Dancing with the Stars
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Dancing with the Stars is the name of several international television series based on the format of the British TV series Strictly Come Dancing
, which is distributed by BBC Worldwide
– the commercial arm of the BBC
. Currently the format has been licensed to over 35 countries (as of September 2011). Australia was the first country to adapt the show, and versions have also been produced in Albania, Argentina, Austria
, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India
, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine and United States, and Vietnam. As a result, the series became the world's most popular television program among all genres in 2006 and 2007, according to the magazine Television Business International, reaching the Top 10 in 17 countries.
The show pairs a number of celebrities with professional ballroom dancers, who each week compete by performing dances. The dancers are then scored by a panel of judges. Viewers are given a certain amount of time to place votes for their favorite dancers, either by telephone or (in some countries) online. The couple with the lowest combined score provided by the judges and viewers is eliminated. This process continues until there are only two or three couples left; when they have competed for the last time one couple is declared the champion.
, Raimondo Todaro and Kym Johnson
are the only professionals in the history of the franchise to have achieved three championship wins.
, Julianne Hough
, Derek Hough
, Raimondo Todaro, Stefano Oliveri, Kelly Kainz, Marianne Eihilt, Leila Akcelik, Christian Polanc and Rafał Maserak made international Dancing With The Stars franchise history by becoming the only professional dancers to win two championships back-to-back.
Cheryl Burke won her first Dancing With The Stars USA Championship with the 98 Degrees
boy band member Drew Lachey
in the second season
, and she won her second championship with American National Football League
star Emmitt Smith
in the third season
. Julianne Hough won her first championship with the Olympic speed skating gold medalist Apolo Anton Ohno
in the fourth season
, and her second championship with the Indianapolis 500
champion Helio Castroneves
in the fifth season
. Derek Hough achieved back to back championships with singer Nicole Scherzinger
in season ten, and then with actress Jennifer Grey
in season eleven.
Raimondo Todaro won his first championship in the Italian version of Dancing with the Stars called Ballando con le stelle with the former Miss Italy
and television hostess Cristina Chiabotto
during the second season of the show. He won again with the Olympic long jump silver medalist Fiona May
during the third season of the show. Stefano Oliveri won his first championship on Dancing with the Stars New Zealand with his dance partner Suzanne Paul
, an infomercial
hostess in New Zealand during season three, and he won his second title during season four with the netball
champion Temepara George
. Kelly Kainz won her first championship on the Austrian version of Dancing with the Stars with singer Manuel Ortega in the second season, and she won her second title in season three with singer, comedian and TV host Klaus Eberhartinger. Marianne Eihilt won season four of the Danish version of Dancing with the Stars, called Vild med dans, along with actor Robert Hansen. She won season five with shot put Olympic medalist Joachim B. Olsen
. Leila Akcelik won season three of the Belgian version of Dancing with the Stars, called Sterren op de Dansvloer, along with actor Antony Arandia. She won season four with actor Louis Talpe. Christian Polanc won the German version of Dancing with the Stars with soap-opera actress Susan Sideropoulos in season two and won the fourth season with Maite Kelly, a member of The Kelly Family
. Rafał Maserak won season ten of the Polish version of Dancing with the Stars, called Taniec z Gwiazdami, along with actress Anna Mucha
. He won season eleven with actress Julia Kamińska
.
, Kym Johnson, Christian Polanc, and Andy Kainz are the only professional dancers to have won two seasons that were not back-to-back. Mark Ballas
won in Season six of the American version with his partner Kristi Yamaguchi
, and he won in Season eight with his partner Shawn Johnson
. Kym Johnson won in Season ten with Donny Osmond and again in Season twelve with Hines Ward. Christian Polanc won the German version of Dancing with the Stars with Soap-Opera actor Susan Sideropoulos in season two and won the fourth Season with Maite Kelly, member of The Kelly Family
. Andy Kainz, the husband of Kelly Kainz, won in the first season of the Austrian version of Dancing with the Stars with musical singer Marika Lichter, and he won again in season five with journalist and TV host Claudia Reiterer. Together, Andy and Kelly Kainz won four out of five championships in Austria.
. Ms. Hickmore later became a dancing judge for Seasons three and four after the Season one judge Donna Dawson had to leave the program. In Austria, Andy Kainz is the only male professional dancer to win; his wife Kelly Kainz won in season 2 after he had won in season 1. Julianne Hough
became the youngest professional dancer in Dancing with the Stars in the United States when she danced with the speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno
during Season four at the age of 18. Shawn Johnson
became the youngest contestant on Dancing with the Stars in the United States in Season eight at the age of 17. She went on to become the youngest-ever winner of the dance contest.
Edyta Sliwinska
is the longest tenured professional dancer in "Dancing With The Stars", appearing in seasons 1 through 10. In the original British version of the TV program, Strictly Come Dancing, Anton du Beke
, Erin Boag
, and Brendan Cole
have danced in each season. In the New Zealand version, Rebecca Nicholson is the only professional dancer to have appeared in every season. Jill Halfpenny
and Darren Bennett
were the first couple ever to receive a "perfect forty" score in the contest, this was in Strictly Come Dancing in the Season two finale. Malena Belafonte and Silas Holst were the first couple to receive a "perfect forty" in the semi-finals 2009 in the Danish version season 6.
Alesha Dixon
is currently the most successful contestant to ever take part in Strictly Come Dancing, with an average point score of 36.5/40, the highest average score from any contestant to ever take part in the show. It was revealed in July 2009 that Alesha would be joining the Strictly Come Dancing judging panel in September 2009 and is judging again in the eighth series.
The lowest score that has ever been given by a judge in Dancing with the Stars franchise history was a one, which was given to Rodney Hide
, and to Nikki Webster
of Australia in 2005. Craig Revel Horwood also awarded Ann Widdecombe a score of one in weeks 2, 8 and 9, 2010. (The only scores allowed are whole numbers from 1 to 10.)
, Hayley Holt
, Kym Johnson
, Tobias Karlsson, Natalie Lowe
, Stefano Olivieri
, Kimberley Smith, Csaba Szirmai and Ingrid Thompson have appeared on two different versions of Dancing with the Stars.
Kym Johnson
is the only professional dancer to win two different versions of DWTS. She won twice on the American versions with Donny Osmond
and Hines Ward
and the Australian version with Tom Williams
.
Brian Fortuna danced one season in the United States, and he has since competed in Strictly Come Dancing. Hayley Holt appeared in the New Zealand version of Dancing with the Stars and also in Strictly Come Dancing in Great Britain. Ms. Johnson has danced on the American and the Australian versions of the show, while Tobias Karlsson has appeared in both the Danish and the Swedish versions. Natalie Lowe
took part in Dancing with the Stars Australia 2004–2008 but has danced with Ricky Whittle
and in 2010 with Scott Maslen
in Strictly Come Dancing UK. Stefano Olivieri and Csaba Szirmai have appeared in both the Australian and the New Zealand versions. Kimberley Smith has appeared in both the Belgian and the Dutch versions. Ingrid Beate Thompson appeared in the Norwegian and the Swedish versions of the show.
Brendan Cole
is a judge in the New Zealand TV series, and he is a professional dancer in the British version of the show, Strictly Come Dancing. There, he won the first series with the British TV news announcer, Natasha Kaplinsky
. Lilia Kopylova
appeared as a professional dancer in the British version, Strictly Come Dancing, and is now head judge on the Turkish version, Yok Böyle Dans.
The Bulgarian version of the program shares some dancers with the Vietnamese version. None of the professionals in the latter are Vietnamese.
, stood in for the hostess Tess Daly
, who was on maternity leave during season two. In the United States, the winner of season two of Dancing with the Stars, Drew Lachey, filled in for the hostess Samantha Harris, who was also on maternity leave for season five; Harris left the show after season ten and was replaced by season seven winner Brooke Burke
. In Austria, the winner of season three, Klaus Eberhartinger, replaced the host Alfons Haider during season four. In season five, he was back as host while Klaus Eberhartinger filled in for him as a judge. In Vietnam, the season 1 runner-up Đoan Trang has taken the role of hostess due to Thanh Vân's pregnancy.
since late 2004 and is hosted by Daniel MacPherson
and Sonia Kruger
. In late 2007, previous host Daryl Somers
left the series after seven seasons. For the first seven seasons, there were four judges:
Before the eighth season aired, Paul Mercurio was dropped from the judging panel.
The series has won a Logie Award
, and has been named one of the most successful television programs to air on Australian television. The show averages around 2 million viewers a week nationally across Australia. The program was made by the BBC in conjunction with Granada but since season eight, has been produced by Freehand
. The most recent season commenced mid 2010. The Competition is backed by a live orchestra led by Chong Lim
.
, the second season started in Spring 2006, the third season in Spring of 2007, the fourth season in 2008 and the fifth season in 2009.
Hosts
In Season 1, 2 and 3 the show was hosted by Alfons Haider (Main Host) and Mirjam Weichselbraun
(Backstage and Interviews). In Season 4 Mirjam Weichselbraun replaced Alfons Haider and winner of Season 3 Klaus Eberhartinger took her place. In Season 5, Mirjam Weichselbraun was the main host while Alfons Haider took Klaus Eberhartinger's place.
Judges
In the first season, the dancers were judged by professional dance sport judges Hannes Nedbal and Nicole Burns-Hansen, dance school owner Thomas Schäfer-Elmayer and former musical actress, singer and dancer Dagmar Koller. In the second season, Harald Serafin, operetta singer and theater manager, filled in for Dagmar Koller. In the third season, Guggi Löwinger, actress, singer and dancer, took his place. In the fourth season, Klaus Eberhartinger replaced Alfons Haider as a host who therefore joined the judging panel. In the fifth season, the two men switched places again with Klaus Eberhartinger judging beside Hannes Nedbal, Nicole Burns-Hansen and Thomas Schäfer-Elmayer who were judges in all five seasons.
and has been on the air for seven seasons.
and Cynthia Benini.
Jury:
Contestants:
.
Winners
. The show airs from Monday to Thursday with two live shows – on Monday (main show) and Thursday (results show) and two background episodes on Tuesday and Wednesday. Dancing Stars proved to be a huge success reaching an average audience share over 40%, beating Nova Television's Big Brother 4
.
Judges:
Contestants:
since October 16, 2006. The hosts are Rafael Araneda
and Karen Doggenweiler
.
The winners of this season were Juvenal Olmos
and Claudia Miranda.
The winners of this season were Cristian Arriagada and Paz Bustos.
The winners of this season were Francisco Reyes and Irene Bustamante.
The contestants of this season are :
. In mainland China it is aired on Hunan Satellite Television
, which is free-to-air in Hunan
, and available in urban areas throughout the rest of mainland China through widespread cable systems.
The Chinese title is difficult to translate, but could be rendered as Miracle Dancing or "Miracles of Dance Moves". The official English title is Strictly Come Dancing.
Each broadcaster provides five male and five female dancers, for a total of twenty. Pairs were determined by audience SMS votes.
The programme began airing in late 2007, in order to mark the anniversary of the 1997 handover of Hong Kong
from the UK to the People's Republic of China.
. Hosted by Tereza Kostková & Marek Eben
.
Judges:
in 2005.
The show features four judges. Anne Laxholm, Britt Bendixen, and Jens Werner have been featured in all seasons. Season 1 (2004) featured Kim Dahl as the fourth judge. In season 2 (2005), he was replaced by Thomas Evers Poulsen, the only person to have appeared on the show both as a professional contestant and as a judge. Since season 3 (2006– ), Allan Tornsberg has been the fourth judge.
(Dances with the stars) and is aired on Kanal 2
. The 3rd season is hosted by Mart Sander
and Gerli Padar
.
and Merle Liivak.
Judges: Ants Tael, Merle Klandorf, Kaie Kõrb, Jüri Nael
and Gerli Padar
.
Judges: Ants Tael, Merle Klandorf, Riina Suhotskaja, Märt Agu
on the title of the film Dances with Wolves
, Tanssii susien kanssa) premiered on MTV3
in spring 2006. A total of five seasons have been aired; the fifth season ended in November 2010. The sixth season will most-likely premiere in fall 2011.
The series was originally hosted by Marco Bjurström
(seasons 1–4), but was later replaced by actor Mikko Leppilampi
(season 5). The original co-hostess was Ella Kanninen (season 1–2) but she was replaced by a former contestant Vanessa Kurri due to her pregnancy. Kurri did not return as a hostess in the series' fourth season as she was replaced by Vappu Pimiä
, a contestant from the third season.
Satu Tuomisto is the only winner who is not a singer.
, Jean-Marc Généreux
, and Chris Marques.
Presenters : Sandrine Quétier, and Vincent Cerutti.
The French version of Dancing with the Stars premiered in the winter of 2011 on TF1
. Its first season
began on February 12, 2011 and the final was on March 19.
Its second season
began on October 8, 2011 and the final was on November 19.
Winners:
Second season began on October 8, 2011
. Season 2 aired in May 2007. Both seasons have been hosted by Hape Kerkeling
and Nazan Eckes
. Season 3 aired in April 2010. The third season was hosted by Daniel Hartwich and Nazan Eckes. Season 4 started in March 2011 and was hosted by Daniel Hartwich and Sylvie van der Vaart.
. It was first broadcast in September 2006 on Sony Entertainment Television (SET). A lot of people confuse Dancing With The Stars with Nach Baliye which airs on StarPlus. Nach Baliye and Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa have similar content and presentation but there are minor differences in the concept. The celebrity dancers on Nach Baliye are real life couples, and work with an assigned choreographer. The dancers on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa have one celebrity paired with a trained dancer/choreographer. A notice at the end of the show verifies that the Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa is indeed a version of Dancing With The Stars.
and hosted by Choky Sitohang & Cathy Sharon. The 2nd Runner up is Hengky Kurniawan & Melissa, the 1st Runner up is Yuanita Christiani & Wawan, and the winner is Fadli & Trisna.
. All the series have been hosted by Milly Carlucci
. Singer and TV presenter Amanda Lear
has been part of the judging panel in series 1,2,4 and 5
The first series (titled Ballando con le Stelle) aired in January 2005, featuring:
The second series (titled Ballando con le Stelle) aired in Autumn 2005, featuring:
The third series (titled Ballando con le Stelle) aired Autumn 2006, featuring:
The fourth series (titled Ballando con le Stelle) aired in Autumn 2007, featuring:
The fifth series (titled Ballando con le Stelle) aired in January 2009, featuring:
The sixth series (titled Ballando con le Stelle) aired in January 2010, featuring:
The seventh series (titled Ballando con le Stelle) aired in February 2011, featuring:
since June 10, 2011, and is hosted by Lee Deok-hwa
and Lee So-ra.
Contestants:
Jim Bakkum was eventually declared the winner.
Series two is shown in Winter/Spring 2006. It features:
The finale will be aired 13-05-2006. The two contestants who got this far are Barbara de Loor and Winston Post. The winner was declared Barbara de Loor, who got the highest amount of points from the jury, and most votes as well.
On New Year's Eve
2005, a New Year
's special was shown. It featured:
This was won by Tatjana Šimić and Koen Brouwers
Special Christmas and New Year's Eve 2006, with
Do and Koen Brouwers won this special.
On March 31, 2007 the third season started. This featured:
This season was won by Helga van Leur and Marcus van Teijlingen
, Craig Revel Horwood
, Paul Mercurio
, Alison Leonard.
Winners of Each Season:
, Kristian Ødegård
, Tshawe Baqwa, Lene Alexandra Øien
, Carsten Skjelbreid and Åsleik Engmark
During one of her rehearsals, Dorthe Skappel fell and smashed her face into the ice. Because of this incident, TV 2 did not produce more seasons.
(lit. "Dance") is the Pakistan
i version of Dancing with the Stars. The show is aired on ARY Digital
and its theme is based around traditional Pakistani music and dance concepts.
and broadcasted on Panamericana Televisión
(channel 5) on Saturday afternoon. The show had 2 seasons, then it was cancelled.
Winners:
The second dancing show was Bailando por un sueño (Perú)
(Dancing for a Dream) in 2008, based on Mexican reality show with the same name, broadcasted on Panamericana Televisión
, but produced by different Productions: GV Producciones. This show was hosted by Gisela Valcárcel
and Giancarlo Chichizola and aired every Saturday night (from june
to december
). The show was like Dancing With The Stars, but instead of professional dancers, they were amateur dancers. They danced every week in order to win a prize: to achieve a personal/humanitarian goal or "dream". The show had 2 seasons and the 4 first places of each season had the chance to dance on "Reyes de la Pista".
Winners:
The next year (2009), El Show de los sueños (Peru)
was showed up every Saturday night (from may
to december
) on América Televisión
(channel 4) and hosted by Gisela Valcárcel
and Christian Rivero
. This reality show was a dancing and singing competition, therefore, there was one star, an amateur dancer, and an amateur singer per group. They performed to achieve a personal/humanitarian goal or "dream". The 3 first places of each season, 1 fourth place of season 1 and an 8º place of season 2 selected by the judges won a chance to perform on "Reyes del Show" (Show Kings).
Winners:
Since 2010, El Gran Show
(The Amazing Show) is broadcasted on América Televisión
(channel 4) every Saturday night (from may
to december
) and it's hosted by Gisela Valcárcel
and Christian Rivero
. This reality show is like "Bailando por un Sueño": 2 seasons and a "top performers season". This time, each amateur dancer represents a Peruvian city. besides, in this show, the pairs (the famous and the amateur dancer) were scored from 1 to 10 by standard judges and "V.I.P judges", who are 12 random people representing the Peruvian audience, they are weekly selected by lottery via website. The 3 first places from each season win a chance to dance on El Gran Show: Reyes del Show
(Show Kings).
2011:
is a Polish light entertainment reality television series broadcast by TVN. When on air, every Sunday, the average rating figures show more than 7 million viewers tune in to watch the show. The highest rated episode was the second season finale, where over 8 million people watched.
The show is broadcast live on TVN on Sunday evenings, and it is presented by Natasza Urbańska and Piotr Gąsowski. Each judge gives the performance a mark out of ten, giving an overall total out of forty.
Winners:
version of the dancing program is called Let's Dance (in English), and 4 seasons were broadcast by TV Markiza
(1st in the autumn of 2006), hosted by Adela Banášová and Martin "Pyco" Rausch (both of them also hosted the program Slovensko hľadá SuperStar
(Slovak version of American Idol) on STV in 2005 and 2006). The winners of 1st season were Zuzana Fialová
(a noted Slovakian actress) and Peter Modrovský (a professional dancer). The winners of 2nd season were Michaela Čobejová (Slovakian actress) and Tomáš Surovec (a professional dancer). The winners of 3rd season were Juraj Mokrý (Slovakian actor and humorist) and Katarína Štumpfová (a professional dancer). The winners of 4th season were Nela Pocisková (Slovakian actress and singer) and Peter Modrovský (a professional dancer). The winners of 5th season were Jana Hospodárová (Slovakian TV Host) and Matej Chren (a professional dancer).
Showdance (Program of JOJ
The second Slovak
version of the dancing program is called Showdance. Showdance was broadcast 1 season by JOJ
. It was hosted by Zuzana Fialová
and Martin "Sajfa" Cifra. The winner of 1st season was Zuzana Mauréry.
.
Winners of Each Series:
The first two seasons were hosted by Agneta Sjödin
and David Hellenius
, then from season three to the current season Agneta was replaced by Jessica Almenäs
. One of the popular judges is the British dance teacher, Tony Irving
. The series had a large audience, and with almost 2 million viewers the final gave TV4 the highest ratings for that Friday evening. It was the first time since 1997 that TV4 had more viewers than the public service company SVT's perennially popular music game show "Så Ska Det Låta". In September 2006, it won the Swedish equivalent of the Emmy award, Kristallen (The Crystal), in the Entertainment category. The second season started broadcasting in January 2007 and aired every Friday.
Carin da Silva and Daniel da Silva are siblings. Daniel is the older of the two, having been born in 1981; Carin was born in 1984.
The winners Martin Ledberg and Cecilia Erling became a couple during the running of the show and participated in the Eurovision Dance Contest
in 2007 where they ended in a 14th place.
Singer and entertainer Markoolio
was supposed to compete in the second season, but broke his foot and was replaced by Tobbe Blom
.Actor Emil Forselius
chose to leave the show before start. Mårten Andersson
replaced him.
Even though Tina Nordström & Tobias Karlsson won Let's Dance, it was Danny Saucedo & Jeanette Carlsson who competed in Eurovision Dance Contest 2008
and finished in 12th place.
Morgan "Mojje" Johansson had to withdraw from the competition due to a heart attack
after the first episode. Niclas Wahlgren
replaced him.Magdalena Graaf
had to withdraw from the competition due to a subdural hematoma
.
Jan-Olof Hansson (from the Swedish version of Farmer Seeking Wife) had to withdraw from the competition on medical advice. Rabih Jaber
(from Swedish Idol
) replaced him.
. The star contestants were paired with famous Ukrainian dancers, who had won major international competitions. The winners of the show were rewarded with the tour to the Rio Carnival
, while the runners-up went to the Carnival on Cuba. The show was extremely popular with Ukrainian viewers. The show finale held on the November 26, 2006 had the TV rating of 26.83% with the share of 54.64%, meaning that a quarter of the Ukrainian population and more than half of all TV viewers at that moment watched the final. The show overall was watched by nearly 16 million Ukrainians. The pair of Volodymyr Zelenskyy (leader of a famous Ukrainian comic troupe) and Olena Shoptenko won the main prize.
, Len Goodman
, and Bruno Tonioli
.
The American version of Dancing with the Stars premiered in the summer of 2005 on ABC
.
Winners:
(literally: Universal Steps). The show is annually aired on VTV3
. Bước nhảy hoàn vũ is a reality show produced by Vietnam Television
and Cát Tiên Sa Production. The show is originated from United Kingdom
BBC
series and is a part of the international Dancing with the Stars franchise. The format of the show originally bought and based upon the Bulgarian version which also shared the professionals.
Thanh Bạch and Thanh Vân were announced to host this show. Judging panel of the first season included director Nguyễn Quang Dũng, Lê Hoàng, and the leading Vietnamese dancesport athletes Khánh Thi & Chí Anh. For the second one, Thanh Vân was replaced due to pregnancy by Đoan Trang, who finished as the runner-up on the previous season.
Jury
Hosts
Winners
, Argentina, Colombia
, Costa Rica
, Mexico, Slovakia
, Panama
, Paraguay
and Ecuador
. The winner of the event was the host nation, Mexico.
In 2010, the second edition of the Dancing with the Stars World Championship was held in México. Countries which took part in the event included teams Romania
, Argentina
, Colombia
, Peru
, Mexico, Southafrica, Spain
, United States
, United Kingdom
and France
. The winner of the event was the United States.
Strictly Come Dancing
Strictly Come Dancing is a British television show, featuring celebrities with professional dance partners competing in Ballroom and Latin dances. The title of the show suggests a continuation of the long-running series Come Dancing, with an allusion to the film Strictly Ballroom...
, which is distributed by BBC Worldwide
BBC Worldwide
BBC Worldwide Limited is the wholly owned commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation, formed out of a restructuring of its predecessor BBC Enterprises in 1995. In the year to 31 March 2010 it made a profit of £145m on a turnover of £1.074bn. The company had made a profit of £106m...
– the commercial arm of the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
. Currently the format has been licensed to over 35 countries (as of September 2011). Australia was the first country to adapt the show, and versions have also been produced in Albania, Argentina, Austria
Dancing Stars (Austrian TV series)
Dancing Stars is the Austrian version of Dancing with the Stars and is shown on "ORF eins" in Austria.-History:The first season of "Dancing Stars" started airing in Autumn of 2005 on ORF1, the second season started in Spring 2006, the third season in Spring of 2007, the fourth season in 2008 and...
, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India
Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa
Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa is a television reality show and the Indian version of BBC's Strictly Come Dancing and ABC's Dancing with the Stars.- Concept :...
, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine and United States, and Vietnam. As a result, the series became the world's most popular television program among all genres in 2006 and 2007, according to the magazine Television Business International, reaching the Top 10 in 17 countries.
