Country of origin New Zealand Original network TV One Professional winner Samantha Hitchcock | No. of episodes 9 Celebrity winner Tamati Coffey | |
Original release 3 March (2009-03-03) – 21 April 2009 (2009-04-21) | ||
The fifth series premiered on TV ONE on 3 March 2009. All four judges from series 4 returned. On its opening night, over 800,000 people tuned in to watch the first show premiere. Rebecca Hobbs is sister to Christopher Hobbs. John Rowles withdrew in week three for health reasons. This series had the closest final ever experienced on the New Zealand show.
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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 a couple withdrew that week. indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two. indicates the winning couple. indicates the runner-up couple.Weekly scores
Individual judges' scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Stefano Olivieri, Candy Lane, Hayley Holt.
Week 1
Couples performed the cha-cha-cha, foxtrot or jive.
Dance Chart
Highest Scoring Dance Lowest Scoring DanceReferences
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