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00:00:00Last time on Dancing with the Stars, our two teams of dancing superstars became one.

00:00:14I didn't want it to stop.

00:00:17The pressure intensified.

00:00:19Loved it.

00:00:21With no dance-offs, they had just one chance.

00:00:26Magical to watch.

00:00:28That was the best I've seen.

00:00:30To wow the judges.

00:00:32Brilliant.

00:00:33Really serious contender.

00:00:35A double elimination.

00:00:37Saw Julie and Andre and Nova and Craig...

00:00:41You will be leaving us tonight.

00:00:43Leave the competition.

00:00:46Tonight.

00:00:48Welcome to the finals.

00:00:50Eight dancing stars and their partners must do their very best to impress the judges.

00:00:57Expectations are high tonight.

00:01:00It was awesome!

00:01:02And the voting audience.

00:01:04You'd better hope that this audience are voting for you.

00:01:08Best I've seen on Dancing with the Stars.

00:01:13The dreaded dance-offs are back.

00:01:17I'm a bit stuck.

00:01:19And three couples will be eliminated.

00:01:22Spectacular.

00:01:24I expect these things from you and they look crazy.

00:01:28Who will make it through to the grand finale?

00:01:54From the studios of Channel 7, this is Dancing with the Stars.

00:02:14Please welcome your hosts, Sonia Kruger and Chris Brown.

00:02:24Wow.

00:02:43Look at you.

00:02:44Very nice.

00:02:45I picked up a few things.

00:02:47Welcome to Dancing with the Stars, everyone.

00:02:51This is electric with finals fever.

00:02:55Are you excited?

00:02:58Tonight we'll find out which of our fantastic couples will make it through to the 2024 Dancing with the Stars grand finale.

00:03:06Oh, yeah.

00:03:08It is big.

00:03:10Now, we have eight dancers to look forward to, but only five couples will make it through.

00:03:15So I've been working on my sequent calculator.

00:03:18That's not a euphemism, by the way.

00:03:20And this is how it's all going to play out.

00:03:24The couple with the lowest ranking are immediately eliminated, gone in the nicest possible way.

00:03:30Then the remaining lowest three couples will dance off, okay, for the final spot.

00:03:35But here's where you want to be.

00:03:39The top four in the rankings, they waltz straight into the grand finale.

00:03:44Very nice.

00:03:45Can you tell me where you found this?

00:03:47Because it's lovely.

00:03:48And I wasn't in the Dancing with the Stars closet.

00:03:51Was Ant Middleton in there?

00:03:53Did you see him?

00:03:54He's been threatening to come out of it all serious.

00:03:56He has.

00:03:57He may tonight.

00:03:59It's definitely going to be a tough night.

00:04:00But remember, it's not all down to the judges.

00:04:02The studio audience also have their chance to vote.

00:04:06And as we've seen throughout the series, they have godlike powers, Chris.

00:04:09They can change everything.

00:04:11So it feels like it might be the right time to meet the people who think they're in charge.

00:04:15Oh, yes.

00:04:16Please welcome the judges.

00:04:21Helen Ritchie.

00:04:23Mark Wilson.

00:04:25Sharda Burgess.

00:04:28And Craig Revel Horwood.

00:04:42Va-va-voom.

00:04:45Say that again.

00:04:46Look at how gorgeous they are.

00:04:48It really feels like finals fever is in the air, doesn't it?

00:04:51And do you reckon the judges get as nervous as we do this close to the finale?

00:04:55Oh, they love it.

00:04:56You know, particularly Craig.

00:04:58He sort of feasts on that nervous energy.

00:05:01Then he flies back to his cave until the show starts.

00:05:04So...

00:05:07On that note, Craig.

00:05:08Yes.

00:05:10So good to see you.

00:05:11It's lovely to see you too.

00:05:14Sonia.

00:05:15Get a muzzle on that one.

00:05:18You've been tough all series.

00:05:20Can we expect your scores to be, well, even tougher and potentially lower tonight?

00:05:24Well, no, tougher.

00:05:25We have to get on the case.

00:05:27I mean, the people that are going through are going through to the grand final.

00:05:30And we don't want people that can't dance in the grand final, darling.

00:05:35Do we, Helen?

00:05:36No.

00:05:37No, darling.

00:05:38See, see.

00:05:39But we have to be tough because the competition is very, very close.

00:05:43You know, so we've got rid of the Deadwood, thankfully, darling.

00:05:47And we're onwards and upwards.

00:05:50They can't wait.

00:05:51Shout out to our former contestants who are watching tonight.

00:05:55Shana, how do the couples manage tonight with so much pressure?

00:05:58Three eliminations.

00:06:00Three eliminations, but at the end of the day,

00:06:02all they can focus on is the work that they've been doing on their stands,

00:06:06on what's about to happen on the dance floor,

00:06:08and above all else, to enjoy it.

00:06:11Because just in case it is their last one, make the most of it.

00:06:14Yeah, absolutely.

00:06:16All right.

00:06:17Well, let's not keep them waiting any longer.

00:06:19Please welcome our dancing stars.

00:06:22AFL legend Shane Crawford and his partner, Ashley Hunter.

00:06:28Better Homes and Gardens superstar, Adam Doval,

00:06:32and his partner, Jess Braffer.

00:06:34Comedian Nikki Osborne and her partner, Arik Jagutkin.

00:06:38SAS Australia host, Ant Middleton, and his partner, Alex Vladimirov.

00:06:43AFL legend Ben Cousins and his partner, Siobhan Power.

00:06:48Singer, Samantha Jade, and her partner, Gustavo Villio.

00:06:52Actress, Lisa McCune, and her partner, Ian Waite.

00:06:55And Home and Away star, James Stewart, and his partner, Georgia Freeman.

00:07:06Wow.

00:07:08OK.

00:07:10They look incredible, and, I mean, look, our wardrobe department,

00:07:14our makeup department did such an amazing job.

00:07:17Look at Ant Middleton's abs.

00:07:19They were spray-painted on this afternoon,

00:07:21and look how realistic that is.

00:07:24What?

00:07:26All right.

00:07:27On that note...

00:07:28So shy.

00:07:29First off, we have a true champion of the AFL field.

00:07:33He's been surprising us all with how well his footwork

00:07:36has translated to the ballroom.

00:07:38So let's take a look at how Shane Crawford went in training this week.

00:07:45It's never a good way to start off a new dance by going,

00:07:48OK, we're going to do the quick step, and by the way,

00:07:51this is going to have the most steps out of all the dances so far,

00:07:55and I'm like, oh, I just want to leave.

00:07:58Hop, step, hop, one, two, three, four, run, run, run, run, quick, quick, slow.

00:08:03When you say quick, quick, I keep thinking you're going to say quick, quick.

00:08:06Quick, quick, slow, quick, quick.

00:08:08Yeah, learning the names of all the different little steps,

00:08:11it's so confusing.

00:08:13I try and put my Aussie flavour to them all.

00:08:17Slow, shat, I say, slow, shat, I say.

00:08:22Slow, I shat myself, slow, I shat myself.

00:08:25Sounds like I need to go to the toilet.

00:08:27Shat, I say.

00:08:29Slow, shat.

00:08:30Shat myself.

00:08:31Shat myself.

00:08:32One, two, three.

00:08:33I think I did.

00:08:35Do you reckon the other dancers would be saying shat myself

00:08:38and quick pick and stuff, or no?

00:08:43Five, six, seven, and stop.

00:08:45So you're going to go one, two, three, four.

00:08:47One, two, three, four.

00:08:49One, two, three, four.

00:08:50Good.

00:08:52No, no, no.

00:08:54You're trying to get me to kick on my left when I land on my left,

00:08:58which you'd never do that in the football world.

00:09:01So I'd be like, hey.

00:09:03Yeah.

00:09:04That's not normal.

00:09:05So whoever's designed this dance has got it wrong.

00:09:09The quick step is not my favourite dance.

00:09:12Adding your own bit of flair I think is important.

00:09:16Seriously, I'd love to get a moonwalk in somewhere.

00:09:19It's the only thing I can do.

00:09:22But let's be realistic.

00:09:24You shouldn't be letting me have any involvement in creativity

00:09:27because it can get out of control.

00:09:29That's it.

00:09:30Stretch your neck a bit.

00:09:31Very good.

00:09:32That's nice.

00:09:37Dancing the quick step.

00:09:39Please welcome Shane Crawford and his partner, Ashley Hunter.

00:09:46MUSIC

00:09:53Go!

00:10:04Oh, it's been getting so hard

00:10:06Living with the things you do to me

00:10:13My dreams are getting so strange

00:10:15I'd like to tell you everything I see

00:10:21Oh, I see a man in the back

00:10:23He's a man of a bag

00:10:24His eyes are as bright as the sun

00:10:26And the girl in the corner that no one ignores

00:10:29She thinks she's the passionate one

00:10:31Oh, yeah

00:10:33It was like lightning

00:10:35Everybody was fighting

00:10:37And the music was soothing

00:10:40And they all started grooving

00:10:42Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

00:10:45And the man in the back said,

00:10:46Everyone look up and turn into the ballroom glitch

00:10:49And the girl in the corner said,

00:10:51Boy, you're the one and only

00:10:52Turn into the ballroom glitch

00:10:54Ballroom glitch

00:10:56Ballroom glitch

00:10:58Ballroom glitch

00:11:00Ballroom glitch

00:11:01Ballroom glitch

00:11:04It's, it's the ballroom glitch

00:11:06It's, it's the ballroom glitch

00:11:08It's, it's the ballroom glitch

00:11:10It's, it's the ballroom glitch

00:11:13CHEERING

00:11:26Careful with her, Shane!

00:11:29It's the finals, did you ever think you would get here?

00:11:33No, no, it's been a great ride

00:11:36We've loved it

00:11:38It's been, I do have a bone to pick with Helen though

00:11:41Oh

00:11:42Because it's called the quick step

00:11:44But there's lots of slow steps

00:11:46It does my mind, it's like the five step

00:11:48But there's six steps in five steps

00:11:50I'll tell you what, I'm an old footballer

00:11:52I don't have many brains as it is

00:11:54Yes, that is true

00:11:55It's a very confusing thing, ballroom dancing

00:11:57Let's talk to the judges about the quick step

00:12:00Mark, what did you think?

00:12:01Oh, look, it was a magnificent quick step

00:12:03And the reason we have quick step, we call it quick step

00:12:06We have the quicks and slows for a reflection

00:12:08To enjoy the quicks and enjoy the slows

00:12:11And you rushed a bit

00:12:13So I thought that was a bit of shame that you rushed a bit

00:12:16But it had everything in it

00:12:17I mean, there was scattered chassés

00:12:19There was screaming, there was promenade of kicks and runs

00:12:22I don't know what all that means, but it sounds amazing

00:12:24Yes, I know

00:12:25But there was a moonwalk

00:12:26There was, yes

00:12:27Yes, love your moonwalk

00:12:28I was happy with that

00:12:29Ash, thank you

00:12:30I just thought it was a delightful, entertaining performance

00:12:33And you really needed to make sure you put that together tonight

00:12:36And do you know what, it's not just your showmanship

00:12:38You have really improved your skills

00:12:40And I think that's important to recognise

00:12:42You're not just a funny guy and entertaining guy to be around

00:12:45But you're really dancing beautifully

00:12:48Great start and welcome to the finals

00:12:50Thank you

00:12:51Thank you, Mark

00:12:53Shana

00:12:54I want to, Shane, I adore you, but I want to start with Ash

00:12:57I think you are such an amazing pro

00:12:59At creating and catering to your partner's strengths

00:13:02To allow them to

00:13:05You give them great technique and content

00:13:07What was it, like a little single ladies moment down here?

