The French version of Strictly Come Dancing

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...

, Danse avec les stars (DALS) was first broadcast 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...

 on February 12, 2011, the participants having been selected in November 2010.. The first series finale took place on March 19, 2011. A second series was broadcast between October 8 and November 19, 2011.

The competition rules are similar to those of the original British

United Kingdom

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 version.

Seasons

Season	# of Stars	# of Weeks	Season Premiere Date	Season Finale Date	Celebrity Honor Places
					Winner	Runner-Up	Third Place
1 – Winter 2011 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...	8	6	February 12, 2011	March 19, 2011	Matt Pokora	Sofia Essaïdi Sofia Essaïdi Sofia Essaïdi is a Moroccan singer. She was born in Casablanca, Morocco. She has a Moroccan father and a French mother.-Career:...	David Ginola David Ginola David Karl Ginola is a French former international football player who has also worked as an actor and model.Ginola was born in Gassin, Var...
2 - Autumn 2011 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...	9	7	October 8, 2011	November 19, 2011	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...	Philippe Candeloro Philippe Candeloro Philippe Candeloro is a French figure skater who medalled at the 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics.-Early years:Philippe Candeloro was born in Courbevoie, in France, the youngest of four children...	Baptiste Giabiconi Baptiste Giabiconi Baptiste Giabiconi is a French male model from Marignane, France. He is currently the male face of Chanel, Fendi and Karl Lagerfeld.-Career:In 2008, Giabiconi signed with DNA Model Management New York....

Presenters

Presenters	Role	Seasons
		1	2
Vincent Cerutti	Host	♦	♦
Sandrine Quétier	Co-Host	♦	♦

Judges

Judges	Role	Seasons
		1	2
Alessandra Martines Alessandra 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...	Left Judge	♦	♦
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....	Head Judge	♦	♦
Chris Marques	Right Judge	♦	♦

Full time judge

Temporary/Guest judge

Competed as a contestant before being a judge

Couples

Every celebrity and professional who have competed on the show listed by professional.
Professional	Seasons
	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...	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...	3
Candice Pascale	André Manoukian André Manoukian André Manoukian, is an French-Armenian songwriter, arranger, and jazz musician.Since 2002, he is also one of the four judges in the French version of Pop Idol, Nouvelle Star.-Early years and education:...	Philippe Candeloro Philippe Candeloro Philippe Candeloro is a French figure skater who medalled at the 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics.-Early years:Philippe Candeloro was born in Courbevoie, in France, the youngest of four children...	TBA
Christophe Licata	Rossy de Palma Rossy de Palma Rossy de Palma, is a Spanish actress. Described by many as a Picasso come-to-life, Rossy de Palma broke the rules of beauty in 1988 when she starred in Pedro Almodóvar’s Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown and became a model and muse for designers like Jean-Paul Gaultier, Thierry Mugler, and...	Nâdiya Nâdiya Nâdiya is a French R&B singer.-Early life:Nâdiya comes from a family of Algerian origin in the region of Mostaganem. She is the youngest in a family of 8 children. Her brothers are named: Kader Touati, Baklavah Waheb and her sisters: Malika, Sidartha and Karla...	TBA
Fauve Hautot	Jean-Marie Bigard Jean-Marie Bigard Jean-Marie Bigard is a French comedian and actor. Known for his often rogue humour, he has given presentations at the largest entertainment facilities in France, including the Palais omnisports at Paris-Bercy and the Stade de France...	Baptiste Giabiconi Baptiste Giabiconi Baptiste Giabiconi is a French male model from Marignane, France. He is currently the male face of Chanel, Fendi and Karl Lagerfeld.-Career:In 2008, Giabiconi signed with DNA Model Management New York....	TBA
Grégoire Lyonnet	Marthe Mercadier Marthe Mercadier Marthe Mercadier is an actress born on October 23, 1928.She was named Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur in 2007.In 2011 she will be participating in Danse avec les stars .-Reference:*...	Véronique Jannot Véronique Jannot Véronique Jannot is a French actress and singer. She was born in Annecy, Haute-Savoie.-Selected filmography:* The Medic * Thieves After Dark * La dernière image -External links:* *...	TBA
Grégory Guichard		Valérie Bègue Valérie Bègue Valérie Bègue, born 26 September 1985, in St Pierre, was elected Miss France 2008. She is currently TV host. The pageant was held in Dunkerque, in northern France. She represents the Réunion island, an overseas department of France located in the Indian Ocean...	TBA
Julien Brugel	Adriana Karembeu	Sheila Sheila (singer) Sheila is a French pop singer, who became successful as a solo artist in the 1960s and 1970s and later fronted a disco act called Sheila and B. Devotion. Sheila has sold over 24,000,000 copies of records in France and was the top selling artist in France in the 1960s and 1970s...	TBA
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...	Matt Pokora	Cédric Pioline Cédric Pioline Cédric Pioline is a retired French professional tennis player who played on the professional tour from 1989 to 2002. He reached the men's singles final at the 1993 US Open and at Wimbledon in 1997...
Maxime Dereymez	Sofia Essaïdi Sofia Essaïdi Sofia Essaïdi is a Moroccan singer. She was born in Casablanca, Morocco. She has a Moroccan father and a French mother.-Career:...	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...	TBA
Silvia Notargiacomo	David Ginola David Ginola David Karl Ginola is a French former international football player who has also worked as an actor and model.Ginola was born in Gassin, Var...	Francis Lalanne Francis Lalanne Francis Lalanne is a French singer, songwriter and poet. He is the brother of composer Jean-Félix Lalanne and film director René Manzor.- Studio albums :* 1979: Rentre chez toi...	TBA