Dancing with the Stars is the name of several international television series based on the format of the British TV series Strictly Come Dancing, which is distributed by BBC Worldwide – the commercial arm of the BBC. Currently the format has been licensed to over 35 countries (as of September 2011).[1] Australia was the first country to adapt the show, and versions have also been produced in Albania, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, and Vietnam. As a result, the series became the world's most popular television program among all genres in 2006 and 2007, according to the magazine Television Business International,[2] reaching the Top 10 in 17 countries. The show pairs a number of celebrities with professional ballroom dancers, who each week compete by performing dances. The dancers are then scored by a panel of judges. Viewers are given a certain amount of time to place votes for their favorite dancers, either by telephone or (in some countries) online. The couple with the lowest combined score provided by the judges and viewers is eliminated. This process continues until there are only two or three couples left; when they have competed for the last time one couple is declared the champion.
Derek Hough, Raimondo Todaro and Kym Johnson are the only professionals in the history of the franchise to have achieved three championship wins.
Cheryl Burke, Julianne Hough, Derek Hough, Raimondo Todaro, Stefano Oliveri, Kelly Kainz, Marianne Eihilt, Leila Akcelik, Christian Polanc, Alana Patience and Rafał Maserak have all won two championships back-to-back.
Cheryl Burke won her first Dancing With The Stars USA Championship with the 98 Degrees boy band member Drew Lachey in the second season, and she won her second championship with American National Football League star Emmitt Smith in the third season. Julianne Hough won her first championship with the Olympic speed skating gold medalist Apolo Anton Ohno in the fourth season, and her second championship with the Indianapolis 500 champion Helio Castroneves in the fifth season. Derek Hough achieved back to back championships with singer Nicole Scherzinger in season ten, and then with actress Jennifer Grey in season eleven.
Raimondo Todaro won his first championship in the Italian version of Dancing with the Stars called Ballando con le stelle with the former Miss Italy and television hostess Cristina Chiabotto during the second season of the show. He won again with the Olympic long jump silver medalist Fiona May during the third season of the show. Stefano Oliveri won his first championship on Dancing with the Stars New Zealand with his dance partner Suzanne Paul, an infomercial hostess in New Zealand during season three, and he won his second title during season four with the netball champion Temepara George. Kelly Kainz won her first championship on the Austrian version of Dancing with the Stars with singer Manuel Ortega in the second season, and she won her second title in season three with singer, comedian and TV host Klaus Eberhartinger. Marianne Eihilt won season four of the Danish version of Dancing with the Stars, called Vild med dans, along with actor Robert Hansen. She won season five with shot put Olympic medalist Joachim B. Olsen. Leila Akcelik won season three of the Belgian version of Dancing with the Stars, called Sterren op de Dansvloer, along with actor Antony Arandia. She won season four with actor Louis Talpe. Rafał Maserak won season ten of the Polish version of Dancing with the Stars, called Taniec z Gwiazdami, along with actress Anna Mucha. He won season eleven with actress Julia Kamińska. Alana Patience of the Australian version, won season ten with television personality Rob Palmer and then season eleven with celebrity chef Manu Feildel.
Mark Ballas, Kym Johnson, Christian Polanc, and Andy Kainz are the only professional dancers to have won two seasons that were not back-to-back. Mark Ballas won in Season six of the American version with his partner Kristi Yamaguchi, and he won in Season eight with his partner Shawn Johnson. Kym Johnson won in Season nine with Donny Osmond and again in Season twelve with Hines Ward. Christian Polanc won the German version of Dancing with the Stars with Soap-Opera actor Susan Sideropoulos in season two and won the fourth Season with Maite Kelly, member of The Kelly Family. Andy Kainz, the husband of Kelly Kainz, won in the first season of the Austrian version of Dancing with the Stars with musical singer Marika Lichter, and he won again in season five with journalist and TV host Claudia Reiterer. Together, Andy and Kelly Kainz won four out of five championships in Austria.
In New Zealand, Carol-Ann Hickmore is the only female professional dancer to win. She won in Season two with the former rugby player Norm Hewitt. Ms. Hickmore later became a dancing judge for Seasons three and four after the Season one judge Donna Dawson had to leave the program. In Austria, Andy Kainz is the only male professional dancer to win; his wife Kelly Kainz won in season 2 after he had won in season 1. Julianne Hough became the youngest professional dancer in Dancing with the Stars in the United States when she danced with the speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno during Season four at the age of 18. Shawn Johnson became the youngest contestant on Dancing with the Stars in the United States in Season eight after participating at the age of 17. She went on to become the youngest-ever winner of the dance contest.
