# Dancing with the Stars (Australian TV series) season 5

The fifth season of the Australian Dancing with the Stars premiered on 26 September 2006. Daryl Somers and Sonia Kruger returned as hosts, while Todd McKenney, Paul Mercurio, Helen Richey, and Mark Wilson returned as judges.
AFL player Anthony Koutoufides and Natalie Lowe were announced as the winners on 28 November 2006, while chess player Arianne Caoili and Carmelo Pizzino finished in second place.
A controversy occurred in the semifinal round when judge Todd McKenney stated that he believed Arianne Caoili had received professional dance lessons prior to the competition; Caoili denied this. Channel 7's Today Tonight supported McKenney's claims, producing video footage of Caoili attending salsa classes, but Caoili said she had just started taking salsa lessons when the producers offered her a place on the show.

## Couples

This season featured ten celebrity contestants.
| Celebrity | Notability | Professional partner | Status |
| Fiona Falkiner | The Biggest Loser finalist | Serghei Bolgarschii | Eliminated 1st on 3 October 2006 |
| Tom Waterhouse | Businessman | Alana Patience | Eliminated 2nd on 10 October 2006 |
| Kerry Armstrong | Actress & author | Christopher Ryan | Eliminated 3rd on 17 October 2006 |
| Gary Sweet | Film & television actor | Eliza Campagna | Eliminated 4th on 24 October 2006 |
| Amanda Keller | Television & radio presenter | Csaba Szirmai | Eliminated 5th on 31 October 2006 |
| Chris Hemsworth | Home and Away actor | Abbey Ross | Eliminated 6th on 7 November 2006 |
| Andrew Gaze | National Basketball League player | Linda De Nicola | Eliminated 7th on 14 November 2006 |
| Tamsyn Lewis | Olympic track and field athlete | Arsen Kishishian | Eliminated 8th on 21 November 2006 |
| Arianne Caoili | Chess player | Carmello Pizzino | Runners-up on 28 November 2006 |
| Anthony Koutoufides | AFL player | Natalie Lowe | Winners on 28 November 2006 |

## Scoring chart

The highest score each week is indicated in bold green with a dagger (†), while the lowest score each week is indicated in italicized red with a double-dagger (‡).
Color key:
Dancing with the Stars (season 5) - Weekly scores :
| Couple | Pl. | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Couple | Pl. | 1 | 2 | 1+2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Anthony & Natalie | 1st | 27 | 26 | 53 | 29 | 29 | 26 | 35 | 37+33=70 | 33+25=58 | 33+35=68† | 33+35+40=118† |
| Arianne & Carmello | 2nd | 32† | 25 | 57† | 28 | 32† | 27 | 37† | 34+36=70 | 36+29=65† | 30+28=58 | 33+27+36=96‡ |
| Tamsyn & Arsen | 3rd | 29 | 27 | 56 | 33† | 31 | 32† | 31 | 42+36=78† | 28+33=61 | 26+29=55‡ | |
| Andrew & Linda | 4th | 30 | 26 | 56 | 21 | 21‡ | 25 | 20‡ | 22+23=45‡ | 28+23=51‡ | | |
| Chris & Abbey | 5th | 18‡ | 20‡ | 38‡ | 20‡ | 29 | 28 | 24 | 21+28=49 | | | |
| Amanda & Csaba | 6th | 19 | 28† | 47 | 26 | 25 | 29 | 25 | | | | |
| Gary & Eliza | 7th | 19 | 28† | 47 | 27 | 26 | 15‡ | | | | | |
| Kerry & Christopher | 8th | 27 | 24 | 51 | 27 | 24 | | | | | | |
| Tom & Alana | 9th | 28 | 22 | 50 | 23 | | | | | | | |
| Fiona & Serghei | 10th | 20 | 20‡ | 40 | | | | | | | | |

### Notes

* ↑ The couples were scored on a 50-point scale due to the presence of a guest judge.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 This couple was in the bottom two, but was not eliminated.
* ↑ This couple finished in first place.
* ↑ This couple finished in second place.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 This couple was eliminated.

