Dancing with the Stars (Australian season 14)

The fourteenth season of Dancing with the Stars premiered on 30 September 2014. Daniel McPherson had returned to host the season, alongside Edwina Bartholomew. Todd McKenney and Helen Richey returned as judges, alongside Kym Johnson and Adam Garcia. The show received significant promotion using Nathaniel Willemse's song "Live Louder" in the use of its television commercials throughout early September. AFL player David Rodan won the competition with his pro dancer, Melanie Hooper.

Dancing with the Stars
Season 14
Celebrity winnerDavid Rodan
Professional winnerMelanie Hooper
Country of originAustralia
No. of episodes10
Release
Original networkSeven Network
Original release30 September (2014-09-30) 
25 November 2014 (2014-11-25)
Season chronology

Couples

The celebrity cast was announced on 28 August, through a News.com.au article.[1] Actor Paul Fenech was originally part of the cast (partnering Alana Patience), but withdrew after he was arrested in September.[2]

Celebrity Occupation / known for Professional partner Status
Ashley Hart Model Julz Tocker Eliminated 1st
on 7 October 2014
April Rose Pengilly Actress Aric Yegudkin Eliminated 2nd
on 14 October 2014
Kyly Clarke Weather presenter & model Damian Whitewood Withdrew
on 14 October 2014
Mark Holden Singer & Australian Idol judge Jessica Prince Eliminated 3rd
on 21 October 2014
Eamon Sullivan Former Olympic freestyle swimmer Ash-Leigh Hunter
Melanie Hooper (week 5)
Eliminated 4th
on 30 October 2014
Torah Bright Olympic snowboarder Robbie Kmetoni
Jarryd Byrne (week 5)
Withdrew
on 4 November 2014
Matt Cooper Former NRL player Masha Belash
Ash-Leigh Hunter (week 5)
Eliminated 5th
on 11 November 2014
Tai Hara Home and Away actor Jorja Freeman
Masha Belash (week 5)
Eliminated 6th
on 18 November 2014
Ricki-Lee Coulter Singer-songwriter Jarryd Byrne
Carmelo Pizzino (week 5)
Third place
on 25 November 2014
Lynne McGranger Home and Away actress Carmelo Pizzino
Robbie Kmetoni (week 5)
Runner-up
on 25 November 2014
David Rodan Former AFL player Melanie Hooper
Jorja Freeman (week 5)
Winners
on 25 November 2014

Scoring chart

Couple Place 1 2 1 + 2 3 4 5 6 5+6 7 8 7+8 9 10
David & Melanie 1 34 28 62 33 36 38 33+10=43 81 36+35=71 33+28=61 132 30+40=70 40+40+40=120
Lynne & Carmelo 2 29 30 59 32 25 29 28+5=33 62 30+32=62 29+32=61 123 28+35=63 36+38+36=110
Ricki-Lee & Jarryd 3 31 34 65 30 33 32 36+8=44 76 33+35=68 36+37=73 141 27+37=64 40+38=78
Tai & Jorja 4 32 23 55 23 22 32 35+9=44 76 26+32=58 35+34=69 127 29+36=65
Matt & Masha 5 28 27 55 32 29 32 32+7=39 71 24+32=56 38+37=75 131
Torah & Robbie 6 15 35 50 21 33 30 31+6=37 67
Eamon & Ash-Leigh 7 29 32 61 35 28 26 27+4=31 57
Mark & Jessica 8 19 17 36 4 12
Kyly & Damian 9 35 34 69
April & Aric 10 32 30 62 29
Ashley & Julz 11 28 23 51
Red numbers indicate the lowest score for each week
Green numbers indicate the highest score for each week
  the couple eliminated that week
  the returning couple finishing in the bottom two (or three)
  the returning couple that was the last to be called safe
  the winning couple
  the runner-up couple
  the third-place couple

Averages

Rank by average Place Couple Total points Number of dances Average
11David & Melanie4941435.29
23Ricki-Lee & Jarryd4521334.77
39Kyly & Damian69234.50
42Lynne & Carmelo4401431.43
510April & Aric91330.33
64Tai & Jorja3301130.00
75Matt & Masha3111128.27
87Eamon & Ash-Leigh177629.50
96Torah & Robbie16527.50
1011Ashley & Julz51225.50
118Mark & Jessica52413.00

*Team dance scores from Week 6 are included in these totals, but Halloween marathon scores from Week 5 are not. The scores from Round 1 on Week 9 are not included as they were not scored on the 40-point scale. Paul Fenech's scores are not included at all.

