Dancing with the Stars (Australian TV series) season 12

*Dancing with the Stars*
Dancing with the Stars
Season 12
Celebrity winner	Johnny Ruffo
Professional winner	Luda Kroitor
No. of episodes	10
Release
Original network	Seven Network
Original release	15 April –; 17 June 2012
Season chronology
	← Previous; Season 11 Next →; Season 13

Last updated March 31, 2024

The twelfth season of Dancing with the Stars premiered on 15 April 2012, at the 6:30pm time slot on Channel Seven.^[1] With previous co-host Sonia Kruger defecting to Channel Nine, former Spice Girl and American Dancing with the Stars season 5 runner up Mel B was hired as her replacement.^[2] Daniel MacPherson continues his role as main host of the show, along with judges Todd McKenney, Helen Richey, and Joshua Horner.

Background

The cast for the season were revealed on 13 March 2012 via the Seven website, along with their professional partners,^[3] although four contestants were revealed in late February 2012.^[4] This cast has been seen as a star increase on the previous year's cast, particularly with the addition of new international co-host Mel B, and former Nine daytime talkshow host Kerri-Anne Kennerley. Six new professional dancers, including former American Dancing with the Stars professional Damian Whitewood, Christopher Page, Elena Samodanova, Jess Prince, Gleb Savchenko and Damien Samuel have been recruited to replace non-returning professional dancers Alana Patience, Brendon Midson, Arsen Kishishian, Masha Belash, Jade Brand and Mark Hodge.

Couples

This season featured eleven celebrities.

Celebrity	Notability	Professional partner	Status
Erin McNaught	Miss Universe Australia 2006	Gleb Savchenko	Eliminated 1st on 22 April 2012
Caine Eckstein	Ironman	Jess Prince	Eliminated 2nd on 29 April 2012
Vogue Williams	Model	Christopher Page	Eliminated 3rd on 6 May 2012
Shannon Noll	Singer-songwriter	Elena Samodanova	Withdrew on 13 May 2012
Kerri-Anne Kennerley	Television presenter	Carmelo Pizzino	Eliminated 4th on 20 May 2012
Jessica Watson	Sailor & Order of Australia recipient	Damien Samuel	Eliminated 5th on 27 May 2012
Brian Mannix	Singer	Melanie Hooper	Eliminated 6th on 3 June 2012
Brendan Fevola	AFL player	Jessica Raffa	Eliminated 7th on 10 June 2012
Zoe Cramond	Actress	Aric Yegudkin	Third place on 17 June 2012
Danielle Spencer	Singer & actress	Damian Whitewood	Runners-up on 17 June 2012
Johnny Ruffo	The X Factor contestant	Luda Kroitor	Winners on 17 June 2012

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

Third place

Bottom two

Eliminated

*Dancing with the Stars* (season 12) - Weekly scores
Couple	Pl.	Week
Couple	Pl.	1	2	1+2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Johnny & Luda	1st	20	22	42	22	27†	25	26+10=36	21+28=49	26+25=51	25+22=47	29+26+30=85†^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Danielle & Damian	2nd	25	25	50	27†	26	28†	30+8=38†	28+27=55	28+28=56†^{[lower-alpha 2]}	27+29=56†	28+27+29=84^{[lower-alpha 3]}
Zoe & Aric	3rd	27†	24	51†	25	27†	28†	27+9=36	30+27=57†	29+27=56†	26+30=56†	23+27=50^{[lower-alpha 4]}
Brendan & Jessica	4th	20	23	43	20	20	23	14+7=21	18+28=46^{[lower-alpha 2]}	24+22=46	15+27=42‡^{[lower-alpha 5]}
Brian & Melanie	5th	16	20	36	21	22^{[lower-alpha 2]}	16‡	16+6=22	21+28=49	19+13=32‡^{[lower-alpha 5]}
Jessica & Damien	6th	18	8‡	26‡	21	21	21	15+4=19‡^{[lower-alpha 2]}	13+27=40‡^{[lower-alpha 5]}
Kerri-Anne & Carmelo	7th	22	27†	49	22	18	19	22+5=27^{[lower-alpha 5]}
Shannon & Elena	8th	16	16	32	15‡	20
Vogue & Christopher	9th	14‡	20	34^{[lower-alpha 2]}	21^{[lower-alpha 2]}	16‡^{[lower-alpha 5]}
Caine & Jess	10th	21	17	38	20^{[lower-alpha 5]}
Erin & Gleb	11th	16	21	37^{[lower-alpha 5]}

Notes

↑ This couple finished in first place.
1 2 3 4 5 6 This couple was in the bottom two, but was not eliminated.
↑ This couple finished in second place.
↑ This couple finished in third place.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 This couple was eliminated.

Weekly scores

Unless indicated otherwise, individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Todd McKenney, Helen Richey, Joshua Horner.

Week 1

Couples performed either the cha-cha-cha or the Viennese waltz, and are listed in the order they performed.

Couple	Scores	Dance	Music
Johnny & Luda	20 (7, 7, 6)	Cha-cha-cha	"Troublemaker" — Taio Cruz
Erin & Gleb	16 (5, 6, 5)	Cha-cha-cha	"We Found Love" — Rihanna, feat. Calvin Harris
Caine & Jess	21 (7, 7, 7)	Viennese waltz	"You and Me" — Lifehouse
Brian & Melanie	16 (5, 5, 6)	Cha-cha-cha	"Moves Like Jagger" — Maroon 5, feat. Christina Aguilera
Danielle & Damian	25 (8, 9, 8)	Viennese waltz	"One and Only" — Adele
Shannon & Elena	16 (5, 6, 5)	Cha-cha-cha	"Start Me Up" — The Rolling Stones
Jessica & Damien	18 (6, 6, 6)	Viennese waltz	"I'm With You" — Avril Lavigne
Vogue & Christopher	14 (4, 5, 5)	Cha-cha-cha	"Dedication to My Ex (Miss That)" — Lloyd, feat. Lil Wayne
Zoe & Aric	27 (9, 9, 9)	Viennese waltz	"A Thousand Years" — Christina Perri
Brendan & Jessica	20 (7, 6, 7)	Viennese waltz	"Somebody to Love" — Queen
Kerri Anne & Carmelo	22 (8, 7, 7)	Cha-cha-cha	"I Will Survive" — Gloria Gaynor