Dancing Stars (Austrian TV series)

Dancing Stars
Country of origin	Austria
Release
Original network	ORF eins
Original release	October, 2005

Dancing Stars is the Austrian version of Dancing with the Stars and is shown on ORF eins in Austria.

Color key:

The judges in season one were Hannes Nedbal, Thomas Schäfer-Elmayer, Nicole Hansen and Dagmar Koller. In season two Harald Serafin replaced Dagmar Koller. In season three Guggi Löwinger replaced Harald Serafin. In season four Alfons Haider replaced Guggi Löwinger and in season five Alfons Haider was replaced by Klaus Eberhartinger. In season six, Hannes Nedbal, Thomas Schäfer-Elmayer and Nicole Hansen stayed as judges and were joined by a celebrity judge each week. In season seven, Hannes Nedbal, Thomas Schäfer-Elmayer and Nicole Hansen were joined by Balázs Ekker. In season eleven, the judges were Karina Sarkissova, Dirk Heidemann, Nicole Hansen and Balázs Ekker.

In seasons 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 Eberhartinger's place. Since season 6, Mirjam Weichselbraun is the main host of the show and Klaus Eberthartinger interviews the couples backstage.

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).

Individual judges scores in charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Alfons Haider, Nicole Burns-Hansen, Thomas Schäfer-Elmayer and Hannes Nedbal.

...
Wikipedia