Dancing with the Stars

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 32 countries (at November 2010). Australia was the first country to adapt the BBC show, and versions have also been produced in the United States with Dancing with the Stars, Albania, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, and Ukraine. As a result, this contest became the world's most popular television programme among all genres in 2006 and 2007, according to the magazine Television Business International, 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. These 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 countries) by the Internet. The couple with the lowest combined score (judges plus viewers) is eliminated. This process continues until there are only two or three couples left, at which point one couple is declared the champion.

Franchise records

Professionals achieving two back-to-back wins

Cheryl Burke, Julianne Hough, Raimondo Todaro, Stefano Oliveri, Kelly Kainz, Marianne Eihilt and Leila Akcelik made international Dancing With The Stars franchise history by becoming the only professional dancers to win two back-to-back championships. 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. 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 second season of the show. He won again with the Olympic long jump silver medalist Fiona May during the third season of the show. Four years later, he won the sixth season of the show with the actress Veronica Olivier. 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 the 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 the 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.

Other professionals with two wins

Mark Ballas, Derek Hough 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. 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. Derek Hough won his first with Brooke Burke in season seven of the American version and won his second in Season ten with his partner Nicole Scherzinger. Kym Johnson is the only professional dancer to win on 2 different versions of Dancing with the Stars, having received two mirror-ball trophies on both the Australian and American versions.

Other records for participating dancers

In New Zealand, Carol-Ann Hickmore is the only female professional dancer to win. She won in the 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. 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 at the age of 17. She went on to become the youngest-ever winner of the dance contest.

Edyta Sliwinska is the only professional dancer in Dancing with the Stars to appear in every one of the American seasons (but not in season 11). 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 joins the judging panel

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. It was revealed in July 2009 that Alesha would be joining the Strictly Come Dancing judging panel in September 2009 and is judging again in the eighth series.

Professionals who have participated in two different versions

Kym Johnson, Tobias Karlsson, Ingrid Thompson, Stefano Olivieri, Hayley Holt, Brian Fortuna, Kimberley Smith, Csaba Szirmai and Natalie Lowe have appeared on two different versions of Dancing with the Stars. 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. Ingrid Beate Thompson appeared in the Norwegian and the Swedish versions of the show. Csaba Szirmai and Stefano Olivieri appeared in both the Australian and the New Zealand versions. Hayley Holt appeared in the New Zealand version of Dancing with the Stars and also in Strictly Come Dancing in Great Britain. Kimberley Smith appeared in both the Belgian and the Dutch versions. Brian Fortuna danced one season in the United States, and he has since competed in Strictly Come Dancing. 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. 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.

Former competitors as hosts

Four competitors have also hosted a season of 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 nine 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 who was a judge in this season. In season five, he was back as host while Klaus Eberhartinger filled in for him as a judge. The lowest score that has ever given by a judge in the Dancing with the Stars franchise history was a one, which was giving to Rodney Hide,[citation needed] and to Nikki Webster of Australia in 2005. Craig Revel Horwood awarded Ann Widdecombe a score of one in week 2, 2010. (The only scores allowed are whole numbers from 1 to 10.)

Albania

 Dancing with the Stars (Albania)

Winners: Oni Pustina and Linda Poda

Judges: Ilir Shaqiri, Iva Tiço and Arian Çani.

Presented by: Alketa Vejsiu and Genti Zotaj.

The first season began on February 18, 2010 and concluded on May 7, 2010. It was aired on Vizion Plus.

Argentina

 Bailando por un sueño (Argentina)

Bailando por un Sueño

Based on the format of the program Mira quién baila! Spain or Dancing with the Stars in the U.S., the show was first held in Mexico, where, when it was commercially successful, it was introduced in Argentina. In competition, a male or female amateur dancer is accompanied by a celebrity in a dance contest. Jurors in the various editions are celebrities from the art scene in Argentina.

