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Countries with their own version

Dancing with the Stars is the name for a number of international television series based on the format of the British series Strictly Come Dancing. Nevertheless, not all the international versions share this title. The format is distributed by BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC. Australia was the first country to adapt the BBC show, and versions have also been produced in Austria, Belgium, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Slovak Republic, South Africa, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine and the USA.

The format has become very popular internationally and was the world's most popular television programme across all genres in 2006, 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.

Australia

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

Dancing with the Stars is aired on the Seven Network and hosted by Daryl Somers with co-host Sonia Kruger.

Winners

Austria

In Austria the show is called Dancing Stars and is hosted by Mirjam Weichselbraun and Alfons Haider. The first season aired in Austria in Autumn 2005, featuring

The second season started in March 2006, featuring

The third season started in Autumn 2006, featuring

Further information Template:De icon: Dancing Stars

Belgium

Series one aired in Winter/Spring 2006 and was titled 'Sterren op de Dansvloer' (Stars on the Dancefloor) hosted by Jacques Vermeire and Francesca Vanthielen. It featured:

  • Dina Tersago (Presenter) (partnered by Wim Gevaert) - Winner
  • Natalia Druyts (Singer) (partnered by Pascal Maessen) - Runner Up
  • Gilles De Bilde (Former Football-player) (partnered by Martine Jottay) - 6th eliminated
  • Evi Hanssen (Presenter) (partnered by Guy Jottay) - 5th eliminated
  • Wendy van Wanten (Singer) (partnered by Aerjen Mooijweer) - 4th eliminated
  • Pim Symoens (Singer) (partnered by Daisy Croes) - 3rd eliminated
  • Sam Gooris (Singer) (partnered by Ellen Ekkart-Saey) - 2nd eliminated
  • Gène Bervoets (Actor,Presenter) (partnered by Inge Gevaert) - 1st eliminated

The second series starred:

Chile

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

Croatia

The first season of Ples sa zvijezdama ("Dancing with the Stars") started to air on December 2, 2006 on HRT1. It is hosted by Barbara Kolar and Duško Čurlić

The pairs are:

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

Judges:

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

Maximum number of points (40):

  • Zrinka & Nicolas (Jive - 3rd episode)
  • Zrinka & Nicolas (Slowfox - 4th epizode)
  • 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 epizode)
  • Zrinka & Nicolas - total - 120 points (English Waltz, Samba & Freestyle - final episode)
  • Rene & Mirjana (Freestyle - final episode)

Minimum number of points:

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

Official site: http://www.hrt.hr/htv/emisije/plessazvijezdama/

Czech Republic

The first season was launched on November 4, 2006. The Czech title is StarDance ...když hvězdy tančí (StarDance ...when stars dance). The show is hosted by Czech TV hostess Tereza Kostková and TV host Marek Eben. StarDance airs on the Czech public TV station ČT1.
Judges for the first season are Vlastimil Harapes, Michael Kocáb, Eva Bartuňková and Zdeněk Chlopčík.

Season 1 (Late 2006):

Official site: http://www.star-dance.cz/ Template:Cs icon

Denmark

The series (titled 'Vild med Dans' (Crazy about Dancing)) aired in Denmark in 2004. It's hosted by Peter Hansen and Andrea Elisabeth Rudolph in the first two seasons. The third season was hosted by Claus Elming and Christine Lorentzen. The fourth season is now hosted by Claus Elming and Andrea Elisabeth Rudolph. featuring 2004:

2005:

2006:

Estonia

Show was called "Tantsud tähtedega" ("Dances with the stars") First season (late 2006) in Kanal 2 (Channel 2)

  1. Mikk Saar (singer) and Olga Kozmina (winners)
  2. Gerli Padar (singer) and Martin Parmas (2nd place)
  3. Erki Nool (athlete, Olympic gold medalist) and Ave Vardja (3rd place)
  4. Aivar Riisalu (businessman) and Kristina Tennokese-Ott
  5. Vilja Savisaar (politician) and Veiko Ratas
  6. Ingrid Tähismaa (journalist) and Aleksandr Makarov
  7. Reet Linna (singer, TV-hostess) and Eduard Korotin
  8. Indrek Tarand (politician) and Kaisa Oja

http://tantsud.postimees.ee/?page=uudised&id=2

Finland

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

In spring 2007, season 2 features

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

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

Germany

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

Contestants season 1

Contestants season 2

Further information Template:De icon: Let's Dance

Israel

The 1st season (titled Rokdím im Kokhavím) ("dancing with stars") aired on November 2005 - January 2006, featuring:


The 2nd season ran from May to September 2006 featuring:


The 3rd season ran from January to May 2007 featuring:

Italy

The series (titled Ballando con le Stelle) aired in Autumn 2004, featuring

The series (titled Ballando con le Stelle) aired in Autumn 2005, featuring

The series (titled Ballando con le Stelle) is currently airing this Autumn 2006, featuring


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 the third season will start. This will feature:

This was won by Helga van Leur and Marcus van Teijlingen

New Zealand

Further information: [[:Dancing with the Stars (New Zealand TV series)]]

Norway

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

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 1st Season were:

In the spring of 2007, TV 2 will air a programme called Isdans (en: Figure Skating) [1], 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:

Poland

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 and fifth edition in Spring of 2007. The sixth season is planned for Autumn of 2007 and is said to be the last.

