Let's Dance (German TV series)
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Let's Dance is the German version of Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars
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...

. Season 1 aired in April 2006 on RTL
RTL 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. The first two seasons were 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...

 & 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 and was hosted by Daniel Hartwich & Nazan Eckes
Nazan Eckes
Nazan Eckes is a German television personality of Turkish descent at the German television channel RTL.-Professional career:...

. Season 4 aired in March 2011 and was hosted by Daniel Hartwich and last season's Runner-Up Sylvie van der Vaart

Season 1

Jury:
  • Joachim Llambi
  • Michael Hull
  • Markus Schöffel
  • Katharina Witt


Contestants:
  • Wayne Carpendale (TV Actor) With Isabel Edvardsson  – Winners
  • Wolke Hegenbarth
    Wolke Hegenbarth
    Wolke Alma Hegenbarth is a German actress, best known for starring in the sitcom Mein Leben & Ich. She is related to illustrator Hannes Hegen and the painter Josef Hegenbarth.-Personal life:...

     (TV Actress) With Oliver Seefeldt - Runner-Up
  • Sandy Mölling
    Sandy Mölling
    Sandy Mölling , known professionally as Sandy, is a German singer-songwriter, dancer, television presenter and occasional actress, who rose to fame as one of the founding members of the successful all-female pop band No Angels, the "biggest-selling German girlband to date," according to the German...

     (Singer & Part of No Angels
    No Angels
    The No Angels are an all-female pop trio from Germany, consisting of band members Lucy Diakovska, Sandy Mölling, and Jessica Wahls. Critically acclaimed, the band has won dozen of awards and prizes since their establishment in the early 2000s, including three ECHOs, a World Music Awards, a NRJ...

    ) With Roberto Albanese - 5th Eliminated
  • Heide Simonis
    Heide Simonis
    Heide Simonis is a German politician. She is a member of the SPD.She was Minister President of Schleswig-Holstein from 1993 to 2005, the first woman to hold this position in any German state in Germany's history.-Life:...

     (Former Politician) With Hendrik Höfken - Left the show due to physical injury
  • Jürgen Hingsen
    Jürgen Hingsen
    Jürgen Hingsen is a former West German decathlete who won several medals at international championships and Olympic Games in the 1980s, and held the decathlon world record in 1982 and again from 1983 to 1984....

     (Former Decathlethe) With Uta Deharde - 4th Eliminated
  • Jochen Horst
    Jochen Horst
    Jochen Horst is a German/English Film, TV and Theater actor.Jochen Horst finished at the state College in Graz, Austria, the Music Academy of Performing Arts with "summa cum laud" in 1986...

     (TV Actor) With Sofia Bogdanova - 3rd Eliminated
  • Heike Henkel
    Heike Henkel
    Heike Henkel is a German former athlete competing in high jump...

     (Former Athlete) With Dirk Bastert - 2nd Eliminated
  • Axel Bulthaupt
    Axel Bulthaupt
    Axel Bulthaupt is a German journalist, entertainer and television presenter.Bulthaupt studied history and literature in Osnabrück and Hamburg. He worked during his university studies for a newspaper. After Bulthaupt finished his studies he began at German TV-station NDR...

     (TV-Host) With Anna Karina Mosmann - 1st Eliminated
    couple 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
    wayne&isabel 24 29 33 30 32 30+34=64 30+30=60 36+36=72
    wolke&oliver 28 29 31 34 33 33+32=65 32+35=67 37+39=76
    sandy&roberto 27 28 34 38 34 27+34=61 31+36=67
    heide&hendrik 15 17 16 14 14 WD
    jürgen&uta 23 16 27 23 25
    jochen&sofia 23 24 21 21
    heike&dirk 28 24 21
    axel&anna 20 21

Season 2

Jury:
  • Joachim Llambi
  • Michael Hull
  • Markus Schöffel
  • Ute Lemper
    Ute Lemper
    Ute Lemper is a German chanteuse and actress renowned for her interpretation of the work of Kurt Weill.- Biography :Born in Münster, Germany, Ute Lemper was raised in a Roman Catholic family. She joined the punk music group known as the Panama Drive Band at the age of 16...



Contestants:
  • Susan Sideropoulos
    Susan Sideropoulos
    Susan Sideropoulos is a German actress and singer.Her father is of Greek descent while her mother is from Israel....

     (TV Actress) With Christian Polanc – Winners
  • Katja Ebstein
    Katja Ebstein
    Karin Witkiewicz, also known as Katja Ebstein, is a German singer. She was born in Girlachsdorf . She achieved success with songs such as Theater or Es war einmal ein Jäger. She was married to Christian Bruhn, who wrote many of her songs. She represented Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest...

     (Schlager
    Schlager
    Schlager music is a style of popular music prevalent in Central and Northern Europe and the Balkans and also in France and Poland. In Portugal, it was adapted and became pimba music...

     Singer) With Oliver Seefeldt - 1st Runner-Up
  • Giovane Élber
    Giovane Elber
    Élber Giovane de Souza, simply Élber , is a retired Brazilian footballer who played as a striker....

     (Former Soccer-Player) With Isabel Edvardsson - 2nd Runner-Up
  • Jasmin Wagner (Singer) With Hendrik Höfken - Eliminated on June 23, 2007
  • Ben
    Ben (singer)
    Ben is a German singer, songwriter and occasional voice actor and TV host.His greatest success was 2002 with the hit single "Engel", a collaboration with singer Gim...

     (Singer/TV-Host) With Christine Deck - Eliminated on June 16, 2007
  • Guildo Horn
    Guildo Horn
    Guildo Horn He is mainly famous for his eccentric stage persona, which includes outrageous clothes and very extroverted antics.At the Eurovision Song Contest 1998, he came in 7th with the title "Guildo hat euch lieb!" ....

     (Schlager
    Schlager
    Schlager music is a style of popular music prevalent in Central and Northern Europe and the Balkans and also in France and Poland. In Portugal, it was adapted and became pimba music...

     Musician) With Motshegetsi Mabuse - Eliminated on June 9, 2007
  • Markus Majowski (Comedian) With Anastasiya Kravchenko - Eliminated on June 2, 2007
  • Margarethe Schreinemakers
    Margarethe Schreinemakers
    Margarethe Schreinemakers is a German television presenter, talkshow host and journalist.- Life :Schreinemakers studied sociology at University of Bonn. She works as television presenter and journalist in Germany. She presented on German broadcaster WDR Aktuelle Stunde and Extratour. From 1988 to...

     (Former TV-Host) With Jürgen Schlegel - Eliminated on May 26, 2007
  • Eralp Uzun (TV Actor) With Anna Karina Mosmann - Eliminated on May 19, 2007
  • Jenny Elvers-Elbertzhagen (Former TV-Host & It-Girl) With Sascha Karabey - Eliminated on May 12, 2007
    Couple Place 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
    Susan&Christian 1st 22 17 29 17 29 29+33=62 31+38=69 40+40=80
    Katja&Oliver 2nd 28 22 26 17 23 22+24=46 30+32=62 32+30=62
    Giovane&Isabel 3rd 20 18 27 18 24 29+34=63 27+27=54 28+35=63
    Jasmin&Hendrik 4th 16 23 28 28 23 24+30=54 34+32=66
    Ben&Christine 5th 20 25 26 30 27 31+29=60
    Guildo&Motsi 6th 18 27 20 18 24
    Markus&Anastasya 7th 20 22 25 16
    Margarehte&Jürgen 8th 15 19 20
    Eralp&Anna 9th 18 22
    Jenny&Sascha 10th 12

Season 3

Jury:
  • Joachim Llambi
  • Isabel Edvardsson
  • Peter Kraus
    Peter Kraus
    Peter Kraus is a German singer and actor.Born Peter Siegfried Krausenecker in Munich, Kraus was popular especially in the 1950s, notably in those musical comedy films where he played opposite Cornelia Froboess.- Youth :...

  • Harald Glööcker


Contestants:
Celebrity Occupation Professional partner Status
Middleweight Boxing Champion
Withdrew
on April 13, 2010
Actor
2nd Eliminated
on April 16, 2010
Former wife of Gerhard Schröder
Gerhard Schröder
Gerhard Fritz Kurt Schröder is a German politician, and was Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005. A member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany , he led a coalition government of the SPD and the Greens. Before becoming a full-time politician, he was a lawyer, and before becoming Chancellor...

Withdrew
on April 22, 2010
Schlager
Schlager
Schlager music is a style of popular music prevalent in Central and Northern Europe and the Balkans and also in France and Poland. In Portugal, it was adapted and became pimba music...

 Musician
3rd Eliminated
on April 23, 2010
Actress & Former Wife of Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Stallone
Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone , commonly known as Sylvester Stallone, and nicknamed Sly Stallone, is an American actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, film director and occasional painter. Stallone is known for his machismo and Hollywood action roles. Two of the notable characters he has portrayed...

4th Eliminated
on April 30, 2010
Former Germany's Next Topmodel judge
5th Eliminated
on May 7, 2010
(1st Eliminated on April 9, 2010)
TV Actor
6th Eliminated
on May 14, 2010
TV Actress
7th Eliminated
on May 21, 2010
Former Model & Got Talent Judge
(Show 1–6)
(Show 7–8)
Runner-Up
TV Actress
Winners

Couple Place 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total Average
Sophia & Massimo 1 23 28 28 29 33 31 + 36 = 67 40 + 35 = 75 39 + 37 + 39 = 115 398 33.17
Sylvie & Christian 2 26 27 27 31 27 28 + 30 = 58 28 + 29 = 57 33 + 37 + 38 = 108 361 30.08
Nina & Roberto 3 27 25 26 26 27 26 + 25 = 51 27 + 29 = 56 238 26.44
Raúl & Melissa 4 28 28 29 25 26 27 + 29 = 56 192 27.43
Rolf & Motsi 5 20 22 23 21 21 107 21.40
Brigitte & Oliver 6 20 22 26 22 90 22.50
Achim & Sarah 7 26 23 22 71 23.67
Hillu & Christian 8 24 -- -- 24 24.00
Mathieu & Tatjana 9 24 21 45 22.50
Arthur & Nina 10 11 11 11.00

Red numbers indicate the lowest score for each week.
Green numbers indicate the highest score for each week.
indicates the couple eliminated that week.
indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two.
indicates the couple was eliminated but later returned to the competition.
indicates the couple withdrew.
indicated the couple that did not dance due to physical injury.
indicates the winning couple.
indicates the runner-up couple.


