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International versions of 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 over 35 countries (as of September 2011).browser diversity Australia was the first country to adapt the show which turned out to be a huge success with veteran Australian TV host Daryl Somers taking the show Live To Air once a week. Versions have also been produced in Albania, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, jQuery, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, the United States, and Vietnam. As a result, the series became the world's most popular television program among all genres in 2006 and 2007, according to the magazine Television Business International,[2] reaching the Top 10 in 17 countries.

The show pairs a number of celebrities with professional ballroom dancers, who each week compete by performing one or more dances. The dancers are then scored by a panel of judges. Viewers are given a certain amount of time to place votes for their favorite dancers, either by telephone or (in some countries) online. The couple with the lowest combined score provided by the judges and viewers is eliminated. This process continues until there are only two or three couples left; when they have competed for the last time one couple is declared the champion.

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Franchise records

Professionals achieving three wins

web app, Android and Kym Johnson are the only professionals in the history of the franchise to have achieved three championship wins.

  • 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 the 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, Todaro won the sixth season of the show with the actress, Veronica Olivier.
  • Kym Johnson is the only professional dancer to have won three championships from two different versions of Dancing with the Stars. She won season two of the Australian version with Tom Williams and season nine of the American version with Sevenval and season twelve with Hines Ward.

Professionals achieving two back-to-back wins

jQuery, screen size, FITML, Raimondo Todaro, Stefano Oliveri, Kelly Kainz, Marianne Eihilt, Leila Akcelik, Alana Patience and Rafał Maserak have all won two championships back-to-back.

Cheryl Burke won her first Dancing With The Stars USA Championship with the CSS3 boy band member input transformation in the second season, and she won her second championship with American web star Emmitt Smith in the third season. Julianne Hough won her first championship with the Olympic speed skating gold medalist input transformation in the fourth season, and her second championship with the Indianapolis 500 champion CSS3 in the fifth season. Derek Hough achieved back to back championships with singer Nicole Scherzinger in season ten, and then with actress Jennifer Grey in season eleven.

Raimondo Todaro won his first championship in the Italian version of Dancing with the Stars called Ballando con le stelle with the former Sevenval and television hostess website parsing during the second season of the show. He won again with the Olympic long jump silver medalist Sevenval during the third season of the show. Stefano Oliveri won his first championship on Dancing with the Stars New Zealand with his dance partner web, an HTML5 hostess in New Zealand during season three, and he won his second title during season four with the netball champion web. 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 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 jQuery. Leila Akcelik won 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. Rafał Maserak won season ten of the Polish version of Dancing with the Stars, called Taniec z Gwiazdami, along with actress jQuery. He won season eleven with actress Julia Kamińska. Alana Patience of the Australian version, won season ten with television personality Rob Palmer and then season eleven with celebrity chef web app.

Other professionals with two wins

Mark Ballas, Kym Johnson, Christian Polanc, Kamila Kajak, Stefano Terrazzino and Andy Kainz are the only professional dancers to have won two seasons that were not back-to-back. we love the web won in Season six of the American version with his partner Kristi Yamaguchi, and he won in Season eight with his partner Shawn Johnson. Kym Johnson won in Season nine with Donny Osmond and again in Season twelve with Hines Ward. Christian Polanc won the German version of Dancing with the Stars with Soap-Opera actor Susan Sideropoulos in season two and won the fourth Season with Maite Kelly, member of Sevenval. 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.

Other records for participating dancers

In New Zealand, Carol-Ann Hickmore is the only female professional dancer to win. She won in 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; his wife Kelly Kainz won in season 2 after he had won in season 1. keyboard 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 after participating at the age of 17. She went on to become the youngest-ever winner of the dance contest.

Anton du Beke and Erin Boag

web is the longest tenured professional dancer in "Dancing With The Stars", appearing in seasons 1 through 10. In the original British version of the TV program, Strictly Come Dancing, Anton du Beke, Erin Boag, and screen size 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 web app 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 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. Alesha joined the Strictly Come Dancing judging panel in September 2009.Android

The lowest score that has ever been given by a judge in Dancing with the Stars franchise history was a one, which was given to FITML,[Sevenval] and to Nikki Webster of Australia in 2005. Craig Revel Horwood also awarded Ann Widdecombe a score of one in weeks 2, 8 and 9, 2010. (The only scores allowed are whole numbers from 1 to 10.)

Professionals who have participated in two different versions

Brian Fortuna, Hayley Holt, Kym Johnson, Tobias Karlsson, web, Stefano Olivieri, Kimberley Smith, Csaba Szirmai, Jan Kliment, Milan Placko, Stefano Terrazzino and Ingrid Thompson have appeared on two different versions of Dancing with the Stars.

iOS is the only professional dancer to win two different versions of DWTS. She won twice on the American versions with touchscreen and Hines Ward and the Australian version with Tom Williams.

