Dancing with the Stars (Australian season 6)

Dancing With The Stars (season 6)
Country of origin Australia
No. of episodes 10
Broadcast
Original channel Seven Network
Original run 20 February 2007 – 1 May 2007
Additional information
Celebrity winner Kate Ceberano
Professional winner John Paul Collins

The sixth season of the Australian Dancing with the Stars TV series premiered on Tuesday 20 February 2007 and concluded on Tuesday 1 May 2007. It featured the following celebrities.

Couples

Celebrity Occupation Professional partner Status Voting number
Wendell Sailor NRL player Linda De Nicola Eliminated 1st
on 27 February 2007
1-800-868-3410
Kimberley Davies Actress Paul Zaidman Eliminated 2nd
on 6 March 2007
1-800-868-3405
Naomi Robson Newsreader Steven Grace Eliminated 3rd
on 13 March 2007
1-800-868-3406
Todd Woodbridge Tennis Champion Emily Reilly Eliminated 4th
on 20 March 2007
1-800-868-3409
Tatiana Grigorieva Olympic pole vaulter Brendan Humphreys Eliminated 5th
on 27 March 2007
1-800-868-3407
David Graham Farmer/Big Brother housemate Eliza Campagna Eliminated 6th
on 10 April 2007
1-800-868-3401
Jamie Durie TV presenter Amanda Garner Eliminated 7th
on 17 April 2007
1-800-868-3403
Tim Campbell Actor Natalie Lowe Third Place
on 24 April 2007
1-800-868-3408
Fifi Box Radio personality Paul Green Runners-Up
on 1 May 2007
1-800-868-3402
Kate Ceberano
Singer
John Paul Collins
Winners
on 1 May 2007
1-800-868-3404

Kate Ceberano and her partner John-Paul Collins won the series, defeating Fifi Box and her 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 couple that would have been eliminated had an elimination taken place.
     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
Kate & John-Paul 1 29 46 75 32 36 30 30+30=60 33 35+35=70 39+34=73 36+37+40=113
Fifi & Paul G. 2 31 37 68 34 31 32 32+31=63 35 33+35=68 28+33=61 38+38+38=114
Tim & Natalie 3 41 43 84 34 32 35 39+34=73 33 36+34=70 37+35=72
Jamie & Amanda 4 32 29 61 31 24 31 25+34=59 36 32+32=64
David & Eliza 5 18 27 45 19 18 10 4+22=26 24
Tatiana & Brendan 6 39 35 74 30 33 26 28+26=54
Todd & Emily 7 39 35 74 35 28 27
Naomi & Steven 8 26 29 55 21 21
Kimberley & Paul Z. 9 29 29 58 29
Wendell & Linda 10 30 25 55

Week 1: For the very first week, Tim & Natalie were in the top of the leaderboard with 4150 for their Quickstep. David & Eliza were in the bottom of the leaderboard with 1850 for their own Cha-cha-cha.
Week 2: The second week has five judges. Kate & John-Paul came in first place of the leaderboard with 4650 for their Jive. However, Tim & Natalie were in first place with 84100 for both nights, as Kate & John-Paul both scored their perfect 10s. Wendell & Linda were in last place of the leaderboard with 2550 and David & Eliza in couple last place 45100 for both nights. However, Wendell & Linda scored 55100 and they were the first couple to be eliminated in Season 6.
Week 3: Todd & Emily topped the leaderboard with 3540 for their Foxtrot. David & Eliza were sent to the bottom of the leaderboard with 1940 for their Salsa, Kimberley & Paul Z. they were eliminated.
Week 6: David & Eliza were given the lowest possible score of 440 for their paso doble performance in what judge Mark Wilson called a "crapo doble". Todd McKenney remarked, "I only gave him a '1' because I didn't have a '0'".

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 3 Tim & Natalie 433 12 36.1
2 1 Kate & John-Paul 522 15 34.8
3 2 Fifi & Paul 506 15 33.7
4 7 Todd & Emily 164 5 32.8
5 8 Tatiana & Brendan 217 7 31.0
6 4 Jamie & Amanda 306 10 30.6
7 6 Kimberley & Paul 87 3 29.0
8 10 Wendell & Linda 55 2 27.5
9 11 Naomi & Steven 97 4 24.3
10 5 David & Eliza 142 8 17.8

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
Kate & John Paul Quickstep Jive Foxtrot Paso doble Samba Waltz Salsa Tango Cha-cha-cha Rumba Cha-cha-cha Argentine Tango Freestyle
Fifi & Paul G. Cha-cha-cha Tango Salsa Waltz Samba Quickstep Paso doble Rumba Foxtrot Jive Argentine Tango Freestyle
Tim & Natalie Quickstep Jive Salsa Waltz Rumba Tango Foxtrot Cha-cha-cha Samba Paso doble Argentine Tango
Jamie & Amanda Cha-cha-cha Tango Salsa Waltz Rumba Samba
David & Eliza Cha-cha-cha Tango Salsa Waltz Samba Foxtrot Jive Paso doble
Tatiana & Brendan Quickstep Jive Foxtrot Paso doble Rumba
Todd & Emily Quickstep Jive Foxtrot Paso doble Rumba
Naomi & Steven Quickstep Jive Foxtrot Paso doble
Kimberley & Paul Z. Cha-cha-cha Tango Salsa
Wendell & Linda Cha-cha-cha Tango
     Highest scoring dance
     Lowest scoring dance
Preceded by
Dancing with the Stars (Australian season 5)
Dancing with the Stars (Australian version)
Season 6
Succeeded by
Dancing with the Stars (Australian season 7)

References