Dancing Stars (Austrian TV series)

Dancing Stars
Country of origin	Austria
Broadcast
Original channel	ORF eins
Original airing	October, 2005

Dancing Stars is the Austrian version of Dancing with the Stars and is shown on "ORF eins" in Austria.

Professional partners

Color key:

Winner

Runner-up

3rd place

Celebrity partner was eliminated first for the season

Celebrity partner withdrew from the competition

Professional dancer	Season
Professional dancer	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Christina Auer	Stefano Bernardin				Vincent Bueno
Julia Burghardt									Morteza Tavakoli
Danilo Campisi									Melanie Binder
Anna Chalak-Bock							Wolfram Pirchner
Gerhard Egger					Maggie Entenfellner	Mirna Jukić	Dolly Buster	Doris Schretzmayer	Lisbeth Bischoff
Balázs Ekker	Arabella Kiesbauer	Nicole Beutler	Nina Proll	Jeannine Schiller	Gitta Saxx	Astrid Wirtenberger
Werner Figar						Christine Kaufmann
Willi Gabalier							Brigitte Kren	Marjan Shaki
Vadim Garbuzov						Alfons Haider	Petra Frey	Susanna Hirschler	Roxanne Rapp
Elke Gehrsitz		Hans Georg Heinke
Alice Guschelbauer			Michael Tschuggnall	Hans Kreuzmayr	Gerhard Zadrobilek	Markus Wolfahrt
Florian Gschaider						Alexandra Meissnitzer	Sueli Menezes	Monika Salzer
Michaela Heintzinger	Toni Polster	Gregor Bloéb	Harry Prünster	Peter Tichatschek	Ramesh Nair
Andy Kainz	Marika Lichter	Gerda Rogers	Stephanie Graf	Elke Winkens	Claudia Reiterer
Kelly Kainz	Mat Schuh	Manuel Ortega	Klaus Eberhartinger	Marc Pircher		Reinhard Nowak
Babsi Koitz-Baumann					Udo Wenders	Uwe Kröger	Marco Ventre	Rudi Roubinek
Thomas Kraml							Eva Maria Marold	Angelika Ahrens	Andrea Buday
Alexander Kreissl	Patricia Kaiser	Simone Stelzer	Hera Lind	Claudia Stöckl	Sandra Pires
Nicole Kuntner		Edi Finger	Michael Konsel	Dorian Steidl	Andy Lee Lang
Kathrin Menzinger						Dieter Chmelar	David Heissig	Lukas Perman	Hubert Neuper
Lenka Pohoralek							Albert Fortell	Gregor Glanz	Erik Schinegger
Julia Polai	Peter Rapp	Andreas Goldberger	Peter L. Eppinger	Oliver Stamm	Christoph Fälbl	Mike Galeli
Christoph Santner						Cathy Zimmermann	Katerina Jacob	Katharina Gutensohn	Andrea Puschl
Maria Santner							Michael Schönborn	Biko Botowamungu	Marco Angelini
Manuela Stöckl								Rainer Schönfelder
Roswitha Wieland						James Cottriall	Frank Schinkels	Gerald Pichowetz	Daniel Serafin
Alexander Zaglmaier		Barbara Karlich	Zabine Kapfinger	Elisabeth Engstler	Marie-Christine Friedrich
Manfred Zehender	Barbara Rett	Ulrike Beimpold	Timna Brauer	Christine Reiler	Tini Kainrath

History

The 2013 jury

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.

Hosts

In Season 1, 2 and 3 the show was hosted by Alfons Haider (Main Host) and Mirjam Weichselbraun (Backstage and Interviews). In Season 4 Mirjam Weichselbraun replaced Alfons Haider and winner of Season 3 Klaus Eberhartinger took her place. In Season 5, Mirjam Weichselbraun was the main host while Alfons Haider took Klaus Eberhartingers place.

Judges

In the first season, the dancers were judged by professional dance sport judges Hannes Nedbal and Nicole Burns-Hansen, dance school owner Thomas Schäfer-Elmayer and former musical actress, singer and dancer Dagmar Koller. In the second season, Harald Serafin, operetta singer and theater manager, filled in for Dagmar Koller. In the third season, Guggi Löwinger, actress, singer and dancer, took his place.

In the fourth season, Klaus Eberhartinger replaced Alfons Haider as a host who therefore joined the judging panel. In the fifth season, the two men switched places again with Klaus Eberhartinger judging beside Hannes Nedbal, Nicole Burns-Hansen and Thomas Schäfer-Elmayer who were judges in all five seasons.

Season 1

In the first season, no couple had to leave the first show and only two pairs were left in the final show. In all other seasons, one couple had to leave the first show and three pairs were left in the final show. In the fourth season, the final show was split on two evenings. In the fifth season, men and women were split for the first two shows (qualification rounds).

