Bailando 2021
Bailando 2021 is the fifteenth season of Bailando por un Sueño which premiered as a segment on the program Showmatch on 17 May 2021, on the El Trece network following the permanent cancellation of the planned 2020 season. However, the competition will start a day later, on 18 May. Marcelo Tinelli returned as host. In addition, the program will feature for the first time a digital host who will be Lizardo Ponce.
The season was also named as "La Academia", because participants must learn and show multiple artistic disciplines —singing, skating, acrobatics, imitation, acting— in addition to performing a dance presentation. There will be new challenges from different artistic manifestations.
A new format change was introduced for the rest of the season: In the duel, the couples will have to make a different presentation.
What is new about this season is that the judges are going to have the power to eliminate a couple —although this mechanism has been carried out in the previous season in the rounds of "Duels I" and "Duels II"—. Also on some occasions, María Laura "Lolo" Rossi and Eugenia López Frugoni, the choreographers chiefs, define the eliminated couple.
Cast
On 4 May was presented the official photo of the cast.Couples
Initially, 23 teams were confirmed. This season 5 couples made up of celebrities participate, they are: Ezequiel Cwirkaluk & Bárbara Silenzi; Florencia Vigna & Facundo Mazzei; Luciana Salazar & Jorge Moliniers; Pablo Prada & Lourdes Sánchez and Ulises Bueno & Rocío Pardo.The team number 24 is made up of two celebrities: producer Pablo Prada and dancer Lourdes Sánchez. They were summoned in the first program by Tinelli.
Due to the low number of couples at this time of year, the production decided to add more couples to the show. On 10 August, the new contestants were officially confirmed: Ariel Puchetta, Celeste Muriega, Lionel Ferro, Mariela Anchipi and Rodrigo Tapari. Nazarena Veléz was confirmed to join the show as a new addition in round 10; but for personal reasons she retired.
On 20 September, Nazareno Móttola was confirmed to compete in the show.
On 21 September, Agustín Barajas was confirmed to participate in the competition. In addition, a live casting was held to find the dance partner among the dancers on the La Academias staff: Estefanía Pais, Julia «Juja» Pérez and Loana «Loli» Ruiz were the pre-selected for the position; being latter selected by the judges as a professional from Barajas.
| Celebrity | Celebrity or Professional | Current status | Previously status | |
| Pablo «El Chato» Prada | Lourdes Sánchez | Withdrew on 2 June 2021 | ||
| Ulises Bueno | Rocío Pardo | Withdrew on 9 June 2021 | ||
| Julieta Puente | Facundo Insúa | Eliminated 2nd on 10 June 2021 | ||
| Charlotte Caniggia | Ignacio Gonatta | Eliminated 3rd on 23 June 2021 | ||
| Gustavo «Cucho» Parisi | Melody Luz Stocchetti | Eliminated 4th on 5 July 2021 | Eliminated 1st on 27 May 2021 | |
| Romina Ricci | Juan Manuel Palao | Eliminated 5th on 14 July 2021 | ||
| Mariana Genesio Peña | Rodrigo Jara | Withdrew on 22 July 2021 | ||
| Bárbara Franco | Gabriel Rentería | Eliminated 6th on 28 July 2021 | ||
| Mar Tarrés | Franco Mariotti | Eliminated 7th on 2 August 2021 | ||
| Débora Plager | Nicolás Villalba | Eliminated 8th on 9 August 2021 | ||
| Ariel Puchetta | Sofía Cerruto | Eliminated 9th on 18 August 2021 | ||
| Ángela Leiva | Jonathan Lazarte | Withdrew on 26 August 2021 | ||
| Mariela Anchipi | Nicolás Schell | Eliminated 10th on 30 August 2021 | ||
| Sofía «Jujuy» Jiménez | Ignacio Saraceni | Eliminated 11th on 10 September 2021 | ||
| Ezequiel «El Polaco» Cwirkaluk | Bárbara Silenzi | Eliminated 12th on 20 September 2021 | ||
| Florencia Vigna | Facundo Mazzei | Withdrew on 27 September 2021 | ||
| Julieta Nair Calvo | Gonzalo Gerber | Withdrew on 27 September 2021 | ||
| Lionel Ferro | Camila Lonigro | Eliminated 13th on 6 October 2021 | ||
| Luciana Salazar | Jorge Moliniers | Withdrew on 18 October 2021 | ||
| Nazareno Móttola | Micaela Grimoldi | Eliminated 14th on 19 October 2021 | ||
| Karina «La Princesita» Tejeda | Rafael Muñiz | Withdrew on 28 October 2021 | ||
| Rodrigo Tapari | Sol Beatriz | Eliminated 15th on 29 October 2021 | ||
| Viviana Saccone | Ernesto «Tito» Díaz | Eliminated 16th on 8 November 2021 | ||
| José María «Pachu» Peña | Florencia Díaz | Eliminated 17th on 16 November 2021 | ||
| Rocío Marengo | Ignacio Pérez Cortés | Eliminated 18th on 24 November 2021 | ||
| Lizardo Ponce | Josefina Oriozabala | Eliminated 19th on 24 November 2021 | ||
| Rocío «Rochi» Igarzabal | Gonzalo Gerber | Eliminated 20th on 1 December 2021 | ||
| Mario Guerci | Soledad Bayona | Eliminated 21th on 7 December 2021 | ||
| Agustín Barajas | Loana Ruiz | Eliminated 22nd on 7 December 2021 | ||
| Celeste Muriega | Maximiliano Diorio | Semi-finalists on 8 December 2021 | ||
| Candela Ruggeri | Nicolás Fleitas | Semi-finalists on 9 December 2021 | ||
| Agustín «Cachete» Sierra | Fiorella Giménez | Runners-up on 10 December 2021 | ||
| Noelia Marzol | Jonathan Lazarte | Winners' on 10 December 2021 |
- In quotation marks, the nicknames.
