Dancing with the Stars

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International versions of Dancing with the Stars

Dancing with the Stars is the name of a group of international television series based on the format of the British series Strictly Come Dancing, distributed by BBC Worldwide the commercial arm of the BBC. Presently the format has been licensed to more than 30 countries, Australia was the first country to adapt the BBC show, and versions have also been produced in the USA with Dancing with the Stars, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, Sweden, and Ukraine. As a result the format has become the world's most popular television programme across all genres in 2006 and 2007 according to magazine Television Business International,[1] 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, which are then given scores by a panel of judges. Viewers are given a certain amount of time to place votes on their favorite dancers, either by telephone or (in some of the shows) by the Internet. The couple with the lowest combined score (judges plus viewers) is eliminated and does not go on to the next week. This process continues until there are only two or three couples left, at which point one couple is declared the champion.

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[edit] Franchise history

Cheryl Burke, Julianne Hough, Raimondo Todaro and Stefano Oliveri made Dancing With The Stars franchise history by becoming the only professional dancers to win two back-to-back championships, each. Cheryl Burke won her first Dancing With The Stars USA Championship with 98 Degrees boy band member Drew Lachey in the second season and won her second championship with NFL star Emmitt Smith in the third season. Julianne Hough won her first championship with Olympic Speed Skating Gold Medalist Apolo Anton Ohno in the fourth season and her second championship with Indy 500 Champion star Helio Castroneves in the fifth season. Raimodo Todaro won his first championship on the Italian version of Dancing with the Stars called "Ballando con le stelle" with former Miss Italia and Television presenter Cristina Chiabotto in the show's second season and again with Olympic Long Jump Silver Medalist Fiona May during the show's third season. Stefano Oliveri won his first championship on Dancing with the Stars New Zealand with Suzanne Paul, a New Zealand infomercial television star in season 3, and his second in season 4 with Temepara George a New Zealand netball champion. Brendan Cole judges on the New Zealand series and is a regular dancer on the UK version, Strictly Come Dancing, in which he won the first series with newsreader, Natasha Kaplinsky.

Mark Ballas is the only professional dancer to win two seasons, that were not back to back. Season 6 with Kristi Yamaguchi and Season 8 with Shawn Johnson. Mark has the honor of being the only male professional dance to win two seasons as well.

In New Zealand, Carol-Ann Hickamore is the only female pro dancer to win. She won the 2nd season with former rugby player Norm Hewitt. Carol-Ann later became a judge in Seasons 3 & 4 after Season 1 judge Donna Dawson left.

Julianne Hough became the youngest professional dancer on Dancing with the Stars when she was partnered with Apolo Anton Ohno in Season 4 at age 18.

Shawn Johnson became the youngest contestant on Dancing with the Stars in season eight at age 17 and the youngest winner on the show.

Kym Johnson, Tobias Karlsson, Ingrid Thompson, Stefano Olivieri, Hayley Holt, Brian Fortuna, Kimberley Smith and Csaba Szirmai have appeared on two different versions of Dancing with the Stars. Kym has danced on the U.S. and the Australian versions, while Tobias Karlsson appeared in the Danish and Swedish versions. Ingrid Beate Thompson appeared in the Norwegian and Swedish versions, while Csaba Szirmai and Stefano Olivieri appeared in the Australian and New Zealand versions. Hayley Holt appeared in the New Zealand and "Strictly Come Dancing" in the UK. Kimberley Smith appeared in the Belgian and Netherland versions. Brian Fortuna danced one season in the US with Shandi Finnessey, and has signed up to do Strictly Come Dancing.

Edyta Sliwinska is the only professional dancer on Dancing with the Stars to appear in every US season. In the original UK format, Strictly Come Dancing, Anton du Beke, Erin Boag, Brendan Cole and Camilla Dallerup have appeared in every series thus far.

In the New Zealand version, Rebecca Nicholson is the only professional to have appeared in every season. She came (out of 8) 3rd in Season 1, 6th in Season 2, 5th in Season 3 and 4th in Season 4.