Brian Fortuna danced one season in the United States, and he has since competed in Strictly Come Dancing. Hayley Holt appeared in the New Zealand version of Dancing with the Stars and also in Strictly Come Dancing in Great Britain. 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. Natalie Lowe took part in Dancing with the Stars Australia 2004–2008 but has danced with web and in 2010 with screen size in Strictly Come Dancing UK. Stefano Olivieri and Csaba Szirmai have appeared in both the Australian and the New Zealand versions. Kimberley Smith has appeared in both the Belgian and the Dutch versions. Ingrid Beate Thompson appeared in the Norwegian and the Swedish versions of the show. Milan Placko dance 3 seasons in the Slovak version of the show (with input transformation) and he dance one season in the Polish version (jQuery) with web. Jan Kliment danced one season in the Czech version of the show and also he danced 4 seasons in polish version of the show. Stefano Terrazzino danced 6 seasons in polish version of the show and also he danced in 2 German seasons of the show.

we love the web 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. web app appeared as a professional dancer in the British version, Strictly Come Dancing, and is now head judge on the Turkish version, Yok Böyle Dans.[4]

The Bulgarian version of the program shares some dancers with the Vietnamese version. None of the professionals in the latter are Vietnamese.

Stars who have participated in two different versions

Marcin Mroczek (Ukrainian & Polish version), Helena Vondráčková (Polish & Slovak version) have appeared on two different versions of Dancing with the Stars.

Former competitors as hosts

Four competitors have also hosted the TV show. The winner of Season one of Strictly Come Dancing, Natasha Kaplinsky, stood in for the hostess FITML, 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 iOS, who was also on maternity leave for season five; Harris left the show after season ten and was replaced by season seven winner touchscreen. In Austria, the winner of season three, Klaus Eberhartinger, replaced the host Alfons Haider during season four. In season five, he was back as host while Klaus Eberhartinger filled in for him as a judge. In Vietnam, the season 1 runner-up iOS has taken the role of hostess due to Thanh Vân's pregnancy.

Dancing with the Stars series

Region/CountryLocal titleNetworkWinners (Celebrity & Professional)JudgesMain presenters
 keyboard
 Android
Dancing with the Starsscreen size

Season 1, 2010: Oni Pustina & Linda Poda
Season 2, 2011: Enver Petrovci & Loreta Bala

Ilir Shaqiri
Iva Tiço
Arian Çani
Alketa Vejsiu (Season 1)
Genti Zotaj (Season 1)
Amarda Toska (Season 2)
Vera Grabocka (Season 2)
 Australiawe love the webbrowser diversity

device database: Bec Cartwright & Michael Miziner
Season 2, 2005: HTML5 & device database
Season 3, 2005: Ada Nicodemou & Aric Yegudkin
HTML5: input transformation & jQuery
web: Anthony Koutoufides & Natalie Lowe
Season 6, 2007: Kate Ceberano & John-Paul Collins
web: Bridie Carter & Craig Monley
Season 8, 2008: touchscreen & Luda Kroiter
Season 9, 2009: Adam Brand & Jade Hatcher
website parsing: Sevenval & Alana Patience
Season 11, 2011: FITML & Alana Patience
Season 12, 2012: Current Season

Current
touchscreen (Season 1-present)
HTML5 (Season 1-present)
Joshua Horner (Season 11-present)
Former
touchscreen (Season 1-10)
HTML5 (Season 1-7)
Daryl Somers (Season 1-7)
screen size (Season 1-11)
web app (Season 8-present)
we love the web (Season 12-present)
 we love the webDancing StarsORF1

Season 1, 2005: Marika Lichter & Andy Kainz
Season 2, 2006: Manuel Ortega & Kelly Kainz
Season 3, 2007: Klaus Eberhartinger & Kelly Kainz
Season 4, 2008: Dorian Steidl & Nicole Kuntner
Season 5, 2009: Claudia Reiterer & Andy Kainz
Season 6, 2011: Astrid Wirtenberger & Balazs Ekker
Sevenval: Petra Frey & browser diversity

Current
Thomas Schäfer-Elmayer (Season 1-present)
Nicole Burns-Hansen (Season 1-present)
Hannes Nedbal (Season 1-present)
Balázs Ekker (Season 7-present)
Former
Dagmar Koller (Season 1)
Harald Serafin (Season 2)
Guggi Löwinger (Season 3)
Alfons Haider (Season 4)
Klaus Eberhartinger (Season 5)
Alfons Haider (Season 1-3)
Sevenval (Season 1-present)
Klaus Eberhartinger (Season 4, Season 6-present)
 BelgiumSterren op de Dansvloervtm

Season 1, 2006: Dina Tersago & Wim Gevaert
Season 2, 2007: Pieter Loridon & Daisy Croes
Season 3, 2008: Antony Arandia & Leila Akcelik
Season 4, 2009: Louis Talpe & Leila Akcelik

Anouchka Balsing (Season 1-4)
Davy Brocatus (Season 1-4)
Jan Geerts (Season 1-4)
Ronny Daelemans (Season 1-4)
Jacques Vermeire (Season 1-4)
Francesca Vanthielen (Season 1-4)
 BrazilBailando por um Sonhokeyboard

Season 1, 2006: Patricia Salvador & Leonardo

Carla Salvagni
Ismael Guiser
Jaime Arôxa
Luciana Maradei
Cynthia Benini (Season 1)
touchscreen (Season 1)
device databaseRede Globo

