Dancing with the Stars (Australian TV series) season 22
Season of television series
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The twenty-second season of the Australian Dancing with the Stars premiered on 15 June 2025 on Seven.
| Dancing with the Stars | |
|---|---|
| Season 22 | |
| Hosted by | Chris Brown Sonia Kruger |
| Judges | Sharna Burgess Craig Revel Horwood Helen Richey Mark Wilson |
| Celebrity winner | Kyle Shilling |
| Professional winner | Lily Cornish |
| Release | |
| Original network | Seven Network |
| Original release | 15 June – 4 August 2025 |
| Season chronology | |
Sonia Kruger and Chris Brown returned as hosts, while Helen Richey, Mark Wilson, Craig Revel Horwood and Sharna Burgess all returned to the judging panel from the previous season.[1]
Couples
This season features 12 couples.
In November 2024, Shaun Micallef was announced as the first celebrity participant.[2] In February 2025, Brittany Hockley, Harry Garside and Rebecca Gibney were announced to also be participating.[3] The full cast of celebrities were announced on 10 February 2025.[4]
| Celebrity | Notability | Professional partner | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Susie O'Neill | Olympic swimmer | Lyu Masuda | Eliminated 1st on 29 June 2025 |
| Karina Carvalho | 7NEWS presenter & journalist | Andrey Gorbunov | Eliminated 2nd on 6 July 2025 |
| Rebecca Gibney | Film & television actress | Ian Waite | Eliminated 3rd on 13 July 2025 |
| Osher Günsberg | Television presenter | Sriani Argaet | Eliminated 4th on 20 July 2025 |
| Harry Garside | Olympic boxer | Siobhan Power | Eliminated 5th on 27 July 2025 |
| Mia Fevola | Social media personality | Gustavo Viglio | Eliminated 6th on 28 July 2025 |
| Michael Usher | 7NEWS presenter | Natalie Lowe | Finalists on 4 August 2025 |
| Felicity Ward | Comedian & actress | Aric Yegudkin | |
| Brittany Hockley | KIIS Network presenter | Craig Monley | |
| Trent Cotchin | Former AFL player | Jessica Raffa | |
| Shaun Micallef | Comedian, actor & television presenter | Ash-Leigh Hunter | Runners-up on 4 August 2025 |
| Kyle Shilling | Home and Away actor | Lily Cornish | Winners on 4 August 2025 |
Scoring chart
The highest score each week is indicated in bold green with a dagger (†), while the lowest score each week is indicated in italicized red with a double-dagger (‡).
| Couple | Pl. | Week | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 1+3 | 4 | 2+4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Night 1 | Night 2 | ||||||||||||
| Kyle & Lily | 1st | — | 24† | — | 21 | 45 | — | 40† | — | 29‡ | 40† | ||
| Shaun & Ash-Leigh | 2nd | — | 24† | — | 24 | 48 | — | 23 | — | 30 | 37 | ||
| Trent & Jessica | 3rd | 21 | — | 30 | 51 | — | 35† | — | 34 | — | 35 | ||
| Felicity & Aric | — | 22 | — | 31 | 53 | — | 33 | — | 33† | 33 | |||
| Brittany & Craig | 21 | — | 31† | 52† | — | 33 | — | 35† | — | 32 | |||
| Michael & Natalie | 27† | — | 25 | 52† | — | 29 | — | 19‡ | — | 28‡ | |||
| Mia & Gustavo | 7th | — | 23 | — | 34† | 57† | — | 28 | — | 31 | |||
| Harry & Siobhan | 8th | 21 | — | 25 | 46 | — | 25‡ | — | 20 | ||||
| Osher & Sriani | 9th | — | 9‡ | — | 18‡ | 27‡ | — | 15‡ | |||||
| Rebecca & Ian | 10th | 24 | — | 25 | 49 | — | 28 | ||||||
| Karina & Andrey | 11th | — | 23 | — | 20 | 43 | |||||||
| Susie & Lyu | 12th | 13‡ | — | 15‡ | 28‡ | ||||||||
Average chart
| Couple | Rank by average |
Total points |
Number of dances |
Total average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trent & Jessica | 1st | 155 | 5 | 31.0 |
| Kyle & Lily | 2nd | 154 | 30.8 | |
| Felicity & Aric | 3rd | 152 | 30.4 | |
| Brittany & Craig | 152 | 30.4 | ||
| Mia & Gustavo | 5th | 116 | 4 | 29.0 |
| Shaun & Ash-Leigh | 6th | 138 | 5 | 27.6 |
| Rebecca & Ian | 7th | 77 | 3 | 25.7 |
| Michael & Natalie | 8th | 128 | 5 | 25.6 |
| Harry & Siobhan | 9th | 91 | 4 | 22.8 |
| Karina & Andrey | 10th | 43 | 2 | 21.5 |
| Osher & Sriani | 11th | 42 | 3 | 14.0 |
| Susie & Lyu | 28 | 2 | 14.0 |
Weekly scores
Individual judges' scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Craig Revel Horwood, Helen Richey, Sharna Burgess, Mark Wilson.
