Dancing with the Stars (New Zealand TV series)

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Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars (with dates of elimination)
Season one (2005)
Norm Hewitt	Winner
Shane Cortese	June 20
Tim Shadbolt	June 13
Bernice Mene	June 6
Teresa Healey	May 30
Georgina Beyer	May 23
Ewan Gilmore	May 16
Nicky Watson	May 9
Season two (2006)
Lorraine Downes	Winner
Beatrice Faumuina	June 25
Danyon Loader	June 18
Rodney Hide	June 11
Angela Bloomfield	June 4
David Wikara-Paul	May 28
Steve Gurney	May 21
Christine Rankin	May 14
Season three (2007)
Megan Alatini
Frank Bunce
Paul Holmes
April Ieremia
Michael Laws
Suzanne Paul
Brendon Pongia
Greer Robson

Dancing with the Stars is a New Zealand television series based on the British series Strictly Come Dancing. The show introduces 8 local "celebrities" paired with professional ballroom dancers who each week compete against each other in a competition to impress a panel of judges and the viewing public in order to survive potential elimination. Through a telephone poll, viewers vote who should stay and who should go, and go towards 50% of the following votes, taking into account an average score as given by the panel of judges. Proceeds from the voting will go to the celebrity contestant's charity of choice. Dancing with the Stars has been popular with the New Zealand public, averaging 730,000 people per episode in season 1, and up to a million tuned in to the final episode of season 1 [1]. It was also the highest rated in its timeslot in 2005.

Contents 1 Hosts 2 Judges 3 List of dances 4 Season one 4.1 Partners 4.2 Scorecard 5 Season two 5.1 Partners 5.2 Scorecard 6 Season three 6.1 Partners 6.2 Scorecard 7 See also 8 External link

[edit] Hosts

• Jason Gunn (2005-2006)
• Candy Lane (2005-2006)

[edit] Judges

• Alison Leonard (2005-
• Brendan Cole (2005-
• Craig Revel Horwood (2007-
• Carol-Ann Hickmore (2006
• Donna Dawson (2005)
• Paul Mercurio (2005-2006)

• In season 2 Carol-Ann, who partnered Norm Hewitt, in season 1, replaced Donna Dawson who had relocated to Australia.
• In season 3 Craig Revel-Horwood(A judge on Strictly Come DancingUK)replaced Paul Mercurio left the show to concentrate more on the Australian version of Dancing with the stars

[edit] List of dances

The following are a list of dances that have been performed in an episode:

• The Waltz
• Quickstep
• The Tango
• Foxtrot
• Cha Cha
• The Rumba
• Paso Doble
• The Jive
• The Samba

[edit] Season one

Season one premiered in 2005. It was won by Norm Hewitt and his partner Carol-Ann. 317,698 people voted and they won with 62% of the public vote, while runner-up Shane received 38%. The celebrities that took part are:

• Georgina Beyer (Transsexual politician)
• Shane Cortese (Former actor - Shortland Street)
• Ewan Gilmore (Comedian)
• Teresa Healey (Former actress - Shortland Street)
• Norm Hewitt (Rugby player)
• Bernice Mene (Netballer)
• Tim Shadbolt (Mayor of Invercargill)
• Nicky Watson (Model and DJ)

[edit] Partners

• Lauren de Boeck
• Kiel de Buisson
• Carol-Ann Hickmore
• Michael Hoggard
• d'Artagnan Kennedy
• Nerida Lister
• Rebecca Nicholson
• Peter Wales

[edit] Scorecard

EP = Episode

Couple	EP 1	EP 2	EP 3	EP 4	EP 5	EP 6	EP 7	EP 8
Norm & Carol-Ann	28	32	24	40	29	31,35	34,30	37,39,39
Shane & Nerida	22	32	29	31	29	28,37	33,35	37,39,38
Tim & Rebecca	23	25	21	19	20	14,23	23,19	x
Bernice & d'Artagnan	19	27	25	23	24	29,30	x	x
Teresa & Peter	29	25	28	31	27	x	x	x
Georgina & Michael	19	25	25	22	x	x	x	x
Ewan & Lauren	18	25	17	x	x	x	x	x
Nicky & Kiel	26	22	x	x	x	x	x	x

[edit] Season two

Season two premiered on May 7, 2006. Rebecca Nicholson who partnered Tim Shadbolt from season 1 returned, and partnered Shortland Street actor David Wikara-Paul. On June 25, Lorraine Downes and her partner Aaron Gilmore took the title of Dancing with the stars. The celebrities that took part are:

• Angela Bloomfield (Former actress - Shortland Street)
• Lorraine Downes (Miss Universe 1983)
• Beatrice Faumuina (Discus thrower)
• Steve Gurney (Coast to Coast winner)
• Rodney Hide (Politician)
• Danyon Loader (Olympic gold-medalist swimmer)
• Christine Rankin (Former Chief Executive Officer of Work and Income NZ)
• David Wikara-Paul (Former actor - Shortland Street)

[edit] Partners

• Aaron Gilmore
• Hayley Holt
• Brian Jones
• Rebecca Nicholson
• Sharan Phillips
• Krystal Stuart
• Jonny Williams
• David Yeates

[edit] Scorecard

EP = Episode

Couple	EP 1	EP 2	EP 3	EP 4	EP 5	EP 6	EP 7	EP 8
Lorraine & Aaron	28	24	36	32	32,32	32,37	30,37	37,38,40
Beatrice & Brian	32	26	32	34	29,30	29,36	32,31	32,36,37
Danyon & Hayley	24	33	27	25	27,31	35,36	29,35	x
Rodney & Krystal	23	19	24	13	16,26	15,4	x	x
Angela & Jonny	26	25	28	26	25,27	x	x	x
David & Rebecca	31	25	36	26	x	x	x	x
Steve & Sharan	24	29	23	x	x	x	x	x
Christine & David	24	27	x	x	x	x	x	x

[edit] Season three

Season three has been confirmed, with both Jason and Candy coming back to host. The show will now screen on Tuesdays instead of its normal time slot of Saturday. There will, however, be a repeat of Tuesday's episode on the following Saturday.

The contestants are:

• Megan Alatini (NZ Idol judge)
• Frank Bunce (former All Black)
• Paul Holmes (broadcaster)
• April Ieremia (former TV One newsreader)
• Michael Laws (Mayor of Wanganui)
• Suzanne Paul (TV personality)
• Brendon Pongia (host of TVNZ's Good Morning)
• Greer Robson (actress)

[edit] Partners

• Lauren de Boeck
• Aaron Gilmore
• Hayley Holt
• Rebecca Nicholson
• Stefano Olivieri
• Krystal Stuart
• Csaba Szirmai
• Jonny Williams

[edit] Scorecard

EP = Episode

Couple	EP 1	EP 2	EP 3	EP 4	EP 5	EP 6	EP 7	EP 8
Megan & Jonny
Frank & Krystal
Paul & Rebecca
April & Csaba
Michael & Lauren
Suzanne & Stefano
Brendon & Hayley
Greer & Aaron

[edit] See also

• Dancing with the Stars

[edit] External link

• Official site