The show pairs a number of celebrities with professional ballroom dancers, who each week compete by performing dances. The dancers are then scored by a panel of judges. Viewers are given a certain amount of time to place votes for their favorite dancers, either by telephone or (in some countries) online. The couple with the lowest combined score provided by the judges and viewers is eliminated. This process continues until there are only two or three couples left; when they have competed for the last time one couple is declared the champion.
Professionals achieving three wins
Derek HoughDerek Hough
Derek Hough is an American dancer, choreographer, musician and actor. A world champion in Latin American Dance, Hough has appeared since September 2007 on the hit U.S...
, Raimondo Todaro and Kym Johnson
Kym Johnson
Kym Johnson is an Australian former professional ballroom dancer, model, and television celebrity. She lives in Sydney NSW, Australia but is currently based in America for Dancing with the Stars.-Dance biography:...
are the only professionals in the history of the franchise to have achieved three championship wins.
- Derek Hough won his first championship in season sevenDancing with the Stars (U.S. season 7)The seventh season of Dancing with the Stars premiered on September 22, 2008 as a part of ABC's fall line-up. Instead of 12 couples like previous seasons, this was the first season to showcase a lineup of 13 couples...
of the American version of Dancing With the Stars with model/host Brooke BurkeBrooke BurkeBrooke Burke Charvet , better known by her maiden name, Brooke Burke, is an actress, dancer, model and television personality...
, his second in season tenDancing with the Stars (U.S. season 10)Dancing with the Stars returned for a tenth season on March 22, 2010. There was not an elimination the first week of competition. The first elimination took place on March 30....
with singer Nicole ScherzingerNicole ScherzingerNicole Prescovia Elikolani Valiente Scherzinger is an American singer-songwriter, dancer, record producer, model, and actress. Scherzinger is perhaps best known for being the lead vocalist of the Pussycat Dolls....
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with actress Jennifer GreyJennifer GreyJennifer Elise Grey is an American actress. Her first major roles came in the 1984 war film Red Dawn and the 1986 comedy Ferris Bueller's Day Off. In 1987 she starred as Frances "Baby" Houseman in the hit film Dirty Dancing for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe. In the early 1990s, Grey...
.
- Raimondo Todaro won his first championship in the Italian version of Dancing with the Stars called Ballando con le stelle with the former Miss Italy and television hostess, Cristina Chiabotto, during the second season of the show. He won again with the Olympic long-jump silver medalist, Fiona May, during the third season of the show. Four years later, Todaro won the sixth season of the show with the actress, Veronica Olivier.
- Kym Johnson is the only professional dancer to have won three championships from two different versions of Dancing with the Stars. She won season two of the Australian version with Tom Williams and season nine of the American version with Donny OsmondDonny OsmondDonald Clark "Donny" Osmond is an American singer, musician, actor, dancer, radio personality, and former teen idol. Osmond has also been a talk and game show host, record producer and author. In the mid 1960s, he and four of his elder brothers gained fame as the Osmond Brothers on the long...
and season twelve with Hines WardHines WardHines E. Ward, Jr. is an American football player who currently plays the wide receiver position for the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers, where he is the longest-tenured current player on the team. He was voted MVP of Super Bowl XL. He played college football at the University of Georgia...
.
Professionals achieving two back-to-back wins
Cheryl BurkeCheryl Burke
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, Julianne Hough
Julianne Hough
Julianne Alexandra Hough is an American professional ballroom dancer, country music singer and actress. She is most widely known for being a two-time champion of ABC's Dancing with the Stars. She earned a Creative Arts Primetime Emmy nomination in 2007 for choreography...
, Derek Hough
Derek Hough
Derek Hough is an American dancer, choreographer, musician and actor. A world champion in Latin American Dance, Hough has appeared since September 2007 on the hit U.S...
, Raimondo Todaro, Stefano Oliveri, Kelly Kainz, Marianne Eihilt, Leila Akcelik, Christian Polanc and Rafał Maserak made international Dancing With The Stars franchise history by becoming the only professional dancers to win two championships back-to-back.
Cheryl Burke won her first Dancing With The Stars USA Championship with the 98 Degrees
98 Degrees
98 Degrees is an American adult contemporary boy band consisting of four vocalists: brothers Nick and Drew Lachey, Justin Jeffre, and Jeff Timmons. The group was formed by Timmons in Los Angeles, California....
boy band member Drew Lachey
Drew Lachey
Andrew John "Drew" Lachey is an American singer and actor, known as a member of 98 Degrees, the winner of the second season of Dancing with the Stars, and the younger brother of Nick Lachey.-Early years:...
in the second season
Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 2)
The second season of the American edition of Dancing with the Stars premiered on the ABC network on January 5, 2006, and ended February 26, 2006...
, and she won her second championship with American National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
star Emmitt Smith
Emmitt Smith
Emmitt James Smith, III is a retired American football player who was a running back in the National Football League for fifteen seasons during the 1990s and 2000s. Smith played college football for the University of Florida, where he was an All-American; thereafter, he played professionally for...
in the third season
Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 3)
The third season of Dancing With the Stars premiered on September 12, 2006 and ended November 15, 2006. The number of couples expanded from ten the previous season to 11....
. Julianne Hough won her first championship with the Olympic speed skating gold medalist Apolo Anton Ohno
Apolo Anton Ohno
Apolo Anton Ohno is an American short track speed skating competitor and an eight-time medalist in the Winter Olympics. He is the most decorated American Winter Olympic athlete of all time....
in the fourth season
Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 4)
The fourth season of the American edition of Dancing with the Stars premiered on March 19, 2007 and aired until May 22, 2007.To avoid direct competition with Fox Broadcasting Company's American Idol, Dancing with the Stars changed time slots from the previous season. In the fourth season, the...
, and her second championship with the Indianapolis 500
Indianapolis 500
The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, also known as the Indianapolis 500, the 500 Miles at Indianapolis, the Indy 500 or The 500, is an American automobile race, held annually, typically on the last weekend in May at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana...
champion Helio Castroneves
Hélio Castroneves
Hélio Castroneves is a Brazilian auto racing driver currently competing in the North American IndyCar Series. In IndyCar competition, Castroneves has 14 wins and 28 poles, and has never placed lower than sixth in the standings in a complete season of racing...
in the fifth season
Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 5)
The fifth season of Dancing with the Stars premiered on September 24, 2007 with a special three-night premiere week. The season ended on November 27, 2007. As with previous seasons, CTV Television Network had aired the series in Canada....
. Derek Hough achieved back to back championships with singer Nicole Scherzinger
Nicole Scherzinger
Nicole Prescovia Elikolani Valiente Scherzinger is an American singer-songwriter, dancer, record producer, model, and actress. Scherzinger is perhaps best known for being the lead vocalist of the Pussycat Dolls....
in season ten, and then with actress Jennifer Grey
Jennifer Grey
Jennifer Elise Grey is an American actress. Her first major roles came in the 1984 war film Red Dawn and the 1986 comedy Ferris Bueller's Day Off. In 1987 she starred as Frances "Baby" Houseman in the hit film Dirty Dancing for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe. In the early 1990s, Grey...
in season eleven.
Raimondo Todaro won his first championship in the Italian version of Dancing with the Stars called Ballando con le stelle with the former Miss Italy
Miss Italia
Miss Italia is the name of a beauty pageant awarding prizes every year to young, female contestants from Italy. Since the first edition of the contest in 1939 many of the contestants have gone on to notable careers in television and film.-History:...
and television hostess Cristina Chiabotto
Cristina Chiabotto
Cristina Chiabotto is an Italian showgirl.Chiabotto was born in Moncalieri, in the province of Turin . She has a younger sister, Serena.In 2004 she won Miss Italia and started working for RAI....
during the second season of the show. He won again with the Olympic long jump silver medalist Fiona May
Fiona May
Fiona May was an athlete who competed for the Great Britain and later Italy in the long jump. She won the World Championships twice and two Olympic silver medals...
during the third season of the show. Stefano Oliveri won his first championship on Dancing with the Stars New Zealand with his dance partner Suzanne Paul
Suzanne Paul
Suzanne Paul is a British-born television personality and celebrity in New Zealand, who became famous for her roles as an infomercial hostess and television presenter. She grew up in the working class area of Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton, and worked as a sales demonstrator for almost two decades...
, an infomercial
Infomercial
Infomercials are direct response television commercials which generally include a phone number or website. There are long-form infomercials, which are typically between 15 and 30 minutes in length, and short-form infomercials, which are typically 30 seconds to 120 seconds in length. Infomercials...
hostess in New Zealand during season three, and he won his second title during season four with the netball
Netball
Netball is a ball sport played between two teams of seven players. Its development, derived from early versions of basketball, began in England in the 1890s. By 1960 international playing rules had been standardised for the game, and the International Federation of Netball and Women's Basketball ...
champion Temepara George
Temepara George
Temepara Anne George , formerly Temepara Clark, is a New Zealand international netball player. She was a member of the Silver Ferns national squad in 1996, and from 2000–2011. George retired from international duties after the 2011 World Netball Championships in Singapore...
. Kelly Kainz won her first championship on the Austrian version of Dancing with the Stars with singer Manuel Ortega in the second season, and she won her second title in season three with singer, comedian and TV host Klaus Eberhartinger. Marianne Eihilt won season four of the Danish version of Dancing with the Stars, called Vild med dans, along with actor Robert Hansen. She won season five with shot put Olympic medalist Joachim B. Olsen
Joachim B. Olsen
Joachim Brøchner Olsen is a Danish politician and former world class shot putter. He was elected to the Danish parliament at the 2011 election, representing the Liberal Alliance in Greater Copenhagen....
. Leila Akcelik won season three of the Belgian version of Dancing with the Stars, called Sterren op de Dansvloer, along with actor Antony Arandia. She won season four with actor Louis Talpe. Christian Polanc won the German version of Dancing with the Stars with soap-opera actress Susan Sideropoulos in season two and won the fourth season with Maite Kelly, a member of The Kelly Family
The Kelly Family
The Kelly Family is an Irish-American-European music group consisting of a multi-generational family, who play a repertoire of rock, pop and folk music. They have had chart and concert success in Europe and other parts of the world, especially in Germany, the Benelux countries, Scandinavia, Eastern...
. Rafał Maserak won season ten of the Polish version of Dancing with the Stars, called Taniec z Gwiazdami, along with actress Anna Mucha
Anna Mucha
Anna Maria Mucha, born on April 26, 1980 in Warsaw, Poland, is a Polish film and television actress and journalist. She is best known to American audiences as the character Danka Dresner in the movie Schindler's List. Winner of the Polish version of Dancing with the Stars...
. He won season eleven with actress Julia Kamińska
Julia Kaminska
Julia Kamińska is a Polish film and television actress. Kaminska had a lead role in TVN's "BrzydUla", the Polish version of "Betty la fea".-Early life:...
.
Other professionals with two wins
Mark BallasMark Ballas
Mark Alexander Ballas Jr. is an American dancer.Ballas is a professional ballroom dancer on the ABC program Dancing with the Stars. He began competing on the show in the fall of 2007. He was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Choreography in 2011...
, Kym Johnson, Christian Polanc, and Andy Kainz are the only professional dancers to have won two seasons that were not back-to-back. Mark Ballas
Mark Ballas
Mark Alexander Ballas Jr. is an American dancer.Ballas is a professional ballroom dancer on the ABC program Dancing with the Stars. He began competing on the show in the fall of 2007. He was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Choreography in 2011...
won in Season six of the American version with his partner Kristi Yamaguchi
Kristi Yamaguchi
Kristine Tsuya "Kristi" Yamaguchi-Hedican is an American figure skater. She is the 1992 Olympic Champion in ladies' singles. Yamaguchi also won two World Figure Skating Championships in 1991 and 1992 and a U.S. Figure Skating Championships in 1992. She won one junior world title in 1988 and two...
, and he won in Season eight with his partner Shawn Johnson
Shawn Johnson
Shawn Machel Johnson is an American artistic gymnast. She was the 2008 Olympic balance beam gold medalist and all-around, and floor exercise silver medalist, the 2007 all-around World Champion, and the 2007 and 2008 U.S. all-around champion...
. Kym Johnson won in Season ten with Donny Osmond and again in Season twelve with Hines Ward. Christian Polanc won the German version of Dancing with the Stars with Soap-Opera actor Susan Sideropoulos in season two and won the fourth Season with Maite Kelly, member of The Kelly Family
The Kelly Family
The Kelly Family is an Irish-American-European music group consisting of a multi-generational family, who play a repertoire of rock, pop and folk music. They have had chart and concert success in Europe and other parts of the world, especially in Germany, the Benelux countries, Scandinavia, Eastern...
. Andy Kainz, the husband of Kelly Kainz, won in the first season of the Austrian version of Dancing with the Stars with musical singer Marika Lichter, and he won again in season five with journalist and TV host Claudia Reiterer. Together, Andy and Kelly Kainz won four out of five championships in Austria.
Other records for participating dancers
In New Zealand, Carol-Ann Hickmore is the only female professional dancer to win. She won in the Season two with the former rugby player Norm HewittNorm Hewitt
Norman "Norm" Hewitt is a former New Zealand All Black Rugby Union Player. He was selected for the New Zealand team because of his fantastic performance in Hawkes Bay's surprise victory over the British Lions in 1993...
. Ms. Hickmore later became a dancing judge for Seasons three and four after the Season one judge Donna Dawson had to leave the program. In Austria, Andy Kainz is the only male professional dancer to win; his wife Kelly Kainz won in season 2 after he had won in season 1. Julianne Hough
Julianne Hough
Julianne Alexandra Hough is an American professional ballroom dancer, country music singer and actress. She is most widely known for being a two-time champion of ABC's Dancing with the Stars. She earned a Creative Arts Primetime Emmy nomination in 2007 for choreography...
became the youngest professional dancer in Dancing with the Stars in the United States when she danced with the speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno
Apolo Anton Ohno
Apolo Anton Ohno is an American short track speed skating competitor and an eight-time medalist in the Winter Olympics. He is the most decorated American Winter Olympic athlete of all time....
during Season four at the age of 18. Shawn Johnson
Shawn Johnson
Shawn Machel Johnson is an American artistic gymnast. She was the 2008 Olympic balance beam gold medalist and all-around, and floor exercise silver medalist, the 2007 all-around World Champion, and the 2007 and 2008 U.S. all-around champion...
became the youngest contestant on Dancing with the Stars in the United States in Season eight at the age of 17. She went on to become the youngest-ever winner of the dance contest.
Edyta Sliwinska
Edyta Śliwińska is a professional ballroom dancer. She is best known for her appearances on the American version of the reality television series Dancing with the Stars. Śliwińska appeared on all of the first ten seasons of the American series, but did not return for the eleventh.- Early life...
is the longest tenured professional dancer in "Dancing With The Stars", appearing in seasons 1 through 10. In the original British version of the TV program, Strictly Come Dancing, Anton du Beke
Anton du Beke
Anton du Beke is a British ballroom dancer and television presenter. His professional dance partner since 1997 has been Erin Boag. With Boag, he won the IDTA Classic in England in November 2003.-Family and early life:...
, Erin Boag
Erin Boag
Erin Boag is a professional ballroom dancer. She has danced from the age of three, originally starting ballet and later moving into ballroom, Latin and jazz...
, and Brendan Cole
Brendan Cole
Brendan Cole is a ballroom dancer specialising in Latin American dancing. He is most famous for appearing on the BBC show Strictly Come Dancing, a dance contest in which a professional ballroom dancer is partnered with a celebrity amateur dancer...
have danced in each season. In the New Zealand version, Rebecca Nicholson is the only professional dancer to have appeared in every season. Jill Halfpenny
Jill Halfpenny
Jill Halfpenny is an English actress.Halfpenny is best known for her roles as Rebecca Hopkins in the British soap opera Coronation Street from 1999–2000, and as Kate Mitchell in rival soap EastEnders, from 2002-2005...
and Darren Bennett
Darren Bennett (dancer)
Darren Lee Bennett is a professional dancer, as were his parents. With his wife Lilia Kopylova he has a successful career in professional Latin dancing, competing nationally and internationally. Darren's favourite dances are the Samba and the Foxtrot.They teach private lessons in their own studio...
were the first couple ever to receive a "perfect forty" score in the contest, this was in Strictly Come Dancing in the Season two finale. Malena Belafonte and Silas Holst were the first couple to receive a "perfect forty" in the semi-finals 2009 in the Danish version season 6.
Alesha Dixon
Alesha Dixon
Alesha Anjanette Dixon is an English singer-songwriter, dancer, model and television personality. She first found fame in the all-female R&B trio Mis-Teeq, however, the trio separated in 2005 and Dixon continued pursuing her music career as a solo artist, signing to Polydor Records...
is currently the most successful contestant to ever take part in Strictly Come Dancing, with an average point score of 36.5/40, the highest average score from any contestant to ever take part in the show. It was revealed in July 2009 that Alesha would be joining the Strictly Come Dancing judging panel in September 2009 and is judging again in the eighth series.
The lowest score that has ever been given by a judge in Dancing with the Stars franchise history was a one, which was given to Rodney Hide
Rodney Hide
Rodney Hide is a New Zealand politician who was leader of the political party ACT New Zealand from 2004 to 2011. From 2005 to 2011 he represented the electorate of Epsom as its Member of Parliament. Rodney Hide was Minister of Local Government, Associate Minister of Commerce and Minister of...
, and to Nikki Webster
Nikki Webster
Nikki Webster is an Australian pop performer. She is best known for her starring role in the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony and her single "Strawberry Kisses".-Recording career:...
of Australia in 2005. Craig Revel Horwood also awarded Ann Widdecombe a score of one in weeks 2, 8 and 9, 2010. (The only scores allowed are whole numbers from 1 to 10.)
Professionals who have participated in two different versions
Brian FortunaBrian Fortuna
Brian Fortuna is an American professional ballroom dancer, choreographer and instructor.-Biography:Brian Fortuna is a multi-talented performer who is currently starring in Theatre Production's Limited Over the Rainbow as Danny Cassidy...
, Hayley Holt
Hayley Holt
Hayley Holt is a New Zealand snowboarder and ballroom dancer notable for her appearances on several reality television series...
, Kym Johnson
Kym Johnson
Kym Johnson is an Australian former professional ballroom dancer, model, and television celebrity. She lives in Sydney NSW, Australia but is currently based in America for Dancing with the Stars.-Dance biography:...
, Tobias Karlsson, Natalie Lowe
Natalie Lowe
Natalie Lowe is an Australian professional dancer and Ballroom expert.She is a four-time Australian Dance Champion, She is from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....
, Stefano Olivieri
Stefano Olivieri
Stefano Olivieri is a former Italian footballer.-Career:Olivieri started his career at hometown club Giulianova. He played 52 matches at Serie C1 before signed by Chievo in July 2006. He was farmed to Pescara of Serie B, then Ancona of Serie C1 in 2007–08 season...
, Kimberley Smith, Csaba Szirmai and Ingrid Thompson have appeared on two different versions of Dancing with the Stars.
Kym Johnson
Kym Johnson
Kym Johnson is an Australian former professional ballroom dancer, model, and television celebrity. She lives in Sydney NSW, Australia but is currently based in America for Dancing with the Stars.-Dance biography:...
is the only professional dancer to win two different versions of DWTS. She won twice on the American versions with Donny Osmond
Donny Osmond
Donald Clark "Donny" Osmond is an American singer, musician, actor, dancer, radio personality, and former teen idol. Osmond has also been a talk and game show host, record producer and author. In the mid 1960s, he and four of his elder brothers gained fame as the Osmond Brothers on the long...
and Hines Ward
Hines Ward
Hines E. Ward, Jr. is an American football player who currently plays the wide receiver position for the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers, where he is the longest-tenured current player on the team. He was voted MVP of Super Bowl XL. He played college football at the University of Georgia...
and the Australian version with Tom Williams
Tom Williams
Tom Williams may refer to:*Tom Williams , head football coach at Yale University*Tom Williams *Tom Williams , English-Cypriot football player...
.
Brian Fortuna danced one season in the United States, and he has since competed in Strictly Come Dancing. Hayley Holt appeared in the New Zealand version of Dancing with the Stars and also in Strictly Come Dancing in Great Britain. Ms. Johnson has danced on the American and the Australian versions of the show, while Tobias Karlsson has appeared in both the Danish and the Swedish versions. Natalie Lowe
Natalie Lowe
Natalie Lowe is an Australian professional dancer and Ballroom expert.She is a four-time Australian Dance Champion, She is from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....
took part in Dancing with the Stars Australia 2004–2008 but has danced with Ricky Whittle
Ricky Whittle
Ricky Whittle is a British actor from Oldham, Greater Manchester.-Biography:The son of former Royal Air Force serviceman Harry Whittle, Whittle grew up travelling with his father's career around the world, with a home base at Burghfield Common near Reading, Berkshire.A keen sportsman, Whittle...
and in 2010 with Scott Maslen
Scott Maslen
Scott Alexander Maslen is an English actor and model, best known for his portrayal as DS Phil Hunter in ITV's The Bill and now Jack Branning on the BBC's flagship soap EastEnders.-Early and personal life:...
in Strictly Come Dancing UK. Stefano Olivieri and Csaba Szirmai have appeared in both the Australian and the New Zealand versions. Kimberley Smith has appeared in both the Belgian and the Dutch versions. Ingrid Beate Thompson appeared in the Norwegian and the Swedish versions of the show.
Brendan Cole
Brendan Cole
Brendan Cole is a ballroom dancer specialising in Latin American dancing. He is most famous for appearing on the BBC show Strictly Come Dancing, a dance contest in which a professional ballroom dancer is partnered with a celebrity amateur dancer...
is a judge in the New Zealand TV series, and he is a professional dancer in the British version of the show, Strictly Come Dancing. There, he won the first series with the British TV news announcer, Natasha Kaplinsky
Natasha Kaplinsky
Natasha Margaret Kaplinsky is a British newsreader and television presenter, currently employed by ITV having previously worked for Channel 5, Sky News and the BBC...
. Lilia Kopylova
Lilia Kopylova
Lilia Andreyevna Kopylova , born 18 June 1978 in Moscow, Soviet Union, is a professional dancer.With her husband Darren Bennett she has been competing as an amateur since July 1997 and as a professional since May 2003...
appeared as a professional dancer in the British version, Strictly Come Dancing, and is now head judge on the Turkish version, Yok Böyle Dans.
The Bulgarian version of the program shares some dancers with the Vietnamese version. None of the professionals in the latter are Vietnamese.
Former competitors as hosts
Four competitors have also hosted the TV show. The winner of Season one of Strictly Come Dancing, Natasha KaplinskyNatasha Kaplinsky
Natasha Margaret Kaplinsky is a British newsreader and television presenter, currently employed by ITV having previously worked for Channel 5, Sky News and the BBC...
, stood in for the hostess Tess Daly
Tess Daly
Helen Elizabeth "Tess" Daly is an English television presenter. She is married to the presenter Vernon Kay.-Early life:Daly was born in Derbyshire to Vivian , who died of emphysema, and Sylvia Daly...
, who was on maternity leave during season two. In the United States, the winner of season two of Dancing with the Stars, Drew Lachey, filled in for the hostess Samantha Harris, who was also on maternity leave for season five; Harris left the show after season ten and was replaced by season seven winner Brooke Burke
Brooke Burke
Brooke Burke Charvet , better known by her maiden name, Brooke Burke, is an actress, dancer, model and television personality...
. In Austria, the winner of season three, Klaus Eberhartinger, replaced the host Alfons Haider during season four. In season five, he was back as host while Klaus Eberhartinger filled in for him as a judge. In Vietnam, the season 1 runner-up Đoan Trang has taken the role of hostess due to Thanh Vân's pregnancy.
Season 1
- Winners: Oni Pustina and Linda Poda
- Judges: Ilir Shaqiri, Iva Tiço and Arian Çani.
- Presented by: Alketa Vejsiu and Genti Zotaj.
- The first season began on February 18, 2010 and concluded on May 7, 2010. It was aired on Vizion Plushttp://www.vizionplus.tv/new_web/index.aspx.
Season 2
- Winners: Enver Petrovci & Loreta Bala
- The second season went on air on March 31, 2011 on Vizion Plus, and Tring Digital.
