Let's Dance (TV show)
| Television broadcast | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Let's dance |
| Country of production | Germany |
| Year (s) | 2006–2007, since 2010 |
| Production company |
ITV Studios Germany (2006-2014), Seapoint Productions (since 2015) |
| length | 150-225 minutes |
| Episodes | 138 (+6 specials) in 13 seasons |
| genre | Dance show |
| Theme music |
Pepe Lienhard Orchestra - Let's Dance TV Theme |
| idea | BBC |
| Moderation |
Current moderators
Former moderators
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| First broadcast | April 3, 2006 on RTL |
Let's Dance is a live - dance show of the TV channel RTL . The first season took place in 2006, and the thirteenth season will be broadcast in 2020 . The show is the German version of the BBC telecast Strictly Come Dancing and since Season 3 in Studio 32 of the MMC Studios ( Coloneum ) in Cologne produced. Among the numerous other adaptations are the US format Dancing with the Stars and the Austrian version Dancing Stars .
concept
Several celebrities compete against each other in the standard and Latin dances , each with a dance partner, professional or successful tournament dancers (in the third season, fashion dances were also recorded). At the end of each performance, the jury gives a score between one and ten. Which couple will participate in the next Let's Dance show and which will not be determined by the audience, who can vote for their favorite by telephone at the end of the show. In the final ranking, only the relative placement is decisive. The last placed in the jury evaluation receives one point, the penultimate two points and so on. The same applies to the placement of the audience rating. The organizer does not publish the results of the audience rating (number of callers or ranking list). The highest placed player receives as many points as there are still pairs in the race in the respective episode. Jury and audience ratings are added together, the couple with the fewest points is eliminated. If there are several last-placed pairs with the same low rating, the pair with the lowest audience rating will be eliminated.
broadcast
The first two seasons of the show were moderated by Hape Kerkeling and Nazan Eckes . The third season moderated Daniel Hartwich and Nazan Eckes. Seasons 4 to 10 were moderated by Daniel Hartwich and Sylvie Meis . Before season 11, Sylvie Meis was replaced by Victoria Swarovski .
The renowned orchestra Pepe Lienhard Band played the live music for the dances in the first two seasons. In the third season this task was taken over by u. a. from DSDS known Lillo Scrimali with his orchestra. Since season 4 (2011) there has been no live orchestra at all.
The speaker who announces the dance couples and asks for the jury evaluation is Patrick Linke from the start . The choreographer for the dances at the opening of the show is Kim Willecke, the costumes for the dance couples are created under the direction of the former professional dancer Katia Convents; up to and including the ninth season, over 1850 sets of clothing were designed and completed.
While moderator Kerkeling joked in the first few years that the 10-point sign from juror Joachim Llambi was still completely unused, the maximum number of 30 points was awarded more and more frequently from the ninth season onwards. In the tenth season, the couples were awarded 18 times by the jury with the maximum number of 30 points, 9 times of which the dancing couple Vanessa Mai and Christian Polanc. This was exceeded in 2019 by the dance couple Ella Endlich and Valentin Lusin, who were even rated 10 times with 30 points.
The audience record was held by the final of the seventh season in 2014 with the winning couple Alexander Klaws and Isabel Edvardsson . This year RTL achieved a top rating with 5.58 million viewers.
Contributors
Overview
Jurors
Juror
Joachim Llambi
Juror
Motsi Mabuse
Juror
Jorge González
Moderators
Moderator
Victoria Swarovski
Moderator
Daniel Hartwich
Professional dancer
| Professional dancer | Seasons | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |
| Isabel Edvardsson | |||||||||||||
| Roberto Albanese | |||||||||||||
| Hendrik Höfken | |||||||||||||
| Anna Karina Mosmann | |||||||||||||
| Oliver Seefeldt | |||||||||||||
| Dirk Bastert | |||||||||||||
| Sofia Bogdanova | |||||||||||||
| Uta Deharde | |||||||||||||
| Christian Polanc | |||||||||||||
| Motsi Mabuse | |||||||||||||
| Christine Deck | |||||||||||||
| Sascha Karabey | |||||||||||||
| Anastasiya Kravchenko | |||||||||||||
| Jürgen Schlegel | |||||||||||||
| Massimo Sinató | |||||||||||||
| Sarah Latton | |||||||||||||
| Melissa Ortiz-Gomez | |||||||||||||
| Nina Uszkureit | |||||||||||||
| Christian Bärens | |||||||||||||
| Tatjana Kuschill | |||||||||||||
| Oliver Tienken | |||||||||||||
| Erich Klann | |||||||||||||
| Stefano Terrazzino | |||||||||||||
| Helena Kashurov | |||||||||||||
| Sergiy Plyuta | |||||||||||||
| Katja Kalugina | |||||||||||||
| Marta Arndt | |||||||||||||
| Gennady Bondarenko | |||||||||||||
| Ekaterina Leonova | |||||||||||||
| Oana Nechiti | |||||||||||||
| Nikita Bazev | |||||||||||||
| Marius Iepure | |||||||||||||
| Willi Gabalier | |||||||||||||
| Kathrin Menzinger | |||||||||||||
| Regina Luca | |||||||||||||
| Vadim Garbuzov | |||||||||||||
| Sergiu Luca | |||||||||||||
| Otlile Mabuse | |||||||||||||
| Cathrin Hissnauer | |||||||||||||
| Paul Lorenz | |||||||||||||
| Robert Beitsch | |||||||||||||
| Oxana Lebedev | |||||||||||||
| Ilia Russo | |||||||||||||
| Christina Luft | |||||||||||||
| Andrzej Cibis | |||||||||||||
| Valentin Lusin | |||||||||||||
| Renata Lusin | |||||||||||||
| Evgeny Vinokurov | |||||||||||||
| Nikita Kuzmin | |||||||||||||
| Alona Uehlin | |||||||||||||
| Professional dancer | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| Seasons | |||||||||||||
Legend
- _ Professional dancer
- _ Juror
- _ Parental leave
- _ Dance partner of the presenter
Top performances
Full marks reviews
Up to season 5 the jury awarded a maximum of 40 points, from season 6 30 points. While in seasons 1–6 the full number of points was almost unattainable and was only awarded three times (to Sophia Thomalla , Magdalena Brzeska and Sıla Şahin ) (mainly because juror Llambi emphasized his strictness in not giving 10 points in the early years), the maximum rating was achieved three to four times in seasons 7–8. Since season 9, four celebrities (all semi-finalists) have achieved the highest mark several times. Most of the top results were in seasons 13 (24), 12 (19), 10 (18) and 9 (16), especially by Ella Endlich (10 in season 12) and Vanessa Mai (9 in season 10).