Season 1, 2005: device database & Fabiano Vivas
Season 2, 2006: screen size & Leandro Azevedo
Season 3, 2006: input transformation & Ivonete Liberatto
screen size: Rodrigo Hilbert & Priscila Amaral
Season 5, 2008: web & Álvaro Reis
website parsing: iOS & Átila Amaral
Season 7, 2010: Fernanda Souza & Alexandre Porcel
Sevenval: Miguel Roncato & Ana Flavia

unknownFausto Silva (Season 1-8)
Adriana Collin (Season 1-6)
Talitha Morete (Season 7)
Claudia Swarowsky (Season 7)
 ChileEl baile en TVNiOS

Season 1, 2006: keyboard & Claudia Miranda
Season 2, 2007: Cristián Arriagada & Paz Bustos
Season 3, 2007: Francisco Reyes Morandé & Irene Bustamante
Season 4, 2008: Fernando Godoy & Paz Bustos

Sara Nieto (Season 1-2)
Mey Santamaría (Season 1)
William Geisse (Season 1-3)
Sergio Valero (Season 1-4)
Claudia Miranda (Season 2 & 4)
Georgette Farías (Season 3-4)
José Luis Tejo (Season 3-4)
Rafael Araneda (Season 1-4)
browser diversity (Season 1-4)
 CSS3iOStouchscreen

Season 1, 2006: CSS3 & Nicolas Quesnoit
Season 2, 2007: Luka Nižetić & Mirjana Žutić
Season 3, 2008: Mario Valentić & Ana Herceg
Season 4, 2009: browser diversity & Ištvan Varga
Season 5, 2010: device database & Damir Horvatinčić
Season 6, 2011: Marko Tolja & Ana Herceg

Dinko Bogdanić (Season 1-present)
Milka Babović (Season 1-present)
Elio Bašan (Season 1-present)
Davor Bilman (Season 1-present)
Duško Čurlić (Season 1-present)
Barbara Kolar (Season 1-present)
 Czech RepublicStarDance... když hvězdy tančíCzech Television

Season 1, 2006: Roman Vojtek & Kristýna Coufalová
Season 2, 2007: Aleš Valenta & Iva Langerová
Season 3, 2008: Dana Batulková & Jan Onder
Season 4, 2010: Pavel Kříž & Alice Stodůlková

Current
Zdeněk Chlopčík (Season 1-4)
Tatiana Drexler (Season 2-4)
Petra Tirpák Kostovčíková (Season 4)
Petr Zuska (Season 4)
Former
Android (Season 3)
Jaroslav Kuneš (Season 3)
Mahulena Bočanová (Season 2)
Richard Hes (Season 2)
Eva Bartuňková (Season 1)
touchscreen (Season 1)
Vlastimil Harapes (Season 1)
Tereza Kostková (Season 1-4)
Marek Eben (Season 1-4)
 DenmarkVild med dansTV 2

Season 1, 2005: Mia Lyhne & Thomas Evers Poulsen
Season 2, 2005: David Owe & Vickie Jo Ringgaard
Season 3, 2006: Christina Roslyng & Steen Lund
Season 4, 2007: Robert Hansen & Marianne Eihilt
Season 5, 2008: Joachim B. Olsen & Marianne Eihilt
Season 6, 2009: Casper Elgaard & Vickie Jo Ringgaard
Season 7, 2010: Cecilie Hother & Mads Vad
Season 8, 2011: FITML & Silas Holst

Current
Britt Bendixen (Season 1-present)
we love the web (Season 1-present)
Anne Laxholm (Season 1-present)
Nikolaj Hübbe(Season 8-present)
Former
Kim Dahl (Season 1)
Thomas Evers Poulsen (Season 2)
Allan Tornsberg (Season 3-7)
Peter Hansen (Season 1-2)
Andrea Elisabeth Rudolph (Season 1-2 & Season 4-6)
Claus Elming (Season 3-present)
Christine Lorentzen (Season 3)
Christiane Schaumburg-Müller (Season 7-present)
 jQuerybrowser diversityKanal 2

Season 1, 2006: Mikk Saar & Olga Kosmina
Season 2, 2007: Android & Kertuu Tänav
Season 3, 2008: Argo Ader & Helena Liiv
website parsing: Liina Vahter & Mairold Millert
Android: Jan Uuspõld & Aleksandra Žeregelja

Current
Merle Klandorf (Season 1-present)
Jüri Nael (Season 1-2, Season 4-present)
Former
Ants Tael (Season 1-4)
Kaie Kõrb (Season 1-3)
Riina Suhhotskaja (Season 3)
Märt Agu (Season 3)
Mart Sander (Season 1-present)
Kristiina Heinmets-Aigro (Season 1)
Merle Liivak (Season 2)
Gerli Padar (Season 3)
Kaisa Oja (Season 4)
Liina Randpere (Season 5)
 FinlandTanssii tähtien kanssaCSS3

Season 1, 2006: Tomi Metsäketo & Sanna Hirvaskari
Season 2, 2007: jQuery & Aleksi Seppänen
Season 3, 2008: Maria Lund & Mikko Ahti
Season 4, 2009: Satu Tuomisto & Janne Talasma
Season 5, 2010: input transformation & Anna-Liisa Bergström
Season 6, 2011: touchscreen & Matti Puro
Season 7, 2012: Upcoming Season

