The fifth season of the Australian ''

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'' TV series premiered on Tuesday 26 September 2006 and concluded on Tuesday 28 November 2006. A controversy occurred in the semi-final when judge

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said that he believed

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had received professional dance lessons prior to the competition. Caoili denied this. Channel 7's ''

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'' supported McKenney's claims, producing video footage of Caoili attending salsa classes, but Caoili said she just started taking

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lessons when the producers called to offer her a place on the show.

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and his partner

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won the series, with

and her partner Carmelo Pizzino as runner-up.

Couples

The following celebrities were featured.

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. In Week 7, special guest judge Dicko was part of the judging panel, and scores were out of 50 instead of 40.

Dance Schedule

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

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Waltz The waltz ( ), meaning "to roll or revolve") is a ballroom and folk dance, normally in triple ( time), performed primarily in closed position. History There are many references to a sliding or gliding dance that would evolve into the wa ...

*Week 2 :

Quickstep The quickstep is a light-hearted dance of the standard ballroom dances. The movement of the dance is fast and powerfully flowing and sprinkled with syncopations. The upbeat melodies that quickstep is danced to make it suitable for both formal a ...

Rumba The term rumba may refer to a variety of unrelated music styles. Originally, "rumba" was used as a synonym for "party" in northern Cuba, and by the late 19th century it was used to denote the complex of secular music styles known as Cuban rumba ...

*Week 3 : Jive or

Tango Tango is a partner dance and social dance that originated in the 1880s along the Río de la Plata, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay. The tango was born in the impoverished port areas of these countries as the result of a combina ...

*Week 4 :

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 ...

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*Week 5 :

Samba Samba (), also known as samba urbano carioca (''urban Carioca samba'') or simply samba carioca (''Carioca samba''), is a Brazilian music genre that originated in the Afro-Brazilian communities of Rio de Janeiro in the early 20th century. Havin ...

*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 : Two unlearned Ballroom or Latin dances from weeks 1-7 *Week 9 : Learned Ballroom or Latin dance from weeks 1-8 & Argentine Tango *Week 10 : Two Favourite Dances of the Season & Freestyle

Dance Chart

: Highest Scoring Dance : Lowest Scoring Dance

Average Chart

The average chart is based on the dances performed by the celebrities and not their place in the competition. *Dicko's marks were excluded for this table.

Highest and lowest scoring performances

The best and worst performances in each dance according to the judges' 40-point scale are as follows (guest judges scores are excluded): *

Couples' highest and lowest scoring dances

Scores are based upon a 40-point maximum: *

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, Paul, Mark.'' ;Running order

Week 2

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Week 3

*Musical guests: ;Running order

Week 4

*Musical guests:

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;Running order

Week 5

*Musical guests:

Guy Sebastian Guy Theodore Sebastian (born 26 October 1981) is an Australian singer and songwriter who was the winner of the first '' Australian Idol'' in 2003, judge on Australia's ''The X Factor'' from 2010 to 2012 and again from 2015 to 2016, and coach ...

;Running order

Week 6

*Musical guests: ;Running order

Week 7

''Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Todd, Helen, Paul, Mark, Dicko.'' *Musical guests: ;Running order

Week 8

*Musical guests: ;Running order

Week 9

*Musical guests: ;Running order

Week 10

*Musical guests:

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Shannon Noll Shannon Noll (born 16 September 1975) is an Australian singer-songwriter who first came to prominence as runner-up of the first season of ''Australian Idol'' in 2003, which led to him being signed to Sony BMG. He has released five top ten albu ...

Natalie Bassingthwaighte Natalie Bassingthwaighte (; born 1 September 1975) is an Australian recording artist, actress, and Celebrity, television personality. Born and raised in Wollongong, New South Wales, she began her career in musical theatre. She later pursued an ...

;Running order

References

{{Dancing with the Stars (Australia) Season 05 2006 Australian television seasons