Dancing with the Stars (Australian season 1)
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.
Dancing with the Stars | |
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Season 1 | |
Celebrity winner | Bec Cartwright |
Professional winner | Michael Miziner |
Country of origin | Australia |
No. of episodes | 8 |
Release | |
Original network | Seven Network |
Original release | 5 October – 23 November 2004 |
Season chronology |
Couples
The Australian TV series Dancing with the Stars premiered on Tuesday 5 October 2004 and concluded on Tuesday 23 November 2004. It featured the following celebrities.
Celebrity | Occupation | Professional partner | Status |
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James Tomkins | Olympic rower | Patrice Smith | Eliminated 1st on 12 October 2004 |
Gabrielle Richens | Model | Mark Hodge | Eliminated 2nd on 19 October 2004 |
Katrina Warren | Television vet | Csaba Szirmai | Eliminated 3rd on 26 October 2004 |
Matt Shirvington | Olympic sprinter | Natalie Lowe | Eliminated 4th on 2 November 2004 |
John Wood | Blue Heelers actor | Jenni Pedersen | Eliminated 5th on 9 November 2004 |
Justin Melvey | Former Days of Our Lives & Home and Away actor | Kym Johnson | Third Place on 16 November 2004 |
Pauline Hanson | Former politician | Salvatore Vecchio | Runner Up on 23 November 2004 |
Bec Cartwright | Home and Away actress | Michael Miziner | Winner 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 |
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Bec & Michael | 1st | 34+36+39=109 | ||||||||
Pauline & Salvatore | 2nd | 37+39=76 | 38+37+36=111 | |||||||
Justin & Kym | 3rd | 27+25=52 | 26+30=56 | |||||||
John & Jenni | 4th | |||||||||
Matt & Natalie | 5th | |||||||||
Katrina & Csaba | 6th | |||||||||
Gabrielle & Mark | 7th | |||||||||
James & Patrice | 8th |
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 |
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1 | 2 | Pauline & Salvatore | 12 | 427 | 35.58 |
2 | 1 | Bec & Michael | 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, 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 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 | |||||||||||
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Bec & Michael | Cha-cha-cha | Quickstep | Jive | Foxtrot | Samba | Waltz | Paso doble | Rumba | Tango | Freestyle | ||||||||
Pauline & Salvatore | Cha-cha-cha | Quickstep | Jive | Foxtrot | Samba | Rumba | Tango | Paso doble | Waltz | 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 |
Preceded by None |
Dancing with the Stars (Australian version) Season 1 |
Succeeded by Dancing with the Stars (Australian season 2) |