Dancing with the Stars (New Zealand TV series) series 3

Dancing with the Stars
Season 3
Celebrity winnerSuzanne Paul
Professional winnerStefano Oliveri
No. of episodes8
Release
Original networkTV One
Original release10 April (2007-04-10) –
29 May 2007 (2007-05-29)
Series chronology

The third series of Dancing with the Stars premiered on 10 April 2007, with both Jason Gunn and Candy Lane coming back to host. All judges were back with the exception of Paul Mercurio who wanted to focus more on the Australian version of Dancing with the Stars. In season three, it opened with 735,000 people watching, the highest out of all series' debuts.[1] On 29 May 2007, Suzanne Paul and her partner Stefano Olivieri took the title of Dancing with the Stars.

Couples

Celebrity Occupation Professional partner Placing
Suzanne Paul Television presenter Stefano Olivieri Winners
on 29 May 2007
Megan Alatini Singer-songwriter Jonny Williams Runners-up
on 29 May 2007
Brendon Pongia Former National Basketball League guard Hayley Holt Eliminated 6th
on 22 May 2007
Greer Robson Shortland Street actress Aaron Gilmore Eliminated 5th
on 15 May 2007
Paul Holmes Television & radio broadcaster Rebecca Nicholson Eliminated 4th
on 8 May 2007
Frank Bunce Former rugby union player Krystal Stuart Eliminated 3rd
on 1 May 2007
Michael Laws Whanganui mayor Lauren de Boeck Eliminated 2nd
on 24 April 2007
April Bruce Television presenter Csaba Szirmai Eliminated 1st
on 17 April 2007

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 the returning couple that finished in the bottom two.
  indicates the winning couple.
  indicates the runner-up couple.
Team Place 1 2 1+2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Suzanne & Stefano 1 30 35 65 32 29 29+31=60 25+36=61 25+32=57 31+36+39=106
Megan & Jonny 2 32 36 68 30 30 31+32=63 32+34=66 32+38=70 32+37+36=105
Brendon & Hayley 3 30 28 58 24 30 21+26=47 28+38=66 30+26=56
Greer & Aaron 4 23 33 56 19 35 29+27=56 26+28=54
Paul & Rebecca 5 27 22 49 15 23 16+18=34
Frank & Krystal 6 23 33 56 27 16
Michael & Lauren 7 17 19 36 9
April & Csaba 8 23 21 44

Dance Chart

  Highest Scoring Dance
  Lowest Scoring Dance
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Suzanne & Stefano Cha-Cha-Cha Quickstep Jive Foxtrot Samba Swing Waltz Rumba Tango Waltz Paso Doble Cha-Cha-Cha Tango Freestyle
Megan & Jonny Waltz Rumba Tango Foxtrot Samba Swing Waltz Paso Doble Quickstep Jive Cha-Cha-Cha Quickstep Rumba Freestyle
Brendon & Hayley Cha-Cha-Cha Quickstep Jive Foxtrot Samba Swing Waltz Paso Doble Waltz Rumba Tango
Greer & Aaron Waltz Rumba Tango Paso Doble Samba Swing Waltz Jive Quickstep
Paul & Rebecca Waltz Rumba Tango Paso Doble Samba Swing Waltz
Frank & Krystal Waltz Rumba Tango Paso Doble
Michael & Lauren Cha-Cha-Cha Quickstep Jive
April & Csaba Cha-Cha-Cha Quickstep

Average chart

Rank by
average
Competition
finish
Couple Total Number of
dances
Average
1 2 Megan & Jonny 432 13 33.2
2 1 Suzanne & Stefano 410 31.5
3 3 Brendon & Hayley 281 10 28.1
4 4 Greer & Aaron 220 8 27.5
5 6 Frank & Krystal 99 4 24.8
6 8 April & Csaba 44 2 22.0
7 5 Paul & Rebecca 121 6 20.2
8 7 Michael & Lauren 45 3 15.0

Weekly scores

Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Brendan Cole, Carol-Ann Hickmore, Craig Revel Horwood, Alison Leonard.

