The fourth season of the Australian Dancing with the Stars premiered on 21 February 2006. Daryl Somers and Sonia Kruger returned as hosts, while Todd McKenney, Paul Mercurio, Helen Richey, and Mark Wilson returned as judges.
Weather presenter Grant Denyer and Amanda Garner were announced as the winners on 9 May 2006, while professional boxer Kostya Tszyu and Luda Kroitor finished in second place.
Couples This season featured ten celebrity contestants. Celebrity Notability Professional partner Status Ian "Molly" Meldrum Music critic Alana Patience Eliminated 1ston 28 February 2006 Luke Ricketson NRL player Eliza Campagna Eliminated 2ndon 7 March 2006 Alicia Molik Tennis player John Paul Collins Eliminated 3rdon 14 March 2006 Simone Callahan Shane Warne's ex-wife Gordon Derbogosijan Eliminated 4thon 28 March 2006 Jennifer Hawkins Miss Universe 2004 Sergei Bolgarschii Eliminated 5thon 4 April 2006 Kate Langbroek Television presenter Alexander Bryan Eliminated 6thon 18 April 2006 Noeline Brown Actress Carmello Pizzino Eliminated 7thon 25 April 2006 Toby Allen Singer Leanne Bampton Eliminated 8thon 2 May 2006 Kostya Tszyu Professional boxer Luda Kroitor Runners-upon 9 May 2006 Grant Denyer Weather presenter Amanda Garner Winnerson 9 May 2006
Scoring chart The highest score each week is indicated in with a dagger (), while the lowest score each week is indicated in with a double-dagger ().
Color key:
+Dancing with the Stars (season 4) - Weekly scores Couple Week 1 2 1+2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Grant & Amanda 1st 25 29 54 31 31 25 25 30+31=61 29+36= 36+40+33= Kostya & Luda 2nd 26 27 53 30 26 31 27 31 31+31= 24+28= 33+34+34= Toby & Leanne 3rd 35 30+32= 35+28=63 Noeline & Carmello 4th 23 26 49 28 24 24 23 22+20= Kate & Alex 5th 19 25 44 24 Jennifer & Serghei 6th 25 31 56 26 31 29 24 Simone & Gordon 7th 24 22 21 19 Alicia & John-Paul 8th 23 43 26 18 Luke & Eliza 9th 19 28 47 25 Molly & Alana 10th 16 22 Notes
Weekly scores Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Todd McKenney, Helen Richey, Paul Mercurio, Mark Wilson.
Week 1 Couples performed either the cha-cha-cha or the waltz, and are listed in the order they performed. CoupleScoresDanceMusic Grant & Amanda 25 (5, 6, 7, 7) Cha-cha-cha "Mustang Sally" — Wilson Pickett Jennifer & Sergei 25 (7, 7, 6, 5) Waltz "Lotus" — Secret Garden Luke & Eliza 19 (4, 5, 5, 5) Cha-cha-cha "Don't Cha" — The Pussycat Dolls Kate & Alexander 19 (3, 5, 6, 5) Waltz "Tennessee Waltz" — Pee Wee King Noeline & Carmello 23 (6, 6, 5, 6) Cha-cha-cha "Tea for Two" — Louise Groody & John Barker Toby & Leanne 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) Waltz "What the World Needs Now Is Love" — Dionne Warwick Simone & Gordon 14 (3, 4, 3, 4) Cha-cha-cha "I Will Survive" — Gloria Gaynor Alicia & John Paul 23 (5, 5, 7, 6) Waltz "I Have Nothing" — Whitney Houston Molly & Alana 16 (5, 4, 3, 4) Cha-cha-cha "You Can Leave Your Hat On" — Joe Cocker& "Can You Feel It" — The Jacksons Kostya & Luda 26 (7, 6, 7, 6) Waltz "From Russia with Love" — Matt Monro
Week 2 Musical guests: Westlife
Couples performed either the quickstep or the rumba, and are listed in the order they performed. CoupleScoresDanceMusicResult Kostya & Luda 27 (7, 7, 6, 7) Rumba "Hero" — Mariah Carey Safe Luke & Eliza 28 (7, 7, 7, 7) Quickstep "I Get a Kick Out of You" — Frank Sinatra Safe Alicia & John Paul 20 (5, 5, 5, 5) Rumba "Untitled (How Could This Happen to Me?)" — Simple Plan Bottom two Molly & Alana 22 (6, 5, 5, 6) Quickstep "Walk Like an Egyptian" — The Bangles Eliminated Jennifer & Sergei 31 (8, 7, 8, 8) Rumba "You're Beautiful" — James Blunt Safe Grant & Amanda 29 (7, 7, 8, 7) Quickstep "Do Your Thing" — Basement Jaxx Safe Kate & Alexander 25 (6, 6, 6, 7) Rumba "Only Time" — Enya Safe Noeline & Carmello 26 (7, 6, 6, 7) Quickstep "Le Jazz Hot!" — Henry Mancini Safe Toby & Leanne 32 (8, 8, 7, 9) Rumba "Father Figure" — George Michael Safe Simone & Gordon 24 (6, 6, 6, 6) Quickstep "Bewitched Theme" — The Hit Crew Safe
