# Dancing with the Stars (New Zealand TV series) series 4

The fourth series of Dancing with the Stars premiered on 26 February 2008. The contestants were announced in two groups of four in December 2007 and January 2008.

## Couples

| Celebrity | Occupation | Professional partner | Placing |
| Temepara George | Former netball player | Stefano Olivieri | Winners on 15 April 2008 |
| Monty Betham | Professional boxer | Nerida Jantti | Runners-up on 15 April 2008 |
| Miriama Smith | Film & television actress | Jonny Williams | Eliminated 6th on 8 April 2008 |
| Cory Hutchings | Ironman competitor & television presenter | Rebecca Nicholson | Eliminated 5th on 1 April 2008 |
| Tina Cross | Koo De Tah singer & actress | Aaron Gilmore | Eliminated 4th on 25 March 2008 |
| Martin Devlin | Television & radio presenter | Lauren de Boeck | Eliminated 3rd on 18 March 2008 |
| Peter Urlich | Musician & DJ | Hayley Holt | Eliminated 2nd on 11 March 2008 |
| Geeling Ng | Actress & restaurateur | Brian Jones | Eliminated 1st on 4 March 2008 |
Netball star Temepara George and her professional Stefano beat boxing champion Monty Betham and his pro Nerida.

## Scorecard

    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 couples eliminated that week.
    indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two.
    indicates the winning couple.
    indicates the runner-up couple.
| Team | Place | 1 | 2 | 1+2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Temepara & Stefano | 1 | 29 | 31 | 60 | 33 | 34 | 34+33=67 | 34+30=64 | 34+36=70 | 37+36+39=112 |
| Monty & Nerida | 2 | 23 | 23 | 46 | 26 | 29 | 30+25=55 | 29+27=56 | 35+29=64 | 33+38+37=108 |
| Miriama & Jonny | 3 | 35 | 28 | 63 | 36 | 32 | 37+31=68 | 33+21=54 | 33+35=68 | |
| Cory & Rebecca | 4 | 23 | 27 | 50 | 20 | 29 | 21+27=48 | 25+27=52 | | |
| Tina & Aaron | 5 | 32 | 29 | 61 | 31 | 34 | 24+29=53 | | | |
| Martin & Lauren | 6 | 21 | 18 | 39 | 28 | 18 | | | | |
| Peter & Hayley | 7 | 34 | 14 | 48 | 17 | | | | | |
| Geeling & Brian | 8 | 17 | 23 | 40 | | | | | | |

## Dance Chart

    Highest Scoring Dance
    Lowest Scoring Dance
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Temepara & Stefano | Cha-Cha-Cha | Quickstep | Jive | Foxtrot | Samba | Viennese Waltz | Tango | Rumba | Paso Doble | Waltz | Foxtrot | Samba | Freestyle |
| Monty & Nerida | Cha-Cha-Cha | Quickstep | Jive | Foxtrot | Samba | Viennese Walz | Waltz | Rumba | Paso Doble | Tango | Quickstep | Paso Doble | Freestyle |
| Miriama & Jonny | Waltz | Rumba | Tango | Paso Doble | Samba | Viennese Waltz | Quickstep | Cha-Cha-Cha | Jive | Foxtrot | | | |
| Cory & Rebecca | Cha-Cha-Cha | Quickstep | Jive | Foxtrot | Samba | Viennese Waltz | Waltz | Paso Doble | | | | | |
| Tina & Aaron | Cha-Cha-Cha | Quickstep | Jive | Paso Doble | Samba | Viennese Waltz | | | | | | | |
| Martin & Lauren | Waltz | Rumba | Tango | Paso Doble | | | | | | | | | |
| Peter & Hayley | Waltz | Rumba | Tango | | | | | | | | | | |
| Geeling & Brian | Waltz | Rumba | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Average chart

| Rank by average | Competition finish | Couple | Total | Number of dances | Average |
| 1 | 1 | Temepara & Stefano | 440 | 13 | 33.8 |
| 2 | 3 | Miriama & Jonny | 321 | 10 | 32.1 |
| 3 | 5 | Tina & Aaron | 179 | 6 | 29.8 |
| 4 | 2 | Monty & Nerida | 384 | 13 | 29.5 |
| 5 | 4 | Cory & Rebecca | 199 | 8 | 24.9 |
| 6 | 7 | Peter & Hayley | 65 | 6 | 21.7 |
| 7 | 6 | Martin & Lauren | 84 | 4 | 21.3 |
| 8 | 8 | Geeling & Brian | 40 | 2 | 20.0 |

## Weekly scores

Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Brendan Cole, Alison Leonard, Craig Revel Horwood, Paul Mercurio.