00:13:10I've never seen anything like it in my life

00:13:12I got that from a YouTube clip that I saw of him doing Beyoncé

00:13:14So there you go

00:13:15So there you go

00:13:16And I love this

00:13:17Who doesn't love Beyoncé in Ballroom?

00:13:19Who doesn't, right?

00:13:20What I love about you is exactly that

00:13:23You come out here and you give me great content of the routine

00:13:26Of the dance

00:13:27You give me the technique that I see you've been working on

00:13:30And you also give me you

00:13:31I get the perfect mix of everything in a routine

00:13:34And I love you for it

00:13:35And I hope I get to see more of you in this competition

00:13:37Thank you

00:13:39Thank you, Shana

00:13:40Helen

00:13:41Shane, in a perfect world

00:13:43Uh-oh

00:13:45The quick step should look like a duck on a pond

00:13:49There's a calmness on the top

00:13:50And it's little legs going like the clappers

00:13:52Oops

00:13:53And actually, no, no, you did it quite well

00:13:55But you are one crazy duck

00:13:57That's it

00:13:58You really are

00:13:59Now, when your football friends see you in that outfit

00:14:02You realise you are never, ever going to live it down

00:14:06And my kids

00:14:07My darling

00:14:08My teenage boys, they're going to love it

00:14:09But actually you're doing great

00:14:11You know, you're so entertaining

00:14:13And you do have danceability

00:14:15You do

00:14:16Congratulations

00:14:19Thank you, Helen

00:14:20Great

00:14:21Uh, it needed to be lighter

00:14:23I thought it was very bumpy and very heavy

00:14:25Unfortunately, um, your frame let you down as well

00:14:29Bit blocky, bit square

00:14:31There was a lot of gapping

00:14:33So you won't take the heat of that

00:14:35Bit of hot gapping

00:14:36You know, uh, I thought

00:14:38A lovely jacket

00:14:39Lovely jacket

00:14:40I thought you were going to be the joke act

00:14:42I have to admit

00:14:43And I'm sort of glad tonight you're not

00:14:46Because I think you've redeemed yourself, darling

00:14:48There was energy, your coordination

00:14:50And the characterisation I thought was absolutely brilliant

00:14:55Thank you

00:14:56Were you expecting any of those from us?

00:14:58I'm in shock

00:14:59Should I go give him a big kiss?

00:15:00Yeah, go on

00:15:01No, do you want me to?

00:15:02I'll give him a big kiss

00:15:03Yes!

00:15:07Um

00:15:08Oh, don't they look lovely together?

00:15:09Helen, are you going to give me a good score?

00:15:16Thank you

00:15:18Oh my goodness

00:15:20And we've

00:15:23And we've only just begun

00:15:24I'm blushing under my tan to make it

00:15:28Why don't you guys head on up, go and see Chris

00:15:31While we take a look back

00:15:33At Shane and Ashley's incredible

00:15:36Amadeus meets Bridgerton Quickstep

00:15:48You want a kiss?

00:15:49Just quickly, Shane

00:15:50I think that's the only time an AFL footballer

00:15:51Can be covered in white powder

00:15:52And not visit a couple of weeks to an AFL funeral

00:15:55That's a very good call

00:15:56Well done

00:15:57Is there a chance in the future you may

00:15:59Dance to a song where you don't know the lyrics?

00:16:03You do that very unique dance singing

00:16:05Which we all love

00:16:06Yes, I know that

00:16:07Yeah, probably a few points are taken off

00:16:09For singing as you go

00:16:11But who doesn't like dancing

00:16:13And singing at the same time, hey?

00:16:15It is true

00:16:16Seriously

00:16:18Ashley

00:16:19Yes

00:16:20You danced to a song from the 1970s

00:16:21Yes

00:16:22With a dance style from the 1920s

00:16:24Yes

00:16:25Dressed like you were from the 1800s

00:16:26Yes

00:16:27With an AFL footballer who's into musical theatre

00:16:29Yes

00:16:31I don't have a question

00:16:32I just have a migraine from thinking about that

00:16:34No, I do have a question

00:16:35Yes

00:16:36How do you be so brave

00:16:37To try to blend all those different things together?

00:16:39I think, you know, Shane's up for anything

00:16:42And I allow him to do his thing

00:16:44And then obviously I have to put in technique

00:16:46And dance steps and stuff

00:16:47So I think a blend of everything works for this one

00:16:49There you go

00:16:50Absolutely does work

00:16:51Let's see how well it works with our judges' scores

00:16:55Ladies and gentlemen, the judges have their scores

00:16:59Craig Revel Horwood

00:17:01Six

00:17:02I'm okay with that

00:17:03Helen Ritchie

00:17:05Eight

00:17:06Yes

00:17:07Shana Burgess

00:17:08Eight

00:17:10Mark Wilson

00:17:11Come on, give me an eight

00:17:12Eight

00:17:13There we go

00:17:16There we go, score of 30

00:17:17Well done, well done

00:17:18Celebration

00:17:20You held back on the kiss

00:17:21I'm very happy with that

00:17:22You should be

00:17:23You're too tall to kiss

00:17:24I can't reach

00:17:25I noticed

00:17:26Honestly, Shane, as a vet

00:17:27I've seen poodles with less prance and fewer curls than you

00:17:29Sonia, back to you

00:17:31Thank you very much

00:17:32That is a very solid score to start with in the finals

00:17:35Now, Adam Doval may be a mild-mannered

00:17:38Better Homes and Gardens presenter by day

00:17:41But by nightfall, he's a sleeveless dance floor wild man

00:17:46He has received some great scores from the judges

00:17:49But can he bring his sensual side to the rumba?

00:17:54Oh my gosh, I'm so proud of you

00:17:56You've made it this far

00:17:57And I'm so excited because this week

00:17:59We have my favourite dance, the rumba

00:18:02Oh wow

00:18:03And you know much about the rumba

00:18:04I don't, but you've told me that you're the rumba queen

00:18:06I don't

00:18:09Jess told me we had the rumba

00:18:10I actually got a little bit nervous

00:18:12Not because I know how to do the dance

00:18:14But just because I know how much it means to Jess

00:18:16With this style, we're going to have to start at the very beginning

00:18:19And I'm just going to teach you how to walk

00:18:22Two, good

00:18:23Three

00:18:25Two

00:18:26Three

00:18:28I'm concentrating so much

00:18:31My face is like

00:18:33He's over

00:18:36The rumba is probably one of the hardest dances

00:18:38Because it's so technical

00:18:39It's so slow

00:18:40So you've got nowhere to hide in this dance

00:18:42How would you walk towards a chick?

00:18:45Oh my god

00:18:49There's so many different ways you can really walk

00:18:51And the way that I walk

00:18:52I don't think can ever be put in a dance

00:18:54I don't know where I'm coming from

00:18:58He's not very good at walking

00:19:01How about you just spin into me

00:19:03Spin

00:19:05Sometimes it's easier just to choreograph it

00:19:07Rather than just to get them to walk

00:19:13How do you even do that?

00:19:16Spin, spin, spin

00:19:19Good

00:19:20Then I'm going to

00:19:25Dancing the rumba with his partner Jess Raffa

00:19:29It's Adam Deville

00:19:37Adam Deville

00:20:07The storms are raging on the rolling sea

00:20:12And on the highway of regret

00:20:18The winds of change are blowing wild and free

00:20:24You ain't seen nothing like me yet

00:20:30I could make you happy, make your dreams come true

00:20:35Nothing that I wouldn't do

00:20:41Go to the ends of the earth for you

00:20:47To make you feel my love

00:21:05Thank you

00:21:11You know it's funny

00:21:12Because I saw you guys do this in rehearsal

00:21:14And it made me a little bit emotional

00:21:17I don't know why

00:21:18It was making you emotional Jess

00:21:20Why don't you tell everybody why?

00:21:22Well, I don't know what they're going to say

00:21:25But I've never been able to dance like that before

00:21:29On the show

00:21:30I just let go

00:21:31I could shut my eyes

00:21:32And he's such a good leader

00:21:34I'm so blessed

00:21:35So thank you Adam

00:21:36Thank you

00:21:37I'm so proud

00:21:38Thank you

00:21:39I'm so proud

00:21:40What Jess is saying

00:21:41Is that you are by far the best celebrity

00:21:43We have ever allocated to her on Dancing with the Stars

00:21:48She did have Matt Preston last year

00:21:51Hey Matt

00:21:52Hope you're watching at home

00:21:54Should we get the judges' comments?

00:21:56Why not?

00:21:57Helen

00:21:58Oh Adam, you have shown a lot of danceability

00:22:01In every dance that you have done so far

00:22:03And I thought tonight

00:22:05Your lifts were effortless

00:22:07And actually

00:22:08The top half of your body

00:22:09Your sides

00:22:10When you moved an arm

00:22:11You moved it from your body

00:22:13And you unfolded it

00:22:15Then we come to

00:22:16The legs and feet

00:22:18You nailed that at times

00:22:19But at other times it was

00:22:21We had a lot of heel leads

00:22:23You naughty boy

00:22:25Don't tell her that

00:22:27No, but overall

00:22:28You do have a lot of ability

00:22:30Look, it's going to be tough tonight

00:22:32But congratulations, Evan

00:22:34Thank you very much, Helen

00:22:35Thank you

00:22:36Thank you, Helen

00:22:37Great

00:22:38I thought it was a little unstable

00:22:40On its feet

00:22:42Unnatural and awkward

00:22:44Sprung to mind

00:22:45It didn't look like it was right

00:22:47On your body at all

00:22:48Which means the foot placement

00:22:50The leg placement

00:22:51The hip action

00:22:52Wasn't there to make it look liquid

00:22:55There's no one part of me that's liquid

00:22:57I'll tell you that much

00:23:00But you know what, my darling

00:23:02You brought beautiful, beautiful

00:23:05Hand shaping to this whole thing

00:23:07Which we never get

00:23:09And you were there for every single lift

00:23:12And you were there for Jez

00:23:13So congratulations on that

00:23:15Cheers

00:23:16Shana

00:23:17Adam

00:23:18Yes

00:23:19Adam

00:23:20It was awesome

00:23:22Thank you

00:23:23It was so good, dude

00:23:25I did not expect to see

00:23:27Beautiful work on your rumba technique

00:23:29So what?

00:23:30A few heel leads

00:23:31You did so many that weren't heel leads

00:23:33Gorgeous straight leg action

00:23:34I asked you to work on

00:23:36Pushing from your feet and your legs

00:23:38You did it

00:23:39And I was looking

00:23:40I was trying to point my feet on everyone

00:23:41And I was cheering for it

00:23:42Every single time I saw it

00:23:44And on top of that

00:23:45It was tender and connected

00:23:46And had the essence

00:23:48And yes, my rumba queen right there

00:23:50She got to dance in a way

00:23:51I have not seen her dance in such a long time

00:23:53And that is because you

00:23:54Are such a phenomenal partner

00:23:56And you could never ever let her down

00:23:58Thank you

00:23:59Thank you so much

00:24:00Thank you

00:24:01Thank you, Shana

00:24:02Thank you

00:24:03Okay, how are you feeling?

00:24:04Yeah, no, I'm feeling good

00:24:05It's a weird night, isn't it?

