# Dancing with the Stars (Australian TV series) season 15

The fifteenth season of the Australian Dancing with the Stars premiered on the Seven Network on 19 July 2015. It was the only season to be hosted by Shane Bourne, following the decision of former host Daniel MacPherson to not return. Edwina Bartholomew returned as co-host. Kym Johnson, Todd McKenney, and Helen Richey returned as judges,. while Adam Garcia did not return due to his wife's pregnancy. Bruno Tonioli appeared as a guest judge during the first three weeks of the competition.
On 7 September 2015, television and radio presenter Emma Freedman and Aric Yegudkin were announced as the winners, while Olympic diver Matthew Mitcham and Masha Belash finished in second place, and cook Ash Pollard and Jarryd Byrne finished in third.

## Couples

This season featured eleven celebrities. The entire cast was leaked on 19 June 2015.
| Celebrity | Notability | Professional partner | Status |
| John Paul Young | Singer | Giselle Peacock | Eliminated 1st on 26 July 2015 |
| Tim Robards | The Bachelor Australia star | Camille Webb Giselle Peacock (Week 3) | Eliminated 2nd on 2 August 2015 |
| Samantha Harris | Model | Joshua Keefe | Eliminated 3rd on 9 August 2015 |
| Lynette Bolton | Businesswoman | Carmelo Pizzino | Eliminated 4th on 9 August 2015 |
| Jude Bolton | AFL player | Dianne Buswell | Eliminated 5th on 16 August 2015 |
| Kelly Cartwright | Paralympic athlete | Damian Whitewood | Eliminated 6th on 23 August 2015 |
| Larry Emdur | Television personality | Alana Patience | Eliminated 7th on 30 August 2015 |
| Mat Rogers | NRL player | Ash-Leigh Hunter | Eliminated 8th on 6 September 2015 |
| Ash Pollard | Cook & television personality | Jarryd Byrne | Third place on 7 September 2015 |
| Matthew Mitcham | Olympic diver | Masha Belash | Runners-up on 7 September 2015 |
| Emma Freedman | Television & radio presenter | Aric Yegudkin | Winners on 7 September 2015 |

## 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 15) - Weekly scores :
| Couple | Pl. | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Couple | Pl. | 1 | 2 | 1+2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Couple | Pl. | 1 | 2 | 1+2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Night 1 | Night 2 |
| Emma & Aric | 1st | 32 | 34 | 66 | 38† | 27 | 27 | 27+26=53 | 29+30=59† | 28+30=58 | +30+30=118† |
| Matthew & Masha | 2nd | 33† | 32 | 65 | 37 | 25 | 24+3=27 | 25+27=52 | 25+27=52 | 29+30=59† | +29+28=116‡ |
| Ash & Jarryd | 3rd | 32 | 36† | 68† | 36 | 21 | 21 | 30+26=56† | 26+27=53 | 25+27=52 | +29=81‡ |
| Mat & Ash-Leigh | 4th | 28 | 32 | 60 | 32 | 29† | 19+3=22 | 29+27=56† | 21+26=47 | 24+26=50‡ | |
| Larry & Alana | 5th | 28 | 23‡ | 51 | 32 | 21 | 26+3=29† | 24+27=51 | 21+20=41‡ | | |
| Kelly & Damian | 6th | 26 | 32 | 58 | 31 | 23 | 16‡ | 22+26=48‡ | | | |
| Jude & Dianne | 7th | 21‡ | 32 | 53 | 28 | 23 | 18 | | | | |
| Lynette & Carmelo | 8th | 21‡ | 27 | 48 | 27 | 18‡ | | | | | |
| Samantha & Josh | 9th | 24 | 27 | 51 | 25 | 19 | | | | | |
| Tim & Camille | 10th | 28 | 25 | 53 | 22‡ | | | | | | |
| John Paul & Giselle | 11th | 23 | 24 | 47‡ | | | | | | | |

### Notes

* 1 2 3 The couples were scored on a 40-point scale due to the presence of a guest judge.
* ↑ This couple finished in first place.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 This couple was in the bottom two or three, but was not eliminated.
* ↑ This couple finished in second place.
* ↑ This couple finished in third place.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 This couple was eliminated.

