- Couples
- Scoring chart
- Dance schedule
- Dance chart
- Average Chart Week 1
- References
{{Infobox television season
| show_name = Dancing with the Stars
| season_qualifier = Australian
| season_number = 3
| headercolour =
| image =
| caption =
| celebrity_winner = Ada Nicodemou
| professional_winner = Aric Yegudkin
| country = Australia
| network = Seven Network
| first_aired = 6 September 2005
| last_aired = 8 November 2005
| num_episodes = 10
}}The third season of the Australian Dancing with the Stars TV series premiered on Tuesday 6 September 2005 and concluded on Tuesday 8 November 2005. Home and Away actress Ada Nicodemou and her partner Aric Yegudkin won the series, defeating Seven News presenter Chris Bath and her partner, Trenton Shipley. CouplesThe following celebrities competed. | Celebrity | Occupation | Professional partner | Status |
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| Tania Zaetta | Former Who Dares Wins presenter | Michael Miziner | Eliminated 1st
on 13 September 2005 | | Michael Caton | Actor | Kym Johnson | Eliminated 2nd
on 20 September 2005 | | Ky Hurst | Ironman | Masha Belash | Eliminated 3rd
on 27 September 2005 | | Nicky Buckley | Former Sale of the Century presenter | Andrew Palmer | Eliminated 4th
on 4 October 2005 | | Dawn Fraser | Former Olympic freestyle swimmer | Gordon Gilkes | Eliminated 5th
on 11 October 2005 | | David Campbell | Jazz singer | Luda Kroitor | Eliminated 6th
on 18 October 2005 | | Brodie Holland | AFL player & model | Alana Patience | Eliminated 7th
on 25 October 2005 | | Ian "Dicko" Dickson | Australian Idol judge | Leanne Bampton | Eliminated 8th
on 2 November 2005 | | Chris Bath | Seven News newsreader | Trenton Shipley | Runner Up
on 9 November 2005 | | Ada Nicodemou | Home and Away actress | Aric Yegudkin | Winner
on 9 November 2005 |
Scoring chartRed numbers indicate the couples with the lowest score for each week. Green numbers indicate the couples with the highest score for each week. {{Color box|orange|border=darkgray}} indicates the couple eliminated that week. {{Color box|lightblue|border=darkgray}} indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two. {{Color box|gold|border=darkgray}} indicates the winning couple. {{Color box|silver|border=darkgray}} indicates the runner-up couple. {{Color box|tan|border=darkgray}} indicates the third-place couple. | Couple | Place | 1 | 2 | 1+2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | Ada & Aric | 1st | 24 | 24 | 48 | 29 | 29 | 32 | 31 | 34 | 32+24=56 | 30+35=65 | 36+33+34=103 | | Chris & Trenton | 2nd | 30 | 28 | 58 | 33 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 33 | 29+29=58 | 28+40=68 | 32+34+40=106 | | Dicko & Leanne | 3rd | 28 | 23 | 51 | 30 | 26 | 24 | 32 | 29 | 35+27=62 | 26+37=63 | | | Brodie & Alana | 4th | 21 | 18 | 39 | 30 | 25 | 27 | 23 | 28 | 18+20=38 | | | David & Luda | 5th | 27 | 26 | 53 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 28 | 24 | | | Dawn & Gordon | 6th | 24 | 22 | 46 | 24 | 17 | 23 | 21 | | | Nicky & Andrew | 7th | 20 | 23 | 43 | 26 | 23 | 20 | | | Ky & Masha | 8th | 24 | 24 | 48 | 26 | 25 | | | Michael & Kym | 9th | 23 | 21 | 44 | 22 | | | Tania & Michael | 10th | 23 | 17 | 40 | |
Dance scheduleThe celebrities and professional partners will dance one of these routines for each corresponding week. - Week 1 : Cha-cha-cha or Waltz
- Week 2 : Quickstep or Rumba
- Week 3 : Tango or Jive
- Week 4 : Paso doble or Foxtrot
- Week 5 : Samba
- Week 6 : One unlearned Ballroom or Latin dance from weeks 1-5
- Week 7 : One unlearned Ballroom or Latin dance from weeks 1-6
- Week 8 : One unlearned Ballroom or Latin dance from weeks 1-7 & Group Viennese Waltz
- Week 9 : Final unlearned Ballroom or Latin dance from weeks 1-8 & Favourite Dance of Season
- Week 10 : Two Favourite Dances of the Season & Freestyle
Dance chart| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
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| Ada & Aric | Cha-cha-cha | Quickstep | Jive | Foxtrot | Samba | Tango | Paso doble | Waltz | Viennese Waltz | Rumba | Jive | Jive | Waltz | Freestyle | | Chris & Trenton | Waltz | Rumba | Tango | Paso doble | Samba | Cha-cha-cha | Foxtrot | Jive | Viennese Waltz | Quickstep | Rumba | Paso doble | Tango | Freestyle | | Dicko & Leanne | Cha-cha-cha | Quickstep | Jive | Foxtrot | Samba | Waltz | Rumba | Tango | Viennese Waltz | Paso doble | Waltz | | | Brodie & Alana | Cha-cha-cha | Quickstep | Jive | Foxtrot | Samba | Rumba | Waltz | Paso doble | Viennese Waltz | | | David & Luda | Waltz | Rumba | Tango | Paso doble | Samba | Quickstep | Cha-cha-cha | | | Dawn & Gordon | Waltz | Rumba | Tango | Paso doble | Samba | Foxtrot | | | Nicky & Andrew | Waltz | Rumba | Tango | Paso doble | Samba | | | Ky & Masha | Waltz | Rumba | Tango | Paso doble | | | Michael & Kym | Cha-cha-cha | Quickstep | Jive | | | Tania & Michael | Cha-cha-cha | Quickstep | |
{{Color box|#ccff99|border=darkgray}} Highest Scoring Dance {{Color box|#ffc5c5|border=darkgray}} Lowest Scoring Dance Average ChartThe average chart is based on the dances performed by the celebrities and not their place in the competition. | Average ranking | Competitive finish | Couple | Number of dances | Total score | Average |
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| 1 | 2 | Chris & Trenton | 14 | 449 | 32.07 | | 2 | 1 | Ada & Aric | 427 | 30.50 | | 3 | 3 | Dicko & Leanne | 11 | 317 | 28.82 | | 4 | 5 | David & Luda | 7 | 188 | 26.86 | | 5 | 8 | Ky & Masha | 4 | 99 | 24.75 | | 6 | 4 | Brodie & Alana | 9 | 210 | 23.33 | | 7 | 7 | Nicky & Andrew | 5 | 112 | 22.40 | | 8 | 9 | Michael & Kym | 3 | 66 | 22.00 | | 9 | 6 | Dawn & Gordon | 6 | 131 | 21.83 | | 10 | 10 | Tania & Michael | 2 | 40 | 20.00 |
Week 1 Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Todd, Helen, Mark.- Running order
{{s-start}}{{succession box| before = Dancing with the Stars (Australian season 2)| title = Dancing with the Stars (Australian version)| years= Season 3| after= Dancing with the Stars (Australian season 4)}}{{s-end}}References{{Dancing with the Stars (Australia)}} 2 : Dancing with the Stars (Australian TV series)|2005 Australian television seasons |