00:24:07It is a weird night

00:24:08Everybody is so good tonight

00:24:10Yeah

00:24:11But you really held up there, Adam

00:24:12I think that was one of the most beautiful routines

00:24:14I've seen you guys perform

00:24:15Why don't you go and relax with Chris

00:24:17Up in the skybox

00:24:19Maybe take a little look back

00:24:21At that breathtaking rumba

00:24:25By Adam and his partner, Jess Radman

00:24:36Come on over, guys

00:24:38Adam, honestly

00:24:39That was beautiful

00:24:40Yeah

00:24:41That was sensual

00:24:42That was emotional

00:24:43Ever think I'm not, maybe?

00:24:44No, but you are

00:24:46You clearly are

00:24:47I think you may have underscored yourself

00:24:50Yeah, well, I mean

00:24:51Jess has worked very hard on me

00:24:53To try and find these emotions

00:24:55That I didn't even know existed

00:24:57So, yeah, it was good that I

00:24:58He was just one emotion when I got him

00:25:00Just like

00:25:03How am I getting

00:25:04She does that well, doesn't she?

00:25:05It's a very good impression

00:25:06Yeah, yeah

00:25:07I did it

00:25:08Yeah, yeah, but Jess

00:25:09We just heard from Shana

00:25:10The queen of rumba

00:25:11Thank you, Shana

00:25:12Is what she called you

00:25:13Yeah, it's my favourite dance

00:25:15But Adam is bringing something else out in you

00:25:17That emotion, that raw feeling

00:25:19How is he doing that?

00:25:20Because you don't get to experience that on this show

00:25:22You're holding the celebrity

00:25:24Especially the males

00:25:25You know, I'm holding them up

00:25:27I don't have to worry at all

00:25:29He keeps me on balance

00:25:31It's just beautiful

00:25:32It's really nice to dance with

00:25:34Every dance has been the same

00:25:36I'm so proud

00:25:37Thank you, Jess

00:25:38You should be

00:25:39It's lovely to see

00:25:40Thank you

00:25:41Alright, from you lovely people

00:25:43To some other lovely people

00:25:44The judges' scores, please

00:25:46The judges' scores are in

00:25:48Craig Revel Horwood

00:25:50Four

00:25:52Ellen Ritchie

00:25:54Seven

00:25:55Thank you, Ellen

00:25:56Shana Burgess

00:25:57Nine

00:25:59Mark Wilson

00:26:01Eight

00:26:02Thank you

00:26:03There we go

00:26:05We're coming home strong

00:26:06A score of 28

00:26:07You've got to be happy with that

00:26:08Yeah, definitely varying scores there, but

00:26:09It really was the full spectrum

00:26:12Back to you, Sonia

00:26:13Thank you very much

00:26:14Still to come

00:26:15James Stewart and Lisa McCune

00:26:17But up next

00:26:18Comedian Nicky Osbourne

00:26:19Don't go anywhere

00:26:20As finals fever burns the floor

00:26:23Right here on Dancing with the Stars

00:26:38Welcome back, everyone

00:26:39Let's keep this party going

00:26:41Next up, it's Nicky Osbourne

00:26:43And Ariki Goodkin

00:26:44Who've been training for the hardest quick step in history

00:26:47According to Arik

00:26:48Let's see how they went

00:26:50You're going to love this week

00:26:52It's fast-paced, energetic

00:26:54None of this hip stuff

00:26:55None of this slow business

00:26:57Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom

00:26:59That's it

00:27:00In the other dances, like the last one

00:27:02I was going internally berserk

00:27:04But I feel like with the quick step

00:27:05It feels the most natural to me

00:27:07And that I'm most comfortable in

00:27:12We need to amp it up in the middle a little bit now

00:27:14What do you mean?

00:27:15What are you doing?

00:27:16Just when I think I've got it

00:27:17He's like, nah

00:27:19Oh, I actually want to vomit

00:27:21We spent three days on the current routine

00:27:25And he's just scrapped half of it

00:27:27So I'm learning an extra 50% more today

00:27:30This lift

00:27:31It's like, it's spectacular

00:27:33That's it

00:27:37There's no time to be safe

00:27:39We're going to go out with the hardest quick step in history

00:27:42I think she can handle more

00:27:47Great

00:27:48I honestly don't know how I can learn all of this new routine

00:27:52And nail it on the night

00:27:58Please welcome to the floor

00:28:00Nikki Osbourne and Arik Yegudkun

00:28:03Dancing the quick step

00:28:17And I look across the water

00:28:23And I think of all the things, what you're doing

00:28:26And in my head, I paint a picture

00:28:32Since I've come on home

00:28:34Well, my body's been a mess

00:28:36And I miss your ginger hair

00:28:38And the way you like to dress

00:28:41Won't you come on over

00:28:44Stop thinking a fool

00:28:48Why don't you come on over

00:29:14Why don't you come on over

00:29:28Arik and Nikki

00:29:32Oh my goodness, you two

00:29:34First of all, how incredible do they look, right?

00:29:39This is one of my favourite outfits ever

00:29:41If only it came in yellow

00:29:42It would be so nice

00:29:43No, it's stunning

00:29:45Highlighter for you, Arik

00:29:47Working at an RSL club shortly

00:29:51I look like a taxi

00:29:53Now, Arik is a very competitive person, isn't he?

00:29:56Yeah

00:29:57It's like working in middle management

00:29:59The better you do, the more they raise the bar

00:30:01You never get like

00:30:05Nailed it

00:30:06Alright, let's get some thoughts from our judges

00:30:09Craig

00:30:10Well, it certainly wasn't perfect

00:30:13The top line needed to be a little bit quieter

00:30:15Especially through things like when you're leaping

00:30:17The jetes, for instance

00:30:19You can't use your shoulders to get up there

00:30:21Everything has to happen below the waist, darling

00:30:23It got a little bit pulchery

00:30:25There was a bit of gapping as well throughout

00:30:27But I've got to say, you are fleet of foot

00:30:30The energy was spectacular

00:30:33And you know, you are, Nikki, a great, great dancer

00:30:37You really are

00:30:38Thank you

00:30:40Thank you, Craig

00:30:41Mark

00:30:42Well, the foot speed change is what I loved

00:30:45From the quick actions to the slow

00:30:48Which helps us pick out the music while you're dancing

00:30:51It was spot on in time, I loved it

00:30:53And the rondes were excellent

00:30:55For a girl who hasn't danced

00:30:57And here you are doing rondes

00:30:59Both legs, forward and back

00:31:00I just think you're wonderful

00:31:02Arik, you were right to push her

00:31:04She has the talent to do that

00:31:06Fabulous

00:31:07Thank you

00:31:08Thank you, Mark

00:31:09Thank you, Mark

00:31:10Shannon

00:31:11Nikki, you are, by far for me

00:31:15The most improved in this competition

00:31:20It is, it is unreal

00:31:23You're doing a quick step with so much speed, precision, timing

00:31:27And you were on the money with it

00:31:28Legs in control

00:31:29All the things we talked to you about

00:31:31A beautiful top line

00:31:32Yes, sometimes you could push out a little bit more

00:31:34But my God, you are so wonderful to watch

00:31:38And I see how much it means to you standing there listening to us

00:31:41And how hard you're working with and for Arik for this

00:31:44And I so appreciate you for it

00:31:46I love you for it

00:31:47Thank you

00:31:50Those comments were pretty good

00:31:52They were solid

00:31:53Solid

00:31:54Solid, okay

00:31:55Now we need to back it up with some scores

00:31:56So why don't you head up and see Chris

00:31:58While we take a look back

00:32:01At Nikki and Arik's quick step

00:32:04In their fabulous yellow outfit

00:32:09Arik

00:32:14Arik

00:32:16Well done

00:32:17You can breathe again

00:32:19Can I just say, you have given hope to mine workers across the country

00:32:23You've proven that you can dance in high-vis

00:32:25So well done

00:32:26Yes

00:32:27The up-tempo style, it does really seem to suit you

00:32:30Is that because the Nikki Osbourne mind is so up-tempo?

00:32:34Yeah, probably

00:32:35It's always racing

00:32:36Plus I'm always running, usually away from my home

00:32:39Just my children, my family

00:32:41I think that's why it suits me

00:32:43Well, from the hardest quick step to the hardest judges

00:32:45Judges' scores, please

00:32:47Will the judges please reveal their scores

00:32:50Craig Revel Horwood

00:32:52Eight

00:32:54Helen Ritchie

00:32:56Eight

00:32:58Shana Burgess

00:32:59Nine

00:33:01Mark Wilson

00:33:03Nine

00:33:06Wow

00:33:08You guys are now in highlighter

00:33:10On the top of the leaderboard on 34

00:33:12How about that?

00:33:14Really?

00:33:15Sorry, I can't count, that's why I dance

00:33:17You don't have to count, it's on the screen

00:33:19Yeah, I can see now, I need glasses too

00:33:22Well done

00:33:23I think B1 and B2 are now currently quaking in their boots

00:33:26After that performance

00:33:27Back to you, Sonia

00:33:28Thank you very much, Chris

00:33:30As we edge closer to the grand finale tomorrow night

00:33:34Our couples are giving it their absolute all

00:33:36And when it comes to resilience

00:33:38There's no overlooking Ant Middleton

00:33:41Since establishing base camp at Dancing With The Stars

00:33:44He's consistently surprised us all

00:33:48Alex, what have you got for me? Come on

00:33:50We've got The Contemporary

00:33:54That's really emotional, isn't it?

00:33:56The Contemporary is a very emotional, very raw dance

00:34:00Ideally, we'd have you crying

00:34:02When Alex first mentioned Contemporary

00:34:04It shocked me because you literally have to give

00:34:07Your whole soul to the routine

00:34:10Nice, big punch to the floor, amazing

00:34:13The Contemporary requires a lot of physicality

00:34:16It is one of the hardest dances to do physically

00:34:19Am I in this position?

00:34:22This Contemporary is brutal

00:34:24Oh my god, Ant, you're bleeding

00:34:26There's a lot of frustration being let out

00:34:29And your body takes the full brunt of it

00:34:31It feels like I'm back in combat

00:34:33But in the dance studio

00:34:35As much as the movements are tough

00:34:37Because of the physicality

00:34:39The actual story will only be seen through your eyes

00:34:42The hardest part of this Contemporary

00:34:44Is to get the emotional side across

00:34:46And to not be just going through the movements

00:34:49But to really hone in on what it is you're trying to say

00:34:52Those eyes aren't quite right

00:34:54Those eyes are giving me...

00:34:56Raw emotions, authentic self

00:34:58I keep that locked away

00:35:00Myself and my family

00:35:01To let all of that out on the dance floor

00:35:03Is going to be really tough and challenging for me

00:35:05I'm still with you here, so you are always connected

00:35:07Telling the story by a gaze, by a look

00:35:10It's super tough to do that

00:35:12All you see is an empty, shallow, human version of yourself

00:35:17I know it's the semi-finals

00:35:19And I know we have to bring our A-game

00:35:21But facial expressions

00:35:22See, that's not right

00:35:23I don't know how I'm going to do it

00:35:26Dancing Contemporary

00:35:28With his partner Alex Vladimirov

00:35:31It's Ant Middleton

00:35:47I don't believe in an interventionist God

00:35:54But I know, darling, that you do

00:36:07But if I did, I would kneel down and ask Him

00:36:15Not to intervene when it came to you

00:36:23Well, not to touch a hair on your head

00:36:27Leave you as you are

00:36:29If He felt He had to direct you

00:36:32Then direct you into my arms

00:36:38Into my arms

00:36:42Into my arms

00:36:45Oh Lord

00:36:47Into my arms

00:36:50Oh Lord

00:36:52Into my arms

00:36:55Oh Lord

00:36:57Into my arms

00:37:02APPLAUSE

00:37:10Big applause for Ant and Alex

00:37:21Oh my goodness

00:37:23Come over here

00:37:24Just come and stand with me

00:37:26I feel like you're composing yourself after that

00:37:29What's going on?