Editions of Bailando por un sueño

1ª Editión, 2006: Carmen Barbieri & Cristian Ponce

2ª Editión, 2006: Florencia De La V & Manuel Rodríguez

3ª Editión, 2006: Carla Conte & Guillermo Conforte

4ª Editión, 2007: Celina Rucci & Matías Sayago

5ª Editión, 2008: Carolina Ardohain & Nicolas Armenghol

6ª Editión, 2010: Broadcasted

Australia

 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:

Todd McKenney, former Latin dance champion and theatre star. He starred as Peter Allen in The Boy From Oz.

Helen Richey, former international Latin champion and one of the world's leading coaches and most sought after adjudicators.

Mark Wilson, Five time Australian Dancesport champion and adjudicator.

Before the eighth season aired, Paul Mercurio was dropped from the judging panel. 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. 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 2009. The Competition is backed by a live orchestra led by Chong Lim.

Winners

Season One (Late 2004) – Bec Cartwright

Season Two (Early 2005) – Tom Williams

Season Three (Late 2005) – Ada Nicodemou

Season Four (Early 2006) – Grant Denyer

Season Five (Late 2006) – Anthony Koutoufides

Season Six (Early 2007) – Kate Ceberano

Season Seven (Late 2007) – Bridie Carter

Season Eight (Late 2008) – Luke Jacobz

Season Nine (Late 2009) – Adam Brand

Season Ten (Late 2010) - Rob Palmer

Austria

Dancing Stars (Austrian TV series)

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 Eberhartinger's 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.

Bulgaria

Dancing Stars

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:

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

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Brazil

The first and unique season of "Bailando por um Sonho" started airing in October 21, 2006 to December 12, 2006 on SBT. The show was hosted by Silvio Santos and Cynthia Benini.

Jury:

Carla Salvagni

Ismael Guiser

Jaime Arôxa

Luciana Maradei

Contestants:

Patricia Salvador (TV-Host) with Leonardo (winners)

Analice Nicolau (Top model/TV-Host) with Wesley (2nd)

Virginia Nowicki (actress/TV-Host) with Alisson (3rd)

Luciana Vendramini (actress) with Vitor (1st eliminated)

Valéria Valenssa (artist) with Thiago (2nd eliminated)

Sidney Magal (Singer) with Juliana (3rd eliminated)

Lucas Poletto (Singer) with Kelly (4th eliminated)

Alexandre Barillari (actor) with Fernanda (5th eliminated)

Reinaldo Ritts (actor) with Karina (6th eliminated)

Fernando Scherer (Swimmer) with Luciane (7th eliminated)

Chile

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.

Season 1

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

Season 2

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

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 children's TV 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 TV 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 former Formula One racing driver, partnered by Claudia Miranda)

Hotuiti Teao (Chilean model from Easter Island, partnered by Monica Valenzuela)

Carlos von Mühlenbrock (Chilean Chef and entertainer of Chilean TV programs, partnered by Viví Rodriguez

Season 4

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

Sebastian Ferrer (Stylist & panelist of TV 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 & TV host)

Mariana Derderian (Actress, singer & TV host)

Sergio Vargas (Ex – football player)

Paola Camaggi (Model & TV host)

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

Iván Torres ("The Weather man")

Rosita Parsons (Model)

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 anniversary of the 1997 handover of Hong Kong from the UK to the People's Republic of China.

Croatia

Ples sa zvijezdama

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.

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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:

Vlastimil Harapes (Season 1)

Michael Kocáb (Season 1)

Eva Bartuňková (Season 1)

Richard Hes (Season 2)

Zdeněk Chlopčík (Season 1, 2, 3)

Mahulene Bočanová (Season 2)

Tatiana Drexler (Season 2, 3)

Jaroslav Kuneš (Season 3)

Leona Kvasnicová (Season 3)

Season 1 (2006)

The contestants were:

Roman Vojtek (musical singer) with Kristýna Coufalová (Winners)

Václav Vydra (actor) with Petra Kostovčíková (runner-up)

Tomáš Dvořák (olympionic) with Kamila Tománková (6th eliminated)

Mahulena Bočanová (actress) with Jaroslav Kuneš (5th eliminated - withdrew because of Jaroslav's injury)

