''Ples sa zvijezdama'' is the Croatian version of ''
Dancing with the Stars'' and translates precisely such. Nine seasons have aired on
HRT1 from 2006 to 2013 with a ninth season airing on
Nova TV in 2019.
The eleventh season is currently being broadcast on Nova TV.
Professionals timeline
Color key:
Key:
: Won the season
: Placed second in the season
: Placed third in the season
: Placed last in the season
Season 1
The first season of ''Ples sa zvijezdama'' (''Dancing with the Stars'') started airing on 2 December 2006.
The contestants were:
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Zrinka Cvitešić
Zrinka Cvitešić (born 18 July 1979) is a Croatian film, television and theatre actress.
Biography
The elder of two daughters, Zrinka Cvitešić was born in Karlovac, in the Karlovac County to Ivan and Višnja Cvitešić. Her mother played or ...
(actress) with Nicolas Quesnoit (Winners)
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Rene Bitorajac (actor) with Mirjana Žutić (runner-up)
* Maja Šuput (singer) with Ištvan Varga (6th eliminated)
* Žarko Radić (actor) with Ivana Antinac (5th eliminated)
* Zoran Vakula (TV meteorologist) with Ksenija Pluščec (4th eliminated)
* Sandra Bagarić (opera singer) with Leon Ajtlbez (3rd eliminated)
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Dubravko Šimenc
Dubravko Šimenc (born 2 November 1966 in Zagreb) is a former Croatian water polo player who competed for both Yugoslavia and Croatia, and later water polo coach.
Dubravko Šimenc's father Zlatko was a water polo player who won the silver med ...
(water polo player) with Tamara Despot (2nd eliminated)
* Zdenka Kovačićek (singer) with Hrvoje Kraševac (1st eliminated)
Highest score of the season (40):
*Zrinka & Nicolas (Jive – 3rd episode)
*Zrinka & Nicolas (Slowfox – 4th episode)
*Maja & Ištvan (Paso Doble – 4th episode)
*Maja & Ištvan (English Waltz – 6th episode)
*Zrinka & Nicolas – ''total – 80 points'' (English Waltz & Paso Doble – 7th episode)
*Maja & Ištvan (Slowfox – 7th episode)
*Zrinka & Nicolas – ''total – 120 points'' (English Waltz, Samba & Freestyle – final episode)
*Rene & Mirjana (Freestyle – final episode)
Lowest score of the season:
*Žarko & Ivana – 16 points (Samba – 5th episode)
Season 2
The second season of ''Ples sa zvijezdama'' ("Dancing with the Stars") started airing on 3 November 2007.
The contestants were:
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Luka Nižetić (singer) with Mirjana Žutić (Winners)
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Lana Jurčević
Lana Jurčević (; born 7 November 1984), internationally known under the stage name La Lana (pronounced ), is a Croatian pop singer. Her self-titled debut album was released in 2003, with all of the songs on the album written by Milana Vlaovi ...
(singer) with Hrvoje Kraševac (runner-up)
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Davor Gobac (singer) with Tamara Despot (6th eliminated)
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Nikolina Pišek (TV hostess) with Ištvan Varga (5th eliminated)
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Danijela Martinović
Danijela Martinović (born 15 July 1971), also known mononymously as Danijela, is a Croatian pop singer.
Biography
Born in Split to Croatian parents, Martinović began to sing from an early age. She has a sister, Izabela, who also pursued a mus ...
(singer) with Nicolas Quesnoit (4th eliminated)
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Iva Majoli
Iva Majoli-Marić (born 12 August 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Croatia who played for both Yugoslavia and Croatia. She upset Martina Hingis to win the women's singles title at the French Open in 1997. Majoli also won seven o ...