Choreographers
;Alphabetical orderJudges
The panel of judges will be made up of four personalities associated with the world of dance, theatre, acting, singing, modelling and television. Two of them return from the previous edition: de Brito and Ardohaín. Barón and Piquín joined the panel as a new judges. The two new judges have competed in previous editions.- Ángel de Brito
- Carolina «Pampita» Ardohaín
- Jimena Barón —she was a participant in seventh edition and thirteenth edition; in the latter finished in second place—
- Hernán Piquín —he was the first two-time champion of the show, won seventh edition and eighth edition. It was also finalist in the ninth edition. In addition participated in the fourteenth edition even though, for personal and work reasons, he withdrew from the competition in the round 7—
Rounds
Individual judges' scores in the charts below are listed in this order from left to right: Ángel de Brito, Carolina Ardohain, Guillermina Valdés, Jimena Barón, Hernán Piquín.Round 1: Double cube
Individual judges' scores in the charts below are listed in this order from left to right: Carolina Ardohain, Jimena Barón, Guillermina Valdés, Hernán Piquín.The couples will perform a choreography with one element: two cubes. This dance will combine synchronization dance with acrobatics. The couples will have to use the two cubes, freely. But they have to comply with a fundamental rule: dance in sync, each one in each cube and without seeing each other, for a period of 15 seconds. In addition, the couple together with their coach are in charge of choosing the song and the images on the screens.
On 10 May, it is confirmed that Ángel de Brito will be replaced in the first broadcasts of the program because he tested positive for COVID-19. the model and businesswoman Guillermina Valdés will be the substitute judge; while de Brito recovers. de Brito returned on 27 June, for the duel and the elimination of the first round.
In the duel of this round, there were 5 judges: Ángel de Brito joined and Guillermina Valdes occupied the role of guest judge. In this round, the choreographers chief was not considered for the definition of the eliminated couple.
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Round 2: "Perfect imitation">Impressionist (entertainment)">Perfect imitation"
Individual judges' scores in the charts below are listed in this order from left to right: Ángel de Brito, Carolina Ardohain, Jimena Barón, Hernán Piquín.The contestants must be characterized as a specific singer and perform one of their songs, imitating the original singer in question as best as possible, both in movements and voice. As the voices of the contestants imitating the singers were previously recorded, the judges must evaluate the lip sync.
The teams, if they wish, can add another professional dancer to accompany the performance.
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Round 3: Shuffle dance
The couples will perform this dance with four guest dancers.;Running order
Round 4: Disco
;Running orderRound 5: Ballroom samba
;Running orderRound 6: Reggaeton
;Running orderRound 7: "Singing"
Individual judges' scores in the charts below are listed in this order from left to right: Ángel de Brito, Guillermina Valdés, Jimena Barón, Hernán Piquín.The celebrities will have to sing in live one song. The professionals will not have the obligation to sing, but they can do it if they wish. They can also include dance in their performance.
In this round, Sofía Jiménez returned temporarily to sing, but she has not yet recovered from the injury to be able to dance. For this reason, she will be replaced again by Mariela Anchipi in the next round.
All couples will have a singing choreographer. In addition, in this round there will be a choreographer chief of singing: Sebastián Mazzoni.
From 22 July to 2 August, Valdés returned to the judging panel but this time to replace Carolina Ardohain, who went on leave as she became a mother.
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Round 8: "Superduel"
;"Superduel" method- In this round, the 16 competing couples will face each other in individual duels and those crosses will be defined by the average of the scores obtained in all the dances performed so far.
