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Dancing with the Stars Season 31: Premiere, cast, everything to know
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“Dancing with the Stars” is back for 31st season — with a twist. The long-running series moved to Disney+ from ABC for Season 31. Here’s everything to know about the current installment and what you can expect.
Is “Dancing with the Stars” returning for Season 31?
Yes, and also Season 32. The show was renewed for a 31st and 32nd season on April 8, so you won’t have to wonder about its status once Season 31 wraps up.
Where is “Dancing with the Stars” airing?
After 16 years and 30 seasons on ABC, “Dancing” moved exclusively to Disney+ starting with Season 31. The news was announced in conjunction with the show’s two-season renewal. “Dancing” is the first live series to stream on Disney+. It premiered on Monday, Sept. 19. The finale will air on Monday, Nov. 22.
When does “Dancing with the Stars” Season 31 air?
For the first time in the series’ history, “Dancing” will air live across the country on Mondays at 8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT this season. Season 31 will also air commercial-free. Week 5 had two episodes on Monday, Oct. 17 and Tuesday, Oct. 18.
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Who is in the “Dancing with the Stars” Season 31 cast?
Here are the celebrity-pro pairings:
– Fitness model and actor Joseph Baena with partner Daniella Karagach
– Movie star Selma Blair with partner Sasha Farber
– Comedian, actor and singer Wayne Brady with partner Witney Carson
– “Good Morning America” contributor and WABC-TV New York’s weather anchor Sam Champion with partner Cheryl Burke
– TikTok star Charli D’Amelio with partner Mark Ballas
– Heidi D’Amelio (“The D’Amelio Show”) with partner Artem Chigvintsev
– Country star Jessie James Decker with partner Alan Bersten
– TV star Trevor Donovan with partner Emma Slater
– Daniel Durant (“CODA”) with partner Britt Stewart
– Teresa Giudice (“The Real Housewives of New Jersey”) with partner Pasha Pashkov
– Vinny Guadagnino (“Jersey Shore”) with partner Koko Iwasaki
– “Charlie’s Angels” star Cheryl Ladd with partner Louis Van Amstel
– Jason Lewis (“Sex and the City”) with partner Peta Murgatroyd
– Drag queen superstar Shangela with partner Gleb Savchenko
– Platinum recording artist Jordin Sparks with partner Brandon Armstrong
– Gabby Windey (“The Bachelorette”) with partner Val Chmerkovskiy
Two-time champ Ballas and Van Amstel are back for the first time since Seasons 25 and 21, respectively.
Murgatroyd also returned after sitting out last season, while Iwasaki, a “So You Think You Can Dance” alum and “DWTS” tour performer, is a new pro.
Former champs Sharna Burgess, Lindsay Arnold and Jenna Johnson are not participating due to family priorities. Burgess, who had her first child, Zane, with boyfriend and Season 30 partner Brian Austin Green on June 28, said in a series of Instagram Stories on Aug. 31 that while she’s ready to dance, she was “not ready to spend a minimum of 10 hours a day away from Zane.” Arnold, who has a nearly 2-year-old daughter and lives in Utah, announced on the same day on Instagram that she will also sit out the season. “This has been one of the hardest decisions to make but ultimately I have chosen what I feel is best for myself and my family,” she wrote. “Logistically there is SO much involved with making this happen and there is a lot of sacrifice that has to be made that unfortunately just did not feel right for us this time around.
” Johnson is expecting her first child with hubby Chmerkovskiy in January.
Is Tyra Banks hosting Season 31?
Yes, and she has a co-host this time: Season 19 champ Alfonso Ribeiro (the two go way back to “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”). Banks’ performance has been polarizing — former host Brooke Burke thinks the supermodel is ill-fitted for the show — so the addition of a beloved former winner with hosting bona fides (Ribeiro replaced Tom Bergeron on “America’s Funniest Home Videos” in 2015) is not surprising.
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Are all four judges back for Season 31?
Yes, Len Goodman, Derek Hough, Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba all returned, marking the second season with this combo behind the judges’ table. After missing Season 29 due to COVID-19 travel restrictions and being replaced by Hough, Goodman returned in Season 30 to make it a four-person panel, which wreaked havoc on the judges’ vote and forced the introduction of a tiebreaker rule that the show and Banks kept failing to properly explain.
