Dancing with the Stars (Australian season 12)
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.
Dancing with the Stars | |
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Season 12 | |
Celebrity winner | Johnny Ruffo |
Professional winner | Luda Kroitor |
Country of origin | Australia |
No. of episodes | 10 |
Release | |
Original network | Seven Network |
Original release | 15 April – 17 June 2012 |
Season chronology |
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
Celebrity | Occupation | Professional partner | Status |
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Eliminated 1st on 22 April 2012 | |||
Eliminated 2nd on 29 April 2012 | |||
Eliminated 3rd on 6 May 2012 | |||
Withdrew on 13 May 2012 | |||
Eliminated 4th on 20 May 2012 | |||
Eliminated 5th on 27 May 2012 | |||
Eliminated 6th on 3 June 2012 | |||
Eliminated 7th on 10 June 2012 | |||
Third Place on 17 June 2012 | |||
Runners-Up on 17 June 2012 | |||
Winners on 17 June 2012 |
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
Couple | Place | 1 | 2 | 1+2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||||||
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Johnny & Luda | 1 | 20 | 22 | 42 | 22 | 27 | 25 | 26+10=36 | 21+28=49 | 26+25=51 | 25+22=47 | 29+26+30=85 | |||||||
Danielle & Damian | 2 | 25 | 25 | 50 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 30+8=38 | 28+27=55 | 28+28=56 | 27+29=56 | 28+27+29=84 | |||||||
Zoe & Aric | 3 | 27 | 24 | 51 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 27+9=36 | 30+27=57 | 29+27=56 | 26+30=56 | 23+27=50 | |||||||
Brendan & Jessica | 4 | 20 | 23 | 43 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 14+7=21 | 18+28=46 | 24+22=46 | 15+27=42 | ||||||||
Brian & Melanie | 5 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 21 | 22 | 16 | 16+6=22 | 21+28=49 | 19+13=32 | |||||||||
Jessica & Damien | 6 | 18 | 8 | 26 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 15+4=19 | 13+27=40 | ||||||||||
Kerri-Anne & Carmelo | 7 | 22 | 27 | 49 | 22 | 18 | 19 | 22+5=27 | |||||||||||
Shannon & Elena | 8 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 15 | 20 | |||||||||||||
Vogue & Christopher | 9 | 14 | 20 | 21 | 16 | ||||||||||||||
Caine & Jess | 10 | 21 | 17 | 38 | 20 | ||||||||||||||
Erin & Gleb | 11 | 16 | 21 |
- Red numbers indicate the lowest score for each week.
- Green numbers indicate the highest score for each week.
- indicates the couple eliminated that week.
- indicates the couple withdrew from the competition.
- indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two.
- indicates the returning couple that was the last to be called safe.
- indicates the winning couple.
- indicates the runner-up couple.
- indicates the third-place couple.
Averages
This table only counts for dances scored on a traditional 30-points scale.
Rank by Average |
Place | Couple | Total Points Earned |
Number of Dances |
Average |
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1 | 2 | Danielle & Damian | 412 | 15 | 27.46 |
2 | 3 | Zoe & Aric | 377 | 14 | 26.93 |
3 | 1 | Johnny & Luda | 374 | 15 | 24.93 |
4 | 7 | Kerri-Anne & Carmelo | 130 | 6 | 21.67 |
5 | 4 | Brendan & Jessica | 254 | 12 | 21.16 |
6 | 10 | Caine & Jess | 58 | 3 | 19.33 |
7 | 5 | Brian & Melanie | 191 | 10 | 19.10 |
8 | 11 | Erin & Gleb | 37 | 2 | 18.50 |
9 | 6 | Jessica & Damien | 144 | 8 | 18.00 |
10 | 9 | Vogue & Christopher | 71 | 4 | 17.75 |
11 | 8 | Shannon & Elena | 67 | 4 | 16.75 |
Highest and lowest scoring performances
The best and worst performances in each dance according to the judges' marks are as follows:
Dance | Best dancer(s) | Best score | Worst dancer(s) | Worst score |
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Foxtrot | Johnny Ruffo | 29 | Shannon Noll | 15 |
Cha Cha Cha | Danielle Spencer | 30 | Vogue Williams | 14 |
Jive | Danielle Spencer | 28 | Jessica Watson | 8 |
Quickstep | Zoe Cramond | 30 | Brian Mannix | 19 |
Rumba | Zoe Cramond | 30 | Brendan Fevola | 14 |
Samba | Danielle Spencer Johnny Ruffo Zoe Cramond | 27 | Brian Mannix | 13 |
Waltz | Kerri-Anne Kennerley | 22 | Jessica Watson | 21 |
Paso Doble | Zoe Cramond Danielle Spencer | 28 | Brian Mannix Vogue Williams | 16 |
Viennese Waltz | Zoe Cramond | 27 | Jessica Watson | 18 |
Tango | Zoe Cramond | 29 | Caine Eckstein Brendan Fevola | 20 |
Argentine Tango | Danielle Spencer Brendan Fevola | 27 | Johnny Ruffo | 22 |
Salsa | Danielle Spencer | 29 | Jessica Watson | 13 |
Freestyle | Johnny Ruffo | 30 | Danielle Spencer | 29 |
Couples' Highest and Lowest Scoring Dances
According to the traditional 30 point scale. Group dances are not included.