Jill Halfpenny and Darren Bennett were the first couple to ever receive a perfect forty score in the format on Strictly Come Dancing for the Jive in the series two finale.

Two competitors have presented a series of the format. The winner of series one Strictly Come Dancing, Natasha Kaplinsky stood in for Tess Daly, who was on maternity leave for series two (she co-presented with Bruce Forsyth), while the winner of season two of Dancing with the Stars Drew Lachey stood in for Samantha Harris, who was on maternity leave for season five (he co-presented with Tom Bergeron).

The lowest score ever given out in the Dancing with the Stars franchise history was a 1, which was giving out to Rodney Hide during his cha-cha[citation needed] and Nikki Webster in Australia in 2005.

[edit] Australia

Further information: Dancing with the Stars (Australian TV series)

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.

The series has won the prestigious 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.[2] The program was made by the BBC in conjunction with Granada but since season eight, has been produced by Freehand. The most recent season concluded on November 9, 2008.

[edit] Winners

[edit] Austria

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 and the fourth season in 2008.

Dancing Stars hosts:
In Season 1, 2 and 3 the show was 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

[edit] 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.

  • 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 (Musicalactress) with Andy Kainz (winner)

[edit] 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 Zaglmeier (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)

[edit] Scorecard

Couple EP 1 EP 2 EP 3 EP 4 EP 5 EP 6
Manuel & Kelly 25 29 34 35 34 36+34=70
Andreas & Julia 24 21 24 28 27 24+32=56
Nicole & Balázs 30 32 32 35 33 36+33=69
Hans & Elke 24 23 22 32 24 21+32=53
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

[edit] 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)

[edit] Season 4

  • Claudia Stöckl (Ö3-Host) with Alexander Kreissl (10th place)
  • Peter Tichatschek (Host) with Michaela Heintzinger (9th place)
  • Oliver Stamm (Beach volleyball player) with Julia Polai (8th place)
  • Christine Reiler (Miss Austria 2007) with Manfred Zehender (7th place)
  • Marc Pircher (Singer) with Kelly Kainz (6th place)
  • Jeannine Schiller (Charity-lady) with Balázs Ekker (5th place)
  • Hans Kreuzmayr (Waterloo & Robinson) with Alice Guschelbauer (4th place)
  • Elke Winkens (Schauspielerin) with Andy Kainz (3rd place)
  • Elisabeth Engstler (Host) with Alexander Zaglmaier (2nd place)
  • Dorian Steidl (Host) with Nicole Kuntner (winner)

[edit] Special Episodes

One Week after the final of each Season a "Dancing Stars Best of" was aired and after the "Best of" of Season 3 there was a special episode called " Dancing Stars - Die Traumhochzeit" (Dancing Stars - The Dream Wedding) in which the professional ballroom dancers Balázs Ekker and Alice Guschelbauer got married.


[edit] Bulgaria

See: Dancing Stars

The second 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:

Vladimir Bozhilov

Galena Velikova

Neshka Robeva

Contestants:

Anya Pencheva (born 12 September 1957) - Actress

Niki Kunchev (born 26 December 1960) - TV host

Alisia - Pop-folk singer

Galena - Pop-folk singer

Bojidar Iskrenov (born 1 August 1962) - Former football player

Kalki (born 9 December 1962) - Singer

Violeta Markovska (born 24 April 1987) - Actress

Neti (born 14 September 1975) - Actress and singer

Andrei Batashov (born 10 September 1965) - Actor

Georgi Mamalev (born 5 August 1952) - Actor

Iliana Raeva - Ex gymnast (born 15 March 1963)

Georgi Kostadinov (born 20 September 1979) - Winner of Survivor BG 2

Orlin (born 23 April 1979) - Pop singer

Elena Yoncheva (born 27 May 1964) - Journalist

Official Site

[edit] Chile

El Baile en TVN ("The Ball on TVN") is aired in Televisión Nacional de Chile since October 16, 2006. It's hosted by Rafael Araneda and Karen Doggenweiler.

