Dancing with the stars

Our Olympic swimmer departed the show last and gave Red Symons a very lucky escape and a second chance. How will Red & Ana fare tonight?

We’re back to having just Todd McKenney, Helen Richey and Mark Wilson after Bruno Tonioli ended his spell on the show last week as the guest judge.

Here are tonight’s details:

Toni Pearen & Henry Byalikov
Samba
Work
Scores
Last Week: 31
7 Todd McKenney
8 Helen Richey
8 Mark Wilson
23
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Jodi Gordon & Stefano Olivieri
Waltz
See The Day
Scores
Last Week: 28
7 Todd McKenney
8 Helen Richey
8 Mark Wilson
23
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Luke Jacobz & Luda Kroitor
Samba
I Don’t Feel Like Dancin’
Scores
Last Week: 29
6 Todd McKenney
7 Helen Richey
7 Mark Wilson
20
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James Tobin & Jade Hatcher
Waltz
Someday My Prince Will Come
Scores
Last Week: 23
5 Todd McKenney
6 Helen Richey
6 Mark Wilson
17
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Cal Wilson & Craig Monley
Samba
What Is Love
Scores
Last Week: 34
7 Todd McKenney
7 Helen Richey
7 Mark Wilson
24
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Paul Licuria & Eliza Campagna
Waltz
Open Arms
Scores
Last Week: 31
7 Todd McKenney
8 Helen Richey
8 Mark Wilson
23
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Charli Delaney & Csaba Szirmai
Samba
Mas Que Nada
Scores
Last Week: 31
7 Todd McKenney
7 Helen Richey
8 Mark Wilson
22
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Red Symons & Ana Andre
Waltz
Are You Lonesome Tonight
Scores
Last Week: 17
4 Todd McKenney
5 Helen Richey
5 Mark Wilson
14
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Danny Green & Natalie Lowe
Waltz
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Scores
Last Week: 32
7 Todd McKenny
8 Helen Richey
9 Mark Wilson
24
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The Leaderboard after tonight’s show is as follows:
Danny & Natalie: 24
Toni & Henry: 23
Paul & Eliza: 23
Jodi & Stefano: 23
Charli & Csaba: 22
Cal & Craig: 21
Luke & Luda: 20
James & Jade: 17
Red & Ana: 14

The votes are counted and added to the judges score to give us the bottom two couples this week. James & Jade and Luke & Luda.

That’s a bit of a surprise result. One of them will be leaving. Who is it?

James & Jade are eliminated.

Next week, the quick step and the paso doble.

James Tobin

Sydney-based tobin started his media career in 1999, when he joined ARN as a music researcher, before moving on to Austereo’s 2day fM.

He made the leap to television with the Nickelodeon channel, hosting their Saturday morning show sn:tv and specials, such as head to head. He also appeared on a number of other shows, including Sarvo and the
Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards.

Tobin joined Channel Seven in 2002, immediately stepping into hosting roles for weekly music program Eclipse Music tv and children’s game show Go Go Stop.

Earlier this year, he was appointed as Sunrise’s Entertainment reporter, giving viewers the latest gossip from the movie and music industry.

Tobin’s also tried his hand at acting, appearing in the medical drama All Saints and the Australian feature film lovely Scary wolves.

He is the ambassador for father Chris Riley’s Youth off the Streets ‘get Reel’ program, which places great importance on current youth issues.

Jade Hatcher

Jade Hatcher has always had a love of dance, studying a variety of styles, including ballet, latin and ballroom, from a very early age.

Upon graduation from Ravenswood School for Girls, Hatcher enrolled in a Bachelor of arts and Sciences at Sydney University, but deferred to
pursue a career in dance.

She studied under the tutelage of choreographer Paul Green, later gaining a role in his show, latin prodigy. Green also encouraged Hatcher’s teaching and choreography skills, allowing her to create
modernised, individual pieces.

Hatcher was able to put this ability into practise earlier this year when she joined green as assistant choreographer on So you think you can Dance. In this role, Hatcher undertook choreography and teaching
duties on a variety of dance styles each week.

One of the few true 10 dance competitors in Australia at present, Hatcher has won numerous dance competitions, including: the Latin American Australian championship; the USAopen amateur Junior Standard championship; and the Junior latin, Junior Standard, youth latin and
youth Standard categories of the uSa diamond classic championships.

She will also represent Australia in the world dance championships in Prague.