Edyta Sliwinska is the longest tenured professional dancer in "Dancing With The Stars", appearing in seasons 1 through 10. In the original British version of the TV program, Strictly Come Dancing, Anton du Beke, Erin Boag, and Brendan Cole have danced in each season. In the New Zealand version, Rebecca Nicholson is the only professional dancer to have appeared in every season. Jill Halfpenny and Darren Bennett were the first couple ever to receive a "perfect forty" score in the contest, this was in Strictly Come Dancing in the Season two finale. Malena Belafonte and Silas Holst were the first couple to receive a "perfect forty" in the semi-finals 2009 in the Danish version season 6.
Alesha Dixon is currently the most successful contestant to ever take part in Strictly Come Dancing, with an average point score of 36.5/40, the highest average score from any contestant to ever take part in the show. Alesha joined the Strictly Come Dancing judging panel in September 2009.[3]
The lowest score that has ever been given by a judge in Dancing with the Stars franchise history was a one, which was given to Rodney Hide, and to Nikki Webster of Australia in 2005. Craig Revel Horwood also awarded Ann Widdecombe a score of one in weeks 2, 8 and 9, 2010. (The only scores allowed are whole numbers from 1 to 10.)
Brian Fortuna, Hayley Holt, Kym Johnson, Tobias Karlsson, Natalie Lowe, Stefano Olivieri, Kimberley Smith, Csaba Szirmai and Ingrid Thompson have appeared on two different versions of Dancing with the Stars.
Kym Johnson is the only professional dancer to win two different versions of DWTS. She won twice on the American versions with Donny Osmond and Hines Ward and the Australian version with Tom Williams.
Brian Fortuna danced one season in the United States, and he has since competed in Strictly Come Dancing. Hayley Holt appeared in the New Zealand version of Dancing with the Stars and also in Strictly Come Dancing in Great Britain. Ms. Johnson has danced on the American and the Australian versions of the show, while Tobias Karlsson has appeared in both the Danish and the Swedish versions. Natalie Lowe took part in Dancing with the Stars Australia 2004–2008 but has danced with Ricky Whittle and in 2010 with Scott Maslen in Strictly Come Dancing UK. Stefano Olivieri and Csaba Szirmai have appeared in both the Australian and the New Zealand versions. Kimberley Smith has appeared in both the Belgian and the Dutch versions. Ingrid Beate Thompson appeared in the Norwegian and the Swedish versions of the show.
Brendan Cole is a judge in the New Zealand TV series, and he is a professional dancer in the British version of the show, Strictly Come Dancing. There, he won the first series with the British TV news announcer, Natasha Kaplinsky. Lilia Kopylova appeared as a professional dancer in the British version, Strictly Come Dancing, and is now head judge on the Turkish version, Yok Böyle Dans.[4]
The Bulgarian version of the program shares some dancers with the Vietnamese version. None of the professionals in the latter are Vietnamese.
Four competitors have also hosted the TV show. The winner of Season one of Strictly Come Dancing, Natasha Kaplinsky, stood in for the hostess Tess Daly, who was on maternity leave during season two. In the United States, the winner of season two of Dancing with the Stars, Drew Lachey, filled in for the hostess Samantha Harris, who was also on maternity leave for season five; Harris left the show after season ten and was replaced by season seven winner Brooke Burke. In Austria, the winner of season three, Klaus Eberhartinger, replaced the host Alfons Haider during season four. In season five, he was back as host while Klaus Eberhartinger filled in for him as a judge. In Vietnam, the season 1 runner-up Đoan Trang has taken the role of hostess due to Thanh Vân's pregnancy.
Dancing with the Stars has aired on the Seven Network since late 2004 and is hosted by Daniel MacPherson and Sonia Kruger. In late 2007, previous host Daryl Somers left the series after seven seasons. For the first seven seasons, there were four judges:
Before the eighth season aired, Paul Mercurio was dropped from the judging panel. Prior to season 11 Mark Wilson was replaced by Australian dancer Joshua Horner
The series has won a Logie Award, and has been named one of the most successful television programs to air on Australian television. The show averages around 2 million viewers a week nationally across Australia.[5] The program was made by the BBC in conjunction with Granada but since season eight, has been produced by Freehand. The most recent season commenced mid 2010. The Competition is backed by a live orchestra led by Chong Lim.
The first season of Dancing Stars started airing in autumn of 2005 on ORF1, the second season started in spring 2006, the third season in spring of 2007, the fourth season in 2008 and the fifth season in 2009.