In addition, Sophia Thomalla and Massimo Sinató achieved the full 30 points in the 2013 Christmas Special .
Professional dancer
Victories
| Professional dancer | Wins in seasons |
Season | Wins in offshoots |
Offshoot | Wins overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ekaterina Leonova | 3 | 10, 11, 12 | 1 | Professional Challenge 2019 * | 4th |
| Erich Klann | 2 | 5, 9 | Christmas special | 3 | |
| Massimo Sinató | 3, 13 | Professional Challenge 2019 * | |||
| Christian Polanc | 2, 4 | Professional Challenge 2020 * | |||
| Isabel Edvardsson | 1, 7 | - | - | 2 | |
| Melissa Ortiz-Gomez | 1 | 6th | 1 | ||
| Kathrin Menzinger | 8th | ||||
| Christina Luft | - | - | 1 | Professional Challenge 2020 * |
* In Let's Dance - the great professional challenge , one dance couple won each time.
Full points
| Number of 30/40 points | Professional dancer |
|---|---|
| 24 | Massimo Sinató |
| 14th | Ekaterina Leonova |
| 11 | Christian Polanc |
| 10 | Erich Klann |
| Valentin Lusin | |
| 7th | Christina Luft |
| 6th | Isabel Edvardsson |
| Renata Lusin | |
| 3 | Robert Beitsch |
| Kathrin Menzinger | |
| 2 | Oana Nechiti |
| Sergiu Luca | |
| 1 | Marta Arndt |
| Willi Gabalier |
Seasons
season 1
The opening show was on April 3, 2006 at 9:15 pm, the final on May 21, 2006 at 8:15 pm. The Pepe Lienhard Orchestra was signed as a live band . Heide Simonis left the competition for health reasons after the fifth broadcast.
- Candidates
| space | Candidate | Professional dancer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wayne Carpendale | Isabel Edvardsson |
| 2 | Cloud Hegenbarth | Oliver Seefeldt |
| 3 | Sandy Mölling | Roberto Albanese |
| 4th | Heath Simonis | Hendrik Höfken |
| 5 | Jürgen Hingsen | Uta Deharde |
| 6th | Jochen Horst | Sofia Bogdanova |
| 7th | Heike Henkel | Dirk Bastert |
| 8th | Axel Bulthaupt | Anna Karina Mosmann |
- winner
Wayne Carpendale and Isabel Edvardsson won the finals with a quickstep to Wir sind Heldens Geommen zu haben (36 points), a jive to the song Hip Teens Don't Wear Blue Jeans by the Frank Popp Ensemble (36 points) and the freestyle to one Medley from Lord of the Dance (no rating).
season 2
The 2nd season was broadcast by RTL from May 14, 2007, this time ten couples competed. In the final on June 30, 2007, three couples danced this time for the title “Dancing Star 2007”. A couple also had to go on the first show.
- Candidates
| space | Candidate | Professional dancer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Susan Sideropoulos | Christian Polanc |
| 2 | Katja Ebstein | Oliver Seefeldt |
| 3 | Giovane Elber | Isabel Edvardsson |
| 4th | Jasmin Wagner | Hendrik Höfken |
| 5 | Ben | Christine Deck |
| 6th | Guildo Horn | Motsi Mabuse |
| 7th | Markus Majowski | Anastasiya Kravchenko |
| 8th | Margarethe Schreinemakers | Jürgen Schlegel |
| 9 | Eralp Uzun | Anna Karina Mosmann |
| 10 | Jenny Elvers-Elbertzhagen | Sascha Karabey |
- winner
Susan Sideropoulos and Christian Polanc won the final with a slow waltz to the song Morning Has Broken in the version by Cat Stevens (34 points), a Paso Doble to Anastacia's Left Outside Alone (38 points) and the freestyle to a medley from Blues Brothers with excerpts from the songs Everybody Needs Somebody to Love ( The Blues Brothers ) and Think ( Aretha Franklin & The Blues Brothers) (no rating).
season 3
The third season began on April 9, 2010 and was shown every Friday at 9:15 p.m. The show was moderated by Nazan Eckes and Daniel Hartwich , who replaced Hape Kerkeling. After only one episode, Arthur Abraham voluntarily left the show on the advice of the boxing association doctor Walter Wagner, in order to recover from his last boxing match on March 27, 2010 against Andre Dirrell and then to be able to fully devote himself to his boxing career. As a replacement for the Abraham / Uszkureit couple, Rolf Scheider, who had already been eliminated, took part in the competition again with his partner Motsi Mabuse.