## Weekly scores

Unless indicated otherwise, 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.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music |
| Gary & Eliza | 19 (4, 5, 5, 5) | Cha-cha-cha | "Addicted to Love" — Robert Palmer |
| Tamsyn & Arsen | 29 (7, 7, 7, 8) | Waltz | "I Will Always Love You"—Dolly Parton |
| Tom & Alana | 28 (8, 7, 6, 7) | Cha-cha-cha | "Señorita" — Justin Timberlake |
| Amanda & Csaba | 19 (4, 5, 5, 5) | Waltz | "Phenomenal Woman" — Olivia Newton-John |
| Fiona & Sergei | 20 (3, 5, 6, 6) | Cha-cha-cha | "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" — Harry Belafonte |
| Anthony & Natalie | 27 (6, 8, 6, 7) | Waltz | "Run to You" — Whitney Houston |
| Kerry & Christopher | 27 (7, 7, 6, 7) | Cha-cha-cha | "Ain't No Other Man" — Christina Aguilera |
| Chris & Abbey | 18 (5, 5, 4, 4) | Waltz | "The Wings" — from Brokeback Mountain |
| Arianne & Carmello | 32 (7, 9, 8, 8) | Cha-cha-cha | "I Like the Way" — BodyRockers |
| Andrew & Linda | 30 (8, 6, 8, 8) | Waltz | "Mr. Bojangles" — Sammy Davis Jr. |

### Week 2

Couples performed either the quickstep or the rumba, and are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Tom & Alana | 22 (5, 5, 7, 5) | Quickstep | "Good Morning" — from Singin' in the Rain | Safe |
| Anthony & Natalie | 26 (6, 7, 6, 7) | Rumba | "What's Left of Me" — Nick Lachey | Safe |
| Fiona & Sergei | 20 (4, 5, 6, 5) | Quickstep | "Piccadilly" — Ted Heath Orchestra | Eliminated |
| Tamsyn & Arsen | 27 (7, 7, 6, 7) | Rumba | "Fairy Tale" — Toni Braxton | Safe |
| Gary & Eliza | 28 (7, 6, 8, 7) | Quickstep | "42nd Street" — from 42nd Street | Safe |
| Andrew & Linda | 26 (6, 6, 7, 7) | Rumba | "One" — U2 & Mary J. Blige | Safe |
| Kerry & Christopher | 24 (6, 6, 6, 6) | Quickstep | "Get Happy" — Judy Garland | Bottom two |
| Amanda & Csaba | 28 (7, 6, 8, 7) | Rumba | "Buttons" — The Pussycat Dolls | Safe |
| Chris & Abbey | 20 (5, 5, 5, 5) | Rumba | "Babylon" — David Gray | Safe |
| Arianne & Carmello | 25 (7, 6, 6, 6) | Quickstep | "Anything Goes" — from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Safe |

### Week 3

Couples performed either the jive or the tango, and are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Kerry & Christopher | 27 (6, 7, 7, 7) | Jive | "Long Tall Sally" — Little Richard | Safe |
| Chris & Abbey | 20 (5, 5, 5, 5) | Tango | "Assassin's Tango" — John Powell | Safe |
| Tom & Alana | 23 (5, 6, 6, 6) | Jive | "Great Gosh A'Mighty" — Little Richard | Eliminated |
| Amanda & Csaba | 26 (6, 7, 7, 6) | Tango | "Mary and Steve's Tango" — Mervyn Warren | Safe |
| Arianne & Carmello | 28 (7, 7, 7, 7) | Jive | "Bandstand Boogie" — Barry Manilow | Safe |
| Anthony & Natalie | 29 (7, 8, 7, 7) | Tango | "El Vaquero" — Prandi Sounds | Safe |
| Gary & Eliza | 27 (7, 7, 7, 6) | Jive | "Bad Bad Leroy Brown" — Frank Sinatra | Safe |
| Tamsyn & Arsen | 33 (8, 9, 8, 8) | Tango | "Sensation" — Musica & Poesia | Bottom two |
| Andrew & Linda | 21 (5, 6, 5, 5) | Tango | "Watching You" — Rogue Traders | Safe |

### Week 4

Musical guest: Ronan Keating
Couples performed either the paso doble or the foxtrot, and are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Andrew & Linda | 21 (2, 6, 7, 6) | Paso doble | "Holding Out for a Hero" — Bonnie Tyler | Safe |
| Gary & Eliza | 26 (6, 7, 6, 7) | Foxtrot | "Me and My Shadow" — Robbie Williams & Jonathan Wilkes | Bottom two |
| Tamsyn & Arsen | 31 (7, 8, 8, 8) | Paso doble | "Spanish Paso Doble" — from The Mask of Zorro | Safe |
| Arianne & Carmello | 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) | Foxtrot | "Why Don't You Do Right?" — Sinéad O'Connor | Safe |
| Chris & Abbey | 29 (7, 7, 8, 7) | Paso doble | "Marita" | Safe |
| Kerry & Christopher | 24 (5, 6, 6, 7) | Foxtrot | "Moondance" — Van Morrison | Eliminated |
| Anthony & Natalie | 29 (7, 7, 7, 8) | Paso doble | "The Stampede" — from The Lion King | Safe |
| Amanda & Csaba | 25 (5, 6, 7, 7) | Paso doble | "Black Betty" — Spiderbait | Safe |