In seasons 1, 2 and 3, the show was hosted by Alfons Haider (Main Host) and Mirjam Weichselbraun (Backstage and Interviews). In Season 4, Mirjam Weichselbraun replaced Alfons Haider and winner of season 3 Klaus Eberhartinger took her place. In season 5, Mirjam Weichselbraun was the main host while Alfons Haider took Klaus Eberhartinger's place.
In the first season, the dancers were judged by professional dance sport judges Hannes Nedbal and Nicole Burns-Hansen, dance school owner Thomas Schäfer-Elmayer and former musical actress, singer and dancer Dagmar Koller. In the second season, Harald Serafin, operetta singer and theater manager, filled in for Dagmar Koller. In the third season, Guggi Löwinger, actress, singer and dancer, took his place. In the fourth season, Klaus Eberhartinger replaced Alfons Haider as a host who therefore joined the judging panel. In the fifth season, the two men switched places again with Klaus Eberhartinger judging beside Hannes Nedbal, Nicole Burns-Hansen and Thomas Schäfer-Elmayer who were judges in all five seasons.
In Brazil, Dancing with the Stars has inspired two shows in particular. Bailando por um Sonho ran for one season on SBT and ended in December 2006. Dança dos Famosos premiered in 2005 on Rede Globo and has been on the air for seven seasons.
The season of "Bailando por um Sonho" aired from October 21, 2006 to December 12, 2006. The show was hosted by Silvio Santos and Cynthia Benini.
Jury:
Contestants:
| couple | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
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| patricia and leonardo | 26 | 32 | 36 | 39 | 29 | 35+40=75 | 39+36=75 | 40+35+40=115 |
| analice and wesley | 20 | 27 | 24 | 28 | 28 | 29+32=61 | 37+36=73 | 38+34+40=112 |
| virginia and alisson | 23 | 27 | 34 | 37 | 25 | 27+40=67 | 34+35=69 | 38+32+40=100 |
| fernando and luciane | 17 | 30 | 15 | 32 | 25 | 17+27=44 | 33+24=57 | |
| reinaldo and karina | 20 | 31 | 27 | 25 | 24 | 20+25=45 | ||
| alexandre and fernanda | 27 | 22 | 31 | 26 | 28 | |||
| lucas and kelly | 12 | 16 | 11 | 21 | ||||
| sidney and julana | 23 | 27 | 20 | |||||
| valeria and thiago | 17 | 21 | ||||||
| luciana and vitor | 14 |
The first season premiered in 2005 and it is broadcast by Rede Globo.
Winners
The first season of the show started on 22 September 2008, it is called Dancing Stars and is aired on bTV. The show is hosted by Radost Draganova and Todor Kolev. The show airs from Monday to Thursday with two live shows – on Monday (main show) and Thursday (results show) and two background episodes on Tuesday and Wednesday. Dancing Stars proved to be a huge success reaching an average audience share over 40%, beating Nova Television's Big Brother 4. Judges:
Contestants:
Based on the format of the program "Strictly Come Dancing" of U.K. El Baile en TVN ("The Ball on TVN") is aired in Televisión Nacional de Chile since October 16, 2006. The hosts are Rafael Araneda and Karen Doggenweiler.
Since October 16, 2006. The winners of this season were Juvenal Olmos and Claudia Miranda.
Since March 5, 2007. The winners of this season were Cristian Arriagada and Paz Bustos.
Since August 22, 2007. The winners of this season were Francisco Reyes and Irene Bustamante.
The winners of this season were Fernando Godoy and Paz Bustos. The contestants of this season are :
The Chinese version is a co-production between Hong Kong's TVB and the mainland's HBS under licence from the BBC. It is available free-to-air in Hong Kong on TVB Jade. In mainland China it is aired on Hunan Satellite Television, which is free-to-air in Hunan, and available in urban areas throughout the rest of mainland China through widespread cable systems. The Chinese title (simplified Chinese: 舞动奇迹; traditional Chinese: 舞動奇跡; pinyin: Wǔdòngqíjì) is difficult to translate, but could be rendered as Miracle Dancing or "Miracles of Dance Moves". The official English title is Strictly Come Dancing. Each broadcaster provides five male and five female dancers, for a total of twenty. Pairs were determined by audience SMS votes. The programme began airing in late 2007, in order to mark the anniversary of the 1997 handover of Hong Kong from the UK to the People's Republic of China.[6]
Ples sa zvijezdama has aired for five seasons in Croatia, starting in 2006. Hosted by Barbara Kolar and Duško Čurlić, the judges were Elio Bašan, Milka Babović, Dinko Bogdanić, and Davor Bilman.