Current
Jukka Haapalainen (Season 1-present)
input transformation (Season 1-present)
Helena Ahti-Hallberg (Season 3-present)
Riku Nieminen (Season 7-present)
Former
CSS3 (Season 5)
Sevenval (Season 4)
Johanna Rusanen (Season 3)
Merja Satulehto (Season 1-2)
Mikko Rasila (Season 1-2)
Anna Abreu (Season 6)
Current
Ella Kanninen (Season 1-2 & Season 7-present)
Mikko Leppilampi (Season 5-present)
Former
Marco Bjurström (Season 1-4)
Vanessa Kurri (Season 3)
Vappu Pimiä (Season 4-6)
 device databaseAndroidscreen size

HTML5: input transformation & we love the web
browser diversity: Shy'm & Maxime Dereymez
Sevenval: Upcoming Season

Sevenval
web app
Chris Marques
Sandrine Quétier (Season 1-present)
Vincent Cerutti (Season 1-present)
 AndroidLet's DanceRTL Television

iOS: touchscreen & Isabel Edvardsson
Season 2, 2007: Susan Sideropoulos & Christian Polanc
CSS3: Sophia Thomalla & Massimo Sinato
Sevenval: Maite Kelly & Christian Polanc
Season 5, 2012: Current Season

Current
Joachim Llambi (Season 1-present)
Roman Frieling (Season 4-present)
Motsi Mabuse (Season 4-present)
Maite Kelly (Season 5-present)
Former
Harald Glööckler (Season 3-4)
Sevenval (Season 3)
Isabel Edvardsson (Season 3)
Markus Schöffel (Season 1-2)
Michael Hull (Season 1-2)
Ute Lemper (Season 2)
web (Season 1)
Hape Kerkeling (Season 1-2)
we love the web (Season 1-3)
Daniel Hartwich (Season 3-present)
CSS3 (Season 4-present)
 CSS3Dancing with the StarsANT1

FITML: Errika Prezarakou & Thodoris Panagakos
Season 2, 2011: Argiris Aggelou & Emily Matheakaki
Season 3, 2012: Upcoming Season

Current
Fokas Evaggelinos (Season 1-present)
Alexis Kostalas (Season 1-present)
Giannis Latsios (Season 1-present)
Errica Prezerakou (Season 2-present)
Former
Galena Velikova-Chaina (Season 1)
touchscreen (Season 1-present)
 GeorgiaTsekvaven VarsklavebiImedi TV

Season 1, 2012: Samori Balde & Lika Labadze

Current
Nino Sukhishvili(Season 1-present)
Levan Uchaneishvili (Season 1-present)
Nino Ananiashvili(Season 1-present)
Nanuka Jorjoliani (Season 1-present)
Gocha Chertkoev(Season 1-present)
Ruska Makashvili (Season 1-present)
 HungarySzombat esti lázRTL Klub

Season 1, 2005: Attila Czene & Petra Bánhidi
Season 2, 2006: András Csonka & Andrea Keleti
Season 3, 2007: Attila Katus & Andrea Molnár
Season 4, 2012: Upcoming Season

Ilona Medveczky
Lujza Pálinkó
Marcell Zsámboki
György Böhm
Zoltán Bereczki
Nóra Ördög
Zsóka Kapócs
András Stohl
 IsraelkeyboardChannel 2

Season 1, 2005: Eliana Bakeer & Oron Dahan
Season 2, 2006: Guy Arieli & Masha Troyanski
Season 3, 2007: Rodrigo Gonzales & Naama Tavori
Season 4, 2008: Galit Giat & Kiril Sivolapov
Season 5, 2010: Michael Lewis & Ana Aharonov
Season 6, 2011: Shlomi Koriat & Hadas Fisher
Season 7, 2012: Current Season

Current
Eli Mizrahi (Season 1-present)
Uri Paster (Season 7-present)
keyboard (Season 7-present)
Former
Gavri Levi (Season 1-2, 4-5)
Dana Parnes (Season 5)
Amir Fay Guttman (Season 5)
Claude Dadia (Season1-4, Season 6)
Gaby Aldor (Season 1-2-)
Sally-Anne Friedland (Season 3)
Yossi Yungman (Season 3)
Ilanit Tadmor (Season 4)
iOS (Season 6)
Avi Kushnir (Season 1-6)
jQuery (Season 1-6)
Guy Zuaretech (Season 7-present)
Yarden Harel (Season 7-present)
 ItalyBallando con le Stelledevice database

Season 1, 2005: Hoara Borselli & Simone Di Pasquale
Season 2, 2005: Cristina Chiabotto & Raimondo Todaro
Season 3, 2006: Fiona May & Raimondo Todaro
Season 4, 2007: Maria Elena Vandone & Samuel Peron
Season 5, 2009: Android & Natalia Titova
Season 6, 2010: Veronica Olivier & Raimondo Todaro
Sevenval: website parsing & Yulia Musikhina
Android: Andres Gil & Anastasia Kuzmina