Week 3 Couples performed either the jive or the tango, and are listed in the order they performed. CoupleScoresDanceMusicResult Jennifer & Sergei 26 (6, 7, 7, 6) Tango "Libertango" — Bond Safe Luke & Eliza 25 (5, 6, 7, 7) Jive "L-O-V-E" — Nat King Cole Eliminated Kate & Alexander 19 (5, 5, 4, 5) Tango "Turning Japanese" — The Vapors Bottom two Kostya & Luda 30 (7, 7, 8, 8) Tango "Wags the Dog, He Likes to Tango" — The Wiggles Safe Simone & Gordon 22 (6, 5, 6, 5) Jive "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" — Jet Safe Toby & Leanne 35 (9, 8, 9, 9) Tango "Peter Gunn" — Henry Mancini Safe Noeline & Carmello 28 (8, 6, 7, 7) Jive "Stuff Like That There" — Bette Midler Safe Alicia & John Paul 26 (6, 6, 7, 7) Tango "Objection (Tango)" — Shakira Safe Grant & Amanda 31 (8, 7, 8, 8) Jive "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" — Wham! Safe
Week 4 Couples performed either the foxtrot or the paso doble, and are listed in the order they performed. CoupleScoresDanceMusicResult Kostya & Luda 26 (6, 7, 7, 6) Paso doble "Gonna Fly Now" — DeEtta West & Nelson Pigford Safe Simone & Gordon 21 (5, 5, 6, 5) Foxtrot "Theme from New York, New York" — Frank Sinatra Safe Alicia & John Paul 18 (2, 5, 7, 4) Paso doble "Best of You" — Foo Fighters Eliminated Kate & Alexander 16 (5, 4, 4, 3) Paso doble "Theme from Star Wars" — John Williams Bottom two Grant & Amanda 31 (8, 8, 8, 7) Foxtrot "A Foggy Day" — Fred Astaire Safe Jennifer & Sergei 31 (7, 8, 8, 8) Paso doble "España cañí" — Erich Kunzel Safe Noeline & Carmello 24 (6, 6, 6, 6) Foxtrot "Rose's Turn" — Bette Midler Safe Toby & Leanne 32 (8, 8, 7, 9) Paso doble "Superstar" — from Jesus Christ Superstar Safe
Week 5 Musical guest: Olivia Newton-John
Couples performed the samba and are listed in the order they performed. CoupleScoresDanceMusicResult Grant & Amanda 25 (6, 7, 7, 5) Samba "Livin' la Vida Loca" — Ricky Martin Safe Jennifer & Sergei 29 (7, 8, 6, 8) Samba "Lo-Lo Džama" — Šum svistu Safe Kostya & Luda 31 (8, 8, 8, 7) Samba "Tequila" — The Champs Safe Simone & Gordon 19 (4, 5, 5, 5) Samba "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" — Leo Sayer Eliminated Toby & Leanne 32 (7, 8, 8, 9) Samba "I'm Going Bananas" — Madonna Safe Kate & Alexander 18 (4, 4, 5, 5) Samba "Gasolina" — Daddy Yankee Bottom two Noeline & Carmello 24 (6, 6, 6, 6) Samba "Copacabana" — Barry Manilow Safe
Week 6 Couples are listed in the order they performed. CoupleScoresDanceMusicResult Toby & Leanne 34 (9, 9, 8, 8) Cha-cha-cha "You Should Be Dancing" — Bee Gees Safe Kostya & Luda 27 (6, 7, 8, 6) Viennese waltz "Waltz No. 2" — Dmitri Shostakovich Safe Jennifer & Sergei 24 (5, 6, 6, 7) Jive "Just a Gigolo" — Irving Caesar Eliminated Kate & Alexander 24 (6, 6, 6, 6) Viennese waltz "Once Upon a Dream" — from Sleeping Beauty Safe Noeline & Carmello 18 (5, 5, 4, 4) Rumba "You've Got a Friend" — James Taylor Bottom two Grant & Amanda 25 (6, 6, 7, 6) Waltz "If You Don't Know Me by Now" — Simply Red Safe
Week 7 Musical guest: Shannon Noll
Couples are listed in the order they performed. CoupleScoresDanceMusicResult Kate & Alexander 17 (3, 4, 5, 5) Jive "Mickey" — Toni Basil Eliminated Kostya & Luda 31 (8, 7, 8, 8) Foxtrot "Change Partners" — Vic Damone Safe Noeline & Carmello 23 (6, 6, 5, 6) Tango "Whatever Lola Wants" — Sarah Vaughan Bottom two Toby & Leanne 35 (9, 9, 8, 9) Viennese waltz "Tenterfield Saddler" — Peter Allen Safe Grant & Amanda 39 (10, 9, 10, 10) Paso doble "Pump It" — Black Eyed Peas Safe