A week later Hillu Schwetje also left. After suffering a fracture in her left hand during training, she fell so badly on her right knee shortly before the second broadcast on April 16 that she had to be taken to the hospital and was unable to dance that evening. A few days later it was found that Schwetje had to drop out of the show entirely. Like his colleague Rolf Scheider, Mathieu Carrière , who had previously retired, was given the opportunity to return to the field. When he turned down this offer, the field of participants was permanently reduced by one candidate from the third broadcast.
During the dress rehearsal for the sixth broadcast on May 14th, professional dancer Christian Bärens was seriously injured. Although he was able to play the show despite his back injury, he had to stop training afterwards. Bärens' dance partner Sylvie van der Vaart danced from the seventh show with Christian Polanc , who originally appeared at Hillu Schwetje's side.
For the first time, the jury determined a dance task (jury dance) for the final, favoring a weaker performance from the shows that had already been broadcast, which should be presented again by the finalists.
The ratings of the season were above the broadcaster average.
- Candidates
| space | Candidate | Professional dancer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sophia Thomalla | Massimo Sinató |
| 2 | Sylvie van der Vaart | Christian Bärens (Show 1-6) |
| Christian Polanc (Show 7-8) | ||
| 3 | Nina Bott | Roberto Albanese |
| 4th | Raúl Richter | Melissa Ortiz-Gomez |
| 5 | Rolf Scheider | Motsi Mabuse |
| 6th | Brigitte Nielsen | Oliver Tienken |
| 7th | Achim Mentzel | Sarah Latton |
| 8th | Hillu Schwetje | Christian Polanc |
| 9 | Mathieu Carrière | Tatjana Kuschill |
| 10 | Arthur Abraham | Nina Uszkureit |
- winner
Sophia Thomalla and Massimo Sinató won the final with a rumba to Stings Fields of Gold (39 points), a samba to the song Hips Don't Lie by Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean (37 points) and the Freestyle to a Michael Jackson Medley with excerpts from the songs Smooth Criminal , Thriller and Black or White (39 points).
Season 4
The broadcast of the fourth season began on March 23, 2011 with the moderators Daniel Hartwich and Sylvie van der Vaart , who had taken second place as a candidate the year before. The broadcast date was moved from Friday to Wednesday evening. In the first two weeks, the decision was broadcast about an hour after the show during a break in stern TV magazine , but from April 6th it was shown immediately after the dance performance.
Bernd Herzsprung paused in the third program after the death of his mother, while Kristina Bach left the competition entirely on the advice of her doctor after she had a herniated disc during rehearsals for the fifth show . Liliana Matthäus, who was eliminated in the fourth show, moved up for Bach.
In the sixth show, a so-called Discofox marathon was carried out in addition to the individual dances, in which all five remaining couples competed simultaneously during a four-minute medley. The worst couple was brought off the dance floor at regular intervals, which meant that the candidates and their dance partners could achieve between 2 and 10 points.
| space | Candidate | Professional dancer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maite Kelly | Christian Polanc |
| 2 | Moritz A. Sachs | Melissa Ortiz-Gomez |
| 3 | Thomas Karaoglan | Sarah Latton |
| 4th | Liliana Matthew | Massimo Sinató |
| 5 | Jörn Schlönvoigt | Helena Kashurov |
| 6th | Bernd Herzsprung | Nina Uszkureit |
| 7th | Kristina Bach | Erich Klann |
| 8th | Andrea Sawatzki | Stefano Terrazzino |
| 9 | Tim Lobinger | Isabel Edvardsson |
| 10 | Regina Halmich | Sergiy Plyuta |
- winner
Maite Kelly and Christian Polanc won the final with a quick step to the title Bei Mir Bistu Shein in the version of the Puppini Sisters (35 points), a Paso Doble to the aria Habanera from the opera Carmen (39 points) and the freestyle to a medley Moulin Rouge with excerpts from the songs Lady Marmalade ( Christina Aguilera , Lil 'Kim , Missy Elliott , Mýa & P! Nk ), El Tango De Roxanne ( José Feliciano , Ewan McGregor & Jacek Koman ) and Your Song (McGregor & Alessandro Safina ) ( 39 points).
Season 5
The fifth season, which began broadcasting on March 14, 2012, brought with it some innovations: On the one hand, twelve couples danced in eleven live broadcasts for the first time, and on the other hand, Maite Kelly , a previous year's winner, took a seat at the jury table for the first time. A special participant in the dance round was the German singer Joana Zimmer , who is blind from birth and yet took part in the competition under the same conditions as her competitors.