- Judges: Ilir Shaqiri, Iva Tiço and Arian Çani.
- Presented by: Amarda Toska and Ermal Mamaqi.
Australia
Dancing with the Stars has aired on the Seven NetworkSeven Network
The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...
since late 2004 and is hosted by Daniel MacPherson
Daniel MacPherson
Daniel Donald MacPherson is an Australian actor and television presenter, best known for his roles as; Joel Samuels on Neighbours, PC Cameron Tait on British police drama The Bill, and Detective Senior Constable Simon Joyner in City Homicide...
and Sonia Kruger
Sonia Kruger
Sonia Melissa Kruger is an Australian television presenter. She is best known for co-hosting the popular Australian version of Dancing with the Stars, hosting 10 Years Younger in 10 Days and for the role of Tina Sparkle in the hit 1992 film Strictly Ballroom.-Early life:Born in Toowoomba,...
. In late 2007, previous host Daryl Somers
Daryl Somers
Daryl Paul Somers OAM , is an Australian television personality. The son of a dairy farmer and a cabaret singer, Somers rose to national fame as the host of the long-running comedy-variety program Hey Hey It's Saturday.-Early life:Somers, who has an Irish Catholic heritage, was educated at...
left the series after seven seasons. For the first seven seasons, there were four judges:
- Todd McKenneyTodd McKenneyTodd McKenney is an Australian entertainer. He is best known as a judge on Australia's version of Dancing with the Stars.He has won many dancing titles, and has trained in jazz, tap, acrobatics and ballroom dancing...
, former Latin dance champion and theatre star. He starred as Peter AllenPeter AllenPeter Allen was an Australian songwriter and entertainer. His songs were made popular by many recording artists, including Elkie Brooks, Melissa Manchester and Olivia Newton-John, with one, Arthur's Theme, winning an Academy Award in 1981...
in The Boy From OzThe Boy from OzThe Boy from Oz is a jukebox musical based on the life of singer/songwriter Peter Allen and featuring songs written by him. The book is by Nick Enright. The production had its world premiere, directed by Gale Edwards, at Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney, Australia, on 5 March 1998 and toured Brisbane,...
. - Helen RicheyHelen Richey (dancer)Helen Richey is a former competitive ballroom and latin dancer and is currently a dance coach and judge. She is also currently appearing as a judge in the Australian television series Dancing with the Stars....
, former international Latin champion and one of the world's leading coaches and most sought after adjudicators. - Paul MercurioPaul MercurioPaul Joseph Mercurio is an Australian actor, dancer and TV presenter. Mercurio is well-known for his lead role in Baz Luhrmann's Strictly Ballroom . His father was the character actor Gus Mercurio.- Biography :...
- Mark WilsonMark Wilson (dancer)Mark Wilson is a professional Australian ballroom dancer and dance teacher. He is best known for being a judge on the reality TV show Dancing with the Stars ....
, Five time Australian Dancesport champion and adjudicator.
Before the eighth season aired, Paul Mercurio was dropped from the judging panel.
The series has won a Logie Award
Logie Award
The TV Week Logie Awards are the Australian television industry awards, which have been presented annually since 1959. Renamed by Graham Kennedy in 1960 after he won the first 'Star Of The Year' award, the name 'Logie' awards honours John Logie Baird, a Scotsman who invented the television as a...
, and has been named one of the most successful television programs to air on Australian television. The show averages around 2 million viewers a week nationally across Australia. The program was made by the BBC in conjunction with Granada but since season eight, has been produced by Freehand
Freehand Group
Freehand is an Australian Television production and content creation company, founded in 2004 by John Gregory, Peter Abbott and Chris O’Mara....
. The most recent season commenced mid 2010. The Competition is backed by a live orchestra led by Chong Lim
Chong Lim
Chong Lim is an Australian keyboardist, producer, and session musician. He played with James Valentine of Models at Melbourne University, then joined Vanetta Field's Gospel Band. He has toured with the Eurogliders, Jermaine Jackson, WJAZ, and John Farnham...
.
Winners
- Season One (Late 2004) – Bec CartwrightBec HewittRebecca June "Bec" Hewitt is an Australian actress and singer. From 1998 to 2005, Hewitt played Hayley Smith Lawson on the soap opera Home and Away. As Bec Cartwright, Hewitt released an eponymous pop music album in 2002...
- Season Two (Early 2005) – Tom Williams
- Season Three (Late 2005) – Ada NicodemouAda NicodemouAda Nicodemou is a Greek Cypriot-born Australian actress, best known for her role as Leah Patterson-Baker in the soap opera Home and Away.-Early life:Nicodemou was born in Larnaca, Cyprus. She has been an Australian resident since 1987....
- Season Four (Early 2006) – Grant DenyerGrant DenyerGrant Denyer is an Australian television reporter, personality and motor racing driver.-Television career:In 1997, Denyer began his career in the media, he gained a position at Prime Television in Wagga Wagga as a news reporter and journalist...
- Season Five (Late 2006) – Elio Koutoufides
- Season Six (Early 2007) – Kate CeberanoKate CeberanoKate Ceberano is an Australian singer. She achieved success in the soul, jazz and pop genres as well as in her brief forays into musicals with Jesus Christ Superstar and film...
- Season Seven (Late 2007) – Bridie CarterBridie CarterBridie Carter is an Australian actress best known for her role as the main character of Tess Silverman McLeod on the television drama series McLeod's Daughters.-Early life:...
- Season Eight (Late 2008) – Luke JacobzLuke JacobzLuke Jacobz on 14 February 1981, Sydney is an Australian actor and television presenter.-Career:'Jacobz' is a screen name, derived from adding a 'z' to the actor's middle name of Jacob...
- Season Nine (Late 2009) – Adam BrandAdam BrandAdam Brand is an Australian musician who sings country music. Active since 1997, he has released seven studio albums and thirteen singles. His first three albums are all certified platinum in Australia...
- Season Ten (Late 2010) - Rob PalmerRob Palmer (presenter)Rob Palmer is an Australian television presenter, best known for presenting the do it yourself segments on several lifestyle programs on the Seven Network.-Career:...
- Season Eleven (Mid 2011) - Manu FeildelManu FeildelManu Feildel is a French celebrity chef most widely known for his participation in Australia's cookery competition programs Ready Steady Cook , MasterChef Australia and My Kitchen Rules although he also achieved a solid reputation as a head chef at the restaurant Bilson's before moving to open his...
Austria
The first season of Dancing Stars started airing in Autumn of 2005 on ORF1ORF1
ORF eins is an Austrian television channel. It was the first television channel in Austria, started in 1955.ORF eins is one of four public TV channels in Austria. ORF eins broadcasts TV series and featured films, whereas ORF2 focuses on cultural programming and information. ORF Sport Plus is the...
, the second season started in Spring 2006, the third season in Spring of 2007, the fourth season in 2008 and the fifth season in 2009.
Hosts
In Season 1, 2 and 3 the show was hosted by Alfons Haider (Main Host) and Mirjam Weichselbraun
Mirjam Weichselbraun
Mirjam Weichselbraun is an Austrian television host.Her first experience in broadcasting was with the regional radio station Antenne Tirol in 1999 and she first appeared in front of the camera in 2001 on the culture program Das Magazin on the channel TV Tirol.In 2000, she was voted the BRAVO-Girl...
(Backstage and Interviews). In Season 4 Mirjam Weichselbraun replaced Alfons Haider and winner of Season 3 Klaus Eberhartinger took her place. In Season 5, Mirjam Weichselbraun was the main host while Alfons Haider took Klaus Eberhartinger's place.
Judges
In the first season, the dancers were judged by professional dance sport judges Hannes Nedbal and Nicole Burns-Hansen, dance school owner Thomas Schäfer-Elmayer and former musical actress, singer and dancer Dagmar Koller. In the second season, Harald Serafin, operetta singer and theater manager, filled in for Dagmar Koller. In the third season, Guggi Löwinger, actress, singer and dancer, took his place. In the fourth season, Klaus Eberhartinger replaced Alfons Haider as a host who therefore joined the judging panel. In the fifth season, the two men switched places again with Klaus Eberhartinger judging beside Hannes Nedbal, Nicole Burns-Hansen and Thomas Schäfer-Elmayer who were judges in all five seasons.
Brazil
In Brazil, there are two shows inspired on Dancing with the Stars: Bailando por um Sonho and Dança dos Famosos. Bailando por um Sonho only ran for one season and ended in December 2006 on SBT. Dança dos Famosos premiered in 2005 on Rede GloboRede Globo
Rede Globo , or simply Globo, is a Brazilian television network, launched by media mogul Roberto Marinho on April 26, 1965. It is owned by media conglomerate Organizações Globo, being by far the largest of its holdings...
and has been on the air for seven seasons.
Bailando por um Sonho
The first and unique season of "Bailando por um Sonho" started airing on October 21, 2006 to December 12, 2006 on SBT. The show was hosted by Silvio SantosSilvio Santos
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and Cynthia Benini.
Jury:
- Carla Salvagni
- Ismael Guiser
- Jaime Arôxa
- Luciana Maradei
Contestants:
- Patricia Salvador (TV-Host) with Leonardo (winners)
- Analice Nicolau (Top model/TV-Host) with Wesley (2nd)
- Virginia Nowicki (actress/TV-Host) with Alisson (3rd)
- Luciana Vendramini (actress) with Vitor (1st eliminated)
- Valéria Valenssa (artist) with Thiago (2nd eliminated)
- Sidney Magal (Singer) with Juliana (3rd eliminated)
- Lucas Poletto (Singer) with Kelly (4th eliminated)
- Alexandre Barillari (actor) with Fernanda (5th eliminated)
- Reinaldo Ritts (actor) with Karina (6th eliminated)
- Fernando SchererFernando SchererFernando de Queiroz Scherer is an international top swimmer from Brazil, who won the bronze medal in the 50 meters freestyle at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia...
(Swimmer) with Luciane (7th eliminated)
Dança dos Famosos
The first season premiered in 2005 and it is broadcast by Rede GloboRede Globo
Rede Globo , or simply Globo, is a Brazilian television network, launched by media mogul Roberto Marinho on April 26, 1965. It is owned by media conglomerate Organizações Globo, being by far the largest of its holdings...
.
Winners
- Season 1 (2005): Karina BacchiKarina BacchiKarina Bacchi is a Brazilian actress, model and reality television star. Bacchi is of Italian and Black African ancestry.-Soap Operas:-Reality Television:-References:...
& Fabiano Vivas - Season 2 (2006): Juliana DidoneJuliana DidoneJuliana Didone Nascimento is a Brazilian actress and former model.-Television career:Born in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, she is best known for her role as Letícia Gomes da Silva, the main character of the 2004 season of the telenovela Malhação...
& Leandro Azevedo - Season 3 (2006): Robson Caetano & Ivonete Liberatto
- Season 4 (2007): Rodrigo HilbertRodrigo HilbertRodrigo Hilbert Albertoni , is a Brazilian actor and model.- Early life :Although he also used to think about majoring in Agronomy, Hilbert's dream was inheriting his grandfather's smithery, with whom he used to work...
& Priscila Amaral - Season 5 (2008): Christiane TorloniChristiane TorloniChristiane Maria dos Santos Torloni is a Brazilian actress. Her first appearance was on the Brazilian TV network Rede Globo. Among the many characters she has played are Jô Penteado in A Gata Comeu , and Fernanda in Selva de Pedra...
& Álvaro Reis - Season 6 (2009): Paola OliveiraPaola OliveiraCaroline Paola Oliveira da Silva is a Brazilian television and film actress. She played the lead role, Sônia, in the telenovela O Profeta, and currently stars in Insensato Coração for TV Globo.-Biography:...
& Átila Amaral - Season 7 (2010): Fernanda Souza & Alexandre Porcel
Bulgaria
The first season of the show started on 22 September 2008, it is called Dancing Stars and is aired on bTV. The show is hosted by Radost Draganova and Todor KolevTodor Kolev
Todor Kolev is a leading Bulgarian actor. Born in Shumen, his first major film was Tsar i General in 1966. He has appeared in more than 30 films...
. The show airs from Monday to Thursday with two live shows – on Monday (main show) and Thursday (results show) and two background episodes on Tuesday and Wednesday. Dancing Stars proved to be a huge success reaching an average audience share over 40%, beating Nova Television's Big Brother 4
Big Brother 4 (Bulgaria)
Big Brother 4 was the fourth season of the reality show Big Brother in Bulgaria. It was aired on Nova Television and Nova+. The show launched on 22 September 2008, 20:00 h and continued for 3 months , ending on 14 December 2008, lasting for 84 Days - the shortest regular Big Brother season so far...
.
Judges:
- Vladimir Bozhilov
- Galena Velikova
- Neshka RobevaNeshka RobevaNeshka Robeva is a Bulgarian former Rhythmic Gymnast and coach.Born in Rousse, Robeva graduated from the Bulgarian State Choreography School in "Bulgarian Dances" in 1966 and since then had been a member of the Bulgarian national rhythmic gymnastics squad until 1973. She took part in four World...
Contestants:
- Anya Pencheva (born 12 September 1957) – Actress
- Niki KunchevNiki KunchevNikolay "Niki" Kunchev is a Bulgarian television host, famous for hosting the Bulgarian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?...
(born 26 December 1960) – TV host - Alisia – Pop-folk singer
- Galena – Pop-folk singer
- Bojidar Iskrenov (born 1 August 1962) – Former football player
- Kalki (born 9 December 1962) – Singer
- Violeta Markovska (born 24 April 1987) – Actress
- Neti (born 14 September 1975) – Actress and singer
- Andrei Batashov (born 10 September 1965 - 29 November 2010) – Actor
- Georgi Mamalev (born 5 August 1952) – Actor
- Iliana RaevaIliana RaevaIliana Raeva Sirakova is a Bulgarian gymnast who competed in modern rhythmic gymnastics for her country from 1978 to 1982.She was born on March 15, 1963 in Sofia, Bulgaria...
– Ex gymnast (born 15 March 1963) - Georgi Kostadinov (born 20 September 1979) – Winner of Survivor BGSurvivor BGSurvivor BG is the Bulgarian version of the reality show Survivor, broadcast and produced by bTV.-Season 1:The show's first season was filmed on a deserted island in the Caribbean off the coast of the Dominican Republic in the summer of 2006 by an international Bulgarian-Argentine team...
2 - Orlin (born 23 April 1979) – Pop singer
- Elena YonchevaElena YonchevaElena Nikolova Yoncheva is a Bulgarian freelance journalist and former Bulgarian National Television correspondent, who has reported from many conflict areas...
(born 27 May 1964) – Journalist
El Baile en TVN
Based on the format of the program "Strictly Come Dancing" of U.K. El Baile en TVN ("The Ball on TVN") is aired in Televisión Nacional de ChileTelevisión Nacional de Chile
TVN is Chile's state-owned television station. Its inaugural transmission took place on 1969. TVN is owned, but not funded, by the state, and it functions independently from it; a very particular case of public television in South America...
since October 16, 2006. The hosts are Rafael Araneda
Rafael Araneda
Rafael Luis Domingo Araneda Maturana is a popular Chilean TV presenter, best known for his participation in the show Rojo Fama Contrafama as the host. Also he was the host of Estrellas en el Hielo, Sin Prejuicios, Rojo VIP, Noche de Juegos, El Baile en TVN...
and Karen Doggenweiler
Karen Doggenweiler
Karen Sylvia Doggenweiler Lapuente is a popular Chilean journalist and TV presenter.Doggenweiler is the daughter of Félix Doggenweiler Heim, of Swiss-German descent and Silvia Lapuente, of Spanish-Aragonese descent. She is married to the Chilean politician Marco Enríquez-Ominami. The marriage...
.
Season 1
Since October 16, 2006.The winners of this season were Juvenal Olmos
Juvenal Olmos
Juvenal Olmos is an Chilean football manager who coached the Chile national football team between 2003 and 2005...
and Claudia Miranda.
- Patricio Laguna (Model, partnered by Viví Rodríguez)
- Sigrid AlegríaSigrid AlegríaSigrid Alegría Conrads is a Chilean television actress.Alegría her acting debut in the TVN soap opera Borrón y cuenta nueva in 1998, playing the role of "Doris Morán", a religious nun who was rethinking her life after she found a new love.In 2004, she left for Canal 13 to participate in the soap...
(Actress, partnered by Mario Méndez) - Raquel ArgandoñaRaquel ArgandoñaRaquel Eliana Argandoña de la Fuente is a Chilean former beauty pageant contestant, TV presenter, actress and mayor of Pelarco. She is best known for her role as the La Quintrala in the 1986 TV mini-series of the same name. Raquel Argandoña was also the 1975 Miss Chile...
(TV personality, partnered by Alfredo Araya) - Juanita Parra (Musician, partnered by Diego Heilig)
- Quique Neira (Musician, partnered by Verónica Lobos)
- Pilar Cox (TV host, partnered by Andrés Niérez)
- Horacio de la PeñaHoracio de la PeñaHoracio de la Peña, born August 1, 1966 and nicknamed "el Pulga" , is a tennis coach and a former tennis player from Argentina, who reached a top singles world rank of 31 during his career....
(Former Tennis player, partnered by María Isabel Sobarzo)
Season 2
Since March 5, 2007.The winners of this season were Cristian Arriagada and Paz Bustos.
Season 3
Since August 22, 2007.The winners of this season were Francisco Reyes and Irene Bustamante.
- Carolina "Pampita" ArdohainCarolina ArdohainAna Carolina Ardohain Dos Santos is an Argentine model and television personality. She is widely known by the nickname Pampita, a diminutive for La Pampa, the Argentine province when she was born. She was one of very few people baptised at the monastery of Nuestra Señora del Pilar in Recoleta,...
(Argentine Top Model, partnered by Diego Heilig) - Maria Eugenia Larrain "Kenita Larrain" (Chilean Top Model, partnered by Rodrigo Escobar)
- Amaya Forch (Chilean Singer and Actress, partnered by William Orrock)
- Catalina Palacios (Entertainer of children's TV programs, partnered by Darwin Ruz)
- Adrea Tessa (Chilean singer, partnered by Alfredo Araya)
- Gianella Marengo (ex-reality show participant, partnered by Emilio Rubilar)
- Leandro Martínez (Chilean singer and member of the TV program "Rojo Fama Contrafama", partnered by Maria Isabel Sobarzo)
- Francisco Reyes (Chilean actor of the national television network TVN, partnered by Irene Bustamante)
- Juan Pablo Matulic (ex-reality show participant, partnered by Francini Amaral)
- Eliseo SalazarEliseo SalazarEliseo Salazar Valenzuela is a Chilean racing driver, and the only one of his countrymen to compete in Formula One. He participated in 37 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix scoring a total of three championship points...
(Chilean former Formula OneFormula OneFormula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1 and referred to officially as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of single seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" designation in the name refers to a set of rules with which...
racing driver, partnered by Claudia Miranda) - Hotuiti Teao (Chilean model from Easter Island, partnered by Monica Valenzuela)
- Carlos von Mühlenbrock (Chilean Chef and entertainer of Chilean TV programs, partnered by Viví Rodriguez)
Season 4
The winners of this season were Fernando Godoy and Paz Bustos.The contestants of this season are :
- Sebastian Ferrer (Stylist & panelist of TV show "Pollo en conserva")
- Mario Guerrero (Singer)
- Sandra O Ryan (Actress)
- Reinaldo González (Military instructor of reality shows "Pelotón")
- Cristian Riquelme (Actor)
- Denisse Malebrán (Singer)
- Fernando Godoy (Actor, comediant & TV host)
- Mariana Derderian (Actress, singer & TV host)
- Sergio Vargas (Ex – football player)
- Paola Camaggi (Model & TV host)
- Raquel "KEL" Calderón (Young actrees, singer, model & Panelist of TV shows)
- Iván Torres ("The Weather man")
- Rosita Parsons (Model)
China (including Hong Kong)
The Chinese version is a co-production between Hong Kong's TVB and the mainland's HBS under licence from the BBC. It is available free-to-air in Hong Kong on TVB JadeTVB Jade
TVB Jade is a flagship TV channel in Hong Kong, established by Television Broadcasts Limited, and is one of the free-to-air Cantonese language television channels in Hong Kong, the other being its arch-rival ATV Home...
. In mainland China it is aired on Hunan Satellite Television
Hunan Satellite Television
Hunan Broadcasting System formerly known as Golden Eagle Broadcasting System , is China's second biggest television network after China Central Television . The television network is owned by the Hunan provincial government. The network is based in Changsha in Hunan and Xining in Qinghai...
, which is free-to-air in Hunan
Hunan
' is a province of South-Central China, located to the south of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting...
, and available in urban areas throughout the rest of mainland China through widespread cable systems.
The Chinese title is difficult to translate, but could be rendered as Miracle Dancing or "Miracles of Dance Moves". The official English title is Strictly Come Dancing.
Each broadcaster provides five male and five female dancers, for a total of twenty. Pairs were determined by audience SMS votes.
The programme began airing in late 2007, in order to mark the anniversary of the 1997 handover of Hong Kong
Transfer of the sovereignty of Hong Kong
The transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China, referred to as ‘the Return’ or ‘the Reunification’ by the Chinese and ‘the Handover’ by others, took place on 1 July 1997...
from the UK to the People's Republic of China.
Croatia
Ples sa zvijezdama has aired for five seasons in Croatia, starting in 2006. Hosted by Barbara Kolar and Duško Čurlić, the judges were Elio Bašan, Milka Babović, Dinko Bogdanić, and Davor Bilman.Czech Republic
Named "StarDance ... When the Stars are Dancing" and aired (so far) 4 seasons by Czech TelevisionCzech television
Czech television may refer to:*Television in the Czech Republic*Česká televize...
. Hosted by Tereza Kostková & Marek Eben
Marek Eben
Marek Eben is a Czech actor, singer, composer, writer and television host. He studied music and drama at the Prague Conservatory...
.
Judges:
- Vlastimil Harapes (Season 1) - dancer, choreographer
- Michael KocábMichael KocábMichael Kocáb is a Czech composer, singer and political activist.Kocáb is leader of Pražský výběr, popular music band, which was suppressed by Czechoslovak communist regime in the 1980s...
(Season 1) - composer, singer - Eva Bartuňková (Season 1) - dancer
- Richard Hes (Season 2) - actor, dancer, choreographer
- Zdeněk Chlopčík (Season 1, 2, 3, 4) - dance judge
- Mahulena BočanováMahulena BočanováMahulena Bočanová is a Czech actress and presenter. Since 2008 she works for ČRo1 Radiožurnál, a Czech radio-journal.-Selected filmography:-External links:* *...
(Season 2) - actress, contestant on season 1 - Tatiana Drexler (Season 2, 3, 4) - dancer, dance trainer and judge
- Jaroslav Kuneš (Season 3) - dancer, competed on season 1
- Leona KvasnicováLeona KvasnicováLeona "Qaša" Kvasnicová is a Czech dancer, choreographer and dance teacher. A sister of DJ Lucca .- Life and studies :Kvasnicová was born in 1972 in Brno. As a child she was interested in gymnastics. She studied at JAMU in Brno...
(Season 3) - dancer, choreographer - Petra Tirpák Kostovčíková (Season 4) - dancer, competed on season 1 (under her maiden name Petra Kostovčíková)
- Petr Zuska (Season 4) - dancer, choreographer, head of ballet ensemble of the National TheatreNational Theatre (Prague)The National Theatre in Prague is known as the Alma Mater of Czech opera, and as the national monument of Czech history and art.The National Theatre belongs to the most important Czech cultural institutions, with a rich artistic tradition which was created and maintained by the most distinguished...
Season 1 (2006)
The contestants were:- Roman Vojtek (musical singer) with Kristýna Coufalová (Winners)
- Václav VydraVáclav Vydra (actor born 1956)Václav Vydra is a Czech theater, television and film actor. He was born as the son of Václav Vydra and Dana Medřická. His grandfather Václav Vydra was also a notable actor in Czechoslovakia and Director of the National Theater from 1945 to 1949.Vydra has worked in several theater associations,...
