Dancing with the Stars (New Zealand series 3)

Season of television series

Dancing with the Stars

Season 3
Celebrity winner| Suzanne Paul
Professional winner| Stefano Oliveri
Country of origin| New Zealand
No. of episodes| 8
Release
Original network| TV One
Original release| 10 April (2007-04-10) –
29 May 2007 (2007-05-29)
Series chronology

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The third series of Dancing with the Stars 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.

## Couples[edit]

Celebrity  | Occupation  | Professional partner  | Placing

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Suzanne Paul | Television presenter | Stefano Olivieri | Winners
on 29 May 2007
Megan Alatini | Singer-songwriter  | Jonny Williams  | Runners-up
on 29 May 2007
Brendon Pongia | Former National Basketball League guard  | Hayley Holt | Eliminated 6th
on 22 May 2007
Greer Robson | Shortland Street actress  | Aaron Gilmore  | Eliminated 5th
on 15 May 2007
Paul Holmes | Television & radio broadcaster  | Rebecca Nicholson  | Eliminated 4th
on 8 May 2007
Frank Bunce | Former rugby union player  | Krystal Stuart  | Eliminated 3rd
on 1 May 2007
Michael Laws | Whanganui mayor  | Lauren de Boeck  | Eliminated 2nd
on 24 April 2007
April Bruce | Television presenter  | Csaba Szirmai  | Eliminated 1st
on 17 April 2007

## Scorecard[edit]

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  | 1+2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8

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Suzanne & Stefano  | 1  | 30  | 35  | 65  | 32 | 29  | 29+31=60  | 25+36=61  | 25+32=57  | 31+36+39=106
Megan & Jonny  | 2  | 32 | 36 | 68 | 30  | 30  | 31+32=63 | 32+34=66 | 32+38=70 | 32+37+36=105
Brendon & Hayley  | 3  | 30  | 28  | 58  | 24  | 30  | 21+26=47  | 28+38=66 | 30+26=56 |
Greer & Aaron  | 4  | 23  | 33  | 56  | 19  | 35 | 29+27=56  | 26+28=54 |
Paul & Rebecca  | 5  | 27  | 22  | 49  | 15  | 23  | 16+18=34 |
Frank & Krystal  | 6  | 23  | 33  | 56  | 27  | 16 |
Michael & Lauren  | 7  | 17 | 19 | 36 | 9 |
April & Csaba  | 8  | 23  | 21  | 44  |

## Dance Chart[edit]

Highest Scoring Dance
Lowest Scoring Dance
Team  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8

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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[edit]

Rank by
average  | Competition
finish  | Couple  | Total  | Number of
dances  | Average

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1 | 2 | Megan & Jonny | 432 | 13 | 33.2
2 | 1 | Suzanne & Stefano | 410 | 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

### Week 1[edit]

Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Brendan, Carol-Ann, Craig, Alison.

Running order

## References[edit]

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

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Series|

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* 4
* 5
* 6
* 7
* 8
* 9

Celebrity winners|

* Norm Hewitt
* Lorraine Downes
* Suzanne Paul
* Temepara George
* Tāmati Coffey
* Simon Barnett
* Samantha Hayes
* Manu Vatuvei
* Jazz Thornton

Professional winners|

* Carol-Ann Hickmore
* Aaron Gilmore
* Stefano Oliveri
* Samantha Hitchcock
* Vanessa Cole
* Loryn Reynolds
* Brad Coleman

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