Bailando por un Sueño (Argentina)

Bailando por un Sueño (literally "Dancing for a dream") is a segment inside the Argentine television program Showmatch, broadcast on Canal 13. The show has no connection whatsoever to the British TV series Strictly Come Dancing, which is distributed by BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC.

On the contest, a non-celebrity "dreamer" (man or woman) who in addition must be an amateur dancer, is accompanied by a celebrity in dance routines in which they have to demonstrate their skills in various styles such as: Tango, Chacarera, Salsa, Merengue, Flamenco, Rock and roll, Disco, Hip-Hop, Axé, Charleston and most recently Pole dance, Strip dance and Adagio. The couples are awarded points by a panel of judges, who give scores from 1 to 10, and those with the fewer points have to face the public vote to continue in the program.

As of May 2011, the show is in its seventh season and the panel of judges continues to include icons of the Argentine entertainment scene like: Graciela Alfano, Moria Casán, Anibal Pachano, Carmen Barbieri and Flavio Mendoza.

Showmatch, hosted by Marcelo Tinelli, also features another contest of similar characteristics: Singing for a dream or Cantando por un sueño. Both segments have received consistently high ratings and lead their time slots in Argentine TV.

From the second season onwards, and unlike the international versions, Bailando por un Sueño has taken a controversial turn due to the constant bickering that often escalates to verbal bashing and personal attacks between the celebrities and the judges. This could be behind the high ratings of the show.^[1][2]

Airing of the show

Judges

• In season 6, Carmen Barbieri left her place in the middle of the competition, and Moria Casán replaced her for all the rest of the season. Again, in season 7, Carmen was part of the judges in the first 3 rounds, and then, Marcelo Polino entered as a new permanent judge, replacing her.

     Full time judge

     Full time judge that competed as a contestant before/after being a judge

     Temporary/Guest judge

     Temporary/Guest judge that competed as a contestant before/after being a judge

Couples

A total of 176 celebrities have appeared in the seven seasons of Bailando por un Sueño. For each season, the celebrities are paired with a professional partner and a coach who instructs them in the various dances each week and competes alongside them in the televised competition. A total of 125 professional partners have appeared alongside celebrities, some for only one season, and others in multiple seasons. The longest-tenured professional partners are Pier Fritzsche, Maximiliano D'Iorio, Gabriel Usandivaras and Juan Pablo Battaglia who have each appeared in four seasons.

List of the current professional partners

Statistics

BPUS Champions' Ranks

BPUS Runner Ups' Ranks

BPUS Semifinalists' Ranks

Last-Place Couples Average Ranks

Dance styles for seasons

Notes

1. ^ Eugenia Ritó, a contestant of Bailando por un sueño, gets angry with the juror (in Spanish)
2. ^ The rowing on the show (in Spanish)

External links

• (Spanish) El Trece's Showmatch website