(actor) with Petra Tirpák Kostovčíková (runner-up) - Tomáš DvořákTomáš DvorákTomáš Dvořák is an athlete from the Czech Republic. He competed in decathlon and heptathlon for the team Dukla Prague. He is triple decathlon world champion and a former world record holder , which is still second performance in all-time list...
(olympionic) with Kamila Tománková (6th eliminated) - Mahulena BočanováMahulena BočanováMahulena Bočanová is a Czech actress and presenter. Since 2008 she works for ČRo1 Radiožurnál, a Czech radio-journal.-Selected filmography:-External links:* *...
(actress) with Jaroslav Kuneš (5th eliminated - withdrew because of Jaroslav's injury) - Jolana Voldánová (TV News host) with Jan Tománek (4th eliminated)
- Jana Švandová (actress) with Zdeněk Fenčák (3rd eliminated)
- Jan Čenský (actor) with Tereza Bufková (2nd eliminated)
- Helena Zeťová (singer) with Eduard Zubák (1st eliminated)
couple 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Roman & Kristýna 29 26 24 31 36 27+31=58 35+40+38=113 Václav & Petra 29 31 27 35 38 29+30=59 33+37+40=110 Tomáš & Kamila 22 21 18 18 23 24+22=46 Mahulena & Jaroslav 14 16 18 15 13 Jolana & Jan 18 19 17 12 13 Jana & Zdeněk 28 26 26 27 Jan & Tereza 15 11 12 Helena & Eduard 25 21
Season 2 (2007)
The contestants were:- Aleš ValentaAleš ValentaAleš Valenta is a Czech freestyle skier who participates in aerials.On February 19, 2002, he won the Winter Olympics gold medal in the freestyle aerials competition where he succeeded to perform the first triple back flip with five twists in the world.-External links: Official Official on Ales...
(ski jumper) with Iva Langerová (Winners) - Tatiana VilhelmováTatiana VilhelmováTatiana Čecháková-Vilhelmová is a Czech actress.She is 5 ft 3 in tall. As a kid she took lessons in ballet for 9 years, she was a member of well-renowned Kühn's Children Choir...
(actress) with Petr Čadek (runner-up) - Jiří Schmitzer (actor, singer) with Simona Švrčková (6th eliminated)
- Michal Dlouhý (actor) with Michaela Gatěková (5th eliminated)
- Robert Záruba (TV SPORT NEWS host) with Vanda Dětinská (4th eliminated)
- Monika Žídková (model, Miss Czech Republic 1995) with Jan Halíř (3rd eliminated – withdrew because of Jan's car crash)
- Lenka Filipová (singer) with Michael PetrMichael PetrMichael Petr is a professional Latin and ballroom dancer and teacher who has been in the finale of the European Championship in 10 Dance, Showdance and finalist of the World Championship in Mambo and Salsa....
(2nd eliminated) - Štěpánka HilgertováŠtepánka HilgertováŠtěpánka Hilgertová is a Czechoslovak-Czech slalom canoer who has competed since the early 1990s...
(olympionic) with Michal Němeček (1st eliminated)
Season 3 (2008)
The contestants were:- Dana Batulková (actress) and Jan Onder (Winners)
- Zuzana Norisová (actress, singer) and Jan Kliment (runner-up)
- Jaromír Bosák (TV sport host) and Eva Krejčířová (6th eliminated)
- Vladimír Kratina (actor) and Laura Klimentová (5th eliminated)
- Jana DoleželováJana DoleželováJana Doleželová is a beauty queen who won Miss Czech Republic as a 22-year-old and was a semi-finalist in Miss World 2004 in China.-External links:*...
(model, Miss Czech Republic 2004) and Michal Necpál (4th eliminated) - David Suchařípa (actor) and Albina Zaytseva (3rd eliminated)
- Iva FrühlingováIva FrühlingováIva Frühlingová is Czech female singer and model, famous in the Czech Republic and France. Despite her Czech descent she sings mostly in French.- Biography :...
(singer, model) and Michal Kostovčík (2nd eliminated) - Bohouš Josef (singer) and Lenka Tvrzová (1st eliminated)
Season 4 (2010)
The contestants were:- Pavel Kříž (actor) and Alice Stodůlková (Winners)
- Aneta LangerováAneta LangerováAneta Langerová is a Czech pop singer. She first rose to fame at age 17 as the first winner of Česko hledá SuperStar, the Czech version of Pop Idol, in June 2004 and later that year released her first album, Spousta andělů, which would go on to become the best-selling record in Czech music history...
(singer) and Michal Kurtiš (runner-up) - Monika Absolonová (singer) and Václav Masaryk (6th eliminated)
- Saša RašilovSaša RašilovSaša Rašilov was a Czechoslovak film actor. He appeared in 30 films between 1913 and 1954.Rašilov was an actor, comedian, clown and cabaret, grandfather of actor Saša Rašilov Jr. and his brother Vaclav Rašilov, and a longtime member of the drama of the National Theatre in Prague.He came from...
(actor) and Karolína Majerníková (5th eliminated) - Jitka ČvančarováJitka CvancarováJitka Čvančarová is a Czech actress. She works mainly on television, but also, since 2007, in film.- Biography :She was born 23 March, 1978 in Mělník, Czechoslovakia. She studied Secondary Technical School in Mělník and also she studied Musical Acting in Janáček Academy of Musical Arts...
(actress) and Lukáš Hojdan (4th eliminated) - Filip Sajler (chef) and Veronika Šmiková (3rd eliminated)
- Alexander Hemala (TV announcer) and Jitka Šorfová (2nd eliminated)
- Veronika ŽilkováVeronika ŽilkováVeronika Žilková is a Czech actress.She played the part of Božena Horáková in the 2000 Czech film, Little Otik also known as Otesánek. In 1997 she received the Czech Lion Award as the best supporting actress for her role in Zapomenuté světlo .- References :...
(actress) and Marek Dědík (1st eliminated)
Denmark
The first season of Vild med dans ("Mad about Dancing") was aired on the Danish TV-channel TV 2TV 2 (Denmark)
TV 2 is a publicly owned television station in Denmark based in Odense. The station began broadcasting on 1 October 1988, thereby ending the television monopoly previously exercised by the Danmarks Radio ....
in 2005.
The show features four judges. Anne Laxholm, Britt Bendixen, and Jens Werner have been featured in all seasons. Season 1 (2004) featured Kim Dahl as the fourth judge. In season 2 (2005), he was replaced by Thomas Evers Poulsen, the only person to have appeared on the show both as a professional contestant and as a judge. Since season 3 (2006– ), Allan Tornsberg has been the fourth judge.
Estonia
The show is called Tantsud tähtedegaTantsud tähtedega
Tantsud tähtedega is an Estonian television reality show airing on Kanal 2. It débuted on 8 October 2006 and it has become one the most popular television shows in Estonia. It is originated from the British reality show Strictly Come Dancing created by BBC...
(Dances with the stars) and is aired on Kanal 2
Kanal 2
Kanal 2 is a privately owned Estonian television channel. Its literal name in English is "Channel 2".First broadcasts were aired on October 1, 1993.- Television series :Daytime* Victoria * Julia – Wege zum Glück ...
. The 3rd season is hosted by Mart Sander
Mart Sander
Martin Laurent Sander is an Estonian singer, actor, director, author and television host.-Life and career:...
and Gerli Padar
Gerli Padar
Gerli Padar is an Estonian singer who represented her country in Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "Partners in Crime", it failed to make it through the semi-final stage...
.
Season 2
Hosts Mart SanderMart Sander
Martin Laurent Sander is an Estonian singer, actor, director, author and television host.-Life and career:...
and Merle Liivak.
Judges: Ants Tael, Merle Klandorf, Kaie Kõrb, Jüri Nael
- Koit ToomeKoit ToomeKoit Toome is an Estonian singer and musical actor.-Career:In late 1994 the highly successful pop duo Code One consisting of Koit Toome and Sirli Hiius was formed by the producer Mikk Targo...
(singer) and Kerttu Tänav
- Luisa VärkLuisa VärkLuisa Värk is an Estonian singer.Värk was a runner-up of on the first season of Estonian Pop Idol . She was also a runner-up on Tantsud tähtedega, Estonia's version of Dancing with the Stars...
(singer) and Martin Parmas - Peep Vain (top-instructor) and Olga Kosmina
- Andrus VärnikAndrus VärnikAndrus Värnik is an Estonian javelin thrower. His personal best set in 2003, 87.83 m, is also the Estonian record....
(athlete, World Championship gold medalist) and Kaisa Oja - Dag HarteliusDag HarteliusDag Hartelius in Härnösand is a Swedish diplomat and the current Swedish ambassador to Poland.Hartelius has previously been ambassador to Estonia 2003-2008, stationed in St Petersburg, Moscow, Berlin and London and has been vice president and director for the programme for European security at the...
(Swedish ambassador to Estonia) and Kristina Tennokese - Kristiina OjulandKristiina OjulandKristiina Ojuland was the foreign minister of Estonia from 2002 through 2005. In June 2004 she ran for the post of secretary-general of the Council of Europe, but was defeated, receiving 51 of 299 votes...
(politician) and Aleksandr Makarov - Katrin Karisma (actress) and Veiko Ratas
- Beatrice (model) and Eduard Korotin
Season 3
Hosts Mart SanderMart Sander
Martin Laurent Sander is an Estonian singer, actor, director, author and television host.-Life and career:...
and Gerli Padar
Gerli Padar
Gerli Padar is an Estonian singer who represented her country in Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "Partners in Crime", it failed to make it through the semi-final stage...
.
Judges: Ants Tael, Merle Klandorf, Riina Suhotskaja, Märt Agu
- Maarja-Liis IlusMaarja-Liis IlusMaarja-Liis Ilus, sometimes better known by her performing name Maarja is a pop musician. Maarja has achieved some chart success in a number of countries across Europe and Asia...
(singer) and Veiko Ratas – Runner-ups - Piret JärvisPiret JärvisPiret Järvis is an Estonian singer, guitarist and songwriter of the popular girl group Vanilla Ninja and an indiegroup Disko4000....
(singer) and Mairold Millert, third eliminated - Erika SalumäeErika SalumäeErika Salumäe is an Estonian track bicycle racer who won the first Olympic gold medal for Estonia after the country regained its independence in 1991.She was born in Pärnu. She trained at VSS Kalev in Tallinn...
(politician, athlete, 2 times Olympic gold medalist) and Kristjan Kuusk, second eliminated - Evelyn Sepp (politician) and Marko Kiigajaan, fifth eliminated
- Lauri Pedaja (actor, hairdresser) and Kristina Tennokese, sixth eliminated
- Henrik Normann (actor) and Kaisa Oja, fourth eliminated
- Arne Niit (designer) and Olga Kosmina, first eliminated
- Argo Ader (bodybuilder) and Helena Liiv – Winners
Finland
The series (titled Tanssii tähtien kanssa (Dances with Stars); a punPun
The pun, also called paronomasia, is a form of word play which suggests two or more meanings, by exploiting multiple meanings of words, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect. These ambiguities can arise from the intentional use and abuse of homophonic,...
on the title of the film Dances with Wolves
Dances with Wolves
Dances with Wolves is a 1990 epic western film directed by and starring Kevin Costner. It is a film adaptation of the 1988 book of the same name by Michael Blake and tells the story of a Union Army Lieutenant who travels to the American frontier to find a military post, and his dealings with a...
, Tanssii susien kanssa) premiered on MTV3
MTV3
MTV3 is a Finnish commercial television station owned by Bonnier. It had the biggest audience share of all Finnish TV channels until Finnish Broadcasting Company’s YLE1 took the lead. The letters MTV stand for Mainos-TV , due to the channel getting its revenue from running commercials...
in spring 2006. A total of five seasons have been aired; the fifth season ended in November 2010. The sixth season will most-likely premiere in fall 2011.
The series was originally hosted by Marco Bjurström
Marco Bjurström
Marco Robert Bjurström is a Finnish dance instructor, director, choreographer, and television host. He is best known as the host of the television game show BumtsiBum! , which was ultimately based on the Irish The Lyrics Board and watched weekly by more than a million people...
(seasons 1–4), but was later replaced by actor Mikko Leppilampi
Mikko Leppilampi
Mikko Johannes Leppilampi is a Finnish actor and musician who is the son of Jukka Leppilampi , a Finnish gospel musician. Leppilampi is considered to be one of the most promising stars of Finland's movie industry in the new millennium...
(season 5). The original co-hostess was Ella Kanninen (season 1–2) but she was replaced by a former contestant Vanessa Kurri due to her pregnancy. Kurri did not return as a hostess in the series' fourth season as she was replaced by Vappu Pimiä
Vappu Pimiä
Vappu Marjaana Pimiä is a Finnish radio personality and television hostess. She has been awarded as the best female television personality at the Kultainen TV Awards in 2009 and 2010....
, a contestant from the third season.
- Season 1 (spring 2006) winners: Tomi Metsäketo (tenor) partnered by Sanna Hirvaskari
- Season 2 (spring 2007) winners: MarikoMari PajalahtiMC Mariko is one of two lead singers of Kwan. She has also acted in a Finnish TV soap opera called Salatut elämät in the role of Virpi Hurme from 1999 to 2000...
(musician) partnered by Aleksi Seppänen - Season 3 (spring 2008) winners: Maria LundMaria LundMaria Francis is a British slalom canoeist who competed in the early 1990s. She was Women's K1 British Champion in 1989, Silver medalist at the 1990 Europa Cup in Merano, and went on to win a Bronze medal in the K1 team event at the 1993 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Mezzana. Maria is...
(singer, actress) partnered by Mikko Ahti - Season 4 (spring 2009) winners: Satu Tuomisto (Miss Finland 2008, model) partnered by Janne Talasma
- Season 5 (fall 2010) winners: Antti TuiskuAntti TuiskuAntti Tapani Tuisku is a Finnish pop singer, made famous by the 2003 Idols talent show, the Finnish version of Pop Idol. Although Tuisku finished third in the show, he has easily become the most popular artist of the three. Currently Tuisku lives in Helsinki.Tuisku has sold over 200,000 records in...
(singer) partnered by Anna-Liisa Bergström - Season 6 (fall 2011) winners: -
Satu Tuomisto is the only winner who is not a singer.
France
Judges: Alessandra MartinesAlessandra Martines
Alessandra Martines is an Italian-French dancer and actress.-Biography:She is best known for her portrayal of Princess Fantaghirò in the Fantaghirò series and her interpretations under the direction of her ex husband, the French director Claude Lelouch, in several movies Alessandra Martines (born...
, Jean-Marc Généreux
Jean-Marc Genereux
-Biography:Généreux met his partner and wife, France Mousseau, while ballroom dancing in Quebec, Canada. They competed successfully as amateurs starting in 1977, and then professionally in 1986, in the Latin and 10-dance dancesport divisions, and retired in 1998....
, and Chris Marques.
Presenters : Sandrine Quétier, and Vincent Cerutti.
The French version of Dancing with the Stars premiered in the winter of 2011 on TF1
TF1
TF1 is a national French TV channel, controlled by TF1 Group, whose major share-holder is Bouygues. TF1's average market share of 24% makes it the most popular domestic network...
. Its first season
Danse avec les stars (France season 1)
The first season of the French version of Dancing with the Stars debuted on TF1 on February 12, 2011. Eight celebrities were paired with eight professional ballroom dancers...
began on February 12, 2011 and the final was on March 19.
Its second season
Danse avec les stars (France season 2)
The seconde season of the French version of Dancing with the Stars debuted on TF1 on october 8, 2011. 9 celebrities were paired with 9 professional ballroom dancers...
began on October 8, 2011 and the final was on November 19.
Winners:
| Season | Celebrity | Professional |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Danse avec les stars (France season 1) The first season of the French version of Dancing with the Stars debuted on TF1 on February 12, 2011. Eight celebrities were paired with eight professional ballroom dancers... |
Matt Pokora | Katrina Patchett Katrina Patchett Katrina Patchett born on is a professional ballroom dancer from Perth, Australia .-Early life:She has been dancing since the age of three and competing since the age of seven. She was brought up in her mother 's dance studio in Perth, Australia, daughter of two internationally successful ballroom... |
| 2 Danse avec les stars (France season 2) The seconde season of the French version of Dancing with the Stars debuted on TF1 on october 8, 2011. 9 celebrities were paired with 9 professional ballroom dancers... |
Shy'm Shy'm Tamara Marthe better known as Shy'm , born on 28 November 1985, is a French pop chanteuse. She released her debut album, Mes Fantaisies, in 2006 which rose to #6 in the French chart... |
Maxime Dereymez |
| 3 | TBA | TBA |
Second season began on October 8, 2011
Germany
The German version is called Let's Dance in English. ("Lass uns tanzen" in German). Season 1 aired in April 2006 on RTLRTL Television
Rtl.de' redirects here. For other uses, see RTL.RTL Television , or simply RTL, is a German commercial television station distributed via cable and satellite along with DVB-T , in larger population centres...
. Season 2 aired in May 2007. Both seasons have been hosted by Hape Kerkeling
Hape Kerkeling
Hans Peter Wilhelm "Hape" Kerkeling is a well-known German actor, presenter and comedian.-Career:At secondary school in Recklinghausen, Hape Kerkeling and some fellow students formed a band and published a record .Kerkeling started his career as a comedian in radio, working for various German...
and Nazan Eckes
Nazan Eckes
Nazan Eckes is a German television personality of Turkish descent at the German television channel RTL.-Professional career:...
. Season 3 aired in April 2010. The third season was hosted by Daniel Hartwich and Nazan Eckes. Season 4 started in March 2011 and was hosted by Daniel Hartwich and Sylvie van der Vaart.
Greece
- Judges: Fokas Evaggelinos, Alexis Kostalas, Giannis Latsios, Galena Velikova (Season 1), Errika Prezarakou (Season 2).
- Presented by Zeta MakripouliaZeta MakripouliaZeta Makrypoulia is a Greek actress, model and television presenter.-Career:Makrypoulia graduated from Vasilis Diamantopoulos' Drama School, while she has also attended acting classes at Theatro ton Allagon...
- The first season began on March 28, 2010.
- Winners:
Season Celebrity Professional 1 Dancing with the Stars (Greece) (Season 1)Dancing with the Stars is a Greek reality show airing on ANT1 and filmed live in Athens. The show is based on the United Kingdom BBC Television series Strictly Come Dancing and is part of BBC Worldwide's Dancing with the Stars franchise. The theme song is "It's personal" performed by Swedish indie...
(2010)Errika Prezarakou Thodoris Panagakos 2 Dancing with the Stars (Greece) (Season 2)Dancing with the Stars was a Greek reality show airing on ANT1 and filmed live in Athens. The show was based on the United Kingdom BBC Television series Strictly Come Dancing and was part of BBC Worldwide's Dancing with the Stars franchise. The theme song was "It's personal" performed by Swedish...
(2011)Argiris Aggelou Emily Matheakaki 3 (2012) TBA TBA
India
The Indian version is called Jhalak Dikhhla JaaJhalak Dikhhla Jaa
Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa is a television reality show and the Indian version of BBC's Strictly Come Dancing and ABC's Dancing with the Stars.- Concept :...
. It was first broadcast in September 2006 on Sony Entertainment Television (SET). A lot of people confuse Dancing With The Stars with Nach Baliye which airs on StarPlus. Nach Baliye and Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa have similar content and presentation but there are minor differences in the concept. The celebrity dancers on Nach Baliye are real life couples, and work with an assigned choreographer. The dancers on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa have one celebrity paired with a trained dancer/choreographer. A notice at the end of the show verifies that the Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa is indeed a version of Dancing With The Stars.
Indonesia
Dancing with the Star Indonesia broadcast in March 2011 on IndosiarIndosiar
Indosiar is a publicly owned national television station in Indonesia, and has been operating from West Jakarta since 1994. It was listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange in 2004. Citibank Singapore has an 8.5 percent shareholding...
and hosted by Choky Sitohang & Cathy Sharon. The 2nd Runner up is Hengky Kurniawan & Melissa, the 1st Runner up is Yuanita Christiani & Wawan, and the winner is Fadli & Trisna.
Israel
Winners:- Season 1: Eliana Bekier & Oron Dahan
- Season 2: Guy Arieli & Masha Troyanski
- Season 3: Rodrigo Gonzáles & Naama Tavori
- Season 4: Galit Giat & Kiril Sivolapov
- Season 5: Michael LewisMichael Lewis (model)Michael Marion Lewis is an Israeli actor and fashion model born and raised in Tel Aviv, Israel. In summer 2007 and winter 2008 Lewis was modeling for the Israeli clothing company Fox, with Esti Ginzborg...
& Anna Aharonov - Season 6: Shlomi Koriat & Hadas Fisher
Italy
Six seasons of the show, called Ballando con le Stelle, have been aired on Rai UnoRai Uno
Rai 1 is the primary television station of RAI, the national public service broadcaster, and the most watched television channel in Italy. It was born as Rai Tv from 1954 to 1961, called Programma Nazionale from 1961 to 1979, after called Rete 1 from 1979 to 1982, then called Rai Uno from 1982 to...
. All the series have been hosted by Milly Carlucci
Milly Carlucci
Camilla Patrizia "Milly" Carlucci is an Italian television presenter, actress and singer. Carlucci played the role of Urania in the 1985 film The Adventures of Hercules. In 1996 she became a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF. Since 2005 she has been the sole host of the Italian version of Strictly...
. Singer and TV presenter Amanda Lear
Amanda Lear
Amanda Lear is a French singer, lyricist, composer, painter, TV presenter, actress and novelist....
has been part of the judging panel in series 1,2,4 and 5
The first series (titled Ballando con le Stelle) aired in January 2005, featuring:
- Hoara Borselli (actress) (partnered by Simone Di Pasquale) – WINNERS
- Francesco SalviFrancesco SalviFrancesco Salvi is an Italian actor, writer, comedian and singer.Born in the northern town of Luino, near the Italian border with Switzerland, Salvi started his career in the mid-eighties. His performances over the years have included but are not limited to: cabaret, cinema, animated cinema,...
(actor and singer) (partnered by Natalia Titova) – second place - Gianni Ippoliti (presenter) (partnered by Valentina Vincenzi) – third place
- Igor CassinaIgor CassinaIgor Cassina is an Italian gymnast who won gold in the men's horizontal bar at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. This competition saw a crowd protest over a low score for a routine by Alexei Nemov of Russia, which lasted for fifteen minutes until the score was raised...
(gymnast) (partnered by Denise Abrate) – eliminated 5th - Fabrizio Frizzi (presenter) (partnered by Samanta Togni) – eliminated 4th
- Anna Maria Barbera (actress) (partnered by Ilario Parise) – eliminated 3rd
- Paola Ferrari (journalist) (partnered by Andrea Placidi) – eliminated 2nd
- Carla Paneca (model) (partnered by Lucio Cocchi) – eliminated 1st
The second series (titled Ballando con le Stelle) aired in Autumn 2005, featuring:
- Cristina ChiabottoCristina ChiabottoCristina Chiabotto is an Italian showgirl.Chiabotto was born in Moncalieri, in the province of Turin . She has a younger sister, Serena.In 2004 she won Miss Italia and started working for RAI....
(model and presenter) (partnered by Raimondo Todaro) – WINNERS - Loredana Cannata (actress) (partnered by Samuel Peron) – second place
- Vincenzo Peluso (actor and director) (partnered by Natalia Titova) – third place
- Fabio Fulco (actor) (partnered by Claudia Nicolussi) – eliminated 9th
- Stefano Masciarelli (actor and comedian) (partnered by Francesca Vispi) – eliminated 8th
- Youma Diakite (model and actress) (partnered by Giuseppe Albanese) – eliminated 7th
- Alessandra Canale (tv announcer) (partnered by Simone Di Pasquale) – eliminated 6th
- Mario CipolliniMario CipolliniMario Cipollini , often abbreviated to "Cipo", is a retired Italian professional road cyclist most noted for his sprinting ability, the longevity of his dominance and his colourful personality. His nicknames include Il Re Leone and Super Mario...