[edit] Season 1

Since October 16, 2006. The winners of this season were Juvenal Olmos and Claudia Miranda.

[edit] Season 2

Since March 5, 2007. The winners of this season were Cristian Arriagada and Paz Bustos.

[edit] Season 3

Since August 22, 2007. The winners of this season were Francisco Reyes and Irene Bustamante.

  • Carolina "Pampita" Ardohain (Argentine Top Model, partnered by Diego Heilig)
  • Maria Eugenia Larrain "Kenita Larrain" (Chilean Top Model, partnered by Rodrigo Escobar)
  • Amaya Forch (Chilean Singer and Actress, partnered by William Orrock)
  • Catalina Palacios (Entertainer of Infantile televising programs, partnered by Darwin Ruz)
  • Adrea Tessa (Chilean singer, partnered by Alfredo Araya)
  • Gianella Marengo (ex-reality show participant, partnered by Emilio Rubilar)
  • Leandro Martínez (Chilean singer and member of the televising program "Rojo Fama Contrafama", partnered by Maria Isabel Sobarzo)
  • Francisco Reyes (Chilean actor of the national television network TVN, partnered by Irene Bustamante)
  • Juan Pablo Matulic (ex-reality show participant, partnered by Francini Amaral)
  • Eliseo Salazar (Chilean Automovilistic Runner, partnered by Claudia Miranda)
  • Hotuiti Teao (Chilean model from Easter Island, partnered by Monica Valenzuela)
  • Carlos von Mühlenbrock (Chilean Chef and entertainer of Chilean televising programs, partnered by Viví Rodriguez

[edit] Season 4

The winners of this season were Fernando Godoy and Paz Bustos.


The contestants of this season are :

Sebastian Ferrer (Stylist & panelist of T.V show "Pollo en conserva")

Mario Guerrero (Singer)

Sandra O Ryan (Actress)

Reinaldo González (Military instructor of reality shows "Pelotón")

Cristian Riquelme (Actor)

Denisse Malebrán (Singer)

Fernando Godoy (Actor, comediant & T.V host)

Mariana Derderian (Actress, singer & T.V host)

Sergio Vargas (Ex - football player)

Paola Camaggi (Model & T.V host)

Raquel "KEL" Calderón (Young actrees, singer, model & Panelist of TV shows)

Iván Torres ("The Weather man")

Rosita Parsons (Model)

[edit] China (including Hong Kong)

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The Chinese version is a co-production between Hong Kong's TVB and the mainland's Hunan TV 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 1997 handover of Hong Kong from the UK to the People's Republic of China.[3]

[edit] Croatia

Hosted by Barbara Kolar and Duško Čurlić.

Judges:

  • Elio Bašan
  • Milka Babović
  • Dinko Bogdanić
  • Davor Bilman

Official Site

[edit] Season 1

The first season of Ples sa zvijezdama (Dancing with the Stars) started airing on December 2, 2006 on HRT1. The contestants were:

  • Zrinka Cvitešić (actress) with Nicolas Quesnoit (Winners)
  • Rene Bitorajac (actor) with Mirjana Žutić (runner-up)
  • Maja Šuput(singer) with Ištvan Varga (6th eliminated)
  • Žarko Radić (actor) with Ivana Antinac (5th eliminated)
  • Zoran Vakula (meteorologist) with Ksenija Plušćec (4th eliminated)
  • Sandra Bagarić (opera singer) with Leon Ajtlbez (3rd eliminated)
  • Dubravko Šimenc (water polo player) with Tamara Despot (2nd eliminated)
  • Zdenka Kovačićek (singer) with Hrvoje Kraševac (1st eliminated)

Highest score of the season (40):

  • Zrinka & Nicolas (Jive - 3rd episode)
  • Zrinka & Nicolas (Slowfox - 4th episode)
  • Maja & Ištvan (Paso Doble - 4th episode)
  • Maja & Ištvan (English Waltz - 6th episode)
  • Zrinka & Nicolas - total - 80 points (English Waltz & Paso Doble - 7th episode)
  • Maja & Ištvan (Slowfox - 7th episode)
  • Zrinka & Nicolas - total - 120 points (English Waltz, Samba & Freestyle - final episode)
  • Rene & Mirjana (Freestyle - final episode)

