Dancing with the Stars (Australian season 5)

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Season of television series

Dancing with the Stars

Season 5
Hosted by| Daryl Somers
Sonia Kruger
Judges| Todd McKenney
Paul Mercurio
Helen Richey
Mark Wilson
Celebrity winner| Anthony Koutoufides
Professional winner| Natalie Lowe
Country of origin| Australia
No. of episodes| 10
Release
Original network| Seven Network
Original release| 26 September (2006-09-26) –
28 November 2006 (2006-11-28)
Season chronology

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The fifth season of the Australian Dancing with the Stars premiered on 26 September 2006. Daryl Somers and Sonia Kruger returned as hosts, while Todd McKenney, Paul Mercurio, Helen Richey, and Mark Wilson returned as judges.

AFL player Anthony Koutoufides and Natalie Lowe were announced as the winners on 28 November 2006, while chess player Arianne Caoili and Carmelo Pizzino finished in second place.

A controversy occurred in the semifinal round when judge Todd McKenney stated that he believed Arianne Caoili had received professional dance lessons prior to the competition; Caoili denied this. Channel 7's Today Tonight supported McKenney's claims, producing video footage of Caoili attending salsa classes, but Caoili said she had just started taking salsa lessons when the producers offered her a place on the show.[1]

## Couples[edit]

This season featured ten celebrity contestants.

Celebrity  | Notability  | Professional partner  | Status

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Fiona Falkiner | The Biggest Loser finalist  | Serghei Bolgarschii  | Eliminated 1st
on 3 October 2006
Tom Waterhouse | Businessman  | Alana Patience | Eliminated 2nd
on 10 October 2006
Kerry Armstrong | Actress & author  | Christopher Ryan  | Eliminated 3rd
on 17 October 2006
Gary Sweet | Film & television actor  | Eliza Campagna  | Eliminated 4th
on 24 October 2006
Amanda Keller | Television presenter  | Csaba Szirmai  | Eliminated 5th
on 31 October 2006
Chris Hemsworth | Home and Away actor  | Abbey Ross  | Eliminated 6th
on 7 November 2006
Andrew Gaze | National Basketball League player  | Linda De Nicola  | Eliminated 7th
on 14 November 2006
Tamsyn Lewis | Olympic track and field athlete | Arsen Kishishian  | Eliminated 8th
on 21 November 2006
Arianne Caoili | Chess player  | Carmello Pizzino  | Runners-up
on 28 November 2006
Anthony Koutoufides | AFL player  | Natalie Lowe | Winners
on 28 November 2006

## Scoring chart[edit]

The highest score each week is indicated in bold green with a dagger (†), while the lowest score each week is indicated in italicized red with a double-dagger (‡).

Color key:

Winners

Runners-up

Bottom two

Eliminated

Dancing with the Stars (season 5) - Weekly scores  Couple  | Pl. | Week

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1  | 2  | 1+2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7[a] | 8  | 9  | 10
Anthony & Natalie  | 1st  | 27  | 26  | 53  | 29  | 29  | 26[b] | 35[b] | 37+33=70  | 33+25=58[b] | 33+35=68†[b] | 33+35+40=118†[c]
Arianne & Carmello  | 2nd  | 32†  | 25  | 57†  | 28  | 32†  | 27  | 37†  | 34+36=70  | 36+29=65†  | 30+28=58  | 33+27+36=96‡[d]
Tamsyn & Arsen  | 3rd  | 29  | 27  | 56  | 33†[b] | 31  | 32†  | 31  | 42+36=78†  | 28+33=61  | 26+29=55‡[e] |
Andrew & Linda  | 4th  | 30  | 26  | 56  | 21  | 21‡  | 25  | 20‡  | 22+23=45‡[b] | 28+23=51‡[e] |
Chris & Abbey  | 5th  | 18‡  | 20‡  | 38‡  | 20‡  | 29  | 28  | 24  | 21+28=49[e] |
Amanda & Csaba  | 6th  | 19  | 28†  | 47  | 26  | 25  | 29  | 25[e] |
Gary & Eliza  | 7th  | 19  | 28†  | 47  | 27  | 26[b] | 15‡[e] |
Kerry & Christopher  | 8th  | 27  | 24  | 51[b] | 27  | 24[e] |
Tom & Alana  | 9th  | 28  | 22  | 50  | 23[e] |
Fiona & Serghei  | 10th  | 20  | 20‡  | 40[e] |