Named "StarDance ... When the Stars are Dancing" and aired (so far) 4 seasons by Czech Television. Hosted by Tereza Kostková & Marek Eben. Judges:
The contestants were:
| couple | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
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| Roman & Kristýna | 29 | 26 | 24 | 31 | 36 | 27+31=58 | 35+40+38=113 |
| Václav & Petra | 29 | 31 | 27 | 35 | 38 | 29+30=59 | 33+37+40=110 |
| Tomáš & Kamila | 22 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 23 | 24+22=46 | |
| Mahulena & Jaroslav | 14 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 13 | ||
| Jolana & Jan | 18 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 13 | ||
| Jana & Zdeněk | 28 | 26 | 26 | 27 | |||
| Jan & Tereza | 15 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| Helena & Eduard | 25 | 21 |
The contestants were:
The contestants were:
The contestants were:
The first season of Vild med dans ("Mad about Dancing") was aired on the Danish TV-channel TV 2 in 2005.
The show features four judges. Anne Laxholm, Britt Bendixen, and Jens Werner have been featured in all seasons. Season 1 (2004) featured Kim Dahl as the fourth judge. In season 2 (2005), he was replaced by Thomas Evers Poulsen, the only person to have appeared on the show both as a professional contestant and as a judge. Since season 3 (2006– ), Allan Tornsberg has been the fourth judge.
The show is called Tantsud tähtedega (Dances with the stars) and is aired on Kanal 2. The 3rd season is hosted by Mart Sander and Gerli Padar.
Hosts Mart Sander and Merle Liivak. Judges: Ants Tael, Merle Klandorf, Kaie Kõrb, Jüri Nael
Hosts Mart Sander and Gerli Padar. Judges: Ants Tael, Merle Klandorf, Riina Suhotskaja, Märt Agu
The series (titled Tanssii tähtien kanssa (Dances with Stars); a pun on the title of the film Dances with Wolves, Tanssii susien kanssa) premiered on MTV3 in spring 2006. A total of five seasons have been aired; the fifth season ended in November 2010. The sixth season will most-likely premiere in fall 2011.
The series was originally hosted by Marco Bjurström (seasons 1–4), but was later replaced by actor Mikko Leppilampi (season 5). The original co-hostess was Ella Kanninen (season 1–2) but she was replaced by a former contestant Vanessa Kurri due to her pregnancy. Kurri did not return as a hostess in the series' fourth season as she was replaced by Vappu Pimiä, a contestant from the third season.
Judges: Alessandra Martines, Jean-Marc Généreux, and Chris Marques. Presenters : Sandrine Quétier, and Vincent Cerutti.
The French version of Dancing with the Stars premiered in the winter of 2011 on TF1. Its first season began on February 12, 2011 and the final was on March 19.
Its second season began on October 8, 2011 and the final was on November 19.
Winners:
| Season | Celebrity | Professional |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Pokora | Katrina Patchett |
| 2 | Shy'm | Maxime Dereymez |
| 3 | TBA | TBA |
Second season began on October 8, 2011
The German version is called Let's Dance in English. ("Lass uns tanzen" in German). Season 1 aired in April 2006 on RTL. Season 2 aired in May 2007. Both seasons have been hosted by Hape Kerkeling and Nazan Eckes. Season 3 aired in April 2010. The third season was hosted by Daniel Hartwich and Nazan Eckes. Season 4 started in March 2011 and was hosted by Daniel Hartwich and Sylvie van der Vaart.
| Season | Celebrity | Professional |
|---|---|---|
| 1 (2010) | Errika Prezarakou | Thodoris Panagakos |
| 2 (2011) | Argiris Aggelou | Emily Matheakaki |
| 3 (2012) | TBA | TBA |
The Indian version is called Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. It was first broadcast in September 2006 on Sony Entertainment Television (SET). A lot of people confuse Dancing With The Stars with Nach Baliye which airs on StarPlus. Nach Baliye and Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa have similar content and presentation but there are minor differences in the concept. The celebrity dancers on Nach Baliye are real life couples, and work with an assigned choreographer. The dancers on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa have one celebrity paired with a trained dancer/choreographer. A notice at the end of the show verifies that the Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa is indeed a version of Dancing With The Stars.
Dancing with the Star Indonesia broadcast in March 2011 on Indosiar and hosted by Choky Sitohang & Cathy Sharon. The 2nd Runner up is Hengky Kurniawan & Melissa, the 1st Runner up is Yuanita Christiani & Wawan, and the winner is Fadli & Trisna.
