Dancing with the Stars (Australian season 4)

The fourth season of the Australian Dancing with the Stars TV series premiered on Tuesday 21 February 2006 and concluded on Tuesday 9 May 2006.

Dancing with the Stars
Season 4
Celebrity winnerGrant Denyer
Professional winnerAmanda Garner
Country of originAustralia
No. of episodes10
Release
Original networkSeven Network
Original release21 February (2006-02-21) 
9 May 2006 (2006-05-09)
Season chronology

Grant Denyer and his partner Amanda Garner won the series, with Kostya Tszyu and his partner Luda Kroitor as runner-up.

Couples

The following celebrities competed.

Celebrity Occupation Professional partner Status
Ian "Molly" Meldrum Music critic Alana Patience Eliminated 1st
on 28 February 2006
Luke Ricketson Former NRL player Eliza Campagna Eliminated 2nd
on 7 March 2006
Alicia Molik Tennis player John Paul Collins Eliminated 3rd
on 14 March 2006
Simone Callahan Shane Warne's ex-wife Gordon Derbogosijan Eliminated 4th
on 28 March 2006
Jennifer Hawkins Miss Universe 2004 Sergei Bolgarschii Eliminated 5th
on 4 April 2006
Kate Langbroek Television presenter Alexander Bryan Eliminated 6th
on 18 April 2006
Noeline Brown Actress Carmello Pizzino Eliminated 7th
on 25 April 2006
Toby Allen Singer Leanne Bampton Eliminated 8th
on 2 May 2006
Kostya Tszyu Professional boxer Luda Kroitor Runner Up
on 9 May 2006
Grant Denyer Weather presenter Amanda Garner Winner
on 9 May 2006

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 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
Grant & Amanda 1 25 29 54 31 31 25 25 39 30+31=61 29+36=65 36+40+33=109
Kostya & Luda 2 26 27 53 30 26 31 27 31 31+31=62 24+28=52 33+34+34=101
Toby & Leanne 3 32 32 64 35 32 32 34 35 30+32=62 35+28=63
Noeline & Carmello 4 23 26 49 28 24 24 18 23 22+20=42
Kate & Alex 5 19 25 44 19 16 18 24 17
Jennifer & Serghei 6 25 31 56 26 31 29 24
Simone & Gordon 7 14 24 38 22 21 19
Alicia & John-Paul 8 23 20 43 26 18
Luke & Eliza 9 19 28 47 25
Molly & Alana 10 16 22 38

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
13Toby & Leanne3571132.45
21Grant & Amanda4401431.43
32Kostya & Luda4131429.50
46Jennifer & Serghei166627.67
59Luke & Eliza72324.00
64Noeline & Carmelo208923.11
78Alicia & John-Paul87421.75
87Simone & Gordon100520.00
95Kate & Alex138719.71
1010Molly & Alana38219.00

Highest and lowest scoring performances

The best and worst performances in each dance according to the judges' 40-point scale are as follows (guest judges scores are excluded):

Dance Best dancer(s) Highest score Worst dancer(s) Lowest score
Cha-cha-cha Toby Allen34Simone Callahan14
Waltz Toby Allen34Kate Langbroek19
Quickstep Kostya Tszyu33Ian "Molly" Meldrum22
Rumba Toby Allen32Kate Langbroek18
Jive Kostya Tszyu
Grant Denyer
31Kate Langbroek17
Tango Toby Allen35Kate Langbroek19
Foxtrot Grant Denyer36Simone Callahan21
Pasodoble Grant Denyer40Kate Langbroek16
Samba Kostya Tszyu34Kate Langbroek18
Viennese waltz Toby Allen35Noeline Brown20
American Smooth Grant Denyer36Kostya Tszyu28
Freestyle Kostya Tszyu34Grant Denyer33

    Couples' highest and lowest scoring dances

    Scores are based upon a 40-point maximum:

    Couples Highest Scoring Dance(s) Lowest Scoring Dance(s)
    Grant & AmandaPaso Doble (40)Cha-Cha-Cha, Samba & Waltz (25)
    Kostya & LudaFreestyle (34)Cha-cha-cha (24)
    Toby & LeanneTango, Viennese waltz & Quickstep (35)American Smooth (28)
    Noeline & CarmelloJive (28)Rumba (18)
    Kate & AlexRumba (25)Paso Doble (16)
    Jennifer & SergheiRumba & Paso Doble (24)Jive (24)
    Simone & GordonQuickstep (24)Cha-Cha-Cha (14)
    Alicia & John-PaulTango (26)Rumba (20)
    Luke & ElizaQuickstep (28)Cha-Cha-Cha (19)
    Molly & AlanaQuickstep (22)Cha-cha-cha (16)

      Running Order

      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

      Running order
      Couple Scores Dance Music
      Grant & Amanda 25 (5, 6, 7, 7) Cha-cha-cha "Mustang Sally"—Wilson Pickett
      Jennifer & Sergei 25 (7, 7, 6, 5) Waltz "Lotus"—Secret Garden
      Luke & Eliza 19 (4, 5, 5, 5) Cha-cha-cha "Don't Cha"—The Pussycat Dolls
      Kate & Alexander 19 (3, 5, 6, 5) Waltz "Tennessee Waltz"—Pee Wee King
      Noeline & Carmello 23 (6, 6, 5, 6) Cha-cha-cha "Tea for Two"—Louise Groody & John Barker
      Toby & Leanne 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) Waltz " "—
      Simone & Gordon 14 (3, 4, 3, 4) Cha-cha-cha "I Will Survive"—Gloria Gaynor
      Alicia & John Paul 23 (5, 5, 7, 6) Waltz "I Have Nothing"—Whitney Houston
      Molly & Alana 16 (5, 4, 3, 4) Cha-cha-cha "You Can Leave Your Hat On"—Joe Cocker / "Can You Feel It"—The Jacksons
      Kostya & Luda 26 (7, 6, 7, 6) Waltz "From Russia with Love"—Matt Monro

      Week 2

      Running order
      Couple Scores Dance Music Result
      Kostya & Luda 27 (7, 7, 6, 7) Rumba "Hero"—Mariah Carey Safe
      Luke & Eliza 28 (7, 7, 7, 7) Quickstep "I Get a Kick Out of You"—Frank Sinatra Safe
      Alicia & John Paul 20 (5, 5, 5, 5) Rumba "Untitled (How Could This Happen to Me?)"—Simple Plan Bottom two
      Molly & Alana 22 (6, 5, 5, 6) Quickstep "Walk Like an Egyptian"—The Bangles Eliminated
      Jennifer & Sergei 31 (8, 7, 8, 8) Rumba "You're Beautiful"—James Blunt Safe
      Grant & Amanda 29 (7, 7, 8, 7) Quickstep "Do Your Thing"—Basement Jaxx Safe
      Kate & Alexander 25 (6, 6, 6, 7) Rumba "Only Time"—Enya Safe
      Noeline & Carmello 26 (7, 6, 6, 7) Quickstep "Le Jazz Hot!"—Henry Mancini Safe
      Toby & Leanne 32 (8, 8, 7, 9) Rumba "Father Figure"—George Michael Safe
      Simone & Gordon 24 (6, 6, 6, 6) Quickstep "Bewitched Theme"—The Hit Crew Safe

      Week 3

      • Musical guests:
      Running order
      Couple Scores Dance Music Result
      Jennifer & Sergei 26 (6, 7, 7, 6) Tango "Libertango"—Bond Safe
      Luke & Eliza 25 (5, 6, 7, 7) Jive "L-O-V-E"—Nat King Cole Eliminated
      Kate & Alexander 19 (5, 5, 4, 5) Tango "Turning Japanese"—The Vapors Bottom two
      Kostya & Luda 30 (7, 7, 8, 8) Tango "Wags the Dog, He Likes to Tango"—The Wiggles Safe
      Simone & Gordon 22 (6, 5, 6, 5) Jive "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"—Jet Safe
      Toby & Leanne 35 (9, 8, 9, 9) Tango "Peter Gunn"—Henry Mancini Safe
      Noeline & Carmello 28 (8, 6, 7, 7) Jive "Stuff Like That There"—Bette Midler Safe
      Alicia & John Paul 26 (6, 6, 7, 7) Tango "Objection (Tango)"—Shakira Safe
      Grant & Amanda 31 (8, 7, 8, 8) Jive "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"—Wham! Safe

