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Dancing with the Stars is the name of a group of 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 more than 30 countries, 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, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Sweden, and Ukraine. As a result, this contest became the world's most popular television program among all genres in 2006 and 2007, according to the magazine Television Business International,[1] reaching the Top 10 in 17 countries. The show pairs a number of celebrities with professional ballroom dancers, who each week compete by performing dances. 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, and continue in the next week. This process continues until there are only two or three couples left, at which point one couple is declared the champion.
Cheryl Burke, Julianne Hough, Raimondo Todaro, Stefano Oliveri and Kelly Kainz made international Dancing With The Stars franchise history by becoming the only professional dancers to win two back-to-back championships. Ms. 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 the show's second season. He won again with the Olympic long jump silver medalist Fiona May during the show's third season. After four years, he won the show's sixth edition with the young actress Veronica Olivier, with whom he became a love story. 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 New Zealander 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.
Mark Ballas, Derek Hough and Andy Kainz are the only professional dancers to win 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. Mark also has had the distinction of being the only male professional dancer to win in any two seasons. 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 and Brooke Burke won season seven of the American version and won in Season ten with his partner Nicole Scherzinger.
In New Zealand, Carol-Ann Hickamore is the only female professional dancer to win. She won in the Season two with the former rugby player Norm Hewitt. Ms. Hickamore 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.
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 Zealander versions. Hayley Holt appeared in the New Zealander 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 next signed up to compete in Strictly Come Dancing. Natalie Lowe took part in Dancing with the Stars Australia 2004–2008 but is now dancing with Ricky Whittle 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. Kym Johnson is the only professional dancer to win on 2 different versions of Dancing with the Stars.
Edyta Sliwinska is the only professional dancer in Dancing with the Stars to appear in every one of the American seasons. 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 Zealander 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 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.
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. It is an open question of whether a zero score is allowed.
Kym Johnson is the only professional to win two mirror-bal trophies on two series (Australian and American versions).
Based on the format of the program Mira quién baila! Spain or Dancing with the Stars in the U.S., the format was first held in Mexico, where he was commercially successful, so it was decided to adapt it to the Argentine market. Mexican format in Argentina was also adapted to other genres, such as singing (Singing for a Dream), figure skating (Skating for a Dream), musicals (Musical Comedy for a Dream), which also were issued in Showmatch. Until the year 2009 have been performed 5 complete editions and will be sixth in 2009. In competition, a "dreamer" anonymous (male or female) should also be an amateur dancer, is accompanied by a celebrity in a dance contest, where, week after week, the couple must prove their dancing skills at different rates musical, which in Argentina until today are: Disco, Cha Cha Cha, Hip Hop, Salsa, Milonga, Rock And Roll, Chamamé, Jazz, Waltz, Ax, Merengue, Swing, Charleston, Lambada, Mambo, Reggaeton, Pole dance, Striptease, Cumbia, Cuarteto, Jive, Beat, Arabic, Video, Pop Latino, Rumba Flamenca, Dancing In The Rain, Samba, Ballroom, Country, Adagio, Adagio Latino, Flamenco, Chacarera, Aero Dance, Music Telenovelas, Paso Doble Kids, Aquadance, Cabaret, Dancing under the Snow, Pop, Rock Nacional, Double Cano. The three couples who obtained the fewest points by the jury and be sentenced to either the public who their SMS text messages), or telephone calls, vote which couple should be followed in the program, thanks to this program gives significant gains for each message sent. Jurors in the various editions are celebrities from the art scene in Argentina. They have been Carmen Barbieri, Zulma Faiad, Jorge Lafauci, Moria Casan, Reina Reech, Graciela Alfano, Gerardo Sofovich, Laura Fidalgo, Florencia de la V, Antonio Gasalla, Samuel Gelblung and one of the best dancers from Argentina: Valeria Archimaut.
Singing for a dream is a television singing contest program of Showmatch Argentine. There have been two editions: one in 2006 and one more in 2007. It is hosted by Marcelo Tinelli and broadcast by Channel 13 of Buenos Aires.
Skating for a Dream is a contest in figure skating, was telecast in 2007 and 2008. The celebrity ice skates with a professional skater to fulfill the dream of a foundation. They are evaluated by a jury of four judges from television and radio. The format is the same as for "Dream Dancing" and "Singing for a Dream".
Kids Dancing for a Dream, better known as Dancing Kids, was an Argentine dance contest where couples made up of children involved (ages 7 to 12 years), which are judged by a jury. The show was hosted by Marcelo Tinelli (during the first three weeks) and then was Jose Maria Listorti (during the next four). It premiered on Thursday, 7 May 2009 and has been criticized by some media critics for what they view as handling of child actors, ending on 19 June of that year due to low raings.
