Dancing with the Stars (Australian season 4)
| Dancing with the Stars (season 4) | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | Australia |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Seven Network |
| Original run | 21 February 2006 – 9 May 2006 |
| Additional information | |
| Celebrity winner | Grant Denyer |
| Professional winner | Amanda Garner |
The fourth season of the Australian Dancing with the Stars TV series premiered on Tuesday 21 February 2006 and concluded on Tuesday 9 May 2006.
Couples
The following celebrities competed.
| Celebrity | Occupation | Professional partner | Dance number | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian "Molly" Meldrum | Popular music critic | Alana Patience | 07 | Eliminated 1st on 28 February 2006 |
| Luke Ricketson | NRL player | Eliza Campagna | 06 | Eliminated 2nd on 7 March 2006 |
| Alicia Molik | Former tennis player | John Paul Collins | 01 | Eliminated 3rd on 14 March 2006 |
| Simone Callahan | Cricket WAG | Gordon Derbogosijan | 09 | Eliminated 4th on 28 March 2006 |
| Jennifer Hawkins | Miss Universe 2004 | Sergei Bolgarschii | 03 | Eliminated 5th on 4 April 2006 |
| Kate Langbroek | Radio DJ | Alexander Bryan | 04 | Eliminated 6th on 18 April 2006 |
| Noeline Brown | TV personality | Carmello Pizzino | 08 | Eliminated 7th on 25 April 2006 |
| Toby Allen | Human Nature singer | Leanne Bampton | 10 | Third place on 2 May 2006 |
| Kostya Tszyu | Welterweight boxer | Luda Kroitor | 05 | Runners-up on 9 May 2006 |
| Winners on 9 May 2006 |
Weather Presenter Grant Denyer and his partner Amanda Garner won the series, defeating Boxer Kostya Tszyu and his partner.
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 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 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant & Amanda | 1st | 25 | 29 | 54 | 33 | 28 | 25 | 29 | 39 | 34+37=71 | 39+40=79 | 40+39+40=119 | |||||||||
| Kostya & Luda | 2nd | 26 | 27 | 53 | 24 | 27 | 31 | 27 | 31 | 33+28=61 | 30+28=58 | 32+35+34=101 | |||||||||
| Toby & Leanne | 3rd | 32 | 32 | 64 | 36 | 31 | 32 | 34 | 35 | 34+31=65 | 35+37=72 | ||||||||||
| Noeline & Carmello | 4th | 23 | 26 | 49 | 29 | 27 | 24 | 18 | 23 | 22+20=42 | |||||||||||
| Kate & Alex | 5th | 19 | 25 | 44 | 23 | 25 | 18 | 24 | 17 | ||||||||||||
| Jennifer & Serghei | 6th | 25 | 31 | 56 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 24 | |||||||||||||
| Simone & Gordon | 7th | 14 | 24 | 38 | 17 | 13 | 19 | ||||||||||||||
| Alicia & John-Paul | 8th | 23 | 20 | 43 | 24 | 21 | |||||||||||||||
| Luke & Eliza | 9th | 19 | 28 | 47 | 20 | ||||||||||||||||
| Molly & Alana | 10th | 16 | 22 | 38 | |||||||||||||||||
Averages
This table only counts for dances scored on a traditional 40-points scale.
| Rank by average |
Place | Couple | Total points earned |
Number of dances |
Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Grant & Amanda | 477 | 14 | 34.1 |
| 3 | 2 | Toby & Leanne | 369 | 11 | 33.5 |
| 2 | 3 | Kostya & Luda | 446 | 14 | 31.9 |
| 6 | 4 | Jennifer & Serghei | 164 | 6 | 27.3 |
| 4 | 5 | Noeline & Carmello | 212 | 9 | 23.6 |
| 9 | 6 | Luke & Eliza | 67 | 3 | 22.3 |
| 8 | 7 | Alicia & John-Paul | 88 | 4 | 22.0 |
| 5 | 8 | Kate & Alex | 151 | 7 | 21.6 |
| 10 | 9 | Molly & Alana | 38 | 2 | 19.0 |
| 7 | 10 | Simone & Gordan | 87 | 5 | 17.4 |
Dance Schedule
The celebrities and professional partners will dance one of these routines for each corresponding week.
- Week 1 : Cha-cha-cha or Waltz
- Week 2 : Quickstep or Rumba
- Week 3 : Jive or Tango
- Week 4 : Foxtrot or Paso doble
- Week 5 : Samba
- Week 6 : One unlearned Ballroom or Latin dance from weeks 1–5
- Week 7 : One unlearned Ballroom or Latin dance from weeks 1–6
- Week 8 : Two unlearned Ballroom or Latin dances from weeks 1–7
- Week 9 : Final unlearned Ballroom or Latin dance from weeks 1–8 & Group American Smooth
- Week 10 : Two Favourite Dances of the Season & Freestyle
- When couples made it to Week 6, they would eventually have to perform a Viennese Waltz.
Dance Chart
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant & Amanda | Cha-cha-cha | Quickstep | Jive | Foxtrot | Samba | Waltz | Paso doble | Tango | Viennese Waltz | Rumba | American Smooth | Paso doble | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kostya & Luda | Waltz | Rumba | Tango | Paso doble | Samba | Quickstep | Foxtrot | Viennese Waltz | Jive | Cha-cha-cha | American Smooth | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||
| Toby & Leanne | Waltz | Rumba | Tango | Paso doble | Samba | Cha-cha-cha | Viennese Waltz | Jive | Foxtrot | Quickstep | American Smooth | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Noeline & Carmello | Cha-cha-cha | Quickstep | Jive | Foxtrot | Samba | Rumba | Tango | Waltz | Paso doble | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kate & Alex | Waltz | Rumba | Tango | Paso doble | Samba | Viennese Waltz | Jive | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jennifer & Serghei | Waltz | Rumba | Tango | Paso doble | Samba | Jive | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simone & Gordon | Cha-cha-cha | Quickstep | Jive | Foxtrot | Samba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alicia & John Paul | Waltz | Rumba | Tango | Paso doble | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Luke & Eliza | Cha-cha-cha | Quickstep | Jive | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Molly & Alana | Cha-cha-cha | Quickstep | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Highest scoring dance
- Lowest scoring dance
| Preceded by Dancing with the Stars (Australian season 3) |
Dancing with the Stars (Australian version) Season 4 |
Succeeded by Dancing with the Stars (Australian season 5) |
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