Lowest score of the season:

  • Žarko & Ivana - 16 points (Samba - 5th episode)

[edit] Season 2

The second season of Ples sa zvijezdama ("Dancing with the Stars") started airing on November 3, 2007 on HRT1. The contestants were:

  • Luka Nižetić (singer) with Mirjana Žutić (Winners)
  • Lana Jurčević (singer) with Hrvoje Kraševac (runner-up)
  • Davor Gobac (singer) with Tamara Despot (6th eliminated)
  • Nikolina Pišek (TV hostess) with Ištvan Varga (5th eliminated)
  • Danijela Martinović (singer) with Nicolas Quesnoit (4th eliminated)
  • Iva Majoli (tennis player) with Marko Herceg (3rd eliminated)
  • Damir Markovina (actor) with Ana Herceg (2nd eliminated)
  • Mirko Fodor (TV host) with Žana Alerić (1st eliminated)

Highest score of the season (40):

  • Luka & Mirjana (Paso Doble - 6th episode)
  • Lana & Hrvoje - total - 80 points (Quickstep & Paso Doble - 7th episode)
  • Luka & Mirjana - total - 80 points (Tango & Cha-cha-cha - 7th episode)
  • Luka & Mirjana (Paso Doble & Freestyle - final episode)

Lowest score of the season:

  • Davor & Tamara - 20 points (Samba - 5th episode)

[edit] Season 3

The third season of Ples sa zvijezdama ("Dancing with the Stars") started airing on October 25, 2008 on HRT1. The contestants were:

  • Mario Valentić (actor, model and former Mister Croatia) with Ana Herceg (Winners)
  • Zlata Mück (TV and radio hostess) with Ištvan Varga
  • Daniela Trbović (TV hostess) with Nicolas Quesnoit
  • Martina Zubčić (bronze olympic medal in taekwondo) with Robert Schubert
  • Antonija Šola (singer) with Hrvoje Kraševac
  • Goran Grgić (actor) with Sara Stojanović
  • Luka Vidović (magician and actor) with Mirjana Žutić
  • Nikša Kaleb (handball player) with Tamara Despot

Highest score of the season:

  • Zlata & Ištvan- 40 points (Tango - final episode)
  • Mario & Ana - 40 points (Freestyle - final episode)

Lowest score of the season:

  • Goran & Sara - 17 points (Jive - 3rd episode)

[edit] Scorecard

Couple Average EP 1 EP 2 EP 3 EP 4 EP 5 QF SF F
★Mario & Ana★ 34.8 33 32 34 36 32 32+31=63 35+36=71 39 + 38 + 40 = 117
Zlata & Ištvan 31.9 23 22 29 30 27 31+33=64 39+33=72 40 + 38 + 38 = 116
Daniela & Nicolas 35.8 25 30 37 39 37 38+38=76 39+39=78
Martina & Robert 30.7 29 29 31 31 26 33+36=69
Antonija & Hrvoje 31 20 32 35 39 29
Goran & Sara 21 20 22 17 25
Luka & Mirjana 21.3 20 23 21
Nikša & Tamara 19.0 18 20
Bold numbers indicate the couples with the highest score for each week.
Italic numbers indicate the couples with the lowest score for each week.
     indicates the couples eliminated that week.
     indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two.
Dances are:
Cha-cha-cha
Waltz
Rumba
Quickstep
Jive
Tango
Paso doble
Slowfox
Samba
Freestyle

[edit] Czech Republic

Named "StarDance ... When the Stars are Dancing" and aired (so far) 3 seasons by Czech Television. Hosted by Tereza Kostková & Marek Eben.