The Musical of Your Dreams is a television program where CONTEST 1 famous together with 5 dancers, this group of 6 people is directed by its choreographer and manager. Musicals do every week where they sing and dance and act. The jury is responsible for rating and the 3 couples with the lowest score or more are sentenced, and the day of the elimination dance again, so the jury saves all the best couples danced until there are 2 and the public is who decides who remains in the competition by voting via SMS to 9009. Each week 1 couple is being eliminated until semifinalists are the 4 pairs of partners there are the 2 finalists, perform a series of rhythms and the jury vote for the couple you like most, which has more vote takes 1 point or maybe a tie. The winning couple will fulfill his dream production.
Dancing with the Stars has aired on the Seven Network since late 2004 and is hosted by Daniel MacPherson and Sonia Kruger. In late 2007, previous host Daryl Somers left the series after seven seasons. For the first seven seasons, there were four judges:
Before the eighth season aired, Paul Mercurio was dropped from the judging panel. The series has won the prestigious Logie Award, and has been named one of the most successful television programs to air on Australian television. The show averages around 2 million viewers a week nationally across Australia.[2] The program was made by the BBC in conjunction with Granada but since season eight, has been produced by Freehand. The most recent season commenced mid 2009.
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. Dancing Stars 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 Eberhartingers 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.
In the first season, no couple had to leave the first show and only two pairs were left in the final show. In all other seasons, one couple had to leave the first show and three pairs were left in the final show. In the fourth season, the final show was split on two evenings. In the fifth season, men and women were split for the first two shows (qualification rounds).
After the final of the second and third season a "Dancing Stars Best of" was aired and after the "Best of" of Season 3 there was a special episode called " Dancing Stars – Die Traumhochzeit" (Dancing Stars – The Dream Wedding) in which the professional ballroom dancers Balázs Ekker and Alice Guschelbauer got married. Another "Best of" was aired before the start of season 5. After the fourth season, there was a special episode called "Dance for Europe" in which the couple to represent Austria at the Eurovison Dance Contest 2008 was selected. The couples to participate in this episode were:
Andy and Kelly Kainz who represented Austria in the Eurovision Dance Contest 2007 (5th place) did not participate in this special episode due to conflicting schedules. The winners were Nicole Kuntner and Dorian Steidl who later came second last at the Dance Contest in Glasgow. Before the start of season four, ORF aired the reality show "Dance with Me" in which the private life of the professsional dancers was shown. During season five, a dance course was aired in which the professional dancers taught the viewers basics of Cha-Cha-Cha, Rumba, Jive, Samba, Paso Doble, English Waltz, Slow Foxtrot, Quickstepp, Tango and Viennese Waltz.
Andy and Kelly Kainz, who together won four out of five seaons of Dancing Stars are married since 2001, Alice Guschelbauer and Balázs Ekker got married after the finale of season three. Balázs was once the dance partner of Julia Polai while Alice was dancing with Gerhard Egger. Now, Julia Polai and Gerhard Egger are a professional dance couple. Manfred Zehender and Michaela Heintzinger were a professional dance couple as well as a couple out of dancing. They split after season one because Michaela got into an affair with her celeb partner Toni Polster. Same goes for Alexander Kreissl and Christina Auer (Alexander is now married to his partner from season 2, Simone Stelzer) as well as Alexander Zaglmaier and Nicole Kuntner (Alexander married his dance partner from season three, Zabine Kapfinger; they have two sons).
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:
Contestants:
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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.
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El Baile en TVN ("The Ball on TVN") is aired in Televisión Nacional de Chile since October 16, 2006. It's hosted by Rafael Araneda and Karen Doggenweiler.
Since October 16, 2006. The winners of this season were Juvenal Olmos and Claudia Miranda.
Since March 5, 2007. The winners of this season were Cristian Arriagada and Paz Bustos.
Since August 22, 2007. The winners of this season were Francisco Reyes and Irene Bustamante.
The winners of this season were Fernando Godoy and Paz Bustos. The contestants of this season are :
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.[3]
Ples sa zvijezdama has aired for three 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.
Named "StarDance ... When the Stars are Dancing" and aired (so far) 3 seasons by Czech Television. Hosted by Tereza Kostková & Marek Eben. Judges:
The contestants were:
The contestants were:
The contestants were:
The first season of Vild med dans ("Mad about Dancing") was aired on the Danish TV-channel TV 2 in 2005 and the contestants were:
Birthe Kjær (folk singer) had to withdraw due to health problems.
Joachim Boldsen (handball player) had to withdraw due to an injury.
The show features four judges. Anne Laxholm, Britt Bendixen, and Jens Werner have been featured in all seasons. The 1st season (2004) featured Kim Dahl as the fourth judge. In season 2 (2005), he was replaced by Thomas Evers Poulsen. Since season 3 (2006– ), Allan Tornsberg has been the fourth judge.
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.
