Dancing with the Stars (Australian TV series) season 19

The nineteenth season of Dancing with the Stars, also known as Dancing with the Stars: All Stars 2, premiered on Seven on 20 February 2022.

Dancing with the Stars
Season 19
Hosted by	Daryl Somers Sonia Kruger
Judges	Todd McKenney Paul Mercurio Helen Richey Mark Wilson
Celebrity winner	Grant Denyer
Professional winner	Lily Cornish
No. of episodes	7
Release
Original network	Seven Network
Original release	20 February (2022-02-20) – 3 April 2022 (2022-04-03)
Season chronology

Following the success of the first All-Stars season, it was announced that the show would return for another season, also featuring former contestants as well as wildcards. The series was again pre-recorded and was filmed at the ICC in Sydney.^[1]

Daryl Somers and Sonia Kruger returned as hosts, whilst Todd McKenney, Helen Richey, Paul Mercurio and Mark Wilson returned to the judging panel.^[2]

Couples

The line-up was announced on 19 September 2021, consisting of ten former contestants, including four former winners.^[3] As well as four wildcard contestants who hadn't previously competed in the show. The line-up also featured Grant Denyer, who won the fourth season and went on host the Channel 10 iteration of the show which lasted two seasons (sixteenth and seventeenth seasons).^[4]

Celebrity	Notability	Professional partner	Status
Cameron Daddo	Actor	Megan Wragg	Eliminated 1st on 20 February 2022
Angie Kent Season 17	Reality personality	Julian Caillon	Eliminated 2nd on 27 February 2022
Bridie Carter Season 7	Actress	Craig Monley	Eliminated 3rd on 6 March 2022
Sam Mac	Television presenter	Ruby Gherbaz	Eliminated 4th on 13 March 2022
Anthony Koutoufides Season 5	AFL player	Jessica Raffa	Eliminated 5th & 6th on 20 March 2022
Kylie Gillies Season 9	Television presenter	Aric Yegudkin
Olympia Valance Season 16	Actress	Gustavo Viglio	Eliminated 7th & 8th on 27 March 2022
Rob Mills Season 9	Actor	Alarna Donovan
David Rodan Season 14	AFL player	Alexandra Vladimirov	Finalists on 3 April 2022
Deni Hines	Singer	Lyu Masuda
Kris Smith	Model	Siobhan Power
Ricki-Lee Coulter Season 14	Singer	Jarryd Byrne
Courtney Act Season 16	Drag queen	Joshua Keefe	Runners-up on 3 April 2022
Grant Denyer Season 4	Television host	Lily Cornish	Winners on 3 April 2022

Scoring chart

The highest score each week is indicated in bold green with a dagger (†), while the lowest score each week is indicated in italicized red with a double-dagger (‡).

Color key:

  Winners

  Runners-up

  Finalists

  Bottom two or three

  Eliminated

Dancing with the Stars (season 19) - Weekly scores

Couple	Pl.	Week
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
		Grant & Lily	1st	26	—	40†	—	39+10=49†	—	40†[a]
Courtney & Josh	2nd	—	40†	—	39†	—	40+10=50†	40†[b]
David & Alexandra	3rd	—	40†	—	38	—	40+8=48	40†[c]
Deni & Lyu		—	39	—	33[d]	—	32+4=36‡[d]	38[c]
Kris & Siobhan		19‡[d]	—	29	—	23+4=27‡[d]	—	34‡[c]
Ricki-Lee & Jarryd		34†	—	34	—	35+6=41	—	37[c]
Olympia & Gustavo	7th	—	38	—	38	—	37+6=43[e]
Rob & Alarna		—	27	—	28	—	34+2=36‡[e]
Anthony & Jessica	9th	30	—	28‡[d]	—	35+2=37[e]
Kylie & Aric		29	—	40†	—	34+8=42[e]
Sam & Ruby	11th	—	22‡[d]	—	19‡[e]
Bridie & Craig	12th	33	—	36[e]
Angie & Julian	13th	—	25[e]
Cameron & Megan	14th	23[e]

Notes

1. This couple finished in first place.
2. This couple finished in second place.
3. This couple competed in the Finals.
4. This couple was in the bottom two or bottom three, but was not eliminated.
5. This couple was eliminated.

Weekly scores

Unless indicated otherwise, individual judges scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Todd McKenney, Helen Richey, Paul Mercurio, Mark Wilson.