Average Chart

Rank by
average
Place Couple Total Number of
dances
Average
1 1 Sophia & Massimo 398 12 33.17
2 2 Sylvie & Christian 361 12 30.08
3 4 Raul & Melissa 192 7 27.43
4 3 Nina & Roberto 238 9 26.44
5 8 Hillu & Christian 24 1 24.00
6 7 Achim & Sarah 71 3 23.67
7 6 Brigitte & Oliver 90 4 22.50
7 9 Mathieu & Tatjana 45 2 22.50
9 5 Rolfe & Motsi 107 5 21.40
10 10 Arthur & Nina 11 1 11.00

Couples' Highest and lowest scoring performances

According to the traditional 40-point scale.
Couples Average Highest Scoring Dances Lowest Scoring Dances
Sophia & Massimo 33.17 Rumba (40) Salsa (23)
Sylvie & Christian 30.08 Freestyle (38) Waltz (26)
Nina & Roberto 26.44 Paso Doble (29) West Coast Swing & Jive (25)
Raul & Melissa 27.43 Rumba & Waltz (29) Quickstep (25)
Rolf & Motsi 21.40 Tango (23) Waltz (20)
Brigitte & Oliver 22.50 Rumba (26) Salsa (20)
Achim & Sarah 23.67 Salsa (26) Tango (22)
Hillu & Christian 24.00 Waltz (24) Waltz (24)
Mathieu & Tatjana 22.50 Waltz (24) West Cost Swing (21)
Arthur & Nina 11.00 Salsa (11) Salsa (11)

Highest and lowest scoring performances

The best and worst performances in each dance according to the judges' marks are as follows:
Dance Best dancer(s) Best score Worst dancer(s) Worst score
Salsa
Salsa (dance)
Salsa is a syncretic dance form with origins in Cuba as the meeting point of Spanish and African cultures.Salsa is normally a partner dance, although there are recognized solo forms such as solo dancing "suelta" and "Rueda de Casino" where multiple couples exchange partners in a circle...

Sylvie van der Vaart 37 Arthur Abraham
Arthur Abraham
Arthur Abraham is an Armenian-German professional boxer HyeFighter residing in Berlin, Germany. He was IBF world middleweight champion from 2005 to 2009, making ten successful defences of his title...

 
11
Waltz
Waltz
The waltz is a ballroom and folk dance in time, performed primarily in closed position.- History :There are several references to a sliding or gliding dance,- a waltz, from the 16th century including the representations of the printer H.S. Beheim...

Sophia Thomalla 31 Rolf Schneider 20
Jive
Jive (dance)
In Ballroom dancing, Jive is a dance style in 4/4 time that originated in the United States from African-Americans in the early 1930s. It was originally presented to the public as 'Jive' in 1934 by Cab Calloway. It is a lively and uninhibited variation of the Jitterbug, a form of Swing dance...

Sylvie van der Vaart, Raul Richter, Sophia Thomalla 28 Brigitte Nielsen
Brigitte Nielsen
Brigitte Nielsen is a Danish model, actress, musician and reality television personality who began her career modelling for Greg Gorman and Helmut Newton and several years later made appearances in the 1985 films Red Sonja and Rocky IV and is also known for her marriage to Sylvester Stallone...

 
22
West Coast Swing
West Coast Swing
West Coast Swing is a partner dance with roots in Lindy Hop. It is characterized by a distinctive elastic look that results from its basic extension-compression technique of partner connection, and is danced primarily in a slotted area on the dance floor...

Sophia Thomalla 36 Mathieu Carrière
Mathieu Carrière
Mathieu Carrière is a German actor.Carrière grew up in Berlin and Lübeck; he attended the Jesuit boarding school Lycée Saint-François-Xavier in Vannes, France, a school which had previously been attended by the director of Carrière's first major film, Volker Schlöndorff. In 1969 Carrière moved to...

 
21
Rumba
Rumba
Rumba is a family of percussive rhythms, song and dance that originated in Cuba as a combination of the musical traditions of Africans brought to Cuba as slaves and Spanish colonizers. The name derives from the Cuban Spanish word rumbo which means "party" or "spree". It is secular, with no...

Sophia Thomalla 40 Nina Bott
Nina Bott
Nina Bott is a German actress.-Acting:Between August 1997 and September 2005 she played Cora Hinze Moreno on the popular German soap opera Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten. She then appeared in the period drama Unter den Linden - Das Haus Gravenhorst. Nina Bott then joined the soap opera Alles was...

, Brigitte Nielsen
Brigitte Nielsen
Brigitte Nielsen is a Danish model, actress, musician and reality television personality who began her career modelling for Greg Gorman and Helmut Newton and several years later made appearances in the 1985 films Red Sonja and Rocky IV and is also known for her marriage to Sylvester Stallone...

 
26
Tango
Tango (dance)
Tango dance originated in the area of the Rio de la Plata , and spread to the rest of the world soon after....

Sylvie van der Vaart  29 Achim Mentzel 22
Paso Doble Sylvie van der Vaart  33 Brigitte Nielsen
Brigitte Nielsen
Brigitte Nielsen is a Danish model, actress, musician and reality television personality who began her career modelling for Greg Gorman and Helmut Newton and several years later made appearances in the 1985 films Red Sonja and Rocky IV and is also known for her marriage to Sylvester Stallone...

 
22
Quickstep
Quickstep
The quickstep is a light-hearted member of the standard ballroom dances. The movement of the dance is fast and powerfully flowing and sprinkled with syncopations. The upbeat melodies that quickstep is danced to make it suitable for both formal and informal events...

Sophia Thomalla 35 Rolf Schneider 21
Samba
Samba (ballroom)
Among ballroom dances, samba is a lively, rhythmical one. It is related to the traditional samba styles of Brazil, but differs from them considerably. Its music is in 2/4 or 4/4 time.-Origins:...

Sophia Thomalla 37 Rolf Schneider 21
Freestyle
Street dance
Street dance, more formally known as vernacular dance, is an umbrella term used to describe dance styles that evolved outside of dance studios in any available open space such as streets, dance parties, block parties, parks, school yards, raves, and nightclubs, etc...

Sophia Thomalla 39 Sylvie van der Vaart  38


Week 1

Individual judges scores in charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Harald Glööckler, Peter Kraus, Isabel Edvardsson, Joachim Llambi.
Running order
Couple Score Style Music
Brigitte & Oliver 20 (8,5,5,2) Salsa "Let's get Loud
Let's Get Loud (Jennifer Lopez song)
"Let's Get Loud" is a song by American recording artist Jennifer Lopez from her debut album, On the 6 . Written by Gloria Estefan and Kike Santander, and produced by Emilio Estefan, Jr. and Santander, the song was released in June 2000 as the album's fifth and final single. While the single did not...

" (Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lynn Lopez is an American actress, singer, record producer, dancer, television personality, and fashion designer. Lopez began her career as a dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color. Subsequently venturing into acting, she gained recognition in the 1995 action-thriller...

)
Rolf & Motsi 20 (6,6,6,2) Waltz "Für mich solls Rote Rosen regnen" (Trude Herr)
Sophia & Massimo 23 (7,7,5,4) Salsa "Evacuate the Dancefloor
Evacuate the Dancefloor
"Evacuate the Dancefloor" is a song by German group Cascada from their third studio album of the same name. The song features a guest rap from famous German rapper Carlprit and was released as the album's lead single on 29 June 2009; debuting at number one on the UK Singles Chart for the week of 5...

" (Cascada
Cascada
Cascada is a German Eurodance act most famous for their hit singles "Everytime We Touch", "What Hurts the Most", and "Evacuate the Dancefloor"...

)
Mathieu & Tatjana 24 (9,7,5,3) Waltz "The Godfather
The Godfather
The Godfather is a 1972 American epic crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the 1969 novel by Mario Puzo. With a screenplay by Puzo, Coppola and an uncredited Robert Towne, the film stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard...

 Theme"
Arthur & Nina 11 (4,3,3,1) Salsa "Beat it
Beat It
"Beat It" is a song written and performed by American recording artist Michael Jackson, and produced by Quincy Jones . It is the third single from the singer's sixth solo album, Thriller . Eddie Van Halen was hired to add the song's distinctive overdriven guitar solo, but was prevented by his...

" (Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...

)
Hillu & Christian 24 (8,7,5,4) Waltz "See the day" (All Saints
All Saints
All Saints' Day , often shortened to All Saints, is a solemnity celebrated on 1 November by parts of Western Christianity, and on the first Sunday after Pentecost in Eastern Christianity, in honour of all the saints, known and unknown...

)
Raul & Melissa 28 (7,9,7,5) Salsa "Livin' la Vida Loca
Livin' la Vida Loca
"Livin' la Vida Loca" is a song by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin. It was released on March 23, 1999 from Martin's self-titled debut English album. The song was composed by Desmond Child and Draco Rosa and topped the charts during 1999...

" (Ricky Martin
Ricky Martin
Enrique "Ricky" Martín Morales , better known as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican and Spanish pop singer and actor who achieved prominence, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991.During his career he has sold more than 60 million album copies worldwide...

)
Nina & Roberto 27 (9,8,6,4) Waltz "You Are So Beautiful
You Are So Beautiful
"You Are So Beautiful" is a song written by Billy Preston and Bruce Fisher and Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys. It was first recorded by Preston and made popular in a version by Joe Cocker....

" (Joe Cocker
Joe Cocker
John Robert "Joe" Cocker, OBE is an English rock and blues musician, composer and actor, who came to popularity in the 1960s, and is most known for his gritty voice, his idiosyncratic arm movements while performing, and his cover versions of popular songs, particularly those of The Beatles...

)
Achim & Sarah 26 (9,8,6,3) Salsa "Hamma!" (Culcha Candela
Culcha Candela
Culcha Candela is a Dancehall group from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2001. Their lyrics range from political issues, such as "Una Cosa" or "Schöne, neue Welt" to party songs, such as "Partybus"...

)
Sylvie & Christian 26 (9,8,6,3) Waltz "A Moment Like This" (Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Brianne Clarkson is an American pop rock singer-songwriter and actress. Clarkson came into prominence after becoming the winner of the inaugural season of the television series American Idol in 2002 and would later become the runner-up in the television special World Idol in 2003.In 2003,...

)

Week 2

Individual judges scores in charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Harald Glööckler, Peter Kraus, Isabel Edvardsson, Joachim Llambi.
Running order
Couple Score Style Music
Nina & Roberto 25 (9,8,6,4) West Coast Swing "Get the Party Started
Get the Party Started
"Get the Party Started" is a song performed by Pink, and was the first single from her second album, Missundaztood . It became an international hit and reached the top ten in many countries. The song was Pink's highest selling at that time...