Couples | Highest Scoring Dance(s) | Lowest Scoring Dance(s) |
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Johnny & Luda | Freestyle (30) | Cha-cha-cha (20) |
Danielle & Damian | Cha-cha-cha (30) | Viennese Waltz & Jive (25) |
Zoe & Aric | Quickstep & Rumba (30) | Jive (23) |
Brendan & Jessica | Argentine Tango (27) | Rumba (14) |
Brian & Melanie | Tango (22) | Samba (13) |
Jessica & Damien | Rumba, Waltz & Tango (21) | Jive (8) |
Kerri-Anne & Carmelo | Foxtrot (27) | Jive (18) |
Shannon & Elena | Paso Doble (20) | Foxtrot (15) |
Vogue & Christopher | Vienese Waltz (21) | Cha-cha-cha (14) |
Caine & Jess | Vienese Waltz (21) | Jive (17) |
Erin & Gleb | Foxtrot (21) | Cha-cha-cha (16) |
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
- Highest scoring dance
- Lowest scoring dance
- Danced, but not scored
Couple | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||||||||
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Johnny & Luda | Cha-cha-cha | Foxtrot | Rumba | Samba | Quickstep | Salsa | Jive Marathon | Viennese Waltz | Cha-cha-cha | Tango | Paso Doble | Jive | Argentine Tango | Foxtrot | Cha-cha-cha | Freestyle | |||
Danielle & Damian | Viennese Waltz | Jive | Samba | Foxtrot | Tango | Cha-cha-cha | Jive Marathon | Paso Doble | Cha-cha-cha | Quickstep | Rumba | Argentine Tango | Salsa | Jive | Cha-cha-cha | Freestyle | |||
Zoe & Aric | Viennese Waltz | Jive | Foxtrot | Cha-cha-cha | Paso Doble | Salsa | Jive Marathon | Quickstep | Cha-cha-cha | Tango | Samba | Argentine Tango | Rumba | Jive | Cha-cha-cha | Freestyle | |||
Brendan & Jessica | Viennese Waltz | Jive | Cha-cha-cha | Tango | Quickstep | Rumba | Jive Marathon | Samba | Cha-cha-cha | Foxtrot | Paso Doble | Salsa | Argentine Tango | Viennese Waltz | |||||
Brian & Melanie | Cha-cha-cha | Foxtrot | Jive | Tango | Rumba | Paso Doble | Jive Marathon | Viennese Waltz | Cha-cha-cha | Quickstep | Samba | Cha-cha-cha | |||||||
Jessica & Damien | Viennese Waltz | Jive | Rumba | Tango | Waltz | Cha-cha-cha | Jive Marathon | Salsa | Cha-cha-cha | Tango | |||||||||
Kerri-Anne & Carmelo | Cha-cha-cha | Foxtrot | Rumba | Jive | Samba | Waltz | Jive Marathon | Foxtrot | |||||||||||
Shannon & Elena | Cha-cha-cha | Jive | Foxtrot | Paso Doble | |||||||||||||||
Vogue & Christopher | Cha-cha-cha | Foxtrot | Viennese Waltz | Paso Doble | Paso Doble | ||||||||||||||
Caine & Jess | Viennese Waltz | Jive | Tango | Tango | |||||||||||||||
Erin & Gleb | Cha-cha-cha | Foxtrot | Foxtrot |
Running order
Unless indicated otherwise, individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Todd McKenney, Helen Richey, Joshua Horner.