Week 1

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

Couple	Scores	Dance	Music	Result
Grant & Lily	26 (6, 6, 7, 7)	Cha-cha-cha	"Ice Ice Baby" — Vanilla Ice	Safe
Bridie & Craig	33 (7, 9, 8, 9)	Foxtrot	"Don’t Dream It's Over" — Sixpence None the Richer	Safe
Ricki-Lee & Jarryd	34 (8, 8, 8, 10)	Cha-cha-cha	"On the Floor" — Jennifer Lopez, feat. Pitbull	Safe
Cameron & Megan	23 (5, 6, 6, 6)	Tango	"Whatever It Takes" — Imagine Dragons	Eliminated
Anthony & Jessica	30 (7, 7, 8, 8)	Viennese waltz	"What a Wonderful World" — Louis Armstrong	Safe
Kylie & Aric	29 (8, 7, 6, 8)	Cha-cha-cha	"Rescue Me" — Fontella Bass	Safe
Kris & Siobhan	19 (4, 5, 5, 5)	Viennese waltz	"Kiss from a Rose" — Seal	Bottom two

Week 2

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

Couple	Scores	Dance	Music	Result
David & Alexandra	40 (10, 10, 10, 10)	Cha-cha-cha	"September" — Earth, Wind & Fire	Safe
Deni & Lyu	39 (10, 10, 9, 10)	Samba	"Love On Top" — Beyoncé	Safe
Olympia & Gustavo	38 (9, 9, 10, 10)	Argentine tango	"Santa Maria (del Buen Ayre)" — Gotan Project	Safe
Sam & Ruby	22 (5, 6, 5, 6)	Tango	"Someone to You" — Banners	Bottom two
Angie & Julian	25 (6, 5, 7, 7)	Cha-cha-cha	"Electricity" — Silk City & Dua Lipa	Eliminated
Courtney & Josh	40 (10, 10, 10, 10)	Jive	"Proud Mary" — Tina Turner	Safe
Rob & Alarna	27 (6, 7, 7, 7)	Cha-cha-cha	"Dynamite" — BTS	Safe

Week 3

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

Couple	Scores	Dance	Music	Result
Grant & Lily	40 (10, 10, 10, 10)	Viennese waltz	"Don't Give Up" — Shannon Noll & Natalie Bassingthwaighte	Safe
Ricki-Lee & Jarryd	34 (9, 8, 8, 9)	Jazz	"Too Darn Hot" — Ella Fitzgerald	Safe
Kris & Siobhan	29 (7, 7, 7, 8)	Paso doble	"Devil Inside" — INXS	Safe
Kylie & Aric	40 (10, 10, 10, 10)	Viennese waltz	"Say Something" — A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera	Safe
Anthony & Jessica	28 (6, 7, 7, 8)	Jive	"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" — Queen	Bottom two
Bridie & Craig	36 (8, 9, 9, 10)	Samba	"Suit & Tie" — Justin Timberlake, feat. Jay-Z	Eliminated

Dance-off

• "Hello" — The Cat Empire

Judges' votes to save

• Wilson: Anthony & Jessica
• Mercurio: Anthony & Jessica
• Richey: Anthony & Jessica
• McKenney: Did not vote, but would have voted to save Anthony & Jessica

Week 4

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

Couple	Scores	Dance	Music	Result
David & Alexandra	38 (10, 9, 9, 10)	Argentine tango	"Human" — Rag'n'Bone Man	Safe
Olympia & Gustavo	38 (9, 9, 10, 10)	Samba	"Levitating" — Dua Lipa	Safe
Rob & Alarna	28 (7, 8, 7, 6)	Quickstep	"What a Man Gotta Do" — Jonas Brothers	Safe
Courtney & Josh	39 (10, 10, 9, 10)	Paso doble	"Hanuman" — Rodrigo y Gabriela	Safe
Deni & Lyu	33 (9, 7, 9, 8)	Foxtrot	"Rewrite the Stars" — Zac Efron & Zendaya	Bottom two
Sam & Ruby	19 (4, 6, 5, 4)	Jive	"Hey Ya!" — Outkast	Eliminated

Dance-off

• "Hips Don't Lie" — Shakira, feat. Wyclef Jean

Judges' votes to save

• Wilson: Deni & Lyu
• Mercurio: Deni & Lyu
• Richey: Sam & Ruby
• McKenney: Deni & Lyu

Week 5: Semifinals: Night 1

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

Couple	Scores	Dance	Music	Result
Grant & Lily	10	Rock and Roll Marathon	"Jailhouse Rock" — Elvis Presley "Rock This Town" — Stray Cats "Great Balls of Fire" — Jerry Lee Lewis
Kylie & Aric	8
Ricki-Lee & Jarryd	6
Kris & Siobhan	4
Anthony & Jessica	2
Kylie & Aric	34 (8, 9, 9, 8)	Samba	"Mas que Nada" — Sérgio Mendes, feat. Black Eyed Peas	Eliminated
Grant & Lily	39 (9, 10, 10, 10)	Paso doble	"Everybody Wants to Rule the World" — Lorde	Safe
Ricki-Lee & Jarryd	35 (8, 9, 9, 9)	Rumba	"I'm Not the Only One" — Sam Smith	Safe
Anthony & Jessica	35 (8, 8, 10, 9)	Quickstep	"Puttin' on the Ritz 2017 (Jazzy Radio Mix)" — Taco, feat. tomX	Eliminated
Kris & Siobhan	23 (5, 6, 6, 6)	Samba	"Mi Gente" — J Balvin & Willy William	Bottom three

Dance-off

• "You'll Be Mine (Party Time)" — Gloria Estefan

Judges' votes to save

• Wilson: Kris & Siobhan
• Mercurio: Anthony & Jessica
• Richey: Kylie & Aric
• McKenney: Kris & Siobhan