### Week 1: First Dances

Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music |
| Cory & Rebecca | 23 (6, 6, 5, 6) | Cha-cha-cha | " "— |
| Geeling & Brian | 17 (4, 5, 3, 5) | Waltz | " "— |
| Monty & Nerida | 23 (6, 7, 4, 6) | Cha-cha-cha | " "— |
| Martin & Lauren | 21 (4, 6, 6, 5) | Waltz | " "— |
| Tina & Aaron | 32 (7, 8, 9, 8) | Cha-cha-Cha | "Think"—Aretha Franklin |
| Peter & Hayley | 34 (9, 8, 8, 9) | Waltz | "Moon River"—Henry Mancini |
| Temepara & Stefano | 29 (7, 8, 8, 6) | Cha-cha-cha | " "— |
| Miriama & Jonny | 35 (8, 9, 9, 9) | Waltz | " "— |

### Week 2

Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Temepara & Stefano | 31 (7, 8, 8, 8) | Quickstep | "Cabaret"—from Cabaret | Safe |
| Martin & Lauren | 18 (5, 6, 3, 4) | Rumba | "Your Song"—Elton John | Safe |
| Tina & Aaron | 29 (7, 8, 7, 7) | Quickstep | "Get Happy"—Judy Garland | Safe |
| Miriama & Jonny | 28 (7, 7, 7, 7) | Rumba | "Endless Love"—Lionel Richie & Diana Ross | Safe |
| Cory & Rebecca | 27 (7, 8, 5, 7) | Quickstep | "Brown Derby Jump"—Cherry Poppin' Daddies | Safe |
| Geeling & Brian | 23 (6, 7, 4, 6) | Rumba | "Too Lost in You"—Sugababes | Eliminated |
| Monty & Nerida | 23 (5, 6, 5, 7) | Quickstep | "Suddenly I See"—KT Tunstall | Safe |
| Peter & Hayley | 14 (3, 5, 3, 3) | Rumba | "Careless Whisper"—George Michael | Bottom two |

### Week 3

Couples are listed in the order they performed.
* Musical guests: Delta Goodrem
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Monty & Nerida | 26 (7, 7, 5, 7) | Jive | "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"—Frank Sinatra | Safe |
| Peter Ulrich | 17 (4, 6, 3, 4) | Tango | "Gold"—Spandau Ballet | Eliminated |
| Temepara & Stefano | 33 (8, 9, 8, 8) | Jive | "Mambo No. 5"—Lou Bega | Safe |
| Martin & Lauren | 28 (7, 7, 6, 8) | Tango | "Ecstasy"—Joe Loss | Safe |
| Tina & Aaron | 31 (5, 8, 9, 9) | Jive | "Good Times"—INXS & Jimmy Barnes | Bottom two |
| Miriama & Jonny | 36 (9, 8, 9, 10) | Tango | "El Choclo"—Stanley Black | Safe |
| Cory & Rebecca | 20 (5, 6, 3, 6) | Jive | "I'm a Believer"—The Monkees | Safe |

### Week 4

Couples are listed in the order they performed.
* Musical guests: Will Martin
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Miriama & Jonny | 32 (7, 8, 8, 9) | Paso Doble | "Bring Me to Life"—Evanescence | Safe |
| Cory & Rebecca | 29 (7, 7, 7, 8) | Foxtrot | "My Guy"—Mary Wells | Safe |
| Tina & Aaron | 34 (9, 9, 9, 7) | Paso Doble | "Free Your Mind"—En Vogue | Safe |
| Monty & Nerida | 29 (7, 8, 6, 8) | Foxtrot | "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?"—Robbie Williams | Bottom two |
| Martin & Lauren | 18 (4, 5, 3, 6) | Paso Doble | "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"—ABBA | Eliminated |
| Temepara & Stefano | 34 (8, 9, 9, 8) | Foxtrot | "Walkin' My Baby Back Home"—Nat King Cole | Safe |