Winners:
Seven seasons of the show, called Ballando con le Stelle, have been aired on Rai Uno. All the series have been hosted by Milly Carlucci. Singer and TV presenter Amanda Lear has been part of the judging panel in series 1,2,4 and 5 The first series (titled Ballando con le Stelle) aired in January 2005, featuring:
The second series (titled Ballando con le Stelle) aired in Autumn 2005, featuring:
The third series (titled Ballando con le Stelle) aired Autumn 2006, featuring:
The fourth series (titled Ballando con le Stelle) aired in Autumn 2007, featuring:
The fifth series (titled Ballando con le Stelle) aired in January 2009, featuring:
The sixth series (titled Ballando con le Stelle) aired in January 2010, featuring:
The seventh series (titled Ballando con le Stelle) aired in February 2011, featuring:
The eighth series (titled Ballando con le Stelle) will air in January 2012, featuring:
The Japanese version is called Shall We Dance? It has the same title as the 1996 movie by the same name, but it has no relation to the movie beyond the shared name. Due to the fact that there was already a season-special dancing program, and that and many cast members from it also appeared in the new program, the Japanese version was confused with a regularly scheduled version of the season-special, rather than its own version of the TV series. This one ran from April 8, 2006, to March 17, 2007.
The show (Hangul: 댄싱 위드 더 스타) has aired on MBC TV since June 10, 2011, and is hosted by Lee Deok-hwa and Lee So-ra.[7][8]
Series one was shown in Summer/Autumn 2005. It featured
Jim Bakkum was eventually declared the winner. Series two is shown in Winter/Spring 2006. It features:
The finale will be aired 13-05-2006. The two contestants who got this far are Barbara de Loor and Winston Post. The winner was declared Barbara de Loor, who got the highest amount of points from the jury, and most votes as well. On New Year's Eve 2005, a New Year's special was shown. It featured:
This was won by Tatjana Šimić and Koen Brouwers Special Christmas and New Year's Eve 2006, with
Do and Koen Brouwers won this special. On March 31, 2007 the third season started. This featured:
This season was won by Helga van Leur and Marcus van Teijlingen
week.
| Team | Place | 1 | 2 | 1+2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
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| Jim & Julie | 1 | 29 | 30 | 59 | 36 | 26 | 36 | 28+35=63 |
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| Irene & Marcus | 2 | 24 | 31 | 55 | 31 | 35 | 33 | 33+38=71 |
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| Inge B & Remco | 3 | 32 | 31 | 63 | 35 | 29 | 31 | 30+34=64 | 38+30=68 | |
| Joris & Euvgenia | 4 | 25 | 19 | 44 | 24 | 32 | 27 | 21+25=46 | ||
| Koert-Jan & Charissa | 5 | 21 | 31 | 52 | 26 | 34 | 28 | |||
| Inge I & Koen | 6 | 23 | 32 | 55 | 27 | 26 | ||||
| Rudolph & Roemjana | 7 | 27 | 25 | 52 | 28 | |||||
| Ans & Peter | 8 | 27 | 26 | 53 | ||||||
| Team | Place | 1 | 2 | 1+2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
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| Barbara & Marcus | 1 | 27 | 28 | 55 | 35 | 30 | 33 | 38+36=74 | 37+32=69 | |
| Winston & Euvgenia | 2 | 30 | 30 | 60 | 29 | 38 | 35 | 33+37=70 |
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| Frits & Julie | 3 | 32 | 27 | 59 | 33 | 31 | 31 | 32+40=72 | 29+36=65 | |
| John & Roemjana | 4 | 23 | 27 | 50 | 25 | 29 | 22 | 31+25=56 | ||
| Lieke & Remco | 5 | 30 | 32 | 62 | 27 | 33 | 31 | |||
| Edsilla & Peter | 6 | 30 | 24 | 54 | 32 | 32 | ||||
| Myrna & Koen | 7 | 24 | 21 | 45 | 24 | |||||
| Mike & Charissa | 8 | 20 | 23 | 43 | ||||||
| Team | Place | 1 | 2 | 1+2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
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| Helga & Marcus | 1 | 27 | 30 | 57 | 31 | 30 | 33 | 33+29=62 | 31+28=59 | 33+36=69 |
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| Christophe & Ilse | 2 | 32 | 31 | 63 | 35 | 37 | 38 | 40+34=74 | 34+36=70 | 39+36=75 |
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| Nikkie & Peter | 3 | 29 | 25 | 54 | 30 | 31 | 36 | 34+39=73 | 28+33=61 | 40+36=76 | |
| Bob & Euvgenia | 4 | 24 | 23 | 47 | 27 | 27 | 28 | 32+27=59 | 28+27=55 | ||
| Martijn & Roemjana | 5 | 29 | 28 | 57 | 30 | 35 | 28 | 36+31=67 | |||
| Bart & Kimberly | 6 | 21 | 21 | 42 | 24 | 25 | 21 | ||||
| Aukje & Remco | 7 | 28 | 29 | 57 | 31 | 34 | |||||
| Lodewijk & Charissa | 8 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 18 | ||||||
| Fabienne & Koen | 9 | 26 | 30 | 56 | |||||||
Judges: Brendan Cole, Craig Revel Horwood, Paul Mercurio, Alison Leonard.
