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Dancing with the Stars (Australian TV series)

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Dancing with the Stars
File:Dancing with the Stars Australian Logo.svg
Dancing with the Stars logo
Created byBBC
Granada
StarringDaryl Somers
Sonia Kruger
Country of originAustralia
No. of episodes43 (as of October 17, 2006)
Production
Running timeapprox 90 to 120 minutes per episode
(including commercials)
Original release
NetworkSeven Network
Release2004 –
present

Dancing with the Stars is an Australian television series based on the British Strictly Come Dancing. It was the first adaptation of the now widespread format. The show pairs a number of celebrities (or stars) with professional ballroom dancers who each week compete against each other in a competition to impress a panel of judges and ultimately the viewing public in order to survive potential elimination. Through a telephone poll, viewers vote for the couples they think should stay, taking into account an average score as given by the panel of judges. Dancing with the Stars has been a huge success and a consistently high rating performer, usually finishing as one of the top 5 shows for every week. It is filmed live in Melbourne on Tuesdays at 7.30pm. It regularly rates as Tuesday's number one show with an average of two million viewers.

On Air

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Daryl Somers, host of Dancing With The Stars

Hosts

Judges

Series

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Series One

The first series aired in late 2004 and featured the following celebrities:

Bec Cartwright and partner Michael Mizner were eventually declared the winners, beating Pauline Hanson and her partner.

Series Two

Series two aired in early 2005 and featured the following celebrities:

The second series was won by Tom Williams, who beat Ian Roberts.

Series Three

Series three premiered in late 2005 and featured the following celebrities:

The winner of the series was Ada Nicodemou, who beat Chris Bath.

Champion of Champions

The winners of Series Two and Series Three competed to be crowned Champion of Champions.

  • Ada Nicodemou & Aric Yegudkin
  • Tom Williams & Kym Johnson

The Champion of Champions was Ada Nicodemou, who defeated Tom Williams on the basis of viewer votes.

Series Four

Series four premiered in early 2006 and featured the following celebrities:

Grant Denyer was the overall winner, beating Kostya Tszyu.

Series Five

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Series five premiered on Tuesday 26 September and features the following celebrities:

Celebrity Occupation Professional Partner [1] Status
Kerry Armstrong Actress Christopher Ryan Eliminated 3rd
on October 17
Arianne Caoili Teenage chess champion Carmelo Pizzino Still in the running
Fiona Falkiner The Biggest Loser contestant Serghei Bolgarschii Eliminated 1st
on October 3
Andrew Gaze Basketball star Linda DeNicola Still in the running
Chris Hemsworth Actor on Home and Away Abbey Ross Eliminated 6th
on November 7
Amanda Keller Radio Host Csaba Szirmai Eliminated 5th
on October 31
Anthony Koutoufides Carlton Football Club Aussie Rules player Natalie Lowe Still in the running
Tamsyn Lewis Mid-distance runner Arsen Kishishian Still in the running
Gary Sweet Australian actor Eliza Campagna Eliminated 4th
on October 24
Tom Waterhouse Son of horse trainer and businesswoman Gai Waterhouse Alana Patience Eliminated 2nd
on October 10

Controversy

Throughout all of the seasons there has been controversy. Some that revolved around the Dancing with the Stars contestants include:

    • All of the Home and Away stars competing in each season, consistently lasted until close to the end, with both Bec Cartwright and Ada Nicodemou winning their respective seasons, 1 and 3.
    • In Season 2, it was believed that judge Todd McKenney did not like Nikki Webster and thus gave her low scores.
    • Following this, in Season 4, Kate Langbroek locked horns with Todd when she disapproved of the way Todd had acted towards Webster.
    • Bec Cartwright (Season 1), Nikki Webster (Season 2) and Jennifer Hawkins (Season 4) all had previous dancing experience and many saw them as having an unfair advantage, despite the fact that they had experience in forms of dance, such as cheerleading and ballet, which are quite different styles to ballroom dancing. Bec Cartwright especially copped a lot of flack after winning, with many irate Pauline Hanson supporters using the excuse that she "cheated".
    • All of the winners thus far have come from Seven Network shows—Bec and Ada from Home and Away, Tom Williams from The Great Outdoors, and Grant Denyer from Sunrise—leading to accusations that Seven Network personalities are favoured in front of everyone else.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Couples - Dancing with the Stars". Retrieved 2006-09-25.
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