Dancing with the Stars (New Zealand series 1)

The first series of Dancing with the Stars premiered on 1 May 2005. The viewership hit around 730,000 and almost a million tuned into the final episode.[1] It was won by Norm Hewitt and his partner Carol-Ann Hickmore, with 62.42% of the public vote. Shane Cortese placed second with 37.58%.[2] In the semi-finals it was even closer with Norm Hewitt winning 42.81% and Shane winning 36.71% of the public vote.[2] According to a TVNZ spokeswoman, 317,698 votes were cast for the final, of which 83,000 were 0900 calls, and the rest text messages.[3] The series earned charities a combined total of more than $444,000, according to TVNZ.[4]

Dancing with the Stars
Season 1
Celebrity winnerNorm Hewitt
Professional winnerCarol-Ann Hickmore
Country of originNew Zealand
No. of episodes8
Release
Original networkTV One
Original release1 May (2005-05-01) –
19 June 2005 (2005-06-19)
Series chronology

Contestants
Celebrity Notability Professional partner Placing
Norm Hewitt Former rugby union player Carol-Ann Hickmore Series Winners
on 19 June 2005
Shane Cortese Shortland Street actor Nerida Lister Runner-up
on 19 June 2005
Tim Shadbolt Invercargill mayor Rebecca Nicholson Eliminated 6th
on 12 June 2005
Bernice Mene Netball player d'Artagnan Kennedy Eliminated 5th
on 5 June 2005
Theresa Healey Shortland Street actress Peter Wales Eliminated 4th
on 29 May 2005
Georgina Beyer Labour Party politician Michael Hoggard Eliminated 3rd
on 22 May 2005
Ewen Gilmour Comedian Lauren de Boeck Eliminated 2nd
on 15 May 2005
Nicky Watson Model Kiel de Buisson Eliminated 1st
on 8 May 2005

Elimination
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 3 4 5 6 7 8
Norm & Carol-Ann 1 28 32 24 40 29 31+35=66 34+30=64 37+39+39=115
Shane & Nerida 2 22 32 29 31 29 28+37=65 33+35=68 37+39+38=114
Tim & Rebecca 3 23 25 21 19 20 14+23=37 23+19=42
Bernice & d'Artagnan 4 19 27 25 23 24 29+30=59
Theresa & Peter 5 29 25 28 31 27
Georgina & Michael 6 19 25 25 22
Ewan & Lauren 7 18 25 17
Nicky & Kiel 8 26
 22

Dance chart
  Highest Scoring Dance
  Lowest Scoring Dance
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Norm & Carol-Ann Waltz Rumba Tango Paso Doble Samba Quickstep Cha-Cha-Cha Foxtrot Jive Waltz Paso Doble Freestyle
Shane & Nerida Cha-Cha-Cha Quickstep Jive Foxtrot Samba Waltz Paso Doble Tango Rumba Foxtrot Rumba Freestyle
Tim & Rebecca Waltz Rumba Tango Paso Doble Samba Foxtrot Jive Quickstep Cha-Cha-Cha
Bernice & d'Artagnan Waltz Rumba Tango Foxtrot Samba Quickstep Paso Doble
Theresa & Peter Cha-Cha-Cha Quickstep Jive Paso Doble Samba
Georgina & Michael Waltz Rumba Tango Foxtrot
Ewan & Lauren Cha-Cha-Cha Quickstep Jive
Nicky & Kiel Cha-Cha-Cha Quickstep

Average chart
Rank by
average		 Competition
finish		 Couple Total Number of
dances		 Average
11Norm & Carol-Ann3981233.2
22Shane & Nerida39032.5
35Theresa & Peter140528.0
44Bernice & d'Artagnan177725.3
58Nicky & Kiel48224.0
66Georgina & Michael91422.8
73Tim & Rebecca199922.1
87Ewan & Lauren60320.0

Week 1

Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Brendan, Donna, Alison, Paul.

Running order

References
  1. ""Dancing with the Stars" Returns..." TVNZ. Archived from the original on 2007-01-18.
  2. "Charity Donations From Dancing With The Stars - 5 July 2005". TVNZ. Archived from the original on 2011-06-17.
  3. "Big stormin Normin was people's choice for 'Dancing with the Stars'". The New Zealand Herald. 20 June 2005.
  4. "Dancing nets stars' charities $444,000". The New Zealand Herald. 6 July 2005.
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