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| Dancing with the Stars | |
|---|---|
| Season 14 | |
| Hosted by | Daniel McPherson Edwina Bartholomew |
| Judges | Adam Garcia Kym Johnson Todd McKenney Helen Richey |
| Celebrity winner | David Rodan |
| Professional winner | Melanie Hooper |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Seven Network |
| Original release | 30 September (2014-09-30) – 25 November 2014 (2014-11-25) |
| Season chronology | |
← Previous Season 13 Next → Season 15 | |
Thefourteenth season ofDancing with the Stars debuted on 30 September 2014.Daniel McPherson andEdwina Bartholomew returned as hosts, whileAdam Garcia,Kym Johnson,Todd McKenney, andHelen Richey returned as judges.
FormerAFL playerDavid Rodan andMelanie Hooper were announced as the winners on 25 November, whileHome and Away actressLynne McGranger and Carmelo Pizzino finished in second place, and singerRicki-Lee Coulter and Jarryd Byrne finished in third.
This season featured eleven celebrity contestants. The cast was announced on 28 August.[1] ActorPaul Fenech was originally part of the cast, but withdrew after he was arrested in September.[2]
| Celebrity | Notability | Professional partner | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashley Hart | Model | Julz Tocker | Eliminated 1st on 7 October 2014 |
| April Rose Pengilly | Actress & model | Aric Yegudkin | Eliminated 2nd on 14 October 2014 |
| Kyly Clarke | Model | Damian Whitewood | Withdrew on 14 October 2014 |
| Mark Holden | Singer | Jessica Prince | Eliminated 3rd on 21 October 2014 |
| Eamon Sullivan | Olympic swimmer | Ash-Leigh Hunter Melanie Hooper (Week 5) | Eliminated 4th on 30 October 2014 |
| Torah Bright | Olympic snowboarder | Robbie Kmetoni Jarryd Byrne (Week 5) | Withdrew on 4 November 2014 |
| Matt Cooper | NRL player | Masha Belash Ash-Leigh Hunter (Week 5) | Eliminated 5th on 11 November 2014 |
| Tai Hara | Home and Away actor | Jorja Freeman Masha Belash (Week 5) | Eliminated 6th on 18 November 2014 |
| Ricki-Lee Coulter | Singer-songwriter | Jarryd Byrne Carmelo Pizzino (Week 5) | Third place on 25 November 2014 |
| Lynne McGranger | Home and Away actress | Carmelo Pizzino Robbie Kmetoni (Week 5) | Runners-up on 25 November 2014 |
| David Rodan | AFL player | Melanie Hooper Jorja Freeman (week 5) | Winners on 25 November 2014 |
The highest score each week is indicated inbold green with a dagger (†), while the lowest score each week is indicated initalicized red with a double-dagger (‡).
Color key:
| Couple | Pl. | Week | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 1+2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5+6 | 7 | 8 | 7+8 | 9 | 10 | ||
| David & Melanie | 1st | 34 | 28 | 62 | 33 | 36† | 38† | 33+10=43 | 81† | 36+35=71† | 33+28=61‡ | 132 | 30+40=70† | 40+40+40=120†[a] |
| Lynne & Carmelo | 2nd | 29 | 30 | 59 | 32 | 25 | 29 | 28+5=33 | 62 | 30+32=62 | 29+32=61‡ | 123‡ | 28+35=63‡ | 36+38+36=110‡[b] |
| Ricki-Lee & Jarryd | 3rd | 31 | 34 | 65 | 30 | 33 | 32 | 36+8=44† | 76 | 33+35=68 | 36+37=73 | 141† | 27+37=64 | 40+38=78[c] |
| Tai & Jorja | 4th | 32 | 23 | 55 | 23 | 22[d] | 32 | 35+9=44† | 76 | 26+32=58 | 35+34=69 | 127 | 29+36=65[e] | |
| Matt & Masha | 5th | 28 | 27 | 55 | 32 | 29 | 32 | 32+7=39 | 71 | 24+32=56‡ | 38+37=75† | 131[e] | ||
| Torah & Robbie | 6th | 15‡ | 35† | 50 | 21[d] | 33 | 30 | 31+6=37 | 67[d] | [f] | ||||
| Eamon & Ash-Leigh | 7th | 29 | 32 | 61 | 35† | 28 | 26‡ | 27+4=31‡ | 57‡[e] | |||||
| Mark & Jessica | 8th | 19 | 17‡ | 36‡[d] | 4‡ | 12‡[e] | ||||||||
| Kyly & Damian | 9th | 35† | 34 | 69† | [f] | |||||||||
| April & Aric | 10th | 32 | 30 | 62 | 29[e] | |||||||||
| Ashley & Julz | 11th | 28 | 23 | 51[e] | ||||||||||
Individual judges scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right:Todd McKenney,Helen Richey,Kym Johnson,Adam Garcia.
Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashley & Julz | 28 (7, 7, 7, 7) | Cha-cha-cha | "I Will Never Let You Down" —Rita Ora |
| Eamon & Ash-Leigh | 29 (6, 8, 7, 8) | Foxtrot | "Story of My Life" —One Direction |
| Kyly & Damian | 35 (9, 9, 9, 8) | Contemporary | "Read All About It" —Emeli Sande |
| David & Melanie | 34 (9, 8, 8, 9) | Cha-cha-cha | "Everybody" —Justice Crew |
| Lynne & Carmelo | 29 (7, 7, 7, 8) | Viennese waltz | "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" —James Brown |
| Matt & Masha | 28 (6, 7, 8, 7) | Cha-cha-cha | "Timber" —Pitbull, feat.Kesha |
| Mark & Jessica | 19 (2, 6, 6, 5) | Foxtrot | "You Make Me Feel So Young" —Frank Sinatra |
| April & Aric | 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) | Viennese waltz | "Say Something" —A Great Big World, feat.Christina Aguilera |
| Torah & Robbie | 15 (1, 3, 5, 6) | Foxtrot | "Rather Be" —Clean Bandit, feat.Jess Glynne |
| Tai & Jorja | 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) | Contemporary | "All of Me" —John Legend |
| Ricki-Lee & Jarryd | 31 (7, 8, 8, 8) | Cha-cha-cha | "Move" —Little Mix |
Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David & Melanie | 28 (7, 7, 7, 7) | Samba | "I Want You Back" —The Jackson 5 | Safe |
| Matt & Masha | 27 (6, 7, 7, 7) | Waltz | "Let It Go" —Idina Menzel | Safe |
| April & Aric | 30 (7, 7, 8, 8) | Samba | "Bamboleo" —Gipsy Kings | Safe |
| Mark & Jessica | 17 (3, 5, 5, 4) | Viennese waltz | "She's Leaving Home" —The Beatles | Bottom two |
| Lynne & Carmelo | 30 (8, 8, 7, 7) | Jive | "Shake a Tail Feather" —Ray Charles | Safe |
| Kyly & Damian | 34 (7, 9, 9, 9) | Waltz | "You Raise Me Up" –Josh Groban | Safe |
| Ashley & Julz | 23 (5, 6, 6, 6) | Salsa | "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" —Bill Medley &Jennifer Warnes | Eliminated |
| Eamon & Ash-Leigh | 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) | Paso doble | "The Pretender" —Foo Fighters | Safe |
| Ricki-Lee & Jarryd | 34 (8, 8, 9, 9) | Contemporary | "One Sweet Day" —Mariah Carey &Boyz II Men | Safe |
| Tai & Jorja | 23 (5, 6, 6, 6) | Foxtrot | "Keep it Loose, Keep it Tight" —Amos Lee | Safe |
| Torah & Robbie | 35 (9, 8, 9, 9) | Contemporary | "Roar" —Katy Perry | Safe |
Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt & Masha | 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) | Tango | "Love Runs Out" —OneRepublic | Safe |
| Eamon & Ash-Leigh | 35 (9, 9, 8, 9) | Quickstep | "Puttin' On the Ritz" —Irving Berlin | Safe |
| April & Aric | 29 (7, 7, 7, 8) | Rumba | "You Ruin Me" —The Veronicas | Eliminated |
| David & Melanie | 33 (7, 9, 9, 8) | Viennese waltz | "If I Knew" —Bruno Mars | Safe |
| Tai & Jorja | 23 (5, 6, 6, 6) | Jive | "Don't Stop" —5 Seconds of Summer | Safe |
| Mark & Jessica | 4 (1, 1, 1, 1) | Jazz | "House of Fun" —Madness | Safe |
| Torah & Robbie | 21 (5, 5, 6, 5) | Samba | "Problem" —Ariana Grande, feat.Iggy Azalea | Bottom two |
| Ricki-Lee & Jarryd | 30 (7, 8, 8, 7) | Rumba | "Halo" —Beyoncé | Safe |