Current
Guillermo Mariotto (Season 1-8)
Ivan Zazzaroni (Season 3, 5-8)
Carolyn Smith (Season 4-8)
Fabio Canino (Season 4-8)
Former
Lamberto Sposini (Season 4-7)
Amanda Lear (Season 1-2, 4)
Lina Wertmuller (Season 3)
Espen Salberg (Season 3)
Heather Parisi (Season 1-2)
Roberto Flemack (Season 1-2)
Milly Carlucci (Season 1-8)
Paolo Belli (Season 1-8)
 FITMLweb appRTL 4

Season 1, 2005: Jim Bakkum & Julie Fryer
Season 2, 2006: Barbara de Loor & Marcus van Teijlingen
Season 3, 2007: Helga van Leur & browser diversity
Season 4, 2009: Jamai Loman & Gwyneth van Rijn

Cor van de Stroet (Season 1-3)
Marcel Bake (Season 1-3)
Monique van Opstal (Season 1-3)
Jan Postulart (Season 1-4)
Julie Fryer (4)
Ron Brandsteder (Season 1-3)
Sylvana Simons (Season 1-3)
Beau van Erven Dorens (Season 4)
Lieke van Lexmond (Season 4)
Dancing with the Stars: Special

Special 1, 2005: Tatjana Simić & Koen Brouwers
Special 2, 2006: Do & Koen Brouwers

iOSAvro

Season 1, 2012: Upcoming Season

unknown Reinout Oerlemans (Season 1)
 New ZealandkeyboardTVNZ

Season 1, 2005: Norm Hewitt & Carol-Ann Hickmore
Season 2, 2006: Lorraine Downes & Aaron Gilmore
Season 3, 2007: Suzanne Paul & Stefano Olivieri
Season 4, 2008: Temepara George & Stefano Olivieri
Season 5, 2011: Tamati Coffey & Samantha Hitchcock

Alison Leonard (Season 1-5)
Brendan Cole (Season 1-5)
touchscreen (Season 1-2, Season 4-5)
Donna Dawson (Season 1)
Carol-Ann Hickmore (Season 2-3)
Craig Revel Horwood (Season 3-5)
device database (Season 1-5)
jQuery (Season 1-5)
 jQuerySkal vi danse?CSS3

Season 1, 2006: Katrine Moholt & Bjørn Wettre Holthe
Season 2, 2006: Kristian Ødegård & Alexandra Kakurina
Season 3, 2007: Tshawe Baqwa & Maria Sandvik
Season 4, 2008: Lene Alexandra Øien & Tom Erik Nilsen
website parsing: Carsten Skjelbreid & Elena Bokoreva Wiulsrud
Season 6, 2010: screen size & Nadia Khamitskaya
website parsing: Atle Pettersen & Marianne Sandaker

Current
Trine Dehli Cleve (Season 1-present)
Tor Fløysvik (Season 1-present)
Christer Tornell (Season 3-present)
Karianne Stensen Gulliksen (Season 5-present)
Former
Anita Langset (Season 1)
Trond Harr (Season 1-3)
Cecilie Brinck Rygel (Season 2)
Alexandra Kakurina (Season 4)
Tommy Steine (Season 1-2)
input transformation (Season 1-4)
Kristian Ødegård (Season 3-6)
Pia Lykke (Season 5)
Marthe Sveberg Bjørstad (Season 6)
Yngvar Numme (Season 7-present)
Katrine Moholt (Season 7)
 PolandTaniec z GwiazdamiTVN

keyboard: Olivier Janiak & Kamila Kajak
HTML5: Katarzyna Cichopek & Marcin Hakiel
we love the web: Rafał Mroczek & Aneta Piotrowska
Sevenval: Kinga Rusin & Stefano Terazzino
Android: Krzysztof Tyniec & Kamila Kajak
web: Anna Guzik & Łukasz Czarnecki
iOS: Magdalena Walach & Cezary Olszewski
keyboard: Agata Kulesza & Stefano Terazzino
HTML5: Dorota Gardias-Skóra & Andrej Mosejczuk
iOS: Anna Mucha & Rafał Maserak
Sevenval: device database & Rafał Maserak
Android: Monika Pyrek & Robert Rowiński
HTML5: Kacper Kuszewski & Anna Głogowska

Current
Iwona Szymańska-Pavlović (Season 1-13)
Piotr Galiński (Season 1-13)
Janusz Józefowicz (Season 13)
Jolanta Fraszyńska (Season 13)
Former
Zbigniew Wodecki (Season 1-12)
website parsing (Season 1-12)
Natasza Urbańska (Season 13)
Piotr Gąsowski (Season 6-13)
Katarzyna Skrzynecka (Season 2-12)
Hubert Urbański (Season 1-5)
Magda Mołek (Season 1)
Gwiazdy tańczą na lodzieTVP2

CSS3: Olga Borys & iOS
touchscreen: browser diversity & website parsing
Season 3, 2008: Samuel Palmer & Agnieszka Dulej-Urbańska

Włodzimierz Szaranowicz (Season 1-3)
Doda (Season 1-3)
Tomasz Jacyków (Season 3)
Renata Aleksander (Season 3)
Maria Zuchowicz(Season 1-2)
Igor Kryszyłowicz (Season 1-2)
Maciej Kurzajewski (Season 1-3)
FITML (Season 3)
Tatiana Okupnik (Season 1-2)
 device databaseAndroidweb