(cyclist) (partnered by Marina Aleksejeva) – eliminated 5th - Diego MaradonaDiego MaradonaDiego Armando Maradona is a retired Argentine football player and widely regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time. Over the course of his professional club career Maradona played for Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Napoli, Sevilla and Newell's Old Boys, setting...
(football legend) (partnered by Angela Panico) – withdrew - Syusy Blady (presenter) (partnered by Emanuele Ricci) – eliminated 3rd
- Marco Mazzocchi (sports journalist) (partnered by Vincenza Farnese) – eliminated 2nd
- Francesca Reggiani (actress) (partnered by Sergio Sampaoli) – eliminated 1st
The third series (titled Ballando con le Stelle) aired Autumn 2006, featuring:
- Fiona MayFiona MayFiona May was an athlete who competed for the Great Britain and later Italy in the long jump. She won the World Championships twice and two Olympic silver medals...
(long jumper) (partnered by Raimondo Todaro) – WINNERS - Pamela Camassa (model) (partnered by Angelo Madonia) – second place
- Antonio CupoAntonio CupoAntonio Cupo is a Canadian actor.He was born into a family of Italian emigrants who came to Canada in 1968. His father Manlio is from Palomonte, a small town in the province of Salerno, south-western Italy and his mother Lucia from Barletta, a province of Bari.In 2007, Antonio Cupo starred in a...
(actor) (partnered by Giada Giacomoni) – third place - Martina Pinto (actress) (partnered by Umberto Gaudino) – eliminated 11th
- Massimiliano RosolinoMassimiliano Rosolino-Biography:Born in Naples of an Italian father, Salvatore, and Australian mother, Carolyn, he moved to Australia at the age of three, coming back to Italy at six. Rosolino declared about his beginnings as a swimmer:...
(swimmer) (partnered by Natalia Titova) – eliminated 10th - Eva Grimaldi (actress) (partnered by Simone Di Pasquale) – eliminated 9th
- Biagio Izzo (actor and comedian) (partnered by Samanta Togni) – eliminated 8th
- Sean KananSean Kanan-Early life:He was born Sean Perelman in Cleveland, Ohio and was raised in New Castle, Pennsylvania. He attended Mercersburg Academy in Pennsylvania, Boston University and UCLA where he earned a degree in political science....
(actor) (partnered by Tinna Hoffman) – withdrew - Tiberio Timperi (presenter) (partnered by Elena Coniglio) – eliminated 6th
- Sofia Bruscoli (model) (partnered by Manuel Favilla) – eliminated 5th
- Orietta Berti (singer) (partnered by Andrea Placidi) – eliminated 4th
- Chiara Boni (fashion designer) (partnered by Samuel Peron) – eliminated 3rd
- Rodolfo Laganà (actor) (partnered by Hildegard Salvatore) – eliminated 2nd
- Rudy Smaila (artist) (partnered by Lucia Annese) – eliminated 1st
The fourth series (titled Ballando con le Stelle) aired in Autumn 2007, featuring:
- Maria Elena Vandone (actress) (partnered by Samuel Peron) – WINNERS
- Anna FalchiAnna FalchiAnna Falchi is an Italian-Finnish model and film actress.-Career:Anna Falchi was born Anna Kristiina Palomäki in Tampere, Finland, the daughter of an Italian father and Finnish mother. In 1978, at the age of six, she moved to Italy with her family. She started her career as a model...
(model and actress) (partnered by Stefano Di Filippo) – second place - Ivan Zazzaroni (journalist) (partnered by Natalia Titova) – third place
- Gabriele Cirilli (actor and comedian) (partnered by Vicky Martin) – eliminated 9th
- Irene Pivetti (politician and journalist) (partnered by Mauro Rossi) – eliminated 8th
- Licia ColòLicia ColòLicia Colò is an Italian TV hostess and journalist.-Biography:Colò was born at Verona.She began her television career in 1982 as host or writer of several shows for RAI, Italian state television, and Fininvest, Silvio Berlusconi's network...
(presenter) (partnered by Raimondo Todaro) – eliminated 7th - Riccardo Sardonè (actor) (partnered by Annalisa Di Filippo) – eliminated 6th
- Massimo Lopez (actor and comedian) (partnered by Serena Lecca) – eliminated 5th
- Elisa Silvestrin (model) (partnered by Sante Mandolini) – eliminated 4th
- Catherine SpaakCatherine Spaak-Biography:Spaak was born at Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine . She is the niece of Belgian politician Paul-Henri Spaak.She spent most of her career in Italy, where she became a teenage star...
(actress) (partnered by Benedetto Capraro) – eliminated 3rd - Giovanni Muciaccia (presenter and artist) (partnered by Ola Karieva) – eliminated 2nd
- Michael Reale (actor) (partnered by Marta Faiola) – eliminated 1st
The fifth series (titled Ballando con le Stelle) aired in January 2009, featuring:
- Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Venice and PiedmontEmanuele Filiberto, Prince of Venice and PiedmontEmanuele Filiberto, Prince of Venice and Piedmont is a member of the House of Savoy and the only child and heir of Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples. He is the grandson of Umberto II, last King of Italy...
(partnered by Natalia Titova) – WINNERS - Andrea Montovoli (actor) (partnered by Ola Karieva) – second place
- Alessio Di Clemente (actor) (partnered by Alessandra Mason) – third place
- Stefano BettariniStefano BettariniStefano Bettarini is a former Italian footballer. He played once for Italy national team.-Biography:Born in Forlì, Emilia–Romagna, Bettarini spent his childhood at Buonconvento, the Province of Siena, Tuscany. He then spent his youth career at Staggia Senese, Poggibonsi, the Province of Siena and...
(footballer) (partnered by Samanta Togni) – eliminated 9th - Emanuela Aureli (impressionist) (partnered by Roberto Imperatori) – eliminated 8th
- Maurizio Aiello (actor) (partnered by Sara Di Vaira) – eliminated 7th
- Valentina VezzaliValentina VezzaliMaria Valentina Vezzali is an Italian fencer who has won five Olympic gold medals in foil competitions.-Career:...
(fencer) (partnered by Samuel Peron) – eliminated 6th - Metis Di Meo (presenter) (partnered by Simone Di Pasquale) – eliminated 5th
- Carol AltCarol AltCarol Ann Alt is an American model and actress.- Early life:Alt was born in Flushing, Queens, New York, the daughter of Muriel, an airline employee and model, and Anthony Alt, a fire chief. She was noticed waiting tables in her hometown of East Williston, New York. When she was 18, she decided to...
(actress and model) (partnered by Raimondo Todaro) – eliminated 4th - Licia Nunez (actress) (partnered by Dima Pakhomov) – eliminated 3rd
- Andrea Roncato (actor) (partnered by Vicky Martin) – eliminated 2nd
- Corinne CleryCorinne CleryCorinne Cléry, also known as Corinne Piccolo is a French actress.-Biography and filmography:Born near Paris, and raised in Saint Germain-en-Laye, Cléry started her acting career in the late 1960s under the name 'Corinne Piccoli'...
(actress) (partnered by Chuck Danza) – eliminated 1st
The sixth series (titled Ballando con le Stelle) aired in January 2010, featuring:
- Veronica OlivierVeronica OlivierVeronica Olivier is an Italian actress and television personality.-Career:Olivier first became well known for her starring role in the 2009 Italian film Amore 14...
(actress) (partnered by Raimondo Todaro) – WINNERS - Ronn MossRonn MossRonald Montague "Ronn" Moss is an American actor, musician and singer/songwriter, a member of the band Player, and best known for portraying Ridge Forrester, the dynamic fashion magnate on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful since 1987.- Early life and music career :Ronn Moss was born...
(actor) (partnered by Sara Di Vaira) – second place - Barbara De Rossi (actress) (partnered by Simone Di Pasquale) – third place
- Benedetta ValanzanoBenedetta ValanzanoBenedetta Valanzano is an Italian actress. She became famous in the 2000 after appearing in a beauty pageant. Since then she has acted in several movies and television series in Italy.-Filmography:Movies...
(actress) (partnered by Dima Pakhomov) – eliminated 9th - Stefano Masciolini (actor) (partnered by Alessandra Mason) – eliminated 8th
- Raz DeganRaz DeganRaz Degan is an Israeli male model, and actor of the cinema, television, and theatre, who resides in Italy. In 2009, he co-starred in Barbarossa, an Italian film based on the life of Frederick I Barbarossa. In 2004 he played the role of Darius III in Oliver Stone's film Alexander...
(actor and model) (partnered by Samanta Togni) – withdrew - Margherita GranbassiMargherita GranbassiMargherita Granbassi is an Italian foil fencer.Granbassi won the gold medal at the foil 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Valentina Vezzali 7-6 in the final. Later in the tournament she also won a silver in the team's foil event together with her team mates Elisa Di Francisca,...
(fencer) (partnered by Stefano Di Filippo) – eliminated 6th - Lorenzo Crespi (actor) (partnered by Natalia Titova) – eliminated 5th
- Cecilia Capriotti (actress and model) (partnered by Samuel Peron) – eliminated 4th
- Maria Concetta Mattei (journalist) (partnered by Roberto Imperatori) – eliminated 3rd
- Stefano Pantano (fencer) (partnered by Tinna Hoffman) – eliminated 2nd
- Maurizio Battista (comedian) (partnered by Vicky Martin) – eliminated 1st
The seventh series (titled Ballando con le Stelle) aired in February 2011, featuring:
- Kaspar CapparoniKaspar Capparoni-Biography:A native of Rome, Capparoni became a theater actor when he was 18, directed by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi. In 1984 he also appeared in the film Phenomena, directed by Dario Argento....
(actor) (partnered by Yulia Musikhina) – WINNERS - Sara Santostasi (actress) (partnered by Umberto Gaudino) – second place
- Bruno Cabrerizio (model) (partnered by Ola Karieva) – joint third place
- Vittoria BelvedereVittoria BelvedereVittoria Belvedere is an Italian actress from Vibo Valentia in Calabria, southern Italy. She has appeared in several films but most of her work is television based....
(actress) (partnered by Stefano Di Filippo) – joint third place - Christian PanucciChristian PanucciChristian Panucci is a retired Italian footballer. He was a member of the Italian national team. Panucci is a right back, but can also play as a centre back.-Early career:...
(footballer) (partnered by Agnese Junkure) – eliminated 8th - Gedeon BurkhardGedeon BurkhardGedeon Burkhard is a German film and television actor. Although he has appeared in numerous films and TV series in both Europe and the US, he is probably best recognised for his role as Alexander Brandtner in the Austrian/German television series Kommissar Rex , which has been aired on television...
(actor) (partnered by Samanta Togni) – eliminated 7th - Barbara Capponi (journalist) (partnered by Samuel Peron) – eliminated 6th
- Paolo RossiPaolo RossiPaolo Rossi is an Italian former football striker. In 1982, he led Italy to the 1982 FIFA World Cup title, scoring six goals to win the Golden Boot/top scorer honors, and the Golden Ball. After his performance at the 1982 FIFA World Cup he became a hero in the hearts of all Italians...
(football legend) (partnered by Vicky Martin) – eliminated 5th - Madalina Ghenea (model) (partnered by Simone Di Pasquale) – eliminated 4th
- Giuseppe PoviaGiuseppe PoviaGiuseppe Povia is an Italian pop singer.- Biography :Born in Milan, he began teaching himself guitar at the age of 14. He taught himself how to play music by ear, and by the time he was 20, began to compose music. In 1999, he enrolled in the Academy of Sanremo, where he met Giancarlo Bigazzi...
(singer) (partnered by Nuria Santalucia) – eliminated 3rd - Alessia FilippiAlessia FilippiAlessia Filippi is an Italian swimmer.Filippi excels in backstroke and individual medley races, as well as in middle-distance freestyle ....
(swimmer) (partnered by Raimondo Todaro) – eliminated 2nd - Alessandro Di Pietro (journalist) (partnered by Annalisa Longo) – eliminated 1st
Japan
The Japanese version is called Shall We Dance? It has the same title as the 1996 movie by the same name, but it has no relation to the movie beyond the shared name. Due to the fact that there was already a season-special dancing program, and that and many cast members from it also appeared in the new program, the Japanese version was confused with a regularly scheduled version of the season-special, rather than its own version of the TV series. This one ran from April 8, 2006, to March 17, 2007.Korea
The show has aired on MBC TVMunhwa Broadcasting Corporation
Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC (Hangul : 문화방송주식회사, Munhwa Bangsong Jushikoesa) is one of four major national South Korean television and radio networks. Munhwa is the Korean word for "culture". Its flagship terrestrial television...
since June 10, 2011, and is hosted by Lee Deok-hwa
Lee Deok-hwa
Lee Deok-hwa is a South Korean actor. He studied drama at Dongguk University, and made his debut as an actor in 1973. In 2005, he was the second highest grossing actor with the KBS network. He recently appeared in the blockbuster drama, Dae Jo Yeong as a general for the Chinese army, Xue Rengui...
and Lee So-ra.
Contestants:
- Kim Yeong-cheolKim Yeong-cheolKim Yeong-cheol is a South Korean actor. One of his earliest appearances was in White Smile . Other notable film roles include playing an underworld boss in A Bittersweet Life .-Television:-Film:...
(actor, partnered by Lee Chae-won) - Kim Dong-kyoo (classical singer, partnered by Lee Han-na)
- Kim Jang-hoonKim Jang-hoon- Biography :As Kim Janghoon was born weak, he spent his time singing. Although he was tone-deaf, singing was his only pleasure of life. He quit school and got a job as a DJ at cafes. After he finished his work, he always practiced singing. Long after keeping in touch with many musicians, finally...
(rock singer, partnered by Jeong Ah-reum) - Lee Bong-jooLee Bong-JuLee Bong-Ju is a South Korean marathoner.He won the silver medal in the marathon at the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, United States...
(marathoner, partnered by Choi Soo-jeong) - Moon Hee-joon (pop/rock singer, partnered by Ahn Hye-sang)
- Oh Sang-jin (announcer, partnered by Ham Ga-yeon)
- Kim Kyoo-ri (actress, partnered by Kim Kang-san)
- Park Eun-ji (weather caster, partnered by Kwon Soon-yong)
- Jessica GomesJessica GomesJessica Gomes is an Australian model of Singaporean-Chinese and Portuguese heritage who appeared in the 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 editions of the Swimsuit Issue of the United States–published magazine Sports Illustrated. She was featured in a bodypainting layout as a canvas for bodypaint artist...
(model, partnered by Park Ji-woo) - Lee Seul-ah (model, partnered by Park Sang-woon)
- HyunaHyunaHyunA is a South Korean idol singer and a member of girl group, 4minute. She is also former member of the popular girl group Wonder Girls.- Biography :Kim Hyuna was born on June 6, 1992 in Seoul, South Korea...
(pop singer, partnered by Nam Kee-yong)
The Netherlands
Series one was shown in Summer/Autumn 2005. It featured- Inge de BruijnInge de BruijnInge de Bruijn is a Dutch former swimmer. She was a four-time Olympic champion and a former world record holder.-Biography:De Bruijn was born in Barendrecht, South Holland, and tried several sports before settling with swimming....
(sportswoman) (partnered by Remco Bastiaansen) - Joris Lutz (presenter) (partnered by Euvgenia Parakhina)
- Koert-Jan de Bruijn (actor) (partnered by Charissa van Dipte)
- Inge Ipenburg (actress) (partnered by Koen Jan Willem Brouwers)
- Ans MarkusAns MarkusAntje Geertje Markus is a Dutch painter.Markus is known for her paintings of woman in drapings. Markus is an autodidact with a realistic style. Her first exposition was in 1981, her own atelier and exposition space was openened in 1995...
(artist) (partnered by Peter Bosveld) - Irene van de Laar (presenter) (partnered by Marcus van TeijlingenMarcus van TeijlingenMarcus van Teijlingen is a Dutch dance instructor and professional Latin-American dancer. His regular dance partner was Nathalie Kip...
) - Rudolph van Veen (cook) (partnered by Roemjana de Haan)
- Jim BakkumJim BakkumJimmy "Jim" Johannes Bakkum is a Dutch singer, actor, stage actor and television personality. Rising to nationwide fame after becoming runner-up in the first season of Dutch singing competition series Idols, he has released five albums and made a career in musicals and film...
(singer) (partnered by Julie Fryer)
Jim Bakkum was eventually declared the winner.
Series two is shown in Winter/Spring 2006. It features:
- Lieke van Lexmond (actress) (partnered by Remco Bastiaansen)
- Winston Post (actor) (partnered by Euvgenia Parakhina)
- Maik de Boer (stylist) (partnered by Charissa van Dipte)
- Myrna Goossen (presenter) (partnered by Koen Jan Willem Brouwers)
- Edsilia RombleyEdsilia RombleyEdsilia Francisca Rombley is a Dutch singer. She participated in the Soundmixshow in 1996. She represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest twice, in 1998 and 2007.-Biography:...
(singer) (partnered by Peter Bosveld) - Barbara de LoorBarbara de LoorBarbara de Loor is a retired Dutch speed skater who was specialised in the middle long and longer distances, over 1000 to 5000 metres....
(speed-skater) (partnered by Marcus van TeijlingenMarcus van TeijlingenMarcus van Teijlingen is a Dutch dance instructor and professional Latin-American dancer. His regular dance partner was Nathalie Kip...
) - John de WolfJohn de WolfJohannes "John" Hildebrand de Wolf is a retired Dutch footballer, who earned six caps for the Dutch national team, scoring two goals.-Club:...
(sportsman) (partnered by Roemjana de Haan) - Frits Sissing (presenter) (partnered by Julie Fryer)
The finale will be aired 13-05-2006. The two contestants who got this far are Barbara de Loor and Winston Post. The winner was declared Barbara de Loor, who got the highest amount of points from the jury, and most votes as well.
On New Year's Eve
New Year's Eve
New Year's Eve is observed annually on December 31, the final day of any given year in the Gregorian calendar. In modern societies, New Year's Eve is often celebrated at social gatherings, during which participants dance, eat, consume alcoholic beverages, and watch or light fireworks to mark the...
2005, a New Year
New Year
The New Year is the day that marks the time of the beginning of a new calendar year, and is the day on which the year count of the specific calendar used is incremented. For many cultures, the event is celebrated in some manner....
's special was shown. It featured:
- Catherine Keyl (Presenter) (partnered by Marcus van TeijlingenMarcus van TeijlingenMarcus van Teijlingen is a Dutch dance instructor and professional Latin-American dancer. His regular dance partner was Nathalie Kip...
) - Tatjana Šimić (actress, model) (partnered by Koen Jan Willem Brouwers)
- Marit van Bohemen (sporter) (partnered by Peter Bosveld)
- Lieke van Lexmond (actress) (partnered by Remco Bastiaansen)
- Bas Muijs (actor) (partnered by Roemjana de Haan)
- Christijan AlbersChristijan AlbersChristijan Albers is a Dutch racing driver. After success in the DTM he drove in Formula One from until the 2007 British Grand Prix, shortly after which he was dropped by his Spyker F1 team...
(Formula 1-driver for Spyker-MF1) (partnered by Julie Fryer) - Hans KlokHans KlokJohannes Franciscus Catharinus "Hans" Klok is a Dutch illusionist and actor.-Biography:Hans Klok was born in Purmerend, the Netherlands....
(partnered by Charissa van Dipte) - Ernst Daniël Smid (Singer) (partnered by Euvgenia Parakhina)
This was won by Tatjana Šimić and Koen Brouwers
Special Christmas and New Year's Eve 2006, with
- Yolanthe Cabau van KasbergenYolanthe Cabau van Kasbergen-Early life:Sneijder-Cabau was born on the Spanish island of Ibiza. Her father, Xavier Cabau , was Spanish, while her mother, Richarda "Rici" van Kasbergen, is Dutch. Xavier Cabau was a wealthy entrepreneur known as the "King of Ibiza", who owned several discothèques, restaurants, and bars...
(actress) and Peter Bosveld - Wilbert Gieske (actor) and Roemjana de Haan
- DoDominique van HulstDominique Rijpma van Hulst is a Dutch singer known by her stage name Do . She is best known for singing the vocals of DJ Sammy's worldwide top 10 hit in 2002-2003, "Heaven", a cover of the 1980s hit by Bryan Adams....
(singer) and Koen Brouwers - Arnold VanderlydeArnold VanderlydeArnold Petrus Maria Vanderlyde is a former boxer from the Netherlands, who participated in three Summer Olympics and won three bronze medals in the heavyweight division , starting in 1984 in Los Angeles, California. He started boxing at age fifteen...
(bronze medal winner Los Angeles 1984,Seoul 1988, Barcelona 1992) and Charissa van Dipte - Patricia PaayPatricia PaayPatricia Anglaia Margareth Paaij , best known as Patricia Paay, is a Dutch singer, radio host, glamour model and television personality. In the Netherlands, she is well known for her musical career, which spans over four decades...
(member of girl-group the star-sisters) and Remco Bastiaansen - Bastiaan RagasBastiaan RagasBastiaan Johannes Ragas is a Dutch singer and actor. Born in Lisse, he was the youngest of three brothers. Ragas learnt piano and guitar at school. He also participated and traveled with the international musical group Up With People during their 1989-1990 tour...
(singer/musicalstar) and Julie Fryer - Eric van TijnEric van TijnEric Job van Tijn is a Dutch music producer and judge on the Dutch versions of the music competitions Idols and X Factor....
(musicproducent) and Euvgenia Parakhina - Anita Witzier (presenter) and Marcus van TeijlingenMarcus van TeijlingenMarcus van Teijlingen is a Dutch dance instructor and professional Latin-American dancer. His regular dance partner was Nathalie Kip...
Do and Koen Brouwers won this special.
On March 31, 2007 the third season started. This featured:
- Bart Chabot (writer) and Kimberly Smith
- Christophe Haddad (actor) and Ilse Lans
- Bob de JongBob de JongBob Johannes Carolus de Jong is a Dutch speed skater who specializes in long distances: five and ten kilometers.-Speed skating career:...
(olympic champion skating) and Euvgenia Parakhina - Martijn KrabbéMartijn KrabbéMartijn Joop Krabbé is a Dutch radio- and TV-presenter.- Biography :As son of actor, director, painter and writer Jeroen Krabbé, he started his career in Dutch media as 19 year old in the Dutch TV-programme "Popformule"...
(presenter) and Roemjana de Haan - Lodewijk Hoekstra (TV-gardener) and Charissa van Dipte
- Aukje van Ginneken (actress/singer) and Remco Bastiaansen
- Nikkie Plessen (presenter) and Peter Bosveld
- Fabienne de Vries (former VJ) and Koen Brouwers
- Helga van Leur (meteorologist) and Marcus van TeijlingenMarcus van TeijlingenMarcus van Teijlingen is a Dutch dance instructor and professional Latin-American dancer. His regular dance partner was Nathalie Kip...
This season was won by Helga van Leur and Marcus van Teijlingen
Scoring charts
week.- indicates the couple was in the bottom 3.
- indicates the couple in the bottom 2.
- indicates the winning couple.
- indicates the runner-up couple.
- indicates the third place couple.
Team Place 1 2 1+2 3 4 5 6 7 Jim & Julie 1 29 30 59 36 26 36 28+35=63 29+36=65 Irene & Marcus 2 24 31 55 31 35 33 33+38=71 34+37=71 Inge B & Remco 3 32 31 63 35 29 31 30+34=64 38+30=68 Joris & Euvgenia 4 25 19 44 24 32 27 21+25=46 Koert-Jan & Charissa 5 21 31 52 26 34 28 Inge I & Koen 6 23 32 55 27 26 Rudolph & Roemjana 7 27 25 52 28 Ans & Peter 8 27 26 53 Team Place 1 2 1+2 3 4 5 6 7 Barbara & Marcus 1 27 28 55 35 30 33 38+36=74 37+32=69 Winston & Euvgenia 2 30 30 60 29 38 35 33+37=70 38+35=73 Frits & Julie 3 32 27 59 33 31 31 32+40=72 29+36=65 John & Roemjana 4 23 27 50 25 29 22 31+25=56 Lieke & Remco 5 30 32 62 27 33 31 Edsilla & Peter 6 30 24 54 32 32 Myrna & Koen 7 24 21 45 24 Mike & Charissa 8 20 23 43 Team Place 1 2 1+2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Helga & Marcus 1 27 30 57 31 30 33 33+29=62 31+28=59 33+36=69 34+36+38=108 Christophe & Ilse 2 32 31 63 35 37 38 40+34=74 34+36=70 39+36=75 38+40+40=118 Nikkie & Peter 3 29 25 54 30 31 36 34+39=73 28+33=61 40+36=76 Bob & Euvgenia 4 24 23 47 27 27 28 32+27=59 28+27=55 Martijn & Roemjana 5 29 28 57 30 35 28 36+31=67 Bart & Kimberly 6 21 21 42 24 25 21 Aukje & Remco 7 28 29 57 31 34 Lodewijk & Charissa 8 16 20 36 18 Fabienne & Koen 9 26 30 56
New Zealand
Judges: Brendan ColeBrendan Cole
Brendan Cole is a ballroom dancer specialising in Latin American dancing. He is most famous for appearing on the BBC show Strictly Come Dancing, a dance contest in which a professional ballroom dancer is partnered with a celebrity amateur dancer...