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


Polish DWTS hosts:

Polish Jury:


Winners

Season 1

Aired Spring 2005

Participants:

FINALE:

Season 2

Aired Autumn 2005

FINALE:

Season 3

Aired Spring 2006

FINALE:

Season 4

Aired Autumn 2006

FINALE:

  • Peter J. Lucas (actor) and Dominika Kublik (second place),
  • Kinga Rusin (tv presenter and journalist) and Stefano Terrazino (the winners).

Season 5

Aired Spring 2007

Participants:

FINALE:

Season 6

To be aired Autumn 2007, first show scheduled for 9 September. Season 6 will have slightly changed rules: there will be 14 participants (usually 10 participants had been performing, once 8), first pair will be voted off during the first show (beforehand during the second) and three couples will dance in the finale.

The official line-up for the 6th Season, as announced by TVN[2](Polish):

The Final of the finals

Was a one-episode contest for the couples which have qualified to the finals in seasons 1, 2 and 3 -

Dancing On Tour

In May and June 2006 Seasons 1-3 participants went on a tour around Poland with a specially produced dance show. The gig was called Dancing with the Stars - Dancing in your city (Taniec z Gwiazdami - Taniec w twoim Mieście). The pairs taking part in the tour were:


Special episode

On 13 May 2007 TVN aired a special episode of Dancing with the Stars - The Best Of (Taniec z Gwiazdami - Najpiękniejsze tańce). This time the audience was choosing the best dance from previous seasons. The jury went dancing too, and was being judged by a special one-night panel of Kuba Wojewódzki (tv-personality), Szymon Majewski (comedian and tv-presenter) and Kazimiera Szczuka(literaty critic and historian, feminist, writer, presenter of the Polish version of The Weakest Link). The pairs performing in the "The Best Of DWTS" episode:

further information Template:Pl icon: Taniec z gwiazdami


Official Site: http://tanieczgwiazdami.onet.pl/

Portugal

The show in Portugal is called Dança Comigo (Dance with Me). Aired by RTP1 the first season was hosted by Catarina Furtado and Silvia Alberto because Furtado was pregnant but season 2 and 3 were hosted by Furtado. The show presented celebrities like Ana Guiomar, Ana Rocha, Benedita Pereira, Carla Andrino, César Mourão, Cristina Homem de Melo, Dani, Daniela Ruah, Dina Aguiar, Edmundo Vieira, Heitor Lourenço, Hélio Pestana, Inês Castel-Branco, Isabel Figueira, João Baptista, João Cajuda, Joaquim Monchique, José Fidalgo, Liliana Santos, Luciana Abreu, Marina Mota, Merche Romero, Odete Santos, Paco Bandeira, Paula Neves, Paulo Rocha, Ricardo Guedes, Rita Pereira, Rodrigo Saraiva, Sofia Aparício, Sónia Araújo, Valentina Torres, Vitor de Sousa, Zé Diogo Quintela (from Gato Fedorento) and Nuno Baltazar.

Winners:

  • 1st Season Daniela Ruah (Portuguese young actress)
  • 2nd Season Sónia Araújo (Portuguese talk show host)
  • 3rd Season Luciana Abreu (Portuguese young actress/singer)

Turkey

The show in Turkey is called Bak Kim Dans Ediyor (Look, Who is Dancing). Aired by the channel Show TV in 13 weeks on Friday nights from April 6 through June 29, 2007, it was hosted by Şebnem Dönmez, a movie and TV series actress. 11 celebrities competed with their professional dancer partners in various international dance genres like Salsa, Tango, Jive, Broadway Jazz, Merengue, Cha-Cha, Hip-Hop, Funk and in Turkish folk dances Horon, Oriental and Romani as well. The winner was awarded a prize of TRY100,000 (around US$58,000).

Contestants:

  • Asuman Krause (model)
  • Doğa Bekleriz (model)
  • Demet Tuncer (pop singer)
  • Billur Kalkavan (model)
  • Bengü (pop singer) (the winner)
  • Banu Zorlu (pop singer)
  • Sami Levi (solist at Group Seferad)
  • Cemil Özeren (rock singer and guitarist at Group Ayna)
  • Berksan (pop singer)
  • Fatih Cansız (2005 Best Model)
  • Zaza Enden (basketball player)

Ukraine

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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 (member and the leader of famous Ukrainian comic troup) and Olena Shoptenko won the main prize.