00:37:31I don't know

00:37:36I was petrified of this routine

00:37:39And I've never exposed my emotions like that before

00:37:45And I didn't think I could do it

00:37:48And we've been really struggling with that part

00:37:52But I just felt every part of that dancing

00:37:55And it was powerful

00:37:57It was incredible

00:38:00It really was

00:38:02What scared you about that routine?

00:38:05I've learnt my whole life to control my emotions

00:38:09Emotional intelligence, psychological resilience

00:38:12And then when I get asked to put it all out on the dance floor

00:38:15It's something so alien to me

00:38:17It is

00:38:18I've never done it before

00:38:20And hats off to the dancers

00:38:22The emotional intelligence that they have

00:38:24To be able to switch it on and off for their routines

00:38:28Is absolutely phenomenal

00:38:30Yeah, Alex, incredible choreography

00:38:33It was beautiful

00:38:34So many tough, tough lifts in there

00:38:37It was brutal

00:38:39It was brutal

00:38:40This coming from you

00:38:42How do you then transition?

00:38:44How do you go from Dancing With The Stars back to SA?

00:38:47How do you do your day job ever again?

00:38:49How is that ever going to happen?

00:38:51I've got to get the judges on there

00:38:53I've got to get you on there

00:38:55And big boy up there

00:38:56I'm coming for you

00:38:57You did start talking like Craig

00:39:02Oh my gosh, I just can't see you going

00:39:04Drop and give me 20, darling

00:39:06Darling

00:39:07I would love to have Craig in my parade square

00:39:10I thought that was pretty exceptional

00:39:12I think the audience agreed

00:39:13But let's see what the judges thought

00:39:15Shana?

00:39:19It's like I'm speechless with it

00:39:22You just don't expect these things from you

00:39:24And then you deliver them

00:39:26And it's crazy

00:39:28Thank you

00:39:31Okay, so I'm expecting a contemporary routine

00:39:34I know you can lift

00:39:35Now I know you can partner beautifully

00:39:37I'm expecting that

00:39:38But what I wasn't expecting was

00:39:40First of all, the floor work

00:39:41Hi, hello

00:39:42That was unreal

00:39:43What you were doing on there

00:39:44No one else in this competition

00:39:45Has been able to deliver something like that

00:39:47So go you

00:39:49And then to be a part of this beautiful moment in time

00:39:54Where you got more vulnerable

00:39:55Than I think you've ever gotten in front of people

00:39:58Other than your core people

00:40:00And I feel so honoured to have been able to watch you

00:40:03Work into that and discover that on our dance floor

00:40:07So thank you for sharing that with us tonight

00:40:12Helen?

00:40:13Oh, the transformation from you

00:40:15And from week one to now

00:40:17Is actually really quite amazing

00:40:20And your aerials were effortless

00:40:22People think lifting is about brute strength

00:40:25It isn't

00:40:26It's about timing between you

00:40:28The lady elevates her body and you collect her

00:40:31But you have such a lot of power and strength

00:40:34But you weren't brutal

00:40:35And that's very important

00:40:37If I said to you when you dance

00:40:39You're talking without words

00:40:41Would you understand that?

00:40:43I do now

00:40:44Okay

00:40:45Because everything you do

00:40:47Every movement, every gesture

00:40:49Means something

00:40:50You are saying something

00:40:51You are communicating

00:40:53And that's how you draw people into what you're doing

00:40:56And you did that so beautifully tonight

00:40:58That was excellent

00:41:00Thank you

00:41:04Craig?

00:41:05For me it went in and out of emotion

00:41:09I think it began very, very well

00:41:11With your investment there

00:41:13And the fact that you windmill rolled out of it

00:41:15I got very super excited

00:41:17Then we showed a little bit of story

00:41:19When it came to big lifting

00:41:21I felt like you dropped the ball

00:41:23We dropped the story for the lift

00:41:26Rather than the lift being part of the story

00:41:30And connected to it

00:41:32I love the floor work like everyone else

00:41:34You have the most amazing elevation

00:41:37Is what we call it in the dance world

00:41:39Particularly in ballet and contemporary

00:41:41Where you can reach heights beyond

00:41:44And the agility for this type of dancing

00:41:47I think you did a fantastic job

00:41:49Thank you guys

00:41:50Thank you

00:41:51Thank you Craig

00:41:52Mark?

00:41:55Ant

00:41:56I'm shocked

00:41:58The contemporary dance was sublime

00:42:00The floor work was faultless

00:42:02I loved it

00:42:03The collapsed back at the beginning

00:42:06Where you took her weight and rolled it backwards

00:42:10It was just so beautiful

00:42:12And doesn't happen from someone who's not trained as a dancer

00:42:15So I am shocked at what you've produced

00:42:19It was a monumental performance

00:42:22It was alright

00:42:23I think everyone would like to

00:42:25I don't want to jinx anything

00:42:27So I'm just going to send you straight on up to see Chris

00:42:30And while you go up

00:42:31We're going to take a look back at that routine

00:42:33But those comments were all very good I think

00:42:35Thank you judges

00:42:40Here's Ant and Alex

00:42:42Dancing that beautiful contemporary routine

00:42:48Full of emotion

00:42:55How about that?

00:42:57I feel like I should hug you

00:42:58That was beautiful

00:42:59Thank you mate

00:43:00Thank you

00:43:01And thank you on behalf of everyone

00:43:02For showing that vulnerable side

00:43:04It is a sight to behold

00:43:06It's so hard to go into

00:43:07It's really really hard

00:43:09And I was really panicking about it

00:43:11But I sat on the floor

00:43:12And just sort of blurred out everything

00:43:14And it's for the first time actually

00:43:16That I actually understood what Alex meant

00:43:18When you lose yourself in the moment

00:43:20And I lost myself in the moment

00:43:22And I was in the story, in the dance

00:43:25And it makes it so much easier

00:43:27But it's really really hard to get there

00:43:29And because you were so lost in the moment

00:43:30You probably didn't mean what you said about

00:43:32Getting some of us on SAS Australia

00:43:35It wasn't actually a thing was it?

00:43:38I'll wait for the judges' scores

00:43:40Because the way I said it

00:43:41If you got the entire cast of Dancing With The Stars

00:43:43On SAS Australia

00:43:44You would truly put the camp back into boot camp

00:43:46I think it's probably fair to say

00:43:49I would love to get my hands on some of you

00:43:51Trust me

00:43:52But I'm going to play nice for now

00:43:54And hopefully everyone else will play nice

00:43:56And Alex

00:43:58I mean you were in the hot seat there

00:44:00With those lifts

00:44:02How were you feeling through that?

00:44:04Stressed

00:44:06Do you know what?

00:44:07This is probably the most dangerous lift I've ever done

00:44:09Standing on the shoulders and just jumping down

00:44:11And to be honest

00:44:12I don't really get that nervous before routines

00:44:14But I was like shaking backstage

00:44:17Like not myself

00:44:18But that vulnerability that Anne showed

00:44:20I've never seen you do that

00:44:23And I'm so proud of you

00:44:24Because I know how scary this is

00:44:26So thank you for letting people in

00:44:28It was amazing

00:44:30Well said, well said

00:44:31Alright it is now time for the judges' scores

00:44:34Ladies and gentlemen

00:44:35The judges have their scores

00:44:37Craig Revel Horwood

00:44:39Seven

00:44:41Helen Ritchie

00:44:42I'm not going on SAS

00:44:44Ten

00:44:46Shana Burgess

00:44:48Ten

00:44:50Mark Wilson

00:44:52Four

00:44:53Wow

00:44:56Wow

00:44:59A score of 37

00:45:01Wow

00:45:02Craig, you're definitely putting forward for SAS now

00:45:07Now it is time for the half-time leaderboard

00:45:09Anne and Alex have rocketed to the top on 37

00:45:12Followed by Nicky and Arik

00:45:14Shane and Ashley

00:45:15And Adam and Jess

00:45:17Nipping at their heels

00:45:19Back to you Sonia

00:45:20Thank you

00:45:21I was trying to convince Craig to come down and give me 20 push-ups

00:45:24But he's resisting

00:45:25And I think he needs to do all this

00:45:27I can't do one push-up

00:45:28Come and do one push-up then

00:45:30Just to show Anne Singleton you can do it

00:45:33Come on, come on darling

00:45:39There we go

00:45:40We have to make sure we get a really good shot of this

00:45:42Let me just warm up

00:45:43There's only going to be one

00:45:44Just warming up

00:45:45Good, good, excellent

00:45:47Do this in slow motion

00:45:48You can do it buddy

00:45:49I can only do one

00:45:50And I need to do it on my knees

00:45:51Just one

00:46:01And this is your one and only chance

00:46:03Could you please critique that technique?

00:46:05Your posture was bad

00:46:07Your back was bent

00:46:09And your bottom was up darling

00:46:13So I'm going to be nice

00:46:14I'm going to give you a three

00:46:18One

00:46:19Sorry mate

00:46:20Awful

00:46:21Get out

00:46:22Awful

00:46:23But those judges are tough aren't they?

00:46:25They're terrible darling

00:46:26But you're a great sport

00:46:27They're so bad

00:46:28Oh terrible

00:46:29Still to come

00:46:30Summer Bay's Jimmy Suave Stewart

00:46:33And the marvellous Lisa McKeown

00:46:35But up next it's Ben Cousins

00:46:37So don't go anywhere

00:46:38As finals fever continues to grip the Dancing With The Stars ballroom

00:46:54Welcome back to Dancing With The Stars

00:46:56Now last week Ben Cousins thought he was going home

00:46:59But luckily escaped the elimination

00:47:02Which sadly saw Nova Paris and Julie Goodwin leave the competition

00:47:06Let's see how Ben got ready for an intense Argentine Tango

00:47:16The Argentine Tango this week

00:47:18I hope that I'm a bit of a quick study with this dance

00:47:22The Argentine Tango is very complicated

00:47:24The footwork is so intricate

00:47:26This leg has to come through there

00:47:29Our feet and our legs are flicking in and out of each other constantly

00:47:32If one of us misses a flick or a step

00:47:35It kind of all falls apart

00:47:37Didn't get it

00:47:40Needed my mention

00:47:42I'd love to think that my best dance is still ahead of me

00:47:46But bringing out that sexiness in the dance

00:47:49He's going to require going through a lot of awkward or embarrassing moments

00:47:54Then I can go around

00:47:55That's not what you do, is it?