During the Season 31 semifinal, Goodman announced that this will be his final season.
What changes will there be in Season 31?
There is a new executive producer, who’s actually an old face: Conrad Green, the original executive producer and showrunner who left after Season 18, returned. He replaced Andrew Llinares, the executive producer since the “Athletes” season in 2018, who departed “Dancing” in March. Llinares is most famous (infamous?) for the controversial decision to fire co-hosts Bergeron and Erin Andrews for Banks in 2020 in an attempt to freshen up the show. Bergeron reacted to Llinares’ exit appropriately and calls Green’s impending return the “best decision they’ve made since 2005, when they hired him the first time.”
What themes will there be in Season 31?
Season 31 has featured Premiere Night Party, Elvis Night, Bond Night and Disney+ Night, a twist on the usual Disney Night.
Week 5 was a two-night with two themes: the requisite Most Memorable Year Night and Prom Night. The Oct. 24 episode was Michael Bublé Night, during which Hough performed with his fiancée Hayley Erbert to the singer’s tune “Higher,” the music video for which Hough directed. Bublé also served as a guest judge that episode. After a three-year absence due to COVID-19, team dances returned on Halloween Night, which actually fell on Halloween this year. The ’90s Night-themed Nov. 7 episode and the theme-less semifinal had double eliminations. The finale will feature another Hough-Erbert performance and Selma Blair will also make her return to the dance floor after dropping out in Week 5 due to concerns over her MS.
How does voting work?
Fans in the U.S. and Canada can vote during the broadcast via disneyplus.com/vote and U.S. fans can also vote via text. The live votes will be combined with the judges’ scores every week to determine the bottom two, after which the judges will save one couple.
Be sure to make your predictions so that the contestants can see how they’re faring in our racetrack odds. You can keep changing your predictions until just before the next episode airs every Monday on ABC. You’ll compete to win a spot on our leaderboard and eternal bragging rights. See our contest rules and sound off with other fans in our reality TV forum. Read more Gold Derby entertainment news.
Where Is 'Dancing with the Stars' Filmed and How Long Has It Been On?
Dancing with the Stars is the American spinoff of the British dance competition series Strictly Come Dancing. Since the competition reality show airs live on Disney+ (formerly ABC) every week, many fans are curious about where the show takes place. Learn more about the history of the competition series, including how long it has been on the air, where Dancing with the Stars films, and how they make part of the DWTS finale specials happen at The Grove.
‘Strictly Come Dancing’ debuted in 2004
Before Dancing with the Stars, there was Strictly Come Dancing. The British dance contest paired celebrities with professional ballroom dancers to perform ballroom and Latin dance styles.
Strictly Come Dancing premiered on May 14, 2004. Bruno Tonioli and Len Goodman, who both appear on Dancing with the Stars, were previously judges on Strictly Come Dancing. Other Strictly judges have included Craig Revel Horwood, Arlene Phillips, Alesha Dixon, Darcey Bussell, Shirley Ballas, Motsi Mabuse, and Anton Du Beke.
Strictly is still a competition show today.
2022 marked season 20 for the British competition series.
‘Dancing with the Stars’ has been on since 2005
A year after Strictly Come Dancing debuted in the United Kingdom, America got it’s own version of the competition series. Dancing with the Stars debuted on ABC on June 1, 2005. At the time, Tom Bergeron and Lisa Canning were the hosts and only six celebrities competed.
At publication, Dancing with the Stars has aired for 31 seasons. Throughout that time, the show has more than doubled the cast, changed who hosts the show, and adjusted the voting format accordingly.
Why are there so many more seasons of Dancing with the Stars than Strictly Come Dancing? In the past, DWTS would air two seasons a year, alternating with The Bachelor and The Bachelorette. After Bobby Bones’ controversial win in season 27, the show shifted to airing once a year.
‘Dancing with the Stars’ films live from Hollywood in Los Angeles
“Live from Hollywood, it’s Dancing with the Stars!” Each week, Dancing with the Stars airs live from Television City in Los Angles, California.
Also known as CBS Television City, this location is home to other TV shows like The Price Is Right and formerly Wheel of Fortune and Hollywood Squares.