Charity: Youth off the Streets

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Red Symons

Red Symons is probably best known as lead guitarist with Skyhooks and as the snide judge of “Red faces”, a segment of the long-running Hey Hey It’s Saturday variety television show. He currently hosts 774 ABC Melbourne’s breakfast radio show and is the judge we love to hate on
Seven’s ratings blockbuster Australia’s Got Talent.

Symons came to Australia at the age of nine. He studied mathematics and computer science at university, earning a Bachelor of Science degree, before joining seminal Australian rock band Skyhooks as a guitarist in the 1970s. Symons also worked in the theatre as a musical director for several organisations, including the pram factory, a famous 1970s Melbourne theatre group.

Through the 1980s and 1990s, he combined his on-air role on hey hey (also playing in the house band) with composing for various film and television shows, and jingle writing.

When the show ended in 1999 Symons began writing for the age newspaper and appearing in a weekly spot on 774 ABC Melbourne. At one point he filled in for Lynne Haultain and was such a hit he ended up in the
hot seat permanently.

Symons is a regular guest on television game and panel shows, testing his mental skills in any number of ways. In a made-for-television
australian national IQ test, he tested higher than any of the other celebrities.

In october 2005, Symons competed in and won the celebrity Family Feud
special on temptation alongside his wife Elly. He also competed in
Australia’s Who wants to Be a Millionaire? getting as far as the $500,000 question in 2004, at which point a wrong answer caused him to lose the majority of the money, going away with $32, 000 for his chosen charity. He also competed in the Network Ten’s Australia’s Brainiest comedian in november 2005 where he came third and is a regular guest on ABC’s the Einstein factor.

Ana Andre

Ana Andre’s diverse dancing influences truly exemplifies the exciting new generation of Latin American dancers in Australia today.

Regarded as one of the finest female Argentine tango dancers in Australia and New Zealand, Andre studied callisthenics and martial arts, as well as Modern dance and Jazz, to form a strong basis for her
latin American dance style.

Currently managing and teaching at the Back to Back Australia latin American performing arts Studio, Andre has been dancing alongside Fabio Roble in the Ole Ola Latin Dance Spectacular for seven years.

Andre was one of the main dancers in the national theatre’s 2002 production of ‘One night In Buenos Aires’ and has also had lead dancing roles at the Melbourne International festival, Crown Entertainment complex and numerous television specials.

She has appeared in numerous television commercials and previously
held a guest acting role on Blue heelers.

Charity: Red Cross

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Paul Licuria

Thirty-year-old Licuria made his first foray into professional football at the age of 17 when he was drafted into the Sydney football club, making his formal debut with the Swans in 1997.

In 1999 he was moved to Collingwood, for whom he barracked as a child. It was with Collingwood that Licuria came into his own, winning a Rising Star nomination for a 28 game possession against the West Coast Eagles. He ended 2000 by finishing sixth in the club’s best and fairest.

He played every game in the 2001 and 2002 AFL seasons, winning the prestigious Copeland trophy in both years. In 2002, he achieved a
career high of 40 disposals in the qualifying final and played in the grand final against Brisbane.

Licuria played briefly with Williamstown in the VFL in 2006 before announcing his retirement from the sport in 2007. He was appointed a
coach for the Collingwood VFL reserve side and continues to play for the reserves.

He can also be seen as a guest on Seven’s Sunrise and on Fox Footy. On February 15, 2008, Licuria married long-time love Barbara Hawley in Richmond.

Eliza Campagna

Four-time Dancing With the Stars performer Eliza Campagna returns for a fifth chance at claiming the grand prize.

Campagna started dancing at 10 years of age after seeing Baz Luhrman’s
Strictly Ballroom, learning jazz and tap. She went on to win a slate of youth awards, becoming the Junior Superstars Modern open champion, Australian Junior world Representative, came eighth in Junior British
world championships, and was the East coast classic Junior champion, national capital Junior champion, East coast classic youth champion and the national capital youth champion.

Since then, she has claimed the world Superstars Ballroom championship, was the latin American world Representative in 1997, and the two time South pacific latin american and national capital champion.

She has appeared in several stage shows and was seen on the ABC’s Strictly dancing.

When not dazzling the audience in a sequined gown, thrill seeker Campagna enjoys exploring Sydney’s countryside on her motorbike.