Highest and lowest scoring performances

The best and worst performances in each dance according to the judges' 40-point scale are as follows:

Dance Best dancer(s) Highest score Worst dancer(s) Lowest score
Cha-cha-cha David Rodan40Tai Hara22
Foxtrot Matt Cooper38Torah Bright15
Contemporary David Rodan40*Tai Hara32
Jive David Rodan
Ricki-Lee Coulter
Lynne McGranger
36Tai Hara23
Quickstep David Rodan40Lynne McGranger28
Jazz Lynne McGranger36Mark Holden4
Samba April Rose Pengilly30Torah Bright21
Rumba David Rodan38Matt Cooper24
Waltz Kyly Clarke34Matt Cooper27
Salsa Lynne McGranger37*Ashley Hart23
Tango Ricki-Lee Coulter37Eamon Sullivan28
Paso doble Ricki-Lee Coulter40Mark Holden12
Viennese Waltz David Rodan
Ricki-Lee Coulter
33Mark Holden17
Marathon David Rodan10Eamon Sullivan4
Team Dance Ricki-Lee Coulter
David Rodan
35Lynne McGranger
Matt Cooper
Tai Hara
32
Argentine tango Tai Hara38*Matt Cooper37
New Dance David Rodan (Bollywood)40Lynne McGranger (Charleston)35
Freestyle David Rodan40Lynne McGranger
Ricki-Lee Coulter
38
  • These scores have been modified to be out of 40 instead of 30.

Couples' highest and lowest scoring dances

According to the 40-point scale:

Couples Highest Scoring Dance(s) Lowest Scoring Dance(s)
David & MelanieBollywood, Contemporary*, Quickstep, Freestyle, Cha-cha-cha (40)Samba, Foxtrot (28)
Lynne & CarmeloFreestyle (38)Cha-cha-cha (25)
Ricki-Lee & JarrydPaso doble (40)Rumba (30)
Tai & JorjaArgentine tango* (38)Cha-cha-cha (22)
Matt & MashaFoxtrot (38)Rumba (24)
Torah & RobbieContemporary (35)Foxtrot (15)
Eamon & Ash-LeighQuickstep (35)Jive (26)
Mark & JessicaFoxtrot (19)Jazz (4)
Kyly & DamianContemporary (35)Waltz (34)
April & AricViennese Waltz (32)Rumba (29)
Ashley & JulzCha-cha-cha (28)Salsa (23)

Weekly scores

Individual judges scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Todd McKenney, Helen Richey, Kym Johnson, Adam Garcia.

Week 1

Running order
Couple Score Dance Music
Ashley & Julz 28 (7, 7, 7, 7) Cha-cha-cha "I Will Never Let You Down"—Rita Ora
Eamon & Ash-Leigh 29 (6, 8, 7, 8) Foxtrot "Story of My Life"—One Direction
Kyly & Damian 35 (9, 9, 9, 8) Contemporary "Read All About It"—Emeli Sande
David & Melanie 34 (9, 8, 8, 9) Cha-cha-cha "Everybody"—Justice Crew
Lynne & Carmelo 29 (7, 7, 7, 8) Viennese Waltz "It's a Man's Man's Man's World"—James Brown
Matt & Masha 28 (6, 7, 8, 7) Cha-cha-cha "Timber"—Pitbull feat. Kesha
Mark & Jessica 19 (2, 6, 6, 5) Foxtrot "You Make Me Feel So Young"—Frank Sinatra
April & Aric 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) Viennese Waltz "Say Something"—A Great Big World feat. Christina Aguilera
Torah & Robbie 15 (1, 3, 5, 6) Foxtrot "Rather Be"—Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne
Tai & Jorja 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) Contemporary "All of Me"—John Legend
Ricki-Lee & Jarryd 31 (7, 8, 8, 8) Cha-cha-cha "Move"—Little Mix