Meanwhile, Strictly Come Dancing films at the BBC Television Centre. The show has also been filmed at Blackpool Tower, Wembley Arena, and Elstree Studios at various points.
‘Dancing with the Stars’ finale usually films part from The Grove
In years past, a portion of the Dancing with the Stars finale has been filmed live from The Grove. This high-end shopping district is the perfect backdrop for a grand spectacle like the DWTS finale, which typically takes place around the start of the holiday season each year.
The Grove isn’t far from where Dancing with the Stars films — it’s about a 10-minute walk and an even faster drive. That’s how the performers are able to get from one location to the other during these epic finale specials.
Only one will win it all as we head into the #DWTSFinale with @CharliDamelio, @GabrielaWindey, @itsSHANGELA, and @WayneBrady! Stream Dancing with the Stars live tonight at 8ET/5PT on @DisneyPlus! ? pic.
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Tune in to the season 31 finale of Dancing with the Stars on Monday, Nov. 21, exclusively on Disney+.
Winners of all seasons of the show Dancing with the Stars on the channel Russia
The first season of the show Dancing with the Stars was released in 2006, now the organizers are working on the 11th episode. The essence of the program lies in the competition: invited stars pair up with professional dancers and fight for the main prize.
Music and dance show "Dancing with the Stars" started in January 2006. In it, movie, theater, sports and show business stars perform in pairs with real dance masters. Every week the jury determines the weakest participants who leave the project. In addition to the point system used by the judges, the audience vote is taken into account - it can save one of the couples.
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Season 1
Winners of the 1st season in 2006: Maria Sittel and Vladislav Borodinov
Finalists: Anastasia Sidoran - 2nd place, Natasha Koroleva and Evgeny Papunaishvili - 3rd place
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Presenters : Anastasia Zavorotnyuk and Yuri Nikolaev
Jury: Stanislav Popov, Vladimir Andryukin, Valentin Gneushev, Irina Viner
All participants:
Elena Yakovleva (actress) and Alexander Litvinenko, Yaroslava Danilenko and Vyacheslav Grunsky (correspondent of the Rossiya TV channel), Natasha Koroleva (singer) and Evgeny Papunaishvili, Irina Ostroumova and Igor Bochkin (actor) , Maria Sittel (TV presenter) and Vladislav Borodinov, Marina Kopylova and Alexei Kravchenko (actor), Larisa Golubkina (actress) and Igor Kondrashov, Anastasia Sidoran and Anton Makarsky (actor).
Final performance
Season 2
Winners of the 2nd season in 2006: Anna Snatkina and Evgeny Grigorov.
Finalists : Anastasia Melnikova (actress) and Denis Kasper - 2nd place, Lyudmila Chegrinets and Alexei Goman - 3rd place
Features : The show was released six months after the first season was a success.
Presenters : Yuri Nikolaev and Anastasia Zavorotnyuk
Jury : Stanislav Popov, Vladimir Andryukin, Nikolai Tsiskaridze, Alla Sigalova
All participants: Irina Maruseeva and Alexander Oleshko (actor), Svetlana Masterkova (Olympic champion in running) and Sergey Zhokhov, Yulia Menshova (actress, TV presenter) and Yan Galperin, Marina Kopylova and Kirill Andreev (singer, soloist of the group " Ivanushki International"), Svetlana Bogdanova and Alexander Pashutin (actor), Oksana Fedorova (photo model and TV presenter) and Alexander Litvinenko, Liana Shakurova and Alexander Dedyushko (actor), Lyudmila Chegrinets and Alexei Goman (singer), Anastasia Melnikova (actress) and Denis Kasper, Anna Snatkina and Evgeny Grigorov.
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Final performance
Season 3
Winners of the 3rd season in 2006: Daria Sagalova and Anton Kovalev.
Finalists : Lera Kudryavtseva and Alexei Mazurin - 2nd place, Natalia Gromushkina and Petr Shigin - 3rd place
Features of the season: This season, only ladies were among the invited stars. 12 participants competed for the main prize in pairs with professionals.