- The duels will be conformed as follows:
- Each judge will choose one of two couples. The couple with the most votes will advance to the next round and the remaining couple will continue into the next match. Until the last two couples remain, where the eliminated couple of this round will be defined.
- The "Super duel" will have 4 stages:
- * Top 16: In this round all the couples that are still in competition will dance; will present a choreography by cuarteto.
- * Bottom 8: At this stage only the worst 8 couples from the Top 16 will be presented; will perform again their choreography of disco.
- * Bottom 4: In this instance the worst 4 couples will remain ; they will have to dance again their choreography of ballroom samba.
- * Bottom 2: This is the last stage of the "Super duel" , where a couple will be eliminated. The two worst couples will have to dance a choreography of urban pop.
Average score chart
This table only counts dances scored on a 40-point scale.| Rank by average | Couple | Total points | Number of dances | Average |
| 1 | Florencia Vigna & Facundo Mazzei | 226 | 7 | 32.3 |
| 2 | Julieta Nair Calvo & Gonzalo Gerber | 223 | 7 | 31.9 |
| 3 | Agustín Sierra & Fiorella Giménez | 220 | 7 | 31.4 |
| 4 | Candela Ruggeri & Nicolás Fleitas | 205 | 7 | 29.2 |
| 5 | Ángela Leiva & Jonathan Lazarte | 201 | 7 | 28.7 |
| 6 | Karina Tejeda & Rafael Muñiz | 182 | 7 | 26.0 |
| 7 | Viviana Saccone & Ernesto Díaz | 172 | 7 | 24.6 |
| 8 | Luciana Salazar & Jorge Moliniers | 166 | 7 | 23.7 |
| 9 | Rocío Marengo & Ignacio Pérez Cortés | 164 | 7 | 23.4 |
| 10 | Lizardo Ponce & Josefina Oriozabala | 160 | 7 | 22.9 |
| 11 | Sofía Jiménez & Ignacio Saraceni | 158 | 7 | 22.6 |
| 12 | Mario Guerci & Soledad Bayona | 154 | 7 | 22.0 |
| 13 | Mar Tarrés & Franco Mariotti | 153 | 7 | 21.9 |
| 14 | Débora Plager & Nicolás Villalba | 151 | 7 | 21.6 |
| 15 | Ezequiel Cwirkaluk & Bárbara Silenzi | 151 | 7 | 21.6 |
| 16 | José María Peña & Florencia Díaz | 142 | 7 | 20.3 |
First duel: [Cuarteto]
;Running orderSecond duel: [Disco]
For the first time in the history of the show, a choreographer from another team, who are still in competition, will replace a celebrity. This happens because the production needed to choose someone capable of learning the choreographies in a matter of hours.Mar Tarrés will have to dance another choreography, because her former choreographer did not allow her to use the choreography put by her in the respective round.
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Third duel: Ballroom samba">Samba (ballroom dance)">Ballroom samba
;Running orderFourth duel: Urban pop">Street dance">Urban pop
For this duel, the couples will have the option to decide whether to choose the song that they danced in round 1 or in round 3. Although, they will have to perform a new choreography with the chosen song.On 30 July, this duel was unfinished because Mar Tarrés had health problems, therefore, could not dance; in the next transmission the duel will be defined. On 2 August, the production gave Mario Guerci & Soledad Bayona the opportunity to dance again; they refused.
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;Notes:
Round 9: [Pole dance]
On 2 August, Ardohain returned to the judging table; Valdés will remain as fifth judge.;Running order
Round 10: Argentine cumbia
;Running orderRound 11: Trio salsa
The couples danced trio salsa involving another celebrity or a close acquaintance.;Running order
Round 12: "One (song) we all know">Hit song">One (song) we all know"
The couples will have to dance to a popular song, chosen by them. The judges evaluate whether or not the danced song is a musical hit.On 7 and 8 September, Carolina Ardohain was absent for personal reasons. In her place, the singer Karina Tejeda, was as a guest judge. It is the second time in the history of the show that a regular participant also holds an evaluator position.
In the duel, a guest judge was present: Federico Bal, who replaces Piquín. The latter was absent due to work.
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Round 13: "Judges' team-up challenge"
The couples performed a dance and song chosen by one the judges.On 10 September, Hernán Piquín was absent from the judges' stand for work reasons. In his place was the actor, theater producer and former participant Federico Bal. Bal returned on 15 September, this time, to replace Ángel de Brito. On 17 September, he returned to take the place of Piquín.
On 17 September, in addition to Piquín's absence, Guillermina Valdés also did not attend the program due to another work commitment. In her place was the dancer, TV host, former participant and former BAR judge Lourdes Sanchez.
