Dancing with the Stars (Australian season 9)

The ninth season of Dancing with the Stars was announced on Today Tonight, on 5 June 2009. Longtime weather presenter Jeff Newman appeared in a promo of Dancing to promote his retirement.

For more information on the show, see Dancing with the Stars (Australian TV series).

Dancing with the Stars
Season 9
Celebrity winner	Adam Brand
Professional winner	Jade Hatcher
Country of origin	Australia
No. of episodes	10
Release
Original network	Seven Network
Original release	5 July – 6 September 2009
Season chronology

It debuted on 5 July 2009 and featured the following celebrities:

Couples

Celebrity	Occupation	Professional partner	Status
Peter "Spida" Everitt	Former AFL player	Linda De Nicola	Eliminated 1st on 12 July 2009
Rob Mills	Singer & actor	Sriani Argaet	Eliminated 2nd on 19 July 2009
Emily Scott	International model	Michael Miziner	Eliminated 3rd on 26 July 2009
Layne Beachley	Professional surfer	Dannial Gosper	Eliminated 4th on 2 August 2009
Fiona O'Loughlin	Comedian	Craig Monley	Eliminated 5th on 9 August 2009
Jessica McNamee	Packed to the Rafters actress	Stefano Oliveri	Eliminated 6th on 16 August 2009
Lincoln Lewis	Home and Away actor	Luda Kroitor	Eliminated 7th on 23 August 2009
Gerrard Gosens	Blind paralympian & adventurer	Jessica Raffa	Eliminated 8th on 30 August 2009
Kylie Gillies	The Morning Show presenter	Carmelo Pizzino	Third Place on 6 September 2009
Matt White	Journalist & Today Tonight presenter	Ash-Leigh Hunter	Runner Up on 6 September 2009
Adam Brand	Country music singer	Jade Hatcher	Winner on 6 September 2009

Scoring chart

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 couple (or couples) eliminated that week.

     indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two.

     indicates the couple withdrew from the competition.

     indicates the winning couple.

     indicates the runner-up couple.

     indicates the third-place couple.

Team	Place	1	2	1+2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
												Top 3	Top 2
Adam & Jade	1	15	21	36	21	9	21	12	19+21=40	21+17=38	21+26=47	21+21=42	+24=66
Matt & Ashleigh	2	22	23	45	21	25	22	16	21+25=46	27+23=50	27+26=53	29+25=54	+30=84
Kylie & Carmelo	3	22	24	46	18	25	19	27	18+26=44	22+27=49	25+28+10=63^1	23+26=49
Gerrard & Jessica	4	20	17	37	15	8	16	11	15+19=34	17+20=37	17+18=35
Lincoln & Luda	5	20	22	42	21	23	23	13	20+21=41	17+27=44
Jessica & Stefano	6	20	24	44	23	27	25	25	19+24=43
Fiona & Craig	7	21	16	37	20	22	25	19
Layne & Dannial	8	22	19	41	21	18	23
Emily & Michael	9	23	19	42	23	20
Rob & Sriani	10	19	23	42	20
Spida & Linda	11	17	16	33

^1 In Week 9, a special 'Grand Final Lifeline' of 10 points was awarded to Kylie Gillies for winning the Aussie Smooth Dance Off.

Dance schedule

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

• Week 1 : Cha-cha-cha or Waltz
• Week 2 : Rumba or Tango
• Week 3 : Jive or Foxtrot
• Week 4 : Salsa or Quickstep including a solo piece with a minimum of 15 seconds
• Week 5 : Paso doble or Aussie Smooth
• Week 6 : Samba or West Coast Swing
• Week 7 : Two unlearned dances (Week 1 to Week 6) to the theme of songs from the movies
• Week 8 : Two unlearned dances (Week 1 to Week 6)
• Week 9 : Judges choice, Segue & Aussie Smooth Dance Off
• Week 10 : One unlearned dance (Week 1 to 6), Cha-cha-cha show off & Freestyle