Notes

1. ^ The couples were scored on a 50-point scale due to the presence of a guest judge.
2. ^ a b c d e f g h This couple was in the bottom two, but was not eliminated.
3. ^ This couple finished in first place.
4. ^ This couple finished in second place.
5. ^ a b c d e f g h This couple was eliminated.

## Weekly scores[edit]

Unless indicated otherwise, individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Todd McKenney, Helen Richey, Paul Mercurio, Mark Wilson.

### Week 1[edit]

Couples performed either the cha-cha-cha or the waltz, and are listed in the order they performed.

Couple  | Scores  | Dance  | Music

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Gary & Eliza  | 19 (4, 5, 5, 5)  | Cha-cha-cha  | "Addicted to Love" — Robert Palmer
Tamsyn & Arsen  | 29 (7, 7, 7, 8)  | Waltz  | "I Will Always Love You"—Dolly Parton
Tom & Alana  | 28 (8, 7, 6, 7)  | Cha-cha-cha  | "Señorita" — Justin Timberlake
Amanda & Csaba  | 19 (4, 5, 5, 5)  | Waltz  | "Phenomenal Woman" — Olivia Newton-John
Fiona & Sergei  | 20 (3, 5, 6, 6)  | Cha-cha-cha  | "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" — Harry Belafonte
Anthony & Natalie  | 27 (6, 8, 6, 7)  | Waltz  | "Run to You" — Whitney Houston
Kerry & Christopher  | 27 (7, 7, 6, 7)  | Cha-cha-cha  | "Ain't No Other Man" — Christina Aguilera
Chris & Abbey  | 18 (5, 5, 4, 4)  | Waltz  | "The Wings" — from Brokeback Mountain
Arianne & Carmello  | 32 (7, 9, 8, 8)  | Cha-cha-cha  | "I Like the Way" — BodyRockers
Andrew & Linda  | 30 (8, 6, 8, 8)  | Waltz  | "Mr. Bojangles" — Sammy Davis Jr.

### Week 2[edit]

Couples performed either the quickstep or the rumba, and are listed in the order they performed.

Couple  | Scores  | Dance  | Music  | Result

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Tom & Alana  | 22 (5, 5, 7, 5)  | Quickstep  | "Good Morning" — from Singin' in the Rain | Safe
Anthony & Natalie  | 26 (6, 7, 6, 7)  | Rumba  | "What's Left of Me" — Nick Lachey | Safe
Fiona & Sergei  | 20 (4, 5, 6, 5)  | Quickstep  | "Piccadilly" — Ted Heath Orchestra  | Eliminated
Tamsyn & Arsen  | 27 (7, 7, 6, 7)  | Rumba  | "Fairy Tale" — Toni Braxton | Safe
Gary & Eliza  | 28 (7, 6, 8, 7)  | Quickstep  | "42nd Street" — from 42nd Street | Safe
Andrew & Linda  | 26 (6, 6, 7, 7)  | Rumba  | "One" — U2 & Mary J. Blige | Safe
Kerry & Christopher  | 24 (6, 6, 6, 6)  | Quickstep  | "Get Happy" — Judy Garland | Bottom two
Amanda & Csaba  | 28 (7, 6, 8, 7)  | Rumba  | "Buttons" — The Pussycat Dolls | Safe
Chris & Abbey  | 20 (5, 5, 5, 5)  | Rumba  | "Babylon" — David Gray | Safe
Arianne & Carmello  | 25 (7, 6, 6, 6)  | Quickstep  | "Anything Goes" — from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Safe

### Week 3[edit]

Couples performed either the jive or the tango, and are listed in the order they performed.

