Mark Wilson - Biography
Judge, Dancing with the Stars
It’s time for judge Mark Wilson to feel what it’s like to be on the other side of the panel.
“I’m not at all nervous at this point because I’ve competed a lot.” Mark said.
“On Dancing with the Stars I was nervous but it was something I’d trained for. I’m completely in a new space now. If you’re off-key everyone can hear it.” Mark said.
“I was in a band once. Like most blokes, I taught myself how to play guitar and screamed out to AC/DC. They replaced me not long after!”
Five time Australian Dancesport Champion Mark became a household name when he became one of the judges on Seven’s hit series Dancing With The Stars.
A well-respected judge already within the ballroom dance industry, Mark has adjudicated most major championships in Australia, including the Tattersalls Australian Dancesport Championship.
As a dancer he competed throughout the UK, Europe and Japan and twice was ranked 15th in the World Dancesport Championship Finals. He also won the professional series of ABC TV’s That’s Dancin’.
A director of two businesses and the owner/instructor of the JAMM Dance Centre, Mark is passionate about educating youth about dance and subsequently, self-esteem.
Mark organises the [“yellowtail” by Casella wines] Victorian Dancesports Championships and he is on the marketing committee for the 2008 IDSF Latin World Championship.
Rachael Beck - Biography
Star of stage and screen
Racheal Beck is one of Australia’s most in-demand performers in musical theatre and television.
Currently much of the award winning actor’s time is dedicated to musical theatre; including her most recent role of Beth in the Australia/New Zealand live concert tour of Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds.
Rachael is widely remembered for her award winning role opposite Hugh Jackman as ‘Belle’ in Beauty and the Beast, which won an ARIA Award for the Best Soundtrack/Cast/Show Release in 1996.
Over recent years, Rachael has also worked consistently in Australia’s most popular theatre productions, including Eureka, Cabaret, Singing in the Rain (which earned her a prestigious MO Award nomination), and The Sound of Music. Prior to that, Rachael performed in myriad productions including Call Me Madam and Big Hair in America.
Rachael's other stage credits include her Green Award nominated performance as 'Fantine' in Les Miserables, 'Rumpleteaser' in Cats, Secret Bridesmaid's Business and Me and My Girl. She has also appeared with in A Little Night Music and Henry IV.
In 1992, Rachael performed the role of Judy Garland in her own one-woman show, Young Judy written by John Beck.
An impressive list of television credits include Stingers, Mercury, The Feds, This Man This Woman, GP, Flying Doctors, and her popular role as 'Sam' in Hey Dad over three years. She has also appeared in the film Ocean Boulevard.
Rachael worked with Todd McKenney and Tommy Tycho in 2005 in a series of concerts entitled Broadway to Hollywood with Symphony Orchestras around Australia. She also starred as Peg Hartigan in the Sydney Theatre Company’s production of Summer Rain.
In 2006, Rachael performed alongside her husband Ian Stenlake in the Pajama Game – a bright and fast paced Broadway classic, and featured as one of the stars in the prestigious Show Stoppers series of concerts at the Sydney Opera House.
In January 2007 Rachael and Ian celebrated the birth of their first child Tahlula.
