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

The third series of Dancing with the Stars premiered on 10 April 2007, with both Gunn and 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. On 29 May 2007, Suzanne Paul and her partner Stefano Olivieri took the title of Dancing with the Stars.

## 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 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 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 | 13 | 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.

