1. Background

2. Couples

3. Dance schedule

4. Judges scores

5. Averages

6. Highest and lowest scoring performances

7. Couples' Highest and Lowest Scoring Dances

8. Dance Chart

9. Running order
     Week 1    Week 2    Week 3: Personal Song/Story Week    Week 4: Australian Music Week    Week 5: Broadway Week    Week 6: Movies/Musicals Week    Week 7: Team Dances Week   Week 8: Instant Dances Week   Week 9: Semi-Finals Week   Week 10: Grand Finale Week  

10. References

The twelfth season of Dancing with the Stars premiered on April 15, 2012, at the 6:30pm time slot on Channel Seven.^[1] With previous co-host Sonia Kruger defecting to Channel Nine, former Spice Girl and American Dancing with the Stars season 5 runner up Mel B was hired as her replacement.^[2] Daniel MacPherson continues his role as main host of the show, along with judges Todd McKenney, Helen Richey, and Joshua Horner.

Background

The cast for the season were revealed on 13 March 2012 via the Seven website, along with their professional partners,^[3] although four contestants were revealed in late February 2012.^[4] This cast has been seen as a star increase on the previous year's cast, particularly with the addition of new international co-host Mel B, and former Nine daytime talkshow host Kerri-Anne Kennerley. Six new professional dancers, including former American Dancing with the Stars professional Damian Whitewood, Christopher Page, Elena Samodanova, Jess Prince, Gleb Savchenko and Damien Samuel have been recruited to replace non-returning professional dancers Alana Patience, Brendon Midson, Arsen Kishishian, Masha Belash, Jade Brand and Mark Hodge.

Couples

Dance schedule

The celebrities and professional partners will dance one of these routines for each corresponding week.

• Week 1: Cha-cha-cha or Viennese Waltz
• Week 2: Jive or Foxtrot
• Week 3: One unlearned dance (Personal Song/Story week)
• Week 4: One unlearned dance (Australian Music week)
• Week 5: One unlearned dance (Broadway Week)
• Week 6: One unlearned dance and Dance Off (Movies/Musicals Week)
• Week 7: One unlearned dance and Team Dances
• Week 8: One unlearned ballroom and Instant Latin dance
• Week 9: One unlearned dance and Argentine Tango
• Week 10: Redemption dance, Cha-cha-cha Face-off and Freestyle

Judges scores

Red numbers indicate the lowest score for each week.

Green numbers indicate the highest score for each week.

{{colorbox|orange}} indicates the couple eliminated that week.

{{colorbox|#007BA7}} indicates the couple withdrew from the competition.

{{colorbox|lightblue}} indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two.

{{colorbox|lightgreen}} indicates the returning couple that was the last to be called safe.

{{colorbox|gold}} indicates the winning couple.

{{colorbox|silver}} indicates the runner-up couple.

{{colorbox|tan}} indicates the third-place couple.

Averages

This table only counts for dances scored on a traditional 30-points scale.

Highest and lowest scoring performances

The best and worst performances in each dance according to the judges' marks are as follows:

Couples' Highest and Lowest Scoring Dances

According to the traditional 30 point scale. Group dances are not included.

Dance Chart

The celebrities and professional partners danced one of these routines for each corresponding week:

• Week 1: Cha-cha-cha or Viennese Waltz
• Week 2: Jive or Foxtrot
• Week 3: One Unlearned Dance (Personal Song/Story Week)
• Week 4: One Unlearned Dance (Australian Music Week)
• Week 5: One Unlearned Dance (Broadway Week)
• Week 6: One Unlearned Dance & Jive Marathon (Movies Week)
• Week 7: One Unlearned Dance & Males vs. Females Team Cha-cha-cha
• Week 8: One Unlearned Ballroom Dance & Instant Latin Dance
• Week 9: Argentine Tango & One Unlearned Latin Dance
• Week 10: Redemption Dance, Cha-cha-cha Face-Off, & Freestyle

{{colorbox|#ccff88}} Highest scoring dance

{{colorbox|#ffc6c6}} Lowest scoring dance

{{colorbox|lightblue}} Danced, but not scored

Running order

Week 1

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Week 2

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Week 3: Personal Song/Story Week

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Week 4: Australian Music Week

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Week 5: Broadway Week

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Week 6: Movies/Musicals Week

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Week 7: Team Dances Week

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Week 8: Instant Dances Week

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Week 9: Semi-Finals Week

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Week 10: Grand Finale Week

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References

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• Dimitry, Alexander
• Dimitry Bertaud
• Dimitry Caloin
• Dimitry Chestnov
• Dimitry Elias Leger
• Dimitry Komarov
• Dimitry Kovalev
• Dimitry Kumsishvili
• Dimitry Savitski
• Dimitry Stratan
• Dimitry Vassiliev
• Dimitur Geshov
• Dimity Dornan
• Dimity Douglas
• Dimităr Sahanikov
• Dimitŭr Grekov
• Dimitŭr Peshev
• Dimitŭr Popov
• Dimitŭr Stanchov
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• Dimizonops
• Dimizonops insularis