Dancing with the Stars – Nikki Webster Press Archive

Dancing Queen

May 1, 2005Oct 19, 2022 2005, Dancing with the Stars, Interviews Comments Off

We all thought Nikki Webster was such a brilliant dancer on Channel Seven’s Dancing With the Stars! So, Simone and Amanda decided to enlist Nikki’s help for a few dance tips, and while we were at it, we caught up with one of our favourite Aussie divas…

What’s been the best part about competing in Dancing With the Stars?
Being able to learn new dance styles and to wear some amazing costumes… Not to mention the cast! We have all become close during the making of the show.

Who was your toughest competition?
I don’t think that I had one particular competitor on the show. They were all pretty amazing! But if I had to narrow it down, I would say Jason Smith and Tom Williams. They are spunky boys and I know the girls are voting for them.

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Dancing Queen

May 1, 2005Oct 19, 2022 2005, Dancing with the Stars, Interviews Comments Off

Nikki Webster has done it all! She sang with Kylie at the Olympics, had hit albums, a fashion line and most recently appeared on Channel 7’s Dancing With The Stars. Wow!

Were you disappointed when you were voted off Dancing With The Stars?
I had a really great time on the show, and it was a shame that it ended with getting a ‘one’ from Todd McKenney. I feel that because we did the tango and we were judged harshly. It wasn’t consistent with the marks that the other dancers were given. It’s a shame because I really did have the best time on the show. It was really hard with rehearsals seven days a week, but it was worth it.

Do you feel you were unfairly done by?
Well, at the time I was 17, so I couldn’t dance with the passion of someone older who had experienced it, so in that way yes. But I’m glad I did the show to learn the dances and to have fun with it at the same time. Todd made an analogy recently about the competition and that I didn’t do a tango, but he’s got to remember that we’re doing it for charity and raising money for charity. It’s a television program. It’s not a professional ballroom competition.

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Nikki’s shock elimination

Mar 28, 2005Oct 19, 2022 2005, Dancing with the Stars No Comments

THE TEEN IS LEFT DEVASTATED AFTER BEING GIVEN A SCORE OF ONE OUT OF TEN

Dancing With The Stars judge Todd McKenney has no regrets about giving Nikki Webster and Sasha Farber’s tango dance a score of one. “I stand by my score and comments,” says Todd.

He says Nikki and Sasha had been using far too much pizazz in their performances while forgetting the basics. “While they hinted at the tango, the music, the feel, the mood were all missing. They didn’t have a connection — the music was appalling. It was a snazzy routine, which we’ve come to expect from Nikki, but it wasn’t the tango,” he says.

But Nikki argued that last week was the first time they tried something different. “We’ve played it safe up until now … [Todd] hasn’t put anyone else down when they’ve done illegal lifts before.

“I’m upset that the judges scores are not consistent. They’re not judging everyone on the same level — they’re judging me like I’m in a professional ballroom competition, not a TV program for charity,” says the devastated teen star.

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Dancing controversy

Mar 17, 2005Oct 19, 2022 2005, Dancing with the Stars Comments Off

Dancing With the Stars contestant Nikki Webster has accused judge Todd McKenney of using her ousting from the hit rating TV show to get publicity for himself.

McKenney gave Webster and her dance partner, Sasha Farber, a score of one out of 10 after the couple performed the tango.

Fellow judge Paul Mercurio gave Webster’s performance a seven while Helen Ritchie and Mark Wilson marked it a six.

“It was pretty harsh,” Webster said.

“Todd knew what he was doing.

“This was the way he wanted it to go. He wanted a bit of publicity for himself and I think it worked because he has been doing interviews all day.”

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