Week 2

Running order
Couple Score Dance Music Result
David & Melanie 28 (7, 7, 7, 7) Samba "I Want You Back"—The Jackson 5 Safe
Matt & Masha 27 (6, 7, 7, 7) Waltz "Let It Go"—Idina Menzel Safe
April & Aric 30 (7, 7, 8, 8) Samba "Bamboleo"—Gipsy Kings Safe
Mark & Jessica 17 (3, 5, 5, 4) Viennese Waltz "She's Leaving Home"—The Beatles Bottom two
Lynne & Carmelo 30 (8, 8, 7, 7) Jive "Shake a Tail Feather"—Ray Charles Safe
Kyly & Damian 34 (7, 9, 9, 9) Waltz "You Raise Me Up"–Josh Groban Safe
Ashley & Julz 23 (5, 6, 6, 6) Salsa "(I've Had) The Time of My Life"—Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes Eliminated
Eamon & Ash-Leigh 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) Paso doble "The Pretender"—Foo Fighters Safe
Ricki-Lee & Jarryd 34 (8, 8, 9, 9) Contemporary "One Sweet Day"—Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men Safe
Tai & Jorja 23 (5, 6, 6, 6) Foxtrot "Keep it Loose, Keep it Tight"—Amos Lee Safe
Torah & Robbie 35 (9, 8, 9, 9) Contemporary "Roar"—Katy Perry Safe

Week 3

Running order
Couple Score Dance Music Result
Matt & Masha 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) Tango "Love Runs Out"—OneRepublic Safe
Eamon & Ash-Leigh 35 (9, 9, 8, 9) Quickstep "Puttin' On the Ritz"—Irving Berlin Safe
April & Aric 29 (7, 7, 7, 8) Rumba "You Ruin Me"—The Veronicas Eliminated
David & Melanie 33 (7, 9, 9, 8) Viennese Waltz "If I Knew"—Bruno Mars Safe
Tai & Jorja 23 (5, 6, 6, 6) Jive "Don't Stop"—5 Seconds of Summer Safe
Mark & Jessica 4 (1, 1, 1, 1) Jazz "House of Fun"—Madness Safe
Torah & Robbie 21 (5, 5, 6, 5) Samba "Problem"—Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea Bottom two
Ricki-Lee & Jarryd 30 (7, 8, 8, 7) Rumba "Halo"—Beyoncé Safe
Lynne & Carmelo 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) Tango "Addicted to You"—Avicii Safe

Week 4

Running order
Couple Score Dance Music Result
David & Melanie 36 (9, 9, 9, 9) Quickstep "Let's Go Crazy"—Prince & The Revolution Safe
Matt & Masha 29 (6, 7, 8, 8) Salsa "U Can't Touch This"—MC Hammer Safe
Eamon & Ash-Leigh 28 (7, 8, 7, 6) Tango "Rock and Roll All Nite"—KISS Safe
Torah & Robbie 33 (9, 8, 8, 8) Jive "Shake It Off"—Taylor Swift Safe
Lynne & Carmelo 25 (6, 6, 6, 7) Cha-cha-cha "It's My Party"—Jessie J Safe
Tai & Jorja 22 (4, 6, 6, 6) Cha-cha-cha "Party Rock Anthem"—LMFAO Bottom two
Mark & Jessica 12 (1, 3, 3, 5) Paso doble "Highway To Hell"—AC/DC Eliminated
Ricki-Lee & Jarryd 33 (8, 8, 8, 9) Foxtrot "Time After Time"—Cyndi Lauper Safe

Week 5

Running order
Couple Score Dance Music
Tai & Masha 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) Paso doble "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)"—Fall Out Boy
Torah & Jarryd 30 (7, 7, 8, 8) Viennese Waltz "The Only Exception"—Paramore
Eamon & Melanie 26 (5, 7, 7, 7) Jive "Dance with Me Tonight"—Olly Murs
Matt & Ash-Leigh 32 (9, 8, 8, 7) Foxtrot "Moondance"—Van Morrison
David & Jorja 38 (10, 9, 9, 10) Rumba "Thinking Out Loud"—Ed Sheeran
Ricki-Lee & Carmelo 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) Jive "Another Man"—Itch ft. Megan Joy
Lynne & Robbie 29 (7, 7, 7, 8) Foxtrot "Dark Paradise"—Lana Del Rey
  • Couples performed one unlearned dance style with a different partner selected by the general public; no elimination took place.

Week 6

Running order
Couple Score Dance Music Result
Ricki-Lee & Jarryd 36 (9, 9, 9, 9) Paso doble "Thriller"—Michael Jackson Safe
David & Melanie 33 (9, 8, 8, 8) Tango "Black Widow"—Iggy Azalea feat. Rita Ora Safe
Eamon & Ash-Leigh 27 (6, 7, 7, 7) Samba "Fun House"—Pink Eliminated
Matt & Masha 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) Paso doble "Sympathy for the Devil"—The Rolling Stones Safe
Tai & Jorja 35 (9, 8, 9, 9) Tango "Little Drop of Poison"—Tom Waits Safe
Lynne & Carmelo 28 (7, 7, 7, 7) Quickstep "That Old Black Magic"—Frank Sinatra Safe
Torah & Robbie 31 (8, 7, 8, 8) Paso doble "Bring Me to Life"—Evanescence Bottom two
Eamon & Ash-Leigh
Lynne & Carmelo
Torah & Robbie
Matt & Masha
Ricki-Lee & Jarryd
Tai & Jorja
David & Melanie
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Halloween Marathon "This is Halloween"—from The Nightmare Before Christmas
"Devil Gate Drive"—Suzi Quatro
"Monster Mash"—Bobby "Boris" Pickett
"The Time Warp"—from The Rocky Horror Picture Show
N/A