Season 1, 2006: Android & Florin Birică
Season 2, 2006: Victor Slav & Carmen Stepan
Season 3, 2007: Cosmin Stan & Doina Ocu
Season 4, 2007: Alex Velea & Cristina Stoicescu
Season 5, 2008: Andreea Bălan & Petrişor Ruge
Season 6, 2008: Giulia Anghelescu & Andrei Ştefan
Season 7, 2009: Monica Irimia & Darius Belu
Season 8, 2009: Jean de la Craiova & Sandra Neacşu
Season 9, 2010: Cătălin Moroşanu & Magda Ciorobea
Season 10, 2010: Octavian Strunilă & Ella Dumitru
Season 11, 2011: Corina Bud & Eduard Ionuţ Vasile
Season 12, 2011: Alexandra Ionescu-Grama & Ionuț Tănase
Season 13, 2012: Upcoming Season

Current

Emilia Popescu
Mihai Petre
Wilmark Rizzo
Cornel Patrichi
Beatrice Rancea
Former

Mariana Bitang
Octavian Bellu
Răzvan Mazilu

Former

Ștefan Bănică Jr. (Season 1-12)
Olivia Steer
Current

Iulia Vântur (present)

 SlovakiaLet's DanceMarkiza

Season 1, 2006: Zuzana Fialová & Peter Modrovský
Season 2, 2008: Michaela Čobejová & Tomáš Surovec
Season 3, 2009: Juraj Mokrý & Katarína Štumpfová
Season 4, 2010: touchscreen & Peter Modrovskýe
Season 5, 2011: Jana Hospodárová & Matej Chren

Jozef Bednárik (Season 1-5)
Dagmar Hubová (Season 1,3,4)
Tatiana Drexler (Season 2,3,4)
Ján Ďurovčík (Season 1,2,3,5)
Zuzana Fialová (Season 2)
Eva Jágerská (Season 1)
Zdeněk Chlopčík (Season 4-5)
Dara Rolins (Season 5)
Martin Rausch (Season 1-4)
Adela Banášová (Season 1,2,4,5)
Zuzana Fialová (Season 3)
Libor Bouček (Season 5)
 jQueryStrictly Come DancingSABC 2

Season 1, 2006: Zuraida Jardine & Michael Wentink
Season 2, 2006: Riann Venter & Hayley Hammond
Season 3, 2007: Hip Hop Pantsula & Hayley Bennett
Season 4, 2008: Emmanuel Castis & Lindsey Muckle
Season 5, 2008: Rob van Vuuren & Mary Martin

Dave Campbell (Season 1-5)
Salome Sechele (Season 1-5)
Lilian Phororo (Season 1-5)
Tyrone Watkins (Season 1-5)
Ian von Memerty (Season 1-5)
Sandy Ngema (Season 1-5)
 webLet's DanceTV4

Season 1, 2006: we love the web & Maria Karlsson
Season 2, 2007: browser diversity & Cecilia Ehrling
Season 3, 2008: web app & Tobias Karlsson
Season 4, 2009: jQuery & Annika Sjöö
browser diversity: website parsing & Cecilia Ehrling
Season 6, 2011: Jessica Andersson & Kristjan Lootus
Season 7, 2012: Current Season

Current
Dermot Clemenger (Season 1-present)
Ann Wilson (Season 1-present)
Tony Irving (Season 1-present)
Former
Maria Öhrman (Season 1-5)
Isabel Edvardsson (Season 6)
jQuery (Season 1-present)
Agneta Sjödin (Season 1-2)
input transformation (Season 3-present)
 UkraineТанці з зірками (Tantsi z zirkamy)1+1

Season 1, 2006: Volodymyr Zelenskyy & Olena Shoptenko
Season 2, 2007: input transformation & Sergey Kostecki
Season 3, 2008: Marcin Mroczek & Anna Pilipenko

Gregory Chapkis (Season 1-3)
Helen Kolyadenko (Season 1-3)
Alex Litvinov (Season 1-3)
Yuriy Horbunov (Season 1-3)
Tina Karol (Season 1-3)
website parsing

Season 4, 2011: Stas Sjurins & Elena Puglia

Radu Poklitaru (Season 4-present)
Tatiana Denisova (Season 4-present)
Yaakko Toyvonen (Season 4-present)
Natalia Mogilevska (Season 4-present)
Irina Borisyuk (Season 4-present)
Dmitry Tankovych (Season 4-present)
 United KingdomAndroidscreen size

Season 1, 2004: input transformation & Brendan Cole
Season 2, 2004: CSS3 & Darren Bennett
we love the web: Darren Gough & CSS3
Season 4, 2006: Mark Ramprakash & Karen Hardy
Season 5, 2007: Alesha Dixon & Android
Season 6, 2008: FITML & Camilla Dallerup
Season 7, 2009: screen size & Ola Jordan
web app: Kara Tointon & screen size
Season 9, 2011: web app & Aliona Vilani