(tennis player) with Marko Herceg (3rd eliminated)
* Damir Markovina (actor) with Ana Herceg (2nd eliminated)
* Mirko Fodor (TV host) with Žana Alerić (1st eliminated)
Highest score of the season (40):
*Luka & Mirjana (Paso Doble – 6th episode)
*Lana & Hrvoje ''- total – 80 points'' (Quickstep & Paso Doble – 7th episode)
*Luka & Mirjana ''- total – 80 points'' (
Tango
Tango is a partner dance and social dance that originated in the 1880s along the Río de la Plata, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay. The tango was born in the impoverished port areas of these countries as the result of a combina ...
& Cha-cha-cha – 7th episode)
*Luka & Mirjana (Paso Doble & Freestyle – final episode)
Lowest score of the season:
*Davor & Tamara – 20 points (Samba – 5th episode)
Season 3
The third season of ''Ples sa zvijezdama'' ("Dancing with the Stars") started airing on 25 October 2008.
The contestants were:
* Mario Valentić (actor, model and former Mister Croatia) with Ana Herceg (Winners)
* Zlata Mück (TV and radio hostess) with Ištvan Varga
* Daniela Trbović (TV hostess) with Nicolas Quesnoit
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Martina Zubčić
Martina Zubčić (born June 3, 1989 in Zagreb) is a Croatian taekwondo athlete, who competed in the Women's 57 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a coun ...
(bronze olympic medal in taekwondo) with Robert Schubert
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Antonija Šola
Antonija Šola (; born 5 June 1979) is a Croatian musician, singer-songwriter, lyricist, actress and music producer. She is known for playing a main role of " Tina Bauer-Fijan" in first Croatian soap opera Zabranjena ljubav (2004-2008). In addi ...
(singer) with Hrvoje Kraševac
* Goran Grgić (actor) with Sara Stojanović
* Luka Vidović (magician and actor) with Mirjana Žutić
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Nikša Kaleb
Nikša Kaleb (born 9 March 1973) is a retired Croatian handball player. He is World champion from 2003 with the Croatian national team, (handball player) with Tamara Despot
Highest score of the season:
* Zlata & Ištvan- 40 points (
Tango
Tango is a partner dance and social dance that originated in the 1880s along the Río de la Plata, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay. The tango was born in the impoverished port areas of these countries as the result of a combina ...
– final episode)
* Mario & Ana – 40 points (Freestyle – final episode)
Lowest score of the season:
*Goran & Sara – 17 points (Jive – 3rd episode)
Scorecard
:Bold numbers indicate the couples with the highest score for each week.
:''Italic numbers'' indicate the couples with the lowest score for each week.
: indicates the couples eliminated that week.
: indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two.
:Dances are:
:
Cha-cha-cha
:
Waltz
:
Rumba
:
Quickstep
:
Jive
:
Tango
:
Paso doble
:
Slowfox
:
Samba
:
Freestyle
Season 4
The fourth season of ''Ples sa zvijezdama'' ("Dancing with the Stars") started airing on 31 October 2009 on
HRT1.
The contestants were:
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Franka Batelić
Franka Batelić (born 7 June 1992), also known as Franka, is a Croatian singer-songwriter. She rose to fame as the winner of the first season of '' Showtime''. She represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song " Crazy".
...
(singer) with Ištvan Varga (Winners)
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Gordan Kožulj
Gordan Kožulj (born 28 November 1976) is a former backstroke swimmer from Croatia.
During his sporting career, Gordan achieved numerous successes some of them are: US (1998), Europe (2000, 2001, 2002) and World (2000) swimming championship tit ...
(swimmer) with Ana Herceg
* Ana Ugarković (TV chef) with Nicolas Quesnoit
* Vedran Mlikota (actor) with Marija Šantek
* Iva Šulentić (TV & radio hostess) with Damir Horvatinčić
* Frano Lasić (singer & actor) with Mirjana Žutić
* Vanessa Radman (actress) with Robert Schubert
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Sandi Cenov
Sandokan "Sandi" Cenov (born 17 July 1968), also known simply as Sandi, is Croatian pop singer who was popular in the 1990s. His first album was released in 1992.