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Round 14: "Superduel II"
;"Superduel II" method- In this round, the 15 competing couples will face each other in individual duels and those crosses will be defined by the average of the scores obtained in all the dances performed so far. As the number of competing couples is odd, there was a duel of three couples.
- The duels will be conformed as follows:
- Each judge will choose one of two couples. The couple with the most votes will advance to the next round and the remaining couple will continue into the next match. Until the last three couples remain, where the eliminated couple of this round will be defined.
- The "Superduel" will have 3 stages:
- * Top 15: In this round all the couples that are still in competition will dance; will present a choreography by adagio.
- * Bottom 7: At this stage only the worst 7 couples from the Top 15 will be presented; will perform again their choreography of argentine cumbia.
- * Bottom 3: This is the last stage of the "Superduel", where a couple will be eliminated. The three worst couples will have to dance a choreography of salsa.
Average score chart
This table only counts dances scored on a 40 and 50-point scale.| Rank by average | Couple | Total points | Number of dances | Average |
| 1 | Celeste Muriega & Maximiliano Diorio | 176 | 4 | 44.0 |
| 2 | Rodrigo Tapari & Sol Beatriz | 160 | 4 | 40.0 |
| 3 | Florencia Vigna & Facundo Mazzei | 446 | 12 | 37.2 |
| 4 | Agustín Sierra & Fiorella Giménez | 443 | 12 | 36.9 |
| 5 | Julieta Nair Calvo & Gonzalo Gerber | 424 | 12 | 35.3 |
| 6 | Noelia Marzol & Jonathan Lazarte | 395 | 12 | 32.9 |
| 7 | Candela Ruggeri & Nicolás Fleitas | 390 | 12 | 32.5 |
| 8 | Lionel Ferro & Camila Lonigro | 128 | 4 | 32.0 |
| 9 | Viviana Saccone & Ernesto Díaz | 354 | 12 | 29.5 |
| 10 | Karina Tejeda & Rafael Muñiz | 353 | 12 | 29.4 |
| 11 | Lizardo Ponce & Josefina Oriozabala | 341 | 12 | 28.4 |
| 12 | Mario Guerci & Soledad Bayona | 332 | 12 | 27.7 |
| 13 | Rocío Marengo & Ignacio Pérez Cortés | 327 | 12 | 27.3 |
| 14 | Luciana Salazar & Jorge Moliniers | 325 | 12 | 27.08 |
| 15 | José María Peña & Florencia Díaz | 283 | 12 | 23.6 |
First duel: Adagio">Contemporary dance">Adagio
;Running order;Second duel
;Third duel
On 24 September, during the second duel, Mazzei suffered an injury while performing the choreography, for this reason they could not finish dancing it; and they were sent directly to the third duel, where Mazzei would be replaced.
Celeste Muriega and Maximiliano Diorio, the couple facing off against Vigna and Mazzei, were automatically saved by the production. Subsequently, face-off 9 was held, where Agustín Sierra & Fiorella Giménez and Karina Tejeda & Rafael Muñiz advanced to the next round by decision of the judges and Rodrigo Tapari & Sol Beatriz were sentenced to face-off 11. Due to lack of time, it was pending the face-off 9 and the execution of the third duel.
On 27 September, Florencia Vigna and Facundo Mazzei announced their retirement from the competition. Therefore, the production decided to save the couples that were still in the second or third duel
;Notes
Round 15: "Dancing with guest singers"
In this round, the couples had the special participation of a professional singer.It is not obligation that both the celebrity and the professional sing, they still have the possibility to perform it. The couples can choose whether to sing or dance or both. The special guest has to sing, but can also dance.
The singing must be performed live and they can sing more than one song, if they wish.
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Round 16: "Dancing with dancers children"
In this round, the couples will be accompanied by a dancer child.;Running order
Round 17: Tributes
;Running orderRound 18: Rock and roll
On 2 to 5 November, Jimena Barón did not attend the program for personal reasons. In her place was the dancer, TV host, former participant and former BAR judge Lourdes Sánchez.;Running order
Round 19: Merengue
On 9 November, Carolina Ardohaín did not attend the program due to another work commitment. In her place was the dancer, TV host, former participant and former BAR judge Lourdes Sánchez.;Running order
Round 20: "Musical theatre"
In this round there will be double elimination.;Running order
indicate the lowest score
Round 21: Urban dance
;Running orderRound 22: Film Music
;Running orderSemi-finals
1st Semi-final
Notes- : The point is for the couple.
- : The point is not for the couple.
2nd Semifinal
Notes- : The point is for the couple.
- : The point is not for the couple.
Final
- Cumbia singer L-Gante, joined the state as a guest judge.
- : The point is for the couple.
- : The point is not for the couple.