Couple  | Scores  | Dance  | Music  | Result

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Kerry & Christopher  | 27 (6, 7, 7, 7)  | Jive  | "Long Tall Sally" — Little Richard | Safe
Chris & Abbey  | 20 (5, 5, 5, 5)  | Tango  | "Assassin's Tango" — John Powell | Safe
Tom & Alana  | 23 (5, 6, 6, 6)  | Jive  | "Great Gosh A'Mighty" — Little Richard | Eliminated
Amanda & Csaba  | 26 (6, 7, 7, 6)  | Tango  | "Mary and Steve's Tango" — Mervyn Warren | Safe
Arianne & Carmello  | 28 (7, 7, 7, 7)  | Jive  | "Bandstand Boogie" — Barry Manilow | Safe
Anthony & Natalie  | 29 (7, 8, 7, 7)  | Tango  | "El Vaquero" — Prandi Sounds  | Safe
Gary & Eliza  | 27 (7, 7, 7, 6)  | Jive  | "Bad Bad Leroy Brown" — Frank Sinatra | Safe
Tamsyn & Arsen  | 33 (8, 9, 8, 8)  | Tango  | "Sensation" — Musica & Poesia  | Bottom two
Andrew & Linda  | 21 (5, 6, 5, 5)  | Tango  | "Watching You" — Rogue Traders | Safe

### Week 4[edit]

Musical guest: Ronan Keating

Couples performed either the paso doble or the foxtrot, and are listed in the order they performed.

Couple  | Scores  | Dance  | Music  | Result

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Andrew & Linda  | 21 (2, 6, 7, 6)  | Paso doble  | "Holding Out for a Hero" — Bonnie Tyler | Safe
Gary & Eliza  | 26 (6, 7, 6, 7)  | Foxtrot  | "Me and My Shadow" — Robbie Williams & Jonathan Wilkes | Bottom two
Tamsyn & Arsen  | 31 (7, 8, 8, 8)  | Paso doble  | "Spanish Paso Doble" — from The Mask of Zorro | Safe
Arianne & Carmello  | 32 (8, 8, 8, 8)  | Foxtrot  | "Why Don't You Do Right?" — Sinéad O'Connor | Safe
Chris & Abbey  | 29 (7, 7, 8, 7)  | Paso doble  | "Marita"  | Safe
Kerry & Christopher  | 24 (5, 6, 6, 7)  | Foxtrot  | "Moondance" — Van Morrison | Eliminated
Anthony & Natalie  | 29 (7, 7, 7, 8)  | Paso doble  | "The Stampede" — from The Lion King | Safe
Amanda & Csaba  | 25 (5, 6, 7, 7)  | Paso doble  | "Black Betty" — Spiderbait | Safe

### Week 5[edit]

Musical guest: Guy Sebastian

Couples performed the samba and are listed in the order they performed.

Couple  | Scores  | Dance  | Music  | Result

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Arianne & Carmello  | 27 (6, 7, 7, 7)  | Samba  | Gypsy Kings medley  | Safe
Anthony & Natalie  | 26 (6, 7, 7, 6)  | Samba  | "All Night Long (All Night)" — Lionel Richie | Bottom two
Amanda & Csaba  | 29 (7, 7, 8, 7)  | Samba  | "Bootylicious" — Destiny's Child | Safe
Chris & Abbey  | 28 (6, 7, 8, 7)  | Samba  | "Jump in the Line (Shake, Senora)" — Harry Belafonte | Safe
Gary & Eliza  | 15 (3, 5, 3, 4)  | Samba  | "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" — Jessica Simpson | Eliminated
Tamsyn & Arsen  | 32 (8, 8, 8, 8)  | Samba  | "The Race" & "Mas que Nada" — The Black Eyed Peas | Safe
Andrew & Linda  | 25 (6, 6, 7, 6)  | Samba  | "Magalenha" — Sérgio Mendes | Safe

