Dancing with the Stars (New Zealand series 3)

The third series of Dancing with the Stars premiered on 10 April 2007, with both Gunn and Lane coming back to host. All judges were back with the exception of Paul Mercurio who wanted to focus more on the Australian version of Dancing with the Stars. In season three, it opened with 735,000 people watching, the highest out of all series' debuts.[1] On 29 May 2007, Suzanne Paul and her partner Stefano Olivieri took the title of Dancing with the Stars.

Dancing with the Stars
Season 3
Celebrity winnerSuzanne Paul
Professional winnerStefano Oliveri
Country of originNew Zealand
No. of episodes8
Release
Original networkTV One
Original release10 April (2007-04-10) –
29 May 2007 (2007-05-29)
Series chronology

Couples
Celebrity Occupation Professional partner Placing
Suzanne Paul Television presenter Stefano Olivieri Winners
on 29 May 2007
Megan Alatini Singer-songwriter Jonny Williams Runners-up
on 29 May 2007
Brendon Pongia Former NBL guard Hayley Holt Eliminated 6th
on 22 May 2007
Greer Robson Shortland Street actress Aaron Gilmore Eliminated 5th
on 15 May 2007
Paul Holmes Television & radio broadcaster Rebecca Nicholson Eliminated 4th
on 8 May 2007
Frank Bunce Former rugby union player Krystal Stuart Eliminated 3rd
on 1 May 2007
Michael Laws Whanganui mayor Lauren de Boeck Eliminated 2nd
on 24 April 2007
April Bruce Television presenter Csaba Szirmai Eliminated 1st
on 17 April 2007

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 3 4 5 6 7 8
Suzanne & Stefano 1 30 35 32 29 29+31=60 25+36=61 25+32=57 31+36+39=106
Megan & Jonny 2 32 36 30 30 31+32=63 32+34=66 32+38=70 32+37+36=105
Brendon & Hayley 3 30 28 24 30 21+26=47 28+38=66 30+26=56
Greer & Aaron 4 23 33 19 35 29+27=56 26+28=54
Paul & Rebecca 5 27 22 15 23 16+18=34
Frank & Krystal 6 23 33 27 16
Michael & Lauren 7 17 19 9
April & Csaba 8 23 21

Dance Chart
  Highest Scoring Dance
  Lowest Scoring Dance
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Suzanne & Stefano Cha-Cha-Cha Quickstep Jive Foxtrot Samba Swing Waltz Rumba Tango Waltz Paso Doble Cha-Cha-Cha Tango Freestyle
Megan & Jonny Waltz Rumba Tango Foxtrot Samba Swing Waltz Paso Doble Quickstep Jive Cha-Cha-Cha Quickstep Rumba Freestyle
Brendon & Hayley Cha-Cha-Cha Quickstep Jive Foxtrot Samba Swing Waltz Paso Doble Waltz Rumba Tango
Greer & Aaron Waltz Rumba Tango Paso Doble Samba Swing Waltz Jive Quickstep
Paul & Rebecca Waltz Rumba Tango Paso Doble Samba Swing Waltz
Frank & Krystal Waltz Rumba Tango Paso Doble
Michael & Lauren Cha-Cha-Cha Quickstep Jive
April & Csaba Cha-Cha-Cha Quickstep

Average chart
Rank by
average		 Competition
finish		 Couple Total Number of
dances		 Average
12Megan & Jonny4321333.2
21Suzanne & Stefano41031.5
33Brendon & Hayley2811028.1
44Greer & Aaron220827.5
56Frank & Krystal99424.8
68April & Csaba44222.0
75Paul & Rebecca121620.2
87Michael & Lauren45315.0

Week 1

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

Running order

References
  1. "'Reveal votes' says Dancing with the Stars judge". The New Zealand Herald. 15 April 2007.
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