00:47:57The last time I was in the finals was when I was playing for West Coast

00:48:01They don't come around very often

00:48:03So you've got to make the most of them and enjoy them

00:48:07It is going to be a challenge, I have no doubt

00:48:10I think it's going to take a bit more than a cheeky smile

00:48:14To get me out of trouble this week

00:48:20Please welcome to the floor

00:48:21Ben Cousins and Siobhan Power

00:48:24Dancing the Argentine Tango

00:48:49And I've been waiting for this moment

00:48:52For all my life

00:48:55Oh lord

00:48:58Oh lord

00:49:03Well I remember

00:49:06I remember, don't worry

00:49:10How could I ever forget

00:49:13It's the first time

00:49:16The last time

00:49:18We ever met

00:49:24I can feel it coming in the air tonight

00:49:30Oh lord

00:49:34I can feel it in the air tonight

00:49:38Oh lord

00:49:40Oh lord

00:49:43I can feel it coming in the air tonight

00:49:50Oh lord

00:49:53Oh lord

00:50:03Oh yeah, give it up for Ben and Siobhan

00:50:05Come on over here guys

00:50:07How are you going?

00:50:09Good, yeah

00:50:10How's the breathing?

00:50:12Yes

00:50:13It takes a lot out of you, doesn't it?

00:50:15It certainly does, yeah

00:50:17Obviously you're a football legend

00:50:20Brown low medal winner

00:50:22Winning the Mirrorball trophy

00:50:24Where does that sit on the spectrum?

00:50:27It's right up there

00:50:29But just in training

00:50:31Siobhan has taken me to places I certainly haven't been in a long time

00:50:36A couple of days this week at training

00:50:39I was finishing the day whispering I was that tired

00:50:41I thought I was conserving energy

00:50:43Really?

00:50:44Whispering I was

00:50:46But yeah, I've loved it

00:50:48Does it give you an appreciation for the fitness of the dancers?

00:50:51Nothing but admiration

00:50:54The way she applies herself and her patience

00:50:57Got the costume slightly wrong

00:50:58It's not belly dancing with the Starship

00:51:00What a costume, eh?

00:51:01Oh my gosh, you look unbelievable, girl

00:51:04Unbelievable

00:51:05All right, let's get some comments from the judges, Mark

00:51:09Mate, you're doing such a good job

00:51:12Your forward weight was good, which I really like

00:51:16We've missed that in the Argentine tango so far

00:51:19So that was a good aspect

00:51:21Starting to lead with your body, which is another good aspect

00:51:24It was sultry and intense, which I thought was good

00:51:28I'm concerned you haven't been able to change fast enough

00:51:33To keep up with the speed of the change in the others

00:51:36But I've got to say, Ben, so happy to be here watching what you're doing

00:51:40You are a really good man

00:51:42Thank you

00:51:43Thanks, Mark

00:51:44Shana

00:51:45Hi, Ben

00:51:46You know what?

00:51:47There was some really great moments in there, especially the first half of that

00:51:50Some beautiful partnering, the counterbalance, the things that you were doing

00:51:53And real Argentine tango steps

00:51:55So thank you for throwing yourself into that

00:51:57Because it was really, really well done by you

00:51:59Thank you, yeah

00:52:02It did, the last half of it, we kind of stood still for a while

00:52:06We did a little bit less in the last half

00:52:09But what I want to say to you is

00:52:11I've been so impressed with you week to week

00:52:14You keep fighting through and surviving these eliminations

00:52:17And that is a testament to how hard you work

00:52:19How much heart you put into it

00:52:21I hope you've proven to yourself that when you throw yourself into something, to anything

00:52:25You can do anything

00:52:28Thank you

00:52:31Craig

00:52:32There was an awful lot of standing around doing actually nothing

00:52:36Which was very disappointing

00:52:38There really wasn't much content in there at all

00:52:42I mean, the man does quite a bit in Argentine tango

00:52:46And I felt like you were just there to present and nothing more

00:52:50It felt like your feet were Velcroed to the floor at one stage in the second part of it

00:52:56And I think you'd better hope that this audience are voting for you tonight

00:53:01I hope so

00:53:05Well, if we do know one thing, you are a crowd favourite, my friend

00:53:08So don't you worry about that

00:53:09Head on up, go and see Chris

00:53:11And let's take a look back at Ben's smouldering Argentine tango

00:53:17With his partner, Chevrolet

00:53:26I get it

00:53:32It's like a footy change room right there

00:53:35Well, it has got that sort of feel, hasn't it?

00:53:38It does

00:53:39And on that, you are a proven big game performer, finals performer in your AFL career

00:53:44Admittedly, this is a little bit different

00:53:46But is that experience helping with the big performance?

00:53:50Oh, I think that experience you take forward with you no matter what you're doing

00:53:55But this has been nerve-wracking

00:53:57And you only get one shot at it when you come out to perform

00:54:00So I do feel the pressure

00:54:04But it's been a good challenge

00:54:06Siobhan, what side of Ben has impressed you most during this crazy ride?

00:54:13His dedication

00:54:14He comes in every day with a smile on his face

00:54:17So happy to be here, to dance every day

00:54:20And he's so dedicated and so committed

00:54:22It's just been such a joy to watch and to work with him

00:54:26Yeah, he's put in so much work and I'm so proud of him

00:54:29Yeah, he should be

00:54:31Well said

00:54:32Alright, it is now time for the judges' scores

00:54:35The judges' scores are in

00:54:37Craig Revel Horwood

00:54:39Two

00:54:41Helen Ritchie

00:54:43Five

00:54:45Shana Burgess

00:54:46Five

00:54:48Mark Wilson

00:54:50Sorry, five

00:54:52Here we go

00:54:54A score of 17, Ben

00:54:56But remember, the audience does actually make up half of the score for this evening

00:55:02Yeah

00:55:03Which will definitely help

00:55:04Yeah

00:55:06Well, we'll need them more than ever

00:55:08I mean, they are disappointed you're one of the few dancers to put the buttons on their shirt tonight

00:55:12But aside from that, they really seem to enjoy it

00:55:15That's going to count for a lot

00:55:16Yeah, let's hope so

00:55:17Yeah

00:55:18Alright, back to you, Sonia

00:55:19Thank you, Chris

00:55:20Up next, Samantha Jade and her partner, Gustavo Video

00:55:24But hold on to your seats because there's still a whirlwind of sequins and glitter heading your way

00:55:30Don't go anywhere, this is Dancing with the Stars

00:55:44Welcome back to the Ballroom where the Race to the Mirror Ball Trophy is on

00:55:48Now, next up, it's Samantha Jade and Gustavo Video who have been training hard for their Foxtrot

00:55:55Seven, eight

00:55:57Uno, due, tre, quattro

00:56:00We're going through the Foxtrot, which I think is the hardest dance

00:56:05Because it looks so beautiful and graceful and glidy

00:56:09But it has potential to be bumpy

00:56:12And I'm doing that a little bit

00:56:14Donno pascolare

00:56:16You are doing high

00:56:21One, two, three

00:56:24Don't do this

00:56:25Okay, you don't like that

00:56:29Just stay up

00:56:30One of the hardest things about the Foxtrot is for the girl, you're in the weirdest position

00:56:37Like it feels so unnatural

00:56:40But it has to look graceful

00:56:42This is wrong

00:56:44This is right

00:56:46Yeah?

00:56:47Six, seven, from one to ten, how much do you rate me?

00:56:50Um, is that an eight?

00:56:53I just need to, like, pull out my Grace Kelly

00:56:56It's in there somewhere

00:56:58Quick, quick

00:56:59One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight

00:57:07Dancing the Foxtrot

00:57:09Please welcome Samantha Jade and her partner, Gustavo Viglio

00:57:15Things have come to a pretty pass

00:57:18Our romance is growing flat

00:57:22Something must be done

00:57:33You say either and I say either

00:57:37You say neither and I say neither

00:57:41Either, either, neither, neither

00:57:45Let's call the whole thing off

00:57:50So if I go for scallops and you go for lobsters

00:57:57So alright, no contest, we'll order lobster

00:58:01For we know we need each other

00:58:04So we better call the whole thing off

00:58:08So if I go for scallops and you go for lobsters

00:58:14So alright, no contest, we'll order lobster

00:58:18So we better call the calling off

00:58:22Let's call the whole thing off

00:58:43Samantha and Gustavo

00:58:48Oh my goodness, you two first up

00:58:51How gorgeous do these two look?

00:58:53What a couple

00:58:55I mean, you just look so beautiful

00:58:57And then you dance

00:58:58I felt like I was watching a legitimate ballroom competition

00:59:02You know, with a, do you know what I mean?

00:59:04Say to Gustavo, you understand what I mean, right?

00:59:07I do

00:59:08It was like, honestly, you feel like a pro

00:59:12You feel like a pro

00:59:14Thank you

00:59:16Thank you

00:59:17Have we reached peak Gustavo yet?

00:59:19This is the question

00:59:21I think something more is about to come

00:59:23No, it's alright, it's going to be coming

00:59:25I feel it too, alright

00:59:32This dance suited you down to the ground

00:59:34Because of its softness

00:59:35It was graceful, it was elegant, it was quite beautiful

00:59:39And you are actually as beautiful as Grace Kelly

00:59:42Oh my God

00:59:45Wow, thank you so much

00:59:47Craig

00:59:48I would like to have seen at least one or two heel leads in there

00:59:52Maybe a heel turn on occasion

00:59:54But that being said, that didn't really matter

00:59:58I mean, you are just so watchable

01:00:00It was neat, it had finesse

01:00:02It was full of fabulous detail with your arms, hands, all the movement

01:00:07So very, very classy

01:00:10Classy, I loved it

01:00:12Thank you

01:00:14Classy

01:00:17You dance so beautifully

01:00:18I'm so proud of you

01:00:20And it looked beautiful

01:00:21You look beautiful to dance with

01:00:23I want to dance with you

01:00:25It'd look amazing

01:00:26Let's do it

01:00:27No, no, no

01:00:29So I just want to thank you

01:00:30Because these kind of elegant performances that are so old world

01:00:35Can be ruined by too much energy

01:00:37And you really, really dance so beautifully

01:00:40Fabulous

01:00:41Thank you

01:00:44Thank you, Mark Sharno

01:00:46The things that I loved about this dance

01:00:49And what I love about watching you

01:00:51Is that when you go into a line

01:00:53You don't just finish it

01:00:55You breathe to the end of it and come back out

01:00:57So you have continuous movement

01:00:59And it's so beautiful and elegant

01:01:01And it flows

01:01:03I just feel like I'm babbling with words

01:01:05Because I can't find a word perfect enough

01:01:07To describe how unbelievable that was

01:01:10So well done

01:01:11Thank you, Sharno

01:01:13Thank you so much

01:01:15Would you say

01:01:16I mean, you've done quite a few dances on the show now

01:01:18Would this have been one of your favourites?

01:01:20I think that was my favourite

01:01:21I loved it

01:01:22Yeah, I felt like I was in a movie

01:01:24It felt like an old Hollywood movie

01:01:26Dolce Vita, head on up there

01:01:29Arrivederci

01:01:31Go see it, Chris

01:01:32Go see it, Chris

01:01:33As we take a look back at that beautiful box truck

01:01:35By Samantha and her partner, Gustavo

01:01:41Wow, wow

01:01:43It was refined

01:01:44That was elegant

01:01:46It was beautiful

01:01:47Was that a conscious choice

01:01:48To give the judges something different?

01:01:50I think Samantha is teaching me

01:01:52How to be more relaxed and classy

01:01:56I'm more the guy

01:01:57Boom, boom, boom, you know what I mean?

