# Dancing with the Stars (New Zealand TV series) series 6

The sixth series of Dancing with the Stars premiered on 31 May 2015 on TV3, and was hosted by Dominic Bowden and Sharyn Casey. Stefano Olivieri, Hayley Holt, and Candy Lane were the series' judges; Lane served as the head judge.

## Cast
### Couples

| Celebrity | Notability | Professional partner | Status |
| Maz Quinn | Professional surfer | Caryn Lin | Eliminated 1st on June 8, 2015 |
| Colin Mathura-Jeffree | Model & television presenter | Kristie Williams | Eliminated 2nd on June 15, 2015 |
| Pam Corkery | Former politician & broadcaster | Matt Tatton-Brown | Eliminated 3rd on June 22, 2015 |
| Teuila Blakely | Former Shortland Street actress | Scott Cole | Eliminated 4th on June 29, 2015 |
| Ben Barrington | The Almighty Johnsons actor | Krystal Stuart | Eliminated 5th on July 6, 2015 |
| Shane Cameron | Professional boxer | Nerida Cortese | Eliminated 6th on July 6, 2015 |
| Jay-Jay Harvey | The Edge radio presenter | Enrique Johns | Eliminated 7th on July 13, 2015 |
| Siobhan Marshall | Television actress & singer | Charlie Billington | Third Place on July 19, 2015 |
| Chrystal Chenery | The Bachelor New Zealand contestant | Jonny Williams | Runner-up on July 19, 2015 |
| Simon Barnett | Television & radio broadcaster | Vanessa Cole | Winners on July 19, 2015 |

## Scorecard

| Team | Place | 1 | 2 | 1+2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Simon & Vanessa | 1 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 24 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 26+29=55 | 27+30+57 |
| Chrystal & Jonny | 2 | 19 | 19 | 38 | 22 | 25 | 27 | 29 | 27+30=57 | 27+28=55 |
| Siobhan & Charlie | 3 | 21 | 24 | 45 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 28 | 23+27=50 | 26+30=56 |
| Jay-Jay & Enrique | 4 | 20 | 15 | 35 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 23 | 24+20=44 | |
| Shane & Nerida | 5 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 23 | | |
| Ben & Krystal | 6 | 18 | 13 | 31 | 15 | 14 | 22 | 20 | | |
| Teuila & Scott | 7 | 17 | 21 | 38 | 25 | 13 | 18 | | | |
| Pam & Matt | 8 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 12 | 17 | | | | |
| Colin & Kristie | 9 | 19 | 21 | 40 | 19 | | | | | |
| Maz & Caryn | 10 | 15 | 13 | 28 | | | | | | |
    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.
    indicates the couple who placed third.

### Average score chart

This table only counts for dances scored on a 30-point scale.
| Rank by average | Place | Couple | Total points | Number of dances | Average |
| 1 | 1 | Simon & Vanessa | 255 | 10 | 25.5 |
| 2 | 2 | Chrystal & Jonny | 253 | 10 | 25.3 |
| 3 | 3 | Siobhan & Charlie | 252 | 10 | 25.2 |
| 4 | 4 | Jay-Jay & Enrique | 160 | 8 | 20.0 |
| 5 | 5 | Shane & Nerida | 119 | 6 | 19.8 |
| 6 | 9 | Colin & Kristie | 59 | 3 | 19.7 |
| 7 | 7 | Teuila & Scott | 94 | 5 | 18.8 |
| 8 | 6 | Ben & Krystal | 102 | 6 | 17.0 |
| 9 | 10 | Maz & Caryn | 28 | 2 | 14.0 |
| 10 | 8 | Pam & Matt | 54 | 4 | 13.5 |

### Highest and lowest scoring performances

The best and worst performances in each dance according to the judges' 30-point scale are as follows:
| Dance | Highest scored dancer(s) | Highest score | Lowest scored dancer(s) | Lowest score |
| Cha-cha-cha | Chrystal Chenery | 29 | Simon Barnett | 12 |
| Jive | Chrystal Chenery | 28 | Teuila Blakely | 17 |
| Foxtrot | Simon Barnett | 27 | Pam Corkery | 11 |
| Samba | Simon Barnett | 28 | Pam Corkery | 12 |
| Quickstep | Chrystal Chenery | 27 | Jay-Jay Harvey | 15 |
| Rumba | Siobhan Marshall | 30 | Pam Corkery Ben Barrington | 14 |
| Tango | Simon Barnett Siobhan Marshall | 24 | Pam Corkery | 17 |
| Waltz | Siobhan Marshall | 25 | Chrystal Chenery Shane Cameron | 19 |
| Paso Doble | Simon Barnett | 30 | Teuila Blakely | 18 |
| Viennese Waltz | Simon Barnett | 27 | Ben Barrington | 22 |
| Argentine Tango | Shane Cameron | 23 | | |
| Salsa | Siobhan Marshall | 28 | | |
| Freestyle | Chrystal Chenery | 30 | Jay-Jay Harvey | 20 |

