Dancing with the Stars (New Zealand series 3)

Dancing with the Stars (series 3)
Broadcast
Original channel TV One
Original run 2007 – 2007

Season three premiered on 10 April 2007, with both Gunn and Lane coming back to host. All judges were back with the exception of Paul Mercurio who wanted to focus more on the Australian version of Dancing with the Stars. In season three, it opened with 735,000 people watching, the highest out of all series' debuts.[1] On 29 May 2007, Suzanne Paul and her partner Stefano Olivieri took the title of Dancing with the Stars.

Celebrity Occupation Professional partner Placing
Suzanne Paul Television personality Stefano Olivieri Winners
on 29 May 2007
Megan Alatini Singer-songwriter Jonny Williams Runners-up
on 29 May 2007
Brendon Pongia Former basketballer & presenter Hayley Holt Eliminated 6th
on 22 May 2007
Greer Robson Shortland Street actress Aaron Gilmore Eliminated 5th
on 15 May 2007
Paul Holmes Broadcasting legend Rebecca Nicholson Eliminated 4th
on 8 May 2007
Frank Bunce Rugby player Krystal Stuart Eliminated 3rd
on 1 May 2007
Michael Laws Mayor of Whanganui Lauren de Boeck Eliminated 2nd
on 24 April 2007
April Bruce (née Ieremia) Former Newsreader & Netball player Csaba Szirmai Eliminated 1st
on 17 April 2007

Scorecard

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 couples eliminated that week.
     indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two.
     indicates the winning couple.
     indicates the runner-up couple.
Team Place 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Suzanne & Stefano 1 30 35 32 29 29+31=60 25+36=61 25+32=57 31+36+39=106
Megan & Jonny 2 32 36 30 30 31+32=63 32+34=66 32+38=70 32+37+36=105
Brendon & Hayley 3 30 28 24 30 21+26=47 28+38=66 30+26=56
Greer & Aaron 4 23 33 19 35 29+27=56 26+28=54
Paul & Rebecca 5 27 22 15 23 16+18=34
Frank & Krystal 6 23 33 27 16
Michael & Lauren 7 17 19 9
April & Csaba 8 23 21

Dance Chart

     Highest Scoring Dance
     Lowest Scoring Dance
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Suzanne & Stefano Cha-Cha-Cha Quickstep Jive Foxtrot Samba Swing Waltz Rumba Tango Waltz Paso Doble Cha-Cha-Cha Tango Freestyle
Megan & Jonny Waltz Rumba Tango Foxtrot Samba Swing Waltz Paso Doble Quickstep Jive Cha-Cha-Cha Quickstep Rumba Freestyle
Brendon & Hayley Cha-Cha-Cha Quickstep Jive Foxtrot Samba Swing Waltz Paso Doble Waltz Rumba Tango
Greer & Aaron Waltz Rumba Tango Paso Doble Samba Swing Waltz Jive Quickstep
Paul & Rebecca Waltz Rumba Tango Paso Doble Samba Swing Waltz
Frank & Krystal Waltz Rumba Tango Paso Doble
Michael & Lauren Cha-Cha-Cha Quickstep Jive
April & Csaba Cha-Cha-Cha Quickstep

Average chart

Rank by
average		 Competition
finish		 Couple Total Number of
dances		 Average
1 2 Megan & Jonny 432 13 33.2
2 1 Suzanne & Stefano 410 13 31.5
3 3 Brendon & Hayley 281 10 28.1
4 4 Greer & Aaron 220 8 27.5
5 6 Frank & Krystal 99 4 24.8
6 8 April & Csaba 44 2 22.0
7 5 Paul & Rebecca 121 6 20.2
8 7 Michael & Lauren 45 3 15.0

References

  1. ↑ "'Reveal votes' says Dancing with the Stars judge". The New Zealand Herald. 15 April 2007.