Dancing with the Stars (Australian season 1)

Dancing with the Stars Season 1
Country of origin	Australia
No. of episodes	8
Release
Original network	Seven Network
Original release	5 October 2004 – 23 November 2004
Additional information
Celebrity winner	Bec Cartwright
Professional winner	Michael Miziner

The Australian TV series Dancing with the Stars premiered on Tuesday 5 October 2004 and concluded on Tuesday 23 November 2004. Home and Away star Bec Hewitt (née Cartwright) and partner Michael Mizner won the series, with politician Pauline Hanson and her partner Salvatore Vecchio as runner-up.

Couples

The following celebrities competed.

Celebrity	Occupation / known for	Professional partner	Status
James Tomkins	Olympic rower	Patrice Smith	Eliminated 1st on 12 October 2004
Gabrielle Richens	Model, actress & television presenter	Mark Hodge	Eliminated 2nd on 19 October 2004
Katrina Warren	Veterinarian & television personality	Csaba Szirmai	Eliminated 3rd on 26 October 2004
Matt Shirvington	Olympic sprinter & television presenter	Natalie Lowe	Eliminated 4th on 2 November 2004
John Wood	Blue Heelers actor	Jenni Pederson	Withdrew on 9 November 2004
Justin Melvey	Home and Away actor	Kym Johnson	Third place on 16 November 2004
Pauline Hanson	Politician	Salvatore Vecchio	Runner-up on 23 November 2004
Bec Cartwright	Home and Away actress & singer	Michael Miziner	Winners on 23 November 2004

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
Bec & Michael	1st	31	29	60	32	32	35	35+33=68	38+36=74	34+36+39=109
Pauline & Salvatore	2nd	29	32	61	30	34	36	37+39=76	40+39=79	38+37+36=111
Justin & Kym	3rd	22	25	47	24	26	24	27+25=52	26+30=56
John & Jenni	4th	26	28	54	27	29	29	WD
Matt & Natalie	5th	20	25	45	28	26	25
Katrina & Csaba	6th	24	21	45	19	22
Gabrielle & Mark	7th	18	20	38	18
James & Patrice	8th	16	15	31

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	Pauline & Salvatore	12	427	35.58
2	1	Bec & Michael	12	410	34.20
3	4	John & Jenni	5	139	27.80
4	3	Justin & Kym	9	229	25.44
5	5	Matt & Natalie	5	124	24.80
6	6	Katrina & Csaba	4	86	21.50
7	7	Gabrielle & Mark	3	56	18.67
8	8	James & Patrice	2	31	15.50

Week 1

Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Todd, Helen, 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 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 and Latin dances from weeks 1-5
• Week 7 : Final unlearned Ballroom and Latin dances from weeks 1-6 & Freestyle

Dance chart

Couple	1	2	3	4	5	6		7
Bec & Michaeal	Cha-cha-cha	Quickstep	Jive	Foxtrot	Samba	Waltz	Paso doble		Tango	Freestyle
Pauline & Salvatore	Cha-cha-cha	Quickstep	Jive	Foxtrot	Samba	Rumba				Freestyle
Justin & Kym	Waltz	Rumba	Tango	Paso doble	Samba	Quickstep	Cha-cha-cha
John & Jenni	Waltz	Rumba	Tango	Paso doble	Samba	Foxtrot
Matt & Natalie	Cha-cha-cha	Quickstep	Jive	Foxtrot	Samba
Katrina & Csaba	Cha-cha-cha	Quickstep	Jive	Foxtrot
Gabrielle & Mark	Waltz	Rumba	Tango
James & Patrice	Waltz	Rumba

References