Jolana Voldánová (TV News host) with Jan Tománek (4th eliminated)

Jana Švandová (actress) with Zdeněk Fenčák (3rd eliminated)

Jan Čenský (actor) with Tereza Bufková (2nd eliminated)

Helena Zeťová (singer) with Eduard Zubák (1st eliminated)

Season 2 (2007)

The contestants were:

Aleš Valenta (ski jumper) with Iva Langerová (Winners)

Tatiana Vilhelmová (actress) with Petr Čadek (runner-up)

Jiří Schmitzer (actor, singer) with Simona Švrčková (6th eliminated)

Michal Dlouhý (actor) with Michaela Gatěková (5th eliminated)

Robert Záruba (TV SPORT NEWS host) with Vanda Dětinská (4th eliminated)

Monika Žídková (model) with Jan Halíř (3rd eliminated – because of Jan's car crash)

Lenka Filipová (singer) with Michael Petr (2nd eliminated)

Štěpánka Hilgertová (olympionic) with Michal Němeček (1st eliminated)

Season 3 (2008)

The contestants were:

Dana Batulková (actress) and Jan Onder (Winners)

Zuzana Norisová (actress, singer) and Jan Kliment (runner-up)

Jaromír Bosák (TV sport host) a Eva Krejčířová (6th eliminated)

Vladimír Kratina (actor) a Laura Klimentová (5th eliminated)

Jana Doleželová (model) and Michal Necpál (4th eliminated)

David Suchařípa (actor) and Albina Zaytseva (3rd eliminated)

Iva Frühlingová (singer) a Michal Kostovčík (2nd eliminated)

Bohouš Josef (singer) and Lenka Tvrzová (1st eliminated)

Denmark

 Vild med dans

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.

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.

Season 1

Tantsud tähtedega 2006

Season 2

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

Koit Toome (singer) and Kerttu Tänav

Luisa Värk (singer) and Martin Parmas

Peep Vain (top-instructor) and Olga Kosmina

Andrus Värnik (athlete, World Championship gold medalist) and Kaisa Oja

Dag Hartelius (Swedish ambassador to Estonia) and Kristina Tennokese

Kristiina Ojuland (politician) and Aleksandr Makarov

Katrin Karisma (actress) and Veiko Ratas

Beatrice (model) and Eduard Korotin

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

Season 4

Tantsud tähtedega 2010

Finland

Tanssii tähtien kanssa

The series (titled Tanssii tähtien kanssa (Dances with Stars); a pun on the title of the film Dances with Wolves, Tanssii susien kanssa) first aired in spring 2006 but for series 5 moved to autumn.

Season 1 (spring 2006) winners: Tomi Metsäketo (tenor) partnered by Sanna Hirvaskari

Season 2 (spring 2007) winners: Mariko (musician) partnered by Aleksi Seppänen

Season 3 (spring 2008) winners: Maria Lund (singer, actress) partnered by Mikko Ahti

Season 4 (spring 2009) winners: Satu Tuomisto (Miss Finland 2008, model) partnered by Janne Talasma

Season 5

Season 5 premiered on September 19, 2010. This is the first season to air twice a week; the usual live broadcast will be aired on Sundays. There will also be a Dancing with the Stars Talk Show (Vappu tähtien kanssa – Vappu with the Stars). The talk show premieres September 30, 2010 and will air on Thursdays. Reruns will be shown the following day. This is also the first season where Marco Bjurström isn't the male host; he has been replaced by actor Mikko Leppilampi. Vappu Pimiä will continue as a hostess.

France

The rumored French version is translated as Danse Avec Les Stars which will be similar to the US version and it is said to air in the fall of 2010 on TF1.

Germany

Let's Dance (German TV series)

The German show 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 & Nazan Eckes. Season 3 aired in April 2010. The third season was hosted by Daniel Hartwich & Nazan Eckes.

Greece

Dancing with the Stars (Greece)

Judges: Fokas Evaggelinos, Alexis Kostalas, Galena Velikova and Giannis Latsios.

Presented by Zeta Makripoulia

The first season began on March 28, 2010.

