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Dancing With The Stars; (Season 5)
Country	Australia
Network	Channel Seven
Original run	26 September 2006 – 28 November 2006
No. of episodes	10
Celebrity winner	Anthony Koutoufides
Professional winner	Natalie Lowe
Previous season	Season 4
Next season	Season 6

[edit] Season Five, Late 2006

The fifth series of the Australian Dancing with the Stars TV series premiered on Tuesday 26 September 2006 and concluded on Tuesday 28 November 2006. A controversy occurred in the semi-final when judge Todd McKenney said that he believed Arianne Caoili had received professional dance lessons prior to the competition. Caoili denied this. Channel 7's Today Tonight supported McKenney's claims, producing video footage of Caoili attending salsa classes, but Caoili said she just started taking salsa lessons when the producers called to offer her a place on the show.^[1] The following celebrities were featured.

Celebrity	Occupation	Professional partner	Status
Fiona Falkiner	Former The Biggest Loser contestant	Serghei Bolgarschii	Eliminated 1st on 3 October 2006
Tom Waterhouse	Son of Gai Waterhouse	Alana Patience	Eliminated 2nd on 10 October 2006
Kerry Armstrong	Actress	Christopher Ryan	Eliminated 3rd on 17 October 2006
Gary Sweet	Actor	Eliza Campagna	Eliminated 4th on 24 October 2006
Amanda Keller	Radio personality	Csaba Szirmai	Eliminated 5th on 31 October 2006
Chris Hemsworth	Home And Away actor	Abbey Ross	Eliminated 6th on 7 November 2006
Andrew Gaze	Basketball player	Linda De Nicola	Eliminated 7th on 14 November 2006
Tamsyn Lewis	Olympic runner	Arsen Kishishian	Third Place Eliminated 8th on 21 November 2006
Arianne Caoili	Chess champion	Carmello Pizzino	Runner Up on 28 November 2006
Anthony Koutoufides	AFL player	Natalie Lowe	Winner on 28 November 2006

Anthony Koutoufides and his partner Natalie Lowe won the series, defeating Arianne Caoili and her partner Carmelo Pizzino.

Preceded by Dancing With The Stars (Australian Season 4)	Dancing with the Stars (Australian version) Season 5	Succeeded by Dancing With The Stars (Australian Season 6)

[edit] References

^ Kalina, Paul (21 September 2006). "Champ has all the right moves". The Age. http://www.theage.com.au/news/tv--radio/champ-has-all-the-right-moves/2006/09/20/1158431719680.html. Retrieved 2008-11-15.

[0] Kalina, Paul (21 September 2006). "Champ has all the right moves". The Age. http://www.theage.com.au/news/tv--radio/champ-has-all-the-right-moves/2006/09/20/1158431719680.html. Retrieved 2008-11-15.

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