, Craig Revel Horwood
Craig Revel Horwood
Craig Revel Horwood is an Australian-British dancer, choreographer, and theatre director in the United Kingdom.-Biography:...
, Paul Mercurio
Paul Mercurio
Paul Joseph Mercurio is an Australian actor, dancer and TV presenter. Mercurio is well-known for his lead role in Baz Luhrmann's Strictly Ballroom . His father was the character actor Gus Mercurio.- Biography :...
, Alison Leonard.
Winners of Each Season:
| Season | Celebrity | Professional |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norm Hewitt Norm Hewitt Norman "Norm" Hewitt is a former New Zealand All Black Rugby Union Player. He was selected for the New Zealand team because of his fantastic performance in Hawkes Bay's surprise victory over the British Lions in 1993... |
Carol Anne Hickmore |
| 2 | Lorraine Downes Lorraine Downes Lorraine Elizabeth Downes is a New Zealand former beauty queen who held the Miss Universe title in 1983 and won the New Zealand version of the reality TV show Dancing with the Stars in 2006.-Miss Universe:... |
Aaron Gilmore Aaron Gilmore Aaron Gilmore is a New Zealand politician and member of the New Zealand National Party. He has been a list MP since the 2008 election.-Early life and education:... |
| 3 | Suzanne Paul Suzanne Paul Suzanne Paul is a British-born television personality and celebrity in New Zealand, who became famous for her roles as an infomercial hostess and television presenter. She grew up in the working class area of Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton, and worked as a sales demonstrator for almost two decades... |
Stefano Olivieri |
| 4 | Temepara George Temepara George Temepara Anne George , formerly Temepara Clark, is a New Zealand international netball player. She was a member of the Silver Ferns national squad in 1996, and from 2000–2011. George retired from international duties after the 2011 World Netball Championships in Singapore... |
Stefano Olivieri |
| 5 | Tamati Coffey Tamati Coffey Tamati Coffey is a New Zealand television host and presenter. He is the roving weather presenter for TVNZ's breakfast television programme Breakfast. He has also worked on children's television show What Now, and was the winner of New Zealand's Dancing With The Stars in 2009... |
Samantha Hitchcock |
Norway
The series was named Skal vi danse? (en: Shall We Dance?). Winners are Katrine MoholtKatrine Moholt
Katrine Moholt is a Norwegian television personality and singer.She started her television career in TV Romerike in 1997, and was hired in TV 2 i 2001. She first hosted some small shows Gjett hva jeg gjør and Tre gode naboer, but later took over Jakten på kjærligheten which became a long-running...
, Kristian Ødegård
Kristian Ødegård
Kristian Ødegård is a Norwegian television personality.He contributed to the film Get Ready to be Boyzvoiced in 2000, and later cooperated with Espen Eckbo and/or Henrik Elvestad in the mock reality show Nissene på låven , the mock game show TV2-nøttene and the mock talk show Tonight med Timothy...
, Tshawe Baqwa, Lene Alexandra Øien
Lene Alexandra
Lene Alexandra Øien is a Norwegian singer, and former model for FHM magazine, as well a former Norwegian lad's mags Lek and Cats model. She began her musical career in 2007 at age 25 when she released her first single entitled "My Boobs Are OK". The single charted in several European countries and...
, Carsten Skjelbreid and Åsleik Engmark
Åsleik Engmark
Åsleik Engmark is a Norwegian comedian, actor and director, living in Nesodden outside Oslo.Engmark was one of the co-founders of the Norwegian cabaret group Lompelandslaget in 1987...
Isdans
In the spring of 2007, TV 2 aired a programme called Isdans (en: Figure Skating), in which six celebrities have been paired with professional skaters. The show is similar to Dancing with the Stars, with the difference being that figure skating rather than ballroom dancing is performed. The participants were:- Dorthe SkappelDorthe SkappelDorthe Skappel is a Norwegian television personality, journalist, celebutante and former model, probably best known for hosting God kveld, Norge! and Gullruten on TV2.- Personal life :...
, TV show hostess, partnered by Janusz Komendera - Sandra Lyng HaugenSandra Lyng HaugenSandra Lyng Haugen is a Norwegian singer. - Biography :Sandra Lyng Haugen is from the town of Mosjøen in the municipality of Vefsn in Nordland county, Norway. She rose to popularity after her participation in the TV 2 program in which she placed fourth in Idol: Jakten på en superstjerne 2004, the...
, Artist, partnered by Aleksander Sunde Iversen - Per Christian Ellefsen, Actor, partnered by Marianne Fjørtoft
- Pål Anders UllevålseterPål Anders UllevålseterPål Anders Ullevålseter is Norwegian a rally racing motorcycle rider. He has competed in the Dakar Rally from 2002 to 2010 and in 2010 he made his first podium appearance when he came in second.-References:...
, Rally motor cyclist, partnered by Anna Pouchkov - Anette BøeAnette BøeAnette Bøe is a former Norwegian cross-country skier.Bøe won her first international medal when she took the bronze at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid on the 4 x 5 km...
, Retired cross-country skier, partnered by Aleksandr Smokvin - Jim MarthinsenJim MarthinsenJim Marthinsen is a retired Norwegian ice hockey goaltender, who played for the club Vålerenga Ishockey and for the Norwegian national team. He participated at the Winter Olympics in 1980, 1984, 1992 and 1994. He was seven times Norwegian Champion with the club Vålerenga, and three times with...
, Retired ice hockey player, partnered by Kaja HanevoldKaja HanevoldKaja Hanevold is a Norwegian retired competitive figure skater who skates professionally. She is a multiple Norwegian national champion and competed many times at the World Figure Skating Championships, the European Figure Skating Championships, and the World Junior Figure Skating Championships...
During one of her rehearsals, Dorthe Skappel fell and smashed her face into the ice. Because of this incident, TV 2 did not produce more seasons.
Pakistan
NachleyNachley
Nachley is the Pakistani version of Dancing with the Stars. It has aired one successful season and is currently airing season 2 which is known as Aaja Nachley. The channel in which this show is aired is ARY digital and is now shown on MBC 4 COLORS TV AND CHANNEL 5...
(lit. "Dance") is the Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
i version of Dancing with the Stars. The show is aired on ARY Digital
ARY Digital
ARY Digital, a subsidiary of the ARY Group, is a popular Pakistani television network available in Pakistan, the Middle East, North America and Europe. The ARY Group of companies is a Dubai-based holding company founded by a Pakistani businessman, Abdul Razzak Yaqoob . The network caters to the...
and its theme is based around traditional Pakistani music and dance concepts.
Peru
The first reality show based on Dancing With The Stars was "Baila Con Las Estrellas" (2005–2006), hosted by Rebeca EscribensRebeca Escribens
Rebeca Escribens is a Peruvian actress, TV Host., radio host and producer.- Television :*María Rosa, búscame una esposa as Yolanda García*Latin Lover as Silvana*Luciana y Nicolás Host*¡Despierta América! Host...
and broadcasted on Panamericana Televisión
Panamericana Televisión
Panamericana Televisión, Panamericana Television or Pantel is a Peruvian television network founded in 1959 when television first arrived in Peru. It initially broadcast on Channel 13, but later moved to Channel 5 in metropolitan Lima. This network was followed by a second private television...
(channel 5) on Saturday afternoon. The show had 2 seasons, then it was cancelled.
Winners:
- Maricielo Effio, professional dancer (2005).
- Ismael La RosaIsmael La RosaIsmael Armando La Rosa Fernandini is a Peruvian actor. He is best known for his roles in telenovelas.-Biography:...
, actor (2006).
The second dancing show was Bailando por un sueño (Perú)
Bailando por un sueño (Perú)
The Peruvian version of Bailando por un Sueño premiered its first season on June 7, 2008, hosted by Gisela Valcárcel, who returned to Peruvian television after spending three years away...
(Dancing for a Dream) in 2008, based on Mexican reality show with the same name, broadcasted on Panamericana Televisión
Panamericana Televisión
Panamericana Televisión, Panamericana Television or Pantel is a Peruvian television network founded in 1959 when television first arrived in Peru. It initially broadcast on Channel 13, but later moved to Channel 5 in metropolitan Lima. This network was followed by a second private television...
, but produced by different Productions: GV Producciones. This show was hosted by Gisela Valcárcel
Gisela Valcárcel
Sonia Mercedes Gisela Valcárcel Álvarez is a Peruvian television hostess, actress and businesswoman.-Personal life:...
and Giancarlo Chichizola and aired every Saturday night (from june
June
June is the sixth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and one of the four months with a length of 30 days. Ovid provides two etymologies for June's name in his poem concerning the months entitled the Fasti...
to december
December
December is the 12th and last month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of seven months with the length of 31 days.December starts on the same day as September every year and ends on the same day as April every year.-Etymology:...
). The show was like Dancing With The Stars, but instead of professional dancers, they were amateur dancers. They danced every week in order to win a prize: to achieve a personal/humanitarian goal or "dream". The show had 2 seasons and the 4 first places of each season had the chance to dance on "Reyes de la Pista".
Winners:
- Season 1: Carlos Alcántara, actor and stand-up comediant; and his partner Carolina Guerra. Their "dream" was a surgery to Carolina's cornea in order to remove some ulsers, otherwise she would have lost the sight.
- Season 2: Marco Zunino, actor and singer; and his partner Jardena Ugaz, their "dream" was to give Jardena's mother an operation to remove some strange lumps that had appeared on the back.
- "Reyes de la Pista": Delly MadridDelly MadridDelly Madrid is a Peruvian reality television contestant, model, and dancer. She became a model in Punta del Este.In 2008, she won fourth place in the second season of the Peruvian version of Bailando por un Sueño and won the spin-off, Reyes del...
, model and business woman; and her partner José Luis Campos. They won about $280 000 in Peruvian currency and the chance to represent this country on Second Dance World Championship, in MexicoMexicoThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
.
The next year (2009), El Show de los sueños (Peru)
El Show de los sueños (Peru)
The Peruvian version of El show de los sueños , whose creation is due to Rubén Galindo Jr. and Santiago Galindo, premiered in 2009, hosted by Gisela Valcárcel...
was showed up every Saturday night (from may
May
May is the fifth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of seven months with the length of 31 days.May is a month of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere and spring in the Northern Hemisphere...
to december
December
December is the 12th and last month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of seven months with the length of 31 days.December starts on the same day as September every year and ends on the same day as April every year.-Etymology:...
) on América Televisión
America Television
America Television , better known as America TV, is a Peruvian television network affiliated with Televisa of Mexico. It was founded on December 15, 1958 by Antonio Umbert F., Nicanor Gonzalez V., and Avelino Aramburu. The network belongs to the Plural TV group formed by the daily newspapers El...
(channel 4) and hosted by Gisela Valcárcel
Gisela Valcárcel
Sonia Mercedes Gisela Valcárcel Álvarez is a Peruvian television hostess, actress and businesswoman.-Personal life:...
and Christian Rivero
Christian Rivero
Cristian Karlo Rivero Schoster is a Peruvian television host, actor and male model, most known for being Gisela Valcarcel's co-host in all her TV shows.- TV Shows :- Telenovela :- Theater :-References:...
. This reality show was a dancing and singing competition, therefore, there was one star, an amateur dancer, and an amateur singer per group. They performed to achieve a personal/humanitarian goal or "dream". The 3 first places of each season, 1 fourth place of season 1 and an 8º place of season 2 selected by the judges won a chance to perform on "Reyes del Show" (Show Kings).
Winners:
- Season 1: Sandra MuenteSandra MuenteSandra Muente Bayona, , is a Peruvian-Mexican singer and model. She began her career in the music reality TV show Latin American Idol, where she reach the third place...
, singer; and her partners the Herrera Soto brothers, whose "dream" was the rebuilding of "Lord of Luren" church, located in IcaICA- Business :* Empresas ICA , large construction company in Mexico* ICA AB, a Swedish corporate group in the food retail business, formerly named ICA Ahold AB....
, PeruPeruPeru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
. - Season 2: Anna CarinaAnna CarinaAnna Carina Copello Hora is a peruvian dancer, actress, pop singer-songwriter and guitarist, known professionally as Anna Carina...
, singer, songwtriter and dancer; and her partners Carlos Suárez and Gabriela Noriega, whose "dream" was to give a surgery to Gabriela's older sister, who was a morbid obese and the recovery from chronic depression. - "Reyes del Show": Jean Paul Strauss, singer, musician and songwriter; and his partners Katherine Mendoza and Luis Enrique Baca. They won about $560 000 in Peruvian currency.
Since 2010, El Gran Show
El Gran Show
El Gran Show is a dance reality show airing on América Televisión in Perú hosted by Gisela Valcárcel.Every season, celebrities and amateur dancers are paired up. Celebrities have included actors/actresses, models, singers, athletes, teen heartthrobs, television hosts, and comedians...
(The Amazing Show) is broadcasted on América Televisión
America Television
America Television , better known as America TV, is a Peruvian television network affiliated with Televisa of Mexico. It was founded on December 15, 1958 by Antonio Umbert F., Nicanor Gonzalez V., and Avelino Aramburu. The network belongs to the Plural TV group formed by the daily newspapers El...
(channel 4) every Saturday night (from may
May
May is the fifth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of seven months with the length of 31 days.May is a month of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere and spring in the Northern Hemisphere...
to december
December
December is the 12th and last month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of seven months with the length of 31 days.December starts on the same day as September every year and ends on the same day as April every year.-Etymology:...
) and it's hosted by Gisela Valcárcel
Gisela Valcárcel
Sonia Mercedes Gisela Valcárcel Álvarez is a Peruvian television hostess, actress and businesswoman.-Personal life:...
and Christian Rivero
Christian Rivero
Cristian Karlo Rivero Schoster is a Peruvian television host, actor and male model, most known for being Gisela Valcarcel's co-host in all her TV shows.- TV Shows :- Telenovela :- Theater :-References:...
. This reality show is like "Bailando por un Sueño": 2 seasons and a "top performers season". This time, each amateur dancer represents a Peruvian city. besides, in this show, the pairs (the famous and the amateur dancer) were scored from 1 to 10 by standard judges and "V.I.P judges", who are 12 random people representing the Peruvian audience, they are weekly selected by lottery via website. The 3 first places from each season win a chance to dance on El Gran Show: Reyes del Show
El Gran Show: Reyes del Show
Reyes del Show is the original spin off of the Peruvian TV series El Gran Show.This season will join the top three couples of the two first seasons, the fourth in two seasons had the highest average and a couple who did not qualify for this season but was invited by the judges...
(Show Kings).
Winners
2010:- Season 1: Gisela Ponce de LeonGisela Ponce de LeónGisela Ponce de León, is a Peruvian actress. Gisela began working professionally as a child actor on the musical "Annie" and in other productions. She appeared in several more musicals before being selected for the lead role in the hit TV show "Esta Sociedad".- Television :* "El gran show .......
, singer and actress; and her partner Rayder Vásquez, form IcaICA- Business :* Empresas ICA , large construction company in Mexico* ICA AB, a Swedish corporate group in the food retail business, formerly named ICA Ahold AB....
, PeruPeruPeru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
. - Season 2: Belén EstévezBelén EstévezBelèn Estevez is an Argentine dancer, most known for her participation in El Gran Show., as a celebrity heroine.- TV Shows :-Reality:-Theater:-References:*In Spanish:...
, professional dancer; and her partner Gian Frank Navarro, from LimaLimaLima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...
, PeruPeruPeru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
. Their "dream" was to treat Gian Frank's 4 year-old nephew, suffering from viral encephalitis, a disease that has ridden him with scoliosis, blindness and seizures. - "Reyes del Show": Miguel RebosioMiguel RebosioCésar Miguel Rebosio Compans is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a defender.-Football career:Rebosio played for five different teams in his country , and also had abroad stints with Greece's PAOK F.C...
, former soccer player; and his partner Fabianne Hayashida, from LimaLimaLima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...
, PeruPeruPeru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
. They won about $560 000 in Peruvian currency.
2011:
- Season 1: Raul Zuazo, actor; and his partner Dayana Calla, from ArequipaArequipaArequipa is the capital city of the Arequipa Region in southern Peru. With a population of 836,859 it is the second most populous city of the country...
, PeruPeruPeru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
. Their "dream" was to deploy and equip a training center for homeless children. - Season 2: Jesus NeyraJesús NeyraJesús Adalberto Neyra Magagna is a Peruvian actor, model, dancer and former football player most known for being Gianella Neyra's brother and for being a "Hero" in the first and third season of El Gran Show.-Television:...
, actor; and his partner Lucero Clavijo, from TacnaTacna- Rail :Tacna is served by a cross-border standard gauge railway to Arica, Chile.It is also the location of the National Railway Museum of Peru.-Air:Tacna is served by the Crnl. FAP...
, PeruPeruPeru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
. Their "dream" was to improve "Maria Domitila Lascombes" transitorial housing's infrastructure. - "Reyes del Show": (starts in November 5th).
Poland
Taniec z GwiazdamiTaniec z Gwiazdami
Taniec z gwiazdami is a Polish light entertainment reality television series broadcast by TVN. It is the Polish version of the BBC's popular Dancing with the Stars / Strictly Come Dancing franchise which has been sold to more than 30 countries worldwide.The 1st season of Taniec z gwiazdami aired...
is a Polish light entertainment reality television series broadcast by TVN. When on air, every Sunday, the average rating figures show more than 7 million viewers tune in to watch the show. The highest rated episode was the second season finale, where over 8 million people watched.
The show is broadcast live on TVN on Sunday evenings, and it is presented by Natasza Urbańska and Piotr Gąsowski. Each judge gives the performance a mark out of ten, giving an overall total out of forty.
- 1st SeasonTaniec z Gwiazdami (season 1)The 1st season of Taniec z Gwiazdami, the Polish edition of Dancing With the Stars, started on April 16, 2005 and ended on June 4, 2005. It was broadcast by TVN...
: Olivier Janiak (TVN presenter) partnered by Kamila Kajak. - 2nd SeasonTaniec z Gwiazdami (season 2)The 2nd season of Taniec z Gwiazdami, the Polish edition of Dancing With the Stars, started on September 11, 2005 and ended on December 4, 2005. It was broadcasted by TVN...
: Katarzyna CichopekKatarzyna CichopekKatarzyna Cichopek is a Polish actress.She is best known to the Polish audience as Kinga Zduńska, starring in the series "M jak miłość" which is watched by nearly 10 million people...
(popular soap opera actress) partnered by Marcin Hakiel. - 3rd SeasonTaniec z Gwiazdami (season 3)The 3rd season of Taniec z Gwiazdami, the Polish edition of Dancing With the Stars, started on March 5, 2006 and ended on May 14, 2006. It was broadcast by TVN...
: Rafał Mroczek (soap opera actor) partnered by Aneta Piotrowska. - 4th SeasonTaniec z Gwiazdami (season 4)The 4th season of Taniec z Gwiazdami, the Polish edition of Dancing With the Stars, started on September 10, 2006 and ended on November 12, 2006. It was broadcast by TVN...
: Kinga RusinKinga RusinKinga Rusin is a popular Polish TV journalist, producer and author of film documents and reports.She was born in Warsaw and graduated from Warsaw University, having matriculated in journalism and Italian studies. She began her career working for TVP , where, among other duties, she was a presenter...
(TVN presenter and journalist) partnered by Stefano Terazzino. - 5th SeasonTaniec z Gwiazdami (Season 5)The 5th season of Taniec z Gwiazdami, the Polish edition of Dancing With the Stars, started on March 4, 2007 and ended on May 6, 2007. It was broadcast by TVN...
: Krzysztof Tyniec (film and cabaret actor) partnered by Kamila Kajak. - 6th SeasonTaniec z Gwiazdami (season 6)The 6th season of Taniec z Gwiazdami, the Polish edition of Dancing With the Stars, started on September 9, 2007 and ended on November 25, 2007. It was broadcasted by TVN...
: Anna GuzikAnna Guzik-Filmography:She's the winner of the 6th edition of 'Dancing With The Stars'.* 1999: Krugerandy* 2002: Król przedmieścia* 2003: Bao-Bab, czyli zielono mi* 2003: Ciało* 2005: Klinika samotnych serc* 2005-2008: Na Wspólnej...
(actress from a popular soap opera and from the Polish version of "Grace under fire" ("Hela w opałach")) partnered by Łukasz Czarnecki - 7th SeasonTaniec z Gwiazdami (season 7)The 7th season of Taniec z Gwiazdami, the Polish edition of Dancing With the Stars, started on March 2, 2008 and ended on May 25, 2008. It was broadcast by TVN...
: Magdalena Walach (actress from a popular series "Twarzą w twarz" ("Face to Face")) partnered by Cezary Olszewski - 8th SeasonTaniec z Gwiazdami (season 8)The 8th season of Taniec z Gwiazdami, the Polish edition of Dancing With the Stars, started on September 7, 2008 and ended on November 30, 2008. It was broadcast by TVN...
: Agata Kulesza (actress) partnered by Stefano Terazzino - 9th SeasonTaniec z Gwiazdami (Season 9)The 9th season of Taniec z Gwiazdami, the Polish edition of Dancing With the Stars, started on September 6, 2009 and ended on November 29, 2009. It was broadcasted by TVN...
: Dorota Gardias-Skóra (TVN weather-presenter) partnered by Andrej Mosejczuk - 10th SeasonTaniec z Gwiazdami (season 10)The 10th season of Taniec z Gwiazdami, the Polish edition of Dancing With the Stars, started on September 6, 2009 and ended on November 29, 2009. It was broadcasted by TVN...
: Anna MuchaAnna MuchaAnna Maria Mucha, born on April 26, 1980 in Warsaw, Poland, is a Polish film and television actress and journalist. She is best known to American audiences as the character Danka Dresner in the movie Schindler's List. Winner of the Polish version of Dancing with the Stars...
(actress) partnered by Rafał Maserak - 11th SeasonTaniec z Gwiazdami (Season 11)The 11th season of Taniec z Gwiazdami, the Polish edition of Dancing With the Stars, started on March 7, 2010 and ended on June 13, 2010. It was broadcast by TVN...
: Julia KamińskaJulia KaminskaJulia Kamińska is a Polish film and television actress. Kaminska had a lead role in TVN's "BrzydUla", the Polish version of "Betty la fea".-Early life:...
(actress, polish ugly Betty (BrzydUla)) partnered by Rafał Maserak - 12th SeasonTaniec z Gwiazdami (season 12)The 12th season of Taniec z Gwiazdami, the Polish edition of Dancing With the Stars, started on September 5, 2010 and ended on November 28, 2010. It was broadcasted by TVN...
: Monika PyrekMonika PyrekMonika Pyrek is a Polish pole vaulter.Born in Gdynia, competing at the 2004 Olympics, she placed fourth with 4.55 metres, just behind another Polish pole vaulter born in Gdynia, Anna Rogowska. Monika Pyrek won a silver medal in the 2005 World Championships in Athletics with the result 4.60 m...
(Pole vaulter) partnered by Robert Rowiński - 13th SeasonTaniec z Gwiazdami (season 13)The 13th season of Taniec z Gwiazdami, the Polish edition of Dancing With the Stars, will start on September 4, 2011 and end in November 2011. It will be broadcast by TVN. Piotr Gąsowski and Natasza Urbańska are the hosts...