" (P!nk
Pink (singer)
Alecia Beth Moore , better known by her stage name Pink , is an American singer-songwriter, musician and actress....

)
Brigitte & Oliver 22 (8,7,4,3) Jive "Poker Face
Poker Face (Lady Gaga song)
"Poker Face" is a song by American recording artist Lady Gaga from her debut album, The Fame. Produced by RedOne, it was released as the album's second single in late 2008 for some markets and in early 2009 for the rest of the world...

" (Lady Gaga
Lady GaGa
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta , better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City, she primarily studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to...

)
Rolf & Motsi 22 (9,6,5,2) West Coast Swing "I am what I am" (Gloria Gaynor
Gloria Gaynor
Gloria Gaynor is an American singer, best known for the disco era hits; "I Will Survive" , "Never Can Say Goodbye" , "Let Me Know " and "I Am What I Am" .-Early career:Gaynor was a singer with the Soul...

)
Sophia & Massimo 28 (8,8,7,5) Jive "Hey Ya!
Hey Ya!
"Hey Ya!" is a song written and produced by André 3000 for his 2003 album The Love Below, part of the hip hop duo OutKast's double album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below. The song takes influence from funk and rock music...

" (OutKast
OutKast
Outkast is an American hip hop duo based in East Point, Georgia, consisting of Atlanta native André "André 3000" Benjamin and Savannah, Georgia-born Antwan "Big Boi" Patton. They were originally known as Two Shades Deep but later changed the group's name to OutKast...

)
Mathieu & Tatjana 21 (7,6,5,3) West Coast Swing "I Just Want to Make Love to You
I Just Want to Make Love to You
In 1961, Etta James recorded the song for her debut album At Last!. Her rendition also served as the b-side to her hit "At Last." In 1996, Etta James' version became popular in the UK after featuring in a Diet Coke ad campaign. As a result, the single was re-released there...

" (Etta James
Etta James
Etta James is an American blues, soul, rhythm and blues , rock and roll, gospel and jazz singer. In the 1950s and 1960s, she had her biggest success as a blues and R&B singer...

)
Raul & Melissa 28 (9,8,7,4) Jive "Dance With Somebody" (Mando Diao
Mando Diao
Mando Diao is an alternative rock band from Borlänge, Sweden. The band got their breakthrough with the release of the album Hurricane Bar. Their main fan base is in Sweden, Germany, and Japan although their influence has recently spread to Western Europe, most notably the UK.-Origin:The roots of...

)
Sylvie & Christian 27 (8,9,7,3) West Coast Swing "Heavy Cross
Heavy Cross
"Heavy Cross" is the first single taken from Music for Men, the fourth studio album by Gossip and was released on April 28, 2009 in the U.S. Beth Ditto explained to the NME that the song is "about recreation and my friends, who I feel like are the ultimate creative re-creators." The single was...

" (Gossip
Gossip (band)
Gossip is a three-piece American indie rock band formed in 1999. The band consists of singer Beth Ditto, guitarist Brace Paine and drummer Hannah Blilie. After releasing several recordings, the band broke through with their 2006 studio album, Standing in the Way of Control . A follow-up, Music for...

)
Achim & Sarah 23 (9,7,5,2) Jive "Schmittchen Schleicher" (Niko Haag)

Week 3

Individual judges scores in charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Harald Glööckler, Peter Kraus, Isabel Edvardsson, Joachim Llambi.
Running order
Couple Score Style Music
Achim & Sarah 22 (7,6,5,4) Tango "Hernando's Hideaway
Hernando's Hideaway
"Hernando's Hideaway" is a tango show tune from the musical The Pajama Game, written by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross and published in 1954. The lyrics describe a dark and secretive nightclub....

" (Alma Cogan
Alma Cogan
Alma Cogan was an English singer of traditional pop music in the 1950s and early 1960s. Dubbed "The Girl With the Laugh/Giggle/Chuckle In Her Voice", she was the highest paid British female entertainer of her era...

)
Nina & Roberto 26 (8,8,6,4) Rumba "Endless Love
Endless Love (song)
"Endless Love" is a song written by Lionel Richie and originally recorded as a duet between Richie and fellow soul singer Diana Ross. In this ballad, the singers declare their "endless love" for one another. It was covered by soul singer Luther Vandross with R&B singer Mariah Carey and also by...

" (Lionel Richie
Lionel Richie
Lionel Brockman Richie, Jr. , is an American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Since 1968, he has been a member of the musical group Commodores signed to Motown Records...

)
Brigitte & Oliver 26 (8,8,6,4) Rumba "Total Eclipse of the Heart
Total Eclipse of the Heart
"Total Eclipse of the Heart" is a song written and produced by Jim Steinman and recorded by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler for her fifth studio album, Faster Than the Speed of Night...

" (Bonnie Tyler
Bonnie Tyler
Bonnie Tyler is a Welsh singer, most notable for her hits in the 1970s and 1980s including "It's a Heartache", "Holding Out for a Hero" and "Total Eclipse of the Heart".-Early life:...

)
Rolf & Motsi 23 (8,7,5,3) Tango "Kriminal Tango" (Hazy Osterwald)
Raul & Melissa 29 (9,7,7,6) Rumba "Lass es Liebe sein" (Rosenstolz
Rosenstolz
Rosenstolz is a German music band from Berlin. Their music combines several styles including rock, pop and ballads. AnNa R. and Peter Plate form the duo. They had their breakthrough in 1998 with the song Herzensschöner...

)
Sylvie & Christian 27 (7,9,7,4) Rumba "She's Like the Wind
She's Like the Wind
"She's Like the Wind" is a power ballad performed by actor Patrick Swayze featuring singer Wendy Fraser . The single reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Adult Contemporary chart.-Patrick Swayze:...

" (Patrick Swayze
Patrick Swayze
Patrick Wayne Swayze was an American actor, dancer and singer-songwriter. He was best known for his tough-guy roles, as romantic leading men in the hit films Dirty Dancing and Ghost, and as Orry Main in the North and South television miniseries. He was named by People magazine as its "Sexiest...

)
Sophia & Massimo 28 (8,9,5,6) Tango "Seven Nation Army
Seven Nation Army
"Seven Nation Army" is the first track on the album Elephant by American alternative rock band The White Stripes. It was released as a single in 2003. "Seven Nation Army" reached #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks for three weeks and won 2004's Grammy Award for Best Rock Song. The song is known for its...

" (The White Stripes
The White Stripes
The White Stripes was an American rock band, formed in 1997 in Detroit, Michigan. The group consisted of the songwriter Jack White and drummer Meg White . Jack and Meg White were previously married to each other, but are now divorced...

)

Week 4

Individual judges scores in charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Harald Glööckler, Peter Kraus, Isabel Edvardsson, Joachim Llambi.
Running order
Couple Score Style Music
Sophia & Massimo 29 (9,7,7,6) Paso Doble "Maneater
Maneater (Nelly Furtado song)
"Maneater" is a song written by Nelly Furtado, Timothy "Timbaland" Mosley, Jim Beanz and Nate "Danja" Hills for Furtado's third album, Loose . It was co-produced by Timbaland and Danja and includes influences of 1980s music by artists such as Eurythmics and Hall & Oates...

" (Nelly Furtado
Nelly Furtado
Nelly Kim Furtado is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Furtado grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.Furtado first gained fame with her debut album, Whoa, Nelly!, and its single "I'm Like a Bird", which won a 2001 Juno Award for Single of the Year and a 2002 Grammy...

)
Nina & Roberto 26 (8,7,6,5) Quickstep "Valerie
Valerie (The Zutons song)
"Valerie" is a song by the English indie rock band The Zutons from the band's second studio album, Tired of Hanging Around . Released as the album's second single on 19 June 2006 in the United Kingdom, along with their previous single "Why Won't You Give Me Your Love?", it gave The Zutons their...

" (Amy Winehouse
Amy Winehouse
Amy Jade Winehouse was an English singer-songwriter known for her powerful deep contralto vocals and her eclectic mix of musical genres including R&B, soul and jazz. Winehouse's 2003 debut album, Frank, was critically successful in the UK and was nominated for the Mercury Prize...

)
Sylvie & Christan 31 (9,9,7,6) Paso Doble "He's a Pirate" (Pirates of the Caribbean
Pirates of the Caribbean
Pirates of the Caribbean is a multi-billion dollar Walt Disney franchise encompassing a series of films, a theme park ride, and spinoff novels as well as numerous video games and other publications. The franchise originates with the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction, which opened at Disneyland in...

 Soundtrack)
Raul & Melissa 25 (9,9,5,2) Quickstep "Jungle Drum" (Emiliana Torrini
Emilíana Torrini
Emilíana Torrini Davíðsdóttir is an Icelandic singer, best known for her 2009 single Jungle Drum, 1999 album Love in the Time of Science and for performing "Gollum's Song" for Peter Jackson's film The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.-Early life:Torrini grew up in Kópavogur, where, at the age of...

)
Brigitte & Oliver 22 (8,6,5,3) Paso Doble "We Will Rock You
We Will Rock You
"We Will Rock You" is a song written by Brian May and recorded and performed by Queen for their 1977 album News of the World. Rolling Stone ranked it #330 of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2004, and the RIAA placed it at #146 on its list of Songs of the Century...

" (Queen
Queen (band)
Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of Freddie Mercury , Brian May , John Deacon , and Roger Taylor...

)
Rolf & Motsi 21 (7,6,5,3) Quickstep "The Muppets
The Muppets
The Muppets are a group of puppet characters created by Jim Henson starting in 1954–55. Although the term is often used to refer to any puppet that resembles the distinctive style of The Muppet Show, the term is both an informal name and legal trademark owned by the Walt Disney Company in reference...

" Theme


Week 5

Individual judges scores in charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Harald Glööckler, Peter Kraus, Isabel Edvardsson, Joachim Llambi.
Running order
Couple Score Style Music
Rolf & Motsi 21 (8,6,5,2) Samba "Tanze Samba mit mir" (Tony Holiday
Tony Holiday
Tony Holiday was a German pop singer and songwriter.Knigge was born in Hamburg, Germany. He began his career initially as a textile businessman and fashion designer. In 1974 he received a record contract with Hans Bertram, who rechristened him "Tony Holiday". His first two singles met with little...