Week 1
Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trent & Jessica | 21 (4, 6, 5, 6) | Tango | "Shivers" − Ed Sheeran |
| Brittany & Craig | 21 (4, 6, 5, 6) | Cha-cha-cha | "Never Gonna Not Dance Again" − Pink |
| Harry & Siobhan | 21 (3, 6, 5, 7) | Jive | "Good Golly, Miss Molly" − Little Richard |
| Susie & Lyu | 13 (2, 4, 4, 3) | Tango | "Titanium" − David Guetta ft. Sia |
| Michael & Natalie | 27 (6, 7, 6, 8) | Foxtrot | "They Can't Take That Away from Me" − Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong |
| Rebecca & Ian | 24 (6, 6, 6, 6) | Cha-cha-cha | "Best of My Love" − The Emotions |
Week 2
Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music |
|---|---|---|---|
| Felicity & Aric | 22 (4, 6, 6, 6) | Paso doble | "Free Your Mind" − En Vogue |
| Kyle & Lily | 24 (3, 7, 7, 7) | Cha-cha-cha | "Lil Boo Thang" − Paul Russell |
| Karina & Andrey | 23 (5, 6, 5, 7) | Viennese waltz | "I Have Nothing" − Whitney Houston |
| Mia & Gustavo | 23 (6, 5, 6, 6) | Cha-cha-cha | "Espresso" − Sabrina Carpenter |
| Osher & Sriani | 9 (1, 3, 3, 2) | Foxtrot | "My Girl" − The Temptations |
| Shaun & Ash-Leigh | 24 (5, 7, 6, 6) | Quickstep | "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)" − Benny Goodman |
Week 3
Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael & Natalie | 25 (5, 7, 6, 7) | Paso Doble | "Live and Let Die" – Paul McCartney and Wings | Safe |
| Susie & Lyu | 15 (2, 5, 4, 4) | Foxtrot | "Haven't Met You Yet" – Michael Bublé | Eliminated |
| Harry & Siobhan | 25 (5, 6, 7, 7) | Contemporary | "I'm Not the Only One" – Sam Smith | Bottom two |
| Trent & Jessica | 30 (6, 8, 8, 8) | Foxtrot | "Hold My Girl" – George Ezra | Safe |
| Rebecca & Ian | 25 (5, 7, 6, 7) | Viennese Waltz | "At Last" – Etta James | Safe |
| Brittany & Craig | 31 (7, 7, 8, 9) | Samba | "Higher Love" – Kygo and Whitney Houston | Safe |
Week 4
Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle & Lily | 21 (4, 6, 6, 5) | Viennese Waltz | "Lose Control" – Teddy Swims | Safe |
| Karina & Andrey | 20 (4, 6, 5, 5) | Salsa | "No No No" – Boogaloo Assassins | Eliminated |
| Mia & Gustavo | 34 (8, 8, 9, 9) | Viennese Waltz | "Runaway" – The Corrs | Safe |
| Shaun & Ash-Leigh | 24 (4, 7, 6, 7) | Foxtrot | "Come Fly with Me" – Frank Sinatra | Safe |
| Osher & Sriani | 18 (4, 5, 4, 5) | Jive | "You Make My Dreams" – Hall and Oates | Bottom two |
| Felicity & Aric | 31 (6, 7, 9, 9) | Cha-cha-cha | "Love at First Sight" – Kylie Minogue | Safe |
Week 5
Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rebecca & Ian | 28 (6, 8, 7, 7) | Paso Doble | "Queen of the Night" – Whitney Houston | Eliminated |
| Brittany & Craig | 33 (7, 8, 9, 9) | Tango | "Padam Padam" – Kylie Minogue | Safe |
| Harry & Siobhan | 25 (4, 7, 7, 7) | Rumba | "A Touch of Paradise" – John Farnham | Safe |