### Week 6[edit]

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

Couple  | Scores  | Dance  | Music  | Result

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Tamsyn & Arsen  | 31 (8, 8, 7, 8)  | Salsa  | "Shake Up the Party" — Joy Enriquez | Safe
Chris & Abbey  | 24 (6, 6, 6, 6)  | Foxtrot  | "Dream a Little Dream of Me" — Michael Bublé | Safe
Andrew & Linda  | 20 (5, 5, 5, 5)  | Salsa  | "Stayin' Alive" — Bee Gees | Safe
Amanda & Csaba  | 25 (6, 6, 7, 6)  | Foxtrot  | "I Wanna Be Loved by You" — Sinéad O'Connor | Eliminated
Anthony & Natalie  | 35 (9, 8, 9, 9)  | Quickstep  | "That Old Black Magic" — Sammy Davis Jr. | Bottom two
Arianne & Carmello  | 37 (9, 9, 9, 10)  | Salsa  | "Ran Kan Kan" — Tito Puente | Safe

### Week 7[edit]

Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Todd McKenney, Helen Richey, Paul Mercurio, Mark Wilson, Dicko.

Ian "Dicko" Dickson appeared as a guest judge.

Each couple performed one new routine, and then all couples participated in a group West Coast Swing for individual points. Couples are listed in the order they performed.

Couple  | Scores  | Dance  | Music  | Result

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Arianne & Carmello  | 34 (6, 7, 8, 7, 6)  | Tango  | "Jealousy" — Billy Fury | Safe
Chris & Abbey  | 21 (5, 5, 3, 3, 5)  | Salsa  | "Get Busy" — Sean Paul | Eliminated
Tamsyn & Arsen  | 42 (9, 9, 8, 8, 8)  | Foxtrot  | "The Way You Look Tonight" — Michael Bublé | Safe
Andrew & Linda  | 22 (5, 5, 4, 4, 4)  | Quickstep  | "Sweet Georgia Brown" — Brother Bones and His Shadows  | Bottom two
Anthony & Natalie  | 37 (5, 8, 8, 8, 8)  | Salsa  | "Johnny's Mambo" — from Dirty Dancing | Safe
Arianne & Carmello  | 36 (6, 8, 7, 8, 7)  | Group
West Coast Swing  | "We Will Rock You" — Queen
& "SexyBack" — Justin Timberlake
Chris & Abbey  | 28 (7, 6, 3, 6, 6)
Tamsyn & Arsen  | 36 (7, 7, 7, 8, 7)
Andrew & Linda  | 23 (4, 6, 4, 5, 4)
Anthony & Natalie  | 33 (6, 7, 7, 7, 6)

### Week 8[edit]

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

Couple  | Scores  | Dance  | Music  | Result

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Tamsyn & Arsen  | 28  | Cha-cha-cha  | "It's So Nice to Have a Man Around The House" — Della Reese | Safe
33 (8, 9, 8, 8)  | Quickstep  | "Billy-A-Dick" — Bette Midler
Anthony & Natalie  | 33  | Foxtrot  | "As If We Never Said Goodbye" — Barbra Streisand | Bottom two
25 (4, 7, 7, 7)  | Cha-cha-cha  | "Rhythm of the Night" — DeBarge
Arianne & Carmello  | 36 (9, 9, 9, 9)  | Paso doble  | "Terre Aride" — Cirque du Soleil | Safe
29  | Waltz  | "His Eye Is on the Sparrow" — Lauryn Hill & Tanya Blount
Andrew & Linda  | 28 (7, 7, 7, 7)  | Foxtrot  | "Business of Love" — Domino | Eliminated
23  | Jive  | "Knock on Wood" — Amii Stewart

### Week 9[edit]

Each couple performed two routines, one of which was the Argentine tango, and are listed in the order they performed.

