The twelfth season of ''

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'' premiered on 15 April 2012, at the 6:30pm time slot on Channel Seven. With previous co-host Sonia Kruger defecting to Channel Nine, former

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and American ''Dancing with the Stars'' season 5 runner up

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was hired as her replacement. 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, although four contestants were revealed in late February 2012. This cast has been seen as a ''star increase'' on the previous year's cast, particularly with the addition of new international co-host

, and former Nine daytime talkshow host Kerri-Anne Kennerley. Six new professional dancers, including former American ''

'' professional

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, 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:

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or Viennese Waltz *Week 2: Jive or

Foxtrot The foxtrot is a smooth, progressive dance characterized by long, continuous flowing movements across the dance floor. It is danced to big band (usually vocal) music. The dance is similar in its look to waltz, although the rhythm is in a tim ...

*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 Argentine tango is a musical genre and accompanying social dance originating at the end of the 19th century in the suburbs of Buenos Aires. It typically has a or rhythmic time signature, and two or three parts repeating in patterns such as AB ...

*Week 10: Redemption dance,

Face-off and Freestyle

Judges scores

:''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.

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.

Dance Chart

The celebrities and professional partners danced one of these routines for each corresponding week: * Week 1:

or Viennese Waltz * Week 2: Jive or

* 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, &

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: Highest scoring dance : Lowest scoring dance : Danced, but not scored

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.''

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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

{{Dancing with the Stars (Australia) Season 12 2012 Australian television seasons