)
Raul & Melissa 26 (7,9,7,3) Samba "Club Tropicana
Club Tropicana
"Club Tropicana" is a song by British pop duo Wham!, released in 1983 on Innervision Records. It was written by George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley....

" (Wham!
WHAM!
Wham! were a short-lived British musical duo formed by George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley in the early 1980s. They were briefly known in the United States as Wham! UK due to a naming conflict with an American band....

)
Sylvie & Christian 27 (9,8,6,4) Samba "Dancing Queen
Dancing Queen
"Dancing Queen" is a pop song recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA. It was released in August 1976, but was first performed two months earlier, on 18 June 1976, during a Royal Variety Show in Stockholm the evening before the Swedish royal wedding. It was the follow-up single to the hit "Fernando"...

" (ABBA
ABBA
ABBA was a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1970 which consisted of Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Fältskog...

)
Nina & Roberto 27 (8,7,7,5) Samba "If a Song Could Get Me You
If A Song Could Get Me You (song)
If a Song Could Get Me You is a single by Norwegian singer-songwriter Marit Larsen. It is Larsen's first international single, and it was released in Norway, Iceland, Germany, Switzerland and Austria.-Lyrical content:The song deals with a broken relationship...

" (Marit Larsen
Marit Larsen
Marit Elisabeth Larsen is a Norwegian singer and songwriter.She began playing violins at age of 5,and played it until the age of 8. She gained international fame during her teenage years as a member of the pop duo M2M with childhood friend Marion Raven. More recently she has pursued her own music...

)
Sophia & Massimo 33 (9,9,8,7) Samba "Hips Don't Lie
Hips Don't Lie
"Hips Don't Lie" is a Latin pop song based in a salsa and cumbia performed by Colombian singer Shakira and Haitian rapper Wyclef Jean, released in 2006 as the second single from Shakira's second English album Oral Fixation Vol. 2...

" (Shakira
Shakira
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...

 & Wyclef Jean
Wyclef Jean
Wyclef Jean is a Haitian musician, record producer, and politician. At age nine, Jean moved to the United States with his family and has spent much of his life in the country...

)
Rolfe & Motsi
Raul & Melissa
Nina & Roberto
Sylvie & Christian
Sophia & Massimo
N/A Rock'n'Roll ?


Week 6

Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Harald Glööckler, Peter Kraus, Isabel Edvardsson, Joachim Llambi.

Running order
Couple Score Style Music
Sylvie & Christian 28 (9,7,7,5) Jive "SOS
SOS (Rihanna song)
"SOS" is a song by Barbadian recording artist Rihanna from her second studio album, A Girl like Me. The song was produced by J. R. Rotem and written by Rotem and Evan "Kidd" Bogart. It was released as the lead single from the album...

"—Rihanna
Rihanna
Robyn Rihanna Fenty , better known as simply Rihanna, is a Barbadian recording artist. Born in Saint Michael, Barbados, Rihanna moved to the United States at the age of 16 to pursue a recording career under the guidance of record producer Evan Rogers...

30 (9,8,8,5) Salsa "Tequila
Tequila (song)
"Tequila" is a 1958 Latin-flavored rock and roll song recorded by the group, the Champs. The title of the song constitutes the entirety of the lyrics, and is spoken a total of three times during the course of the song. "Tequila" became a #1 hit on both the pop and R&B charts at the time of its...

"—The Champs
The Champs
The Champs were an American rock and roll band, most famous for their Latin-tinged instrumental "Tequila". Formed by studio executives at Gene Autry's Challenge Records to record a B-Side for the Dave Burgess single, the intended throwaway track became more famous than its A-Side, "Train to...

Sophia & Massimo 31 (9,9,7,6) Waltz "All by Myself
All by Myself
"All by Myself" is a power ballad written and performed by Eric Carmen in 1975.The verse is based on the second movement of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Opus 18...

"—Eric Carmen
Eric Carmen
Eric Howard Carmen is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist.He scored numerous hit songs across the 1970s and 1980s, first as a member of the Raspberries , and then with his solo career, including hits such as "All By Myself", "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again", "She Did It",...

36 (10,10,8,8) West Coast Swing "Don't Cha
Don't Cha
"Don't Cha" is the debut single by American R&B/pop girl group the Pussycat Dolls. The song was originally recorded by American recording artist Tori Alamaze, and was released as her debut single in March 2005, on Universal Records. After Universal Records dropped her from the label, Cee-Lo Green...

"—Pussycat Dolls
Pussycat Dolls
The Pussycat Dolls are an American pop girl group and dance ensemble based in Los Angeles; currently consisting of Lauren Bennett, Vanessa Curry, Kristal "Lyndriette" Smith, Tiffany "Taz" Zavala, Kia Hampton and Paula Van Oppen. The Pussycat Dolls were founded by choreographer Robin Antin in 1995...

Raul & Melissa 27 (8,7,7,5) West Coast Swing "I Like"—Keri Hilson
Keri Hilson
Keri Lynn Hilson is an American R&B singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Decatur, Georgia, Hilson began her music career as a songwriter, penning tracks for several artists in the mid-2000s as part of the five-person production and songwriting team, The Clutch...

29 (9,7,8,5) Waltz "Greatest Love of All
Greatest Love of All
"The Greatest Love of All" is a song written by Michael Masser and Linda Creed and originally recorded by George Benson for the 1977 Muhammad Ali biopic The Greatest. The song was later popularized by Whitney Houston. Creed wrote the lyrics in the midst of her struggle with breast cancer...

"—Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston
Whitney Elizabeth Houston is an American singer, actress, producer and a former model. Houston is the most awarded female act of all time, according to Guinness World Records, and her list of awards include 1 Emmy Award, 6 Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among...

Nina & Roberto 26 (7,7,7,5) Salsa "Bailamos
Bailamos
"Bailamos" is a Latin pop song from singer Enrique Iglesias, sung in English and Spanish. It was the debut single of Iglesias in the English-language market, and attained immense success, reaching the #1 spot in the Billboard Hot 100....

"—Enrique Iglesias
Enrique Iglesias
Enrique Iglesias is a Spanish pop music singer, a son of singer Julio Iglesias.Enrique started his musical career on Mexican label Fonovisa...

25 (7,7,7,4) Jive "Don't Stop Me Now
Don't Stop Me Now
"Don't Stop Me Now" is a song by English rock group Queen, featured on their 1978 album Jazz. Written by vocalist Freddie Mercury, it was recorded in August/September 1978 at Super Bear Studios in Berre-les-Alpes , France, and is the twelfth track on the album.Musically, the song is based around...

"—Queen
Queen (band)
Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of Freddie Mercury , Brian May , John Deacon , and Roger Taylor...


Dance Chart

Week 1: Salsa or Waltz

Week 2: Jive or West Coast Swing

Week 3: Rumba or Tango

Week 4: Paso Doble or Quickstep

Week 5: Samba & Group Rock'n'Roll

Week 6: Two unlearned dances from Week 1 & 2

Week 7: Two unlearned dances from Week 3 & 4 & Group Viennese Waltz

Finals: Favourite Dance of the Season & Redemption Dance & Freestyle

Couple 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Sophia & Massimo Salsa Jive Tango Paso Doble Samba Rock'n'Roll Waltz West Coast Swing Rumba Quickstep Viennese Waltz Rumba Samba Freestyle
Sylvie & Christian Waltz West Coast Swing Rumba Paso Doble Samba Rock'n'Roll Jive Salsa Quickstep Tango Viennese Waltz Paso Doble Salsa Freestyle
Nina & Roberto Waltz West Coast Swing Rumba Quickstep Samba Rock'n'Roll Salsa Jive Tango Paso Doble Viennese Waltz
Raul & Melissa Salsa Jive Rumba Quickstep Samba Rock'n'Roll West Coast Swing Waltz
Rolf & Motsi Waltz West Coast Swing Tango Quickstep Samba Rock'n'Roll
Brigitte & Oliver Salsa Jive Rumba Paso Doble
Achim & Sarah Salsa Jive Tango
Hillu & Christian Waltz (Jive) Withdrew
Mathieu & Tatjana Waltz West Cost Swing
Arthur & Nina Salsa

Season 4

Jury:
  • Joachim Llambi
  • Motsi Mabuse
  • Harald Glööckler
  • Roman Frieling


Contestants:
Celebrity Occupation Professional partner Status
Former World Women's Boxing Champion
1st Eliminated
on March 23, 2011
Pole Vaulter
2nd Eliminated
on March 30, 2011
Actress
3rd Eliminated
on April 6, 2011
Schlager
Schlager
Schlager music is a style of popular music prevalent in Central and Northern Europe and the Balkans and also in France and Poland. In Portugal, it was adapted and became pimba music...

 Singer
Withdrew
on April 18, 2011
Actor
5th Eliminated
on April 20, 2011
TV Actor
6th Eliminated
on April 27, 2011
Model & Former Wife of Lothar Matthäus
Lothar Matthäus
Lothar Herbert Matthäus , is a German football manager and former player.In 1990, he was named European Footballer of the Year and World Soccer Player of the Year after captaining West Germany to victory in the 1990 World Cup...

7th Eliminated
on May 4, 2011
DSDS
Deutschland sucht den Superstar (Season 7)
Deutschland sucht den Superstar Season 7 is the seventh season of the Idol series which aired on RTL Television and started on 6 January 2010. The season marked a new national record with more than 35,000 participants...

 Season 7 contestant
8th Eliminated
on May 11, 2011
TV Actor
Runner-Ups
on May 18, 2011
Singer
Winners
on May 18, 2011

Couple Place 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Maite & Christian 1 25 27 30 25 34 29 + 6 = 35 32 + 35 = 67 36 + 34 = 70 35 + 39 + 39 = 113
Moritz & Melissa 2 22 24 23 25 26 25 + 4 = 29 26 + 28 = 54 35 + 36 = 71 36 + 38 + 38 = 112
Thomas & Sarah 3 13 11 22 20 18 19 + 10 = 29 23 + 19 = 42 26 + 24 = 50
Liliana & Massimo 4 20 26 23 23 26 30 + 8 = 38 24 + 31 = 55
Jörn & Helena 5 18 19 21 23 18 15 + 2 = 17
Bernd & Nina 6 19 24 -- 28 25
Kristina & Erich 7 14 16 17 11
Andrea & Stefano 8 19 22 20
Tim & Isabel 9 18 15
Regina & Sergiy 10 17

Red numbers indicate the lowest score for each week.
Green numbers indicate the highest score for each week.
indicates the couple eliminated that week.
indicates the returning couples that finished in the bottom three or bottom two.
indicates the couple was eliminated but later returned to the competition.
indicates the couple withdrew.
indicated the couple that did not dance due personal reasons.
indicates the winning couple.
indicates the runner-up couple.