Winners:

Season Celebrity Professional

1 (2010) Errika Prezarakou Thodoris Panagakos

2 (2011) TBA TBA

India

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.

Israel

 Rokdim Im Kokhavim

Winners:

Season 1: Eliana Bekier & Oron Dahan

Season 2: Guy Arieli & Masha Troyanski

Season 3: Rodrigo Gonzáles & Naama Tavori

Season 4: Galit Giat & Kiril Sivolapov

Season 5: Michael Lewis & Anna Aharonov

[edit]Italy

Six 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:

Fabrizio Frizzi (partnered by Samanta Togni)

Francesco Salvi (partnered by Natalia Titova) – Runners-up

Paola Ferrari (partnered by Andrea Placidi)

Igor Cassina (partnered by Denise Abrate)

Gianni Ippoliti (partnered by Valentina Vincenzi)

Carla Paneca (partnered by Lucio Cocchi)

Anna Maria Barbera (partnered by Ilario Parise)

Hoara Borselli (partnered by Simone Di Pasquale) – Winners

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

Syusy Blady (partnered by Emanuele Ricci)

Alessandra Canale (partnered by Simone Di Pasquale)

Loredana Cannata (partnered by Samuel Peron) – Runners-up

Cristina Chiabotto (partnered by Raimondo Todaro) – Winners

Mario Cipollini (partnered by Marina Aleksejeva)

Youma Diakite (partnered by Giuseppe Albanese)

Fabio Fulco (partnered by Claudia Nicolussi)

Diego Maradona (partnered by Angela Panico)

Stefano Masciarelli (partnered by Francesca Vispi)

Marco Mazzocchi (partnered by Vincenza Farnese)

Vincenzo Peluso (partnered by Natalia Titova)

Francesca Reggiani (partnered by Sergio Sampaoli)

The third series (titled Ballando con le Stelle) aired Autumn 2006, featuring:

Massimiliano Rosolino (partnered by Natalia Titova)

Antonio Cupo (partnered by Giada Giacomoni)

Rodolfo Laganà (partnered by Hildegard Salvatore)

Sean Kanan (partnered by Tinna Hoffman)

Biagio Izzo (partnered by Samanta Togni)

Rudy Smaila (partnered by Lucia Annese)

Eva Grimaldi (partnered by Simone Di Pasquale)

Fiona May (partnered by Raimondo Todaro) – Winners

Chiara Boni (partnered by Samuel Peron)

Pamela Camassa (partnered by Angelo Madonia) – Runners-up

Sofia Bruscoli (partnered by Manuel Favilla)

Martina Pinto (partnered by Umberto Gaudino)

Tiberio Timperi (partnered by Elena Coniglio)

Orietta Berti (partnered by Andrea Placidi)

The fourth series (titled Ballando con le Stelle) aired in Autumn 2007, featuring:

Irene Pivetti (partnered by Mauro Rossi)

Massimo Lopez (partnered by Serena Lecca)

Giovanni Muciaccia (partnered by Ola Karieva)

Catherine Spaak (partnered by Benedetto Capraro)

Gabriele Cirilli (partnered by Vicky Martin)

Anna Falchi (partnered by Stefano Di Filippo) – Runners-up

Riccardo Sardonè (partnered by Annalisa Di Filippo)

Ivan Zazzaroni (partnered by Natalia Titova)

Maria Elena Vandone (partnered by Samuel Peron) – Winners

Elisa Silvestrin (partnered by Sante Mandolini)

Michael Reale (partnered by Marta Faiola)

Licia Colò (partnered by Raimondo Todaro)

The fifth series (titled Ballando con le Stelle) aired in January 2009, featuring:

Maurizio Aiello (partnered by Sara Di Vaira)

Carol Alt (partnered by Raimondo Todaro)

Emanuela Aureli (partnered by Roberto Imperatori)

Stefano Bettarini (partnered by Samanta Togni)

Corinne Clery (partnered by Chuck Danza)

Alessio Di Clemente (partnered by Alessandra Mason)

Metis Di Meo (partnered by Simone Di Pasquale)