### Week 5

Musical guest: Guy Sebastian
Couples performed the samba and are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Arianne & Carmello | 27 (6, 7, 7, 7) | Samba | Gypsy Kings medley | Safe |
| Anthony & Natalie | 26 (6, 7, 7, 6) | Samba | "All Night Long (All Night)" — Lionel Richie | Bottom two |
| Amanda & Csaba | 29 (7, 7, 8, 7) | Samba | "Bootylicious" — Destiny's Child | Safe |
| Chris & Abbey | 28 (6, 7, 8, 7) | Samba | "Jump in the Line (Shake, Senora)" — Harry Belafonte | Safe |
| Gary & Eliza | 15 (3, 5, 3, 4) | Samba | "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" — Jessica Simpson | Eliminated |
| Tamsyn & Arsen | 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) | Samba | "The Race" & "Mas que Nada" — The Black Eyed Peas | Safe |
| Andrew & Linda | 25 (6, 6, 7, 6) | Samba | "Magalenha" — Sérgio Mendes | Safe |

### Week 6

Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Tamsyn & Arsen | 31 (8, 8, 7, 8) | Salsa | "Shake Up the Party" — Joy Enriquez | Safe |
| Chris & Abbey | 24 (6, 6, 6, 6) | Foxtrot | "Dream a Little Dream of Me" — Michael Bublé | Safe |
| Andrew & Linda | 20 (5, 5, 5, 5) | Salsa | "Stayin' Alive" — Bee Gees | Safe |
| Amanda & Csaba | 25 (6, 6, 7, 6) | Foxtrot | "I Wanna Be Loved by You" — Sinéad O'Connor | Eliminated |
| Anthony & Natalie | 35 (9, 8, 9, 9) | Quickstep | "That Old Black Magic" — Sammy Davis Jr. | Bottom two |
| Arianne & Carmello | 37 (9, 9, 9, 10) | Salsa | "Ran Kan Kan" — Tito Puente | Safe |

### Week 7

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, Dicko.
Ian "Dicko" Dickson appeared as a guest judge.
Each couple performed one new routine, and then all couples participated in a group West Coast Swing for individual points. Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Arianne & Carmello | 34 (6, 7, 8, 7, 6) | Tango | "Jealousy" — Billy Fury | Safe |
| Chris & Abbey | 21 (5, 5, 3, 3, 5) | Salsa | "Get Busy" — Sean Paul | Eliminated |
| Tamsyn & Arsen | 42 (9, 9, 8, 8, 8) | Foxtrot | "The Way You Look Tonight" — Michael Bublé | Safe |
| Andrew & Linda | 22 (5, 5, 4, 4, 4) | Quickstep | "Sweet Georgia Brown" — Brother Bones and His Shadows | Bottom two |
| Anthony & Natalie | 37 (5, 8, 8, 8, 8) | Salsa | "Johnny's Mambo" — from Dirty Dancing | Safe |
| Arianne & Carmello | 36 (6, 8, 7, 8, 7) | Group West Coast Swing | "We Will Rock You" — Queen & "SexyBack" — Justin Timberlake | "We Will Rock You" — Queen & "SexyBack" — Justin Timberlake |
| Chris & Abbey | 28 (7, 6, 3, 6, 6) | Group West Coast Swing | "We Will Rock You" — Queen & "SexyBack" — Justin Timberlake | "We Will Rock You" — Queen & "SexyBack" — Justin Timberlake |
| Tamsyn & Arsen | 36 (7, 7, 7, 8, 7) | Group West Coast Swing | "We Will Rock You" — Queen & "SexyBack" — Justin Timberlake | "We Will Rock You" — Queen & "SexyBack" — Justin Timberlake |
| Andrew & Linda | 23 (4, 6, 4, 5, 4) | Group West Coast Swing | "We Will Rock You" — Queen & "SexyBack" — Justin Timberlake | "We Will Rock You" — Queen & "SexyBack" — Justin Timberlake |
| Anthony & Natalie | 33 (6, 7, 7, 7, 6) | Group West Coast Swing | "We Will Rock You" — Queen & "SexyBack" — Justin Timberlake | "We Will Rock You" — Queen & "SexyBack" — Justin Timberlake |