### Couples' highest and lowest scoring dances

Scores are based upon a potential 30-point maximum.
| Couples | Highest scoring dance(s) | Lowest scoring dance(s) |
| Simon & Vanessa | Paso Doble (30) | Cha-cha-cha (12) |
| Chrystal & Jonny | Freestyle (30) | Jive & Waltz (19) |
| Siobhan & Charlie | Rumba (30) | Cha-cha-cha (21) |
| Jay-Jay & Enrique | Viennese Waltz (24) | Quickstep (15) |
| Shane & Nerida | Argentine Tango & Samba (23) | Cha-cha-cha (13) |
| Ben & Krystal | Viennese Waltz (22) | Samba (13) |
| Teuila & Scott | Rumba (25) | Cha-cha-cha (13) |
| Pam & Matt | Tango (17) | Foxtrot (11) |
| Colin & Kristie | Foxtrot (21) | Jive & Cha-cha-cha (19) |
| Maz & Caryn | Foxtrot (15) | Cha-cha-cha (13) |

## Weekly scores

Individual judges' scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Stefano Olivieri, Candy Lane, Hayley Holt.

### Week 1

Couples performed the cha-cha-cha, foxtrot or jive.

#### Running order

| Couple | Score | Dance | Music |
| Teuila & Scott | 17 (5, 6, 6) | Jive | "Happy"—Pharrell Williams |
| Simon & Vanessa | 12 (4, 4, 4) | Cha-cha-cha | "Rock DJ"—Robbie Williams |
| Ben & Krystal | 18 (6, 6, 6) | Foxtrot | "Fever"—Peggy Lee |
| Jay-Jay & Enrique | 20 (6, 7, 7) | Jive | "Candyman"—Christina Aguilera |
| Shane & Nerida | 13 (4, 4, 5) | Cha-cha-cha | "When Love Comes To Town"—U2 feat. B.B. King |
| Colin & Kristie | 19 (6, 7, 6) | Jive | "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"—Wham! |
| Pam & Matt | 11 (4, 3, 4) | Foxtrot | "Big Spender"—Shirley Bassey |
| Siobhan & Charlie | 21 (7, 7, 7) | Cha-cha-cha | "Uptown Girl"—Billy Joel |
| Maz & Caryn | 15 (5, 5, 5) | Foxtrot | "Wade in the Water"—Eva Cassidy |
| Chrystal & Jonny | 19 (6, 6, 7) | Jive | "Shake it Off"—Taylor Swift |

### Week 2
#### Running order

| Couple | Score | Dance | Music | Result |
| Jay-Jay & Enrique | 15 (5, 4, 6) | Quickstep | "Walking On Sunshine"—Katrina & The Waves | Safe |
| Chrystal & Jonny | 19 (6, 6, 7) | Waltz | "Skyfall"—Adele | Safe |
| Ben & Krystal | 13 (5, 4, 4) | Samba | "Livin' La Vida Loca"—Ricky Martin | Bottom two |
| Shane & Nerida | 19 (6, 6, 7) | Waltz | "If You Don't Know Me By Now"—Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes | Safe |
| Colin & Kristie | 21 (7, 7, 7) | Foxtrot | "All About That Bass"—Meghan Trainor | Safe |
| Maz & Caryn | 13 (5, 4, 4) | Cha-cha-cha | "Uptown Funk"—Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars | Eliminated |
| Siobhan & Charlie | 24 (8, 8, 8) | Tango | "Without You"—David Guetta feat. Usher | Safe |
| Pam & Matt | 14 (5, 4, 5) | Rumba | "Wonderful Tonight"—Eric Clapton | Safe |
| Teuila & Scott | 21 (7, 7, 7) | Foxtrot | "It Had To Be You"—Frank Sinatra | Safe |
| Simon & Vanessa | 24 (8, 8, 8) | Tango | "Viva La Vida"—Coldplay | Safe |

### Week 3: Latin Night

Couples performed Latin-themed dances.