Hosts Mart Sander and Kristiina Heinmets-Aigro. Judges: Ants Tael, Merle Klandorf, Kaie Kõrb, Jüri Nael
Hosts Mart Sander and Merle Liivak. Judges: Ants Tael, Merle Klandorf, Kaie Kõrb, Jüri Nael
Hosts Mart Sander and Gerli Padar. Judges: Ants Tael, Merle Klandorf, Riina Suhotskaja, Märt Agu
The series (titled Tanssii tähtien kanssa (Dances with Stars); a pun on the title of the film Dances with Wolves, Tanssii susien kanssa) aired in spring 2006, featuring
(spring 2007) featured
Singer Kirill Babitzin was to take part in the competition, but he suddenly died on January 31. His place was taken by Schatz.
(spring 2008) featured
(spring 2009) featured
Season 5 will premiere 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 will be replaced by actor Mikko Leppilampi. Vappu Pimiä will continue as a host.
The series is called Let's Dance. Season 1 aired in April 2006 on RTL. Season 2 aired in May 2007. Both seasons have been hosted by Hape Kerkeling & Nazan Eckes. Season 3 airs in April 2010, starting on April 9, 2010. The third season will be hosted by Daniel Hartwich & Nazan Eckes.
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Judges=Fokas Evaggelinos,Alexis Kostalas,Galena and Giannis Latsios Presenter=Zeta Makripoulia
Zeugaria=Zambidis-
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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:
The second series (titled Ballando con le Stelle) aired in Autumn 2005, featuring:
The third series (titled Ballando con le Stelle) aired Autumn 2006, featuring:
The fourth series (titled Ballando con le Stelle) aired in Autumn 2007, featuring:
The fifth series (titled Ballando con le Stelle) aired in January 2009, featuring:
The sixth series (titled Ballando con le Stelle) aired in January 2010, featuring:
Series one was shown in Summer/Autumn 2005. It featured
Jim Bakkum was eventually declared the winner. Series two is shown in Winter/Spring 2006. It features:
The finale will be aired 13-05-2006. The two contestants who got this far are Barbara de Loor and Winston Post. The winner was declared Barbara de Loor, who got the highest amount of points from the jury, and most votes as well. On New Year's Eve 2005, a New Year's special was shown. It featured:
This was won by Tatjana Šimić and Koen Brouwers Special Christmas and New Year's Eve 2006, with
Do and Koen Brouwers won this special. On March 31, 2007 the third season started. This featured:
This season was won by Helga van Leur and Marcus van Teijlingen
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Winners of Each Series:
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
In the spring of 2007, TV 2 will air a programme called Isdans (en: Figure Skating)[4], in which six celebrities have been paired with professional skaters. The show is similar to Dancing with the Stars, with the difference being that figure skating rather than ballroom dancing is performed. The participants are:
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.
The show uses the name "Dansez pentru tine" (en: "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 didn't win. Instead they took a very good 2nd place in Mexico.
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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.
(January–March 2006) on TV4
Carin da Silva and Daniel da Silva are siblings. Daniel is the older of the two, having been born in 1981; Carin was born in 1984.
(January–March 2007) on TV4
The winners Martin Ledberg and Cecilia Erling became a couple during the running of the show and participated in the Eurovision Dance Contest in 2007 where they ended in a 14th place.
(January–March 2008) on TV4
Even though Tina Nordström & Tobias Karlsson won Let's Dance, it was Danny Saucedo & Jeanette Carlsson who competed in Eurovision Dance Contest 2008 and finished in 12th place.
This table gives an overview of the judges' scores for each competitor during the competition.
(Airs Fridays (January 9 – March 27) 2009) on TV4
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.
In the United Kingdom, where the show originated, it is known as Strictly Come Dancing.
Judges: Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli, and Len Goodman.
The American version of Dancing with the Stars premiered in the summer of 2005. Its 10th season began on March 22, 2010.
Winners:
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.
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. The German show is called Let's Dance in English. ("Lass uns tanzen" in German). The Danish show is called Vild Med Dans. Its fourth season ended November 16, 2007. The Indian version is called Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa. It was first broadcast in September 2006 on Sony Entertainment Television (SET). A lot of people confuse Dancing With The Stars with Nach Baliye which airs on StarPlus. Nach Baliye and Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa have similar content and presentation but there are minor differences in the concept. The celebrity dancers on Nach Baliye are real life couples, and work with an assigned choreographer. The dancers on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa has one celebrity paired with a trained dancer/choreographer. A notice at the end of the show verifies that the Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa is indeed a version of Dancing With The Stars. The Japanese version is called Shall We Dance? It has the same title as the 1996 movie 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 Slovakia version of the dancing program is called Let's Dance (in English), and 4 seasons were broadcasted by TV Markiza (1st in the autumn of 2006), hosted by Adela Banasova and Martin 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).
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.
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, England and France. The winner of the event was the United States.
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