Pizzino (pl. pizzini) is an Italian language word derived from Sicilian language equivalent pizzinu. Despite it generically meaning "small piece of paper", the word is now widely used to refer to small slips of paper that the Sicilian Mafia uses for high-level communications. Sicilian Mafia boss Bernardo Provenzano is among those best known for using pizzini, most notably in his instructions which underline Messina Denaro to become his successor.

Provenzano used a version of the Caesar cipher, used by Julius Caesar in wartime communications. The Caesar code involves shifting each letter of the alphabet forward three places; Provenzano's pizzini code did the same, then replaced letters with numbers indicating their position in the alphabet. Thus "mia" might become "16124", since m=13+3=16, i=9+3=12, and a=1+3=4. (Note that the alphabet used is the Italian alphabet, which has a slightly different order and number of characters than the Latin alphabet.) It is a very simple and old code, with the only point of difficulty being the initial confusion of the ambiguous role of the various digits as independent or part of two-digit numbers.

Alana Louise Patience (born 21 November 1980) is an Australian ballroom dancer and twice winner of Channel 7's Dancing with the Stars. Alana won in 2010 with Better Homes and Gardens carpenter Rob Palmer, and the following 2011 series with Celebrity chef Manu Feildel. Alana has also danced with celebrity music journalist and Australian icon Molly Meldrum, horse racing identity Tom Waterhouse and ex Collingwood footballer Brodie Holland.

Alana's ballroom career has spanned over 20 years and her titles include twice Australian and South Pacific Youth Latin Champion and Australian Representative to the World Youth Latin Championships. Alana has performed in the Australian ballroom hit show Burn The Floor, touring the United States, China, Japan, Korea, New Zealand and Australia in both 2001 and 2007. In 2009 Alana moved to The Netherlands to join the international cast of the sold out 18 month season of Dirty Dancing the musical.

In 2012 Alana opened the only Vera Wang bridal boutique in Australia as the boutique manager, located at the Intercontinental Hotel in Sydney. Alana also performs throughout Australia with her dance partner Carmelo Pizzino at various corporate, charity and dance events.

Luda Kroitor (born 14 June 1982 in Soroca, Moldavian SSR) is the reigning five time world Salsa champion. She is popularly known for her role as dance instructor on Dancing with the Stars and is currently partnered with singer Johnny Ruffo. She rose to fame after winning Dancing with the Stars series 8, with her partner Luke Jacobz, who is an actor on Home and Away.

Kerri-Anne Wright Kennerley (born 22 September 1953 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) is an Australian television personality. She is one of Australia's most seasoned light entertainment hosts. She is noted for her very professional and personable hosting style, and her ability to handle awkward guests and situations with gentle humour and composure.

She is usually mentioned among the television industry as Australia's "Daytime TV Queen", because her television career is marked as hosting programs during the day.

Kennerley, known by her initials as KAK, has rarely been out of the public eye since her first television appearance in 1967 at the age of 13 on the children's shows The Channel Niners and Everybody's In on Brisbane's QTQ 9. Her audience stayed with her when she crossed to The Saturday Show on Network Ten, and when she tackled the New York cabaret circuit as a 19 year old singer.

Upon her return to Australia in 1981 after a five year stint in the US, Kennerley met her future husband. In that year she landed her first adult role on Australian TV, as the dowdy Melinda Burgess in TV series The Restless Years, a teen-oriented soap opera. She hosted the breakfast TV program Good Morning Australia on Network Ten a role she held for 11 years. During the 1980s Kennerley also performed as a singer, and released a self-titled album (Kerri-Anne) as well as a Christmas album in 1985. Her cabaret singing style was parodied by singer and comedian Gina Riley on the TV comedy show Fast Forward. She also appeared on the television show and later record album Andrew Denton's Musical Challenge with a rendition of the AC/DC song Dirty Deeds.

Tamara Jaber (born 13 August 1982), is an Australian pop singer-songwriter who rose to fame as a member of pop group, Scandal'us. She is also a former member of pop duo Scarlett Belle.

Jaber began singing and dancing at the age of three and always stole the limelight at family functions. Jaber's mother is of New Zealand origin and her father is Lebanese. At the age of eight, Jaber had begun formal tap, jazz and ballet lessons. She later auditioned for the "Newtown Performing Arts High School" in which she got in, studying dance and drama. At the age of fourteen, Jaber represented Australia in the "America Song and Dance Championships" and won first prize. She also won a scholarship to the "Australian Institute of Music for years 11 and 12, completing a Diploma for Music, at the same time also completing her HSC. Throughout her early years, Jaber has also worked with music legends, John Farnham and Tina Arena.

Jaber began her music career as a member of a group called, Scandal'us. The group consisted of, Anna Belperio, Jason Bird, Simon Ditcham and Daniela Scalam of both male and female. The group auditioned for Australia's version of the reality TV show, Popstars in 2001 and the end won gained a record deal with Mushroom Records as a result. Their debut single, "Me, Myself & I" debuted at number one on the ARIA Singles Chart. Their debut album, Startin' Somethin' peaked at No. 2 on the ARIA Albums Chart. The group had also released second and final single, "Make Me Crazy", which peaked at number thirty. In 2002, the group won an ARIA Music Award for the single, "Me, Myself & I". In an interview with two of the members, Simon and Jaber, they were asked about their future plans and stated that the group had broken up to pursue their own solo careers.