Presenters : Yuri Nikolaev and Anastasia Zavorotnyuk
Jury : Stanislav Popov, Vladimir Andryukin, Nikolai Tsiskaridze, Alla Sigalova
All participants : Irina Saltykova (singer) and Evgeny Papunaishvili, Alika Smekhova (actress) and Ivan Polezhaev, Agnia Mishchenko (actress Krylova) , Irina Klimova (actress) and Sergey Pozharinsky, Tatyana Lazareva (TV presenter) and Alexander Litvinenko, Anfisa Chekhova (TV presenter) and Eldar Sayfutdinov, Daria Sagalova (actress) and Anton Kovalev, Natalya Gromushkina (actress) and Pyotr Shigin, Svetlana Svetikova (actress , singer) and Alexander Baurov, Agata (model, actress) and Andrey Karpov, Svetlana Khorkina (Olympic champion in artistic gymnastics) and Yan Galperin, Lera Kudryavtseva (actress, TV presenter) and Alexei Mazurin
Final performance
Season 4
Winners of the 4th season in 2009: Julia Savicheva and Evgeny Papunaishvili
Finalists : Anna Kovalchuk and German Majirin - 2nd place, Natalya Bochinenko - 3rd place
Features of : Changes to the show had to be made due to the fact that several members refused to film due to personal reasons.
Hosts : Maxim Galkin and Daria Spiridonova
Jury : Stanislav Popov, Nikolai Tsiskaridze, Alla Sigalova, Philip Kirkorov, two more members of the jury - invited celebrities Elena Vorobey and Kirill Nikitin, Vladimir Epifantsev and Anastasia Novozhilova, Natalya Bochkareva and Alexander Litvinenko, Elena Zakharova and Dmitry Chernysh, Irakli Pirtskhalava and Inna Svechnikova, Anna Popova and Yan Galperin, Alexander Suvorov and Arina Naumova, Anastasia Chernobrovina and Denis Kasper, Yulia Savicheva and Evgeny Papunaishvili, Kirill Pletnev and Daria Reznikova
Final performance
Season 5
Winners of the 9th season in 2009: Anastasia Stotskaya and Alexey Ledenev.
Finalists : Ksenia Sobchak and Maxim Shchegolev - 2nd place, Yulia Zimina and Alexander Pashkov - 3rd place
Hosts : Maxim Galkin and Daria Spiridonova
Jury : Stanislav Popov, Nikolay Tsiskaridze, Alla Sigalova and two more members of the jury - invited celebrities Pen (singer) and Anton Khabarov, Tatyana Pushkina (TV presenter) and Anatoly Zhuravlev, Anastasia Stotskaya (singer, actress) and Alexei Ledenev (Russian champion in judo and sambo), Sofiko Shevardnadze (host of the Ekho Moskvy radio station) and Ivan Oganesyan 9Ol000 Features of season : The organizers of the show decided to do without professional dancers, in addition, the jury members took care of several couples.
Hosts : Maxim Galkin and Daria Spiridonova
Jury : Stanislav Popov, Nikolai Tsiskaridze, Alla Sigalova, Egor Druzhinin and invited guests man of the planet, Guinness Book of Records), Dmitry Mazurov (actor) and Anna Gavrilenko (Olympic champion in rhythmic gymnastics), Alena Sviridova (singer) and Dmitry Klokov (silver medalist of the Beijing Olympics in weightlifting), Boris Smolkin (actor) and Svetlana Lakshevich (excellent student of the traffic police), Artem Mikhalkov (actor) and Vika Krutaya (singer), Daniil Belykh (actor) and Anastasia Myskina (tennis player), Alexander Pryanikov (TV presenter) and Anna Kalinina (teacher of the year 2010 (in the top ten)), Anna Yakuninina and Mukhtar Gusengadzhiev (the most flexible person on the planet, Guinness Book of Records), Tatyana Bulanova (singer) and Dmitry Lyashenko (Russian ski champion), Diana Gurtskaya (singer) and Sergey Balashev (environmentalist), Cornelia Mango (singer) and Alek this Ivanov (participant of the peacekeeping operation in Kosovo), Mikhail Mamaev (actor) and Irina Antonenko (Miss Russia 2010), Alexander Samoylenko (actor) and Anna Babkina (oncogynecologist, the youngest researcher), Albina Dzhanabaeva (VIA GRA singer) ) and Andrey Fomin (showman), Ksenia Borodina (TV presenter) and Alexander Golovin (actor)
Final performance
Season 7
Winners of season 7 in 2012: Natasha Ionova (Gluk'oZa) and Evgeny Papunaishvili 3rd place
Features of the season : The stars performed with professional dancers, but there were no invited judges.