Andrea Montovoli (partnered by Ola Karieva) – Runners-up

Licia Nunez (partnered by Dima Pakhomov)

Andrea Roncato (partnered by Vicky Martin)

Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Venice and Piedmont (partnered by Natalia Titova) – Winners

Valentina Vezzali (partnered by Samuel Peron)

The sixth series (titled Ballando con le Stelle) aired in January 2010, featuring:

Maurizio Battista (partnered by Vicky Martin)

Cecilia Capriotti (partnered by Samuel Peron)

Lorenzo Crespi (partnered by Natalia Titova)

Raz Degan (partnered by Samanta Togni)

Barbara De Rossi (partnered by Simone Di Pasquale)

Margherita Granbassi (partnered by Stefano Di Filippo)

Stefano Masciolini (partnered by Alessandra Mason)

Maria Concetta Mattei (partnered by Roberto Imperatori)

Ronn Moss (partnered by Sara Di Vaira) – Runners-up

Veronica Olivier (partnered by Raimondo Todaro) – Winners

Stefano Pantano (partnered by Tinna Hoffman)

Benedetta Valanzano (partnered by Dima Pakhomov)

Japan

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 Netherlands

Series one was shown in Summer/Autumn 2005. It featured

Inge de Bruijn (sportswoman) (partnered by Remco Bastiaansen)

Joris Lutz (presenter) (partnered by Euvgenia Parakhina)

Koert-Jan de Bruijn (actor) (partnered by Charissa van Dipte)

Inge Ipenburg (actress) (partnered by Koen Jan Willem Brouwers)

Ans Markus (artist) (partnered by Peter Bosveld)

Irene van de Laar (presenter) (partnered by Marcus van Teijlingen)

Rudolph van Veen (cook) (partnered by Roemjana de Haan)

Jim Bakkum (singer) (partnered by Julie Fryer)

Jim Bakkum was eventually declared the winner. Series two is shown in Winter/Spring 2006. It features:

Lieke van Lexmond (actress) (partnered by Remco Bastiaansen)

Winston Post (actor) (partnered by Euvgenia Parakhina)

Maik de Boer (stylist) (partnered by Charissa van Dipte)

Myrna Goossen (presenter) (partnered by Koen Jan Willem Brouwers)

Edsilia Rombley (singer) (partnered by Peter Bosveld)

Barbara de Loor (speed-skater) (partnered by Marcus van Teijlingen)

John de Wolf (sportsman) (partnered by Roemjana de Haan)

Frits Sissing (presenter) (partnered by Julie Fryer)

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:

Catherine Keyl (Presenter) (partnered by Marcus van Teijlingen)

Tatjana Šimić (actress, model) (partnered by Koen Jan Willem Brouwers)

Marit van Bohemen (sporter) (partnered by Peter Bosveld)

Lieke van Lexmond (actress) (partnered by Remco Bastiaansen)

Bas Muijs (actor) (partnered by Roemjana de Haan)

Christijan Albers (Formula 1-driver for Spyker-MF1) (partnered by Julie Fryer)

Hans Klok (partnered by Charissa van Dipte)

Ernst Daniël Smid (Singer) (partnered by Euvgenia Parakhina)

This was won by Tatjana Šimić and Koen Brouwers Special Christmas and New Year's Eve 2006, with

Yolanthe Cabau van Kasbergen (actress) and Peter Bosveld

Wilbert Gieske (actor) and Roemjana de Haan

Do (singer) and Koen Brouwers

Arnold Vanderlyde (bronze medal winner Los Angeles 1984,Seoul 1988, Barcelona 1992) and Charissa van Dipte

Patricia Paay (member of girl-group the star-sisters) and Remco Bastiaansen

Bastiaan Ragas (singer/musicalstar) and Julie Fryer

Eric van Tijn (musicproducent) and Euvgenia Parakhina

Anita Witzier (presenter) and Marcus van Teijlingen

Do and Koen Brouwers won this special. On March 31, 2007 the third season started. This featured:

Bart Chabot (writer) and Kimberly Smith

Christophe Haddad (actor) and Ilse Lans

Bob de Jong (olympic champion skating) and Euvgenia Parakhina

Martijn Krabbé (presenter) and Roemjana de Haan

Lodewijk Hoekstra (TV-gardener) and Charissa van Dipte

Aukje van Ginneken (actress/singer) and Remco Bastiaansen

Nikkie Plessen (presenter) and Peter Bosveld

Fabienne de Vries (former VJ) and Koen Brouwers

Helga van Leur (meteorologist) and Marcus van Teijlingen

This season was won by Helga van Leur and Marcus van Teijlingen

Scoring charts

week.

indicates 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

New Zealand

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

Winners of Each Series:

Norm Hewitt and Carol-Ann Hickmore (Season 1)

Lorraine Downes and Aaron Gilmore (Season 2)

Suzanne Paul and Stefano Olivieri (Season 3)

Temepara George and Stefano Olivieri (Season 4)

Tamati Coffey and Samantha Hitchcock (Season 5)

Norway

Skal vi danse?

The series was named Skal vi danse? (en: Shall We Dance?). Winners are Katrine Moholt, Kristian Ødegård, Tshawe Baqwa, Lene Alexandra Øien, and Mia Gundersen

Isdans

In the spring of 2007, TV 2 aired a programme called Isdans (en: Figure Skating)[6], 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:

Dorthe Skappel, TV show hostess, partnered by Janusz Komendera

Sandra Lyng Haugen, Artist, partnered by Aleksander Sunde Iversen

Per Christian Ellefsen, Actor, partnered by Marianne Fjørtoft

Pål Anders Ullevålseter, Rally motor cyclist, partnered by Anna Pouchkov

Anette Bøe, Retired cross-country skier, partnered by Aleksandr Smokvin

Jim Marthinsen, Retired ice hockey player, partnered by Kaja Hanevold

During one of her rehersals, Dorthe Skappel fell and smashed her face into the ice. Because of this incident, TV 2 did not produce more seasons.

Poland

Taniec z Gwiazdami

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 Katarzyna Skrzynecka and Piotr Gąsowski. Each judge gives the performance a mark out of ten, giving an overall total out of forty. Up to 11 took part in 126 editions of famous people.

1st Season: Olivier Janiak (TVN presenter) partnered by Kamila Kajak.

2nd Season: Katarzyna Cichopek (popular soap opera actress) partnered by Marcin Hakiel.

3rd Season: Rafał Mroczek (soap opera actor) partnered by Aneta Piotrowska.

4th Season: Kinga Rusin (TVN presenter and journalist) partnered by Stefano Terazzino.

5th Season: Krzysztof Tyniec (film and cabaret actor) partnered by Kamila Kajak.

6th Season: Anna Guzik (actress from a popular soap opera and from the Polish version of "Grace under fire" ("Hela w opałach")) partnered by Łukasz Czarnecki

7th Season: Magdalena Walach (actress from a popular series "Twarzą w twarz" ("Face to Face") partnered by Cezary Olszewski

8th Season: Agata Kulesza (actress) partnered by Stefano Terazzino

9th Season: Dorota Gardias-Skóra (TVN weather-presenter) partnered by Andrej Mosejczuk

10th Season: Anna Mucha (actress) partnered by Rafał Maserak

11th Season: Julia Kamińska (actress) partnered by Rafał Maserak

12th Season: TBA

Romania

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

1 Andra (singer/TV hostess)

2 Victor Slav (TV host)

3 Cosmin Stan (TV host)

4 Alex (singer)

5 Andreea Bălan (singer)

6 Giulia (singer)

7 Monica Irimia (Cheeky Girls) (singer)

8 Jean de la Craiova (singer)

9 Cătălin Moroşanu (kickboxer)

Russia

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.

Slovakia

Let's Dance (Slovak TV series)

The 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).

Spain

The Spanish version is called "¡Más que baile!" (More Than Dancing). It is currently hosted by Pilar Rubio.

Main article: ¡Más que baile!