## Weekly scores

Unless indicated otherwise, 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.

### Week 1

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, Bruno Tonioli.
Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music |
| Ash & Jarryd | 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) | Jive | "Dear Future Husband" — Meghan Trainor |
| Tim & Camille | 28 (7, 7, 7, 7) | Viennese waltz | "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" — Bryan Adams |
| Samantha & Josh | 24 (6, 6, 6, 6) | Viennese waltz | "You Don't Own Me" — Lesley Gore |
| Jude & Dianne | 21 (5, 5, 6, 5) | Cha-cha-cha | "Uptown Funk" — Mark Ronson, feat. Bruno Mars |
| Lynette & Carmelo | 21 (4, 5, 6, 6) | Cha-cha-cha | "Mercy" — Duffy |
| Mat & Ash-Leigh | 28 (7, 7, 7, 7) | Tango | "Original Sin" — INXS |
| Matthew & Masha | 33 (9, 8, 8, 8) | Cha-cha-cha | "Can You Feel It" — The Jacksons |
| Kelly & Damian | 26 (6, 6, 7, 7) | Contemporary | "Let It Go" — James Bay |
| John & Giselle | 23 (5, 6, 6, 6) | Foxtrot | "It Had to Be You" — Harry Connick, Jr. |
| Emma & Aric | 32 (7, 9, 8, 8) | Viennese waltz | "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" — Doris Day |
| Larry & Alana | 28 (7, 7, 7, 7) | Cha-cha-cha | "A Little Less Conversation" — Elvis Presley |

### Week 2

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, Bruno Tonioli.
Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| John & Giselle | 24 (6, 6, 6, 6) | Samba | "Love Is in the Air" — John Paul Young | Eliminated |
| Samantha & Joshua | 27 (6, 7, 7, 7) | Contemporary | "Diamonds" — Rihanna | Bottom two |
| Matthew & Masha | 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) | Salsa | "Spice Up Your Life" — Spice Girls | Safe |
| Tim & Camille | 25 (6, 6, 6, 7) | Rumba | "The Blower's Daughter" — Damien Rice | Safe |
| Jude & Dianne | 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) | Paso doble | "Best of You" — Foo Fighters | Safe |
| Lynette & Carmelo | 27 (6, 7, 7, 7) | Waltz | "Kissing You" — Des'ree | Safe |
| Ash & Jarryd | 36 (9, 9, 9, 9) | Samba | "Crazy in Love" — Beyoncé | Safe |
| Mat & Ash-Leigh | 32 (9, 8, 8, 7) | Contemporary | "Brothers in Arms" — Dire Straits | Safe |
| Kelly & Damian | 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) | Waltz | "Come Away with Me" — Norah Jones | Safe |
| Larry & Alana | 23 (5, 6, 6, 6) | Jive | "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" — Wham! | Safe |
| Emma & Aric | 34 (8, 8, 9, 9) | Rumba | "Burn" — Tina Arena | Safe |

### Week 3

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, Bruno Tonioli.
Giselle Peacock performed with Tim Robards after Camille Webb became injured during rehearsal.
Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Tim & Giselle | 22 (4, 6, 6, 6) | Samba | "I Go to Rio" — Peter Allen | Eliminated |
| Matthew & Masha | 37 (9, 10, 9, 9) | Foxtrot | "The Girl from Ipanema" — Nat King Cole | Safe |
| Samantha & Joshua | 25 (5, 6, 7, 7) | Cha-cha-cha | "On the Floor" — Jennifer Lopez, feat. Pitbull | Safe |
| Larry & Alana | 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) | Tango | "La Cumparsita" — Gerardo Matos Rodriguez | Safe |
| Jude & Dianne | 28 (7, 7, 7, 7) | Samba | "Magalenha" — Sergio Mendes | Safe |
| Lynette & Carmelo | 27 (6, 7, 7, 7) | Rumba | "Hero" — Enrique Iglesias | Safe |
| Ash & Jarryd | 36 (9, 9, 9, 9) | Argentine tango | "Santa Maria" — Gotan Project | Safe |
| Kelly & Damian | 31 (8, 7, 8, 8) | Salsa | "Hips Don't Lie" — Shakira, feat. Wyclef Jean | Safe |
| Mat & Ash-Leigh | 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) | Rumba | "Maria Maria" — Santana, feat. The Product G&B | Bottom two |
| Emma & Aric | 38 (10, 9, 9, 10) | Salsa | "You'll Be Mine (Party Time)" — Gloria Estefan | Safe |