Charity: The Asthma Foundation Australia

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Luke Jacobz

Sydneysider Jacobz always showed an interest in sports and performing arts from an early age, snaring an agent in his teen years. At school, he studied drama in both curricular and extra-curricular programs and
appeared in numerous commercials and guest roles.

After leaving school, Jacobz undertook a plumbing apprenticeship but decided to pursue acting at the age of 17, snaring the full-time role of Zac Croft in the tv hit Heartbreak High.

After wrapping his role on Heartbreak High, Jacobz worked in retail and hospitality. After managing a youth hostel, he got the travel bug in 2000 and journeyed extensively through Europe and the United Kingdom.

Later that year, Jacobz worked as a promotional representative for the Pepsi taste challenge, which led him to a hosting role on children’s show the Big arvo.

More hosting jobs followed with popstars and Iron Man, before Jacobz moved on to Drover’s Run joining the cast of Mcleod’s daughters. ‘

He recently joined Seven’s serial drama Home and Away as cop Angelo Rosetta.

Jacobz loves soccer, camping, cooking, lawn bowls and the Parramatta
Eels.

Luda Kroitor

Pocket rocket Luda Kroitor returns for her fifth season of Dancing With the Stars.

The current world Salsa champion, Kroitor was previously the Australian Salsa Representative to the world in 2004 and Japanese open champion in the Ballroom latin category in 1998. In 2000, she was also the Australian youth champion in Ballroom latin.

She has been previously ranked 8th in the world for Ballroom latin and 7th in the world for the Mambo.

Kroitor is internationally trained, having studied at the castle hill dance centre in Australia, the Semli dance center in London and
Orlando’s diamond dancesport organisation.

She has appeared in a number of dance exhibitions, including the USA tour of ‘Burn the floor’.

Her television credits include Strictly dancing, the Midday Show, good
weekender and the cool Room, as well as numerous television commercials.

Charity: Wesley Mission

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Danny Green

Danny grew up in the west Australian beach side suburb of Doubleview with his Mum, dad and three siblings.

During his youth, Danny was actively involved in kick boxing and martial arts. He then took up boxing at the late age of 18 when attending a pre season training session lead by Pat Develerz, who then went on to train him during his amateur career. Danny won numerous state titles before moving to the AIS to train for the Commonwealth Games and Olympics.

His adventures then took him to Canada with partner (now wife) Nina. After the 2000 Olympics he was approached by triple world champion Jeff Fenech to pursue a professional career.

He quickly advanced through the ranks and within 3 years fought for
and controversially lost, then won the WBC Super Middleweight world title.

Representing Australian Boxing at the Sydney 2000 Olympic games, Danny
Green became the first West Australian to ever win an Olympic boxing match.

On 25th March 2008 Danny Green shocked the boxing community by announcing his immediate retirement from the sport.

Danny has recently combined with journalist Daniel Lane to write his
autobiography, ‘Closed Fists, Open Heart – the Danny Green Story’. It was released in June 2008.

Danny is father to 6 year old daughter Chloe Elizabeth.

Natalie Lowe

Statuesque blonde and Dancing With the Stars series five winner Natalie Lowe returns for her fifth season of the hit show.

In the space of several years, Lowe has had immense success as a professional dancer, appearing in the theatrical touring dance spectaculars ‘Burn the floor’, ‘floorplay’ and ‘Jason gilkison’s Ballroom’.

Both the Australian and New South Wales professional champion from 2005 to 2007, Lowe was also a Multi Australian amateur champion in the Ballroom, latin and new vogue categories and was an international finalist at lion city in Singapore.

Lowe is becoming widely recognised for her strong choreography abilities, recently acting as an assistant choreographer for So you think you can Dance. Last year, she was a choreographer and performer for carols In the domain.

Recently, Lowe has branched out from dancing to presenting roles on both television and the internet, as well as appearing in several television commercials.

Charity: S.I.D.S

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Cal Wilson

NOVA’s dynamo of drive Cal Wilson is part of ‘the wrong way home with akmal, Ed and Cal’, NOVA’s national drive radio program.

Originally from Christchurch, Wilson started in comedy with the Court Jesters improv company, which won the 1994 world theatresports championships. After coming second on the televised comedy competition a Bit More after 10, Wilson started writing and performing in the sketch show Skitz.

She continued to appear on New Zealand television, featuring in all seven series of the national showcase Pulp Comedy, the series Scared Scriptless and various dramas, including a core cast role in Street
Legal. Her one-hour Pulp Comedy Showcase special was screened on TV2 last year.