Winners of Each Season:
| Season | Celebrity | Professional |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norm Hewitt | Carol Anne Hickmore |
| 2 | Lorraine Downes | Aaron Gilmore |
| 3 | Suzanne Paul | Stefano Olivieri |
| 4 | Temepara George | Stefano Olivieri |
| 5 | Tamati Coffey | Samantha Hitchcock |
The series was named Skal vi danse? (en: Shall We Dance?). Winners are Katrine Moholt, Kristian Ødegård, Tshawe Baqwa, Lene Alexandra Øien, Carsten Skjelbreid and Åsleik Engmark
In the spring of 2007, TV 2 aired a programme called Isdans (en: Figure Skating),[9] in which six celebrities have been paired with professional skaters. The show is similar to Dancing with the Stars, with the difference being that figure skating rather than ballroom dancing is performed. The participants were:
During one of her rehearsals, Dorthe Skappel fell and smashed her face into the ice. Because of this incident, TV 2 did not produce more seasons.
Nachley (lit. "Dance") is the Pakistani version of Dancing with the Stars. The show is aired on ARY Digital and its theme is based around traditional Pakistani music and dance concepts.
The first reality show based on Dancing With The Stars was "Baila Con Las Estrellas" (2005–2006), hosted by Rebeca Escribens and broadcasted on Panamericana Televisión (channel 5) on Saturday afternoon. The show had 2 seasons, then it was cancelled.
Winners:
The second dancing show was Bailando por un sueño (Perú) (Dancing for a Dream) in 2008, based on Mexican reality show with the same name, broadcasted on Panamericana Televisión, but produced by different Productions: GV Producciones. This show was hosted by Gisela Valcárcel and Giancarlo Chichizola and aired every Saturday night (from june to december). The show was like Dancing With The Stars, but instead of professional dancers, they were amateur dancers. They danced every week in order to win a prize: to achieve a personal/humanitarian goal or "dream". The show had 2 seasons and the 4 first places of each season had the chance to dance on "Reyes de la Pista".
Winners:
The next year (2009), El Show de los sueños (Peru) was showed up every Saturday night (from may to december) on América Televisión (channel 4) and hosted by Gisela Valcárcel and Christian Rivero. This reality show was a dancing and singing competition, therefore, there was one star, an amateur dancer, and an amateur singer per group. They performed to achieve a personal/humanitarian goal or "dream". The 3 first places of each season, 1 fourth place of season 1 and an 8th place of season 2 selected by the judges won a chance to perform on "Reyes del Show" (Show Kings).
Winners:
Since 2010, El Gran Show (The Amazing Show) is broadcasted on América Televisión (channel 4) every Saturday night (from may to december) and it's hosted by Gisela Valcárcel and Christian Rivero. This reality show is like "Bailando por un Sueño": 2 seasons and a "top performers season". This time, each amateur dancer represents a Peruvian city. besides, in this show, the pairs (the famous and the amateur dancer) were scored from 1 to 10 by standard judges and "V.I.P judges", who are 12 random people representing the Peruvian audience, they are weekly selected by lottery via website. The 3 first places from each season win a chance to dance on El Gran Show: Reyes del Show (Show Kings).
2010:
2011:
Taniec z Gwiazdami is a Polish light entertainment reality television series broadcast by TVN. When on air, every Sunday, the average rating figures show more than 7 million viewers tune in to watch the show. The highest rated episode was the second season finale, where over 8 million people watched. The show is broadcast live on TVN on Sunday evenings, and it is presented by Natasza Urbańska and Piotr Gąsowski. Each judge gives the performance a mark out of ten, giving an overall total out of forty.
The show uses the name Dansez pentru tine (English: "Dancing for you"). Every pair of dancers is dancing for a cause. The pair is composed of a star and someone affected by the cause (if the cause is helping a person) or a supporter of the cause. The show presents the cause, the training and of course the dancing. The last two pairs in the order given by the jury, will dance next week extra dances and will be eliminated as decided by phone voters (based on the dance or the cause). According to official Romanian website there have been 8 editions until Summer 2009. After dancing in the 3rd edition, Andreea Bălan (music star) & Petrişor Ruge participated in Mexico at "Dancing with the Stars World Championship". They danced very well in the local show but did not win, achieving only a very good 2nd place.