Another novelty was the introduction of a show motto in the fourth broadcast of the season, which was all about the cult dance film Dirty Dancing . Two weeks later, the candidates presented in another “motto show” a freestyle dance to self-selected music titles that play a special role in their lives. Your associated “Magic Moments” were told or explained beforehand in the clip.
Similar to the previous season, a dance duel took place, with the remaining six couples this time not competing against each other in the so-called "dance showdown", but on the groups "Tango" (Magdalena Brzeska and Erich Klann, Stefanie Hertel and Sergiy Plyuta, Joana Zimmer and Christian Polanc) and “Jive” (Patrick Lindner and Isabel Edvardsson, Rebecca Mir and Massimo Sinató, Lars Riedel and Marta Arndt). Each group was rated as a closed team, so that ultimately all couples within the respective group were given the same number of points.
Gitte Hænning paused in the fourth show because of the cancer death of her sister Jette and then left voluntarily. Magdalena Brzeska , who had previously been voted out, was allowed to take her place in the competition again from April 11th alongside professional dancer Erich Klann .
- Candidates
| space | Candidate | Professional dancer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magdalena Brzeska | Erich Klann |
| 2 | Rebecca Me | Massimo Sinató |
| 3 | Stefanie Hertel | Sergiy Plyuta |
| 4th | Joana room | Christian Polanc |
| 5 | Lars Riedel | Marta Arndt |
| 6th | Patrick Lindner | Isabel Edvardsson |
| 7th | Mandy Capristo | Stefano Terrazzino |
| 8th | Ardian Bujupi | Katja Kalugina |
| 9 | Gitte Hænning | Gennady Bondarenko |
| 10 | Patrick Bach | Melissa Ortiz-Gomez |
| 11 | Marc Terenzi | Sarah Latton |
| 12 | Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen | Helena Kashurov |
- winner
Magdalena Brzeska and Erich Klann won the final with a cha-cha-cha to Kelly Clarkson's Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) (32 points), the Tango Por una cabeza by Carlos Gardel (38 points) and the freestyle to a medley from Pirates of the Caribbean with excerpts from the pieces He's a Pirate , Angelica and Moonlight Serenade (39 points).
Season 6
In December 2012 it was announced that Jorge González will be a member of the jury, replacing Maite Kelly . As the broadcaster announced on February 18, 2013, the jury will only consist of three people. In addition, the show will run again on Fridays from April 5, 2013, as was the case in its third season. In addition, the number of dance couples was again limited to ten.
After the Discofox marathon, which had already become a tradition, the dance showdown introduced in the previous season also established itself and was now carried out under the title “Dance Battle”. The dancer groups competing against each other were formed this time by selecting two team captains from the row of celebrities, who in turn could be determined by the viewers via the RTL Inside app . Their choice fell on Sıla Şahin (in the team with Paul Janke and Simone Ballack) and Balian Buschbaum, who, however, retired on the same evening and passed the "baton" on to Manuela Wisbeck (in the team with Jürgen Milski and Manuel Cortez). Since the groups no longer competed against each other with different dances, but instead measured each other over a medley of rumba and jive, another innovation concerned the dance performance itself.
In addition, the programs with a certain motto were continued: In the 50th edition on May 10th, the candidates danced in two rounds to well-known film titles , a week later special life events (“Magic Moments”) were performed again. What was new, however, was the dance-off held in the semifinals - a battle for the direct performance comparison of all remaining couples who competed against each other in a cha-cha-cha using choreography presented at the same time.
- Candidates
| space | Candidate | Professional dancer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manuel Cortez | Melissa Ortiz-Gomez |
| 2 | Sıla Şahin | Christian Polanc |
| 3 | Paul Janke | Ekaterina Leonova |
| 4th | Simone Ballack | Erich Klann |
| 5 | Manuela Wisbeck | Massimo Sinató |
| 6th | Jürgen Milski | Oana Nechiti |
| 7th | Balian bush tree | Sarah Latton |
| 8th | Marijke Amado | Stefano Terrazzino |
| 9 | Tetje Mierendorf | Isabel Edvardsson |
| 10 | Gülcan Kamps | Nikita Bazev |
- winner
Manuel Cortez and Melissa Ortiz-Gomez won the final with a rumba to the song I Just Can't Stop Loving You by Michael Jackson and Siedah Garrett (25 points), a jive to Chuck Berry's You Never Can Tell (28 points) and the Freestyle to a medley of cabaret with excerpts from the songs Willkommen ( Joel Gray ), Mein Herr ( Liza Minnelli ), Money, Money (Gray & Minnelli) and Cabaret (Minnelli) (29 points).
Season 7
The seventh season began on March 28, 2014, whereby - unlike in the previous rounds - each program began at 8:15 p.m.
The second show introduced the contemporary expression and movement dance, which consists of a mixture of different styles and is intended to particularly accentuate the emotionality to be conveyed - for example based on concise catchphrases or thoughts from the accompanying music title. In addition, the dance styles Bollywood, Charleston and hip-hop celebrated their premiere on the Let's Dance floor in the fourth edition.
In a dance battle in which the respective formations had to compete with each other, the dancers of the individual teams were determined by the selected participants and the professional dancers. Carmen Geiss's team included Alexander Klaws and Larissa Marolt, and Lilly Becker's team included Alexander Leipold and Tanja Szewczenko.