01:01:59Alright

01:02:00It is now time for the judges' scores

01:02:03Will the judges please reveal their scores

01:02:06Craig Revel Horwood

01:02:08Nine

01:02:10Helen Ritchie

01:02:11Ten

01:02:13Sharna Burgess

01:02:15Ten

01:02:17Mark Wilson

01:02:18And ten

01:02:19Wow

01:02:22Let's go indeed

01:02:23A score of 39

01:02:25Congratulations

01:02:26The time of all times

01:02:27To produce a score like that

01:02:28You must be thrilled

01:02:29Thrilled, beyond thrilled

01:02:30Thrilled, thrilled, happy life

01:02:32Happy life, Dolce Vita

01:02:34Back to you, Sonia

01:02:35We've got Pete Gustavo back

01:02:37I like it

01:02:38Now, Lisa McCune and Ian Waite

01:02:41Have consistently been high on the leaderboard

01:02:44Can they do it again tonight

01:02:46With their Viennese waltz?

01:02:50Are you ready for this final Viennese waltz?

01:02:52Yay

01:02:53Is it really technical?

01:02:54It is quite technical

01:02:56But it's nothing you can't handle

01:02:58One, two, three, four

01:03:01Turn and ready

01:03:04The technique has to be perfect

01:03:06Because there's nowhere to hide with the Viennese waltz

01:03:09No, you were up late in the lift

01:03:11It was like you had rigor mortis or something

01:03:16Lisa puts a lot of pressure on herself

01:03:18We've decided to do a couple of special things

01:03:20Within the Viennese waltz

01:03:22Which could go very well

01:03:23They could go very badly

01:03:24She's talking about lifts now

01:03:29Yeah, that one

01:03:30OK

01:03:31You've got to push up

01:03:32Yeah

01:03:33Bend in the knee before you push

01:03:35That's it

01:03:36That's it

01:03:38Yeah

01:03:40And then you're going to sit

01:03:42Sit

01:03:44And then you're going to swing that leg round

01:03:46That's it

01:03:48We do have a few lifts in this dance

01:03:50It is becoming quite problematic

01:03:52Because Lisa's feeling very sick

01:03:56That's it

01:03:57I bring you down

01:04:02That's really bad on you guys

01:04:04At the moment

01:04:05The room is kind of crazily still spinning

01:04:08When I'm down

01:04:10Down

01:04:11Onto the floor

01:04:12Not too early

01:04:15I'm really happy to be thrown around up there

01:04:17I mean, you know, he's a six foot four guy

01:04:19With, you know, a bit of muscle

01:04:21So, you know, let's face it

01:04:23We've got to make him work

01:04:24You know, I mean, I'm doing all the work

01:04:26So it's good to see him doing a bit of the heavy lifting

01:04:33Dancing the Viennese Waltz

01:04:35With her partner Ian Wait

01:04:37It's Lisa McKeown

01:04:55It was just two lovers

01:04:57Sitting in the car

01:04:58Listening to blind

01:04:59Falling for each other

01:05:01Making Irish guys

01:05:02Feeling super childish

01:05:03She's got solar power

01:05:05Made us feel like ours

01:05:07She knows she was the baddest

01:05:08Can you even imagine

01:05:09Falling like I did

01:05:11For the love of my life

01:05:15She's got glow on her face

01:05:18A glorious look in her eyes

01:05:21A glorious look in her eyes

01:05:26I don't need no light

01:05:28To see you

01:05:31Shine

01:05:36It's your golden hour

01:05:44You slow down

01:05:51In your golden hour

01:06:14Oh yes, give it up for Lisa McKeown

01:06:18And her partner Ian Wait

01:06:23Oh my gosh, another golden performance

01:06:25That was absolutely stunning

01:06:27Now, we haven't really talked about the fact

01:06:30That you, in your time in television

01:06:33You've actually won four gold Logies

01:06:35Yes

01:06:37This is actually some

01:06:39This is a very unique way of using one

01:06:41We should have used these

01:06:42In rehearsals like this

01:06:43With our microphones

01:06:44Well

01:06:45That's a very good idea

01:06:46Well, you've won four

01:06:47I've got one

01:06:51I suspect there might be another one

01:06:52On its way though, Sonia

01:06:53What do you do with yours, Lisa

01:06:55Because of that, you know

01:06:56Put it to good use and all of that

01:06:57Well, they were in a shopping bag

01:06:59And now I've given them

01:07:00To Acme in Melbourne

01:07:01So you can actually go

01:07:02And see them on display

01:07:04Which is nice

01:07:05Because they're tricky to look after

01:07:07They're naughty

01:07:08And they get very dusty

01:07:09Between the legs

01:07:10Well, we won't look

01:07:11At Mr Logie that way

01:07:13I thought that was

01:07:14A Logie winning performance

01:07:15It was absolutely stunning

01:07:17One of my favourite songs too

01:07:19The choice of music was just perfect

01:07:22Should we get some

01:07:23Judges' comments

01:07:25Craig

01:07:26It got a little bit frenetic

01:07:28For me

01:07:29The second time you went into hold

01:07:31But can I say

01:07:32That hold dance

01:07:34Absolutely

01:07:36Gorgeous

01:07:41Mark

01:07:42Thank you

01:07:43The natural reverse Viennese waltz

01:07:45Is the best I've seen

01:07:46On Dancing With The Stars

01:07:48In my time doing the show

01:07:53And then you follow that up

01:07:54With four flickles

01:07:56A contra check

01:07:57And natural flickles

01:07:58For those watching

01:07:59That's the spinny bit in the end

01:08:00It came out of an underarm turn

01:08:03Which is phenomenal

01:08:05I mean, that just does not happen

01:08:07Beautiful dancing

01:08:08Do you know, Mark

01:08:09I'm so glad

01:08:10My mind is blown

01:08:11By what you have just produced

01:08:12Because that does not normally

01:08:14Happen in a show like this

01:08:16There was only one foot fault

01:08:18In the whole performance

01:08:21Ian

01:08:22You are such a wonderful professional

01:08:25You, Lisa

01:08:26Are such an amazing talent

01:08:29Wonderful

01:08:33Mark

01:08:34Shanna

01:08:35I would just love to say

01:08:36That you absolutely

01:08:37Hit the mark

01:08:38With all the things

01:08:39That you wanted to do

01:08:40It was a beautiful

01:08:41Viennese waltz

01:08:42With a contemporary edge

01:08:43Done with a technical ability

01:08:45That I don't think we see

01:08:46Very often on this show

01:08:48So well done

01:08:49Thank you

01:08:50Thank you

01:08:51Thank you, Shanna

01:08:52Helen

01:08:53Our beautiful golden girl

01:08:55Ian has really challenged you

01:08:57With every dance

01:08:58That you have shown us

01:08:59But just to

01:09:01Really make you work hard

01:09:03What does he throw in tonight?

01:09:05A figure that everybody

01:09:06Avoids like the plague

01:09:08And that was the fleckeral

01:09:10Now, that is

01:09:11Very, very difficult to dance

01:09:13You made it look easy

01:09:15But, you know

01:09:16I just can't commend you enough

01:09:18Because you nail it

01:09:19Every single time

01:09:21Thank you

01:09:22Thank you

01:09:23I have a great teacher

01:09:24I mean, he really is

01:09:25A wonderful teacher

01:09:27Well, I would like to actually

01:09:28Present you with this

01:09:29Logie Award

01:09:30As you dance on up

01:09:32To Dr Chris

01:09:33I'll come with you

01:09:34And do your back announce

01:09:35As we go

01:09:36Here's Lisa and Ian

01:09:37Doing a wonderful Viennese Waltz

01:09:39Have a look

01:09:40Thank you, Sonia

01:09:58Oh, we love that

01:09:59Lisa, that dance

01:10:01Just had a beautiful

01:10:02Dream-like quality to it

01:10:05Are there moments where

01:10:06You cannot believe

01:10:07You're actually

01:10:08Not just doing this

01:10:09But excelling at it?

01:10:10It is the most glorious experience

01:10:13I mean, it really is

01:10:14And you just

01:10:15I've got gold leaf on my eyes

01:10:17I mean, where else

01:10:18Can you do that?

01:10:19No, it's gorgeous

01:10:20And the technical side of it

01:10:21Is great

01:10:22And I'm kind of

01:10:23I'm going to be so sad

01:10:24To say goodbye to this beautiful man

01:10:25Because he just

01:10:26He keeps at it with me

01:10:27He won't let

01:10:28He won't let me off the hook

01:10:29It's great

01:10:30Yeah

01:10:31And he's a brilliant dancer

01:10:32I mean, watching him dance

01:10:33It's pretty extraordinary, isn't it?

01:10:34It is quite extraordinary

01:10:35There's a beautiful synergy

01:10:36Between the two of you

01:10:37Which isn't easy to find sometimes

01:10:39But is that how it feels

01:10:40For you as well, Ian?

01:10:41Oh, I've just absolutely loved

01:10:43Every moment with Lisa

01:10:44And this is kind of the pinnacle

01:10:47This dance

01:10:48And to be out there with you

01:10:49Golden Girl

01:10:50Is just like

01:10:52It's kind of the top of my career

01:10:55Oh, my God

01:10:56We're having our golden hour

01:10:58It feels that way

01:10:59Yeah

01:11:00Speaking of synergies

01:11:01Let's have a look

01:11:02Let's have a look

01:11:03At the judges' scores

01:11:04Ladies and gentlemen

01:11:05The judges have their scores

01:11:07Craig Revel Horwood

01:11:09Nine

01:11:11Ellen Ritchie

01:11:13Ten

01:11:14Shana Burgess

01:11:16Ten

01:11:18Mark Wilson

01:11:20Ten

01:11:21Ooh

01:11:23That is a 39

01:11:26I told you you were excelling at this

01:11:28Fleckerals and all

01:11:30Fleckerals

01:11:32I'm going to teach you those in the break

01:11:33Well, I look forward

01:11:34That is quite enough

01:11:35You've got big feet

01:11:36Can he do them?

01:11:37Could he do them with a size 14?

01:11:39Well, mine are size 12

01:11:41But we're not in a competition, are we?

01:11:43Yeah, happy to adapt

01:11:45Things are getting awkward up here, Sonia

01:11:47Save me, save me now

01:11:48I hear you, Chris

01:11:49Well, there is still one more couple

01:11:51Eagerly waiting in the wings

01:11:53In this electrifying night of dance

01:11:55Are you guys enjoying yourselves?

01:11:58Well, that's good

01:11:59Because next up, James Stewart

01:12:00Is about to pour his heart

01:12:02Into his Paso routine

01:12:04So don't go anywhere

01:12:05This is Dancing with the Stars

01:12:18Okay, your turn

01:12:19Turn out

01:12:20Across the front

01:12:21Side behind

01:12:22I'm Swiss

01:12:26Nice Fleckerals

01:12:27Now, our final couple to dance this evening

01:12:29And desperate for a place

01:12:30In tomorrow night's grand finale

01:12:32Are James Stewart and Georgia Freeman

01:12:35Let's see how their Paso Doble preparation went

01:12:39We're still here

01:12:40We are still here

01:12:41Can you believe it?

01:12:42No

01:12:43In this one, you're a zombie

01:12:45And you are after me

01:12:48I want James to be the creepiest

01:12:52Most convincing zombie

01:12:54Dancing with the Stars has ever seen

01:12:56And I actually think

01:12:58This might be James' dad

01:13:04I'm getting into character, George

01:13:06Cobblecord

01:13:09We're a few dancers in now

01:13:11And I want to go out there and enjoy

01:13:14Sorry, I actually bit you there

01:13:16Oh my God

01:13:17But holding the Paso shape is really hard

01:13:20Turn your hips slightly

01:13:22Yeah

01:13:23All while keeping a really open chest

01:13:26And present, exactly

01:13:27Just loosen up your hips a little bit

01:13:29Pushing the pelvis forward

01:13:31But keeping a proud chest

01:13:33And having the elbows out

01:13:34Like you're holding the cape

01:13:36Where's your cape?