#### Running order

| Couple | Score | Dance | Music | Result |
| Siobhan & Charlie | 24 (8, 8, 8) | Samba | "Lean On"—Major Lazer feat. MØ & DJ Snake | Safe |
| Shane & Nerida | 20 (7, 6, 7) | Jive | "Land Of A Thousand Dances"—Wilson Pickett | Safe |
| Simon & Vanessa | 24 (8, 8, 8) | Rumba | "How Will I Know"—Sam Smith | Safe |
| Chrystal & Jonny | 22 (7, 7, 8) | Paso Doble | "Up"—Olly Murs & Demi Lovato | Bottom two |
| Colin & Kristie | 19 (6, 6, 7) | Cha-cha-cha | "Troublemaker"—Olly Murs feat. Flo Rida | Eliminated |
| Pam & Matt | 12 (4, 4, 4) | Samba | "Hey Baby"—No Doubt | Safe |
| Teuila & Scott | 25 (9, 8, 8) | Rumba | "Thinking Out Loud"—Ed Sheeran | Safe |
| Ben & Krystal | 15 (5, 5, 5) | Cha-cha-cha | "Party Rock Anthem"—LMFAO | Safe |
| Jay-Jay & Enrique | 18 (6, 6, 6) | Rumba | "All of Me"—John Legend | Safe |

### Week 4: Winter Wonderland Night

Couples performed in a Winter Wonderland special.

#### Running order

| Couple | Score | Dance | Music | Result |
| Simon & Vanessa | 27 (9, 9, 9) | Foxtrot | "Baby, It's Cold Outside"—Ricardo Montalbán & Esther Williams | Safe |
| Shane & Nerida | 21 (7, 7, 7) | Quickstep | "Umbrella"—Rihanna | Safe |
| Pam & Matt | 17 (6, 6, 5) | Tango | "Here Comes The Rain Again"—Eurythmics | Eliminated |
| Siobhan & Charlie | 25 (8, 9, 8) | Waltz | "Let It Go"—from Frozen | Bottom two |
| Ben & Krystal | 14 (5, 5, 4) | Rumba | "Jar of Hearts"—Christina Perri | Safe |
| Jay-Jay & Enrique | 21 (7, 7, 7) | Tango | "Set Fire to the Rain"—Adele | Safe |
| Chrystal & Jonny | 25 (8, 9, 8) | Viennese Waltz | "Kiss from a Rose"—Seal | Safe |
| Teuila & Scott | 13 (4, 4, 5) | Cha-cha-cha | "Ice, Ice Baby"—Vanilla Ice | Safe |

### Week 5: Movie Night

Couples performed to movie classics.

#### Running order

| Couple | Score | Dance | Music | Film | Result |
| Teuila & Scott | 18 (6, 6, 6) | Paso Doble | Theme from "X-Men"—John Ottman | X-Men | Eliminated |
| Jay-Jay & Enrique | 19 (6, 7, 6) | Samba | "Shake Your Pom Pom"—Missy Elliott | Step Up 2 | Safe |
| Shane & Nerida | 23 (8, 8, 7) | Argentine Tango | "Por Una Cabeza"—Carlos Gardel | Scent of a Woman | Safe |
| Chrystal & Jonny | 27 (9, 9, 9) | Quickstep | "Show Me How You Burlesque"—Christina Aguilera | Burlesque | Safe |
| Siobhan & Charlie | 24 (8, 8, 8) | Rumba | "On My Own"—Anne Hathaway | Les Misérables | Safe |
| Ben & Krystal | 22 (7, 8, 7) | Viennese Waltz | "A Thousand Years"—Christina Perri | Breaking Dawn – Part 1 | Bottom two |
| Simon & Vanessa | 28 (9, 10, 9) | Paso Doble | "Eye of the Tiger"—Survivor | Rocky III | Safe |

### Week 6: 80s Night

Couples performed dances to music from the decade of the 80s.