| Michael & Natalie | 29 (5, 8, 8, 8) | Viennese Waltz | "One and Only" – Adele | Bottom two |
| Trent & Jessica | 35 (8, 9, 9, 9) | Jive | "Blue Suede Shoes" – Elvis Presley | Safe |
Week 6
Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaun & Ash-Leigh | 23 (3, 7, 6, 7) | Paso Doble | "We Will Rock You" – Queen | Bottom two |
| Osher & Sriani | 15 (2, 5, 4, 4) | Tango | "Fashion" – David Bowie | Eliminated |
| Mia & Gustavo | 28 (7, 7, 7, 7) | Rumba | "Crazy for You" – Madonna | Safe |
| Felicity & Aric | 33 (7, 8, 8, 10) | Foxtrot | "Birds of a Feather" – Billie Eilish | Safe |
| Kyle & Lily | 40 (10, 10, 10, 10) | Jive | "I'm Still Standing" – Elton John | Safe |
Week 7: Semifinals
(Night 1)
Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry & Siobhan | 20 (4, 6, 5, 5) | Tango | "Whatever It Takes" – Imagine Dragons | Eliminated |
| Trent & Jessica | 34 (7, 9, 9, 9) | Cha-cha-cha | "Smooth" – Santana ft. Rob Thomas | Safe |
| Brittany & Craig | 35 (7, 9, 9, 10) | Waltz | "Dive" – Ed Sheeran | Safe |
| Michael & Natalie | 19 (3, 6, 5, 5) | Jive | "Proud Mary" – Tina Turner | Safe |
(Night 2)
Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle & Lily | 29 (4, 8, 9, 8) | Quickstep | "Wake Me Up" – Avicii | Safe |
| Felicity & Aric | 33 (6, 9, 9, 9) | Samba | "All Night Long (All Night)" – Lionel Richie | Safe |
| Mia & Gustavo | 31 (6, 8, 8, 9) | Foxtrot | "Ordinary People" – John Legend | Eliminated |
| Shaun & Ash-Leigh | 30 (6, 8, 8, 8) | Cha-cha-cha | "Get Up Offa That Thing" – James Brown | Safe |
Week 8: Final
Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felicity & Aric | 33 (7, 8, 9, 9) | Freestyle | "Happy" — C2C feat. Derek Martin | Finalists |
| Michael & Natalie | 28 (7, 7, 7, 7) | Freestyle | "Come Alive" - The Greatest Showman cast | Finalists |
| Trent & Jessica | 35 (8, 9, 9, 9) | Freestyle | "Beautiful Things" – Benson Boone | Finalists |
| Kyle & Lily | 40 (10, 10, 10, 10) | Freestyle | "Native Tongue" - Mo'Ju | Winners |
| Brittany & Craig | 32 (7, 9, 9, 7) | Freestyle | "Lanterns" - Birds of Tokyo | Finalists |
| Shaun & Ash-Leigh | 37 (9, 10, 9, 9) | Freestyle | "If My Friends Could See Me Now" from Sweet Charity | Runners-up |
Ratings
| Episode | Original airdate | Total Viewers[a] | Rank | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Week One" | 15 June 2025 | Sunday 7:00 pm |
981,000 | 3 | [5] |
| 2 | "Week Two" | 22 June 2025 | 909,000 | 4 | [6] | |
| 3 | "Week Three" | 29 June 2025 | 921,000 | 4 | [7] | |
| 4 | "Week Four" | 6 July 2025 | 939,000 | 4 | [8] | |
| 5 | "Week Five" | 13 July 2025 | 889,000 | 4 | [9] | |
| 6 | "Week Six" | 20 July 2025 | 909,000 | 4 | [10] | |
| 7 | "Week Seven, Night 1" | 27 July 2025 | 943,000 | 4 | [11] | |
| 8 | "Week Seven, Night 2" | 28 July 2025 | Monday 7:30 pm |
846,000 | 6 | [12] |
| 9 | "Week Eight: Final" | 4 August 2025 | 937,000 | 5 | [13] | |