With the finale of the seventh season, RTL achieved a top rating with 5.58 million viewers.
- Candidates
| space | Candidate | Professional dancer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexander Klaws | Isabel Edvardsson |
| 2 | Tanja Szewczenko | Willi Gabalier |
| 3 | Carmen Geiss | Christian Polanc |
| 4th | Larissa Marolt | Massimo Sinató |
| 5 | Lilly Becker | Erich Klann |
| 6th | Alexander Leipold | Oana Nechiti |
| 7th | Bernhard Brink | Sarah Latton |
| 8th | Dirk Moritz | Katja Kalugina |
| 9 | Cindy Berger | Marius Iepure |
| 10 | Patrice Bouédibéla | Ekaterina Leonova |
- winner
Alexander Klaws and Isabel Edvardsson won the final with a slow fox to the song You Are the Sunshine of My Life by Stevie Wonder (27 points), a Charleston to Fred Strittmatters and Quirin Ampers Dick-und-Doof title song (30 points) and the Freestyle to a medley of Dirty Dancing with excerpts from the songs Hungry Eyes ( Eric Carmen ), Do You Love Me ( The Contours ) and (I've Had) The Time of My Life ( Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes ) (30 points).
Season 8
The eighth season began on March 13, 2015 and ended on June 5, 2015. For the first time, 14 dance couples took part in the competition. In the final, won by Hans Sarpei and Kathrin Menzinger, professional dancer Ekaterina Leonova was injured. The final saw 4.61 million viewers.
- Candidates
| space | Candidate | Professional dancer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hans Sarpei | Kathrin Menzinger |
| 2 | Minh-Khai Phan-Thi | Massimo Sinató |
| 3 | Matthias Steiner | Ekaterina Leonova |
| 4th | Enissa Amani | Christian Polanc |
| 5 | Thomas Drechsel | Regina Murtasina |
| 6th | Daniel Küblböck | Otlile Mabuse |
| 7th | Katja Burkard | Paul Lorenz |
| 8th | Ralf Bauer | Oana Nechiti |
| 9 | Beatrice Richter | Vadim Garbuzov |
| 10 | Detlef Steves | Isabel Edvardsson |
| 11 | Miloš Vuković | Cathrin Hissnauer |
| 12 | Panagiota Petridou | Sergiu Luca |
| 13 | Cora Schumacher | Erich Klann |
| 14th | Cathy Fischer | Marius Iepure |
- winner
Hans Sarpei and Kathrin Menzinger won the final with a samba to the song All Night Long (All Night) by Lionel Richie (24 points), a hip-hop to Michael Jackson's Black or White (29 points) and the freestyle to an Africa - Medley with excerpts from the songs We Are the World ( USA for Africa ), Earth Song (Michael Jackson) and Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) ( Shakira feat. Freshlyground ) (29 points).
Season 9
The ninth season was shown from March 11 to June 3, 2016. Again Sylvie Meis and Daniel Hartwich moderated the programs. Motsi Mabuse, Jorge González and Joachim Llambi also formed the jury this season. Victoria Swarovski won the competition with her dance partner Erich Klann. The final saw 5.06 million viewers.
- Candidates
- winner
Victoria Swarovski and Erich Klann won the final with a slow waltz to Sarah Connors Wie schön Du bist (30 points), a samba to the song Lean On by Major Lazer & DJ Snake feat. MØ (29 points) and the freestyle to a medley from The Mask with excerpts from the songs Hey! Pachuco! ( Royal Crown Revue ), Tango in the Park (Orchestral Score, Randy Edelman feat. The Irish Film Orchestra), This Business of Love ( Domino ) and Cuban Pete ( Jim Carrey ) (28 points).
Season 10
The tenth season started on March 17, 2017, and was initiated in advance by an introductory show on February 24, 2017 in which the candidates and the professional dancers met for the first time. Daniel Hartwich and Sylvie Meis also moderated the programs in 2017 . Motsi Mabuse, Jorge González and Joachim Llambi also formed the jury this season.
The final saw 4.41 million viewers.
- Candidates
| space | Candidate | Professional dancer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gil Ofarim | Ekaterina Leonova |
| 2 | Vanessa Mai | Christian Polanc |
| 3 | Angelina Kirsch | Massimo Sinató |
| 4th | Giovanni Zarrella | Christina Luft (Show 1–4) |
| Marta Arndt (Show 5-11) | ||
| 5 | Faisal Kawusi | Oana Nechiti |
| 6th | Heinrich Popow | Kathrin Menzinger |
| 7th | Maximilian Arland | Isabel Edvardsson (Show 1-4) |
| Sarah Latton (Show 5-8) | ||
| 8th | Cheyenne Pahde | Andrzej Cibis |
| 9 | Susi Kentikian | Robert Beitsch |
| 10 | Ann-Kathrin Brömmel | Sergiu Luca |
| 11 | Anni Friesinger-Postma | Erich Klann |
| 12 | Bastiaan Ragas | Sarah Latton |
| 13 | Chiara Ohoven | Vadim Garbuzov |
| 14th | Jörg Draeger | Marta Arndt |
- winner
Gil Ofarim and Ekaterina Leonova won the final with a cha-cha-cha to the song You Don't Know Me by Jax Jones feat. RAYE (29 points), a tango to Cirque du Soleils Querer (30 points) and the freestyle to a medley from Avatar - Departure to Pandora with excerpts from the pieces You Don't Dream in Cryo , Jake Enters His Avatar World , I See You and Was (29 points).
