The BEST episodes of Dance Academy season 3

Every episode of Dance Academy season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Dance Academy season 3!

Fifteen-year-old Tara Webster has grown up on a farm in country Australia and has dreamt of being a dancer ever since she was a little girl. Her life takes a turn when she makes it into the National Academy of Dance - the best ballet school in the country. What Tara doesn’t realise is how far behind she is in her training, and that there’s a whole lot more to surviving the Academy than just dancing. The ballet world is full of tough competition, and Tara must work hard to maintain her position in the academy, whilst dealing with the distraction of friends, classmates and especially boys.

Last Updated: 12/10/2024Network: ABC3Status: Ended
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9.32
47 votes

#1 - Not For Nothing

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 9/30/2013

It's judgment day. The Third Years sit before the Company panel and learn their fate - who will be offered a professional contract with the National Ballet Company and who will have to find a new dream?

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9.12
49 votes

#2 - A Perfect Storm

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/23/2013

Auditions for the National Ballet Company have arrived bringing superstitions, old competitive battle lines and the performances that will determine the rest of their lives.

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9.06
49 votes

#3 - Don't Let Me Down Gently

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/2/2013

A career-making performance opportunity brings out the best and worst in everyone, and an injury that sidelines Ollie prompts him to use someone to get ahead. Meanwhile, Kat finds it hard to readjust to her regular ballet life.

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8.94
52 votes

#4 - Graceland

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/19/2013

The Third Years are having the time of their lives on the road performing in country towns across Australia, but they are prioritising fun over performance. Zach promises to shake up the cast list if they don't start committing. A different side to Grace emerges on tour, while competition between Ben and Christian erupts and Abigail tries to distance herself from what happened in Barcelona. Back at the Academy, Kat clashes with the movie's third assistant director, Jamie.

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8.94
51 votes

#5 - N'FEKTD

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/9/2013

Christian and Ollie prepare for Streetbeatz, a major hip hop competition; Kat prepares to audition for a minor role in Coppelia; and Ben takes a stab at revenge.

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8.92
50 votes

#6 - Start of an Era

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/16/2013

The countdown to the final Company auditions has begun when suddenly it becomes a whole new playing field; and Christian and Tara come to a final resolution about their relationship.

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8.89
53 votes

#7 - New Rules

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/15/2013

On their first day as fill-in dancers, Tara, Grace and Ben encounter cliques in the corps de ballet. Meanwhile, Christian has no interest in going back to the Academy.

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8.32
47 votes

#8 - Travelling Light

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/26/2013

On the final leg of their tour, the Third Years are invited to a traditional Indigenous ceremony and return the hospitality by offering a dance class to the local kids. Christian finds he is an unexpectedly good teacher, while Tara and Ben struggle with the realisation that their onstage chemistry is underwhelming. Meanwhile, Abigail tries to claim the solo role in the contemporary ballet but is blocked by past disappointment; and Kat's insecurities grow until an inevitable confrontation forces her to see an enemy in a new light.

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8.04
23 votes

#9 - Fake It Until You Make It

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/12/2013

While the Third Years rehearse for their upcoming regional tour, the Academy goes a little Hollywood when a film crew arranges to use their building as a location for a new indie movie. Abigail defies Miss Raine and auditions for one of the minor acting roles. Meanwhile, love might be in the air but the right people aren't cast as Romeo and Juliet. Grace does everything she can to undermine a new relationship so that her position on the tour is guaranteed.

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7.90
20 votes

#10 - Negative Patterns

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/5/2013

Saskia arranges a special audition with the Company's artistic director for her protégé, Ben. Grace's world implodes; and Zach allows Christian to participate in a music video Ollie is producing.

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7.88
24 votes

#11 - Short Cut Clause

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/29/2013

Ben is flattered when Saskia offers to be his mentor and it becomes clear there's potential for them to dance together brilliantly; and Abigail and Christian disturb everyone with their unlikely friendship.

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Glue
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7.82
51 votes

#12 - Glue

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/8/2013

It's three weeks into Third Year and Tara and her friends are already feeling the pressure. Speculation bubbles when the National Ballet Company announces it needs three temporary fill-in roles in the corps de ballet.

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7.62
21 votes

#13 - Second Chances

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/22/2013

Kat struggles to stay positive and her determination to advance into Third Year is morphing into dangerous patterns. Meanwhile, Grace plays match-maker, and Christian's lost his place at the Academy.

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