or scored

References