Hosts : Maxim Galkin and Daria Spiridonova
Jury : Anastasia Volochkova, Egor Druzhinin, Elena Anatolyevna Chaikovskaya, Nikolai Tsiskaridze
All participants : Singer Natasha Ionova (Gluk'oZa) and Evgeny Papunaishvili, host of the Vesti program Marina Kim and Alexander Litvinenko, actor Marat Basharov and Kristina Asmalovskaya, TV presenter Sergey Agapkin (Doctor Agapkin) and Ekaterina Osipova, TV presenter Olga Buzova and Andrey Karpov, actress Kristina Asmus and Artem Lyalin, TV presenter Angelina Vovk and Oleg Vechkasov, actor Pavel Priluchny and Ksenia Dmitrieva, athlete Ksenia Vdovina and Dmitry Nakostenko, actor Vladimir Litvinov and Elena Uspenskaya, actor Anatoly Pashinin and Ksenia Putko, actor Viktor Bychkov and Svetlana Bogdanova
Final performance
Season 8
Winners of the 8th season in 2013: Elena Podkamkinskaya and Andrey Karpov
Finalists : Alena Vodonaeva and Evgeny Papunaishvili - 2nd place, Anastasia Menshikova and Dmitry Tashkin - 3rd place
Features : This season introduced an innovation: invited guests appeared.
Presenters : Maxim Galkin and Daria Spiridonova
Jury : Oleg Menshikov, Vladimir Ivanov, Egor Druzhinin, Elena Anatolyevna Chaikovskaya, Nikolai Tsiskaridze
All participants : Actor Sergey Baryshev and Yulia Vinar, TV presenter Alena Vodonaeva and Evgeny Papunaishvili, actor Vitaly Gogunsky and Ekaterina Osipova, gymnast Uliana Donskova and Artyom Lyalin, singer Stas Kostyushkin and Anna Gudyno, actress Anastasia Menshikova and Dmitry Tashkin, journalist
Final performance:
Season 9
Winners of the 9th season in 2015: Irina Pegova and Andrey Kozlovsky
Finalists : Adelina Sotnikova and Gleb Savchenko - 2nd place, Svetlana Ivanova and Evgeny Papunaishvili - 3rd place
Features : This season's viewer voting proceeds have been donated to charitable foundations. Of the invited stars were only women.
Master : Maxim Galkin and Daria Zlatopolskaya
Jury : Maxim Kozhevnikov, Irina Viner-Usmanova, Sergei Filin, Elena Samodanova and invited guests
All participants : Actress Irina Pegova and Andrey Kozlovsky, figure skater Adelina Savlovsky actress Svetlana Ivanova and Evgeny Papunaishvili, actress Ksenia Alferova and Denis Tagintsev, actress Agniya Ditkovskite and Evgeny Raev, actress Ekaterina Volkova and Mikhail Shchepkin, actress Lyubov Tolkalina and Vadim Lyubushkin, director Valeria Gai Germanika and Maxim Petrov, model Ekaterina Zharkova and Vitaly Surma, singer Sevara and Alexander Nabiullin, actress Maria Golubkina and Leonid Burlo, singer Slava and Alexei Balash, singer Tatyana Ovsienko and Evgeny Kuzin, singer Yulia Volkova and Andrey Karpov
Season 10
Winners of the 10th season in 2016: Alexander Ursulyak and Denis Tagintsev
Finalists : Nelly Uvarova and Evgeny Raev - 2nd place, Dmitry Miller and Ekaterina Osipova - 3rd place
Features : Higher for SMS voting, funds were sent to charitable organizations.