### Week 8

Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Tamsyn & Arsen | 28 | Cha-cha-cha | "It's So Nice to Have a Man Around The House" — Della Reese | Safe |
| Tamsyn & Arsen | 33 (8, 9, 8, 8) | Quickstep | "Billy-A-Dick" — Bette Midler | Safe |
| Anthony & Natalie | 33 | Foxtrot | "As If We Never Said Goodbye" — Barbra Streisand | Bottom two |
| Anthony & Natalie | 25 (4, 7, 7, 7) | Cha-cha-cha | "Rhythm of the Night" — DeBarge | Bottom two |
| Arianne & Carmello | 36 (9, 9, 9, 9) | Paso doble | "Terre Aride" — Cirque du Soleil | Safe |
| Arianne & Carmello | 29 | Waltz | "His Eye Is on the Sparrow" — Lauryn Hill & Tanya Blount | Safe |
| Andrew & Linda | 28 (7, 7, 7, 7) | Foxtrot | "Business of Love" — Domino | Eliminated |
| Andrew & Linda | 23 | Jive | "Knock on Wood" — Amii Stewart | Eliminated |

### Week 9

Each couple performed two routines, one of which was the Argentine tango, and are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Tamsyn & Arsen | 26 | Jive | "Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing" — Chris Isaak | Eliminated |
| Tamsyn & Arsen | 29 | Argentine tango | "Por una Cabeza" — from Scent of a Woman | Eliminated |
| Anthony & Natalie | 35 | Argentine tango | "Tanguera" — Musica & Poesia | Bottom two |
| Anthony & Natalie | 33 | Jive | "Blue Suede Shoes" — Elvis Presley | Bottom two |
| Arianne & Carmello | 30 | Rumba | "The Prayer" — Celine Dion & Andrea Bocelli | Safe |
| Arianne & Carmello | 28 | Argentine tango | "The Tango Lesson" — Gotan Project | Safe |

### Week 10

Musical guests: Human Nature, Rogue Traders, Shannon Noll & Natalie Bassingthwaighte
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Anthony & Natalie | 33 (8, 8, 9, 8) | Quickstep | "That Old Black Magic" — Sammy Davis Jr. | Winners |
| Anthony & Natalie | 35 (7, 9, 10, 9) | Lindy Hop | "Moonlight Serenade" — Glenn Miller | Winners |
| Anthony & Natalie | 40 (10, 10, 10, 10) | Freestyle | "Together We Are One"—Delta Goodrem | Winners |
| Arianne & Carmello | 33 (8, 8, 9, 8) | Paso doble | "Terre Aride" — Cirque du Soleil | Runners-up |
| Arianne & Carmello | 27 (6, 7, 7, 7) | Lindy Hop | "Zoot Suit Riot" — Cherry Poppin' Daddies | Runners-up |
| Arianne & Carmello | 36 (9, 9, 9, 9) | Freestyle | West Side Story medley | Runners-up |

## 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
* Week 6: One unlearned dance
* Week 7: One unlearned dance & group West Coast Swing
* Week 8: Two unlearned dances
* Week 9: One unlearned dance & Argentine tango
* Week 10: Favourite dance of the season, Lindy Hop & freestyle
Dancing with the Stars (season 5) - Dance chart :
| Couple | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Couple | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Anthony & Natalie | Waltz | Rumba | Tango | Paso doble | Samba | Quickstep | Salsa | Group West Coast Swing | Foxtrot | Cha-cha-cha | Argentine tango | Jive | Quickstep | Lindy Hop | Freestyle |
| Arianne & Carmello | Cha-cha-cha | Quickstep | Jive | Foxtrot | Samba | Salsa | Tango | Group West Coast Swing | Paso doble | Waltz | Rumba | Argentine tango | Paso doble | Lindy Hop | Freestyle |
| Tamsyn & Arsen | Waltz | Rumba | Tango | Paso doble | Samba | Salsa | Foxtrot | Group West Coast Swing | Cha-cha-cha | Quickstep | Jive | Argentine tango | | | |
| Andrew & Linda | Waltz | Rumba | Tango | Paso doble | Samba | Salsa | Quickstep | Group West Coast Swing | Foxtrot | Jive | | | | | |
| Chris & Abbey | Waltz | Rumba | Tango | Paso doble | Samba | Foxtrot | Salsa | Group West Coast Swing | | | | | | | |
| Amanda & Csaba | Waltz | Rumba | Tango | Paso doble | Samba | Foxtrot | | | | | | | | | |
| Gary & Eliza | Cha-cha-cha | Quickstep | Jive | Foxtrot | Samba | | | | | | | | | | |
| Kerry & Christopher | Cha-cha-cha | Quickstep | Jive | Foxtrot | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tom & Alana | Cha-cha-cha | Quickstep | Jive | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Fiona & Serghei | Cha-cha-cha | Quickstep | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Preceded byDancing with the Stars (Australian season 4) | Dancing with the Stars (Australian version) Season 5 | Succeeded byDancing with the Stars (Australian season 6) |