### Week 5

Couples are listed in the order they performed.
* Musical guests: Lizzie Marvelly
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Tina & Aaron | 24 (5, 6, 6, 7) | Samba | "La Isla Bonita"—Madonna | Eliminated |
| Tina & Aaron | 29 (7, 8, 8, 7) | Viennese Waltz | " "— | Eliminated |
| Temepara & Stefano | 34 (8, 10, 8, 8) | Samba | "Brazil"—Edmundo Ros | Safe |
| Temepara & Stefano | 33 (8, 9, 9, 8) | Viennese Waltz | " "— | Safe |
| Cory & Rebecca | 21 (6, 6, 4, 5) | Samba | "Young Hearts Run Free"—Candi Staton | Bottom two |
| Cory & Rebecca | 27 (6, 7, 7, 7) | Viennese Waltz | " "— | Bottom two |
| Miriama & Jonny | 37 (8, 10, 9, 10) | Samba | "Livin' la Vida Loca"—Ricky Martin | Safe |
| Miriama & Jonny | 31 (8, 9, 7, 7) | Viennese Waltz | " "— | Safe |
| Monty & Nerida | 30 (7, 8, 6, 9) | Samba | "Quando quando quando"—Engelbert Humperdinck | Safe |
| Monty & Nerida | 25 (6, 7, 5, 7) | Viennese Waltz | " "— | Safe |

### Week 6

Couples are listed in the order they performed.
* Musical guests:
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Monty & Nerida | 29 (7, 8, 6, 8) | Waltz | "Gymnopedie"—Carl Doy | Safe |
| Monty & Nerida | 27 (8, 8, 3, 8) | Rumba | "Sway"—Bic Runga | Safe |
| Miriama & Jonny | 33 (8, 8, 8, 9) | Quickstep | "I'm Sitting on Top of the World"— Bobby Darin | Bottom two |
| Miriama & Jonny | 21 (4, 6, 5, 6) | Cha-Cha-Cha | "Pink Cadillac"—Natalie Cole | Bottom two |
| Temepara & Stefano | 34 (8, 9, 7, 10) | Tango | "Hernando's Hideaway"—Doris Day | Safe |
| Temepara & Stefano | 30 (7, 8, 8, 7) | Rumba | "Sacrifice"—Elton John | Safe |
| Cory & Rebecca | 25 (6, 7, 5, 7) | Waltz | "Dancing Like Lovers"—Ross Mitchell | Eliminated |
| Cory & Rebecca | 27 (7, 8, 5, 7) | Paso Doble | "Live and Let Die"—Guns N' Roses | Eliminated |

### Week 7

Couples are listed in the order they performed.
* Musical guests:
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Temepara & Stefano | 34 (8, 9, 9, 8) | Paso Doble | "Consuela"—Orquesta Tarde de Torros | Safe |
| Temepara & Stefano | 36 (9, 9, 9, 9) | Waltz | "Until It's Time for You to Go"—Buffy Sainte-Marie | Safe |
| Miriama & Jonny | 33 (8, 9, 8, 8) | Jive | "Johnny B. Goode"—Chuck Berry | Eliminated |
| Miriama & Jonny | 35 (8, 9, 9, 9) | Foxtrot | "Broadway Baby"—from Follies | Eliminated |
| Monty & Nerida | 35 (8, 9, 8, 10) | Paso Doble | "Boléro"—Maurice Ravel | Bottom two |
| Monty & Nerida | 29 (7, 8, 6, 8) | Tango | "Hey Sexy Lady"—Shaggy | Bottom two |

### Week 8

Couples are listed in the order they performed.
* Musical guests:
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
| Monty & Nerida | 33 (8, 9, 7, 9) | Quickstep | "Things"—Robbie Williams | Runners-up |
| Monty & Nerida | 38 (9, 10, 9, 10) | Paso Doble | "Boléro"—Maurice Ravel | Runners-up |
| Monty & Nerida | 37 (9, 9, 9, 10) | Freestyle | "Magalenha"—Sérgio Mendes | Runners-up |
| Temepara & Stefano | 37 (9, 10, 9, 9) | Foxtrot | "Fly Me to the Moon"—Frank Sinatra | Winners |
| Temepara & Stefano | 36 (8, 10, 9, 9) | Samba | "Brazil"—Edmundo Ros | Winners |
| Temepara & Stefano | 39 (9, 10, 10, 10) | Freestyle | "I Am What I Am"—Gloria Gaynor | Winners |