Season 11
The eleventh season started with an introductory show on March 9, 2018. In the new season, the winner from 2016, Victoria Swarovski instead of Sylvie Meis, led the show together with Daniel Hartwich . As in previous years, Motsi Mabuse, Jorge González and Joachim Llambi formed the jury. The final on June 8, 2018 saw 3.51 million viewers.
- Candidates
| space | Candidate | Professional dancer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ingolf Lück | Ekaterina Leonova |
| 2 | Judith Williams | Erich Klann |
| 3 | Barbara Meier | Sergiu Luca |
| 4th | Julia Dietze | Massimo Sinató |
| 5 | Iris Mareike Steen | Christian Polanc |
| 6th | Thomas Hermanns | Regina Luca |
| 7th | Bela Klentze |
Oana Nechiti Marta Arndt (Show 6) |
| 8th | Roman Lochmann | Katja Kalugina |
| 9 | Charlotte Worthy | Valentin Lusin |
| 10 | Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht | Renata Lusin |
| 11 | Eduardo Andrés Lopez ("Chakall") | Marta Arndt |
| 12 | Heiko Lochmann | Kathrin Menzinger |
| 13 | Jessica Paszka | Robert Beitsch |
| 14th | Tina Ruland | Vadim Garbuzov |
- winner
Ingolf Lück and Ekaterina Leonova won the final with a quick step to the song We Go Together by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John (29 points), a tango to Rockwell's Somebody’s Watching Me (30 points) and the freestyle to a medley from the film series Shrek with excerpts from the play Fairytale (Rolf Løvland) and the songs I'm a Believer ( Smash Mouth ), Hallelujah ( John Cale ) and Holding Out for a Hero ( Jennifer Saunders ) (30 points).
Season 12
The 12th season started with an introductory show on March 15, 2019. The season was again moderated by Swarovski and Hartwich. The final on June 14, 2019 saw 4.35 million viewers.
- Candidates
| space | Candidate | Professional dancer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pascal Hens | Ekaterina Leonova |
| 2 | Ella Finally | Valentin Lusin |
| 3 | Benjamin Piwko | Isabel Edvardsson |
| 4th | Nazan Eckes | Christian Polanc |
| 5 | Evelyn Burdecki | Evgeny Vinokurov |
| 6th | Barbara Becker | Massimo Sinató |
| 7th | Oliver Pocher | Christina Luft |
| 8th | Sabrina Mockenhaupt | Erich Klann |
| 9 | Ulrike Frank | Robert Beitsch |
| 10 | Kerstin Ott | Regina Luca |
| 11 | Thomas Rath | Kathrin Menzinger |
| 12 | Lukas Rieger | Katja Kalugina |
| 13 | Özcan Coşar | Marta Arndt |
| 14th | Jan Hartmann | Renata Lusin |
- winner
Pascal Hens and Ekaterina Leonova won the final with a tango to Carlos Gardel's Por una cabeza (30 points), a salsa to Valió la pena by Marc Anthony (30 points) and a freestyle to a medley from the film Madagascar with excerpts from the songs Stayin 'Alive ( Bee Gees ), Hawaii Five-O ( The Ventures ), What a Wonderful World ( Louis Armstrong ) and I Like to Move It ( Erick Morillo ) (30 points).
Season 13
Shortly after the finale of the 12th season it was announced that there would be another season in 2020 and that the jury in the 13th season would remain unchanged. [obsolete] On February 21, 2020, the 13th season began with the introductory show.
One day before the fourth broadcast, Mediengruppe RTL decided to only broadcast the upcoming live shows to a very small number of audiences due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany . So only the relatives and friends of the candidates sat in the audience. A week later it was decided to completely forego studio audiences in the live shows.
To accompany the season, a podcast was published on the audio platform “Audio Now” with the moderators Bella Lesnik and Martin Tietjen , in which the events were discussed after the live show. The final on May 22, 2020 saw 4,800,000 spectators.
- Candidates
| space | Candidate | Professional dancer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lili Paul-Roncalli | Massimo Sinató |
| 2 | Moritz Hans | Renata Lusin |
| 3 | luca Haenni | Christina Luft |
| 4th | Tijan Njie | Kathrin Menzinger |
| 5 | Ilka Bessin | Erich Klann |
| 6th | Laura Müller |
Christian Polanc Robert Beitsch (Show 5) |
| 7th | Martin Klempnow | Marta Arndt |
| 8th | Loiza Lamers | Andrzej Cibis |
| 9 | Ulrike von der Groeben | Valentin Lusin |
| 10 | Sükrü Pehlivan | Alona Uehlin |
| 11 | John Kelly | Regina Luca |
| 12 | Aílton | Isabel Edvardsson |
| 13 | Sabrina Setlur | Nikita Kuzmin |
| 14th | Steffi Jones | Robert Beitsch |
- winner
Lili Paul-Roncalli and Massimo Sinató won the final with a Cha-Cha-Cha to Compay Segundo's version of Guantanamera (30 points), a Tango to Maintenant by Rupa & the April Fishes (30 points) and the freestyle to a medley from the Film Aladdin with excerpts from the pieces and songs Arabian Nights , Harvest Dance , Simple Oil Lamp and A Friend Like Me (30 points).