Week 7

Running order
Couple Score Dance Music Result
David & Melanie 36 (9, 9, 9, 9) Jive "Happy"—Pharrell Williams Safe
Matt & Masha 24 (5, 6, 7, 6) Rumba "Impossible"—James Arthur Safe
Tai & Jorja 26 (6, 6, 7, 7) Viennese Waltz "Hallelujah"—Jeff Buckley Safe
Lynne & Carmello 30 (7, 7, 8, 8) Jazz "Le Jazz Hot!"— from Victor/Victoria Safe
Ricki-Lee & Jarryd 33 (8, 8, 8, 9) Viennese Waltz "Fallin'"—Alicia Keys Safe
Lynne & Carmello
Matt & Masha
Tai & Jorja
32 (8, 8, 8, 8) Team Rock (Paso doble/Tango Fusion) "Thunderstruck"—AC/DC N/A
Ash-Leigh* & Robbie
Ricki-Lee & Jarryd
David & Melanie
35 (8, 8, 10, 9) Team Pop (Cha-cha-cha/Samba Fusion) "Bom Bom"—Sam and the Womp N/A

* Due to Torah being injured, she was replaced by Ash-Leigh Hunter in Team Pop.

  • Because of Torah's injury, there was also no elimination this week.

Week 8

Running order
Couple Scores Dance Music Result
Tai & Jorja 35 (8, 10, 9, 8) Paso doble "Scott & Fran's Paso Doble"—David Hirschfelder Safe
34 (9, 8, 8, 9) Rumba "Stay with Me"—Sam Smith
Matt & Masha 38 (9, 10, 9, 10) Foxtrot "It's a Beautiful Day"—Michael Bublé Eliminated
37 (9, 9, 10, 9) Argentine tango "Asi se Baila el Tango"—Veronica Verdier
David & Melanie 33 (8, 9, 8, 8) Rumba "Only Love Can Hurt Like This"—Paloma Faith Safe
28 (5, 6, 8, 9) Foxtrot "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"—Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
Lynne & Carmelo 29 (7, 7, 7, 8) Foxtrot "You're the Boss"—Elvis Presley & Ann-Margret Safe
32 (8, 8, 8, 8) Waltz "Open Arms"—Mariah Carey
Ricki-Lee & Jarryd 36 (9, 9, 9, 9) Jive "Bang Bang"—Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj Last to be called safe
37 (10, 9, 9, 9) Tango "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"—Lorde

Week 9 - Semi-Finals

Running order
Couple Scores Dance Music Result Mentor
Ricki-Lee & Jarryd 27 (9, 9, X, 9) Quickstep "Do Your Thing"—Basement Jaxx Safe Kym Johnson
37 (9, 9, 10, 9) Broadway "Cinema Italiano"—Kate Hudson
Tai & Jorja 29 (9, X, 10, 10) Argentine tango "El Sonido De La Milonga"—Campo Eliminated Helen Richey
36 (9, 9, 9, 9) Urban "Talk Dirty"—Jason Derulo feat. 2 Chainz
Lynne & Carmelo 28 (10, 9, 9, X) Salsa "Conga"—Gloria Estefan Safe Adam Garcia
35 (8, 10, 9, 8) Charleston "Pencil Full of Lead"—Paolo Nutini
David & Melanie 30 (X, 10, 10, 10) Contemporary "Latch"—Sam Smith Last to be called safe Todd McKenney
40 (10, 10, 10, 10) Bollywood "Ek Ajnabee"— Sunidhi Chauhan, Sukhwinder Singh & Vishal Dadlani
  • Each semi-finalist was 'mentored' by one of the four judges this week, and this judge was unable to score their corresponding couple in round one.

