Dancing with the Stars (Australian TV series) season 12

The twelfth season of Dancing with the Stars premiered on 15 April 2012, at the 6:30pm time slot on Channel Seven. With previous co-host Sonia Kruger defecting to Channel Nine, former Spice Girl and American Dancing with the Stars season 5 runner up Mel B was hired as her replacement. Daniel MacPherson continues his role as main host of the show, along with judges Todd McKenney, Helen Richey, and Joshua Horner.

Background
The cast for the season were revealed on 13 March 2012 via the Seven website, along with their professional partners, although four contestants were revealed in late February 2012. This cast has been seen as a star increase on the previous year's cast, particularly with the addition of new international co-host Mel B, and former Nine daytime talkshow host Kerri-Anne Kennerley. Six new professional dancers, including former American Dancing with the Stars professional Damian Whitewood, Christopher Page, Elena Samodanova, Jess Prince, Gleb Savchenko and Damien Samuel have been recruited to replace non-returning professional dancers Alana Patience, Brendon Midson, Arsen Kishishian, Masha Belash, Jade Brand and Mark Hodge.

Couples
This season featured eleven celebrities.

Scoring chart
The highest score each week is indicated in with a dagger (†), while the lowest score each week is indicated in  with a double-dagger (‡).

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 * Notes

Weekly scores
Unless indicated otherwise, individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Todd McKenney, Helen Richey, Joshua Horner.

Week 1
Couples performed either the cha-cha-cha or the Viennese waltz, and are listed in the order they performed.

Week 2
Couples performed either the foxtrot or the jive, and are listed in the order they performed.

Week 3: Personal Song/Story Week
Couples are listed in the order they performed.

Week 4: Australian Music Week
Couples are listed in the order they performed.

Week 5: Broadway Week
Couples are listed in the order they performed.

Week 6: Movie Week
Couples are listed in the order they performed.

Week 7: Team Dances Week
Couples are listed in the order they performed.

Week 8: Instant Dances Week
Couples are listed in the order they performed.

Week 9: Semifinals Week
Each couple performed two unlearned dances, one of which was the Argentine tango. Couples are listed in the order they performed.

Week 10: Grand Finale
Couples are listed in the order they performed.

Dance chart

 * Week 1: Cha-cha-cha or Viennese waltz
 * Week 2: Foxtrot or jive
 * Week 3: One unlearned dance (Personal Song/Story week)
 * Week 4: One unlearned dance (Australian Music week)
 * Week 5: One unlearned dance (Broadway Week)
 * Week 6: One unlearned dance & jive marathon (Movies/Musicals Week)
 * Week 7: One unlearned dance & team dances
 * Week 8: One unlearned ballroom dance & instant Latin dance
 * Week 9: One unlearned dance & Argentine tango
 * Week 10: Redemption dance, group cha-cha-cha & freestyle