Dancing with the Stars (Australian season 3)

Dancing With The Stars (Season 3)
Country	Australia
Network	Channel Seven
Original run	6 September 2005 – 8 November 2005
No. of episodes	10
Celebrity winner	Ada Nicodemou
Professional winner	Aric Yegudkin
Previous season	Season 2
Next season	Season 4

The third series of the Australian Dancing with the Stars TV series premiered on Tuesday 6 September 2005 and concluded on Tuesday 8 November 2005. It featured the following celebrities.

Celebrity	Occupation	Professional partner	Status
Tania Zaetta	Former Who Dares Wins presenter	Michael Miziner	Eliminated 1st on 13 September 2005
Michael Caton	Actor	Kym Johnson	Eliminated 2nd on 20 September 2005
Ky Hurst	Ironman	Masha Belash	Eliminated 3rd on 27 September 2005
Nicky Buckley	Former Sale Of The Century presenter	Andrew Palmer	Eliminated 4th on 4 October 2005
Dawn Fraser	Former Olympic gold medal swimmer	Gordon Gilkes	Eliminated 5th on 11 October 2005
David Campbell	Jazz singer	Luda Kroitor	Eliminated 6th on 18 October 2005
Brodie Holland	AFL player	Alana Patience	Eliminated 7th on 25 October 2005
Ian "Dicko" Dickson	Australian Idol judge	Leanne Bampton	Eliminated 8th on 2 November 2005
Chris Bath	Seven News newsreader	Trenton Shipley	Runner Up on 9 November 2005
Ada Nicodemou	Home And Away actress	Aric Yegudkin	Winner on 9 November 2005

Ada Nicodemou and her partner Aric Yegudkin won the series, defeating Chris Bath and her partner.

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 couple withdrew from the competition.

     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
Ada & Aric	1st	24	24	48	29	29	32	34	35	34 + 33 = 67	30 + 35 = 65	36 + 40 + 39 = 115
Chris & Trenton	2nd	30	28	58	31	31	36	32	32	30 + 36 = 66	28 + 40 = 68	38 + 37 + 40 = 115
Dicko & Leanne	3rd	28	23	51	30	26	27	32	34	32 + 31 = 64	26 + 37 = 63
Brodie & Alana	4th	21	18	39	30	25	32	27	28	24 + 24 = 48
David & Luda	5th	27	26	53	27	27	28	28	24
Dawn & Gordon	6th	24	22	46	24	17	24	21
Nicky & Andrew	7th	20	23	43	26	23	24
Ky & Masha	8th	24	24	48	26	25
Michael & Kym	9th	23	21	44	22
Tania & Michael	10th	23	17	40

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 : Tango or Jive
• Week 4 : Paso Doble or Foxtrot
• 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 : One unlearned Ballroom or Latin dance from weeks 1-7 & Group Viennese Waltz
• Week 9 : Final unlearned Ballroom or Latin dance from weeks 1-8 & Favourite Dance of Season
• Week 10 : Two Favourite Dances of the Season & Freestyle

Dance Chart

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8		9		10
Ada & Aric	Cha-Cha-Cha	Quickstep	Jive	Foxtrot	Samba	Tango	Paso Doble	Waltz	Viennese Waltz	Rumba	Jive	Jive	Waltz	Freestyle
Chris & Trenton	Waltz	Rumba	Tango	Paso Doble	Samba	Cha-Cha-Cha	Foxtrot	Jive	Viennese Waltz	Quickstep	Rumba	Paso Doble	Tango	Freestyle
Dicko & Leanne	Cha-Cha-Cha	Quickstep	Jive	Foxtrot	Samba	Waltz	Rumba	Tango	Viennese Waltz	Paso Doble	Waltz
Brodie & Alana	Cha-Cha-Cha	Quickstep	Jive	Foxtrot	Samba	Rumba	Waltz	Paso Doble	Viennese Waltz
David & Luda	Waltz	Rumba	Tango	Paso Doble	Samba	Quickstep	Cha-Cha-Cha
Dawn & Gordon	Waltz	Rumba	Tango	Paso Doble	Samba	Foxtrot
Nicky & Andrew	Waltz	Rumba	Tango	Paso Doble	Samba
Ky & Masha	Waltz	Rumba	Tango	Paso Doble
Michael & Kym	Cha-Cha-Cha	Quickstep	Jive
Tania & Michael	Cha-Cha-Cha	Quickstep

     Highest Scoring Dance

     Lowest Scoring Dance

Average Chart

The average chart is based on the dances performed by the celebrities and not their place in the competition.

Average Ranking	Competitive Finish	Couple	Number Of Dances	Total Score	Average
1	2	Chris & Trenton	14	469	33.5
2	1	Ada & Aric	14	454	32.4
3	3	Dicko & Leanne	11	327	29.7
4	5	David & Luda	7	187	26.7
5	4	Brodie & Alana	9	229	25.4
6	8	Ky & Masha	4	99	24.8
7	7	Nicki & Andrew	5	116	23.2
8	6	Dawn & Gordon	6	132	22.0
-	8	Michael & Kym	3	66	22.0
10	8	Tania & Michael	2	40	20.0

Preceded by Dancing With The Stars (Australian Season 2)

Dancing with the Stars (Australian version) Season 3

Succeeded by Dancing With The Stars (Australian Season 4)