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The ninth series of Dancing with the Stars premiered on 24 April 2022 on Three.

Cast

The series will be hosted by Clint Randell and Sharyn Casey. Camilla Sacre-Dallerup will return to the judging panel as head judge, while James Luck and Lance Savali will join the judging panel for their first series. Sacre-Dallerup contracted Covid-19 and was replaced in the final programme by Karen Hardy.

Couples

The full cast was announced on 3 April. It was also announced that Eli Matthewson and Jonny Williams would make history by being the first same-sex partnership of the series.

Production

In December 2019, it was that announced that a ninth series would air on Three in 2020. On 11 February 2020, it was announced that former contestant Laura Daniel would be replacing Rachel White on the judging panel for the ninth series. On 23 February 2020, The New Zealand Herald reported that Destiny Church Pastor and Vision NZ leader Hannah Tamaki was tipped to join the series. After major backlash online, MediaWorks confirmed that Tamaki would no longer be joining the series. In the same statement, they confirmed that the cast announcement for the ninth series was scheduled for the end of March 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand, the series was postponed indefinitely. In March 2022 it was confirmed that the show would return later that year.

Scorecard

Red numbers indicate the couples with the lowest score for each week.

Green numbers indicate the couples with the highest score for each week.

  indicates the couples eliminated that week.

  indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two.

  the returning couple that was the last to be called safe.

  the couple withdrew from the competition.

  the couple were eliminated but later returned to the competition.

  indicates the winning couple.

  indicates the runner-up couple.

  indicates the couple who placed third.

  indicates the couple who placed fourth.

Average score chart

This table only counts for dances scored on a 30-point scale.

Highest and lowest scoring performances

The best and worst performances in each dance according to the judges' 30-point scale are as follows:

Couples' highest and lowest scoring dances

Scores are based upon a potential 30-point maximum (team dances are excluded).

Weekly scores

Individual judges' scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: James Luck, Camilla Sacre-Dallerup, Lance Savali.

Week 1: Anzac Day

Running order (Night 1)

Running order (Night 2)

Week 2: Top 40

Running order (Night 1)

Running order (Night 2)

Week 3: Mother's Day

Running order (Night 1)

Running order (Night 2)

Judge's vote to save

• Luck: Vaz & Brittany
• Savali: Kerre & Jared
• Sacre-Dallerup: Vaz & Brittany

Week 4: Club Night & My Jam

Running order

Judge's vote to save

• Luck: Vaz & Brittany
• Savali: Eric & Loryn
• Sacre-Dallerup: Eric & Loryn

Week 5: Semi-Finals

Eric & Loryn withdrew from the competition after Eric tested positive for COVID-19, Vaz & Brittany were brought back in.
Rhys & Phoebe withdrew from the competition after they both tested positive for COVID-19, Kerre & Jared were brought back in.

Running order

Judge's vote to save

• Luck: Vaz & Brittany
• Savali: Vaz & Brittany
• Sacre-Dallerup: Did not vote, but would have voted to save Vaz & Brittany

Week 6: Final

Individual judges' scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: James Luck, Karen Hardy, Lance Savali.
Camilla Sacre-Dallerup was absent after testing positive for COVID-19, Karen Hardy replaced her on the judges table.

Running order (Top 4)

Running order (Top 2)

Dance chart

  Highest scoring dance

  Lowest scoring dance

References

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4. "Laura Daniel replaces Rachel White as judge on Dancing With the Stars". Stuff. 11 February 2020.
5. "Destiny Church's Hannah Tamaki poised to join Dancing with the Stars". The New Zealand Herald. 23 February 2020.
6. "Destiny Church's Hannah Tamaki axed from Dancing with the Stars". The New Zealand Herald. 25 February 2020.
7. Rutledge, Daniel (26 March 2020). "Dancing with the Stars NZ postponed due to COVID-19". Newshub. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
8. "Covid-19: Dancing with the Stars cast member Eric Murray tests positive". The New Zealand Herald. 18 May 2022.
9. "Another one down: Dancing with the Stars hit with another Covid casualty – Kerre Woodham returns to the show". The New Zealand Herald. 19 May 2022.

• Dancing with the Stars (New Zealand TV series)
• 2022 New Zealand television seasons