Dance chart

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7		8		9			10
Adam & Jade	Cha-cha-cha	Tango	Jive	Quickstep	Paso doble	West Coast Swing	Samba	Aussie Smooth	Salsa	Foxtrot	Quickstep	Segue	Aussie Smooth	Rumba	Cha-cha-cha	Freestyle
Matt & Ashleigh	Cha-cha-cha	Tango	Jive	Quickstep	Paso doble	West Coast Swing	Salsa	Foxtrot	Waltz	Samba	Cha-cha-cha	Segue	Aussie Smooth	Aussie Smooth	Cha-cha-cha	Freestyle
Kylie & Carmelo	Waltz	Rumba	Foxtrot	Salsa	Aussie Smooth	Samba	Quickstep	Paso doble	Cha-cha-cha	Tango	Foxtrot	Segue	Aussie Smooth	Jive	Cha-cha-cha	Freestyle
Gerrard & Jessica	Waltz^1	Rumba	Foxtrot	Salsa	Aussie Smooth	Samba	Paso doble	Tango	Cha-cha-cha	Quickstep	Salsa	Segue	Aussie Smooth			Freestyle ^1
Lincoln & Luda	Cha-cha-cha	Tango	Jive	Quickstep	Paso doble	West Coast Swing	Aussie Smooth	Rumba	Foxtrot	Salsa^1
Jessica & Stefano	Cha-cha-cha	Tango	Jive	Quickstep^1	Paso doble	Samba	Waltz	Rumba
Fiona & Craig	Waltz	Rumba	Foxtrot	Salsa	Aussie Smooth^1	Samba
Layne & Dannial	Waltz	Rumba	Foxtrot	Salsa	Aussie Smooth^1
Emily & Michael	Cha-cha-cha^1	Tango	Jive	Quickstep
Rob & Sriani	Cha-cha-cha^1	Tango	Jive
Spida & Linda	Waltz	Rumba ^1

     Highest scoring dance

     Lowest scoring dance

     Winner of the Aussie Smooth dance-off

     Runner up of the Aussie Smooth dance-off

     Second eliminated in the Aussie Smooth dance-off

     First eliminated in the Aussie Smooth dance-off

     Performed but not scored

^1 This dance was repeated by the couple at the finale.

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
Cha-cha-cha	Matt White	27	Adam Brand	15
Jive	Emily Scott, Jessica McNamee, Kylie Gillies	23	Rob Mills	20
Rumba	Kylie Gillies, Jessica McNamee	24	Peter Everitt, Fiona O'Loughlin	16
Tango	Kylie Gillies	27	Emily Scott, Gerrard Gosens	19
Paso doble	Kylie Gillies	26	Gerrard Gosens	15
Samba	Kylie Gillies	27	Gerrard Gosens	11
Waltz	Matt White	27	Peter Everitt	17
Quickstep	Jessica McNamee	27	Adam Brand	9
Foxtrot	Matt White, Kylie Gillies	25	Gerrard Gosens	15
West Coast Swing	Matt White	16	Adam Brand	12
Aussie Smooth	Matt White	29	Gerrard Gosens	16
Salsa	Lincoln Lewis	27	Gerrard Gosens	8
Segway	Kylie Gillies	28	Gerrard Gosens	18
Freestyle	Matt White	30	Adam Brand	24

Average chart

The average chart is based on the dances performed by celebrities and not their place in the competition.

Rank by average	Place	Couple	Total points	Number of dances	Average
1	2	Matt & Ash-Leigh	362	15	24.13
2	3	Kylie & Carmelo	330	14	23.57
3	6	Jessica & Stefano	187	8	23.38
4	9	Emily & Michael	85	4	21.25
5	5	Lincoln & Luda	207	10	20.70
6	10	Rob & Sriani	62	3	20.67
7	8	Layne & Dannial	103	5	20.60
8	7	Fiona & Craig	123	6	20.50
9	1	Adam & Jade	290	15	19.33
10	11	Spida & Linda	33	2	16.50
11	4	Gerrard & Jessica	193	12	16.08

Running Order

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

Preceded by Dancing with the Stars (Australian season 8)	Dancing with the Stars (Australian version) Season 9	Succeeded by Dancing with the Stars (Australian season 10)

References