: Kacper Kuszewski (popular soap opera actor) partnered by Anna Głogowska - 14th Season: TBA
Romania
The show uses the name Dansez pentru tine (English: "Dancing for you"). Every pair of dancers is dancing for a cause. The pair is composed of a star and someone affected by the cause (if the cause is helping a person) or a supporter of the cause. The show presents the cause, the training and of course the dancing. The last two pairs in the order given by the jury, will dance next week extra dances and will be eliminated as decided by phone voters (based on the dance or the cause). According to official Romanian website there have been 8 editions until Summer 2009. After dancing in the 3rd edition, Andreea Bălan (music star) & Petrişor Ruge participated in Mexico at "Dancing with the Stars World Championship". They danced very well in the local show but did not win, achieving only a very good 2nd place.Winners:
| S | Celebrity | Partner |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andra (singer / TV hostess) | Florin Birică |
| 2 | Victor Slav (TV host) | Carmen Stepan |
| 3 | Cosmin Stan (TV host) | Doina Ocu |
| 4 | Alex (singer) | Cristina Stoicescu |
| 5 | Andreea Bălan (singer) | Petrişor Ruge |
| 6 | Giulia (singer) | Andrei Ştefan |
| 7 | Monica Irimia (Cheeky Girls) (singer) | Darius Belu |
| 8 | Jean de la Craiova (singer) | Sandra Neacşu |
| 9 | Cătălin Moroşanu Catalin Morosanu Cătălin Moroşanu is a Romanian heavyweight kickboxer, who fights out of the Respect Gym București. He has competed in the Local Kombat, SuperKombat and K-1 promotions and holds notable victories over Gary Goodridge, Freddy Kemayo, Mighty Mo and Stefan Leko. Moroşanu is known for his wild, brawling... (kickboxer) |
Magda Ciorobea |
| 10 | Octavian Strunilă (actor) | Ella Dumitru |
| 11 | Corina Bud (singer) | Eduard Ionuţ Vasile |
Russia
The Russian TV show is called "Танцы со звездами" ("Tantsi so zvezdami", transliterated). The first season, which began in 2005, became extremely popular. Its second season is in progress after a long delay. The format of the show is identical to that of other countries. Each pair is composed of a famous celebrity and a professional dancer.Let's Dance (Program of Markíza)
The first SlovakSlovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
version of the dancing program is called Let's Dance (in English), and 4 seasons were broadcast by TV Markiza
Markíza
Markíza is a television station in Slovakia. The station launched on 31 August 1996. The station was owned by the politician Pavol Rusko, and is now part of CME network...
(1st in the autumn of 2006), hosted by Adela Banášová and Martin "Pyco" Rausch (both of them also hosted the program Slovensko hľadá SuperStar
Slovensko hladá SuperStar
Slovensko hľadá SuperStar is a casting television show based on the popular British show Pop Idol. The show is a contest to determine the best young singer in Slovakia and is shown by the national TV network STV from season 1 & 2...
(Slovak version of American Idol) on STV in 2005 and 2006). The winners of 1st season were Zuzana Fialová
Zuzana Fialová
Zuzana Fialová is a Slovak actress.She attended the music and drama department at the Conservatory in Bratislava, and in 1998 graduated acting studies at the drama faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. Currently she is preparing for a graduate degree...
(a noted Slovakian actress) and Peter Modrovský (a professional dancer). The winners of 2nd season were Michaela Čobejová (Slovakian actress) and Tomáš Surovec (a professional dancer). The winners of 3rd season were Juraj Mokrý (Slovakian actor and humorist) and Katarína Štumpfová (a professional dancer). The winners of 4th season were Nela Pocisková (Slovakian actress and singer) and Peter Modrovský (a professional dancer). The winners of 5th season were Jana Hospodárová (Slovakian TV Host) and Matej Chren (a professional dancer).
Showdance (Program of JOJTV JOJ-About TV JOJ:It was launched on 2 March 2002 as a successor of the TV Global, which was broadcasting since March 2000. TV Joj was built by former head of Czech Republic channel TV Nova, Vladimír Železný, when he was at war with TV Nova’s U.S. investor Central European Media Enterprises...
)
The second SlovakSlovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
version of the dancing program is called Showdance. Showdance was broadcast 1 season by JOJ
TV JOJ
-About TV JOJ:It was launched on 2 March 2002 as a successor of the TV Global, which was broadcasting since March 2000. TV Joj was built by former head of Czech Republic channel TV Nova, Vladimír Železný, when he was at war with TV Nova’s U.S. investor Central European Media Enterprises...
. It was hosted by Zuzana Fialová
Zuzana Fialová
Zuzana Fialová is a Slovak actress.She attended the music and drama department at the Conservatory in Bratislava, and in 1998 graduated acting studies at the drama faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. Currently she is preparing for a graduate degree...
and Martin "Sajfa" Cifra. The winner of 1st season was Zuzana Mauréry.
| Couple | Place | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zuzana Mauréry | 1 | Battle | Winner | ||||
| Diana Mórová | 2 | Battle | Battle | Runner-up | |||
| Vladimír Kobielsky | 3 | Eliminated | |||||
| Peter Batthyány | 4 | Battle | Eliminated | ||||
| Kristína Svarínska | 5 | Battle | Eliminated | ||||
| Veronika Paulovičová | 6 | Eliminated | |||||
| Branislav Bystriansky | 7 | Eliminated | |||||
Spain
The Spanish version is called "¡Más que baile!" (More Than Dancing). It is currently hosted by Pilar RubioPilar Rubio
Pilar Rubio Fernández is a Spanish reporter and TV presenter. She became famous for covering events for the program Sé lo que hicisteis... for the television network La Sexta...
.
Winners of Each Series:
- Claudia Molina (Season 1)
- David CiveraDavid CiveraDavid Civera is a popular Spanish singer.-Biography:David Civera was born in Teruel, in 1979. His parents are José and Pilar and he has two sisters, Sonia is older than David, and Andrea is the younger. David studied Computer Studies and communications but he liked music better and wanted to sing...
(Season 2) - Rosa LópezRosa LópezRosa López, , is a Spanish singer. She came to fame in 2001 as part of the reality show "Operación Triunfo", she represented Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002. She has subsequently released five studio albums, an album on DVD and ten singles.She has been awarded several times throughout her...
(Season 3) - Estela GiménezEstela GiménezEstela Giménez Cid is a Spanish former rhythmic gymnast that won gold at the 1996 Summer Olympics as part of the group all-around event. The team was formed by Estela, Marta Baldó, Nuria Cabanillas, Lorena Guréndez, Estíbaliz Martínez and Tania Lamarca.She was also in the cover of Your Shape game...
(Season 4) - Manolo Sarriá (Season 5)
- Nani Gaitán (Season 6)
- Manuel Bandera (Season 7)
- Belén EstebanBelén EstebanBelén Esteban Menéndez is a Spanish television personality. She began her television career on Spain's Antena 3 channel. In 2004 she followed her colleague Ana Rosa Quintana to Telecinco. In 2009 she left "El programa de Ana Rosa" to participate in a new Telecinco show "Sálvame", which attracted a...
(Season 8)
Sweden
The Swedish version is called "Let's Dance" and is produced by MTV Mastiff.The first two seasons were hosted by Agneta Sjödin
Agneta Sjödin
Agneta Sjödin is a Swedish presenter and TV-personality on the Swedish television channel TV4. Hosted the first two seasons of the popular show Let's Dance on TV4, along with David Hellenius....
and David Hellenius
David Hellenius
David Hellenius is a Swedish comedian and television presenter, often co-operating with Peter Magnusson.Hellenius started his television carrier at ZTV. In 2004, he led the first season of the Swedish Idol series, "Idol 2004", on TV4 with Peter Magnusson. Hellenius and Magnusson were later joined...
, then from season three to the current season Agneta was replaced by Jessica Almenäs
Jessica Almenäs
Jessica Magdalena Therése Almenäs, born 16 November 1975, in Jokkmokk, Sweden, is a Swedish TV personality, former model, and basketball player.Almenäs has studied science in media and is a TV personality on the Swedish channel TV4...
. One of the popular judges is the British dance teacher, Tony Irving
Tony Irving
Anthony Spencer "Tony" Irving , is a British-Swedish professional dancer, dance teacher, choreographer, and dance coach, best known as the jury chairman from TV4's popular dance program Let's Dance....
. The series had a large audience, and with almost 2 million viewers the final gave TV4 the highest ratings for that Friday evening. It was the first time since 1997 that TV4 had more viewers than the public service company SVT's perennially popular music game show "Så Ska Det Låta". In September 2006, it won the Swedish equivalent of the Emmy award, Kristallen (The Crystal), in the Entertainment category. The second season started broadcasting in January 2007 and aired every Friday.
Season 1
(January–March 2006) on TV4- Måns ZelmerlöwMåns ZelmerlöwMåns Petter Albert Sahlén Zelmerlöw is a Swedish pop singer. He is probably best known for his 2007 song "Cara Mia," which was his entry in that year's Melodifestivalen...
(singer) partnered by Maria Karlsson – WINNERS - Anna BookAnna BookAnna Book is a Swedish pop singer. She participated in Let's Dance, the Swedish version of Dancing With The Stars, in 2006 and finished in 2nd place....
(singer) partnered by David Watson – runner-up / 2nd place - Viktor Åkerblom Nilsson (actor) partnered by Carin da SilvaCarin da SilvaCarin Elisa da Silva is a Swedish dancer, pop singer, and television host of Brazilian heritage. She is the sister of the dancer Daniel Da Silva.-Biography:...
– eliminated 8th / 3rd place - Arja SaijonmaaArja SaijonmaaArja Enni Helena Saijonmaa is a Finnish singer, political activist and occasional actress.She studied at the Sibelius Academy and earned a Bachelor of Arts at the Helsinki University. She made her breakthrough as a singer in Sweden...
(singer) partnered by Tobias Karlsson – eliminated 7th - Peppe EngPeppe EngPeppe Eng is a Swedish television host for the sports news on TV4. In 2007 he hosted Talang 2007 and is highly tipped to host Talang 2008.In 2007 he was also a contestant on TV4's reality show Let's Dance.-Source:**...
(sports journalist) partnered by Malin Watson – eliminated 6th - Kishti TomitaKishti TomitaKishti Tomita is a Swedish voice coach, TV personality and singer. Together with A&R manager Daniel Breitholtz and manager and talent scout Peter Swartling she is a part of the Swedish Idol 2004, Idol 2005,Idol 2006 and Idol 2007 jury...
(jury member in the Swedish IdolIdol 2004-24 September :#Alex Falk - Celebration #Cornelia Dahlgren - What It Feels Like For A Girl #Fillip Williams - This Love #Angel Hansson - Hello...
) partnered by Tobias Wallin – eliminated 5th - Tone Bekkestad (Norwegian TV-weather reporter) partnered by Peter Broström – eliminated 4th
- Paolo RobertoPaolo RobertoPaolo Roberto is a Swedish ex-boxer, actor, and TV host of partial Italian descent.-Outside boxing:...
(former professional boxer) partnered by Helena Fransson – eliminated 3rd - Carolina GynningCarolina GynningCarolina Gynning Nilsson is a Swedish model, actress and television host. Gynning became especially well-known to the public after winning Big Brother 2004, and has since become a television host for shows such as Dagens Man, Idol 2007 and Förkväll.-Early life:Gynning was born in Malmö but grew up...
(winner of Swedish Big Brother 2004) partnered by Daniel da Silva – eliminated 2nd - Melker Andersson (star chef) partnered by Ingrid Beate Thompson – eliminated 1st
Carin da Silva and Daniel da Silva are siblings. Daniel is the older of the two, having been born in 1981; Carin was born in 1984.
Season 2
(January–March 2007) on TV4- Martin LidbergMartin LidbergMartin Lidberg is a highly decorated Swedish wrestler. He is a world champion, two-time European champion as well as 19-time Swedish champion. He has competed in the olympics three times...
(wrestler) partnered by Cecilia Erling – WINNERS - Tobbe BlomTobbe BlomTobias Peter "Tobbe" Blom is a Swedish TV host on TV4 and magician. He is best known for his stage name Tobbe Trollkarl.Tobbe was the host of Idol 2005 along Johan Wiman and has also done a kids show for morning TV on TV4...
(TV-host & magician) partnered by Annika Sjöö – runner-up / 2nd place - Erica JohanssonErica JohanssonErica Johansson is a former Swedish athlete who specialized in long jump.She was very promising as a junior long jumper. At the age of 15 she equalled the Swedish record with 6.50 meters. One year later she won the silver medal in the 1990 World Junior Championships, jumping 6.50 again. She won...
(athlete) partnered by Daniel da Silva – eliminated 10th / 3rd place - Lasse BrandebyLasse Brandeby-External links:...
(actor) partnered by Ann Lähdet – eliminated 9th - Ebba HultkvistEbba HultkvistEbba Johanna Birgitta Hultkvist is a Swedish actress. She played Wilma, the teenage daughter, in the TV series Skärgårdsdoktorn. Since then, she has starred in a few movies and the reality TV show Let's Dance. Ebba was voted off Let's Dance on the 9th of March 2007.-External links:...
(actress) partnered by Jonathan Näslund – eliminated 8th - Anna Sahlin (singer) partnered by Tobias Karlsson – eliminated 7th
- Yvonne RydingYvonne RydingYvonne Agneta Ryding is a beauty queen from Sweden who was crowned Miss Universe 1984 on July 9, 1984...
(Miss Universe 1984Miss Universe 1984Miss Universe 1984, the 33rd Miss Universe pageant, was held at James L. Knight Convention Center in Miami, Florida, USA on July 9, 1984. 81 contestants competed for the crown....
) partnered by Tobias Wallin – eliminated 6th - Harald TreutigerHarald TreutigerNils Harald Ossian Treutiger is a Swedish television host who hosted Eurovision Song Contest 1992 in Sweden after Carola Häggkvist winning in 1991. Harald is currently employed at TV4 Plus...
(TV-host) partnered by Maria Karlsson – eliminated 5th - Patrick Ekwall (TV-sport reporter) partnered by Carin da SilvaCarin da SilvaCarin Elisa da Silva is a Swedish dancer, pop singer, and television host of Brazilian heritage. She is the sister of the dancer Daniel Da Silva.-Biography:...
– eliminated 4th - Malou von Sivers (TV-hostess) partnered by Björn Törnblom – eliminated 3rd
- Mårten AnderssonMarten AnderssonMarten Andersson is the bass guitarist for the hard rock and heavy metal groups Lizzy Borden, George Lynch's , Starwood and...
(comedian) partnered by Helena Fransson – eliminated 2nd - Birgitte Söndergaard (actress and artist) partnered by Johan Andersson – eliminated 1st
The winners Martin Ledberg and Cecilia Erling became a couple during the running of the show and participated in the Eurovision Dance Contest
Eurovision Dance Contest 2007
The Eurovision Dance Contest 2007 was the 1st Eurovision Dance Contest a dance entertainment co-production between the EBU and the BBC. The first ever pan-European dance competition was held on 1 September 2007 in London, United Kingdom with the participation of 16 countries...
in 2007 where they ended in a 14th place.
Singer and entertainer Markoolio
Markoolio
Marko Kristian "Markoolio" Lehtosalo is a Swedish-Finnish multi-platinum selling recording artist, singer, musician, songwriter, actor, and comedian...
was supposed to compete in the second season, but broke his foot and was replaced by Tobbe Blom
Tobbe Blom
Tobias Peter "Tobbe" Blom is a Swedish TV host on TV4 and magician. He is best known for his stage name Tobbe Trollkarl.Tobbe was the host of Idol 2005 along Johan Wiman and has also done a kids show for morning TV on TV4...
.Actor Emil Forselius
Emil Forselius
Emil Forselius was a Swedish actor. He graduated from the Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting in 2002. He was awarded a Guldbagge Award for his role as Lasse in the film Tic Tac.-Death:...
chose to leave the show before start. Mårten Andersson
Marten Andersson
Marten Andersson is the bass guitarist for the hard rock and heavy metal groups Lizzy Borden, George Lynch's , Starwood and...
replaced him.
Season 3
(January–March 2008) on TV4- Tina NordströmTina NordströmTina Nordström is a Swedish celebrity chef, television personality, and pitch lady from Helsingborg, Sweden....
(TV-chef) partnered by Tobias Karlsson – WINNERS - Tony RickardssonTony RickardssonTony Rickardsson is a retired Swedish motorcycle speedway rider. He is widely acknowledged as being the most successful speedway rider of the current era, having won six Speedway World Championship titles in 15 attempts. He has two daughters, Michelle and Natalie with his wife Anna...
(speedway driver) partnered by Annika Sjöö – runner-up / 2nd place - Karl Petter Bergvall (star of Bonde söker fru (Farmer seeking wife)) partnered by Jeanette Carlsson – eliminated 10th / 3rd place
- Danny SaucedoDanny SaucedoDanny Saucedo is a Swedish singer and songwriter often presented just as Danny, who competed as one of the finalists in Idol 2006 - the Swedish version of Idol where he got to the top 6 before being eliminated.Danny has released three music albums and eleven music singles...
(singer) partnered by Malin Johansson – eliminated 9th - Mats "Matte" Carlsson (TV-carpenter) partnered by Carin da SilvaCarin da SilvaCarin Elisa da Silva is a Swedish dancer, pop singer, and television host of Brazilian heritage. She is the sister of the dancer Daniel Da Silva.-Biography:...
– eliminated 8th - Linda Lampenius (musician) partnered by Daniel da Silva – eliminated 7th
- Mi RidellMi RidellMi Ridell was born on 3 June 1968 in Karlskrona, Sweden is a Swedish actor and singer.Ridell was a contestant in Let's Dance 2008 but was voted off the show.- External links :*...
(actress) partnered by Johan Andersson – eliminated 6th - Richard Herrey (singer) partnered by Cecilia Ehrling – eliminated 5th
- Dilba Demirbag (singer) partnered by Tobias Wallin – eliminated 4th
- Susanne Lanefelt (TV-exercise instructor) partnered by Björn Törnblom – eliminated 3rd
- Tilde FrölingTilde FrölingTilde Maria Henny Märta Fröling is the daughter of the Swedish actors Ewa Fröling and Örjan Ramberg, and a Swedish actress, TV presenter and model.She was the winning participant in the 2005 TV3 celebrity version of Expedition Robinson...
(model) partnered by Alfred Palmgren – eliminated 2nd - Ulf LarssonUlf LarssonUlf Sigfrid Larsson , better known as Uffe Larsson, was a Swedish actor, revue artist, comedian and stage director....
(actor) partnered by Christina Samuelsson – eliminated 1st
Even though Tina Nordström & Tobias Karlsson won Let's Dance, it was Danny Saucedo & Jeanette Carlsson who competed in Eurovision Dance Contest 2008
Eurovision Dance Contest 2008
The Eurovision Dance Contest 2008 was the second Eurovision Dance Contest and was held in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, hosted by BBC Scotland on 6 September.The winner of contest was Poland who achieved a score of 154 points...
and finished in 12th place.
Judges' scores
This table gives an overview of the judges' scores for each competitor during the competition.- indicates the couple eliminated that week.
- Red numbers indicate the couple(s) with the lowest score for each week.
- Green numbers indicate the couple(s) with the highest score for each week.
Couple Place 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total Average Tina & Tobias 1 22 30 18 31 40 37 32 27 27 35 32+40=72 35+34+40=109 480 32.0 Tony & Annika 2 22 32 24 26 21 22 31 26 38 34 33+40=73 35+40+34=109 458 30.5 Karl Petter & Jeanette 3 15 17 23 18 22 18 24 29 18 23 19+26=45 252 21.0 Danny & Malin 4 16 16 18 36 28 33 31 20 28 33 259 25.9 Matte & Carin 5 13 19 14 22 17 27 28 34 20 194 21.6 Linda & Daniel 6 22 32 32 22 31 30 34 22 225 28.1 Mi & Johan 7 14 24 19 19 30 30 27 163 23.3 Richard & Cecilia 8 19 23 25 40 27 24 158 26.3 Dilba & Tobias 9 21 22 25 23 18 109 21.8 Susanne & Björn 10 22 20 26 20 88 22.0 Tilde & Alfred 11 16 17 21 54 18.0 Ulf & Christina 12 9 8 17 8.5
Season 4
(Airs Fridays (January 9 – March 27) 2009) on TV4- Magnus SamuelssonMagnus SamuelssonMagnus Samuelsson , is a Swedish strongman and winner of the 1998 World's Strongest Man contest in Morocco...
(strongman) partnered by Annika Sjöö – WINNERS - Laila BaggeLaila BaggeLaila Natali Bagge Wahlgren, born 15 December 1972 in Lund as Laila Natali Cahling, formerly Laila Bagge, is a Swedish manager and songwriter. Her mother is Swedish and her father is Palestinian. She worked for Sony BMG New York for three years as a talent scout. Laila also found the members and...
(jury member from the Swedish IdolIdol 2008The fifth season of Swedish Idol premiered on September 3, 2008 and continued until its grand finale on 12 December, when 22-year-old Kevin Borg was crowned winner. It was the first season to feature new judges Laila Bagge, Anders Bagge and Andreas Carlsson, a move that made it the first Idol...
) partnered by Tobias Wallin – runner-up / 2nd place - Morgan AllingMorgan AllingSven Robert Morgan Alling is a Swedish actor, scriptwriter and director.Alling finished Malmö Theatre Academy 1990. He become famous in when he was a host for a children's show for television....
(actor) partnered by Helena Fransson – eliminated 10th / 3rd place - Elisabet Höglund (journalist) partnered by Tobias Karlsson – eliminated 9th
- Niclas WahlgrenNiclas WahlgrenNiclas Hans Ivar Wahlgren is a Swedish artist and actor born on 8 July 1965 in Gustavsberg, Värmdö, Stockholm County, Sweden. His sister is Pernilla Wahlgren. He participated in Melodifestivalen 2006 with "En droppe regn", and was knocked out in the second chance round. On 6 March 2010, he married...
(artist & songwriter) partnered by Jeanette Carlsson – eliminated 8th - Carl-Jan Granqvist (professor in meal knowledge) partnered by Maria Lindberg – eliminated 7th
- George Scott (former professional boxer) partnered by Maria Karlsson – eliminated 6th
- Kitty JutbringKitty JutbringKitty Jutbring , is a Swedish radio and TV personality from Gothenburg. She first claimed fame in 2002, as a contestant in Big Brother Sweden's second season. Since then Jutbring has frequently appeared on on the SR P3 radio program Christer, in a segment called the Relationship Council...
(radiohost) partnered by Anders Jacobson – eliminated 5th - Hasse AroHasse AroHasse Aro is a Swedish Television host and Television producer of Finnish parentage which since 1991 has hosted the TV3 show Efterlyst. Aro has won awards for Best male television host of 2005 and 2007 he also won for best television production for the production for Expedition Robinson in 2005...
(journalist & TV-host) partnered by Charlotte Sinclair – eliminated 4th - Magdalena GraafMagdalena GraafEngla Maria Magdalena Graaf is a Swedish model, singer, and author. In 1998, she and her sister Hannah Graaf joined together and formed the group The Graaf Sisters, who became popular with the song "You Got What I Want Baby"...
(author) partnered by Daniel da Silva – eliminated 3rd (withdrew) - Isabella LöwengripIsabella LöwengripIsabella Desirée Löwengrip Rydberg also known as "Blondinbella" is a Swedish blogger. In 2005, when Löwengrip was 14, she started her blog called "Blondinbellas blogg", Blondinbella being a fictitious alter ego with a glamorous lifestyle...
(famous blogger) partnered by Jonathan Näslund – eliminated 2nd - Linda HaglundLinda HaglundLinda Haglund is a former Swedish Olympic sprinter, born June 15, 1956 in Enskede, Sweden.- Running career :Haglund became a member of Hanvikens SK, a track and field club located just south of Stockholm, at the age of 13. She showed great promise as a future sprinting star by recording, barefoot,...