Judges:

[edit] Season 1 (2006)

The contestants were:

[edit] Season 2 (2007)

The contestants were:

[edit] Season 3 (2008)

The contestants were:

[edit] Denmark

The first season of Vild med dans ("Mad about Dancing") was aired on the Danish TV-channel TV 2 in 2005 and the contestants were:

[edit] Season 1 (Spring 2005)

[edit] Season 2 (Autum 2005)

  • David Owe (actor) and Vickie Jo Ringgaard (winners)
  • Eskild Ebbesen (Olympic-winning oarsman) and Marianne Eihilt
  • Sisse Fisker (TV hostess) and Steen Lund
  • Peter Mygind (actor) and Mie Moltke
  • Zindy Laursen (singer) and Tobias Karlsson
  • Bettina Aller (magazine editor) and René Christensen
  • Kim Milton Nielsen (soccer referee) and Ann Wilson
  • Allan Olsen (actor) and Soffie Dalsgaard
  • Mayianne Dinesen (radio hostess) and Lars Christensen

Birthe Kjær (folk singer) and Bo Loft Jensen, left the show because of health problems

[edit] Season 3 (2006)

  • Christina Roslyng (Olympic-winning handballplayer) and Steen Lund (winners)
  • Simon Mathew (singer) and Viktoria Franova
  • Nikolaj Christensen (singer) and Soffie Dalsgaard
  • Anna David (singer) and René Christensen
  • Ole Olsen (speedway racer) and Marianne Eihilt
  • Master Fatman (TV DJ) and Mie Moltke
  • Annette Heick (singer/TV hostess) and Thomas Evers Poulsen
  • Liv Corfixen (actress) and Mads Vad
  • Gert Bo Jacobsen (boxer) and Vickie Jo Ringgaard
  • Lærke Winther Andersen (actress) and Klaus Kongsdal

[edit] Season 4 (2007)

  • Robert Hansen (actor) and Marianne Eihilt (winners)
  • Vicki Berlin (comedian/actress) and Steen Lund/Jesper Dalsgaard
  • Rikke Hørlykke (Olympic-winning handball player) and Mads Vad
  • Lai Yde (actor) and Mie Moltke
  • Lisbeth Østergård (TV-hostess) and Thomas Evers Poulsen
  • Anne Louise Hassing (actress) and Michael Olesen
  • Said Chayesteh (actor) and Mette Georgio
  • Paula Larrain (TV hostess) and René Christensen
  • Nicolai Moltke-Leth (military man) and Soffie Dalsgaard
  • Benedikte Hansen (actress) and Bo Loft Jensen

Joachim Boldsen (handball player) and Vickie Jo Ringgaard, went out because of health problems

[edit] Christmas Gala 2007

  • Simon Mathew and Viktoria Franova (winners)
  • David Owe and Vickie Jo Ringgaard
  • Mia Lyhne and Thomas Evers Poulsen
  • Christina Roslyng and Steen Lund
  • Robert Hansen and Marianne Eihilt
  • Master Fatman and Mie Moltke

[edit] Season 5 (2008)

  • Joachim B. Olsen (shot put olympic medalist) and Marianne Eihilt (winners)
  • Tina Lund (European show jmping champion) and Tobias Karlsson
  • Anne-Grethe Bjarup Riis (actress) and Michael Olesen
  • Anne-Mette Rasmussen (kindergarten teacher and Prime Minister's wife) and Thomas Evers Poulsen
  • Hans Pilgaard (TV host) and Mie Moltke
  • Szhirley (singer) and Silas Holst
  • Kenneth Carlsen (tennis player) and Katrine Bonde
  • Søren Bregendal (singer/actor) and Ashli Williamson
  • Jette Torp (singer) and Mads Vad
  • Oliver Bjerrehuus (model) and Victoria Franova

Three regular judges were: Anne Laxholm, Britt Bendixen, and Jens Werner. Allan Tornsberg was the fourth judge in 2006-2008. Through the shows there have been guest judges.

[edit] Estonia

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.