Average Chart

Rank by
average
Place Couple Total Number of
dances
Average
1 1 Maite & Christian 420 13 32.31
2 2 Moritz & Melissa 382 13 29.38
3 4 Liliana & Massimo 203 8 25.38
4 6 Bernd & Nina 96 4 24.00
5 8 Andrea & Stefano 61 3 20.33
6 3 Thomas & Sarah 195 10 19.50
7 5 Jörn & Helena 114 6 19.00
8 10 Regina & Sergiy 17 1 17.00
9 9 Tim & Isabel 33 2 16.50
10 7 Kristina & Erich 58 4 14.50

Couples' Highest and lowest scoring performances

According to the traditional 40-point scale.
Couples Average Highest Scoring Dances Lowest Scoring Dances
Maite & Christian 32.3 Paso Doble & Freestyle (39) Cha-Cha-Cha & Viennese Waltz (25)
Moritz & Melissa 29.4 Viennese Waltz & Freestyle (38) Waltz (22)
Thomas & Sarah 19.5 Samba (26) Quickstep (11)
Liliana & Massimo 25.4 Viennese Waltz (31) Waltz (20)
Jörn & Helena 19.0 Salsa (23) Rumba (15)
Bernd & Nina 24.0 Viennese Waltz (28) Waltz (19)
Kristina & Erich 14.5 Tango (17) Salsa (11)
Andrea & Stefano 20.3 Rumba (22) Waltz (19)
Tim & Isabel 16.5 Waltz (18) Rumba (15)
Regina & Sergiy 17.0 Waltz (17) Waltz (17)

Highest and lowest scoring performances

The best and worst performances in each dance according to the judges' marks are as follows:
Dance Best dancer(s) Best score Worst dancer(s) Worst score
Cha Cha Cha
Cha-cha-cha (dance)
The Cha-cha-cha is the name of a dance of Cuban origin.It is danced to the music of the same name introduced by Cuban composer and violinist Enrique Jorrín in 1953...

Liliana Matthäus 30 Thomas Karaoglan
Thomas Karaoglan
Thomas Karaoglan also known as Der Checker is a German singer from the label Ariola.Karaoglan is of Armenian christian descent. He became popular from participating in the German casting show Deutschland sucht den Superstar, where he reached 5th place. In July 2010 he published his first single...

 
13
Fox-a-thon
Discofox
Discofox or Disco Fox is a social partner dance evolved in Europe in mid-seventies as a rediscovery of the dance hold in the improvisational disco dance scene dominated by solo dancing, approximately at the same time when hustle emerged in the United States. Both dances were greatly influenced by...

Thomas Karaoglan
Thomas Karaoglan
Thomas Karaoglan also known as Der Checker is a German singer from the label Ariola.Karaoglan is of Armenian christian descent. He became popular from participating in the German casting show Deutschland sucht den Superstar, where he reached 5th place. In July 2010 he published his first single...

 
10 Jörn Schlönvoigt
Jörn Schlönvoigt
Jörn Schlönvoigt is a German actor, singer and designer.Schlönvoigt was born in Berlin. When only eleven years old, Schlönvoigt began to write his own lyrics, before he later bought himself a guitar and founded with sixteen, together with his half brother, his own punk rock band, Cherry Poppers...

 
2
Jive
Jive (dance)
In Ballroom dancing, Jive is a dance style in 4/4 time that originated in the United States from African-Americans in the early 1930s. It was originally presented to the public as 'Jive' in 1934 by Cab Calloway. It is a lively and uninhibited variation of the Jitterbug, a form of Swing dance...

Maite Kelly 30 Thomas Karaoglan
Thomas Karaoglan
Thomas Karaoglan also known as Der Checker is a German singer from the label Ariola.Karaoglan is of Armenian christian descent. He became popular from participating in the German casting show Deutschland sucht den Superstar, where he reached 5th place. In July 2010 he published his first single...

 
19
Paso Doble Maite Kelly 39 Thomas Karaoglan
Thomas Karaoglan
Thomas Karaoglan also known as Der Checker is a German singer from the label Ariola.Karaoglan is of Armenian christian descent. He became popular from participating in the German casting show Deutschland sucht den Superstar, where he reached 5th place. In July 2010 he published his first single...


Jörn Schlönvoigt
Jörn Schlönvoigt
Jörn Schlönvoigt is a German actor, singer and designer.Schlönvoigt was born in Berlin. When only eleven years old, Schlönvoigt began to write his own lyrics, before he later bought himself a guitar and founded with sixteen, together with his half brother, his own punk rock band, Cherry Poppers...

 
18
Waltz
Waltz
The waltz is a ballroom and folk dance in time, performed primarily in closed position.- History :There are several references to a sliding or gliding dance,- a waltz, from the 16th century including the representations of the printer H.S. Beheim...

Maite Kelly 34 Regina Halmich
Regina Halmich
Regina Halmich is a popular female boxer from Germany. Halmich is among the most successful female boxers of all time, and helped popularize female boxing in Europe.-Amateur career:...

 
17
Quickstep
Quickstep
The quickstep is a light-hearted member of the standard ballroom dances. The movement of the dance is fast and powerfully flowing and sprinkled with syncopations. The upbeat melodies that quickstep is danced to make it suitable for both formal and informal events...

Maite Kelly 35 Thomas Karaoglan
Thomas Karaoglan
Thomas Karaoglan also known as Der Checker is a German singer from the label Ariola.Karaoglan is of Armenian christian descent. He became popular from participating in the German casting show Deutschland sucht den Superstar, where he reached 5th place. In July 2010 he published his first single...

 
11
Rumba
Rumba
Rumba is a family of percussive rhythms, song and dance that originated in Cuba as a combination of the musical traditions of Africans brought to Cuba as slaves and Spanish colonizers. The name derives from the Cuban Spanish word rumbo which means "party" or "spree". It is secular, with no...

Maite Kelly 35 Tim Lobinger
Tim Lobinger
Tim Lobinger is a German pole vaulter.His discipline is pole vault and he has been an elite competitor since the 1990s. His best results came in 1997 and 1999 when he jumped over 6.00 meters...


Jörn Schlönvoigt
Jörn Schlönvoigt
Jörn Schlönvoigt is a German actor, singer and designer.Schlönvoigt was born in Berlin. When only eleven years old, Schlönvoigt began to write his own lyrics, before he later bought himself a guitar and founded with sixteen, together with his half brother, his own punk rock band, Cherry Poppers...

 
15
Tango
Tango (dance)
Tango dance originated in the area of the Rio de la Plata , and spread to the rest of the world soon after....

Moritz A. Sachs 35 Kristina Bach
Kristina Bach
Kristina Bach is a German "Schlager" singer, lyricist and music producer. Bach is noted for her 3 ½-octave vocal range.-Biography:...

 
17
Salsa
Salsa (dance)
Salsa is a syncretic dance form with origins in Cuba as the meeting point of Spanish and African cultures.Salsa is normally a partner dance, although there are recognized solo forms such as solo dancing "suelta" and "Rueda de Casino" where multiple couples exchange partners in a circle...

Moritz A. Sachs
Maite Kelly
36 Kristina Bach
Kristina Bach
Kristina Bach is a German "Schlager" singer, lyricist and music producer. Bach is noted for her 3 ½-octave vocal range.-Biography:...

 
11
Samba
Samba (ballroom)
Among ballroom dances, samba is a lively, rhythmical one. It is related to the traditional samba styles of Brazil, but differs from them considerably. Its music is in 2/4 or 4/4 time.-Origins:...

Moritz A. Sachs 36 Bernd Herzsprung
Bernd Herzsprung
Bernd Herzsprung is a German television actor.-Selected filmography:* Derrick - Season 3, Episode 3: "Angst" * Derrick - Season 6, Episode 9: "Ein Kongreß in Berlin"...

 
25
Viennese Waltz
Viennese Waltz
Viennese Waltz is the genre of a ballroom dance. At least three different meanings are recognized. In the historically first sense, the name may refer to several versions of the waltz, including the earliest waltzes done in ballroom dancing, danced to the music of Viennese Waltz.What is now called...

Moritz A. Sachs 38 Thomas Karaoglan
Thomas Karaoglan
Thomas Karaoglan also known as Der Checker is a German singer from the label Ariola.Karaoglan is of Armenian christian descent. He became popular from participating in the German casting show Deutschland sucht den Superstar, where he reached 5th place. In July 2010 he published his first single...

 
20
Freestyle
Street dance
Street dance, more formally known as vernacular dance, is an umbrella term used to describe dance styles that evolved outside of dance studios in any available open space such as streets, dance parties, block parties, parks, school yards, raves, and nightclubs, etc...

Maite Kelly 39 Moritz A. Sachs 38

Week 1

Individual judges scores in charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Roman Frieling, Harald Glööckler, Motsi Mabuse, Joachim Llambi.
Running order
Couple Score Style Music
Jörn & Helena 18 (4,7,4,3) Cha-Cha-Cha "Break Your Heart
Break Your Heart
"Break Your Heart" is a song by English singer-songwriter Taio Cruz. The song serves as the lead single from his second studio album Rokstarr. It was written by Cruz and Fraser T. Smith and produced by Smith. It was first released in the UK on 20 September 2009, followed by a release in the United...

" (Taio Cruz
Taio Cruz
Taio Cruz is a British singer-songwriter, record producer, occasional rapper, and entrepreneur. In 2008, he released his debut album Departure, which Cruz wrote, arranged and produced himself. It achieved initial success in the UK and earned him a MOBO Award nomination...

)
Andrea & Stefano 19 (5,6,5,3) Waltz "She
She (Charles Aznavour song)
"She" is the title of a song written, recorded and released by Charles Aznavour and Herbert Kretzmer.It reached number 1 in the UK single charts in 1974, but was not successful in the USA or France...

" (Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello , born Declan Patrick MacManus, is an English singer-songwriter. He came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s and later became associated with the punk/New Wave genre. Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader...

)
Tim & Isabel 18 (5,6,5,2) Waltz "Somewhere over the Rainbow" (Israel Kamakawiwoʻole)
Moritz & Melissa 22 (4,7,7,4) Waltz "Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Are You Lonesome Tonight? (song)
"Are You Lonesome Tonight?" is a popular song with music by Lou Handman and lyrics by Roy Turk. It was written in 1926, first published in 1927 and most notably revived by Elvis Presley in 1960 ....