Winners:
| S | Celebrity | Partner |
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| 1 | Andra (singer / TV hostess) | Florin Birică |
| 2 | Victor Slav (TV host) | Carmen Stepan |
| 3 | Cosmin Stan (TV host) | Doina Ocu |
| 4 | Alex (singer) | Cristina Stoicescu |
| 5 | Andreea Bălan (singer) | Petrişor Ruge |
| 6 | Giulia (singer) | Andrei Ştefan |
| 7 | Monica Irimia (Cheeky Girls) (singer) | Darius Belu |
| 8 | Jean de la Craiova (singer) | Sandra Neacşu |
| 9 | Cătălin Moroşanu (kickboxer) | Magda Ciorobea |
| 10 | Octavian Strunilă (actor) | Ella Dumitru |
| 11 | Corina Bud (singer) | Eduard Ionuţ Vasile |
| 12 | Jojo (actor) | Ionuţ |
The Russian TV show is called "Танцы со звездами" ("Tantsi so zvezdami", transliterated). The first season, which began in 2005, became extremely popular. Its second season is in progress after a long delay. The format of the show is identical to that of other countries. Each pair is composed of a famous celebrity and a professional dancer.
The first Slovak version of the dancing program is called Let's Dance (in English), and 4 seasons were broadcast by TV Markiza (1st in the autumn of 2006), hosted by Adela Banášová and Martin "Pyco" Rausch (both of them also hosted the program Slovensko hľadá SuperStar (Slovak version of American Idol) on STV in 2005 and 2006). The winners of 1st season were Zuzana Fialová (a noted Slovakian actress) and Peter Modrovský (a professional dancer). The winners of 2nd season were Michaela Čobejová (Slovakian actress) and Tomáš Surovec (a professional dancer). The winners of 3rd season were Juraj Mokrý (Slovakian actor and humorist) and Katarína Štumpfová (a professional dancer). The winners of 4th season were Nela Pocisková (Slovakian actress and singer) and Peter Modrovský (a professional dancer). The winners of 5th season were Jana Hospodárová (Slovakian TV Host) and Matej Chren (a professional dancer).
The second Slovak version of the dancing program is called Showdance. Showdance was broadcast 1 season by JOJ. It was hosted by Zuzana Fialová and Martin "Sajfa" Cifra. The winner of 1st season was Zuzana Mauréry.
| Couple | Place | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zuzana Mauréry | 1 | Battle | Winner | ||||
| Diana Mórová | 2 | Battle | Battle | Runner-up | |||
| Vladimír Kobielsky | 3 | Eliminated | |||||
| Peter Batthyány | 4 | Battle | Eliminated | ||||
| Kristína Svarínska | 5 | Battle | Eliminated | ||||
| Veronika Paulovičová | 6 | Eliminated | |||||
| Branislav Bystriansky | 7 | Eliminated | |||||
The Spanish version is called "¡Más que baile!" (More Than Dancing). It is currently hosted by Pilar Rubio.
Winners of Each Series:
The Swedish version is called "Let's Dance" and is produced by MTV Mastiff. The first two seasons were hosted by Agneta Sjödin and David Hellenius, then from season three to the current season Agneta was replaced by Jessica Almenäs. One of the popular judges is the British dance teacher, Tony Irving. The series had a large audience, and with almost 2 million viewers the final gave TV4 the highest ratings for that Friday evening. It was the first time since 1997 that TV4 had more viewers than the public service company SVT's perennially popular music game show "Så Ska Det Låta". In September 2006, it won the Swedish equivalent of the Emmy award, Kristallen (The Crystal), in the Entertainment category. The second season started broadcasting in January 2007 and aired every Friday.
(January–March 2006) on TV4
Carin da Silva and Daniel da Silva are siblings. Daniel is the older of the two, having been born in 1981; Carin was born in 1984.
(January–March 2007) on TV4
The winners Martin Ledberg and Cecilia Erling became a couple during the running of the show and participated in the Eurovision Dance Contest in 2007 where they ended in a 14th place.
(January–March 2008) on TV4
Even though Tina Nordström & Tobias Karlsson won Let's Dance, it was Danny Saucedo & Jeanette Carlsson who competed in Eurovision Dance Contest 2008 and finished in 12th place.