Week 1: First Dances

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

Couple Scores Dance Music
Paul & Rebecca 27 (7, 7, 6, 7) Waltz " "—
Michael & Lauren 17 (3, 6, 3, 5) Cha-cha-cha " "—
Megan & Jonny 32 (8, 9, 7, 8) Waltz " "—
Suzanne & Stefano 30 (7, 8, 8, 7) Cha-cha-cha " "—
Greer & Aaron 23 (5, 7, 4, 7) Waltz " "—
Brendon & Hayley 30 (8, 8, 6, 8) Cha-cha-cha " "—
Frank & Krystal 23 (6, 8, 3, 6) Waltz " "—
April & Csaba 23 (4, 6, 6, 7) Cha-cha-cha " "—

Week 2: First Elimination

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

Couple Scores Dance Music Result
Greer & Aaron 33 (7, 9, 8, 9) Rumba " "— Safe
April & Csaba 21 (3, 6, 6, 6) Quickstep " "— Eliminated
Frank & Krystal 33 (8, 8, 8, 9) Rumba " "— Safe
Michael & Lauren 19 (5, 5, 4, 5) Quickstep " "— Bottom two
Paul & Rebecca 22 (5, 6, 5, 6) Rumba " "— Safe
Suzanne & Stefano 35 (9, 9, 8, 9) Quickstep " "— Safe
Megan & Jonny 36 (9, 9, 9, 9) Rumba " "— Safe
Brendon & Hayley 28 (7, 8, 6, 7) Quickstep " "— Safe

Week 3

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

Couple Scores Dance Music Result
Frank & Krystal 27 (7, 6, 7, 7) Tango " "— Bottom two
Brendon & Hayley 24 (5, 7, 5, 7) Jive " "— Safe
Greer & Aaron 19 (5, 5, 3, 6) Tango " "— Safe
Suzanne & Stefano 32 (7, 9, 8, 8) Jive " "— Safe
Megan & Jonny 30 (7, 7, 8, 8) Tango " "— Safe
Michael & Lauren 9 (2, 2, 2, 3) Jive " "— Eliminated
Paul & Rebecca 15 (4, 4, 2, 5) Tango " "— Safe

Week 4

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

Couple Scores Dance Music Result
Suzanne & Stefano 29 (7, 7, 6, 9) Foxtrot " "— Safe
Paul & Rebecca 23 (7, 6, 3, 7) Paso Doble " "— Safe
Brendon & Hayley 30 (8, 8, 7, 7) Foxtrot " "— Safe
Frank & Krystal 16 (4, 5, 2, 5) Paso Doble " "— Eliminated
Megan & Jonny 30 (7, 7, 8, 8) Foxtrot " "— Bottom two
Greer & Aaron 35 (9, 9, 8, 9) Paso Doble " "— Safe

Week 5

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

Couple Scores Dance Music Result
Brendon & Hayley 21 (4, 6, 5, 6) Samba " "— Bottom two
26 (6, 7, 6, 7) Swing Waltz " "—
Megan & Jonny 31 (7, 9, 7, 8) Samba " "— Safe
32 (7, 8, 8, 9) Swing Waltz " "—
Greer & Aaron 29 (8, 9, 4, 8) Samba " "— Safe
27 (7, 7, 6, 7) Swing Waltz " "—
Paul & Rebecca 16 (3, 5, 3, 5) Samba " "— Eliminated
18 (4, 5, 4, 5) Swing Waltz " "—
Suzanne & Stefano 29 (7, 7, 7, 8) Samba " "— Safe
31 (6, 9, 8, 8) Swing Waltz " "—

Week 6

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

Couple Scores Dance Music Result
Megan & Jonny 32 (8, 8, 7, 9) Paso Doble " "— Safe
34 (8, 8, 8, 10) Quickstep " "—
Suzanne & Stefano 25 (5, 7, 6, 7) Rumba " "— Bottom two
36 (8, 9, 9, 10) Tango " "—
Greer & Aaron 26 (7, 7, 5, 7) Jive " "— Eliminated
28 (6, 7, 7, 8) Quickstep " "—
Brendon & Hayley 28 (7, 7, 7, 7) Paso Doble " "— Safe
38 (9, 10, 9, 10) Waltz " "—

Week 7

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

Couple Scores Dance Music Result
Suzanne & Stefano 25 (6, 7, 5, 7) Waltz " "— Bottom two
32 (8, 8, 8, 8) Paso Doble " "—
Brendon & Hayley 30 (6, 8, 8, 8) Rumba " "— Eliminated
26 (6, 7, 6, 7) Tango " "—
Megan & Jonny 32 (7, 8, 9, 8) Jive " "— Safe
38 (9, 10, 9, 10) Cha-cha-cha " "—

Week 8: Final

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

Couple Scores Dance Music Result
Suzanne & Stefano 31 (7, 8, 7, 9) Cha-cha-cha " "— Winners
36 (9, 9, 9, 9) Tango " "—
39 (9, 10, 10, 10) Freestyle " "—
Megan & Jonny 32 (7, 9, 7, 9) Quickstep " "— Runners-up
37 (9, 10, 8, 10) Rumba " "—
36 (8, 10, 8, 10) Freestyle " "—

References

  1. ^ "'Reveal votes' says Dancing with the Stars judge". The New Zealand Herald. 15 April 2007.