Dancing with the Stars (New Zealand series 5)

Dancing with the Stars (series 5)
Country of origin	New Zealand
No. of episodes	9
Release
Original network	TV One
Original release	3 March 2009 – 21 April 2009
Additional information
Celebrity winner	Tamati Coffey
Professional winner	Samantha Hitchcock

The fifth series premiered on TV ONE on 3 March 2009. All four judges from series 4 returned. On its opening night, over 800,000 people tuned in to watch the first show premiere. Rebecca Hobbs is sister to Christopher Hobbs. John Rowles withdrew in week three for health reasons.^[1] This series had the closest final ever experienced on the New Zealand show.

Contestants

Celebrity	Occupation	Charity	Professional Partner	Placing
Tamati Coffey	Television presenter	Rainbow Youth	Samantha Hitchcock	Winners on 21 April 2009
Barbara Kendall	Olympic windsurfer	Upside Downs Education Trust	Jonny Williams	Runners-up on 21 April 2009
Josh Kronfeld	Former rugby player	Koru Care Otago	Rachel Burstein	Eliminated 5th on 14 April 2009
Geraldine Brophy	Stage & screen actress	Arthritis New Zealand	Stefano Olivieri	Eliminated 4th on 7 April 2009
Rebecca Hobbs	Shortland Street actress	New Zealand Spinal Trust	Aaron Gilmore	Eliminated 3rd on 31 March 2009
Christopher Hobbs	Shortland Street actor	Ronald McDonald House Charities NZ	Kristie Boyd	Eliminated 2nd on 25 March 2009
John Rowles	Singer	Project Hope	Krystal Stuart	Withdrew on 16 March 2009
Lizzy Igasan	Hockey captain	New Zealand Heart Foundation	Cody Stephens	Eliminated 1st on 10 March 2009

Scorecard

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 couples eliminated that week.

     indicates a couple withdrew that week.

     indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two.

     indicates the winning couple.

     indicates the runner-up couple.

Team	Place	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Tamati & Samantha	1	25	36	35	36	28+32=60	23+27=50	37+37=74	38+40+35=113
Barbara & Jonny	2	19	32	36	32	31+33=64	35+32=67	34+37=71	38+39+40=117
Josh & Rachel	3	20	24	25	27	22+26=48	31+25=56	24+31=55
Geraldine & Stefano	4	27	15	27	24	27+28=55	18+20=38
Rebecca & Aaron	5	29	30	29	36	28+30=58
Chris & Kristie	6	9	18	26	21
John & Krystal	7	14	19	-
Lizzy & Cody	8	20	21

Weekly scores

Individual judges' scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Stefano Olivieri, Candy Lane, Hayley Holt.

Week 1

Couples performed the cha-cha-cha, foxtrot or jive.

Running order

Dance Chart

     Highest Scoring Dance

     Lowest Scoring Dance

Team	1	2	3	4	5		6		7		8
Tamati & Samantha	Waltz	Paso Doble	Quickstep	Tango	Samba	American Smooth	Cha-Cha-Cha	Foxtrot	Jive	Rumba	Waltz	Paso Doble	Freestyle
Barbara & Jonny	Waltz	Paso Doble	Quickstep	Jive	Samba	American Smooth	Tango	Cha-Cha-Cha	Rumba	Foxtrot	Rumba	Quickstep	Freestyle
Josh & Rachel	Waltz	Paso Doble	Quickstep	Jive	Samba	American Smooth	Rumba	Foxtrot	Cha-Cha-Cha	Tango
Geraldine & Stefano	Waltz	Paso Doble	Quickstep	Jive	Samba	American Smooth	Tango	Rumba
Rebecca & Aaron	Cha-Cha-Cha	Foxtrot	Rumba	Tango	Samba	American Smooth
Chris & Kristie	Cha-Cha-Cha	Foxtrot	Rumba	Tango
John & Krystal	Cha-Cha-Cha	Foxtrot	Withdrew
Lizzy & Cody	Cha-Cha-Cha	Foxtrot

Average chart

Rank by average	Competition finish	Couple	Total	Number of dances	Average
1	2	Barbara & Jonny	438	13	33.7
2	1	Tamati & Samantha	429	13	33.0
3	5	Rebecca & Aaron	182	6	30.3
4	3	Josh & Rachel	255	10	25.5
5	4	Geraldine & Stefano	186	8	23.3
6	8	Lizzy & Cody	41	5	20.5
7	6	Chris & Kristie	74	4	18.5
8	7	John & Krystal	33	2	16.5

References

1. "Family history scares Rowles". New Zealand Herald. 2009-03-20. Retrieved 2009-03-25.