| Dancing with the Stars | |
|---|---|
| Season 4 | |
| Celebrity winner | Temepara George |
| Professional winner | Stefano Oliveri |
| No. of episodes | 15 |
| Release | |
| Original network | TV One |
| Original release | 26 February – 15 April 2008 |
| Series chronology | |
The fourth series of Dancing with the Stars premiered on 26 February 2008. The contestants were announced in two groups of four in December 2007 and January 2008. [1]
| Celebrity | Occupation | Professional partner | Placing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temepara George | Former netball player | Stefano Olivieri | Winners on 15 April 2008 |
| Monty Betham | Professional boxer | Nerida Jantti | Runners-up on 15 April 2008 |
| Miriama Smith | Film & television actress | Jonny Williams | Eliminated 6th on 8 April 2008 |
| Cory Hutchings | Ironman competitor & television presenter | Rebecca Nicholson | Eliminated 5th on 1 April 2008 |
| Tina Cross | Koo De Tah singer & actress | Aaron Gilmore | Eliminated 4th on 25 March 2008 |
| Martin Devlin | Television & radio presenter | Lauren de Boeck | Eliminated 3rd on 18 March 2008 |
| Peter Urlich | Musician & DJ | Hayley Holt | Eliminated 2nd on 11 March 2008 |
| Geeling Ng | Actress & restaurateur | Brian Jones | Eliminated 1st on 4 March 2008 |
Netball star Temepara George and her professional Stefano beat boxing champion Monty Betham and his pro Nerida.
| Team | Place | 1 | 2 | 1+2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temepara & Stefano | 1 | 29 | 31 | 60 | 33 | 34 | 34+33=67 | 34+30=64 | 34+36=70 | 37+36+39=112 |
| Monty & Nerida | 2 | 23 | 23 | 46 | 26 | 29 | 30+25=55 | 29+27=56 | 35+29=64 | 33+38+37=108 |
| Miriama & Jonny | 3 | 35 | 28 | 63 | 36 | 32 | 37+31=68 | 33+21=54 | 33+35=68 | |
| Cory & Rebecca | 4 | 23 | 27 | 50 | 20 | 29 | 21+27=48 | 25+27=52 | ||
| Tina & Aaron | 5 | 32 | 29 | 61 | 31 | 34 | 24+29=53 | |||
| Martin & Lauren | 6 | 21 | 18 | 39 | 28 | 18 | ||||
| Peter & Hayley | 7 | 34 | 14 | 48 | 17 | |||||
| Geeling & Brian | 8 | 17 | 23 | 40 | ||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temepara & Stefano | Cha-Cha-Cha | Quickstep | Jive | Foxtrot | Samba | Viennese Waltz | Tango | Rumba | Paso Doble | Waltz | Foxtrot | Samba | Freestyle | |
| Monty & Nerida | Cha-Cha-Cha | Quickstep | Jive | Foxtrot | Samba | Viennese Walz | Waltz | Rumba | Paso Doble | Tango | Quickstep | Paso Doble | Freestyle | |
| Miriama & Jonny | Waltz | Rumba | Tango | Paso Doble | Samba | Viennese Waltz | Quickstep | Cha-Cha-Cha | Jive | Foxtrot | ||||
| Cory & Rebecca | Cha-Cha-Cha | Quickstep | Jive | Foxtrot | Samba | Viennese Waltz | Waltz | Paso Doble | ||||||
| Tina & Aaron | Cha-Cha-Cha | Quickstep | Jive | Paso Doble | Samba | Viennese Waltz | ||||||||
| Martin & Lauren | Waltz | Rumba | Tango | Paso Doble | ||||||||||
| Peter & Hayley | Waltz | Rumba | Tango | |||||||||||
| Geeling & Brian | Waltz | Rumba | ||||||||||||
| Rank by average | Competition finish | Couple | Total | Number of dances | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Temepara & Stefano | 440 | 13 | 33.8 |
| 2 | 3 | Miriama & Jonny | 321 | 10 | 32.1 |
| 3 | 5 | Tina & Aaron | 179 | 6 | 29.8 |
| 4 | 2 | Monty & Nerida | 384 | 13 | 29.5 |
| 5 | 4 | Cory & Rebecca | 199 | 8 | 24.9 |
| 6 | 7 | Peter & Hayley | 65 | 6 | 21.7 |
| 7 | 6 | Martin & Lauren | 84 | 4 | 21.3 |
| 8 | 8 | Geeling & Brian | 40 | 2 | 20.0 |
Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Brendan Cole, Alison Leonard, Craig Revel Horwood, Paul Mercurio.
Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cory & Rebecca | 23 (6, 6, 5, 6) | Cha-cha-cha | " "— |
| Geeling & Brian | 17 (4, 5, 3, 5) | Waltz | " "— |
| Monty & Nerida | 23 (6, 7, 4, 6) | Cha-cha-cha | " "— |
| Martin & Lauren | 21 (4, 6, 6, 5) | Waltz | " "— |
| Tina & Aaron | 32 (7, 8, 9, 8) | Cha-cha-Cha | "Think"—Aretha Franklin |
| Peter & Hayley | 34 (9, 8, 8, 9) | Waltz | "Moon River"—Henry Mancini |
| Temepara & Stefano | 29 (7, 8, 8, 6) | Cha-cha-cha | " "— |
| Miriama & Jonny | 35 (8, 9, 9, 9) | Waltz | " "— |
Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temepara & Stefano | 31 (7, 8, 8, 8) | Quickstep | "Cabaret"—from Cabaret | Safe |
| Martin & Lauren | 18 (5, 6, 3, 4) | Rumba | "Your Song"—Elton John | Safe |
| Tina & Aaron | 29 (7, 8, 7, 7) | Quickstep | "Get Happy"—Judy Garland | Safe |
| Miriama & Jonny | 28 (7, 7, 7, 7) | Rumba | "Endless Love"—Lionel Richie & Diana Ross | Safe |
| Cory & Rebecca | 27 (7, 8, 5, 7) | Quickstep | "Brown Derby Jump"—Cherry Poppin' Daddies | Safe |
| Geeling & Brian | 23 (6, 7, 4, 6) | Rumba | "Too Lost in You"—Sugababes | Eliminated |
| Monty & Nerida | 23 (5, 6, 5, 7) | Quickstep | "Suddenly I See"—KT Tunstall | Safe |
| Peter & Hayley | 14 (3, 5, 3, 3) | Rumba | "Careless Whisper"—George Michael | Bottom two |
Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monty & Nerida | 26 (7, 7, 5, 7) | Jive | "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"—Frank Sinatra | Safe |
| Peter Ulrich | 17 (4, 6, 3, 4) | Tango | "Gold"—Spandau Ballet | Eliminated |
| Temepara & Stefano | 33 (8, 9, 8, 8) | Jive | "Mambo No. 5"—Lou Bega | Safe |
| Martin & Lauren | 28 (7, 7, 6, 8) | Tango | "Ecstasy"—Joe Loss | Safe |
| Tina & Aaron | 31 (5, 8, 9, 9) | Jive | "Good Times"—INXS & Jimmy Barnes | Bottom two |
| Miriama & Jonny | 36 (9, 8, 9, 10) | Tango | "El Choclo"—Stanley Black | Safe |
| Cory & Rebecca | 20 (5, 6, 3, 6) | Jive | "I'm a Believer"—The Monkees | Safe |
Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miriama & Jonny | 32 (7, 8, 8, 9) | Paso Doble | "Bring Me to Life"—Evanescence | Safe |
| Cory & Rebecca | 29 (7, 7, 7, 8) | Foxtrot | "My Guy"—Mary Wells | Safe |
| Tina & Aaron | 34 (9, 9, 9, 7) | Paso Doble | "Free Your Mind"—En Vogue | Safe |
| Monty & Nerida | 29 (7, 8, 6, 8) | Foxtrot | "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?"—Robbie Williams | Bottom two |
| Martin & Lauren | 18 (4, 5, 3, 6) | Paso Doble | "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)"—ABBA | Eliminated |