" (Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....

)
Kristina & Erich 14 (2,6,4,2) Cha-Cha-Cha "Er gehört zu mir" (Marianne Rosenberg
Marianne Rosenberg
Marianne Rosenberg is a German Schlager music singer and songwriter.Marianne Rosenberg is the third of seven children from Auschwitz survivor Otto Rosenberg, who was a long-time advocate and representative of the Sinti and Roma peoples in Germany, a function which Marianne's sister Petra later...

)
Bernd & Nina 19 (4,8,6,1) Waltz "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
"Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" is the first single from British musician Elton John's 1974 album Caribou; it was released that year during the latter half of May in the United Kingdom, and on 10 June in the United States.-Lyrics and music:...

" (Elton John
Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...

)
Maite & Christian 25 (6,8,7,4) Cha-Cha-Cha "I Should Be So Lucky
I Should Be So Lucky
"I Should Be So Lucky" is a pop-dance song performed by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. The song was written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman for Minogue's debut album Kylie .The song was released as the album's second single in December 1987...

" (Kylie Minogue
Kylie Minogue
Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...

)
Regina & Sergiy 17 (5,6,4,2) Waltz "Conquest of Paradise
Conquest of Paradise (song)
-See also:*Con te partirò, another song that became a hit single through Henry Maske's popularity in Germany...

" (Vangelis
Vangelis
Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou is a Greek composer of electronic, progressive, ambient, jazz, pop rock and orchestral music, under the artist name Vangelis...

)
Liliana & Massimo 20 (6,6,5,3) Waltz "You Raise Me Up
You Raise Me Up
"You Raise Me Up" was the debut single from Westlife's fifth studio album, Face To Face.This version is considered by many to be the most popular , of all the various versions of the same song. The single peaked at #1 on the UK Singles Chart, making it the band's 13th Number One. It was the first...

" (Westlife
Westlife
Westlife are an Irish boy band established on 3 July 1998. They are to disband in 2012. The group's line-up was Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, Shane Filan, and Brian McFadden . The group are the only act in British and Irish history to have their first seven singles peak at number one...

)
Thomas & Sarah 13 (3,6,3,1) Cha-Cha-Cha "Das geht ab" Frauenarzt
Frauenarzt
Vincente de Teba Költerhoff , better known as Frauenarzt , is a German rapper from Berlin-Tempelhof, also known as "DJ Kologe," "MC Digital F," "Arzt," "Gyniko," and "Günther." Frauenarzt was well known for his sexually explicit, Miami bass style music...


Week 2

Running order
Couple Score Style Music
Tim & Isabel 15 (4,5,4,2) Rumba "Sexual Healing
Sexual Healing
"Sexual Healing" is a 1982 song recorded by American soul singer Marvin Gaye on the Columbia Records label. It was his first single since his exit from his long-term record label Motown earlier in the year, following the release of the In Our Lifetime album the previous year...

" (Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye
Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr. , better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye, was an American singer-songwriter and musician with a three-octave vocal range....

)
Jörn & Helena 19 (5,8,4,2) Quickstep "Stay the Night
Stay The Night (James Blunt song)
"Stay the Night" is the lead single from English singer-songwriter James Blunt's third studio album, Some Kind of Trouble. The single was released on 25 October 2010. The single received an exclusive advance-release in Austria on 10 September 2010...

" (James Blunt
James Blunt
James Hillier Blount , better known by his stage name James Blunt, is an English singer-songwriter and musician, and former army officer, whose debut album, Back to Bedlam and single releases, including "You're Beautiful" and "Goodbye My Lover", brought him to fame in 2005...

)
Moritz & Melissa 24 (6,8,6,4) Rumba "Take My Breath Away
Take My Breath Away
American pop singer Jessica Simpson covered "Take My Breath Away" and released it as the third single from the album In This Skin in 2004. Her version was produced by Billy Mann. Simpson chose to cover this song because she felt that it was the theme song of her relationship with her then husband,...

" (Berlin
Berlin (band)
Berlin is an American New Wave/Synthpop band. The group was formed in Los Angeles in 1978 by John Crawford . The band contained Crawford, Terri Nunn , David Diamond , Ric Olsen , Matt Reid and Rod Learned . Learned left during the first EU tour and was replaced by Rob Brill...

)
Bernd & Nina 24 (5,9,6,4) Rumba "GoldenEye
GoldenEye (song)
"GoldenEye" is a hit James Bond theme performed by Tina Turner used for the 1995 film, GoldenEye. The song was written especially for Turner by Bono and The Edge of U2 when they learned that she had been offered to sing the theme to the upcoming Bond movie, and the track was produced and mixed by...

" (Tina Turner
Tina Turner
Tina Turner is an American singer and actress whose career has spanned more than 50 years. She has won numerous awards and her achievements in the rock music genre have led many to call her the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll".Turner started out her music career with husband Ike Turner as a member of the...

)
Thomas & Sarah 11 (2,5,3,1) Quickstep "Männer
Männer
Männer is a 1984 song by german singer Herbert Grönemeyer.The 'Männer' single release is still one of the most successful titles of Grönemeyer. The youth magazine Bravo described the song as "catchy male harassment"...

" (Herbert Grönemeyer
Herbert Grönemeyer
Herbert Grönemeyer is a German musician and actor, popular in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. He starred as war correspondent Lieutenant Werner in Wolfgang Petersen's movie Das Boot, but later concentrated on his musical career...

)
Liliana & Massimo 26 (7,9,5,5) Rumba "Just the Way You Are
Just the Way You Are (Bruno Mars song)
"Just the Way You Are" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars, and is the lead single from his debut studio album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans. It was released in the United States on July 20, 2010. It has also received airplay from AOL Radio's New Pop First station. The song was written by...

" (Bruno Mars
Bruno Mars
Peter Gene Hernandez , better known by his stage name Bruno Mars, is an Filipino-American singer-songwriter and record producer. Raised in Honolulu, Hawaii by a family of musicians, Mars began making music at a young age...

)
Kristina & Erich 16 (5,6,3,2) Quickstep "Nah Neh Nah
Nah Neh Nah
"Nah Neh Nah" is a jazz-rock song by Belgian band Vaya Con Dios. It was released in 1990 as the first single from the band's second studio album, Night Owls.-Track listings:*;7" single#"Nah Neh Nah" – 2:52#"Pack Your Memories" – 3:04*;12" single...

" (Vaya Con Dios
Vaya Con Dios (band)
Vaya Con Dios is a Belgian musical group founded in 1986 by Dani Klein, Dirk Schoufs, and Willy Lambregt . Their name is Spanish for "Go with God"...

)
Andrea & Stefano 22 (6,8,5,3) Rumba "True Colors
True Colors (song)
"True Colors" is a song written by songwriters Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly, additional lyrics by Cyndi Lauper. It was both the title track and the first single released from Cyndi Lauper's second album. It was the only original song on the album that Lauper did not help write...

" (Cyndi Lauper
Cyndi Lauper
Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper is an American singer, songwriter, actress and LGBT rights activist. She achieved success in the mid-1980s with the release of the album She's So Unusual and became the first female singer to have four top-five singles released from one album...

)
Maite & Christian 27 (7,9,7,4) Quickstep "Bei Mir Bistu Shein"

Week 3

Bernd Herzsprung chose not to participate this week due to the recent death of his mother.

Running order
Couple Score Style Music
Jörn & Helena 21 (5,8,4,4) Jive "Shake It
Shake It (Metro Station song)
"Shake It" is a song by American pop group Metro Station released as the third single from their self-titled debut album. It is their first charting single, reaching #10 in the United States. Internationally, it charted in the top ten in ten countries outside the U.S...

" (Metro Station
Metro Station (band)
Metro Station is an American pop rock band that formed in Los Angeles by Mason Musso and Trace Cyrus. In late 2006, the band signed a recording contract with Columbia/Red Ink. They are best known for their Top 10 Billboard hit single "Shake It" from their self-titled debut album...

)
Kristina & Erich 17 (4,7,5,1) Tango "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! ", originally titled "Been and Gone and Done It", is one of Swedish pop group ABBA's biggest disco hits. It was recorded and released in 1979 with "The King Has Lost His Crown" as the B-side. It appears on ABBA's Greatest Hits Vol...

" (ABBA
ABBA
ABBA was a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1970 which consisted of Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Fältskog...

)
Andrea & Stefano 20 (6,7,5,2) Jive "Elektrisches Gefühl" (Juli
Juli (band)
Juli a German alternative pop band from Gießen, Hesse, consisting of singer Eva Briegel, guitarists Jonas Pfetzing and Simon Triebel, bassist Andreas "Dedi" Herde and drummer Marcel Römer...

)
Liliana & Massimo 23 (6,8,5,4) Tango "Por una Cabeza
Por una Cabeza
"Por una cabeza", meaning "by a head [of a horse]" in Spanish, is one of the most famous and popular tango songs by Carlos Gardel and Alfredo Le Pera , written in 1935. Alfredo Le Pera was a Brazilian from São Paulo, the fourth most Italian-influenced area in Brazil, and also the birthplace of...

" (Carlos Gardel
Carlos Gardel
Carlos Gardel was a singer, songwriter and actor, and is perhaps the most prominent figure in the history of tango. He was born in Toulouse, France, although he never acknowledged his birthplace publicly, and there are still claims of his birth in Uruguay. He lived in Argentina from the age of two...

)
Moritz & Melissa 23 (5,7,8,3) Jive "I'm Still Standing
I'm Still Standing
"I'm Still Standing" is a song on English pop rock performer Elton John's 1983 album, Too Low for Zero. He sings about making a comeback despite problems in daily life. The video, directed by Russell Mulcahy, was shot in Cannes and Nice on the Côte d'Azur in France and features the colours of the...

" (Elton John
Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...

)
Thomas & Sarah 22 (10,6,4,2) Tango "Push It
Push It (Salt-N-Pepa song)
"Push It" is a song by the group Salt-N-Pepa, released as a single in 1986. It peaked at number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1987 and has been certified Platinum by the RIAA...

" (Salt-N-Pepa
Salt-N-Pepa
Salt-N-Pepa is an American hip hop trio from Queens and Brooklyn, New York, that was formed in 1985. The group, consisting of Cheryl "Salt" Renee James, Sandra "Pepa" Denton, and Deidra "DJ Spinderella" Roper, was one of the first all-female rap crews....