Week 6: Semifinals: Night 2

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

Couple	Scores	Dance	Music	Result
Courtney & Josh	10	Charleston Marathon	"Bang Bang" — will.i.am "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" — Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington "A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)" — Fergie, Q-Tip & GoonRock
David & Alex	8
Olympia & Gustavo	6
Deni & Lyu	4
Rob & Alarna	2
Olympia & Gustavo	37 (9, 9, 10, 9)	Foxtrot	"Fever" — Peggy Lee	Eliminated
David & Alex	40 (10, 10, 10, 10)	Contemporary	"Bohemian Rhapsody" — Connie Talbot	Safe
Deni & Lyu	32 (8, 8, 8, 8)	Paso doble	"Rise" — Katy Perry	Bottom three
Courtney & Josh	40 (10, 10, 10, 10)	Foxtrot	"Let There Be Love" — Natalie Cole	Safe
Rob & Alarna	34 (8, 8, 9, 9)	Viennese waltz	"Love Songs Ain't for Us" — Amy Shark, feat. Keith Urban	Eliminated

Dance-off

• "Throw Your Hands Up (Dançar Kuduro)" — Qwote, feat. Pitbull & Lucenzo

Judges' votes to save

• Wilson: Olympia & Gustavo
• Mercurio: Olympia & Gustavo
• Richey: Deni & Lyu
• McKenney: Deni & Lyu (Since the other judges were not unanimous, Todd McKenney, as head judge, made the final decision to save Deni & Lyu.)

Week 7: Grand Finale

The judges' votes had no effect on deciding the winners; that was determined by the audience votes.

Couples are listed in the order they performed.

Couple	Scores	Dance	Music	Result
David & Alex	40 (10, 10, 10, 10)	Freestyle	"Singin' in the Rain" — Gene Kelly & "Umbrella" — Rihanna, feat. Jay-Z	Finalists
Grant & Lily	40 (10, 10, 10, 10)	Freestyle	"Uptown Funk" — Mark Ronson, feat. Bruno Mars	Winners
Ricki-Lee & Jarryd	37 (9, 9, 10, 9)	Freestyle	"Do You Love Me" — The Contours	Finalists
Deni & Lyu	38 (10, 9, 9, 10)	Freestyle	"River" — Bishop Briggs	Finalists
Courtney & Josh	40 (10, 10, 10, 10)	Freestyle	"Treat People with Kindness" — Harry Styles	Runners-up
Kris & Siobhan	34 (9, 8, 8, 9)	Freestyle	"Beggin'" — Måneskin	Finalists

Dance chart

• Week 1: One unlearned dance
• Week 2: One unlearned dance
• Week 3: One unlearned dance
• Week 4: One unlearned dance
• Week 5: One unlearned dance & Rock and Roll marathon
• Week 6: One unlearned dance & Charleston marathon
• Week 7: Freestyle

Dancing with the Stars (season 19) - Dance chart

Couple	Week
	1	2	3	4	Week 5		Week 6		7
Grant & Lily	Cha-cha-cha	—	Viennese waltz	—	Paso doble	Rock and Roll Marathon	—	—	Freestyle
Courtney & Josh	—	Jive	—	Paso doble	—	—	Foxtrot	Charleston Marathon	Freestyle
David & Alexandra	—	Cha-cha-cha	—	Argentine tango	—	—	Contemp.	Charleston Marathon	Freestyle
Deni & Lyu	—	Samba	—	Foxtrot	—	—	Paso doble	Charleston Marathon	Freestyle
Kris & Siobhan	Viennese waltz	—	Paso doble	—	Samba	Rock and Roll Marathon	—	—	Freestyle
Ricki-Lee & Jarryd	Cha-cha-cha	—	Jazz	—	Rumba	Rock and Roll Marathon	—	—	Freestyle
Olympia & Gustavo	—	Argentine tango	—	Samba	—	—	Foxtrot	Charleston Marathon
Rob & Alarna	—	Cha-cha-cha	—	Quickstep	—	—	Viennese waltz	Charleston Marathon
Anthony & Jessica	Viennese waltz	—	Jive	—	Quickstep	Rock and Roll Marathon
Kylie & Aric	Cha-cha-cha	—	Viennese Waltz	—	Samba	Rock and Roll Marathon
Sam & Ruby	—	Tango	—	Jive
Bridie & Craig	Foxtrot	—	Samba
Angie & Julian	—	Cha-cha-cha
Cameron & Megan	Tango

Ratings

Episode		Original airdate	Timeslot	Viewers	Rank	Source
1	"Week One"	20 February 2022	Sunday 7:00 pm	588,000	5	[5]
2	"Week Two"	27 February 2022		605,000	6	[6]
3	"Week Three"	6 March 2022		596,000	5	[7]
4	"Week Four"	13 March 2022		517,000	6	[8]
5	"Week Five"	20 March 2022		491,000	6	[9]
6	"Week Six"	27 March 2022		501,000	6	[10]
7	"Week Seven"	3 April 2022		564,000	6