### Week 4

Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Emma & Aric | 27 (9, 9, 9) | Cha-cha-cha | "Get Stupid" — Aston Merrygold | Safe |
| Mat & Ash-Leigh | 29 (9, 10, 10) | Foxtrot | "Mack the Knife" — Robbie Williams | Safe |
| Samantha & Joshua | 19 (6, 6, 7) | Tango | "Missionary Man" — Eurythmics | Eliminated |
| Matthew & Masha | 25 (9, 7, 9) | Viennese waltz | "Can't Help Falling in Love" — Elvis Presley | Safe |
| Larry & Alana | 21 (7, 7, 7) | Paso doble | "Black Betty" — Ram Jam | Bottom three |
| Lynette & Carmelo | 18 (6, 6, 6) | Foxtrot | "Ghost" — Ella Henderson | Eliminated |
| Jude & Dianne | 23 (7, 8, 8) | Tango | "Geronimo" — Sheppard | Safe |
| Kelly & Damian | 23 (7, 7, 9) | Quickstep | "Bad Romance" — Ariana Savalas | Safe |
| Ash & Jarryd | 21 (7, 7, 7) | Viennese waltz | "Like I'm Gonna Lose You" — Meghan Trainor, feat. John Legend | Safe |

### Week 5

Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Matthew & Masha | 24 (8, 7, 9) | Jive | "Don't Stop Me Now" — Queen | Safe |
| Jude & Dianne | 18 (6, 6, 6) | Viennese waltz | "Powerful" — Major Lazer, feat. Ellie Goulding & Tarrus Riley | Eliminated |
| Mat & Ash-Leigh | 19 (7, 5, 7) | Cha-cha-cha | "Dancing in the Street" — David Bowie & Mick Jagger | Safe |
| Larry & Alana | 26 (9, 9, 8) | Viennese waltz | "Kiss from a Rose" — Seal | Safe |
| Kelly & Damian | 16 (5, 5, 6) | Cha-cha-cha | "Black Magic" — Little Mix | Bottom two |
| Ash & Jarryd | 21 (7, 7, 7) | Salsa | "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" — Michael Jackson | Safe |
| Emma & Aric | 27 (9, 9, 9) | Tango | "Blame" — Calvin Harris, feat. John Newman | Immunity |
For each dance-off, the couple with the highest remaining score (the first team listed) picked the opponent against whom they wanted to dance; the chosen opponent was allowed to pick the dance style (from cha-cha-cha, foxtrot and salsa). The winner of each dance-off earned three points. The winning immunity couple were Emma & Aric, who didn’t have to participate in the dance-off.
| Couple | Dance | Music | Result |
| Larry & Alana | Cha-cha-cha | ”Shut Up and Dance” — Walk the Moon | Winners |
| Jude & Dianne | Cha-cha-cha | ”Shut Up and Dance” — Walk the Moon | Losers |
| Matthew & Masha | Foxtrot | ”Ain't That a Kick in the Head?” — Dean Martin | Winners |
| Kelly & Damian | Foxtrot | ”Ain't That a Kick in the Head?” — Dean Martin | Losers |
| Mat & Ash-Leigh | Salsa | "Crazy Stupid Love” — Cheryl Cole, feat. Tinie Tempah | Winners |
| Ash & Jarryd | Salsa | "Crazy Stupid Love” — Cheryl Cole, feat. Tinie Tempah | Losers |

