Dancing with the Stars (New Zealand TV series) series 3

The third series of Dancing with the Stars premiered on 10 April 2007, with both Jason Gunn and Candy Lane coming back to host. All judges were back with the exception of Paul Mercurio who wanted to focus more on the Australian version of Dancing with the Stars. In season three, it opened with 735,000 people watching, the highest out of all series' debuts.^[1] On 29 May 2007, Suzanne Paul and her partner Stefano Olivieri took the title of Dancing with the Stars.

Dancing with the Stars
Season 3
Celebrity winner	Suzanne Paul
Professional winner	Stefano Oliveri
No. of episodes	8
Release
Original network	TV One
Original release	10 April (2007-04-10) – 29 May 2007 (2007-05-29)
Series chronology

Couples

Celebrity	Occupation	Professional partner	Placing
Suzanne Paul	Television presenter	Stefano Olivieri	Winners on 29 May 2007
Megan Alatini	Singer-songwriter	Jonny Williams	Runners-up on 29 May 2007
Brendon Pongia	Former National Basketball League guard	Hayley Holt	Eliminated 6th on 22 May 2007
Greer Robson	Shortland Street actress	Aaron Gilmore	Eliminated 5th on 15 May 2007
Paul Holmes	Television & radio broadcaster	Rebecca Nicholson	Eliminated 4th on 8 May 2007
Frank Bunce	Former rugby union player	Krystal Stuart	Eliminated 3rd on 1 May 2007
Michael Laws	Whanganui mayor	Lauren de Boeck	Eliminated 2nd on 24 April 2007
April Bruce	Television presenter	Csaba Szirmai	Eliminated 1st on 17 April 2007

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.

  indicates the winning couple.

  indicates the runner-up couple.

Team	Place	1	2	1+2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Suzanne & Stefano	1	30	35	65	32	29	29+31=60	25+36=61	25+32=57	31+36+39=106
Megan & Jonny	2	32	36	68	30	30	31+32=63	32+34=66	32+38=70	32+37+36=105
Brendon & Hayley	3	30	28	58	24	30	21+26=47	28+38=66	30+26=56
Greer & Aaron	4	23	33	56	19	35	29+27=56	26+28=54
Paul & Rebecca	5	27	22	49	15	23	16+18=34
Frank & Krystal	6	23	33	56	27	16
Michael & Lauren	7	17	19	36	9
April & Csaba	8	23	21	44

Dance Chart

  Highest Scoring Dance

  Lowest Scoring Dance

Team	1	2	3	4	5		6		7		8
Suzanne & Stefano	Cha-Cha-Cha	Quickstep	Jive	Foxtrot	Samba	Swing Waltz	Rumba	Tango	Waltz	Paso Doble	Cha-Cha-Cha	Tango	Freestyle
Megan & Jonny	Waltz	Rumba	Tango	Foxtrot	Samba	Swing Waltz	Paso Doble	Quickstep	Jive	Cha-Cha-Cha	Quickstep	Rumba	Freestyle
Brendon & Hayley	Cha-Cha-Cha	Quickstep	Jive	Foxtrot	Samba	Swing Waltz	Paso Doble	Waltz	Rumba	Tango
Greer & Aaron	Waltz	Rumba	Tango	Paso Doble	Samba	Swing Waltz	Jive	Quickstep
Paul & Rebecca	Waltz	Rumba	Tango	Paso Doble	Samba	Swing Waltz
Frank & Krystal	Waltz	Rumba	Tango	Paso Doble
Michael & Lauren	Cha-Cha-Cha	Quickstep	Jive
April & Csaba	Cha-Cha-Cha	Quickstep

Average chart

Rank by average	Competition finish	Couple	Total	Number of dances	Average
1	2	Megan & Jonny	432	13	33.2
2	1	Suzanne & Stefano	410		31.5
3	3	Brendon & Hayley	281	10	28.1
4	4	Greer & Aaron	220	8	27.5
5	6	Frank & Krystal	99	4	24.8
6	8	April & Csaba	44	2	22.0
7	5	Paul & Rebecca	121	6	20.2
8	7	Michael & Lauren	45	3	15.0

Week 1

Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Brendan, Carol-Ann, Craig, Alison.

Running order