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Dancing with the Stars is the name for a number of international television series based on the format of the British series Strictly Come Dancing. Shows have aired in several countries, including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Canada, USA, Poland, Spain and Norway.

The show, a celebreality-type offering, pairs a number of celebrities with professional ballroom dancers, who each week compete by performing dances, which are then given scores by a panel of judges. Viewers are given a certain amount of time to place votes on their favorite dancers, either by telephone or (in some of the shows) by the Internet. The couple with the lowest combined score (judges plus viewers) is eliminated and does not go on to the next week. This process continues until there are only two couples left, at which point one couple is declared the champion.

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Argentina

Serie one was shown in Autumn 2006. It featured: Serie two was shown in Winter 2006. It featured:

Australia

''main article: Dancing with the Stars (Australia)

Austria

In Austria the show is called Dancing Stars. The first season aired in Austria in Autumn 2005, featuring

The second season will start in March 2006, featuring

main article (): [Dancing Stars]

Belgium

Series one aired in Winter/Spring 2006 and was titled 'Sterren op de Dansvloer' (Stars on the Dancefloor). It featured

Brazil

''main article: Dancing with the Stars (Brazil)

Denmark

The series (titled 'Vild med Dans' (Crazy about Dancing)) aired in Denmark in 2004 and 2005, featuring 2004: 2005:

Finland

The series (titled Tanssii tähtien kanssa) airs during spring 2006, featuring

Germany

main article (): [Let's Dance]

Hungary

The series (titled Szombat esti láz, which translates to Saturday Night Fever) airs in 2006 on Hungary's RTL Klub network.

The among the stars dancing are:

Partnering with dancers:

Italy

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

Mexico

The Netherlands

Series one was shown in Summer/Autumn 2005. It featured Jim Bakkum was eventually declared the winner.

Series two is shown in Winter/Spring 2006. It features:

The finale will be aired 13-05-2006. The two contestants who got this far are Barbara de Loor and Winston Post. The winner was declared Barbara de Loor, who got the highest amount of points from the jury, and most votes as well.

New Zealand

''main article: Dancing with the Stars (New Zealand)

Norway

The serie was named Skal vi danse? (en: Shall We Dance?) and was broadcasted in Winter/Spring 2006 on TV 2. It featured:

Poland

The first season aired on TVN in Poland in Spring 2005, the second in Autumn 2005 and the third edition in Spring 2006. The fourth season will be started in Autumn 2006. The Show was hosted by Hubert Urbański and Katarzyna Skrzynecka (in first season Hubert Urbanski with Magda Mołek). The Polish title of the show is "Taniec Z Gwiazdami" ("Dancing with the Stars"). The show is most popular on polish tv. Every week on sunday 7 million people are watching this show at 20 o'clock.

The winner of first polish season is Olivier Janiak (presenter TVN television) hosted by Kamila Kajak. The winner of second polish edition is Katarzyna Cichopek (actress of most popular stv series - 12 million viewers - "M Jak Miłość") hosted by Marcin Hakiel. The winner of third polish edition is Rafał Mroczek (actor of most popular tv series - "M jak Miłośc) hosted by Aneta Piotrowska The third season was aired and they featured:

main article (): [Taniec z gwiazdami]

Romania

The first season was launched on 24 February 2006 and ended on 5 May 2006. The Romanian title is Dansez Pentru Tine (I'm Dancing for You). The show was hosted by Romanian artist Ştefan Bănică Jr. and TV hoster Olivia Steer and aired on the national private TV station Pro TV. The next season is prgrammed for autumn 2006.

Participants:

Spain

The first broadcast was in Spring 2005, and was hosted by Anne Igartiburu on the national TV station [La Primera] ("Channel One"). The Spanish title of the show is "Mira quien baila" ("Look Who's Dancing").

Season 1:

Season 2: Season 3: Season 4: With the TOP 3 of each season:

United Kingdom

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

United States

Other countries

The German show, called "Let's Dance" is currently on air.

The Israeli version is called Rokdím im Kokhavím. Its 1st season started on November 2005 and ended on January 2006. The 2nd season started on May 22nd, 2006.

It has been rumored that Greece, Lebanon, and Thailand will have a Dancing with the Stars show by November 2006. India, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic and Brazil might also have plans to the show.

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