Presenters : Garik Martirosyan and Daria Zlatopolskaya
Jury : Stanislav Popov, Nikolai Tsiskaridze, Galina Belyaeva, Vladimir Derevyanko
All participants : Nelly Uvarova (actress) and Evgeny Raev, Alexandra Ursulyak (actress) and Denis Tagintsev, Dmitry Miller (actor) and Ekaterina Osipova, Glafira Tarkhanova (actress) and Evgeny Papunaishvili, Evgeny Tkachuk (actor) and Inna Svechnikova, Alexander Petrov (actor) and Anastasia Antelava, Irina Bezrukova (actress) and Maxim Petrov, Yulia Sinitsyna (athlete) and Vasily Delovov, Anastasia Vedenskaya (actress) and Andrey Karpov, Ekaterina Starshova (actress) and Vladislav Kozhevnikov, Daniil Spivakovsky ( actor) and Ksenia Putko, Alisa Grebenshchikova (actress) and Mikhail Shchepkin, Timur Batrutdinov (actor) and Ksenia Pozhilenkova, Igor Voinarovsky (actor) and Yulia Vinar, Jeff Monson (athlete) and Maria Smolnikova (actress), Alena Yakovleva (actress) and Vitaliy Surma
Final performance:
Season 11
Features of the season: An extended dance program and a new form of shooting heroes are expected in the new season.
Hosts: Andrey Malakhov
Jury: Egor Druzhinin, Daria Zlatopolskaya, Nikolai Tsiskaridze, Igor Rudnik
All participants: Actress Maria Poroshina and Evgeny Raev, actor Ivan Stebunov and Inna Svechnikova, actor Andrey Sokolov and Ekaterina Osipova, actor Pyotr Romanov and Maria Smolnikova, TV presenter and blogger Maria Ivakova and Evgeny Papunaishvili, actor Alexander Molochnikov and Anastasia Melnikova, actor Artyom Tkachenko and Valeria Semenova, TV presenter Elena Letuchaya and Vlad Kvatrin, actor Andrey Chernyshov and Anna Melnikova, actress Daria Moroz and Stanislav Gerasimov, actress and TV presenter Ekaterina Varnava and Denis Tagintsev, actress Alyona Babenko and Maxim Petrov
Show "Dancing with the Stars" - history of creation, participants, new season, couples, "Russia 1", presenters 2022
Biography
"Dancing with the Stars" is a popular show in which famous actors, singers, and musicians participate along with professional dancers.
Each season becomes a bright event, new releases prepare unexpected and pleasant surprises for the audience. Some participants turn out to be partners not only on the floor, but also in life.
Creation history and rules
The history of the creation of the program, which started on the air of the Rossiya channel, is based on the similar British show Strictly Come Dancing. The program mainly represents the format of ballroom dancing, however, sometimes the numbers presented by the participants contain elements of other styles and directions of choreography.
The concept of the project is that one of the couple's partners is a professional, and the other is a media person who has no dance experience. During the releases, "amateurs" learn a dance related to the European or Latin American program. nine0003
For the performance, the choreographers, together with the directors, come up with a plot, a story, which makes the performances more spectacular and exciting.
After the contestants demonstrate their abilities, the jury evaluates, commenting on the pair's mistakes or merits. At the end of the release, viewers join the voting for their favorite participants.
They send SMS messages or make phone calls to the program operator. The data obtained are summarized with the judges' scores. The dancers with the lowest score will leave the show. Gradually, only the finalists remain. nine0003
The winner of the show is determined in the last program. The fewer contestants become, the more dances they can show during the release. Each program starts with a traditional song (musical intro).
Presenters and jury
The first three seasons of the project were hosted by Anastasia Zavorotnyuk and Yuri Nikolaev. The audience fell in love with this charming couple. Then they were replaced by Maxim Galkin, he was in the program from the 4th to the 9th seasons. Daria Zlatopolskaya became the co-host of the popular parodist. She remained on the show in 2016, when Garik Martirosyan was invited to support the contestants with her.
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The judging panel included professional dancers, choreographers and coaches. For a long time, its permanent chairman was Stanislav Popov, president of the Russian Dance Union. In 2012, Elena Chaikovskaya, a Soviet and Russian figure skating coach, took his place as a judge.
In 2013 the jury was headed by theater and film actor Oleg Menshikov, in 2015 by Russian ballet dancer Sergei Filin. In 2016, Stanislav Popov returned to the program. In several seasons, the stars of Russian show business acted as invited members of the jury and guests. nine0003
Subsequently, the composition of the jury and the presenter did not change much. In the 11th and 12th seasons, Andrei Malakhov hosted the program, and Yegor Druzhinin, Daria Zlatopolskaya, Nikolai Tsiskaridze and Igor Rudnik took the chair of the presenters.