This table gives an overview of the judges' scores for each competitor during the competition.
| Couple | Place | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Total | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tina & Tobias | 1 | 22 | 30 | 18 | 31 | 40 | 37 | 32 | 27 | 27 | 35 | 32+40=72 | 35+34+40=109 | 480 | 32.0 |
| Tony & Annika | 2 | 22 | 32 | 24 | 26 | 21 | 22 | 31 | 26 | 38 | 34 | 33+40=73 | 35+40+34=109 | 458 | 30.5 |
| Karl Petter & Jeanette | 3 | 15 | 17 | 23 | 18 | 22 | 18 | 24 | 29 | 18 | 23 | 19+26=45 | 252 | 21.0 | |
| Danny & Malin | 4 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 36 | 28 | 33 | 31 | 20 | 28 | 33 | 259 | 25.9 | ||
| Matte & Carin | 5 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 22 | 17 | 27 | 28 | 34 | 20 | 194 | 21.6 | |||
| Linda & Daniel | 6 | 22 | 32 | 32 | 22 | 31 | 30 | 34 | 22 | 225 | 28.1 | ||||
| Mi & Johan | 7 | 14 | 24 | 19 | 19 | 30 | 30 | 27 | 163 | 23.3 | |||||
| Richard & Cecilia | 8 | 19 | 23 | 25 | 40 | 27 | 24 | 158 | 26.3 | ||||||
| Dilba & Tobias | 9 | 21 | 22 | 25 | 23 | 18 | 109 | 21.8 | |||||||
| Susanne & Björn | 10 | 22 | 20 | 26 | 20 | 88 | 22.0 | ||||||||
| Tilde & Alfred | 11 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 54 | 18.0 | |||||||||
| Ulf & Christina | 12 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 8.5 | ||||||||||
(Airs Fridays (January 9 – March 27) 2009) on TV4
The Turkish version was called Yok Böyle Dans. Thirteen couples were participating in the competition.[10] Lilia Kopylova was the head of the judging panel of four. Azra Akın won the competition with her partner Nikolai.
In Ukraine the show started in September 2006 on television channel 1+1 under name "Танці з зірками" ("Tantsi z zirkamy") which stands for "Dances With The Stars". The show was hosted by Yuriy Horbunov and Tina Karol. The star contestants were paired with famous Ukrainian dancers, who had won major international competitions. The winners of the show were rewarded with the tour to the Rio Carnival, while the runners-up went to the Carnival on Cuba. The show was extremely popular with Ukrainian viewers. The show finale held on the November 26, 2006 had the TV rating of 26.83% with the share of 54.64%, meaning that a quarter of the Ukrainian population and more than half of all TV viewers at that moment watched the final. The show overall was watched by nearly 16 million Ukrainians. The pair of Volodymyr Zelenskyy (leader of a famous Ukrainian comic troupe) and Olena Shoptenko won the main prize.
In the United Kingdom, where the show originated, it is known as Strictly Come Dancing.
Judges: Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, and Bruno Tonioli.
The American version of Dancing with the Stars premiered in the summer of 2005 on ABC.
Winners:
| Season | Celebrity | Professional |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kelly Monaco | Alec Mazo |
| 2 | Drew Lachey | Cheryl Burke |
| 3 | Emmitt Smith | Cheryl Burke |
| 4 | Apolo Anton Ohno | Julianne Hough |
| 5 | Hélio Castroneves | Julianne Hough |
| 6 | Kristi Yamaguchi | Mark Ballas |
| 7 | Brooke Burke | Derek Hough |
| 8 | Shawn Johnson | Mark Ballas |
| 9 | Donny Osmond | Kym Johnson |
| 10 | Nicole Scherzinger | Derek Hough |
| 11 | Jennifer Grey | Derek Hough |
| 12 | Hines Ward | Kym Johnson |
| 13 | J.R. Martinez | Karina Smirnoff |
In Vietnam, the show was under the local name Bước nhảy hoàn vũ (literally: Universal Steps). The show is annually aired on VTV3. Bước nhảy hoàn vũ is a reality show produced by Vietnam Television and Cát Tiên Sa Production. The show is originated from United Kingdom BBC series and is a part of the international Dancing with the Stars franchise. The format of the show originally bought and based upon the Bulgarian version which also shared the professionals.
Thanh Bạch and Thanh Vân were announced to host this show. Judging panel of the first season included director Nguyễn Quang Dũng, Lê Hoàng, and the leading Vietnamese dancesport athletes Khánh Thi & Chí Anh. For the second one, Thanh Vân was replaced due to pregnancy by Đoan Trang, who finished as the runner-up on the previous season.
In 2007, the first edition of the Dancing with the Stars World Championship took place. Countries which took part in the event, staged in Mexico, included many teams Romania, Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Slovakia, Panama, Paraguay and Ecuador. The winner of the event was the host nation, Mexico.
In 2010, the second edition of the Dancing with the Stars World Championship was held in México. Countries which took part in the event included teams Romania, Argentina, Colombia, Peru, Mexico, Southafrica, Spain, United States, United Kingdom and France. The winner of the event was the United States.
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