Off-screen, Wilson continued to wing it with professional company
the Improvisers, and was subsequently invited to perform at the International theatre Improvisation festival in 1995. She also voiced and wrote for the comedy radio serials Starship cortina, caffeine
comedy hour and new In Briefs.

In 1997 she was awarded the inaugural Billy T award for up and coming comedians by the New Zealand comedy trust and was later included on the judging panel in 2001. Three years later, Metro Magazine named
her Best comedian of the year. Her trophy cabinet got even larger in 2002, when Wilson and her fellow willy nilly writers were awarded
the TV Guide New Zealand television’s Best Script, comedy.

Following the success of her one woman festival show Hell Kitty in New Zealand, Wilson took the show to the Melbourne International comedy festival in April 2001, where she received the Best newcomer award. Following her MICF 2003 solo comedy show, ‘Bride and Prejudice’, Wilson moved to Australia in 2003.

Upon arrival, she was offered a regular role on Skithouse on channel 10. Wilson followed this with appearances on comedy and panel shows The Wedge, Spicks and Specks, Good News Week and Thank God You’re Here.

Wilson has toured Australia twice as part of the Melbourne International comedy festival Roadshow in 2002 and 2004 and performed her one-woman show ‘Up There Cal Wilson’ at the 2007 Adelaide fringe
festival and 2006 Melbourne International comedy festival. She recently performed ‘Cal Wilson lively’ at the 2008 Adelaide fringe festival.

Cal has appeared on radio with Triple M’s the Shebang and get this with Tony Martin and is a regularly commercial voiceover. Wilson has written for Cleo and She magazines and in constantly in demand for
festival showcases in New Zealand and Australia.

Craig Monley

Dancing With the Stars series seven champ Craig Monley has been dancing with his professional partner for 11 years. As juniors and youth they were eight times Australian finalists in both Standard
and latin. Until 2004, they competed in both categories before deciding to concentrate on latin.

Monley moved to London in 2005, spending two years training and competing in the united Kingdom in order to expand his abilities. As a result of this move, Monley produced some of his best work, gaining
first place in the amateur latin category of premiere dancesport championships and the crown International dancesport championships.

He also came second in the amateur latin categories for the Mega Stars International championships, the JBDF Japan International championships and the Victorian championships and clinched third sport
at the national capital dancesport championship in Canberra.

In London, Monley won places in the British amateur Rising Star latin
and the amateur latin category of the dance and listen awards, and was a semi finalist in the crystal palace cup and the BATD English championships.

Monley has been a dance instructor for one of Australia’s largest
competitive studios, attracting a large base of social and competitive
students across Australasia.

Charity: Breast Cancer Network of Australia

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Pearen became the darling of Australian television in 1989 when she landed the role of toni windsor on the Australian soap E Street. She played the role until 1992 when she left to pursue her music career.

After leaving E Street, Pearen shot to the top of the Australian pop scene with two consecutive gold hits, ‘In your Room’ and ‘I want you’.

She also starred in A Country Practice and the US production Jag. Toni has appeared in many theatre productions nationally including playing Cinderella in ‘Cinderella’ at the Palais theatre in Melbourne.

She returned to television in 1994 as Beth Armstrong in Home and Away, as well as a string of feature films, including the gender-bending rom-com All Men are Liars. Toni has also hosted Red Music television,
video Smash hits and coca cola take 40.

Most recently, Pearen was the host of Australia’s funniest home video Show from 2003 until 2008, and one of Australia’s most recognised and adored faces.

Toni is married to Sydney restaurateur Will Osmond.

Henry Byalikov

Henry Byalikov’s passion for performing arts was clear from the age of nine, when he commenced his dance career, specialising in the technical style of individual and coupled Ballroom.

His pursuit of dance was rewarded with titles such as the New South Wales open champion, as well as international and national finalist and semi-finalist in the world championships.

Over the last few years, Byalikov has crossed over from ballroom dancing to a number of other genres, as seen by his appearances on
Strictly dancing and So you think you can dance.

Trained in a number of styles, including animation hip hop, Byalikov has appeared in a number of corporate and live events, televised
specials, workshops and choreography sessions.

Recently, Byalikov completed a Bachelor of agricultural Economics,
majoring in finance and economics.