#### Running order

| Couple | Score | Dance | Music | Result |
| Simon & Vanessa | 28 (10, 9, 9) | Samba | "Pour Some Sugar On Me"—Def Leppard | Safe |
| Ben & Krystal | 20 (6, 7, 7) | Paso Doble | "Another One Bites the Dust"—Queen | Eliminated |
| Jay-Jay & Enrique | 23 (8, 8, 7) | Cha-cha-cha | "Pull Up to the Bumper"—Grace Jones | Bottom three |
| Shane & Nerida | 23 (7, 8, 8) | Samba | "Conga"—Gloria Estefan | Eliminated |
| Chrystal & Jonny | 29 (10, 10, 9) | Cha-cha-cha | "Kiss"—Tom Jones | Safe |
| Siobhan & Charlie | 28 (9, 9, 10) | Salsa | "I Wanna Dance with Somebody"—Whitney Houston | Safe |

### Week 7: Semi-Final

Couples performed two dances for the first time in the competition, one involving a prop and the second a freestyle routine.

#### Running order

| Couple | Score | Dance | Music | Result |
| Siobhan & Charlie | 23 (8, 8, 7) | Jive | "Runaway Baby"—Bruno Mars | Safe |
| Siobhan & Charlie | 27 (9, 9, 9) | Freestyle | "Chandelier"—Sia | Safe |
| Chrystal & Jonny | 27 (9, 9, 9) | Samba | "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"—Beyoncé | Bottom two |
| Chrystal & Jonny | 30 (10, 10, 10) | Freestyle | "I'm Not the Only One"—Sam Smith | Bottom two |
| Jay-Jay & Enrique | 24 (8, 8, 8) | Viennese Waltz | "You Don't Own Me"—Grace feat. G-Eazy | Eliminated |
| Jay-Jay & Enrique | 20 (7, 7, 6) | Freestyle | "Shut Up and Dance"—Walk the Moon | Eliminated |
| Simon & Vanessa | 26 (9, 9, 8) | Cha-cha-cha | "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'"—Scissor Sisters | Safe |
| Simon & Vanessa | 29 (10, 10, 9) | Freestyle | "Time After Time"—Cyndi Lauper | Safe |

### Week 8: Final

Couples performed two dances, one new style and their favourite dance of the season to reprise.

#### Running order (Dance 1)

| Couple | Score | Dance | Music |
| Chrystal & Jonny | 27 (9, 9, 9) | Rumba | "Bleeding Love"—Leona Lewis |
| Siobhan & Charlie | 26 (9, 8, 9) | Paso Doble | "Unstoppable"—E.S. Posthumus |
| Simon & Vanessa | 27 (9, 9, 9) | Viennese Waltz | "I Have Nothing"—Whitney Houston |

#### Running order (Dance 2)

| Couple | Score | Dance | Music | Result |
| Chrystal & Jonny | 28 (9, 10, 9) | Jive | "Shake it Off"—Taylor Swift | Runner-up |
| Siobhan & Charlie | 30 (10, 10, 10) | Rumba | "On My Own"—Anne Hathaway | Third Place |
| Simon & Vanessa | 30 (10, 10, 10) | Paso Doble | "Eye of the Tiger"—Survivor | Winner |

## Dance chart

    Highest scoring dance
    Lowest scoring dance
| Couple | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Simon & Vanessa | Cha-cha-cha | Tango | Rumba | Foxtrot | Paso Doble | Samba | Cha-cha-cha | Freestyle | Viennese Waltz | Paso Doble |
| Chrystal & Jonny | Jive | Waltz | Paso Doble | Viennese Waltz | Quickstep | Cha-cha-cha | Samba | Freestyle | Rumba | Jive |
| Siobhan & Charlie | Cha-cha-cha | Tango | Samba | Waltz | Rumba | Salsa | Jive | Freestyle | Paso Doble | Rumba |
| Jay-Jay & Enrique | Jive | Quickstep | Rumba | Tango | Samba | Cha-cha-cha | Viennese Waltz | Freestyle | | |
| Shane & Nerida | Cha-cha-cha | Waltz | Jive | Quickstep | Argentine Tango | Samba | | | | |
| Ben & Krystal | Foxtrot | Samba | Cha-cha-cha | Rumba | Viennese Waltz | Paso Doble | | | | |
| Teuila & Scott | Jive | Foxtrot | Rumba | Cha-cha-cha | Paso Doble | | | | | |
| Pam & Matt | Foxtrot | Rumba | Samba | Tango | | | | | | |
| Colin & Kristie | Jive | Foxtrot | Cha-cha-cha | | | | | | | |
| Maz & Caryn | Foxtrot | Cha-cha-cha | | | | | | | | |