[edit] Season 1

Hosts Mart Sander and Kristiina Heinmets-Aigro. Judges: Ants Tael, Merle Klandorf, Kaie Kõrb, Jüri Nael

# Mikk Saar (singer) and Olga Kosmina

  1. Gerli Padar (singer) and Martin Parmas
  2. Erki Nool (athlete, Olympic gold medalist) and Ave Vardja
  3. Aivar Riisalu (businessman, singer) and Kristina Tennokese
  4. Vilja Savisaar (politician) and Veiko Ratas
  5. Ingrid Tähismaa (journalist) and Aleksandr Makarov
  6. Reet Linna (singer, TV-presenter) and Eduard Korotin
  7. Indrek Tarand (director of museum) and Kaisa Oja

[edit] Season 2

Hosts Mart Sander and Merle Liivak. Judges: Ants Tael, Merle Klandorf, Kaie Kõrb, Jüri Nael

# Koit Toome (singer) and Kerttu Tänav

  1. Luisa Värk (singer) and Martin Parmas
  2. Peep Vain (top-instructor) and Olga Kosmina
  3. Andrus Värnik (athlete, World Championship gold medalist) and Kaisa Oja
  4. Dag Hartelius (Swedish ambassador to Estonia) and Kristina Tennokese
  5. Kristiina Ojuland (politician) and Aleksandr Makarov
  6. Katrin Karisma (actress) and Veiko Ratas
  7. Beatrice (model) and Eduard Korotin

[edit] Season 3

Hosts Mart Sander and Gerli Padar. Judges: Ants Tael, Merle Klandorf, Riina Suhotskaja, Märt Agu

  • Maarja-Liis Ilus (singer) and Veiko Ratas - Runner-ups
  • Piret Järvis (singer) and Mairold Millert, third eliminated
  • Erika Salumäe (politician, athlete, 2 times Olympic gold medalist) and Kristjan Kuusk, second eliminated
  • Evelyn Sepp (politician) and Marko Kiigajaan, fifth eliminated
  • Lauri Pedaja (actor, hairdresser) and Kristina Tennokese, sixth eliminated
  • Henrik Normann (actor) and Kaisa Oja, fourth eliminated
  • Arne Niit (designer) and Olga Kosmina, first eliminated
  • Argo Ader (bodybuilder) and Helena Liiv - Winners

[edit] Finland

[edit] Season 1

The series (titled Tanssii tähtien kanssa (Dances with Stars); a pun on the title of the film Dances with Wolves, Tanssii susien kanssa) aired in spring 2006, featuring

[edit] Season 2

(spring 2007) featured

  • Mariko (musician) partnered by Aleksi Seppänen, eventual winners
  • Sari Siikander (actress) partnered by Mikko Ahti, runners-up
  • Sami Sarjula (actor) partnered by Sanna Hirvaskari, sixth eliminated
  • Eppu Salminen (actor) partnered by Anna Sainila, fifth eliminated
  • Jani Sievinen (swimmer) partnered by Helena Ahti-Hallberg, fourth eliminated
  • Vanessa Kurri (model, Miss Finland 1999) partnered by Marko Keränen, third eliminated
  • Roman Schatz (TV personality, writer) partnered by Saara Huovinen, second eliminated
  • Pirkko Arstila (journalist, writer) partnered by Vesa Anttila, first eliminated

Singer Kirill Babitzin was to take part in the competition, but he suddenly died on January 31. His place was taken by Schatz.

[edit] Season 3

(spring 2008) featured

  • Maria Lund (singer, actress) partnered by Mikko Ahti, eventual winners
  • Nicke Lignell (actor) partnered by Susa Matson, runners-up
  • Tuuli Matinsalo (athlete) partnered by Aleksi Seppänen, eighth eliminated
  • Antti Kaikkonen (member of Parliament) partnered by Satu Markkanen, seventh eliminated
  • Joonas Hytönen (TV personality) partnered by Kati Koivisto, sixth eliminated
  • Vappu Pimiä (TV and radio personality) partnered by Jani Rasimus, fifth eliminated
  • Merja Larivaara (actress) partnered by Janne Talasma, fourth eliminated
  • Jimi Pääkallo (singer, actor) partnered by Anna Sainila, third eliminated
  • Jyrki Anttila (tenor) partnered by Satu Suomi, second eliminated
  • Sikke Sumari (TV personality, restaurateur) partnered by Daniel Ylimäki, first eliminated