)
Maite & Christian 30 (7,9,9,5) Jive "Ich will keine Schokolade" (Trude Herr)

Week 4

Running order
Couple Score Style Music
Jörn & Helena 23 (6,7,6,4) Salsa "36 Grad" (2Raumwohnung
2raumwohnung
2raumwohnung is a German pop duo founded in 2000 in Berlin.Its two members – Inga Humpe and Tommi Eckart – are the former singers of the group Neonbabies.-Band history:...

)
Moritz & Melissa 25 (6,8,8,3) Viennese Waltz "Stop!
Stop! (Sam Brown song)
"Stop!" is a song by English singer Sam Brown.The single was originally released in 1988, missing the UK top forty and peaking at number fifty-two. It was not until 1989, however, that the single became a hit, when it peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart. "Stop!" became her biggest hit to...

" (Sam Brown)
Liliana & Massimo 23 (5,8,6,4) Salsa "Mambo Italiano
Mambo Italiano (song)
"Mambo Italiano" is a popular song written by Bob Merrill in 1954 and recorded by Rosemary Clooney. Merrill actually wrote it on deadline, scribbled hastily on a paper napkin in an Italian restaurant in New York, United States using the wall pay-phone to dictate the melody, rhythm and lyrics to the...

" (Dean Martin
Dean Martin
Dean Martin was an American singer, film actor, television star and comedian. Martin's hit singles included "Memories Are Made of This", "That's Amore", "Everybody Loves Somebody", "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You", "Sway", "Volare" and "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?"...

)
Bernd & Nina 28 (5,9,8,6) Viennese Waltz "Unchained Melody
Unchained Melody
"Unchained Melody" is a 1955 song with music by Alex North and lyrics by Hy Zaret. It has become one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, by some counts having spawned over 500 versions in hundreds of different languages....

" (The Righteous Brothers
The Righteous Brothers
The Righteous Brothers were the musical duo of Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield. They recorded from 1963 through 1975, and continued to perform until Hatfield's death in 2003...

)
Kristina & Erich 11 (3,4,3,1) Salsa "Que sera mi vida" (Gibson Brothers
Gibson Brothers
The Gibson Brothers are a France based musical group, who had their greatest success during the disco boom of the late 1970s. Their best known hit singles included "Cuba" and "Que Sera Mi Vida"....

)
Maite & Christian 25 (7,8,8,2) Viennese Waltz "Küss mich, halt mich, lieb mich" (Ella Endlich)
Thomas & Sarah 20 (5,7,5,3) Viennese Waltz "Breathe Easy
Breathe Easy
"Breathe Easy" is a song written by Lars Halvor Jensen, Martin Michael Larsson and Lee Ryan and released by the British boyband Blue. The song was included on their third studio album, Guilty. It was released as a single on 22 March 2004 in both the United Kingdom and the United States...

" (Blue)

Week 5

Running order
Couple Score Style Music
Moritz & Melissa 26 (5,8,8,5) Samba "That's the Way (I Like It)
That's the Way (I Like It)
"That's the Way " is a song written by H.W. Casey and Richard Finch, and recorded and released in 1975 by KC and the Sunshine Band for their eponymous second album...

" (KC and the Sunshine Band
KC and the Sunshine Band
KC and the Sunshine Band is an American musical group. Founded in 1973 in Miami, Florida, their style has included funk, R&B, and disco. Their most well known songs include the disco hits "That's the Way ", " Shake Your Booty", "I'm Your Boogie Man", "Keep It Comin' Love", "Get Down Tonight", "Give...

)
Jörn & Helena 18 (5,6,5,2) Paso Doble "Bring Me to Life
Bring Me to Life
"Bring Me to Life" is a song by American rock band Evanescence. It was written by Amy Lee, Ben Moody and David Hodges and produced by Dave Fortman. It also features guest vocals from Paul McCoy of the band 12 Stones. Wind-up released "Bring Me to Life" in 2003 as the lead single from Evanescence's...

" (Evanescence
Evanescence
Evanescence is an American rock band founded in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1995 by singer/pianist Amy Lee and guitarist Ben Moody. After recording private albums, the band released their first full-length album, Fallen, on Wind-up Records in 2003. Fallen sold more than 17 million copies worldwide...

)
Bernd & Nina 25 (6,9,6,4) Samba "Aquarela do Brasil
Aquarela do Brasil
"Aquarela do Brasil" , known in the English-speaking world simply as "Brazil", is one of the most famous Brazilian songs of all time, written by Ary Barroso in 1939.-Background and composition:...

"
Thomas & Sarah 18 (5,8,3,2) Paso Doble "James Bond Theme
James Bond Theme
The "James Bond Theme" is the main signature theme of the James Bond films and has featured in every Eon Productions Bond film since Dr. No. The piece has been used as an accompanying fanfare to the gun barrel sequence in almost every James Bond film....

"
Maite & Christian 34 (8,10,10,6) Paso Doble "Habanera
Habanera (aria)
In the form of habanera, there is a famous aria from the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet. It is sometimes referred to as "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle." . Its score was adapted from the habanera "El Arreglito," originally composed by the Spanish musician Sebastián Yradier...

"
Liliana & Massimo 26 (7,8,7,4) Paso Doble "Wonderful Life
Wonderful Life (Hurts song)
"Wonderful Life" is a song by English synthpop duo Hurts from their debut album, Happiness. It was released as their debut single in Denmark on 3 May 2010, and was released as their second single in the United Kingdom on 22 August 2010. The song peaked at number two in Germany, and reached top ten...

" (Hurts
Hurts
Hurts are a British synthpop duo formed in 2009, consisting of singer Theo Hutchcraft and synthesist Adam Anderson . Their debut album Happiness, which was released in September 2010, has reached the Top 10 in 12 European countries, and has sold over 800,000 copies worldwide...

)

Week 6

Running order
Couple Score Style Music
Thomas & Sarah 19 (5,6,5,3) Salsa "Monsta" (Culcha Candela
Culcha Candela
Culcha Candela is a Dancehall group from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2001. Their lyrics range from political issues, such as "Una Cosa" or "Schöne, neue Welt" to party songs, such as "Partybus"...

)
Jörn & Helena 15 (2,6,5,2) Rumba "Feel
Feel (Robbie Williams song)
"Feel" is a song by British singer-songwriter Robbie Williams. It was released on December 2, 2002 as the lead single from his fifth studio album, Escapology...

" (Robbie Williams
Robbie Williams
Robert Peter "Robbie" Williams is an English singer-songwriter, vocal coach and occasional actor. He is a member of the pop group Take That. Williams rose to fame in the band's first run in the early- to mid-1990s. After many disagreements with the management and certain group members, Williams...

)
Moritz & Melissa 25 (7,7,8,3) Quickstep "Probier's Mal Mit Gemütlichkeit" (Bill Ramsey
Bill Ramsey (singer)
Bill Ramsey is German - American jazz and pop singer, journalist and actor. Famous for his German-language hits.- Biography :...

)
Liliana & Massimo 30 (7,10,7,6) Cha-Cha-Cha "California Gurls
California Gurls
"California Gurls" is an electropop song by American singer-songwriter Katy Perry and is the lead single of her third studio album, Teenage Dream. The song features rapper Snoop Dogg, and was produced by Dr. Luke, Max Martin, and Benny Blanco. According to Perry, the song is an answer song to...

" (Katy Perry
Katy Perry
Katy Perry is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Born in Santa Barbara, California, and raised by Christian pastor parents, Perry grew up listening to only gospel music and sang in her local church as a child. After earning a GED during her first year of high school, she began to pursue a...

)
Maite & Christian 29 (8,9,9,3) Samba "Summer Dreaming" (Kate Yanai)
Thomas & Sarah
Liliana & Massimo
Maite & Christian
Moritz & Melissa
Jörn & Helena
10
8
6
4
2
Discofox "On the Radio
On the Radio (Donna Summer song)
"On the Radio" is a single by Donna Summer released in 1979 on the Casablanca record label. It was written for the soundtrack to the film Foxes and included on Summer's first international compilation album On the Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes 1 & 2. It was released as a single and became, in...

" (Donna Summer
Donna Summer
LaDonna Adrian Gaines , known by her stage name, Donna Summer, is an American singer/songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s. She has a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Summer is a five-time Grammy winner and was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach...

)

"Looking for Freedom
Looking for Freedom
Looking for Freedom is an album by David Hasselhoff released on 21 June 1989. It contained Hasselhoff's biggest hit , "Looking for Freedom." The album was arranged by Jerry Rix, Jürgen Ehlers, Michael Boddicker and Uve Schikora....

" (David Hasselhoff
David Hasselhoff
David Michael Hasselhoff is an American actor, singer, producer and businessman. He is best known for his lead roles as Michael Knight in the popular 1980s US series Knight Rider and as L.A. County Lifeguard Mitch Buchannon in the series Baywatch...

)

"Sing Hallelujah
Sing Hallelujah
"Sing Hallelujah" is a 1992 song recorded by the Sweden-based musician and producer Dr. Alban. It was the third single from his second studio album One Love. The song was released in 1993 and became a great hit reaching the top 10 in almost all European countries and managing #16 in the UK Singles...

" (Dr. Alban
Dr. Alban
Alban Uzoma Nwapa , known by his stage name Dr. Alban, is a Nigerian, Sweden-based musician and producer with his own record label dr-records. His music can best be described as a Eurodance/hip-hop reggae with a dancehall style. He is most famous for his worldwide 1992 hit "It's My...

)

"Crying at the Discotheque
Crying at the Discotheque
"Crying at the Discoteque" is a song performed by Swedish band Alcazar, from their debut studio album Casino . It samples Sheila B. Devotion's 1979 hit "Spacer". During the year 2001, the song became their first international hit-single...

" (Alcazar
Alcazar (band)
Alcazar is a Swedish eurodance group which has established themselves as one of Sweden's most successful music groups with a string of hits since their debut single in 1999. Worldwide, Alcazar sold over 12 million records between 2001 and 2004...

)

Week 7

Running order
Couple Score Style Music
Liliana & Massimo 24 (7,8,6,3) Jive "Candyman
Candyman (Christina Aguilera song)
"Candyman" is a swing jazz song written by Christina Aguilera and Linda Perry for Aguilera's third studio album, Back to Basics. It was released as the album's third and final American single in early 2007. It received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at 2008 Grammy...

" (Christina Aguilera
Christina Aguilera
Christina María Aguilera is an American recording artist and actress. Aguilera first appeared on national television in 1990 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The Mickey Mouse Club from 1993–1994...