Offshoot
Christmas Special 2013
Under the motto "Let's Dance - Let's Christmas", five former participants competed against each other in a two-part special edition - presented on December 20 and 21, 2013. As announced on November 12th, it was all previous season winners with the exception of Wayne Carpendale and Maite Kelly. The latter was originally planned for the show, but canceled her participation for scheduling reasons, which is why she was represented by Moritz A. Sachs. The prize for the winner was donated to a good cause.
jury
Candidates
| Candidates | Professional dancer | space |
|---|---|---|
| Magdalena Brzeska | Erich Klann | 1 |
| Sophia Thomalla | Massimo Sinató | 2 |
| Moritz A. Sachs | Isabel Edvardsson | 3 |
| Susan Sideropoulos | Stefano Terrazzino | 4th |
| Manuel Cortez | Oana Nechiti |
winner
Magdalena Brzeska and Erich Klann won the Christmas Special with a slow fox to the song Winter Wonderland by Felix Bernard (28 points), the freestyle to a medley from Pirates of the Caribbean (see fifth season ) (29 points) and a Christmas show dance to Bing Crosbys I'll Be Home for Christmas (29 points). With the prize money of 10,000 euros, Brzeska supported blind children in Togo in her role as project sponsor for the RTL donation marathon .
The big professional challenge
2019
Under the motto "Let's Dance - The Great Professional Challenge" on June 27, 2019, only the professionals competed for the first time. The jury made up of Jorge González , Motsi Mabuse and Joachim Llambi judged without points. A vote in the audience decided the winner.
| Start number | Dancers and dancing couples | Freestyle dance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Renata Lusin | Valentin Lusin | Tango and Slow Fox | |
| 2 | Christina Luft | Freestyle and aerial acrobatics | ||
| 3 | Regina Luca | Sergiu Luca | Cha Cha Cha , Rumba and Jive | |
| 4th | Ekaterina Leonova | Massimo Sinató | Tango Argentino | |
| 5 | Kathrin Menzinger | Vadim Garbuzov | Contemporary and Rumba | |
| 6th | Robert Beitsch | Anastasia Bodnar | Cha Cha Cha, Charleston, Wacking, Breakdance , Samba and Salsa | |
| 7th | Marta Arndt | Evgeny Vinokurov | Evgeny Voznyuk | Contemporary, Rumba and Paso Doble |
| 8th | Christian Polanc | Contemporary and Paso Doble | ||
| 9 | Katja Kalugina | Andrezej Cibis | Samba, Rumba and Commercial | |
| 10 | Oana Nechiti | Erich Klann | Tango Argentino and Contemporary | |
With the solo dancers and some of the couples there were other dancers on the floor (with Erich Klann and Oana Nechiti Nechiti's sister). The winners of the professional challenge were Ekaterina Leonova and Massimo Sinató, ahead of Kathrin Menzinger and Vadim Garbuzov and Renata and Valentin Lusin . The two winners were promised to be able to choose their partners from the celebrities themselves for Let's Dance 2020.
2020
On May 29, 2020, a professional challenge was broadcast live, unlike the previous year, due to the pandemic without a studio audience, which had decided on the winner in the previous year. Swarovski and Hartwich again moderated; the jury consisting of Motsi Mabuse, Jorge González and Joachim Llambi again rated without points. The television viewers chose the winning couple.
| Start number | Dancing couples | Freestyle dance contributors |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marta Arndt | Robert Beitsch | Contemporary, Rumba and Samba |
| 2 | Kathrin Menzinger | Vadim Garbuzov | Tango Argentino, Rumba, Paso Doble and Contemporary |
| 3 | Andrzej Cibis | Victoria Kleinfelder-Cibis | Rumba, Contemporary, Tango Argentino and Paso Doble children's dance couple |
| 4th | Christina Luft | Christian Polanc | Paso Doble, Flamenco, Samba, Salsa, Tango Argentino and Rumba |
| 5 | Alona Uehlin | Anton Skuratov | Slowfox, tango, Viennese waltz and hip hop |
| 6th | Evgeny Vinokurov | Nina Bezzubova | Rumba, Samba and Contemporary |
| 7th | Regina Luca | Sergiu Luca | Samba, African Dance and Rumba are other dancers |
| 8th | Renata Lusin | Valentin Lusin | Tango, Viennese waltz, Quickstep and Slowfox |
| 9 | Erich Klann | Anne-Marie Kot | Contemporary and pole dance Oana Nechiti |
| 10 | Isabel Edvardsson | Marcus White | Rumba, American Smooth and Slowfox Alexander and Nadja Klaws (live vocals) |
Christina Luft and Christian Polanc won ahead of Isabel Edvardsson and Marcus Weiß. As in the previous year, Renata and Valentin Lusin took third place. One of the two winners can choose his partner from among the celebrities himself for Let's Dance 2021.
Llambis dance duel
In 2019 and 2020 RTL broadcast this spin-off . In each episode, Let's Dance juror Joachim Llambi sent two professional dancers (or celebrities) abroad, where they had to learn difficult, local dances. The assessment of the performance by the local trainers and Llambi decided the winner.