[edit] Season 4

(spring 2009, ongoing) features

  • Satu Tuomisto (Miss Finland 2008, model) partnered by Janne Talasma eventual winners
  • Pirkko Mannola (actress) partnered by Mika Jauhiainen, runners-up
  • Rosa Meriläinen (writer, ex-politician) partnered by Sami Helenius, eighth eliminated
  • Wilson Kirwa (long distance runner) partnered by Susa Matson, seventh eliminated
  • Kim Herold (musician, ex-model) partnered by Sanni Siurua, sixth eliminated
  • Miia Nuutila (actress) partnered by Vesa Anttila, fifth eliminated
  • Bettina Sågbom (TV reporter) partnered by Jani Rasimus, fourth eliminated
  • Mato Valtonen (musician, actor) partnered by Janica Mattsson, third eliminated
  • Rolf Nordström (plastic surgeon) partnered by Nitta Kortelainen, second eliminated
  • Simo Frangén (comedian) partnered by Satu Markkanen, first eliminated

[edit] Germany

The series is called Let's Dance. Season 1 aired in April 2006 on RTL. Season 2 aired in May 2007. Both seasons have been hosted by Hape Kerkeling & Nazan Eckes.

Contestants season 1

Contestants season 2

Further information (German): Let's Dance

[edit] India

Main article: Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa

Winners:

[edit] Israel

Main article: Rokdim Im Kokhavim

Winners:

[edit] Italy

Four season 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 Autumn 2004, 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:


[edit] The Netherlands

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

[edit] Scoring charts

week.

     indivates the couple was in the bottom 3.
     indicates the couple in the bottom 2.
     indicates the winning couple.
     indicates the runner-up couple.
     indicates the third place couple.
Team Place 1 2 1+2 3 4 5 6 7
Jim & Julie 1 29 30 59 36 26 36 28+35=63
29+36=65
Irene & Marcus 2 24 31 55 31 35 33 33+38=71
34+37=71
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
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
38+35=73
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
Helga & Marcus 1 27 30 57 31 30 33 33+29=62 31+28=59 33+36=69
34+36+38=108
Christophe & Ilse 2 32 31 63 35 37 38 40+34=74 34+36=70 39+36=75
38+40+40=118
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

[edit] New Zealand

Main article: Dancing with the Stars (New Zealand TV series)

Winners of Each Series:

[edit] Norway

The series was named Skal vi danse? (en: Shall We Dance?).

[edit] Season 1

The first Season was broadcast in Winter/Spring 2006 on TV 2. It featured:

The Season Finale took place in March 2006. Winners were TV hostess Katrine Moholt and her partner Bjoern Wettre Holthe.

The professional jury in "Skal Vi Danse"s 1st Season were:

[edit] Season 2

The second Season of Skal vi danse? (en: Shall We Dance?) premiered in September 2006. It featured:

The Season Finale took place on 24 November 2006. Winners were TV-producer/comedian/joke host Kristian Ødegård and his dancing partner Alexandra Kakurina.

The professional jury in "Skal Vi Danse"s 2nd Season were:

[edit] Isdans

In the spring of 2007, TV 2 will air a programme called Isdans (en: Figure Skating)[4], 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 are:

[edit] Season 3

The third season was aired in the autumn 2007. It featured:

[edit] Season 4

The fourth season, aired autumn 2008, features

[edit] Poland

Further information: Taniec z Gwiazdami

The first season of "Taniec z Gwiazdami" ("Dancing with the Stars") aired in Poland on TVN in Spring of 2005, the second in Autumn of 2005, the third edition in Spring of 2006, the fourth edition in Autumn of 2006, the fifth edition in Spring of 2007, the sixth edition in Autumn 2007 and the seventh edition in Spring of 2008. Since September, 7th 2008 the eighth season has been aired.

When on air, every Sunday the average of 5 - 7 million viewers tune in to watch the show. The highest rated episode was the second season finale with over 8 million people watching.