(former Olympic sprinter) partnered by Martin Ragnarsson – eliminated 1st
Morgan "Mojje" Johansson had to withdraw from the competition due to a heart attack
Myocardial infarction
Myocardial infarction or acute myocardial infarction , commonly known as a heart attack, results from the interruption of blood supply to a part of the heart, causing heart cells to die...
after the first episode. Niclas Wahlgren
Niclas Wahlgren
Niclas Hans Ivar Wahlgren is a Swedish artist and actor born on 8 July 1965 in Gustavsberg, Värmdö, Stockholm County, Sweden. His sister is Pernilla Wahlgren. He participated in Melodifestivalen 2006 with "En droppe regn", and was knocked out in the second chance round. On 6 March 2010, he married...
replaced him.Magdalena Graaf
Magdalena Graaf
Engla Maria Magdalena Graaf is a Swedish model, singer, and author. In 1998, she and her sister Hannah Graaf joined together and formed the group The Graaf Sisters, who became popular with the song "You Got What I Want Baby"...
had to withdraw from the competition due to a subdural hematoma
Subdural hematoma
A subdural hematoma or subdural haematoma , also known as a subdural haemorrhage , is a type of haematoma, a form of traumatic brain injury. Blood gathers within the outermost meningeal layer, between the dura mater, which adheres to the skull, and the arachnoid mater, which envelops the brain...
.
Season 5
- Mattias AndréassonMattias AndréassonMattias Andréasson, born on March 29, 1981, Swedish singer and Swedish Idol 2007 contestant . He is also known as dmaSOUL. Starting 2007, he is part of the Swedish band E.M.D..-Idol:...
(artist & Idol 2007Idol 2007The fourth season of Swedish Idol premiered on September 3, 2007 and continued until its grand finale on 7 December, when 28-year-old Marie Picasso was crowned winner. It was the first season to feature an all-female finale, and is to date the only season to crown a winner who had previously fallen...
contestant) partnered by Cecilia Ehrling – WINNERS - Claudia Galli (actress) partnered by Tobias Wallin – runner-up / 2nd place
- Willy Björkman (TV carpenter) partnered by Charlotte Sinclair – eliminated 10th / 3rd place
- Molly SandénMolly SandénMolly Sandén is a Swedish singer. She's sister to Frida and Mimmi Sandén.-Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 :...
(singer) partnered by Jonathan Näslund – eliminated 9th - Stefan SaukStefan SaukStefan Sauk is a Swedish actor and comedian, born on June 6, 1955, in Stockholm.Sauk has not only worked in films, he has also worked a lot on television...
(actor) partnered by Malin Johansson – eliminated 8th - Gudrun SchymanGudrun SchymanGudrun Schyman is a Swedish politician. She served as leader of the Swedish Left Party from 1993 until January 2003. She remained a member of the Left Party until 2004, when she left to focus entirely on her feminist political work...
(politician) partnered by Björn Törnblom – eliminated 7th - Elin Kling (fashion journalist) partnered by Daniel da Silva – eliminated 6th
- Marcus BirroMarcus BirroMarcus Birro is a Swedish-Italian poet, author and columnist at Sveriges Radio. Birro also blogs at Expressen and is a presenter on SR Östergötland, where he is the host of Karlavagnen on Sveriges Radio P4. He is the brother of author Peter Birro...
(author) partnered by Helena Fransson – eliminated 5th - Rabih JaberRabih JaberRabih Jaber is a Swedish singer of Lebanese origin. He was former participants of Swedish Idol 2009 and finished seventh. Rabih Jaber and Eddie Razaz, yet another Idol participant, became a duo pop boy band as Rebound! in 2010 with a number of hits on the Swedish charts...
(Idol 2009Idol 2009Idol 2009 was the sixth season of the Swedish idol series and was broadcast by TV 4. The jury, identical to the previous year, consisted of Anders Bagge, Laila Bagge and Andreas Carlsson. Peter Jihde, the show's host, was also a continuation of the previous year's cast. The audition cities visited...
contestant) partnered by Maria Lindberg – eliminated 4th - Agneta SjödinAgneta SjödinAgneta Sjödin is a Swedish presenter and TV-personality on the Swedish television channel TV4. Hosted the first two seasons of the popular show Let's Dance on TV4, along with David Hellenius....
(author & TV host) partnered by Tobias Karlsson – eliminated 3rd - Peter Wahlbeck (stand-up comedian) partnered by Maria Bild – eliminated 2nd
- Victoria Sandell Svensson (former soccer player) partnered by Anders Jacobson – eliminated 1st
Jan-Olof Hansson (from the Swedish version of Farmer Seeking Wife) had to withdraw from the competition on medical advice. Rabih Jaber
Rabih Jaber
Rabih Jaber is a Swedish singer of Lebanese origin. He was former participants of Swedish Idol 2009 and finished seventh. Rabih Jaber and Eddie Razaz, yet another Idol participant, became a duo pop boy band as Rebound! in 2010 with a number of hits on the Swedish charts...
(from Swedish Idol
Idol (Sweden)
Idol is a Swedish reality-competition talent show airing on TV4. It debuted in August 2004, and it has since become one of the most popular shows on Swedish television...
) replaced him.
Season 6
- Jessica Andersson (singer) partnered by Kristjan Lootus – WINNERS
- Frank AnderssonFrank AnderssonFrank Andersson is a Swedish former wrestler, most active around 1975 to 1983. In the World Championships, he won three gold medals and two silver ones. He won a bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles...
(wrestler) partnered by Charlotte Sinclair – runner-up / 2nd place - Tina Thörner (rally driver) partnered by Tobias Karlsson – eliminated 10th / 3rd place
- Alexander RybakAlexander RybakAlexander Igoryevich Rybak or in Belarusian Alyaksandr Igaravich Rybak , born 13 May 1986 in Byelorussian SSR is a Norwegian singer-composer, violinist, pianist, writer, and actor...
(Eurovision 2009 winner) partnered by Malin Johansson – eliminated 9th - Figge NorlingFigge NorlingFredrik Olof Johan "Figge" Norling is a Swedish actor and theatre director.Norling was educated at the Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting in Stockholm. He has been engaged at Riksteatern, the Royal Dramatic Theatre, the Boulevard Theatre and Intiman...
(actor) partnered by Oksana Spichak – eliminated 8th - Alexandra PascalidouAlexandra PascalidouAlexandra Pascalidou is a Swedish journalist, television hostess and author. She is also a frequent lecturer, discussion leader and human rights activist....
(journalist) partnered by Ludwig Jerkander – eliminated 7th - Helena Lundbäck (show jumper) partnered by Jonathan Näslund – eliminated 6th
- Andreas Weise (Idol 2010Idol 2010The seventh season of Swedish Idol premiered on September 7, 2010 and concluded in December 2010 and was broadcasted by TV4. Judges Anders Bagge, Laila Bagge Wahlgren and Andreas Carlsson continued to judge the show's contestants for their third year, along with, for the fourth consecutive year,...
contestant) partnered by Sigrid Bernson – eliminated 5th - Björn RanelidBjörn RanelidBjörn Ranelid is a Swedish author from Malmö. Since the beginning of his career in 1983, Ranelid has published twenty novels and written about five hundred articles in different magazines and newspapers. The author has also made numerous speeches throughout the years since his debut. Ranelid is...
(author) partnered by Maria Lindberg – eliminated 4th - Anders BaggeAnders BaggeSven Anders Bagge is a Swedish composer, lyricist, musician and record producer and partner with Peer Åström. The two songwriters / producers are known as Bagge & Peer...
(record producer) partnered by Cecilia Ehrling – eliminated 3rd - Hannah GraafHannah GraafHannah Rakel Serafia Graaf Karyd is a Swedish glamour model and singer. Graaf along with her model sister, Magdalena, formed a musical duo called The Graaf Sisters.- Early years :...
(singer & model) partnered by Calle Sterner – eliminated 2nd - Denise Rudberg (author) partnered by Tobias Wallin – eliminated 1st
Turkey
The Turkish version was called Yok Böyle Dans. Thirteen couples were participating in the competition. Lilia Kopylova was the head of the judging panel of four. Azra Akın won the competition with her partner Nikolai.Ukraine
In Ukraine the show started in September 2006 on television channel 1+1 under name "Танці з зірками" ("Tantsi z zirkamy") which stands for "Dances With The Stars". The show was hosted by Yuriy Horbunov and Tina KarolTina Karol
Tina Karol , born Tatiana Grigorievna Liberman , is a Ukrainian singer. Karol represented Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2006.- Biography :...
. The star contestants were paired with famous Ukrainian dancers, who had won major international competitions. The winners of the show were rewarded with the tour to the Rio Carnival
Rio Carnival
The Carnival in Rio de Janeiro is a world famous festival held before Lent every year and considered the biggest carnival in the world with two million people per day on the streets. The first festivals of Rio date back to 1723.-Samba schools:...
, while the runners-up went to the Carnival on Cuba. The show was extremely popular with Ukrainian viewers. The show finale held on the November 26, 2006 had the TV rating of 26.83% with the share of 54.64%, meaning that a quarter of the Ukrainian population and more than half of all TV viewers at that moment watched the final. The show overall was watched by nearly 16 million Ukrainians. The pair of Volodymyr Zelenskyy (leader of a famous Ukrainian comic troupe) and Olena Shoptenko won the main prize.
United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, where the show originated, it is known as Strictly Come Dancing.United States
Judges: Carrie Ann InabaCarrie Ann Inaba
Carrie Ann Inaba is an American dancer, choreographer, actress, game show host, and singer.She started her career as a singer in Japan, but became best known for her dancing, first introducing herself to American audiences as one of the original Fly Girls on the sketch comedy series In Living Color...
, Len Goodman
Len Goodman
Leonard Gordon 'Len' Goodman is a British professional ballroom dancer, dance judge, and coach. He is a leading personality on television dance programmes such as Strictly Come Dancing and Dancing with the Stars and runs a ballroom dance school in Dartford, Kent.-Early life and career:Goodman was...
, and Bruno Tonioli
Bruno Tonioli
Bruno Tonioli is an Italian choreographer and TV personality who appears as a judge on the television dance competition Strictly Come Dancing for BBC TV in the UK, and its American adaptation Dancing with the Stars on ABC TV in the US, Tonioli co-created and appeared on the BBC talent show DanceX...
.
The American version of Dancing with the Stars premiered in the summer of 2005 on ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
.
Winners:
| Season | Celebrity | Professional |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 1) The first season of the United States version of Dancing with the Stars debuted on ABC on June 1, 2005. Six celebrities were paired with six professional ballroom dancers. Tom Bergeron and Lisa Canning were the hosts for this season.... |
Kelly Monaco Kelly Monaco Kelly Marie Monaco is an American model, actress, reality television contestant and winner of Dancing with the Stars in Season 1. She is well known for playing the character of Sam McCall on the soap opera General Hospital, a role she originated in 2003.-Modeling:In April 1997, Monaco became the... |
Alec Mazo Alec Mazo Alec Mazo is a Russian-born American professional ballroom dancer based in San Francisco. He became known for his participation in the American edition of the reality television series Dancing with the Stars, the first season of which he won with partner Kelly Monaco.-Early life and... |
| 2 Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 2) The second season of the American edition of Dancing with the Stars premiered on the ABC network on January 5, 2006, and ended February 26, 2006... |
Drew Lachey Drew Lachey Andrew John "Drew" Lachey is an American singer and actor, known as a member of 98 Degrees, the winner of the second season of Dancing with the Stars, and the younger brother of Nick Lachey.-Early years:... |
Cheryl Burke Cheryl Burke Cheryl Stephanie Burke is a professional dancer. She is best known for being one of the professional dancers on ABC's Dancing with the Stars, where she was the first woman to win the show and the first person to win twice .... |
| 3 Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 3) The third season of Dancing With the Stars premiered on September 12, 2006 and ended November 15, 2006. The number of couples expanded from ten the previous season to 11.... |
Emmitt Smith Emmitt Smith Emmitt James Smith, III is a retired American football player who was a running back in the National Football League for fifteen seasons during the 1990s and 2000s. Smith played college football for the University of Florida, where he was an All-American; thereafter, he played professionally for... |
Cheryl Burke Cheryl Burke Cheryl Stephanie Burke is a professional dancer. She is best known for being one of the professional dancers on ABC's Dancing with the Stars, where she was the first woman to win the show and the first person to win twice .... |
| 4 Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 4) The fourth season of the American edition of Dancing with the Stars premiered on March 19, 2007 and aired until May 22, 2007.To avoid direct competition with Fox Broadcasting Company's American Idol, Dancing with the Stars changed time slots from the previous season. In the fourth season, the... |
Apolo Anton Ohno Apolo Anton Ohno Apolo Anton Ohno is an American short track speed skating competitor and an eight-time medalist in the Winter Olympics. He is the most decorated American Winter Olympic athlete of all time.... |
Julianne Hough Julianne Hough Julianne Alexandra Hough is an American professional ballroom dancer, country music singer and actress. She is most widely known for being a two-time champion of ABC's Dancing with the Stars. She earned a Creative Arts Primetime Emmy nomination in 2007 for choreography... |
| 5 Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 5) The fifth season of Dancing with the Stars premiered on September 24, 2007 with a special three-night premiere week. The season ended on November 27, 2007. As with previous seasons, CTV Television Network had aired the series in Canada.... |
Hélio Castroneves Hélio Castroneves Hélio Castroneves is a Brazilian auto racing driver currently competing in the North American IndyCar Series. In IndyCar competition, Castroneves has 14 wins and 28 poles, and has never placed lower than sixth in the standings in a complete season of racing... |
Julianne Hough Julianne Hough Julianne Alexandra Hough is an American professional ballroom dancer, country music singer and actress. She is most widely known for being a two-time champion of ABC's Dancing with the Stars. She earned a Creative Arts Primetime Emmy nomination in 2007 for choreography... |
| 6 Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 6) The sixth season of Dancing with the Stars premiered on March 17, 2008; the first results show was a double-elimination episode airing on March 25, 2008. The show followed the format of previous seasons, with 12 couples.... |
Kristi Yamaguchi Kristi Yamaguchi Kristine Tsuya "Kristi" Yamaguchi-Hedican is an American figure skater. She is the 1992 Olympic Champion in ladies' singles. Yamaguchi also won two World Figure Skating Championships in 1991 and 1992 and a U.S. Figure Skating Championships in 1992. She won one junior world title in 1988 and two... |
Mark Ballas Mark Ballas Mark Alexander Ballas Jr. is an American dancer.Ballas is a professional ballroom dancer on the ABC program Dancing with the Stars. He began competing on the show in the fall of 2007. He was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Choreography in 2011... |
| 7 Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 7) The seventh season of Dancing with the Stars premiered on September 22, 2008 as a part of ABC's fall line-up. Instead of 12 couples like previous seasons, this was the first season to showcase a lineup of 13 couples... |
Brooke Burke Brooke Burke Brooke Burke Charvet , better known by her maiden name, Brooke Burke, is an actress, dancer, model and television personality... |
Derek Hough Derek Hough Derek Hough is an American dancer, choreographer, musician and actor. A world champion in Latin American Dance, Hough has appeared since September 2007 on the hit U.S... |
| 8 Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 8) The eighth season of Dancing with the Stars premiered on Monday, March 9, 2009, as part of ABC's spring line-up. The show generally followed the format of previous seasons, with 13 couples, although there were some changes, including two new dances , and an occasional dance-off between the bottom... |
Shawn Johnson Shawn Johnson Shawn Machel Johnson is an American artistic gymnast. She was the 2008 Olympic balance beam gold medalist and all-around, and floor exercise silver medalist, the 2007 all-around World Champion, and the 2007 and 2008 U.S. all-around champion... |
Mark Ballas Mark Ballas Mark Alexander Ballas Jr. is an American dancer.Ballas is a professional ballroom dancer on the ABC program Dancing with the Stars. He began competing on the show in the fall of 2007. He was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Choreography in 2011... |
| 9 Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 9) Dancing with the Stars returned for a ninth season on September 21, 2009, on a three-night premiere. Executive producer Conrad Green confirmed to Entertainment Tonight that the 9th season would start off with 16 celebrities, with 3 double-eliminations halfway through the season... |
Donny Osmond Donny Osmond Donald Clark "Donny" Osmond is an American singer, musician, actor, dancer, radio personality, and former teen idol. Osmond has also been a talk and game show host, record producer and author. In the mid 1960s, he and four of his elder brothers gained fame as the Osmond Brothers on the long... |
Kym Johnson Kym Johnson Kym Johnson is an Australian former professional ballroom dancer, model, and television celebrity. She lives in Sydney NSW, Australia but is currently based in America for Dancing with the Stars.-Dance biography:... |
| 10 Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 10) Dancing with the Stars returned for a tenth season on March 22, 2010. There was not an elimination the first week of competition. The first elimination took place on March 30.... |
Nicole Scherzinger Nicole Scherzinger Nicole Prescovia Elikolani Valiente Scherzinger is an American singer-songwriter, dancer, record producer, model, and actress. Scherzinger is perhaps best known for being the lead vocalist of the Pussycat Dolls.... |
Derek Hough Derek Hough Derek Hough is an American dancer, choreographer, musician and actor. A world champion in Latin American Dance, Hough has appeared since September 2007 on the hit U.S... |
| 11 Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 11) Dancing with the Stars returned for an 11th season on September 20, 2010. The cast was announced during the August 30 episode of Bachelor Pad during a live press conference that included a Q&A session with host Tom Bergeron and co-host Brooke Burke and the new cast. There are twelve celebrity cast... |
Jennifer Grey Jennifer Grey Jennifer Elise Grey is an American actress. Her first major roles came in the 1984 war film Red Dawn and the 1986 comedy Ferris Bueller's Day Off. In 1987 she starred as Frances "Baby" Houseman in the hit film Dirty Dancing for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe. In the early 1990s, Grey... |
Derek Hough Derek Hough Derek Hough is an American dancer, choreographer, musician and actor. A world champion in Latin American Dance, Hough has appeared since September 2007 on the hit U.S... |
| 12 Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 12) Dancing with the Stars returned for its twelfth season on March 21, 2011. Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli, and Len Goodman returned to the show as judges, while Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke returned as hosts.... |
Hines Ward Hines Ward Hines E. Ward, Jr. is an American football player who currently plays the wide receiver position for the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers, where he is the longest-tenured current player on the team. He was voted MVP of Super Bowl XL. He played college football at the University of Georgia... |
Kym Johnson Kym Johnson Kym Johnson is an Australian former professional ballroom dancer, model, and television celebrity. She lives in Sydney NSW, Australia but is currently based in America for Dancing with the Stars.-Dance biography:... |
| 13 Dancing with the Stars (U.S. season 13) Dancing with the Stars returned for its thirteenth season on September 19, 2011. Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli returned as the judges, and Tom Bergeron and Brooke Burke Charvet returned as hosts. Twelve couples competed in this season... |
J.R. Martinez J.R. Martinez Jose Rene "J. R." Martinez is an American actor, motivational speaker and former U.S. Army soldier. Since 2008 he has played the role of Brot Monroe on the ABC daytime drama All My Children, and was the winner of Season 13 of ABC's Dancing with the Stars... |
Karina Smirnoff Karina Smirnoff Karina Smirnoff is a Ukrainian professional ballroom dancer. She is best known for her appearances on Dancing with the Stars, where she held a runner-up title, a semi-final title, and several quarter-final titles... |
Vietnam
In Vietnam, the show was under the local name Bước nhảy hoàn vũBước nhảy hoàn vũ
Bước nhảy hoàn vũ is a reality show produced by Vietnam Television and Cát Tiên Sa Production. The show originates from the BBC series Strictly Come Dancing and is a part of the international Dancing with the Stars franchise. The first season was set to air from April 11 to June 20, 2010 with 8...
(literally: Universal Steps). The show is annually aired on VTV3
Vietnam Television
Vietnam Television, or VTV, is the national television broadcaster for Vietnam. Like all media of Vietnam, its programming is directly controlled by the government.-History:...
. Bước nhảy hoàn vũ is a reality show produced by Vietnam Television
Vietnam Television
Vietnam Television, or VTV, is the national television broadcaster for Vietnam. Like all media of Vietnam, its programming is directly controlled by the government.-History:...
and Cát Tiên Sa Production. The show is originated from United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
series and is a part of the international Dancing with the Stars franchise. The format of the show originally bought and based upon the Bulgarian version which also shared the professionals.
Thanh Bạch and Thanh Vân were announced to host this show. Judging panel of the first season included director Nguyễn Quang Dũng, Lê Hoàng, and the leading Vietnamese dancesport athletes Khánh Thi & Chí Anh. For the second one, Thanh Vân was replaced due to pregnancy by Đoan Trang, who finished as the runner-up on the previous season.
Jury
- Khánh Thi, Professional Dancer (2010-ongoing)
- Chí Anh, Professional Dancer (2010-ongoing)
- Nguyễn Quang Dũng, Director (2010, 2011 week 5-ongoing)
- Đức Huy, Musician (2011-ongoing)
- Lê HoàngLe HoangLê Hoàng is a Vietnamese film director and screenwriter.In 1998 he directed the film Ai xuoi van ly which he won several awards for including at the Rotterdam International Film Festival.His 2000 film Chiec chia khoa vang was a romantic war film....
, Director / Screenwriter / Novellist (2010) - Trần Tiến, Songwriter (2011, week 1-4)
Hosts
- Thanh Bạch, Comedian / TV Presenter (2010-ongoing)
- Đoan Trang, Recording Artist (2011-ongoing)
- Thanh Vân, Dramatic Actress (2010)
Winners
- Season 1: Ngô Thanh VânNgo Thanh VanVeronica Ngô Thanh Vân is a Vietnamese dancer, singer, actress, and model. She is also known as Veronica Ngo or her initials NTV.-Biography:She was born on 26 February 1979 in Tra Vinh, Vietnam...
& Tihomir Romanov "Tisho" Gavrilov - Season 2Bước nhảy hoàn vũ (season 2)Bước nhảy hoàn vũ 2011 is the second season of Bước nhảy hoàn vũ produced by Vietnam Television and Cat Tien Sa Productions based upon the BBC Worldwide's Dancing with the Stars...
: Vũ Thu Minh & Lachezar Stefanov "Lacho" Todorov
World Championship
In 2007, the first edition of the Dancing with the Stars World Championship took place. Countries which took part in the event, staged in Mexico, included many teams RomaniaRomania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
, Argentina, Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
, Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
, Mexico, Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
, Panama
Panama
Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...
, Paraguay
Paraguay
Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...
and Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
. The winner of the event was the host nation, Mexico.
- 1st place –
Mexico Mexico - 2nd place –
Romania RomaniaRomaniaRomania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea... - 3rd place –
Argentina Argentina
In 2010, the second edition of the Dancing with the Stars World Championship was held in México. Countries which took part in the event included teams Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
, Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
, Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
, Mexico, Southafrica, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. The winner of the event was the United States.
- 1st place –
United States United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... - 2nd place –
Spain SpainSpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... - 3rd place – Argentina ArgentinaArgentinaArgentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
External links
- Albania official website Canal 13's Showmatch website (Argentina)
- Armenian Website
- Armenian Website (In English)
- Australia official website Austria official website
- Belgium official website
- Bulgaria official website Chile official website
- Chilean version El Baile en TVN Croatian official website StarDance ...když hvězdy tančí – Czech Republic official website
- "Vild Med Dans" official website (in Danish)
- "Vild Med Dans" Blog (in Danish)
- Finland official website
- German official website
- Greece official website
- India official website
- Israel official website
- Italy official website
- Japan official website Korea official website
- Malaysia official website
- Netherlands official website Norway official website
- Poland official website
- Official website of first season in Poland
- Official website of second season in Poland
- Official Romanian website
- http://letsdance.markiza.sk/
- official website Slovakian version
- Sweden official website
- Turkish version
- Ukrainian official website
- U.K. official website
- Strictly Come Dancing Online and Dancing With the Stars fansite
- U.S. official website
- "Reality Dancing" at ContentQuake TV
- Dancing With The Stars Unofficial Blog
- "Dancing with the Stars" at Yahoo! TV
- Tony Dovolani at Ballroom Dance Channel
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