| Dancing with the Stars | |
|---|---|
| Season 2 | |
| Celebrity winner | Lorraine Downes |
| Professional winner | Aaron Gilmore |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Release | |
| Original network | TV One |
| Original release | 7 May – 25 June 2006 |
| Series chronology | |
The second series of Dancing with the Stars premiered on 7 May 2006. It had an average of 804,000 people watching, more than the first series, and up to a million tuned into the finale. [1] Rebecca Nicholson (who partnered Tim Shadbolt in the first series) was the only dancer to be part of the series, and partnered Shortland Street actor David Wikaira-Paul. One of the most memorable moments in series two was celebrity Rodney Hide and his partner Krystal Stuart, who were awarded only one point from each judge for his cha-cha-cha, but also dropped her during the end of the performance. [2] On 25 June, Lorraine Downes and her partner Aaron Gilmore took the title of Dancing with the Stars, who ended up winning $111,961.63 for her charity, of the total $333,655, raised for all charities over the series. [3] According to a TVNZ news release, Lorraine Downes won the votes from the public by a slim 0.1%, winning 50.05%, to Faumuina's 49.95%. [3]
| Celebrity | Occupation | Professional partner | Placing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lorraine Downes | Miss Universe 1983 | Aaron Gilmore | Winners on 25 June 2006 |
| Beatrice Faumuina | Olympic discus thrower | Brian Jones | Runners-up on 25 June 2006 |
| Danyon Loader | Olympic swimmer | Hayley Holt | Eliminated 6th on 18 June 2006 |
| Rodney Hide | ACT Party politician | Krystal Stuart | Eliminated 5th on 11 June 2006 |
| Angela Bloomfield | Shortland Street actress | Jonny Williams | Eliminated 4th on 4 June 2006 |
| David Wikaira-Paul | Shortland Street actor | Rebecca Nicholson | Eliminated 3rd on 28 May 2006 |
| Steve Gurney | Coast to Coast athlete | Sharan Phillips | Eliminated 2nd on 21 May 2006 |
| Christine Rankin | Former Work & Income CEO | David Yeates | Eliminated 1st on 14 May 2006 |
| Team | Place | 1 | 2 | 1+2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorraine & Aaron | 1 | 28 | 28 | 56 | 36 | 28 | 32+32=64 | 32+37=69 | 30+37=67 | 37+38+40=115 |
| Beatrice & Brian | 2 | 32 | 26 | 58 | 32 | 34 | 29+30=59 | 29+36=65 | 32+31=63 | 32+36+37=105 |
| Danyon & Hayley | 3 | 24 | 33 | 57 | 27 | 25 | 27+31=58 | 35+36=71 | 29+35=64 | |
| Rodney & Krystal | 4 | 23 | 19 | 42 | 24 | 13 | 16+26=42 | 15+4=19 | ||
| Angela & Jonny | 5 | 26 | 25 | 51 | 28 | 26 | 25+27=52 | |||
| David & Rebecca | 6 | 31 | 25 | 56 | 36 | 26 | ||||
| Steve & Sharan | 7 | 24 | 29 | 53 | 23 | |||||
| Christine & David | 8 | 24 | 27 | 51 | ||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorraine & Aaron | Cha-Cha-Cha | Quickstep | Jive | Foxtrot | Samba | Viennese Waltz | Waltz | Rumba | Tango | Paso Doble | Waltz | Samba | Freestyle | |
| Beatrice & Brian | Waltz | Rumba | Tango | Paso Doble | Samba | Viennese Waltz | Quickstep | Jive | Foxtrot | Cha-Cha-Cha | Tango | Jive | Freestyle | |
| Danyon & Hayley | Cha-Cha-Cha | Quickstep | Jive | Foxtrot | Samba | Viennese Waltz | Tango | Paso Doble | Rumba | Waltz | ||||
| Rodney & Krystal | Waltz | Rumba | Tango | Paso Doble | Samba | Viennese Waltz | Foxtrot | Cha-Cha-Cha | ||||||
| Angela & Jonny | Cha-Cha-Cha | Quickstep | Jive | Paso Doble | Samba | Viennese Waltz | ||||||||
| David & Rebecca | Cha-Cha-Cha | Quickstep | Jive | Foxtrot | ||||||||||
| Steve & Sharan | Waltz | Rumba | Tango | |||||||||||
| Christine & David | Waltz | Rumba | ||||||||||||
| Rank by average | Competition finish | Couple | Total | Number of dances | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Lorraine & Aaron | 435 | 13 | 33.5 |
| 2 | 2 | Beatrice & Brian | 416 | 32.0 | |
| 3 | 3 | Danyon & Hayley | 312 | 10 | 31.2 |
| 4 | 6 | David & Rebecca | 118 | 4 | 29.5 |
| 5 | 5 | Angela & Jonny | 157 | 6 | 26.2 |
| 6 | 8 | Christine & David | 51 | 2 | 25.5 |
| 7 | 7 | Steve & Sharan | 76 | 3 | 25.3 |
| 8 | 4 | Rodney & Krystal | 140 | 8 | 17.5 |
Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Brendan, Alison, Paul, Carol-Ann.
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