Dancing with the Stars (Australian season 6)

Dancing with the Stars Season 6
Country of origin	Australia
No. of episodes	10
Release
Original network	Seven Network
Original release	20 February 2007 – 1 May 2007
Additional information
Celebrity winner	Kate Ceberano
Professional winner	John Paul Collins

The sixth season of the Australian Dancing with the Stars TV series premiered on Tuesday 20 February 2007 and concluded on Tuesday 1 May 2007. It featured the following celebrities.

Couples

Celebrity	Occupation / known for	Professional partner	Status
Wendell Sailor	Rugby League Player	Linda De Nicola	Eliminated 1st on 27 February 2007
Kimberley Davies	Actress (Neighbours)	Paul Zaidman	Eliminated 2nd on 6 March 2007
Naomi Robson	Today Tonight presenter	Steven Grace	Eliminated 3rd on 13 March 2007
Todd Woodbridge	Tennis player	Emily Reilly	Eliminated 4th on 20 March 2007
Tatiana Grigorieva	Olympic pole vaulter	Brendan Humphreys	Eliminated 5th on 27 March 2007
David Graham	Big Brother Australia 2006 housemate	Eliza Campagna	Eliminated 6th on 10 April 2007
Jamie Durie	The Outdoor Room & The Victory Garden presenter	Amanda Garner	Eliminated 7th on 17 April 2007
Tim Campbell	Actor (Home and Away)	Natalie Lowe	Third place on 24 April 2007
Fifi Box	Radio & television presenter	Paul Green	Runners-up on 1 May 2007
Kate Ceberano	Singer	John Paul Collins	Winners on 1 May 2007

Singer Kate Ceberano and her partner John-Paul Collins won the series, defeating presenter Fifi Box 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 that would have been eliminated had an elimination taken place.

     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
Kate & John-Paul	1	29	46	75	32	36	30	30+30=60	33	35+35=70	39+34=73	36+37+40=113
Fifi & Paul G.	2	31	37	68	34	31	32	32+31=63	35	33+35=68	28+33=61	38+38+38=114
Tim & Natalie	3	41	43	84	34	32	35	39+34=73	33	36+34=70	37+35=72
Jamie & Amanda	4	32	29	61	31	24	31	25+34=59	36	32+32=64
David & Eliza	5	18	27	45	19	18	10	4+22=26	24
Tatiana & Brendan	6	39	35	74	30	33	26	28+26=54
Todd & Emily	7	39	35	74	35	28	27
Naomi & Steven	8	26	29	55	21	21
Kimberley & Paul Z.	9	29	29	58	29
Wendell & Linda	10	30	25	55

Week 1: For the very first week, Tim & Natalie were in the top of the leaderboard with ​⁴¹⁄₅₀ for their Quickstep. David & Eliza were in the bottom of the leaderboard with ​¹⁸⁄₅₀ for their own Cha-cha-cha.
Week 2: The second week has five judges. Kate & John-Paul came in first place of the leaderboard with ​⁴⁶⁄₅₀ for their Jive. However, Tim & Natalie were in first place with ​⁸⁴⁄₁₀₀ for both nights, as Kate & John-Paul both scored their perfect 10s. Wendell & Linda were in last place of the leaderboard with ​²⁵⁄₅₀ and David & Eliza in couple last place ​⁴⁵⁄₁₀₀ for both nights. However, Wendell & Linda scored ​⁵⁵⁄₁₀₀ and they were the first couple to be eliminated in Season 6.
Week 3: Todd & Emily topped the leaderboard with ​³⁵⁄₄₀ for their Foxtrot. David & Eliza were sent to the bottom of the leaderboard with ​¹⁹⁄₄₀ for their Salsa, Kimberley & Paul Z. they were eliminated.
Week 6: David & Eliza were given the lowest possible score of ​⁴⁄₄₀ for their paso doble performance in what judge Mark Wilson called a "crapo doble". Todd McKenney remarked, "I only gave him a '1' because I didn't have a '0'".

Averages

This table only counts for dances scored on a traditional 40-points scale.

• Bruno Tonioli's marks were excluded for this table.

Rank by average	Place	Couple	Total points earned	Number of dances	Average
1	3	Tim & Natalie	433	12	36.1
2	1	Kate & John-Paul	522	15	34.8
3	2	Fifi & Paul	506		33.7
4	7	Todd & Emily	164	5	32.8
5	8	Tatiana & Brendan	217	7	31.0
6	4	Jamie & Amanda	306	10	30.6
7	6	Kimberley & Paul	87	3	29.0
8	10	Wendell & Linda	55	2	27.5
9	11	Naomi & Steven	97	4	24.3
10	5	David & Eliza	142	8	17.8

Running Order

Week 1

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

Running order

Dance schedule

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

• Week 1 : Cha-cha-cha or Quickstep
• Week 2 : Tango or Jive
• Week 3 : Foxtrot or Salsa
• Week 4 : Waltz or Paso doble
• Week 5 : Samba or Rumba
• 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 & Argentine Tango
• Week 10 : Two Favourite Dances of the Season & Freestyle

Dance chart

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6		7	8		9		10
Kate & John Paul	Quickstep	Jive	Foxtrot	Paso doble	Samba	Waltz	Salsa	Tango	Cha-cha-cha	Rumba	Cha-cha-cha	Argentine Tango			Freestyle
Fifi & Paul G.	Cha-cha-cha	Tango	Salsa	Waltz	Samba	Quickstep	Paso doble	Rumba	Foxtrot	Jive		Argentine Tango			Freestyle
Tim & Natalie	Quickstep	Jive	Salsa	Waltz	Rumba		Tango	Foxtrot	Cha-cha-cha	Samba	Paso doble	Argentine Tango
Jamie & Amanda	Cha-cha-cha	Tango	Salsa	Waltz	Rumba			Samba
David & Eliza	Cha-cha-cha	Tango	Salsa	Waltz	Samba	Foxtrot	Jive	Paso doble
Tatiana & Brendan	Quickstep	Jive	Foxtrot	Paso doble	Rumba
Todd & Emily	Quickstep	Jive	Foxtrot	Paso doble	Rumba
Naomi & Steven	Quickstep	Jive	Foxtrot	Paso doble
Kimberley & Paul Z.	Cha-cha-cha	Tango	Salsa
Wendell & Linda	Cha-cha-cha	Tango

     Highest scoring dance

     Lowest scoring dance

Preceded by Dancing with the Stars (Australian season 5)

Dancing with the Stars (Australian version) Season 6

Succeeded by Dancing with the Stars (Australian season 7)