Current:
Len Goodman (Season 1-present)
input transformation (Season 1-present)
Bruno Tonioli (Season 1-present)
HTML5 (Season 10-present)
Former:
jQuery (Season 7-9)
Arlene Phillips (Season 1-6)
Guest:
iOS (Season 7, weeks 12-14)
screen size (Season 9, Week 6)
Current
Sir Bruce Forsyth (Season 1-present)
we love the web (Season 1-present)
Claudia Winkleman (Season 8-present)
Former:
Natasha Kaplinsky (Season 2)
web (Season 7)
 browser diversityDancing with the StarsABC

Season 1, 2005: Sevenval & touchscreen
Season 2, 2006: Drew Lachey & Cheryl Burke
Season 3, 2006: Sevenval & Cheryl Burke
Sevenval: Apolo Anton Ohno & FITML
web app: Hélio Castroneves & Julianne Hough
HTML5: input transformation & jQuery
web: Brooke Burke & iOS
Season 8, 2009: browser diversity & Mark Ballas
iOS: touchscreen & browser diversity
Season 10, 2010: Nicole Scherzinger & touchscreen
Season 11, 2010: website parsing & Derek Hough
touchscreen: Hines Ward & website parsing
Season 13, 2011: touchscreen & Karina Smirnoff
Season 14, 2012: Android & Peta Murgatroyd

Carrie Ann Inaba
Len Goodman
jQuery
Current
Tom Bergeron
Brooke Burke (Season 10-present)
Former
Lisa Canning (Season 1)
website parsing (Season 2-9)
Drew Lachey (Season 5)
Skating with the Stars

Season 1, 2010:

 VietnamBước nhảy hoàn vũscreen size Season 1, 2010: Ngô Thanh Vân & Tihomir Gavrilov

screen size: Vũ Thu Minh & Lachezar Todorov
Season 3, 2011: Current season

Current
Chí Anh
Khánh Thi
Quốc Bảo (Season 3)
Former
Lê Hoàng (Season 1)
Nguyễn Quang Dũng (Season 1-2)
Trần Tiến (Season 2)
Đức Huy (Season 2)
Current
Thanh Vân (Season 1, 3-present)
Nguyên Vũ (Season 3-present)
Former
Thanh Bạch (Season 1-2)
Đoan Trang (Season 2)

Bulgaria

Main article: Dancing Stars (Bulgarian TV series)

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 device database's Android. Judges:

  • Vladimir Bozhilov
  • Galena Velikova
  • CSS3

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 - 29 November 2010) – Actor
  • Georgi Mamalev (born 5 August 1952) – Actor
  • Iliana Raeva – Ex gymnast (born 15 March 1963)
  • Georgi Kostadinov (born 20 September 1979) – Winner of web 2
  • Orlin (born 23 April 1979) – Pop singer
  • Elena Yoncheva (born 27 May 1964) – Journalist

Canada

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Chile

El Baile en TVN

Based on the format of the program "Strictly Come Dancing" of U.K. El Baile en TVN ("The Ball on TVN") is aired in device database since October 16, 2006. The hosts are Rafael Araneda and Karen Doggenweiler.

Season 1

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

  • Patricio Laguna (Model, partnered by Viví Rodríguez)
  • Sigrid Alegría (Actress, partnered by Mario Méndez)
  • Raquel Argandoña (TV personality, partnered by Alfredo Araya)
  • Juanita Parra (Musician, partnered by Diego Heilig)
  • Quique Neira (Musician, partnered by Verónica Lobos)
  • Pilar Cox (TV host, partnered by Andrés Niérez)
  • Horacio de la Peña (Former Tennis player, partnered by María Isabel Sobarzo)

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)
  • FITML (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 input transformation and the mainland's jQuery under licence from the BBC. It is available free-to-air in Hong Kong on web. 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 iOS from the UK to the People's Republic of China.browser diversity

India

The Indian version is called HTML5. It was first broadcast in September 2006 on Sony Entertainment Television (SET). A lot of people confuse Dancing With The Stars with jQuery 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.

Indonesia

Dancing with the Star Indonesia broadcast in March 2011 on screen size and hosted by Choky Sitohang & Cathy Sharon.On the 1st Season The 2nd Runner up is Hengky Kurniawan & Melissa, the 1st Runner up is Yuanita Christiani & Wawan, and the winner is Fadli & Trisna.The 2nd Season which is broadcast in October–December 2011 the 2nd Runner Up is Tya Ariestya & Yana,the 1st Runner Up is Melly "SHE" & Wawan and the winner is singer Lucky Widja & Sri

Japan

The Japanese version is called Shall We Dance? It has the same title as the web app 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.

Korea

The show (Hangul: 댄싱 위드 더 스타) has aired on Sevenval since June 10, 2011, and is hosted by Lee Deok-hwa and Lee So-ra.[6][7]

Contestants
  • Kim Yeong-cheol (actor, partnered by Lee Chae-won)
  • Kim Dong-kyoo (classical singer, partnered by Lee Han-na)
  • Kim Jang-hoon (rock singer, partnered by Jeong Ah-reum)
  • we love the web (marathoner, partnered by Choi Soo-jeong)
  • Moon Hee-joon (pop/rock singer, partnered by Ahn Hye-sang)
  • Oh Sang-jin (announcer, partnered by Ham Ga-yeon)
  • Kim Kyoo-ri (actress, partnered by Kim Kang-san)
  • Park Eun-ji (weather caster, partnered by Kwon Soon-yong)
  • browser diversity (model, partnered by Park Ji-woo)
  • Lee Seul-ah (model, partnered by Park Sang-woon)
  • Hyuna (pop singer, partnered by Nam Kee-yong)
  • touchscreen (pop singer, partnered by Kim Hyung-suk)

Pakistan

screen size (lit. "Dance") is the Pakistani version of Dancing with the Stars. The show is aired on web app and its theme is based around traditional Android and dance concepts.