      Week 4

      • Musical guests:
      Running order
      Couple Scores Dance Music Result
      Kostya & Luda 26 (6, 7, 7, 6) Paso Doble "Gonna Fly Now"—DeEtta West & Nelson Pigford Safe
      Simone & Gordon 21 (5, 5, 6, 5) Foxtrot "Theme from New York, New York"—Frank Sinatra Safe
      Alicia & John Paul 18 (2, 5, 7, 4) Paso Doble "Best of You"—Foo Fighters Eliminated
      Kate & Alexander 16 (5, 4, 4, 3) Paso Doble "Theme from Star Wars"—John Williams Bottom two
      Grant & Amanda 31 (8, 8, 8, 7) Foxtrot "A Foggy Day"—Fred Astaire Safe
      Jennifer & Sergei 31 (7, 8, 8, 8) Paso Doble "España cañí"—Erich Kunzel Safe
      Noeline & Carmello 24 (6, 6, 6, 6) Foxtrot "Rose's Turn"—Bette Midler Safe
      Toby & Leanne 32 (8, 8, 7, 9) Paso Doble "Superstar"—Murray Head Safe

      Week 5

      Running order
      Couple Scores Dance Music Result
      Grant & Amanda 25 (6, 7, 7, 5) Samba "Livin' la Vida Loca"—Ricky Martin Safe
      Jennifer & Sergei 29 (7, 8, 6, 8) Samba " "— Safe
      Kostya & Luda 31 (8, 8, 8, 7) Samba "Tequila"—The Champs Safe
      Simone & Gordon 19 (4, 5, 5, 5) Samba "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing"—Leo Sayer Eliminated
      Toby & Leanne 32 (7, 8, 8, 9) Samba "I'm Going Bananas"—Madonna Safe
      Kate & Alexander 18 (4, 4, 5, 5) Samba "Gasolina"—Daddy Yankee Bottom two
      Noeline & Carmello 24 (6, 6, 6, 6) Samba "Copacabana"—Barry Manilow Safe

      Week 6

      • Musical guests:
      Running order
      Couple Scores Dance Music Result
      Toby & Leanne 34 (9, 9, 8, 8) Cha-Cha-Cha "You Should Be Dancing"—Bee Gees Safe
      Kostya & Luda 27 (6, 7, 8, 6) Viennese Waltz "Waltz No. 2"—from Eyes Wide Shut Safe
      Jennifer & Sergei 24 (5, 6, 6, 7) Jive "Just a Gigolo"— Eliminated
      Kate & Alexander 24 (6, 6, 6, 6) Viennese Waltz "Once Upon a Dream"—from Sleeping Beauty Safe
      Noeline & Carmello 18 (5, 5, 4, 4) Rumba "You've Got a Friend"—James Taylor Bottom two
      Grant & Amanda 25 (6, 6, 7, 6) Waltz "If You Don't Know Me by Now"—Simply Red Safe

      Week 7

      Running order
      Couple Scores Dance Music Result
      Kate & Alexander 17 (3, 4, 5, 5) Jive "Mickey"—Toni Basil Eliminated
      Kostya & Luda 31 (8, 7, 8, 8) Foxtrot "Change Partners"—Vic Damone Safe
      Noeline & Carmello 23 (6, 6, 5, 6) Tango "Whatever Lola Wants"—Sarah Vaughan Bottom two
      Toby & Leanne 35 (9, 8, 9, 9) Viennese Waltz "Tenterfield Saddler"—Peter Allen Safe
      Grant & Amanda 39 (10, 9, 10, 10) Paso Doble "Pump It"—The Black Eyed Peas Safe