Seasons
Each of the seasons had its own characteristics. The first one, which started in 2006, was attended by 8 couples. As a result of the struggle, the winners of the project were Maria Sittel and Vladislav Borodinov.
The second in the Russian version of Strictly Come Dancing were actor and singer Anton Makarsky with a charming partner Anastasia Sidoran. And the third (with a small margin) were pop singer Natasha Koroleva and charismatic, temperamental Yevgeny Papunaishvili. nine0003
The season turned out to be successful, scored high ratings, so in the same year the creators decided to make a sequel. This time the number of couples increased to 10. According to the voting results, Anna Snatkina and Evgeny Grigorov were chosen as the best dancers of the project.
In 2008, the 3rd cycle of the program began, and again the number of participants increased. Now the audience could watch the competition of 12 dance duets. The peculiarity of the releases was that only ladies performed from the side of non-professional contestants. Among them are singers Irina Saltykova, Alika Smekhova, gymnast Svetlana Khorkina and others. nine0003
Prizes were distributed as follows: actress Daria Sagalova, known for the TV series “Happy Together”, and Anton Kovalev were at the top of the podium.
TV presenter Lera Kudryavtseva and Alexei Mazurin took second place, and artist Natalya Gromushkina and Pyotr Shigin took third place.
A year later, the audience saw the continuation of their favorite show. The program returned to its original format: non-professional men again appeared among the participants. However, none of them managed to take a prize: beautiful ladies turned out to be the winners. The first was Yulia Savicheva (paired with Yevgeny Papunaishvili), the second - Anna Kovalchuk (with German Mazhirin), the third - Natalia Bochkareva (with Alexander Litvinenko). nine0003
In Season 5, which aired in 2010, the amateur contestants were divided into two teams, male and female. 18 duets competed for reaching the final. And in the final part, non-professionals united in new duets. The winners were singer Anastasia Stotskaya and judo and sambo champion Alexei Ledenev, while the silver medalists were Ksenia Sobchak and Maxim Shchegolev.
The idea of creating pairs of "star" participants turned out to be original and interesting to the audience.
Therefore, in 2011, only “amateurs” were involved in the program. Coaches and members of the jury worked with the contestants. As a result, the best among those who mastered ballroom dancing from scratch were the performer Tatyana Bulanova and the skier Dmitry Lyashenko. nine0003
A year later, professional dancers returned for the new season of the show. The number of contestants included 12 couples. A feature of this cycle is the presence of invited guests in the program, including directors Karen Shakhnazarov, Pavel Chukhrai, Valery Todorovsky, Pavel Lungin and others.
For the second time in the history of the project, Evgeny Papunaishvili became the winner from among experienced dancers. The passionate and brutal favorite of the public made up a harmonious duet with singer Natalia Ionova (Gluk'oZa).
The invited guests remained in 2013, when the 8th season of the project began. Among the new celebrities, the audience saw actor Alexander Shirvindt, choreographer Andris Liepa, directors Timur Bekmambetov and Vladimir Menshov.
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13 pairs entered the floor in the first edition of this year. Among them were those who caused an ambiguous attitude of the jury and the audience. For example, the outrageous and unpredictable Danila Polyakov, a model boy who shines on Western catwalks, and his partner Alla Anastasyeva, who had a hard time in such an extravagant duet. The first place was taken by Elena Podkaminskaya and Andrey Karpov.
The next cycle of the show began in 2015. Among the 14 star participants were again only ladies. The money received as a result of SMS voting went to Russian charitable foundations. In a worthy competition, the charming Irina Pegova and Andrey Kozlovsky became the best. nine0003
Figure skater Adelina Sotnikova and Gleb Savchenko won second place and the audience award. In 2016, Alexandra Ursulyak and Denis Tagintsev ascended the first step of the podium. And a couple with Evgeny Papunaishvili was Glafira Tarkhanova.
A feature of season 11 was that the episodes were held in the studio without spectators (due to the coronavirus pandemic that swept the world).