Week 1
- Running order
Couple | Score | Style | Music |
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Johnny & Luda | 20 (7, 7, 6) | Cha-cha-cha | "Troublemaker"—Taio Cruz |
Erin & Gleb | 16 (5, 6, 5) | Cha-cha-cha | "We Found Love"—Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris |
Caine & Jess | 21 (7, 7, 7) | Viennese Waltz | "You and Me"—Lifehouse |
Brian & Melanie | 16 (5, 5, 6) | Cha-cha-cha | "Moves Like Jagger"—Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera |
Danielle & Damian | 25 (8, 9, 8) | Viennese Waltz | "One and Only"—Adele |
Shannon & Elena | 16 (5, 6, 5) | Cha-cha-cha | "Start Me Up"—The Rolling Stones |
Jessica & Damien | 18 (6, 6, 6) | Viennese Waltz | "I'm With You"—Avril Lavigne |
Vogue & Christopher | 14 (4, 5, 5) | Cha-cha-cha | "Dedication to My Ex (Miss That)"—Lloyd feat. Lil Wayne |
Zoe & Aric | 27 (9, 9, 9) | Viennese Waltz | "A Thousand Years"—Christina Perri |
Brendan & Jessica | 20 (7, 6, 7) | Viennese Waltz | "Somebody to Love"—Queen |
Kerri Anne & Carmelo | 22 (8, 7, 7) | Cha-cha-cha | "I Will Survive"—Gloria Gaynor |
Week 2
- Running order
Couple | Score | Style | Music |
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Shannon & Elena | 16 (5, 6, 5) | Jive | "River Deep - Mountain High"—Ike & Tina Turner |
Vogue & Christopher | 20 (6, 7, 7) | Foxtrot | "Someone like You"—Adele |
Caine & Jess | 17 (5, 6, 6) | Jive | "Check Yes Juliet"—We The Kings |
Brian & Melanie | 20 (6, 7, 7) | Foxtrot | "Have You Met Miss Jones?"—Frank Sinatra |
Zoe & Aric | 24 (8, 8, 8) | Jive | "Runaway Baby"—Bruno Mars |
Jessica & Damien | 8 (1, 3, 4) | Jive | "Tightrope"—Janelle Monáe |
Erin & Gleb | 21 (7, 7, 7) | Foxtrot | "Fever"—Peggy Lee |
Danielle & Damian | 25 (8, 9, 8) | Jive | "Upside Down"—Paloma Faith |
Brendan & Jessica | 23 (9, 6, 8) | Jive | "Lonely Boy"—The Black Keys |
Kerri-Anne & Carmelo | 27 (9, 9, 9) | Foxtrot | "The Lady is a Tramp"—Frank Sinatra |
Johnny & Luda | 22 (8, 7, 7) | Foxtrot | "Apologize"—OneRepublic |
Week 3: Personal Song/Story Week
- Running order
Couple | Score | Style | Music |
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Brian & Melanie | 21 (7, 7, 7) | Jive | "Blue Suede Shoes"—Elvis Presley |
Vogue and Christopher | 21 (7, 7, 7) | Viennese Waltz | "3 Words"— The Sunshine State |
Caine & Jess | 20 (6, 7, 7) | Tango | "Somebody Told Me"—The Killers |
Zoe & Aric | 25 (9, 8, 8) | Foxtrot | "Big Jet Plane"—Angus & Julia Stone |
Johnny & Luda | 22 (7, 7, 8) | Rumba | "Man in the Mirror"—Michael Jackson |
Danielle & Damian | 27 (9, 9, 9) | Samba | "Alejandro"—Lady Gaga |
Shannon & Elena | 15 (5, 5, 5) | Foxtrot | "True Blue"—John Williamson |
Jessica & Damien | 21 (5, 8, 8) | Rumba | "Wonderwall"—Oasis |
Brendan & Jessica | 20 (6, 7, 7) | Cha-cha-cha | "Hey Baby"—DJ Otzi |
Kerri-Anne & Carmelo | 22 (8, 8, 6) | Rumba | "You Needed Me"—Anne Murray |
Week 4: Australian Music Week
- Running order
Couple | Score | Style | Music |
