The ninth series of '' Dancing with the Stars'' premiered on 24 April 2022 on

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Cast

The series will be hosted by Clint Randell and Sharyn Casey.

Camilla Sacre-Dallerup Camilla Sacre-Dallerup (born 6 April 1974) is a Danish author, life coach, hypnotherapist and former ballroom dancer. Dance career Dallerup was born in Aalborg, where she started dancing at the age of two and a half when her mother took her to ...

will return to the judging panel as head judge, while James Luck and Lance Savali will join the judging panel for their first series. Sacre-Dallerup contracted Covid-19 and was replaced in the final programme by Karen Hardy.

Couples

The full cast was announced on 3 April. It was also announced that Eli Matthewson and Jonny Williams would make history by being the first same-sex partnership of the series.

Production

In December 2019, it was that announced that a ninth series would air on Three in 2020. On 11 February 2020, it was announced that former contestant

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would be replacing Rachel White on the judging panel for the ninth series. On 23 February 2020,

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reported that Destiny Church

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and

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leader

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was tipped to join the series. After major backlash online, MediaWorks confirmed that Tamaki would no longer be joining the series. In the same statement, they confirmed that the cast announcement for the ninth series was scheduled for the end of March 2020. However, due to the

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, the series was postponed indefinitely. In March 2022 it was confirmed that the show would return later that year.

Scorecard

: ''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 couples eliminated that week. : indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two. : the returning couple that was the last to be called safe. : the couple withdrew from the competition. : the couple were eliminated but later returned to the competition. : indicates the winning couple. : indicates the runner-up couple. : indicates the couple who placed third. : indicates the couple who placed fourth.

Average score chart

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

Highest and lowest scoring performances

The best and worst performances in each dance according to the judges' 30-point scale are as follows:

Couples' highest and lowest scoring dances

Scores are based upon a potential 30-point maximum (team dances are excluded).

Weekly scores

''Individual judges' scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: James Luck, Camilla Sacre-Dallerup, Lance Savali.''

Week 1: Anzac Day

; Running order (Night 1) ; Running order (Night 2)

Week 2: Top 40

; Running order (Night 1) ; Running order (Night 2)

Week 3: Mother's Day

; Running order (Night 1) ;Running order (Night 2) Judge's vote to save * Luck: Vaz & Brittany * Savali: Kerre & Jared * Sacre-Dallerup: Vaz & Brittany

Week 4: Club Night & My Jam

; Running order Judge's vote to save * Luck: Vaz & Brittany * Savali: Eric & Loryn * Sacre-Dallerup: Eric & Loryn

Week 5: Semi-Finals

''Eric & Loryn withdrew from the competition after Eric tested positive for

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, Vaz & Brittany were brought back in.''
''Rhys & Phoebe withdrew from the competition after they both tested positive for

, Kerre & Jared were brought back in.'' ; Running order Judge's vote to save * Luck: Vaz & Brittany * Savali: Vaz & Brittany * Sacre-Dallerup: ''Did not vote, but would have voted to save Vaz & Brittany''

Week 6: Final

''Individual judges' scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: James Luck, Karen Hardy, Lance Savali.''
''Camilla Sacre-Dallerup was absent after testing positive for

, Karen Hardy replaced her on the judges table.'' ; Running order (Top 4) ; Running order (Top 2)

Dance chart

: Highest scoring dance : Lowest scoring dance

References

{{Dancing with the Stars (NZ) series 9 2022 New Zealand television seasons