### Week 6

Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Emma & Aric | 27 (9, 9, 9) | Jive | "Lips Are Movin'" — Meghan Trainor | Safe |
| Larry & Alana | 24 (8, 8, 8) | Foxtrot | "Fly Me to the Moon" — Frank Sinatra | Safe |
| Kelly & Damian | 22 (7, 7, 8) | Tango | "Sweet Dreams" — Eurythmics | Eliminated |
| Mat & Ash-Leigh | 29 (10, 9, 10) | Viennese waltz | "Give Me Love" — Ed Sheeran | Safe |
| Matthew & Masha | 25 (9, 7, 9) | Paso doble | "Sweet Disposition" — The Temper Trap | Bottom two |
| Ash & Jarryd | 30 (10, 10, 10) | Contemporary | "Unconditionally" — Katy Perry | Safe |
| Ash & Jarryd Kelly & Damian Emma & Aric | 26 (9, 8, 9) | Team Dance | "Bills" — LunchMoney Lewis | "Bills" — LunchMoney Lewis |
| Larry & Alana Mat & Ash-Leigh Matthew & Masha | 27 (9, 9, 9) | Team Dance | "Trouble" — Iggy Azalea, feat. Jennifer Hudson | "Trouble" — Iggy Azalea, feat. Jennifer Hudson |

### Week 7

Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Mat & Ash-Leigh | 21 (7, 7, 7) | Paso doble & Tango | "Pompeii" — Bastille | Bottom two |
| Mat & Ash-Leigh | 26 (9, 9, 8) | Quickstep | "My Generation" — The Who | Bottom two |
| Matthew & Masha | 25 (8, 8, 9) | Cha-cha-cha & Tango | "Ghost Town" — Adam Lambert | Safe |
| Matthew & Masha | 27 (8, 9, 10) | Waltz | "Mr. Bojangles" — Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | Safe |
| Larry & Alana | 21 (7, 7, 7) | Paso doble & Tango | "Born to Run" — Bruce Springsteen | Eliminated |
| Larry & Alana | 20 (7, 6, 7) | Quickstep | "Mr. Pinstripe Suit" — Big Bad Voodoo Daddy | Eliminated |
| Emma & Aric | 29 (10, 9, 10) | Jazz & Jive | "Too Darn Hot" — Ella Fitzgerald | Safe |
| Emma & Aric | 30 (10, 10, 10) | Argentine tango | "Libertango" — Bond | Safe |
| Ash & Jarryd | 26 (8, 9, 9) | Contemporary & Foxtrot | "Lay Me Down" — Sam Smith | Safe |
| Ash & Jarryd | 27 (9, 9, 9) | Quickstep | "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" — Duke Ellington | Safe |

### Week 8: Grand Final
#### Night 1

Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Matthew & Masha | 29 (10, 9, 10) | Samba | "Hip Hip Chin Chin" — Club des Belugas | Safe |
| Matthew & Masha | 30 (10, 10, 10) | Contemporary | "I'm Not the Only One" — Sam Smith | Safe |
| Mat & Ash-Leigh | 24 (8, 8, 8) | Jive | "What I Like About You" — The Romantics | Eliminated |
| Mat & Ash-Leigh | 26 (9, 8, 9) | Paso doble | "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" — The Rolling Stones | Eliminated |
| Ash & Jarryd | 25 (8, 8, 9) | Jazz | "Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing" — Chris Isaak | Bottom two |
| Ash & Jarryd | 27 (9, 9, 9) | Cha-cha-cha | "Groove Is in the Heart" — Deee-Lite | Bottom two |
| Emma & Aric | 28 (10, 9, 9) | Foxtrot | "She" — Charles Aznavour | Safe |
| Emma & Aric | 30 (10, 10, 10) | Paso doble | "Run Boy Run" — Woodkid | Safe |

