Dancing Stars (Austrian TV series)


Dancing Stars is the Austrian version of the British reality TV competition Strictly Come Dancing and is part of the Dancing with the Stars franchise. The show broadcasts on ORF eins in Austria. The series debuted on 10 October 2005.

Cast

During the first three seasons, Alfons Haider served as the primary host of Dancing Stars, while Mirjam Weichselbraun served as the backstage host. For the fourth season, Weichselbraun replaced Haider as primary host, a position she has held since, while Klaus Eberhartinger – who had won Dancing Stars' third season – took her place backstage. Alfons Haider joined the judging panel during the fourth season. For the fifth season, Haider and Eberhartinger switched roles, with Haider taking Eberhartinger's place as backstage host and Eberhartinger joining the judging panel. Beginning with the sixth season, Eberthartinger returned to his position as backstage host and remained through the thirteenth season. Norbert Oberhauser took over as backstage host in the fourteenth season, and Andi Knoll in the fifteenth.
During the first season, the judging panel consisted of Nicole Hansen, Dagmar Koller, Hannes Nedbal, and Thomas Schäfer-Elmayer. Harald Serafin replaced Koller in the second season, while Serafin was himself replaced in the third season by Guggi Löwinger. Löwinger was replaced by former co-host Alfons Haider in the fourth season, and Haider switched roles with former co-host Klaus Eberhartinger in the fifth season. Nicole Hansen, Hannes Nedbal, and Thomas Schäfer-ElmayerIn were joined on the judging panel in season six by a series of guest judges, including Karina Sarkissova, who became a permanent judge beginning with the eleventh season. Beginning with the seventh season, Balázs Ekker, who had been a professional dancer on the cast since the first season, joined the judging panel as the permanent fourth judge. Nedbal and Schäfer-Elmayer left the judging panel at the end of the tenth season and were replaced by Dirk Heidemann and Karina Sarkissova. Heidemann and Nicole Hansen left after the thirteenth season, while Maria Angelini-Santner joined the judging panel for the fourteenth season. Sarkissova left after the fourteenth season, but returned as a celebrity contestant for the fifteenth season, although she was forced to withdraw from the competition after the first performance for health reasons.
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Seasons

Season 1

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CelebrityNotabilityProfessional partnerStatus
Mat SchuhSingerKelly KainzEliminated 1st
Arabella KiesbauerTelevision hostBalázs EkkerEliminated 2nd
Peter RappORF hostJulia PolaiEliminated 3rd
Patricia KaiserMiss Austria 2000 & javelin throwerAlexander KreisslEliminated 4th
Stefano BernardinStage & screen actorChristina AuerEliminated 5th
Barbara RettORF hostManfred ZehenderEliminated 6th
Toni PolsterSoccer player & coachMichaela HeintzingerRunners-up
Marika LichterMusical actressAndy KainzWinners

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Season 2

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Gerda RogersAstrologerAndy KainzEliminated 1st
Ulrike BeimpoldActress & directorManfred ZehenderEliminated 2nd
Edi Finger Jr.Radio sportscasterNicole KuntnerEliminated 3rd
Barbara KarlichTelevision hostAlexander ZaglmaierEliminated 4th
Gregor BloébStage & screen actorMichaela HeintzingerEliminated 5th
Simone StelzerSingerAlexander KreisslEliminated 6th
Hans Georg HeinkeJournalist & newscasterElke GehrsitzEliminated 7th
Nicole BeutlerStage & screen actressBalázs EkkerThird place
Andreas GoldbergerSki jumpingJulia PolaiRunners-up
Manuel OrtegaSingerKelly KainzWinners

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Season 3

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Timna BrauerSinger-songwriterManfred ZehenderEliminated 1st
Hera LindAuthorAlexander KreisslEliminated 2nd
Stephanie GrafOlympic sprinterAndy KainzEliminated 3rd
Michael KonselSoccer playerNicole KuntnerEliminated 4th
Harry PrünsterTelevision hostMichaela HeintzingerEliminated 5th
Nina ProllStage & screen actressBalázs EkkerEliminated 6th
Michael TschuggnallSinger & Starmania winnerAlice GuschelbauerEliminated 7th
Zabine KapfingerSingerAlexander ZaglmaierThird place
Peter L. EppingerÖ3 hostJulia PolaiRunners-up
Klaus EberhartingerSinger & television hostKelly KainzWinners

Season 4

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CelebrityNotabilityProfessional partnerStatus
Claudia StöcklÖ3 hostAlexander KreisslEliminated 1st
Peter TichatschekJournalist & television hostMichaela HeintzingerEliminated 2nd
Oliver StammOlympic beach volleyballerJulia PolaiEliminated 3rd
Christine ReilerModel & Miss Austria 2007Manfred ZehenderEliminated 4th
Marc PircherSingerKelly KainzEliminated 5th
Jeannine SchillerModelBalázs EkkerEliminated 6th
Hans Kreuzmayr Waterloo and Robinson singerAlice GuschlbauerEliminated 7th
Elke WinkensStage & screen actressAndy KainzEliminated 8th
Elisabeth EngstlerSinger & television hostAlexander ZaglmaierRunners-up
Dorian SteidlTelevision hostNicole KuntnerWinners

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Season 5

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CelebrityNotabilityProfessional partnerStatus
Christoph FälblStage & screen actorJulia PolaiEliminated 1st
Marie-Christine FriedrichFilm & television actressAlexander ZaglmaierEliminated 2nd
Andy Lee LangMusicianNicole KuntnerEliminated 3rd
Gerhard ZadrobilekTour de France cyclistAlice GuschelbauerEliminated 4th
Maggie EntenfellnerJournalist & television hostGerhard EggerEliminated 5th
Vincent BuenoSinger & Musical! Die Show winnerChristina AuerEliminated 6th
Gitta SaxxModel & photographerBalázs EkkerEliminated 7th
Sandra PiresSingerAlexander KreisslEliminated 8th
Tini KainrathActress & singerManfred ZehenderEliminated 9th
Udo WendersSingerBabsi KoitzThird place
Ramesh NairChoreographer, singer & dancerMichaela HeintzingerRunners-up
Claudia ReitererJournalist & television hostAndy KainzWinners

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Season 6

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CelebrityNotabilityProfessional partnerStatus
James CottriallSingerRoswitha WielandEliminated 1st
Christine KaufmannActressWerner FigarEliminated 2nd
Markus WolfahrtDie Klostertaler lead singerAlice GuschlbauerEliminated 3rd
Reinhard NowakCabaret artist & actorKelly KainzEliminated 4th
Uwe KrögerSinger & stage actorBabsi KoitzEliminated 5th
Dieter ChmelarJournalist & television presenterKathrin MenzingerEliminated 6th
Cathy ZimmermannModel & television presenterChristoph SantnerEliminated 7th
Mirna JukićOlympic swimmerGerhard EggerEliminated 8th
Alfons HaiderDancing Stars presenterVadim GarbuzovEliminated 9th
Mike GaleliFilm & television actorJulia PolaiThird place
Alexandra MeissnitzerOlympic alpine skierFlorian GschaiderRunners-up
Astrid WirtenbergerDie Seer singerBalázs EkkerWinners

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