01:13:37Staying in that position is another thing entirely

01:13:41Show me this

01:13:42Good

01:13:43This is all about masculinity

01:13:45And storytelling

01:13:47And power

01:13:48Yeah

01:13:49Breathe out

01:13:50So you can give yourself mobility

01:13:52Yeah, you look like you're going to shoot yourself

01:13:55We need to deliver

01:13:56He needs to start looking like a professional dancer

01:13:58Five and six, seven, eight

01:14:01To me it's unbelievable that we're in the finals

01:14:03But I really want to get this dance right

01:14:05Georgia is turning up the heat

01:14:07Quick, quick, slow

01:14:09But it's the business end

01:14:10So I'm happy to have her crack the whip

01:14:16Please welcome to the floor

01:14:18James Stewart and Georgia Freeman

01:14:21Dancing the Paso Doble

01:14:26Paso Doble

01:14:56Paso Doble

01:15:26Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

01:15:33Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

01:15:38A bad house we dig

01:15:40Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

01:15:47Yeah

01:15:48Woo!

01:15:54Oh, you make noise for James and Georgia

01:15:57Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo

01:15:59You are freaking me out with this whole look

01:16:02Hello, Sonia

01:16:05It's like Craig before he's done his make-up

01:16:11I do have to thank the make-up team

01:16:13They've done extraordinary, I reckon

01:16:15They really have

01:16:17But, you know, you brought all the character to that

01:16:20And that incredible

01:16:21You know, when I kept thinking it was twisted

01:16:23The whole thing was twisted

01:16:24And then you were twisting across the floor

01:16:26It was just...

01:16:27Crocodile roll

01:16:28Mad!

01:16:29Mad, Mark!

01:16:30Yeah, it was mad

01:16:31I mean, completely mad

01:16:33And to have a Paso Doble depicted this way

01:16:37It was a great set-up

01:16:38And then you had very strong Paso Doble shaping in the beginning

01:16:42I love that

01:16:43There was one part where you had your elbows behind you

01:16:46In the chassé cape

01:16:47And you lost a bit of strength there

01:16:49But throughout, I thought it was a very strong performance

01:16:51You're keeping the pressure on the rest of the celebrities

01:16:54I think it's going to be tough

01:16:56So who's going to see you go through

01:16:57But, James, mate, you are rocking out

01:16:59Thanks, Mark

01:17:00Thank you, Mark

01:17:01Shana, I love your commitment to it

01:17:03I always love your commitment to the story and the character

01:17:06For me, personally, I feel it was a little too heavy on the zombie

01:17:11And not enough of the Paso technique

01:17:13Because when you do it, it's so noticeable and so good

01:17:17Because you are so talented and capable

01:17:20Another fantastic routine from you, right at the right time

01:17:23Going into the grand final

01:17:24Well done

01:17:25Thank you, Shana

01:17:26Helen, well, I just think it might be stretching the storyline

01:17:30To turn the matador into a zombie

01:17:33Because you have the right look for the matador

01:17:37And then the shaping and styling that you used

01:17:40Would have been clearer

01:17:42Yep

01:17:43But, look, I thought you gave it your best shot

01:17:45I think you're in with a chance tonight

01:17:47So good luck

01:17:49Thank you, Helen

01:17:50Thank you, Helen

01:17:51Hey

01:17:52Well, I love breaking all the rules, darling

01:17:55And seeing a matador come back from the dead

01:17:58Looking like that, for revenge, I thought was absolutely genius

01:18:04It really was

01:18:05And for me, there was loads of Paso in there

01:18:08You're a fantastic actor

01:18:09You're a fantastic actor

01:18:10You told the story

01:18:11And I absolutely love the theatrics

01:18:14And let's get out of the old and into the new

01:18:17And something different and interesting

01:18:19Thank you

01:18:20Thank you very much, Craig

01:18:21Thank you very much

01:18:22Oh my goodness

01:18:23I think this is going to be really interesting

01:18:26It's a great comment from Craig

01:18:27It's great

01:18:28You guys know what you're talking about

01:18:29So it's great

01:18:30Thanks

01:18:31All right

01:18:32Why don't you go and feast on some brains up there

01:18:35Isn't that what zombies do?

01:18:36Thanks

01:18:38Although it might be a bit limited, I'm joking

01:18:44That was James and Georgia

01:18:46And their absolutely twisted zombie Paso Doble

01:18:54Come on over here

01:18:55Come on

01:18:56James, Summer Bay, where you act

01:18:59Yes

01:19:00I mean, they have been plagued by natural disaster

01:19:03After natural disaster over the years

01:19:05They've never had a zombie apocalypse

01:19:07No, they haven't

01:19:08Have we looked into the 2024 season here?

01:19:11Can you see Alf coming back as a flaming mongrel

01:19:17Flaming flesh-eating mongrel

01:19:19Flaming flesh-eating mongrel

01:19:20He's never said that

01:19:21I'd like to hear that, I think

01:19:22Yeah, we should copyright it now, man

01:19:24I reckon it is now time for the judges' scores

01:19:27The judges' scores are in

01:19:30Craig Revel Horwood

01:19:32Nine

01:19:33Wow

01:19:35Eight

01:19:38Nine

01:19:41Nine

01:19:43That's a great score

01:19:45A score of 35

01:19:47That will bring you back to life

01:19:49Yes, that's great

01:19:50Yeah

01:19:51That's really well worth it

01:19:52Yeah, well worth dying for

01:19:54Well worth dying for

01:19:55Good to know

01:19:56Let's have a look at the full-time leaderboard as it stands right now

01:19:59Sammy and Gustavo up on top

01:20:0139 along with Lisa and Ian

01:20:0339 and Annalise, 37

01:20:05And then towards the bottom Adam and Jess and Ben and Siobhan

01:20:09Now back to you, Sonia

01:20:11Thank you, Chris

01:20:12What a night it's been

01:20:13Now before we do anything else

01:20:14Let's just have a reminder of each incredible dance that we saw tonight

01:20:21Shane shot for the mood in his kickstep

01:20:30Adam stunned with his sensuality in the rumba

01:20:41Nikki showed us a very quick quickstep

01:20:53Ant expressed himself in a contemporary routine

01:20:59Not to intervene when...

01:21:04Ben gave it his all with the intense Argentine tango

01:21:13Samantha floated through her foxtrot

01:21:23Lisa glowed in the Viennese waltz

01:21:30James raised the dead in his cacodoble

01:21:43They should all be very proud of themselves

01:21:46They did such a fantastic job tonight

01:21:48But we have now come to the difficult part

01:21:51Because of our eight couples

01:21:53Only five can make it through to the grand finale

01:21:56Only five can make it through to the grand finale

01:21:59It is tough

01:22:00Now during the break our studio audience will vote

01:22:02And their votes will be added to the judges' scores

01:22:04To reveal the couples who are at risk of elimination

01:22:07The race to the Mirror Ball trophy continues

01:22:10Don't go anywhere

01:22:11You're watching Dancing With The Stars 2024

01:22:27Welcome back to Dancing With The Stars

01:22:29Now during the break our studio audience voted

01:22:32For who they want to make it to the grand finale

01:22:35The judges' scores and the audience vote

01:22:37Have now been added together

01:22:39And our eight couples have been ranked from highest to lowest

01:22:42Unfortunately the couple with the lowest score

01:22:45Will be leaving the competition

01:22:47And will be leaving the competition

01:22:49And will be leaving the competition

01:22:51And will be leaving the competition

01:22:53The couple with the lowest score

01:22:55Will be leaving the competition immediately

01:23:01The results are in

01:23:03And I'm sorry to say the first couple

01:23:06Leaving Dancing With The Stars tonight is

01:23:20It's Ben and Siobhan

01:23:24Come on down

01:23:25Ben and Siobhan

01:23:31Come on over here

01:23:32I know that all the boys want to give you a big hug

01:23:34And so do we

01:23:35Because having you on the show for us I think

01:23:38Has been such a joy

01:23:40You know, you're so well loved by everybody here

01:23:44What's the experience been like for you?

01:23:48Well it has been incredible

01:23:50You know, for a long time

01:23:51Probably wasn't in a position to

01:23:53Allow good things to come into my life

01:23:56And then, you know, currently

01:23:59To be in a space where I can take a leap

01:24:02Which it has been a leap for me

01:24:04To do this show

01:24:07You know, I have had one of the times of my life

01:24:09I really have

01:24:10And a big part of that

01:24:12Has been my partner here

01:24:14Who is a star, you know

01:24:17Amazing dancer

01:24:19It's been a privilege to dance alongside her

01:24:22But she's a better person than she is dancer

01:24:24Which is saying something

01:24:25So I'm very lucky, you know

01:24:28Siobhan, what can you tell us about Ben

01:24:30And this whole crazy experience?

01:24:32Ben is an actual sweetheart

01:24:34He is the nicest guy

01:24:36Like, he has taken care of me

01:24:38You know, I have a baby at home

01:24:41So Ben just makes sure that I'm taken care of

01:24:44That I'm fed, I have a coffee every morning

01:24:46He is the nicest guy

01:24:48He's been such a joy to work with

01:24:49He's the hardest worker

01:24:51I've loved every minute with him

01:24:53So proud of him

01:24:54I'm so proud of him

01:24:58Well, thank you so much, Siobhan

01:24:59And thank you, Ben

01:25:00I feel like you are

01:25:02And forever will be part of the Dancing With The Stars family

01:25:05Make some noise for Ben and Siobhan

01:25:07As they leave the dance floor for their very last time

01:25:15Look at that

01:25:16They do adore their Ben cousins

01:25:18They absolutely love him

01:25:19Now, of our remaining seven couples

01:25:21Only five of them will safely make it through to dance again

01:25:26The three couples with the lowest score

01:25:28Will enter a dance-off

01:25:30To fight for the last remaining position in the grand finale

01:25:34And we can now reveal the verdict

01:25:42In no particular order

01:25:44The first couple safely through to the grand finale is

01:26:03It's Samantha and Gustavo

01:26:09I'm guessing Gustavo is happy

01:26:11I think that translates

01:26:15The second couple safely through is

01:26:30Ant and Alex

01:26:37It's like Ant is relaxing for the first time tonight

01:26:40Still no shoes

01:26:44Now, the first couple not safe

01:26:48And having to dance off is

01:27:10It's Adam and Jess

01:27:12Oh, that's a blow

01:27:14But all is not lost, it's a dance-off

01:27:16So there is still more to come

01:27:18Also safe and through to the grand finale tonight will be

01:27:35Lisa and Ian

01:27:41Alright, that means

01:27:43Nicky and Arik

01:27:45James and Georgia

01:27:47And Shane and Ashley

01:27:49One of you is safe

01:27:51And two of you will be in the dance-off

01:27:56The next couple that will compete in tonight's dance-off is

01:28:11It's

01:28:20James and Georgia

01:28:27Okay, that means

01:28:29Nicky and Arik

01:28:31And Shane and Ashley

01:28:33One of you through to the grand finale

01:28:36And one of you will be in the dance-off

01:28:41It's

01:28:46I can now reveal

01:28:48Nicky and Arik, you are going through to the grand finale

01:28:51Well done

01:28:55Nicky looks stunned and Arik is equally shocked but happy

01:29:00Thank you

01:29:05Alright, well that means

01:29:07Shane and Ashley, you will be in tonight's dance-off

01:29:12Thrilled

01:29:14Not everyone's happy about this situation

01:29:17Least of all us because we don't want to see anyone go home

01:29:20But all of our couples have prepared a dance-off routine

01:29:24And it's critical at this point that they have made the best choice

01:29:28From either the waltz, a salsa or the Charleston

01:29:31Now these dancers have varying degrees of difficulty

01:29:35Which the judges will consider when they make their decision

01:29:38On who stays in the competition

01:29:41Now this is the only dance separating our couples from elimination

01:29:45And the grand finale

01:29:47So Craig, out of these three styles

01:29:50Which do you think is the hardest to execute under pressure?