#### Night 2

Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Order | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Emma & Aric | 1 | 30 (10, 10, 10) | Jive | "Lips Are Movin'" — Meghan Trainor | Winners |
| Emma & Aric | 4 | 30 (10, 10, 10) | Freestyle | "Singin' in the Rain" — Gene Kelly | Winners |
| Ash & Jarryd | 2 | 29 (10, 9, 10) | Argentine tango | "Santa Maria" — Gotan Project | Third place |
| Matthew & Masha | 3 | 29 (9, 10, 10) | Cha-cha-cha | "Can You Feel It" — The Jacksons | Runners-up |
| Matthew & Masha | 5 | 28 (9, 10, 9) | Freestyle | "Valerie" — Mark Ronson, feat. Amy Winehouse | Runners-up |

## Dance chart

The celebrities and professional partners danced one of these routines for each corresponding week:
* Week 1: One unlearned dance
* Week 2: One unlearned dance
* Week 3: One unlearned dance
* Week 4: One unlearned dance
* Week 5: One unlearned dance & dance-off
* Week 6: One unlearned dance & team dance
* Week 7: Fusion dance & one unlearned dance
* Week 8 (Night 1): Two unlearned dances
* Week 8 (Night 2): Judges' choice & freestyle
Dancing with the Stars (season 15) - Dance chart :
| Couple | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Couple | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Emma & Aric | Viennese waltz | Rumba | Salsa | Cha-cha-cha | Tango | Immunity | Jive | Team Dance | Jazz & Jive | Argentine tango | Foxtrot | Paso doble | Jive | Freestyle |
| Matthew & Masha | Cha-cha-cha | Salsa | Foxtrot | Viennese waltz | Jive | Foxtrot | Paso doble | Team Dance | Cha-cha-cha & Tango | Waltz | Samba | Contemp. | Cha-cha-cha | Freestyle |
| Ash & Jarryd | Jive | Samba | Argentine tango | Viennese waltz | Salsa | Salsa | Contemp. | Team Dance | Contemp. & Foxtrot | Quickstep | Jazz | Cha-cha-cha | Argentine tango | |
| Mat & Ash-Leigh | Tango | Contemp. | Rumba | Foxtrot | Cha-cha-cha | Salsa | Viennese waltz | Team Dance | Paso doble & Tango | Quickstep | Jive | Paso doble | | |
| Larry & Alana | Cha-cha-cha | Jive | Tango | Paso doble | Viennese waltz | Cha-cha-cha | Foxtrot | Team Dance | Paso doble & Tango | Quickstep | | | | |
| Kelly & Damian | Contemp. | Waltz | Salsa | Quickstep | Cha-cha-cha | Foxtrot | Tango | Team Dance | | | | | | |
| Jude & Dianne | Cha-cha-cha | Paso doble | Samba | Tango | Viennese waltz | Cha-cha-cha | | | | | | | | |
| Lynette & Carmelo | Cha-cha-cha | Waltz | Rumba | Foxtrot | | | | | | | | | | |
| Samantha & Josh | Viennese waltz | Contemp. | Cha-cha-cha | Tango | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tim & Camille | Viennese waltz | Rumba | Samba | | | | | | | | | | | |
| John & Giselle | Foxtrot | Samba | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Ratings

| Episode | Episode | Original airdate | Timeslot | Viewers (in millions) | Rank (Night) |
| 1 | Week 1 | 19 July 2015 | Sunday 7:00 pm | 0.778 | #6 |
| 2 | Week 2 | 26 July 2015 | Sunday 8:00 pm | 0.710 | #9 |
| 3 | Week 3 | 2 August 2015 | Sunday 8:00 pm | 0.707 | #7 |
| 4 | Week 4 | 9 August 2015 | Sunday 8:00 pm | 0.673 | #8 |
| 5 | Week 5 | 16 August 2015 | Sunday 8:00 pm | 0.736 | #8 |
| 6 | Week 6 | 23 August 2015 | Sunday 8:00 pm | 0.727 | #8 |
| 7 | Week 7 | 30 August 2015 | Sunday 8:00 pm | 0.671 | #10 |
| 8 | Week 8 | 6 September 2015 | Sunday 8:00 pm | 0.867 | #6 |
| 9 | Week 8 | 7 September 2015 | Monday 7:30 pm | 0.883 | #8 |