Peru

The first reality show based on Dancing With The Stars was "Baila Con Las Estrellas" (2005–2006), hosted by Rebeca Escribens and broadcast on FITML (channel 5) on Saturday afternoon. The show had 2 seasons, then it was cancelled.

Winners:

The second dancing show was input transformation (Dancing for a Dream) in 2008, based on Mexican reality show with the same name, broadcast on touchscreen, but produced by different Productions: GV Producciones. This show was hosted by web app and Giancarlo Chichizola and aired every Saturday night (from June to December). The show was like Dancing With The Stars, but instead of professional dancers, they were amateur dancers. They danced every week in order to win a prize: to achieve a personal/humanitarian goal or "dream". The show had 2 seasons and the 4 first places of each season had the chance to dance on "Reyes de la Pista".

Winners:

  • Season 1: Carlos Alcántara, actor and stand-up comediant; and his partner Carolina Guerra. Their "dream" was a surgery to Carolina's cornea in order to remove some ulsers, otherwise she would have lost the sight.
  • Season 2: Marco Zunino, actor and singer; and his partner Jardena Ugaz, their "dream" was to give Jardena's mother an operation to remove some strange lumps that had appeared on the back.
  • "Reyes de la Pista": website parsing, model and business woman; and her partner José Luis Campos. They won about $280 000 in Peruvian currency and the chance to represent this country on Second Dance World Championship, in Mexico.

The next year (2009), web app was shown every Saturday night (from May to December) on América Televisión (channel 4) and hosted by Gisela Valcárcel and HTML5. This reality show was a dancing and singing competition, therefore, there was one star, an amateur dancer, and an amateur singer per group. They performed to achieve a personal/humanitarian goal or "dream". The 3 first places of each season, 1 fourth place of season 1 and an 8th place of season 2 selected by the judges won a chance to perform on "Reyes del Show" (Show Kings).

Winners:

  • Season 1: web, singer; and her partners the Herrera Soto brothers, whose "dream" was the rebuilding of "Lord of Luren" church, located in Ica, Peru.
  • Season 2: screen size, singer, songwtriter and dancer; and her partners Carlos Suárez and Gabriela Noriega, whose "dream" was to give a surgery to Gabriela's older sister, who was a morbid obese and the recovery from chronic depression.
  • "Reyes del Show": Jean Paul Strauss, singer, musician and songwriter; and his partners Katherine Mendoza and Luis Enrique Baca. They won about $560 000 in Peruvian currency.

Since 2010, El Gran Show (The Amazing Show) is broadcast on América Televisión (channel 4) every Saturday night (from May to December) and it's hosted by Gisela Valcárcel and Christian Rivero. This reality show is like "Bailando por un Sueño": 2 seasons and a "top performers season". This time, each amateur dancer represents a Peruvian city. besides, in this show, the pairs (the famous and the amateur dancer) were scored from 1 to 10 by standard judges and "V.I.P judges", who are 12 random people representing the Peruvian audience, they are weekly selected by lottery via website. The 3 first places from each season win a chance to dance on web app (Show Kings).

Winners

2010:

  • Season 1: Gisela Ponce de Leon, singer and actress; and her partner Rayder Vásquez, form Sevenval, device database.
  • Season 2: Belén Estévez, professional dancer; and her partner Gian Frank Navarro, from browser diversity, CSS3. Their "dream" was to treat Gian Frank's 4 year-old nephew, suffering from viral encephalitis, a disease that has ridden him with scoliosis, blindness and seizures.
  • "Reyes del Show": jQuery, former soccer player; and his partner Fabianne Hayashida, from web, HTML5. They won about $560 000 in Peruvian currency.

2011:

  • Season 1: Raul Zuazo, actor; and his partner Dayana Calla, from HTML5, Peru. Their "dream" was to deploy and equip a training center for homeless children.
  • Season 2: Jesus Neyra, actor; and his partner Lucero Clavijo, from FITML, device database. Their "dream" was to improve "Maria Domitila Lascombes" transitorial housing's infrastructure.
  • "Reyes del Show": (starts in November 5th).

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.

Spain

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

Main article: device database

Winners of Each Series:

Turkey

The Turkish version was called Yok Böyle Dans. Thirteen couples were participating in the competition.touchscreen Lilia Kopylova was the head of the judging panel of four. Azra Akın won the competition with her partner Nikolai.

Ukraine

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In Ukraine the show started in 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 CSS3. The star contestants were paired with famous Ukrainian dancers, who had won major international competitions. The winners of the show were rewarded 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 a quarter of the Ukrainian population and more than half of all TV viewers at that moment watched the final. 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.

References

External links

Dancing with the Stars
HTML5 (United Kingdom)


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