United Kingdom

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

Further information: [[:Strictly Come Dancing]]

United States

Further information: [[:Dancing with the Stars (US TV series)]]

Sweden

Show was called "Let’s Dance", produced by MTV Mastiff. Both seasons were hosted by Agneta Sjödin and David Hellenius .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 airs every Friday.

First season (January-March 2006) in TV4 (Sweden)

  • Måns Zelmerlöw (singer) partnered by Maria Karlsson - winners
  • Anna Book (singer) partnered by David Watson - Utröstade ninth eliminated, second place
  • Viktor Åkerblom Nilsson (actor) partnered by Carin da Silva - eighth eliminated, third place
  • Arja Saijonmaa (singer) partnered by Tobias Karlsson - seventh eliminated
  • Peppe Eng (sports journalist) partnered by Malin Watson - sixth eliminated
  • Kishti Tomita (jury member in the Swedish Idol) partnered by Tobias Wallin - fifth eliminated
  • Tone Bekkestad (Norwegian TV-weather reporter) partnered by Peter Broström - fourth eliminated
  • Paolo Roberto (former professional boxer) partnered by Helena Fransson - third eliminated
  • Carolina Gynning (winner of Swedish Big Brother 2004) partnered by Daniel da Silva - second eliminated
  • Melker Andersson (star chef) partnered by Ingrid Beate Thompson - first eliminated

Well, Carin Da Silva and Daniel Da Silva are not married, but brother and sister. Daniel is born in 1981 and Carin is born 1984.


Second season (January 2007) in TV4

  • Martin Lidberg (wrestler) partnered by Cecilia Erling - winners
  • Tobias Blom (TV-host och magician) partnered by Annika Sjöö - eleventh eliminated, second place
  • Erica Johansson (athlete) partnered by Daniel da Silva – tenth eliminated, third place
  • Lasse Brandeby (actor) partnered by Ann Lähdet – ninth eliminated
  • Ebba Hultkvist (actress) partnered by Jonathan Näslund - eighth eliminated
  • Anna Sahlin (singer) partnered by Tobias Karlsson - seventh eliminated
  • Yvonne Ryding (Miss Universe 1984) partnered by Tobias Wallin – sixth eliminated
  • Harald Treutiger (TV-host) partnered by Maria Karlsson - fifth eliminated
  • Patrick Ekwall (TV-sport reporter) partnered by Carin da Silva - fourth eliminated
  • Malou von Sivers (TV-hostess) partnered by Björn Törnblom - third eliminated
  • Mårten Andersson (comedian) partnered by Helena Fransson - second eliminated
  • Birgitte Söndergaard (actress and artist) partnered by Johan Andersson- first eliminated


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.

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

Other countries

The Russian show is called "Танцы со звездами" (Tantsi so zvezdami). The first season which started in 2005 became extremely popular. Currently 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 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 Star One. 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. It is currently in its fourth season.

There is also a Slovakian version called Lets Dance broadcasted by Tv Markiza presented by Adela Banasova and Martin „Pyco“ Rausch, both presented also Slovensko hľadá SuperStar on STV in 2005 and 2006.

It has been rumored that Greece, Lebanon (which was cancelled because of the war, but now brought back), and Thailand will have a Dancing with the Stars show by late 2007. Hong Kong and Brazil might also have plans to the show.

Trivia

Franchise History

Cheryl Burke made Dancing With The Stars franchise history by becoming the first professional dancer to win two championships. Furthermore, she made Dancing With The Stars history by becoming the first professional dancer to win "back to back" titles (two consecutive championships in a row). Cheryl Burke won her first Dancing With The Stars Championship with 98 Degrees boy band member Drew Lachey in the second season of Dancing with the Stars (US TV series). And she won her second championship with NFL (National Football League - American Football) star Emmitt Smith in the third season of Dancing With The Stars in the USA.

Julianne Hough became the youngest dancer on Dancing with the Stars when she was partnered with Apolo Anton Ohno on the US season 4. Louisa Lytton (partnered with Vincent Simone) became the youngest competitor on Strictly Come Dancing aged just 17 during Series 4.

All three of the U.S. DWTS pros who have won (Hough, Burke and Alec Mazo) won the championship in their first season.

Kym Johnson is the only dancer to have appeared on two different versions of Dancing with the stars. She danced on the US version and the Australian version.

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


Jill Halfpenny and Darren Bennett were the first couple to ever recieve a perfect 40 score in the format on Strictly Come Dancing for the Jive in the Series 2 finale.

Series 1 winner of Strictly Come Dancing, Natasha Kaplinsky is the only competitor to present a series in the format when she stood in for Tess Daly, who was on maternity leave for Series 2. She co-presented with Bruce Forsyth.

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