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Zoe & Aric | 27 (9, 9, 9) | Cha-cha-cha | "Better the Devil You Know"—Kylie Minogue |
Brian & Melanie | 22 (7, 7, 8) | Tango | "Horror Movie"—Skyhooks |
Vogue & Christopher | 16 (5, 5, 6) | Paso Doble | "Sweet Disposition"—The Temper Trap |
Johnny & Luda | 27 (10, 8, 9) | Samba | "Hello"—Cat Empire |
Jessica & Damien | 21 (7, 7, 7) | Tango | "Suicide Blonde"—INXS |
Danielle & Damian | 26 (8, 9, 9) | Foxtrot | "Somebody That I Used to Know"—Gotye feat. Kimbra |
Brendan & Jessica | 20 (6, 7, 7) | Tango | "Playing to Win"—Little River Band |
Kerri-Anne & Carmelo | 18 (6, 6, 6) | Jive | "Like Wow - Wipeout"—Hoodoo Gurus |
Shannon & Elena | 20 (6, 7, 7) | Paso Doble | "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"—AC/DC |
Week 5: Broadway Week
- Running order
Couple | Score | Style | Music |
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Danielle & Damian | 28 (9, 10, 9) | Tango | "Cell Block Tango"—from Chicago |
Brian & Melanie | 16 (4, 6, 6) | Rumba | "Wanted Dead or Alive"—from Rock of Ages |
Zoe & Aric | 28 (8, 10, 10) | Paso Doble | "Be Italian"—from Nine |
Kerri-Anne & Carmelo | 19 (6, 6, 7) | Samba | "Money, Money"—from Cabaret |
Jessica & Damien | 21 (8, 7, 6) | Waltz | "Edelweiss"—from The Sound of Music |
Brendan & Jessica | 23 (7, 7, 9) | Quickstep | "I Got Rhythm"—from Girl Crazy |
Johnny & Luda | 25 (9, 8, 8) | Quickstep | "We Go Together"—from Grease |
Week 6: Movies/Musicals Week
- Running order
Couple | Score | Style | Music | |
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Jessica & Damien | 15 (5, 5, 5) | Cha-cha-cha | "Oh, Pretty Woman"—from Pretty Woman | |
Brendan & Jessica | 14 (4, 5, 5) | Rumba | "Tiny Dancer"—from Almost Famous | |
Zoe & Aric | 27 (9, 9, 9) | Salsa | "Jai Ho"—from Slumdog Millionaire | |
Kerri-Anne & Carmelo | 22 (7, 8, 7) | Waltz | "Moon River"—from Breakfast At Tiffany's | |
Brian & Melanie | 16 (3, 6, 7) | Paso Doble | "Live and Let Die"—from James Bond | |
Danielle & Damian | 30 (10, 10, 10) | Cha-cha-cha | "When Doves Cry"—from Purple Rain | |
Johnny & Luda | 26 (8, 8, 10) | Salsa | "(I've Had) The Time of My Life"—from Dirty Dancing | |
Jessica & Damian Kerri Anne & Carmelo Brian & Melanie Brendan & Jessica Danielle & Damien Zoe & Aric Johnny & Luda |
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 |
Jive Marathon | "You Never Can Tell"—from Pulp Fiction |
Week 7: Team Dances Week
- Running order
Couple | Score | Style | Music |
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Danielle & Damian | 28 (9, 10, 9) | Paso Doble | "What You Want"—Evanescence |
Brian & Melanie | 21 (6, 7, 8) | Viennese Waltz | "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"—The Beatles |
Zoe & Aric | 30 (10, 10, 10) | Quickstep | "Let the Good Times Roll"—Louis Jordan |
Brendan & Jessica | 18 (5, 6, 7) | Samba | "Mama Do the Hump"—Rizzle Kicks |
Jessica & Damien | 13 (4, 4, 5) | Salsa | "Ain't Nobody"—Chaka Khan |
Johnny & Luda | 21 (7, 7, 7) | Viennese Waltz | "I Won't Give Up"—Jason Mraz |