)
31 (8,10,7,6) Viennese Waltz "Se bastasse una canzone" (Eros Ramazzotti
Eros Ramazzotti
Eros Luciano Walter Ramazzotti , known simply as Eros Ramazzotti, is an Italian singer and songwriter. Ramazzotti is enormously popular in Italy, and is well known in most non-English-speaking European countries and in the Spanish-speaking world, as he has released most of his albums in both...

)
Maite & Christian 32 (7,10,9,6) Tango "Palladio Allegretto
Diamond Music
Diamond Music is a 1996 album by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins.Perhaps one of Jenkins most recognized works is the first movement of the "Palladio" suite, inspired by 16th-century architect Andrea Palladio and in the style of a concerto grosso...

" (Bond
Bond (band)
Bond is an Australian/British string quartet that specialises in classical crossover music...

)
35 (8,10,10,7) Rumba "Eternal Flame
Eternal flame
An eternal flame is a flame or torch that burns day and night for an indefinite period. The flame that burned constantly at Delphi was an archaic feature, "alien to the ordinary Greek temple"....

" (The Bangles
The Bangles
The Bangles are an American all-female band that originated in the early 1980s, scoring several hit singles during the decade.-Formation and early years :...

)
Thomas & Sarah 23 (6,8,5,4) Rumba "Reality
Reality (Richard Sanderson song)
"Reality" is a song performed by English singer Richard Sanderson, as title theme to the soundtrack to the 1980 French film La Boum.It was composed by Vladimir Cosma, written by Jeff Jordan and produced by Pierre Richard Muller....

" (Richard Sanderson
Richard Sanderson
Richard Sanderson is a British singer.-History:He was born in England, with a Scottish father playing drums and a French mother playing the accordion....

)
19 (6,6,5,2) Jive "Major Tom (Coming Home)" (Peter Schilling
Peter Schilling
Peter Schilling is a German synthpop musician whose songs often feature science-fiction themes...

)
Moritz & Melissa 26 (7,7,7,5) Cha-Cha-Cha "Relight My Fire
Relight My Fire
"Relight My Fire" is a popular song which was written and released by Dan Hartman in 1979, when it topped the U.S. dance-music charts for six weeks...

" (Take That
Take That
Take That are a British five-piece vocal pop group comprising Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Robbie Williams. Barlow acts as the lead singer and primary songwriter...

)
28 (6,9,9,4) Paso Doble "The Final Countdown
The Final Countdown (song)
"The Final Countdown" is a rock song by the Swedish band Europe released in 1986. Written by Joey Tempest, it was the first single from the band's third studio album which was also named The Final Countdown. It is considered by some to be the band's most recognizable and popular song. The song...

" (Europe
Europe (band)
Europe is a Swedish rock band formed in Upplands Väsby in 1979 under the name Force by vocalist Joey Tempest, guitarist John Norum and drummer Tony Reno. Although widely associated with glam metal, the band's sound incorporates heavy metal and hard rock elements...

)

Week 8

Running order
Couple Score Style Music
Thomas & Sarah 26 (7,9,6,4) Samba "Stayin' Alive
Stayin' Alive
"Stayin' Alive" is a song by the pop group Bee Gees from the Saturday Night Fever motion picture soundtrack. The song was written by the Bee Gees and produced by the Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson. It was released on 13 December 1977, as the second single from the Saturday Night Fever...

" (Bee Gees
Bee Gees
The Bee Gees are a musical group that originally comprised three brothers: Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio was successful for most of their 40-plus years of recording music, but they had two distinct periods of exceptional success: as a pop act in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and as a...

)
24 (7,8,5,4) Waltz "Apologize
Apologize (song)
"Apologize" is a song written by OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder for OneRepublic's debut album Dreaming Out Loud. A remix version was included on the Timbaland album, Shock Value and on the deluxe version of Dreaming Out Loud...

" (OneRepublic
OneRepublic
OneRepublic is an American pop rock band from Colorado Springs, Colorado. Formed in 2002 by Ryan Tedder and Zach Filkins, the band achieved massive success on MySpace, becoming the most prominent unsigned act on the website then...

)
Moritz & Melissa 35 (8,10,10,7) Tango "Jalousie" (Xavier Cugat
Xavier Cugat
Xavier Cugat was a Spanish-American bandleader who spent his formative years in Havana, Cuba. A trained violinist and arranger, he was a key personality in the spread of Latin music in United States popular music. He was also a cartoonist and a successful businessman...

)
36 (8,10,10,8) Salsa "Baila me" (Gypsy Kings)
Maite & Christian 36 (9,10,10,7) Salsa "Maria
María (song)
"María" is a song recorded by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin for his third album, A Medio Vivir. It was released as a single on November 21, 1995 in Latin territories, and later in other parts of the world. "María" became Martin's first international hit single.-Music video:Three versions of the...

" (Ricky Martin
Ricky Martin
Enrique "Ricky" Martín Morales , better known as Ricky Martin, is a Puerto Rican and Spanish pop singer and actor who achieved prominence, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991.During his career he has sold more than 60 million album copies worldwide...

)
34 (9,10,9,6) Waltz "You Light Up My Life
You Light Up My Life (song)
Many artists have covered "You Light Up My Life" since 1977. The following year, Johnny Mathis recorded and named his album after the song. LeAnn Rimes released her version as a single in 1997, 20 years after Boone's version was released and on the same record label . Her version fared modestly...

" (Debby Boone
Debby Boone
Deborah Anne Boone is an American singer and stage actress. She is best known for her 1977 hit, "You Light Up My Life," which spent a then record ten weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and led to her winning the Grammy Award for Best New Artist the following year...

)


Week 9

Running order
Couple Score Style Music
Moritz & Melissa 36 (9,10,9,8) Samba "That's the Way (I Like It)
That's the Way (I Like It)
"That's the Way " is a song written by H.W. Casey and Richard Finch, and recorded and released in 1975 by KC and the Sunshine Band for their eponymous second album...

" (KC and the Sunshine Band
KC and the Sunshine Band
KC and the Sunshine Band is an American musical group. Founded in 1973 in Miami, Florida, their style has included funk, R&B, and disco. Their most well known songs include the disco hits "That's the Way ", " Shake Your Booty", "I'm Your Boogie Man", "Keep It Comin' Love", "Get Down Tonight", "Give...

)
38 (9,10,10,9) Viennese Waltz "Stop!
Stop! (Sam Brown song)
"Stop!" is a song by English singer Sam Brown.The single was originally released in 1988, missing the UK top forty and peaking at number fifty-two. It was not until 1989, however, that the single became a hit, when it peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart. "Stop!" became her biggest hit to...

" (Sam Brown)
38 (10,9,10,9) Freestyle "Queen
Queen (band)
Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of Freddie Mercury , Brian May , John Deacon , and Roger Taylor...

 - Medley: We Will Rock You
We Will Rock You
"We Will Rock You" is a song written by Brian May and recorded and performed by Queen for their 1977 album News of the World. Rolling Stone ranked it #330 of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2004, and the RIAA placed it at #146 on its list of Songs of the Century...

/Don't Stop Me Now
Don't Stop Me Now
"Don't Stop Me Now" is a song by English rock group Queen, featured on their 1978 album Jazz. Written by vocalist Freddie Mercury, it was recorded in August/September 1978 at Super Bear Studios in Berre-les-Alpes , France, and is the twelfth track on the album.Musically, the song is based around...

/We Are the Champions
We Are the Champions
"We Are the Champions" is a power ballad written by Freddie Mercury, recorded and performed by British rock band Queen for their 1977 album News of the World. One of their most famous and popular songs, it remains among rock's most recognisable anthems...

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Maite & Christian 35 (9,10,9,7) Quickstep "Bei Mir Bistu Shein"
39 (10,10,10,9) Paso Doble "Habanera
Habanera (aria)
In the form of habanera, there is a famous aria from the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet. It is sometimes referred to as "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle." . Its score was adapted from the habanera "El Arreglito," originally composed by the Spanish musician Sebastián Yradier...

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39 (10,10,10,9) Freestyle "Moulin Rouge!
Moulin Rouge!
Moulin Rouge! is a 2001 romantic jukebox musical film directed, produced, and co-written by Baz Luhrmann. Following the Red Curtain Cinema principles, the film is based on the Orphean myth, La Traviata, and La Bohème...

 - Medley: Lady Marmalade
Lady Marmalade
"Lady Marmalade" was also covered by Italian pop star Sabrina. It was released in 1987 as the album's second single by Baby Records. In some countries, including France and the Netherlands, the song was known as "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi? " and was released in 1988.-Track listings:7" maxi#...

/El Tango de Roxanne
Roxanne (song)
"Roxanne" is a hit song by the rock band The Police, first released in 1978 as a single and on their album Outlandos d'Amour. It was written from the point-of-view of a man who falls in love with a prostitute.- History :...

/Your Song
Your Song
"Your Song" is a ballad composed and performed by English musician Elton John with lyrics by his long-time collaborator Bernie Taupin. It appeared on John's self-titled second album in 1970....

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Dance Chart

Week 1: Cha-Cha-Cha or Waltz

Week 2: Rumba or Quickstep

Week 3: Jive or Tango

Week 4: Viennese Waltz or Salsa

Week 5: Paso Doble or Samba

Week 6: One unlearned dance and Fox-a-thon

Week 7: Two unlearned dances from previous shows

Week 8: Two unlearned dances from previous shows

Finals: Judges Redemption Dance, Favourite dance of the Season, Freestyle

Couple 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Maite & Christian Cha-Cha-Cha Quickstep Jive Viennese Waltz Paso Doble Samba Discofox Tango Rumba Salsa Waltz Quickstep Paso Doble Freestyle
Moritz & Melissa Waltz Rumba Jive Viennese Waltz Samba Quickstep Discofox Cha-Cha-Cha Paso Doble Tango Salsa Samba Viennese Waltz Freestyle
Thomas & Sarah Cha-Cha-Cha Quickstep Tango Viennese Waltz Paso Doble Salsa Discofox Rumba Jive Samba Waltz
Liliana & Massimo Waltz Rumba Tango Salsa Paso Doble Cha-Cha-Cha Discofox Jive Viennese Waltz
Jörn & Helena Cha-Cha-Cha Quickstep Jive Salsa Paso Doble Rumba Discofox
Bernd & Nina Waltz Rumba (Tango) Viennese Waltz Samba
Kristina & Erich Cha-Cha-Cha Quickstep Tango Salsa
Andrea & Stefano Waltz Rumba Jive
Tim & Isabel Waltz Rumba
Regina & Sergiy Waltz

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