Winners of Each Series:

Claudia Molina (Season 1)

David Civera (Season 2)

Rosa López (Season 3)

Estela Giménez (Season 4)

Manolo Sarriá (Season 5)

Nani Gaitán (Season 6)

Manuel Bandera (Season 7)

Belén Esteban (Season 8)

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 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.

[edit]Season 1

(January–March 2006) on TV4

Måns Zelmerlöw (singer) partnered by Maria Karlsson – WINNERS

Anna Book (singer) partnered by David Watson – runner-up / 2nd place

Viktor Åkerblom Nilsson (actor) partnered by Carin da Silva – eliminated 8th / 3rd place

Arja Saijonmaa (singer) partnered by Tobias Karlsson – eliminated 7th

Peppe Eng (sports journalist) partnered by Malin Watson – eliminated 6th

Kishti Tomita (jury member in the Swedish Idol) partnered by Tobias Wallin – eliminated 5th

Tone Bekkestad (Norwegian TV-weather reporter) partnered by Peter Broström – eliminated 4th

Paolo Roberto (former professional boxer) partnered by Helena Fransson – eliminated 3rd

Carolina Gynning (winner of Swedish Big Brother 2004) partnered by Daniel da Silva – eliminated 2nd

Melker Andersson (star chef) partnered by Ingrid Beate Thompson – eliminated 1st

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.

Season 2

(January–March 2007) on TV4

Martin Lidberg (wrestler) partnered by Cecilia Erling – WINNERS

Tobbe Blom 1 (TV-host & magician) partnered by Annika Sjöö – runner-up / 2nd place

Erica Johansson (athlete) partnered by Daniel da Silva – eliminated 10th / 3rd place

Lasse Brandeby (actor) partnered by Ann Lähdet – eliminated 9th

Ebba Hultkvist (actress) partnered by Jonathan Näslund – eliminated 8th

Anna Sahlin (singer) partnered by Tobias Karlsson – eliminated 7th

Yvonne Ryding (Miss Universe 1984) partnered by Tobias Wallin – eliminated 6th

Harald Treutiger (TV-host) partnered by Maria Karlsson – eliminated 5th

Patrick Ekwall (TV-sport reporter) partnered by Carin da Silva – eliminated 4th

Malou von Sivers (TV-hostess) partnered by Björn Törnblom – eliminated 3rd

Mårten Andersson 2 (comedian) partnered by Helena Fransson – eliminated 2nd

Birgitte Söndergaard (actress and artist) partnered by Johan Andersson – eliminated 1st

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.

^1 Singer and entertainer Markoolio was supposed to compete in the second season, but broke his foot and was replaced by Tobbe Blom.

^2 Actor Emil Forselius chose to leave the show before start. Mårten Andersson replaced him.

[edit]Season 3

(January–March 2008) on TV4

Tina Nordström (TV-chef) partnered by Tobias Karlsson – WINNERS

Tony Rickardsson (speedway driver) partnered by Annika Sjöö – runner-up / 2nd place

Karl Petter Bergvall (star of Bonde söker fru (Farmer seeking wife)) partnered by Jeanette Carlsson – eliminated 10th / 3rd place

Danny Saucedo (singer) partnered by Malin Johansson – eliminated 9th

Mats "Matte" Carlsson (TV-carpenter) partnered by Carin da Silva – eliminated 8th

Linda Lampenius (musician) partnered by Daniel da Silva – eliminated 7th

Mi Ridell (actress) partnered by Johan Andersson – eliminated 6th

Richard Herrey (singer) partnered by Cecilia Ehrling – eliminated 5th

Dilba Demirbag (singer) partnered by Tobias Wallin – eliminated 4th

Susanne Lanefelt (TV-exercise instructor) partnered by Björn Törnblom – eliminated 3rd

Tilde Fröling (model) partnered by Alfred Palmgren – eliminated 2nd

Ulf Larsson (actor) partnered by Christina Samuelsson – eliminated 1st

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.

Judges' scores

This table gives an overview of the judges' scores for each competitor during the competition.

indicates the couple eliminated that week.

