Dancing with the Stars (New Zealand series 2)
# Dancing with the Stars (New Zealand series 2)

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. 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. 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. 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%.

## Contestants

| 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 |

## 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lorraine & Aaron | 1 | 28 | 24 | 52 | 36 | 32 | 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 | | | | | | |

### Dance Chart

    Highest scoring dance
    Lowest scoring dance

| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 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 | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Average chart

| Rank by average | Competition finish | Couple | Total | Number of dances | Average |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Lorraine & Aaron | 435 | 13 | 33.5 |
| 2 | 2 | Beatrice & Brian | 416 | 13 | 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 |

### Week 1

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