Charity: Stewart house

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Brooke Hanson

Born in Manly, Melbourne-based Hanson won Olympic gold at the 2004 games as part of the Australian 4×100 medley relay. She also scored silver for the 100m breaststroke.

A swimmer since the age of four, Hanson was the youngest swimmer on the Australian national team at the 1994 commonwealth games, where she finished fourth in the 200m breaststroke.

At the 2003 world aquatics championships, she finished second in the 50m breaststroke and sixth in the 100m breaststroke. However, unprecedented success came at the 2004 FINA Short course world championships in Indianapolis, Indiana, where Hanson won six gold medals. Five of these gold medals would come in individual events, which is a feat that no other swimmer had accomplished before in a major international meet.

At the 2005 world aquatics championships in Montreal, Hanson claimed bronze in the 50 m breaststroke. In June 2007, Hanson was taken to hospital after collapsing from an apparent shock while climbing out of
a spa at a Melbourne pool and spa show. Six months later, she retired from professional swimming and now swims with the Nunawading Swimming club in Melbourne.

Outside the pool, Hanson was a presenter for What’s good for you, garnering a nomination for Most popular female new talent at the 2007 logies. She also recently co-wrote her autobiography, ‘When Silver
Is gold’.

Hanson is married to former Nunawading club mate and freestyle sprinter Jared Clarke.

John Paul Collins

Dancing With the Stars season six champion John Paul Collins returns for a third time to once more treat Australia to his powerful moves.

Collins started his professional career with roles in the New Zealand tour of popular musicals ‘A chorus line’, ‘Guys & dolls’ and ‘Singin’ In the Rain’, before embarking on a two year Australasian tour in the
dual role of zebulan/apache dancer in ‘Joseph and the amazing technicolour dreamcoat’.

He joined the Star Alliance tour of Sydney, Hong Kong and Taiwan before representing Australia at the 2002 world Salsa congress in Los Angeles.

In 2004, Collins had a two-year tenure at the Victoria college of the arts teaching Latin. He also founded Dance Dynamics Australia with wife Katherine, one of Melbourne’s most successful dance schools, specialising in classes, events and private dance tuition for celebrities.

Charity: The Smith family – little learners literacy
fund

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Jodi Gordon

Born in Mackay, 23-year-old Jodi gordon is most well known for her portrayal of Martha MacKenzie (alf’s grand daughter) on Home and Away.

Gordon was raised in a sports-orientated family and was a bit of a tomboy as a youngster, a trait she shares with her character Martha. Gordon could often be found playing cricket and football with her brother and cousins in the backyard. She also played representative
netball from the age of 12 to 16.

Her interest in drama was sparked in high school and at age 13, Gordon’s life changed when she won a modelling competition. She gained a contract with Viviens and began modelling.

Gordon juggled school and modelling assignments both in Australia through high school. She travelled to Japan in year 8 and 9 and worked on various editorial, advertorial and commercials both nationally and internationally.

In 2003, Gordon worked and travelled throughout Europe, basing herself in Milan and London for 11 months.

Gordon arrived back in Sydney in 2004, where she continued her modelling assignments until she successfully auditioned for
the role of Martha on Home and Away.

In 2006, Jodi was awarded with a tv week logie for ‘Most popular new female talent.’

Gordon’s hobbies include theatre, shopping, movies, diving, travelling and art. Jodi is passionate about styling and fashion and was recently the face of jewellery brand diva.

Stefano Olivieri

New Zealand Dancing With the Stars series three champion Stefano Olivieri makes his Australian
television dancefloor debut.

Singer/dancer/actor Olivieri previously trained at the actors centre
Australia before making a professional splash in 2002. That year, he appeared in the feature film the Quiet American, as well as two
musicals – ‘Westside Story’ and ‘Chicago’ – and was named the Australian Ballroom and Australasian Dancesport champion. He also performed at the Sydney Olympic Games closing ceremony.

Since then, Olivieri has accumulated numerous titles, including the 2003 Singapore International open professional dancesport champion, the 2003/2004 Australian professional dancesport champion, the IDSF world champion new vogue and the 2005 to 2007 Australian professional dancesport champion.

Theatrically he has appeared in ‘cruisin’, ‘footloose’, ‘Ballroom – the Musical’, ‘floorplay’, and 2004 and 2006 seasons of ‘Burn the floor’. He also directed the musical version of ‘Moulin Rouge’.

Charity: Sydney Children’s Hospital Randwick

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