      Week 8

      Running order
      Couple Score Dance Music Result
      Toby & Leanne 30 (7, 8, 7, 8) Jive "Time Warp"—from The Rocky Horror Show
      32 (8, 9, 7, 8) Foxtrot "Can't Take My Eyes Off You"—Frankie Valli
      Noeline & Carmello 20 (6, 5, 5, 4) Viennese Waltz "Storybook"—David Campbell Eliminated
      22 (6, 6, 5, 5) Paso Doble "The Shady Dame from Seville"—from Victor/Victoria
      Kostya & Luda 31 (8, 8, 8, 7) Quickstep "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart"— Hal Le Roy and Eunice Healey
      31 (7, 8, 8, 8) Jive "Do You Love Me"—The Contours
      Grant & Amanda 30 (7, 8, 9, 6) Tango "El Tango de Roxanne"—from Moulin Rouge!
      31 (9, 7, 8, 7) Viennese Waltz "Chim Chim Cher-ee"—from Mary Poppins

      Week 9

      Running order
      Couple Score Dance Music Result
      Kostya & Luda 24 (6, 6, 6, 6) Cha-Cha-Cha "Something Worth Fighting For"—Larisa Dolina Bottom two
      28 (7, 7, 7, 7) American Smooth "Beauty and the Beast"—from Beauty and the Beast
      Toby & Leanne 35 (9, 9, 8, 9) American Smooth "Orange Colored Sky"— Natalie Cole Eliminated
      28 (6, 8, 6, 8) Quickstep "Duelling Banjos"—from Deliverance
      Grant & Amanda 29 (6, 7, 8, 8) Rumba "I Hate You Then I Love You"—Luciano Pavarotti & Celine Dion Safe
      36 (9, 9, 9, 9) American Smooth "Singin' in the Rain"—from Singin' in the Rain

      Week 10

      Running order
      Couple Score Dance Music Result
      Kostya & Luda 33 (8, 9, 8, 8) Quickstep "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart"—Hal Le Roy and Eunice Healey Runners-up
      34 (9, 8, 9, 8) Samba " "—
      34 (8, 8, 10, 8) Freestyle " "—
      Grant & Amanda 36 (9, 9, 9, 9) Foxtrot "A Foggy Day"—Fred Astaire Winners
      40 (10, 10, 10, 10) Paso Doble "Pump It"—The Black Eyed Peas
      33 (8, 8, 9, 8) Freestyle "The Ding-Dong Daddy of the D-Car Line"—Cherry Poppin' Daddies / "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)"—Benny Goodman

      Dance schedule

      The celebrities and professional partners will dance one of these routines for each corresponding week.

      • Week 1 : Cha-cha-cha or Waltz
      • Week 2 : Quickstep or Rumba
      • Week 3 : Jive or Tango
      • Week 4 : Foxtrot or Paso doble
      • Week 5 : Samba
      • Week 6 : One unlearned Ballroom or Latin dance from weeks 1–5
      • Week 7 : One unlearned Ballroom or Latin dance from weeks 1–6
      • Week 8 : Two unlearned Ballroom or Latin dances from weeks 1–7
      • Week 9 : Final unlearned Ballroom or Latin dance from weeks 1–8 & Group American Smooth
      • Week 10 : Two Favourite Dances of the Season & Freestyle
      • When couples made it to Week 6, they would eventually have to perform a Viennese Waltz.

      Dance chart

      Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
      Grant & Amanda Cha-cha-cha Quickstep Jive Foxtrot Samba Waltz Paso doble Tango Viennese Waltz Rumba American Smooth Foxtrot Paso doble Freestyle
      Kostya & Luda Waltz Rumba Tango Paso doble Samba Quickstep Foxtrot Viennese Waltz Jive Cha-cha-cha American Smooth Quickstep Samba Freestyle
      Toby & Leanne Waltz Rumba Tango Paso doble Samba Cha-cha-cha Viennese Waltz Jive Foxtrot Quickstep American Smooth
      Noeline & Carmello Cha-cha-cha Quickstep Jive Foxtrot Samba Rumba Tango Waltz Paso doble
      Kate & Alex Waltz Rumba Tango Paso doble Samba Viennese Waltz Jive
      Jennifer & Serghei Waltz Rumba Tango Paso doble Samba Jive
      Simone & Gordon Cha-cha-cha Quickstep Jive Foxtrot Samba
      Alicia & John Paul Waltz Rumba Tango Paso doble
      Luke & Eliza Cha-cha-cha Quickstep Jive
      Molly & Alana Cha-cha-cha Quickstep
        Highest scoring dance
        Lowest scoring dance

      References

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