Mat Schuh (Singer and Entertainer) with Kelly Kainz (8th place)
Arabella Kiesbauer (Host) with Balázs Ekker (7th place)
Peter Rapp (ORF Host) with Julia Polai (6th place)
Patricia Kaiser (Miss Austria 2000 and track and field athlete) with Alexander Kreissl (5th place)
Stefano Bernardin (Actor) with Christina Auer (4th place)
Barbara Rett (ORF Host) with Manfred Zehender (3rd place)
Toni Polster (Ex soccer player) with Michaela Heintzinger (2nd place)
Marika Lichter (Musical actress) with Andy Kainz (winner)

Couple	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Marika & Andy	24	27	23	29	28	32+36=68	33+34=67	27+34+33
Toni & Michaela	27	27	30	33	34	31+36=67	35+37=72	34+30+38
Barbara & Manfred	24	24	27	25	28	26+29=55	30+27=57
Stefano & Christina	29	31	32	27	29	31+28=59
Patricia & Alexander	21	28	25	27	27
Peter & Julia	23	21	21	24
Arabella & Balázs	22	24	26
Mat & Kelly	19	22

Season 2

Gerda Rogers (Astrologer) with Andy Kainz (10th place)
Ulrike Beimpold (Actress and Comedian) with Manfred Zehender (9th place)
Edi Finger jun. (Radio-sportscaster) with Nicole Kuntner (8th place)
Barbara Karlich (Talkshow Host) with Alexander Zaglmaier (7th place)
Gregor Bloéb (Actor) with Michaela Heintzinger (6th place)
Simone Stelzer (Singer) with Alexander Kreissl (5th place)
Hans Georg Heinke (Journalist and Newscaster) with Elke Gehrsitz (4th place)
Nicole Beutler (Actress) with Balázs Ekker (3rd place)
Andreas Goldberger (Ex Ski jumper) with Julia Polai (2nd place)
Manuel Ortega (Singer) with Kelly Kainz (winner)

Couple	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Manuel & Kelly	25	29	34	35	34	36+34=70	37+33=70	38+35+40=113
Andreas & Julia	24	21	24	28	27	24+32=56	34+35=69	33+39+37=109
Nicole & Balázs	30	32	32	35	33	36+33=69	33+38=71	35+39+37=111
Hans & Elke	24	23	22	32	24	21+32=53	33+31=64
Simone & Alexander	28	27	29	33	27	28+32=60
Gregor & Michaela	23	30	32	31	30
Barbara & Alexander	24	29	29	32
Edi & Nicole	16	21	23
Ulrike & Manfred	29	26
Gerda & Andy	20

Season 3

Timna Brauer (Singer and Artist) with Manfred Zehender (10th place)
Hera Lind (bestselling author) with Alexander Kreissl (9th place)
Stephanie Graf (Ex Runner) with Andy Kainz (8th place)
Michael Konsel (Ex soccer player) with Nicole Kuntner (7th place)
Harry Prünster (Host) with Michaela Heintzinger (6th place)
Nina Proll (Actress) with Balázs Ekker (5th place)
Michael Tschuggnall (Starmania-Winner 2002) with Alice Guschelbauer (4th place)
Zabine Kapfinger (Singer) with Alexander Zaglmaier (3rd place)
Peter L. Eppinger (Ö3-Host) with Julia Polai (2nd place)
Klaus Eberhartinger (Singer, EAV-Frontman) with Kelly Kainz (winner)

Season 4

Couples

Celebrity	Occupation	Professional partner	Status
Claudia Stöckl	Host	Alexander Kreissl	Eliminated 1st
Peter Tichatschek	Host	Michaela Heintzinger	Eliminated 2nd
Oliver Stamm	Beach volleyball player	Julia Polai	Eliminated 3rd
Christine Reiler	Model & Miss Austria 2007	Manfred Zehender	Eliminated 4th
Marc Pircher	Singer	Kelly Kainz	Eliminated 5th
Jeannine Schiller	Charity-lady	Balázs Ekker	Eliminated 6th
Hans Kreuzmayr (Waterloo)	Singer	Alice Guschlbauer	Eliminated 7th
Elke Winkens	Actress	Andy Kainz	Third Place
Elisabeth Engstler	Host	Alexander Zaglmaier	Second Place
Dorian Steidl	Host	Nicole Kuntner	First Place

Scoring Chart

Couple	Place	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Dorian & Nicole	1	25	25	27	30	33	30+29=59	31+31=62	34+35=69	34+38=72
Elisabeth & Alexander	2	25	31	28	35	37	32+36=68	36+37=73	38+38=76	40+40=80
Elke & Andy	3	27	30	32	28	36	35+33=68	37+35=72	39+39=78
Waterloo & Alice	4	15	24	18	21	22	29+25=54	26+29=55
Jeannine & Balázs	5	16	19	18	20	26	23+24=47
Marc & Kelly	6	22	28	28	22	30
Christine & Manfred	7	22	24	24	24
Oliver & Julia	8	20	25	25
Peter & Michaela	9	21	23
Claudia & Alexander	10	19

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 winning couple.

indicates the runner-up couple.

indicates the third-place couple.