Red numbers indicate the couple(s) with the lowest score for each week.

Green numbers indicate the couple(s) with the highest score for each week.

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

Season 4

(Airs Fridays (January 9 – March 27) 2009) on TV4

Magnus Samuelsson (strongman) partnered by Annika Sjöö – WINNERS

Laila Bagge (jury member from the Swedish Idol) partnered by Tobias Wallin – runner-up / 2nd place

Morgan Alling (actor) partnered by Helena Fransson – eliminated 10th / 3rd place

Elisabet Höglund (journalist) partnered by Tobias Karlsson – eliminated 9th

Niclas Wahlgren 1 (artist & songwriter) partnered by Jeanette Carlsson – eliminated 8th

Carl-Jan Granqvist (professor in meal knowledge) partnered by Maria Lindberg – eliminated 7th

George Scott (former professional boxer) partnered by Maria Karlsson – eliminated 6th

Kitty Jutbring (radiohost) partnered by Anders Jacobson – eliminated 5th

Hasse Aro (journalist & TV-host) partnered by Charlotte Sinclair – eliminated 4th

Magdalena Graaf (author) partnered by Daniel da Silva – eliminated 3rd (withdrew 2)

Isabella Löwengrip (famous blogger) partnered by Jonathan Näslund – eliminated 2nd

Linda Haglund (former Olympic sprinter) partnered by Martin Ragnarsson – eliminated 1st

^1 Morgan "Mojje" Johansson had to withdraw from the competition due to a heart attack after the first episode. Niclas Wahlgren replaced him.

^2 Magdalena Graaf had to withdraw from the competition due to a subdural hematoma.

Season 5

 Let's Dance 2010

Claudia Galli (actress) partnered by Tobias Wallin

Mattias Andréasson (artist & Idol 2007 contestant) partnered by Cecilia Ehrling

Willy Björkman (TV carpenter) partnered by Charlotte Sinclair – eliminated 10th / 3rd place

Molly Sandén (singer) partnered by Jonathan Näslund – eliminated 9th

Stefan Sauk (actor) partnered by Malin Johansson – eliminated 8th

Gudrun Schyman (politician) partnered by Björn Törnblom – eliminated 7th

Elin Kling (fashion journalist) partnered by Daniel da Silva – eliminated 6th

Marcus Birro (author) partnered by Helena Fransson – eliminated 5th

Rabih Jaber 3 (Idol 2009 contestant) partnered by Maria Lindberg – eliminated 4th

Agneta Sjödin (author & TV host) partnered by Tobias Karlsson – eliminated 3rd

Peter Wahlbeck (stand-up comedian) partnered by Maria Bild – eliminated 2nd

Victoria Sandell Svensson (former soccer player) partnered by Anders Jacobson – eliminated 1st

^3 Jan-Olof Hansson (from the Swedish version of Farmer Seeking Wife) had to withdraw from the competition on medical advice. Rabih Jaber (from Swedish Idol) replaced him.

Turkey

The Turkish version is called Yok Böyle Dans. Lilia Kopylova is the head of the judging panel.

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.

United Kingdom

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

Further information: Strictly Come Dancing

United States

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

Judges: Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli, and Len Goodman.

The American version of Dancing with the Stars premiered in the summer of 2005. Its 11th season began on September 20, 2010.

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 TBA TBA

Vietnam

Bước nhảy hoàn vũ

In Vietnam, the show was under the local name Bước nhảy hoàn vũ (literally: Universal Steps). The first season is set to air on VTV3 from April 11 to June 20, 2010. 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 first season is set to air from April 11 to June 20, 2010 with 8 pairs of celebrities and professional dancers. The first elimination might take place on April 18.

Thanh Bạch and Thanh Vân are announced to host this show. Judging panel will include director Nguyễn Quang Dũng, Lê Hoàng, and the leading Vietnamese dancesport athletes Khánh Thi & Chí Anh.

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.

1st place – Mexico

2nd place – Romania

3rd place – Argentina

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.

1st place – United States

2nd place – Spain

3rd place – Argentina

(source:wikipedia)