Week 10 - Grand Final

Running order
Couple Scores Dance Music Result
Ricki-Lee & Jarryd 40 (10, 10, 10, 10) Paso doble "Malaguena"—Domingo DeGrazia Third Place
38 (9, 10, 9, 10) Freestyle "Shot Me Down"—David Guetta feat. Skylar Grey
David & Melanie 40 (10, 10, 10, 10) Quickstep "Jumpin' Jack"—Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Winners
40 (10, 10, 10, 10) Freestyle "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)"—Michael Jackson
40 (10, 10, 10, 10) Cha-cha-cha "Everybody"—Justice Crew
Lynne & Carmelo 36 (9, 9, 9, 9) Jazz "I'm a Woman"—from Smokey Joe's Cafe Runners-Up
38 (9, 9, 10, 10) Freestyle "I Just Wanna Dance"—Alison Jiear
36 (9, 9, 9, 9) Jive "Shake a Tail Feather"—Ray Charles

Dance chart

The celebrities and professional partners danced one of these routines for each corresponding week:

  • Week 1: Cha-cha-cha, Viennese Waltz, Contemporary or Foxtrot
  • Week 2: One Unlearned Dance Introducing Samba, Waltz, Jive, Salsa and Paso doble (Memorable Moments Week)
  • Week 3: One Unlearned Dance Introducing Tango, Viennese Waltz, Quickstep, Rumba and Jazz (Audience Chooses The Songs Week)
  • Week 4: One Unlearned Dance (Party Anthems Week)
  • Week 5: One Unlearned Dance (Partner Switch-Up Week)
  • Week 6: One Unlearned Dance and Marathon Dance (Spooky Halloween Special)
  • Week 7: One Unlearned Dance and Team Dances (Rock vs. Pop Week)
  • Week 8: Week 5 Dance and One Unlearned Dance (Switch-Up Redo Week)
  • Week 9: One Unlearned Dance and One New Style (Semi Finals)
  • Week 10: Audience's Choice Dance, Judge's Choice Dance & Freestyle (Grand Final)
Couple Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10
David & Melanie Cha-cha-cha Samba Viennese Waltz Quickstep Rumba
David & Jorja
Tango Halloween Marathon Jive Team Pop Rumba Foxtrot Contemporary Bollywood Quickstep Freestyle Cha-cha-cha
Lynne & Carmelo Viennese Waltz Jive Tango Cha-cha-cha Foxtrot
Lynne & Robbie
Quickstep Halloween Marathon Jazz Team Rock Foxtrot Waltz Salsa Charleston Jazz Freestyle Jive
Ricki-Lee & Jarryd Cha-cha-cha Contemporary Rumba Foxtrot Jive
Ricki-Lee & Carmelo
Paso doble Halloween Marathon Viennese Waltz Team Pop Jive Tango Quickstep Broadway Paso doble Freestyle
Tai & Jorja Contemporary Foxtrot Jive Cha-cha-cha Paso doble
Tai & Masha
Tango Halloween Marathon Viennese Waltz Team Rock Paso doble Rumba Argentine tango Urban
Matt & Masha Cha-cha-cha Waltz Tango Salsa Foxtrot
Matt & Ashleigh
Paso doble Halloween Marathon Rumba Team Rock Foxtrot Argentine tango
Torah & Robbie Foxtrot Contemporary Samba Jive Viennese Waltz
Torah & Jarryd
Paso doble Halloween Marathon Quickstep Team Pop
Eamon & Ashleigh Foxtrot Paso doble Quickstep Tango Jive
Eamon & Melanie
Samba Halloween Marathon
Mark & Jessica Foxtrot Viennese Waltz Jazz Paso doble
Kyly & Damian Contemporary Waltz Jazz
April & Aric Viennese Waltz Samba Rumba
Ashley & Julz Cha-cha-cha Salsa
  Highest scoring dance
  Lowest scoring dance
  Not performed or scored

Reception

Viewership

Episode Original airdate Viewers
(in millions)
Rank
(Night)
Source
1 "Week One" 30 September 2014 1.040 #6 [3]
2 "Week Two" 7 October 2014 0.882 #7 [4]
3 "Week Three" 14 October 2014 0.946 #5 [5]
4 "Week Four" 21 October 2014 0.954 #2 [6]
5 "Week Five" 28 October 2014 0.902 #4 [7]
6 "Week Six" 30 October 2014 0.898 #5 [8]
7 "Week Seven" 4 November 2014 0.883 #9 [9]
8 "Week Eight" 11 November 2014 0.886 #6 [10]
9 "Week Nine" 18 November 2014 0.908 #5 [11]
10 "Week Ten" 25 November 2014 1.063 #1 [12]

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