01:29:54Well I think under pressure in the Charleston you can sort of get away with murder

01:29:58Because it's quite goofy

01:29:59A salsa you can just rummage around in the hip department

01:30:03And throw a few lifts in darling and lie on the floor and go mad

01:30:06But the waltz I think is the most difficult

01:30:09Because it's quiet, it's in 3-4 timing

01:30:13Which is unusual for most people

01:30:15And it takes a lot of technique to achieve

01:30:18So I would say that would be the most difficult under pressure

01:30:22We are only moments away from our final dance-off battle

01:30:26And for two of our couples it will be their very last dance in this ballroom

01:30:30Oh yes, join us after the break to see who will make it through to the grand finale

01:30:36Welcome back to Dancing With The Stars

01:30:54And our final dance-off of the series

01:30:58We are about to find out who will get the last coveted spot

01:31:02And join our remaining grand finalists tomorrow night

01:31:05First up and dancing to stay in the competition

01:31:08It's Adam and Jess dancing a salsa

01:31:36And our final dance-off of the series

01:31:40It's Adam and Jess dancing a salsa

01:32:05And our final dance-off of the series

01:32:14Adam and Jess putting everything into their salsa routine in the dance-off

01:32:21Wow, I loved it, I loved it

01:32:24I feel like you put it all out there, right there and then

01:32:28Yeah it was a lot of fun, a lot of fun

01:32:30It was good to be able to go back out there and be myself sort of thing

01:32:34sort of thing.

01:32:35Only once.

01:32:36Because Salsa is all about hip action, it's all about bringing it, but we had the trademark

01:32:40Adam yelling.

01:32:41You guys look like you're having a great time.

01:32:43Would you change anything?

01:32:45No, no, definitely not.

01:32:46I've had an absolute ball and, you know, we love playing around with that song in practice,

01:32:51so it's good.

01:32:52Yeah, he brought it.

01:32:53He most certainly did.

01:32:54All right, back to you, Sonia.

01:32:55Thank you, Chris.

01:32:56Great way to start the dance-offs, but next up to fight for their place in the Dancing

01:33:01with the Stars grand finale are James and Georgia dancing a Charleston.

01:33:31So much fun, and I need to be fun, got money in my meat around the club, I hit the road

01:33:32and I was getting hot, I hope.

01:33:33Oh, best of all, I've got my baby.

01:33:34Oh, best of all, I've got my baby.

01:33:35She's mighty fine, she says she's all mine and nothing's gonna bring me down, oh.

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01:36:48She's mighty fine, she says she's all mine and nothing's gonna bring me down, oh.

01:36:49She's mighty fine, she says she's all mine and nothing's gonna bring me down, oh.

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01:36:51She's mighty fine, she says she's all mine and nothing's gonna bring me down, oh.

01:37:02She's mighty fine, she says she's all mine and nothing's gonna bring me down, oh.

01:37:22Welcome back to Dancing With The Stars.

01:37:30Our judges have seen all three dance-offs and there is nothing more any of our couples can do.

01:37:36It is all down to the judges now.

01:37:38Now, in the event of a tie, the final decision rests with head judge, Helen Ritchie.

01:37:43Thanks.

01:37:44All right, let's do this.

01:37:45Let's now get their decision.

01:37:48Adam and Jess, James and Georgia, Shane and Ashley, the very best of luck to each of you.

01:37:55Craig, who would you like to save and why?

01:37:59Well, I've got to say that has to be one of the hottest and most testosterone-fueled dance-offs

01:38:07I think I've ever had the pleasure of seeing.

01:38:11In the 21 series I've been doing in the UK, the four in New Zealand and the four here,

01:38:16I mean, that was just incredible and it's made our lives hell.

01:38:21As much as I loved all three and as much as I love a man that can control the jigsaw and a hammer

01:38:30and a spicy, hot showman, my vote is going tonight for the best swivel I think I've seen in a Charleston

01:38:41and that is James and Georgia.

01:38:45All right, that is one vote to James and Georgia.

01:38:50Shana, who would you like to keep in the competition and why?

01:38:53All of them.

01:38:54Thank you so much.

01:38:55Moving on.

01:38:57I never liked this part.

01:39:00It gets harder every single episode.

01:39:02All of you were amazing.

01:39:03Shane, I'm so glad we got that dance from you.

01:39:06It's like my absolute favourite I've seen you dance.

01:39:09Adam, we've seen so much growth from you.

01:39:11James, you're so natural out there.

01:39:13All of you, I think, gave some of your best performances.

01:39:19But based off of this performance, in looking at all things involved, be it technique, how natural it was,

01:39:27how precise it was, the musicality together, the character, I am choosing to save James and Georgia.

01:39:38Two votes to James and Georgia.

01:39:42Mark, your turn now.

01:39:43Who would you like to save and why?

01:39:47Well, this was the most amazing dance-off.

01:39:55And I measured the couples to 0.5 of a point.

01:40:01One that's mad, fun, lifts and so entertaining.

01:40:05One who has energy yelling, commitment yelling, hips yelling and more yelling.

01:40:11Loved it.

01:40:12And then one who had hips, rhythm, hips, lifts, hips.

01:40:16And to be honest, took slightly more risks.

01:40:23And for me, that couple is Shane and Ashley.

01:40:28There we go.

01:40:31Wow.

01:40:33Still alive.

01:40:35So one vote for Shane and Ashley, two votes for James and Georgia.

01:40:40Thanks a lot.

01:40:42Have fun, Helen.

01:40:44Helen.

01:40:45All you.

01:40:46You are head judge for a reason.

01:40:49And that is?

01:40:51You're going to have to break some hearts here, Helen, as hard as that is.

01:40:55It is now up to you to decide who goes through to the grand finale.

01:41:01Who are you saving?

01:41:03Who are you pushing through to that grand finale and why?

01:41:06Look, it's past my bedtime and I think I'll just go home.

01:41:09Thank you very much.

01:41:11No, seriously, all of you stepped up.

01:41:15All of you.

01:41:16Not one of you made a mistake.

01:41:18All of you gave it your absolute best.

01:41:21We're going to be splitting hairs, seriously.

01:41:24Look, I think, couldn't one of you have stuffed up, seriously?

01:41:31You could force a tie, Helen.

01:41:33Yes, I know.

01:41:34In which case the decision would come back to you.

01:41:36Yeah, I know.

01:41:37I know.

01:41:38You're stuck on the way, Helen.

01:41:39What's the point?

01:41:41Okay, look, I think I'm just going to go, I think, with James and Georgia.

01:41:47But I do love all of you.

01:41:50That means James and Georgia will go through to the grand finale.

01:41:56Congratulations to you both.

01:41:59Go and join your fellow grand finalists up on the stage.

01:42:05Put your hands together for James and Georgia.

01:42:07They will be dancing again tomorrow night in the grand finale.

01:42:12And commiserations, let us get in the middle of you guys here.

01:42:17To Shane and Ashley and Adam and Jess, you guys have, I know you've had fun.

01:42:25I've witnessed it personally, especially you.

01:42:28But tell us how much you've enjoyed it.

01:42:30It's been a wonderful experience.

01:42:32Ash is an incredible coach and dance partner.

01:42:37She had to really dance down with me.

01:42:39And I just said to her coming into this, let's make entertaining dance moves.

01:42:44Probably not the norm.

01:42:46And let's just look like we're having the time of our life.

01:42:48So I'm so glad we got to have a dance-off, which was cool.

01:42:52And, yeah, thank you so much for allowing us to be a part of the experience.

01:42:57All the other dancers were amazing.

01:42:59Like, I cannot believe how good all of those people up there, except Ant, are.

01:43:06It obviously was in his contract.

01:43:08But anyway, no.

01:43:11Keep going.

01:43:12He has your chance.

01:43:13No, it was awesome.

01:43:14It's a wonderful experience.

01:43:15It's going to be a magnificent final.

01:43:17And I don't know how you pick a winner out of all those, apart from Ant.

01:43:23Thanks to the judges.

01:43:24You were very kind.

01:43:26And, yeah, I had a great experience, so thank you.

01:43:28And, Ashley, you're, I mean, we love, you're incredible.

01:43:31What can I say about you?

01:43:32I'm sure there's something that you would like to say to everybody out there at home.

01:43:35I have had the best time teaching this one to dance.

01:43:38He's just brought so much joy to the rehearsal room.

01:43:41And just his enthusiasm has made me be creative with what I can do with him.

01:43:46And he can dance.

01:43:47And I'm so proud of him.

01:43:48I had to keep up with him and that salsa.

01:43:50Thank you, Ashley.

01:43:51He was amazing.

01:43:53Well done.

01:43:54Shane and Ashley.

01:43:56Now, Adam and Jess, how are you feeling right now?

01:44:00I'm feeling good.

01:44:01I mean, I've had an absolute ball.

01:44:03Like Shane said, it's been an amazing experience.

01:44:05And, you know, anything I do, I just want to make sure I didn't leave any stone unturned.

01:44:09And I definitely haven't.

01:44:10I felt I've given it everything I could.

01:44:12And I really need to say a massive thanks to Jess.

01:44:15I never thought I'd find a female that is as crazy as me.

01:44:19And then I met Jess.

01:44:21She's got so much energy.

01:44:23And I've had an absolute ball.

01:44:25Thank you so much.

01:44:26Thank you.

01:44:27Thank you.

01:44:28You are a true gift to this competition, Jess.

01:44:30You're an incredibly accomplished dancer.

01:44:32But you've said some incredible things about Adam's talent.

01:44:35How has this experience been for you?

01:44:37It's amazing.

01:44:38I've gained a new brother.

01:44:39He showed you every week, you know, how much he's improved.

01:44:42But I think this show is so amazing.

01:44:44That's why I keep coming back.

01:44:46And dance is the best medicine.

01:44:48And I'm really proud of you, Adam.

01:44:49Good on you, mate.

01:44:50Well done.

01:44:52Well, what a fever pitch night.

01:44:54Give it up for our grand finalists up there on the stage.

01:44:57And make sure you tune in tomorrow night to find out who will take home the Mirrorball Trophy.

01:45:04And be crowned Dancing With The Stars champion for 2024.

01:45:08Please thank all our couples who danced tonight.

01:45:10And, of course, our judges.

01:45:13Good night, Australia.

01:45:16That was so nerve-wracking.

01:45:18That last minute was really good.

01:45:19I'm so happy that you made me learn that swivel step every day when I wasn't getting it.

01:45:25Because, yeah, that might have just got us through.

01:45:28No shame in getting knocked out by this lot.

01:45:31Because everyone dancing is amazing.

01:45:33We're not disappointed.

01:45:34We, if anything, we get to have a bit of a rest now.

01:45:38We brought it all to the dance floor and we had a ball.

01:45:41Thank you.

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