Johnny & Luda Brendan & Jessica Brian & Melanie |
28 (9, 9, 10) | Cha-cha-cha | "I Like How It Feels"—Enrique Iglesias |
Jessica & Damien Zoe & Aric Danielle & Damian |
27 (9, 9, 9) | Cha-cha-cha | "Dance Again"—Jennifer Lopez |
Week 8: Instant Dances Week
- Running order
Couple | Score | Style | Music |
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Johnny & Luda | 26 (9, 8, 9) | Tango | "Smooth Criminal"—Michael Jackson |
25 (8, 8, 9) | Instant Paso Doble | "Seven Nation Army"—The White Stripes | |
Brian & Melanie | 19 (5, 7, 7) | Quickstep | "Sir Duke"—Stevie Wonder |
13 (2, 5, 6) | Instant Samba | "Jump in the Line"—Harry Belafonte | |
Zoe & Aric | 29 (9, 10, 10) | Tango | "Rumor Has It"—Adele |
27 (9, 9, 9) | Instant Samba | "Pon de Replay"—Rihanna | |
Danielle & Damian | 28 (8, 10, 10) | Quickstep | "Sparkling Diamonds"—Nicole Kidman |
28 (10, 9, 9) | Instant Rumba | "Drops of Jupiter"—Train | |
Brendan & Jessica | 24 (8, 8, 8) | Foxtrot | "It Had to Be You"—Frank Sinatra |
22 (7, 7, 8) | Instant Paso Doble | "Paint it Black"—The Rolling Stones |
Week 9: Semi-Finals Week
- Running order
Couple | Score | Style | Music |
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Johnny & Luda | 25 (8, 8, 9) | Jive | "Jet Lag"—Simple Plan |
22 (7, 8, 7) | Argentine Tango | "Sin Rumbo"—Otros Aires | |
Zoe & Aric | 26 (9, 9, 8) | Argentine Tango | "Tanguera"—Mariano Mores |
30 (10, 10, 10) | Rumba | "Love the Way You Lie (Part II)"—Eminem feat. Rihanna | |
Brendan & Jessica | 15 (5, 5, 5) | Salsa | "Get Busy"—Sean Paul |
27 (9, 9, 9) | Argentine Tango | "Libertango"—Bond | |
Danielle & Damian | 27 (9, 9, 9) | Argentine Tango | |
29 (10, 10, 9) | Salsa | "Danza Kuduro (Throw Your Hands Up)"—Qwote & Lucenzo |
Week 10: Grand Finale Week
- Running order
Couple | Score | Style | Music |
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Danielle & Damien | 28 (9, 10, 9) | Jive | "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love"—Solomon Burke |
27 (9, 9, 9) | Cha-cha-cha | "Tonight Is the Night"—Outasight | |
29 (9, 10, 10) | Freestyle | "When Love Takes Over"—David Guetta & Kelly Rowland | |
Johnny & Luda | 29 (10, 9, 10) | Foxtrot | "This Business of Love"—Domino |
26 (8, 9, 9) | Cha-cha-cha | "Tonight Is the Night"—Outasight | |
30 (10, 10, 10) | Freestyle | "It's Tricky"—Run-D.M.C. | |
Zoe & Aric | 23 (7, 8, 8) | Jive | "Like It Like That"—Guy Sebastian |
27 (9, 9, 9) | Cha-cha-cha | "Tonight Is the Night"—Outasight |
Preceded by Dancing with the Stars (Australian season 11) |
Dancing with the Stars (Australian version) Season 12 |
Succeeded by Dancing with the Stars (Australian season 13) |
References
- http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/entertainment/confidential/tv-commercial-networks-to-wage-war-against-each-on-april-15-with-the-logies-dancing-with-the-stars-debut-and-masterchef/story-e6fredq3-1226300899900
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