| Lynne & Carmelo | 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) | Tango | "Addicted to You" —Avicii | Safe |
Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David & Melanie | 36 (9, 9, 9, 9) | Quickstep | "Let's Go Crazy" —Prince &The Revolution | Safe |
| Matt & Masha | 29 (6, 7, 8, 8) | Salsa | "U Can't Touch This" —MC Hammer | Safe |
| Eamon & Ash-Leigh | 28 (7, 8, 7, 6) | Tango | "Rock and Roll All Nite" —KISS | Safe |
| Torah & Robbie | 33 (9, 8, 8, 8) | Jive | "Shake It Off" —Taylor Swift | Safe |
| Lynne & Carmelo | 25 (6, 6, 6, 7) | Cha-cha-cha | "It's My Party" —Jessie J | Safe |
| Tai & Jorja | 22 (4, 6, 6, 6) | Cha-cha-cha | "Party Rock Anthem" —LMFAO | Bottom two |
| Mark & Jessica | 12 (1, 3, 3, 5) | Paso doble | "Highway To Hell" —AC/DC | Eliminated |
| Ricki-Lee & Jarryd | 33 (8, 8, 8, 9) | Foxtrot | "Time After Time" —Cyndi Lauper | Safe |
Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tai & Masha | 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) | Paso doble | "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)" —Fall Out Boy |
| Torah & Jarryd | 30 (7, 7, 8, 8) | Viennese waltz | "The Only Exception" —Paramore |
| Eamon & Melanie | 26 (5, 7, 7, 7) | Jive | "Dance with Me Tonight" —Olly Murs |
| Matt & Ash-Leigh | 32 (9, 8, 8, 7) | Foxtrot | "Moondance" —Van Morrison |
| David & Jorja | 38 (10, 9, 9, 10) | Rumba | "Thinking Out Loud" —Ed Sheeran |
| Ricki-Lee & Carmelo | 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) | Jive | "Another Man" —Itch, feat.Megan Joy |
| Lynne & Robbie | 29 (7, 7, 7, 8) | Foxtrot | "Dark Paradise" —Lana Del Rey |
Couples performed one unlearned dance style with a different partner selected by the general public; no elimination took place.
Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricki-Lee & Jarryd | 36 (9, 9, 9, 9) | Paso doble | "Thriller" —Michael Jackson | Safe |
| David & Melanie | 33 (9, 8, 8, 8) | Tango | "Black Widow" —Iggy Azalea, feat.Rita Ora | Safe |
| Eamon & Ash-Leigh | 27 (6, 7, 7, 7) | Samba | "Fun House" —Pink | Eliminated |
| Matt & Masha | 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) | Paso doble | "Sympathy for the Devil" —The Rolling Stones | Safe |
| Tai & Jorja | 35 (9, 8, 9, 9) | Tango | "Little Drop of Poison" —Tom Waits | Safe |
| Lynne & Carmelo | 28 (7, 7, 7, 7) | Quickstep | "That Old Black Magic" —Frank Sinatra | Safe |
| Torah & Robbie | 31 (8, 7, 8, 8) | Paso doble | "Bring Me to Life" —Evanescence | Bottom two |
| Eamon & Ash-Leigh | 4 | Halloween Marathon | "This is Halloween" —fromThe Nightmare Before Christmas, "Devil Gate Drive" —Suzi Quatro, "Monster Mash" —Bobby "Boris" Pickett & "The Time Warp" —fromThe Rocky Horror Picture Show | |
| Lynne & Carmelo | 5 | |||
| Torah & Robbie | 6 | |||
| Matt & Masha | 7 | |||
| Ricki-Lee & Jarryd | 8 | |||
| Tai & Jorja | 9 | |||
| David & Melanie | 10 | |||
Due to Torah being injured, she was replaced by Ash-Leigh Hunter in the team dance. Because of Torah's injury, there was also no elimination this week.
Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music |
|---|---|---|---|
| David & Melanie | 36 (9, 9, 9, 9) | Jive | "Happy" —Pharrell Williams |
| Matt & Masha | 24 (5, 6, 7, 6) | Rumba | "Impossible" —James Arthur |
| Tai & Jorja | 26 (6, 6, 7, 7) | Viennese waltz | "Hallelujah" —Jeff Buckley |
| Lynne & Carmello | 30 (7, 7, 8, 8) | Jazz | "Le Jazz Hot!" —fromVictor/Victoria |
| Ricki-Lee & Jarryd | 33 (8, 8, 8, 9) | Viennese waltz | "Fallin'" —Alicia Keys |
| Lynne & Carmello Matt & Masha Tai & Jorja | 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) | Team Rock (Paso doble & Tango) | "Thunderstruck" —AC/DC |
| Ash-Leigh & Robbie David & Melanie Ricki-Lee & Jarryd | 35 (8, 8, 10, 9) | Team Pop (Cha-cha-cha & Samba) | "Bom Bom" —Sam and the Womp |
Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tai & Jorja | 35 (8, 10, 9, 8) | Paso doble | "Scott & Fran's Paso Doble" —fromStrictly Ballroom | Safe |
| 34 (9, 8, 8, 9) | Rumba | "Stay with Me" —Sam Smith | ||
| Matt & Masha | 38 (9, 10, 9, 10) | Foxtrot | "It's a Beautiful Day" —Michael Bublé | Eliminated |
| 37 (9, 9, 10, 9) | Argentine tango | "Asi se Baila el Tango" — Veronica Verdier | ||
| David & Melanie | 33 (8, 9, 8, 8) | Rumba | "Only Love Can Hurt Like This" —Paloma Faith | Safe |
| 28 (7, 7, 7, 7) | Foxtrot | "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"—Marvin Gaye &Tammi Terrell | ||
| Lynne & Carmelo | 29 (7, 7, 7, 8) | Foxtrot | "You're the Boss" —Elvis Presley &Ann-Margret | Safe |
| 32 (8, 8, 8, 8) | Waltz | "Open Arms" —Mariah Carey | ||
| Ricki-Lee & Jarryd | 36 (9, 9, 9, 9) | Jive | "Bang Bang" —Jessie J,Ariana Grande &Nicki Minaj | Safe |
| 37 (10, 9, 9, 9) | Tango | "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" —Lorde |
Each semi-finalist was mentored by one of the four judges this week, and this judge was unable to score their corresponding couple in round one.
Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Mentor | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricki-Lee & Jarryd | Kym Johnson | 27 (9, 9,X, 9) | Quickstep | "Do Your Thing" —Basement Jaxx | Safe |
| 37 (9, 9, 10, 9) | Broadway | "Cinema Italiano" —Kate Hudson | |||
| Tai & Jorja | Helen Richey | 29 (9,X, 10, 10) | Argentine tango | "El Sonido De La Milonga" —Campo | Eliminated |
| 36 (9, 9, 9, 9) | Urban | "Talk Dirty" —Jason Derulo, feat.2 Chainz | |||
| Lynne & Carmelo | Adam Garcia | 28 (10, 9, 9,X) | Salsa | "Conga" —Gloria Estefan | Safe |
| 35 (8, 10, 9, 8) | Charleston | "Pencil Full of Lead" —Paolo Nutini | |||
| David & Melanie | Todd McKenney | 30 (X, 10, 10, 10) | Contemporary | "Latch" —Sam Smith | Safe |
| 40 (10, 10, 10, 10) | Bollywood | "Ek Ajnabee" —Sunidhi Chauhan,Sukhwinder Singh &Vishal Dadlani |
Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricki-Lee & Jarryd | 40 (10, 10, 10, 10) | Paso doble | "Malaguena" — Domingo DeGrazia | Third place |
| 38 (9, 10, 9, 10) | Freestyle | "Shot Me Down" —David Guetta, feat.Skylar Grey | ||
| David & Melanie | 40 (10, 10, 10, 10) | Quickstep | "Jumpin' Jack" —Big Bad Voodoo Daddy | Winners |
| 40 (10, 10, 10, 10) | Freestyle | "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" —Michael Jackson | ||
| 40 (10, 10, 10, 10) | Cha-cha-cha | "Everybody" —Justice Crew | ||
| Lynne & Carmelo | 36 (9, 9, 9, 9) | Jazz | "I'm a Woman" —fromSmokey Joe's Cafe | Runners-up |
| 38 (9, 9, 10, 10) | Freestyle | "I Just Wanna Dance" —Alison Jiear | ||
| 36 (9, 9, 9, 9) | Jive | "Shake a Tail Feather" —Ray Charles |
The couples performed the following each week:
| Couple | Week | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||||||
| David & Melanie | Cha-cha-cha | Samba | Viennese waltz | Quickstep | Rumba | Tango | Halloween Marathon | Jive | Team Dance | Rumba | Foxtrot | Contemp. | Bollywood | Quickstep | Freestyle | Cha-cha-cha |
| Lynne & Carmelo | Viennese waltz | Jive | Tango | Cha-cha-cha | Foxtrot | Quickstep | Jazz | Team Dance | Foxtrot | Waltz | Salsa | Charleston | Jazz | Freestyle | Jive | |
| Ricki-Lee & Jarryd | Cha-cha-cha | Contemp. | Rumba | Foxtrot | Jive | Paso doble | Viennese waltz | Team Dance | Jive | Tango | Quickstep | Broadway | Paso doble | Freestyle | ||
| Tai & Jorja | Contemp. | Foxtrot | Jive | Cha-cha-cha | Paso doble | Tango | Viennese waltz | Team Dance | Paso doble | Rumba | Argentine tango | Urban | ||||
| Matt & Masha | Cha-cha-cha | Waltz | Tango | Salsa | Foxtrot | Paso doble | Rumba | Team Dance | Foxtrot | Argentine tango | ||||||
| Torah & Robbie | Foxtrot | Contemp. | Samba | Jive | Viennese waltz | Paso doble | ||||||||||
| Eamon & Ashleigh | Foxtrot | Paso doble | Quickstep | Tango | Jive | Samba | ||||||||||
| Mark & Jessica | Foxtrot | Viennese waltz | Jazz | Paso doble | ||||||||||||
| Kyly & Damian | Contemp. | Waltz | ||||||||||||||
| April & Aric | Viennese waltz | Samba | Rumba | |||||||||||||
| Ashley & Julz | Cha-cha-cha | Salsa | ||||||||||||||
| Episode | Original airdate | Viewers (in millions) | Rank | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Week 1 | 30 September 2014 | 1.040 | #6 | [3] |
| 2 | Week 2 | 7 October 2014 | 0.882 | #7 | [4] |
| 3 | Week 3 | 14 October 2014 | 0.946 | #5 | [5] |
| 4 | Week 4 | 21 October 2014 | 0.954 | #2 | [6] |
| 5 | Week5 | 28 October 2014 | 0.902 | #4 | [7] |
| 6 | Week 6 | 30 October 2014 | 0.898 | #5 | [8] |
| 7 | Week 7 | 4 November 2014 | 0.883 | #9 | [9] |
| 8 | Week 8 | 11 November 2014 | 0.886 | #6 | [10] |
| 9 | Week 9 | 18 November 2014 | 0.908 | #5 | [11] |
| 10 | Week 10 | 25 November 2014 | 1.063 | #1 | [12] |