Winners of Each Series:


[edit] Sweden

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 current season have Agneta been 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 rating 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 skall 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.

[edit] Season 1

(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.

[edit] Season 2

(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.

Note 1: Singer and entertainer Markoolio was supposed to compete in the second season, but broke his foot and was replaced by Tobbe Blom.
Note 2: Actor Emil Forselius chose to leave the show before start. Mårten Andersson replaced him.

[edit] Season 3

(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.

[edit] Season 4

(Airs Fridays (January 9th - March 27th) 2009) on TV4

Note 1: Morgan "Mojje" Johansson had to withdraw from the competition due to a heart attack after the first episode. Niclas Wahlgren replaced him.
Note 2: Magdalena Graaf had to withdraw from the competition due to a subdural hematoma.

[edit] Judges' scoring summary

The judges in Let's Dance 2009 is Maria Öhrman, Dermot Clemenger, Ann Wilson and Tony Irving.

Green numbers indicate the couples with the highest score for that week.
Red numbers indicate the couples with the lowest score for that week.
     indicates the couple eliminated that week.
     indicate the couple who was in the bottom two that week.
Team Place 1 2 1+2 3 4 5 4+5 6 7
Morgan & Helena 22 17 39 25 40 34 74 38 39
Magnus & Annika 15 19 34 29 21 26 47 31 33
Laila & Tobias 18 28 46 25 30 27 57 27 28
Niclas & Jeanette 16 17 33 23 26 16 42 24 28
George & Maria 9 12 21 8 20 11 31 17 15
Elisabet & Tobias 13 10 23 16 16 23 39 14 17
Carl-Jan & Maria 4 7 11 6 14 10 24 8 14
Kitty & Anders 8th 5 4 9 10 16 15 31 21
Hasse & Charlotte 9th 8 8 16 16 15 14 29
Magdalena & Daniel 10th 21 12 33 19 WD
Isabella & Jonathan 11th 8 13 21 11
Linda & Martin 12th 14 8 22


[edit] Ukraine

In Ukraine show started at 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 awarded 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 the quarter of Ukrainian population and more than half of all TV viewers at that moment watched the finale. 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.

[edit] United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, where the show originated, it is known as Strictly Come Dancing.

Further information: Strictly Come Dancing

[edit] United States

Main article: Dancing with the Stars (U.S. TV series)

The American version of Dancing with the Stars premiered in the summer of 2005. It will enter its 9th season in Fall 2009.

Winners: (by season)

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

[edit] Other countries

The Russian show is called "Танцы со звездами" (Tantsi so zvezdami). The first season which started in 2005 became extremely popular. The second season is in progress. The format of the show is identical to that of other countries. Each pair comprises a famous celebrity and a professional dancer.

The German show is called Let's Dance.

The Danish show is called Vild Med Dans. Its fourth season ended November 16, 2007.

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 has 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.

The Japanese version is called Shall We Dance? It has the same title as the 1996 movie　but it has no relation to the movie beyond the shared name. Due to the fact that there already was a season-special dancing program and many casts from it also appears in the program, the Japanese version is confused with the regularly scheduled version of the season-special, rather than a localized version. It run from April 8, 2006 to March 17, 2007.

A Slovakian version is called Let's Dance and was broadcasted by TV Markiza in autumn 2006 presented by Adela Banasova and Martin Rausch (both presented also Slovensko hľadá SuperStar on STV in 2005 and 2006). The winners were Zuzana Fialová (slovak famous actress) and Peter Modrovský (professional dancer).


[edit] World Championship

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 teams Romania, Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Slovakia, Panama, Paraguay and Ecuador. The winner of the event was the host nation, Mexico.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Strictly 'world's most watched'". BBC News. 2008-11-08. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7719968.stm. Retrieved on 2008-11-08. 
  2. ^ TV ratings for Australian Dancing with the Stars
  3. ^ Hunan TV press release on the launch of Strictly Come Dancing
  4. ^ Isdans (en: Figure Skating) Norwegian

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