| Temepara & Stefano | 34 (8, 9, 9, 8) | Foxtrot | "Walkin' My Baby Back Home"—Nat King Cole | Safe |
Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tina & Aaron | 24 (5, 6, 6, 7) | Samba | "La Isla Bonita"—Madonna | Eliminated |
| 29 (7, 8, 8, 7) | Viennese Waltz | " "— | ||
| Temepara & Stefano | 34 (8, 10, 8, 8) | Samba | "Brazil"—Edmundo Ros | Safe |
| 33 (8, 9, 9, 8) | Viennese Waltz | " "— | ||
| Cory & Rebecca | 21 (6, 6, 4, 5) | Samba | "Young Hearts Run Free"—Candi Staton | Bottom two |
| 27 (6, 7, 7, 7) | Viennese Waltz | " "— | ||
| Miriama & Jonny | 37 (8, 10, 9, 10) | Samba | "Livin' la Vida Loca"—Ricky Martin | Safe |
| 31 (8, 9, 7, 7) | Viennese Waltz | " "— | ||
| Monty & Nerida | 30 (7, 8, 6, 9) | Samba | "Quando quando quando"—Engelbert Humperdinck | Safe |
| 25 (6, 7, 5, 7) | Viennese Waltz | " "— |
Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monty & Nerida | 29 (7, 8, 6, 8) | Waltz | "Gymnopedie"—Carl Doy | Safe |
| 27 (8, 8, 3, 8) | Rumba | "Sway"—Bic Runga | ||
| Miriama & Jonny | 33 (8, 8, 8, 9) | Quickstep | "I'm Sitting on Top of the World"— Bobby Darin | Bottom two |
| 21 (4, 6, 5, 6) | Cha-Cha-Cha | "Pink Cadillac"—Natalie Cole | ||
| Temepara & Stefano | 34 (8, 9, 7, 10) | Tango | "Hernando's Hideaway"—Doris Day | Safe |
| 30 (7, 8, 8, 7) | Rumba | "Sacrifice"—Elton John | ||
| Cory & Rebecca | 25 (6, 7, 5, 7) | Waltz | "Dancing Like Lovers"—Ross Mitchell | Eliminated |
| 27 (7, 8, 5, 7) | Paso Doble | "Live and Let Die"—Guns N' Roses |
Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temepara & Stefano | 34 (8, 9, 9, 8) | Paso Doble | "Consuela"—Orquesta Tarde de Torros | Safe |
| 36 (9, 9, 9, 9) | Waltz | "Until It's Time for You to Go"—Buffy Sainte-Marie | ||
| Miriama & Jonny | 33 (8, 9, 8, 8) | Jive | "Johnny B. Goode"—Chuck Berry | Eliminated |
| 35 (8, 9, 9, 9) | Foxtrot | "Broadway Baby"—from Follies | ||
| Monty & Nerida | 35 (8, 9, 8, 10) | Paso Doble | "Boléro"—Maurice Ravel | Bottom two |
| 29 (7, 8, 6, 8) | Tango | "Hey Sexy Lady"—Shaggy |
Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monty & Nerida | 33 (8, 9, 7, 9) | Quickstep | "Things"—Robbie Williams | Runners-up |
| 38 (9, 10, 9, 10) | Paso Doble | "Boléro"—Maurice Ravel | ||
| 37 (9, 9, 9, 10) | Freestyle | "Magalenha"—Sérgio Mendes | ||
| Temepara & Stefano | 37 (9, 10, 9, 9) | Foxtrot | "Fly Me to the Moon"—Frank Sinatra | Winners |
| 36 (8, 10, 9, 9) | Samba | "Brazil"—Edmundo Ros | ||
| 39 (9, 10, 10, 10) | Freestyle | "I Am What I Am"—Gloria Gaynor |