Week 8 Musical guest: Mark Sholtez
Each couple performed two routines and are listed in the order they performed. CoupleScoresDanceMusicResult Toby & Leanne 30 (7, 8, 7, 8) Jive "Time Warp" — from The Rocky Horror Show Safe 32 (8, 9, 7, 8) Foxtrot "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" — Frankie Valli Noeline & Carmello 20 (6, 5, 5, 4) Viennese waltz "Storybook" — David Campbell Eliminated 22 (6, 6, 5, 5) Paso doble "The Shady Dame from Seville" — from Victor/Victoria Kostya & Luda 31 (8, 8, 8, 7) Quickstep "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" — Hal Le Roy & Eunice Healey Safe 31 (7, 8, 8, 8) Jive "Do You Love Me" — The Contours Grant & Amanda 30 (7, 8, 9, 6) Tango "El Tango de Roxanne" — from Moulin Rouge! Safe 31 (9, 7, 8, 7) Viennese waltz "Chim Chim Cher-ee" — from Mary Poppins
Week 9 Musical guests: The Veronicas
Each couple performed two routines, one of which was the American Smooth, and are listed in the order they performed. CoupleScoresDanceMusicResult Kostya & Luda 24 (6, 6, 6, 6) Cha-cha-cha "Something Worth Fighting For" — Larisa Dolina Bottom two 28 (7, 7, 7, 7) American Smooth "Beauty and the Beast" — from Beauty and the Beast Toby & Leanne 35 (9, 9, 8, 9) American Smooth "Orange Colored Sky" — Natalie Cole Eliminated 28 (6, 8, 6, 8) Quickstep "Duelling Banjos" — from Deliverance Grant & Amanda 29 (6, 7, 8, 8) Rumba "I Hate You Then I Love You" — Luciano Pavarotti & Celine DionSafe 36 (9, 9, 9, 9) American Smooth "Singin' in the Rain" — from Singin' in the Rain
Week 10 Musical guests: Alex Lloyd & The Young Divas
Each couple performed three routines: their favourite ballroom dance, favourite Latin dance, and their freestyle routine. Couples are listed in the order they performed. CoupleScoresDanceMusicResult Kostya & Luda 33 (8, 9, 8, 8) Quickstep "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" — Hal Le Roy & Eunice Healey Runners-up 34 (9, 8, 9, 8) Samba "Tequila" — The Champs 34 (8, 8, 10, 8) Freestyle "The Old Fashioned Way" — Charles Aznavour Grant & Amanda 36 (9, 9, 9, 9) Foxtrot "A Foggy Day" — Fred Astaire Winners 40 (10, 10, 10, 10) Paso doble "Pump It" — Black Eyed Peas 33 (8, 8, 9, 8) Freestyle "The Ding-Dong Daddy of the D-Car Line" — Cherry Poppin' Daddies& "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)" — Benny Goodman
Dance chart The couples performed the following each week: Week 1: One unlearned dance (Cha-cha-cha or waltz) Week 2: One unlearned dance (Quickstep or rumba) Week 3: One unlearned dance (Jive or tango) Week 4: One unlearned dance (Foxtrot or paso doble) Week 5: Samba Weeks 6–7: One unlearned dance Week 8: Two unlearned dances Week 9: One unlearned dance & American Smooth Week 10: Two favourite dances of the season & freestyle
+Dancing with the Stars (season 4) - Dance chartCoupleWeek 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Grant & Amanda -cha Quickstep Jive Foxtrot Samba Waltz Paso doble Tango Viennese waltz Rumba American Smooth Foxtrot Paso doble Freestyle Kostya & Luda Waltz Rumba Tango Paso doble Samba Quickstep Foxtrot Viennese waltz Jive Cha-cha-cha American Smooth Quickstep Samba Freestyle Toby & Leanne Waltz Rumba Tango Paso doble Samba Cha-cha-cha Viennese waltz Jive Foxtrot American Smooth Quickstep Noeline & Carmello Cha-cha-cha Quickstep Jive Foxtrot Samba Rumba Tango Waltz Paso doble Kate & Alex Waltz Rumba Tango Paso doble Samba Viennese waltz Jive Jennifer & Serghei Waltz Rumba Tango Paso doble Samba Jive Simone & Gordon Cha-cha-cha Quickstep Jive Foxtrot Samba Alicia & John Paul Waltz Rumba Tango Paso doble Luke & Eliza Cha-cha-cha Quickstep Jive Molly & Alana Cha-cha-cha Quickstep
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