Web links
- Let's dance on RTL.de
- Let's dance on TVNOW
Individual evidence
- ↑ What is allowed and what is forbidden? on RTL.de from April 13, 2012
- ↑ "Let's Dance": RTL replaces Silvie Meis with a woman in her twenties , Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag, November 30, 2017.
- ↑ Let's Dance: Mathieu Carrière is out - Hillu can (for the time being) no longer .
- ↑ Dream dresses for the celebrities General-Anzeiger Bonn from January 31, 2013, accessed on May 22, 2016
- ↑ RTL Explosiv Weekend on May 21, 2016
- ↑ a b Which candidate danced which dance when? How many points did the “Let's Dance” jury award? , Salsango, June 10th 2017.
- ↑ RTL-Show: Simonis blames “Bild” for the circulatory collapse in Spiegel Online on May 7, 2006
- ↑ New season "Let's Dance": At RTL celebrities are allowed to swing their hips in Stern from April 9, 2010
- ↑ From the radio to the show stage: How Daniel Hartwich made a career on RTL.de on March 13, 2012
- ↑ Arthur Abraham leaves voluntarily ( memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on RTL.de from April 12, 2010
- ↑ End for Hillu: 'Terrible, if it has to end like this!' ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on RTL.de from April 23, 2010
- ↑ Sylvie van der Vaart has to dance with a new partner in the semifinals on RTL.de on May 20, 2010
- ↑ [ http://www.quotenmeter.de/cms/?p1=n&p2=42307&p3= Oddscheck: «Let's Dance»] . May 31, 2010.
- ↑ Sophia Thomalla is "Dancing Star 2010" on RTL.de from May 29, 2010
- ↑ Let's Dance: Bernd Herzsprung suspends the third live show on RTL.de from April 6, 2011
- ↑ The back: Kristina Bach gets out of "Let's Dance"! on RTL.de from April 26, 2011
- ↑ "Let's Dance": Kristina Bach gets out - The comeback for Liliana Matthäus on RTL.de on April 19, 2011
- ↑ Twelve celebrities, eleven shows, and a new member of the jury . RTL.de. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 6, 2012.
- ↑ After her sister's death from cancer: Gitte Hænning cancels “Let's Dance” . Focus.de. Retrieved April 2, 2012.
- ↑ Gitte Hænning gets out of "Let's Dance" . RTL.de. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
- ↑ Let's Dance 2014: Ten candidates will dare to take to the floor from March 28th . . Archived from the original on February 14, 2014. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
- ↑ [ http://www.quotenmeter.de/n/78715/quotencheck-let-s-dance Oddscheck: «Let's Dance»] . June 8, 2015.
- ↑ Let's Dance 2015: The stars are whirling across the dance floor again . Archived from the original on February 3, 2015. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ↑ Daniel Sallhoff: Quote Check: "Let's Dance" , Quotenmeter.de, June 8, 2015.
- ↑ Nastassja Kinski puts on her dancing shoes , Die Welt, February 1, 2016.
- ↑ Primetime check: Friday, June 3, 2016 . 4th June 2016.
- ↑ These are the celebrities of the 10th season. In: rtl.de. Retrieved February 1, 2017 .
- ↑ Let's Dance 2017: These are the pairings - the celebrities dance with these professional dancers. In: rtl.de. Retrieved February 25, 2017 .
- ↑ These celebrities are dancing in season 11. In: rtl.de. Retrieved February 6, 2018 .
- ↑ https://www.salsa-und-tango.de/lets-dance-2018-statistik-einschaltquoten-und-zuschauerzahlen/102155/
- ↑ Manuel Weis: First celebrity and start date known: This is how “Let's Dance” 2019 will be. In : quotemeter.de. Retrieved February 4, 2019 .
- ↑ Media change: “Let's Dance” season brings best market share since 2011, but the second weakest viewership in history. June 15, 2019, accessed March 20, 2020 .
- ↑ Jorge Gonzalez on Instagram: "Happy to spread our good news today: We the jury will also be a part of the @letsdance family 2020 @motsimabuse @joachim_llambi ,,,, but ..." . Accessed July 3, 2019 .
- ↑ Let's Dance 2020: These are the group dances of the big introductory show. Retrieved March 20, 2020 .
- ^ "Let's Dance" & DSDS: Because of the coronavirus - live shows almost without an audience. Retrieved March 20, 2020 .
- ↑ http://www.quotenmeter.de/n/118558/erhaben-let-s-dance-staffel-endet-mit-staerkstem-finale-seit-vier-jahren
- ↑ Let's Dance - Let's Christmas: Moritz A. Sachs represents Maite Kelly . Archived from the original on November 21, 2013. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
- ↑ Augsburger Allgemeine: "Let's Dance - The Great Professional Challenge": The dances of the professionals. Retrieved May 24, 2020 .
- ↑ Double Nechiti? Appearance on "Let's Dance" causes amazement. In: focus.de. June 28, 2019, accessed June 15, 2020 .
- ↑ Let's Dance 2020: The first dancers of the big professional challenge have been determined. Retrieved May 24, 2020 .
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- ↑ https://www.rtl.de/cms/let-s-dance-profi-challenge-zu-sexy-profitaenzer-endungen-auf-kritik-am-kinder-tango-4551812.html