Couple  | Scores  | Dance  | Music  | Result

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Tamsyn & Arsen  | 26  | Jive  | "Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing" — Chris Isaak | Eliminated
29  | Argentine tango  | "Por una Cabeza" — from Scent of a Woman
Anthony & Natalie  | 35  | Argentine tango  | "Tanguera" — Musica & Poesia  | Bottom two
33  | Jive  | "Blue Suede Shoes" — Elvis Presley
Arianne & Carmello  | 30  | Rumba  | "The Prayer" — Celine Dion & Andrea Bocelli | Safe
28  | Argentine tango  | "The Tango Lesson" — Gotan Project

### Week 10[edit]

Musical guests: Human Nature, Rogue Traders, Shannon Noll & Natalie Bassingthwaighte

Couple  | Scores  | Dance  | Music  | Result

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Anthony & Natalie  | 33 (8, 8, 9, 8)  | Quickstep  | "That Old Black Magic" — Sammy Davis Jr. | Winners
35 (7, 9, 10, 9)  | Lindy Hop  | "Moonlight Serenade" — Glenn Miller
40 (10, 10, 10, 10)  | Freestyle  | "Together We Are One"—Delta Goodrem
Arianne & Carmello  | 33 (8, 8, 9, 8)  | Paso doble  | "Terre Aride" — Cirque du Soleil | Runners-up
27 (6, 7, 7, 7)  | Lindy Hop  | "Zoot Suit Riot" — Cherry Poppin' Daddies
36 (9, 9, 9, 9)  | Freestyle  | West Side Story medley

## Dance chart[edit]

The couples performed the following each week:

* Week 1: One unlearned dance (Cha-cha-cha or waltz)
* Week 2: One unlearned dance (Quickstep or rumba)
* Week 3: One unlearned dance (Jive or tango)
* Week 4: One unlearned dance (Foxtrot or paso doble)
* Week 5: Samba
* Week 6: One unlearned dance
* Week 7: One unlearned dance & group West Coast Swing
* Week 8: Two unlearned dances
* Week 9: One unlearned dance & Argentine tango
* Week 10: Favourite dance of the season, Lindy Hop & freestyle

Dancing with the Stars (season 5) - Dance chart  Couple  | Week

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1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10
Anthony & Natalie  | Waltz  | Rumba  | Tango  | Paso doble  | Samba  | Quickstep  | Salsa  | Group
West Coast Swing  | Foxtrot  | Cha-cha-cha  | Argentine tango  | Jive  | Quickstep  | Lindy Hop  | Freestyle
Arianne & Carmello  | Cha-cha-cha  | Quickstep  | Jive  | Foxtrot  | Samba  | Salsa  | Tango  | Paso doble  | Waltz  | Rumba  | Argentine tango  | Paso doble  | Lindy Hop  | Freestyle
Tamsyn & Arsen  | Waltz  | Rumba  | Tango  | Paso doble  | Samba  | Salsa  | Foxtrot  | Cha-cha-cha  | Quickstep  | Jive  | Argentine tango  |
Andrew & Linda  | Waltz  | Rumba  | Tango  | Paso doble  | Samba  | Salsa  | Quickstep  | Foxtrot  | Jive  |
Chris & Abbey  | Waltz  | Rumba  | Tango  | Paso doble  | Samba  | Foxtrot  | Salsa  |
Amanda & Csaba  | Waltz  | Rumba  | Tango  | Paso doble  | Samba  | Foxtrot  |
Gary & Eliza  | Cha-cha-cha  | Quickstep  | Jive  | Foxtrot  | Samba  |
Kerry & Christopher  | Cha-cha-cha  | Quickstep  | Jive  | Foxtrot  |
Tom & Alana  | Cha-cha-cha  | Quickstep  | Jive  |
Fiona & Serghei  | Cha-cha-cha  | Quickstep  |
Preceded by

Dancing with the Stars (Australian season 4)

|  Dancing with the Stars (Australian version)
Season 5  | Succeeded by

Dancing with the Stars (Australian season 6)

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## References[edit]

1. ^ Kalina, Paul (21 September 2006). "Champ has all the right moves". The Age. Retrieved 15 November 2008.

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