In the 2005 elections for Zagreb City Assembly he was one of the candidates on t ...
(singer) with Gabriela Pilić
Highest score of the season:
* Iva & Damir – 40 points (
Jive – 3rd episode)
* Franka & Ištvan – 40 points (
Quickstep – 6th episode)
* Franka & Ištvan – 40 points (
Slowfox
The foxtrot is a smooth, progressive dance characterized by long, continuous flowing movements across the dance floor. It is danced to big band (usually vocal) music. The dance is similar in its look to waltz, although the meter (music), rhyt ...
– 7th and final episode)
* Franka & Ištvan – 40 points (Freestyle – final episode)
* Gordan & Ana – 40 points (Freestyle – final episode)
Lowest score of the season:
*Ana & Nicolas – 20 points (
Cha-cha-cha
Cha cha cha may refer to:
* ''Cha-cha-chá'' (music), a style of Cuban dance music
* Cha-cha-cha (dance), a Latin American dance accompanying the music
Film and television
* ''Cha Cha Cha'' (film), a 2013 Italian crime film
* ''Cha Cha Cha'' ...
– 1st episode)
Scorecard
:Bold numbers indicate the couples with the highest score for each week.
:''Italic numbers'' indicate the couples with the lowest score for each week.
: indicates the couples eliminated that week.
: indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two.
:Dances are:
:
Cha-cha-cha
:
Waltz
:
Rumba
:
Quickstep
:
Jive
:
Tango
:
Paso doble
:
Slowfox
:
Samba
:
Freestyle
Season 5
The fifth season of ''Ples sa zvijezdama'' ("Dancing with the Stars") started airing on 30 October 2010 on
HRT1.
The contestants were:
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Nera Stipičević
Nera Stipičević (born 21 January 1983) is a Croatian pop singer and actress.
Nera Stipičević was born in Makarska, where she attended elementary music school. Stipičević is of Albanian origin and was a close relative of Aleksandar Stipč ...
(singer and actress) with Damir Horvatinčić (Winners)
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Mila Horvat (TV hostess) with Robert Schubert
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Bojan Jambrošić (singer) with Martina Bastić
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Sanja Doležal (singer) with Hrvoje Kraševac
* Petar Vlahov (TV host) with Ana Domišljanović
* Zijad Gračić (actor) with Tihana Devčić
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Ivana Brkljačić
Ivana Brkljačić (born 25 January 1983 in Villingen-Schwenningen, West Germany) is a former female hammer thrower from Croatia.
Career
She achieved good results as a teenager, winning the World Junior Championships twice and finishing 11th in ...
(athlete) with Marko Herceg
* Hrvoje Rupčić (musician) with Marija Stošić
Highest score of the season:
* Nera & Damir – 40 points (
Paso doble
Pasodoble ( Spanish: ''double step'') is a fast-paced Spanish military march used by infantry troops. Its speed allowed troops to give 120 steps per minute (double the average of a regular unit, hence its name). This military march gave rise ...
– 3rd episode;
Tango
Tango is a partner dance and social dance that originated in the 1880s along the Río de la Plata, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay. The tango was born in the impoverished port areas of these countries as the result of a combina ...
and
slowfox
The foxtrot is a smooth, progressive dance characterized by long, continuous flowing movements across the dance floor. It is danced to big band (usually vocal) music. The dance is similar in its look to waltz, although the meter (music), rhyt ...
- 6th episode;
quickstep and
Cha-cha-cha
Cha cha cha may refer to:
* ''Cha-cha-chá'' (music), a style of Cuban dance music
* Cha-cha-cha (dance), a Latin American dance accompanying the music
Film and television
* ''Cha Cha Cha'' (film), a 2013 Italian crime film
* ''Cha Cha Cha'' ...
- 7th episode;
Tango
Tango is a partner dance and social dance that originated in the 1880s along the Río de la Plata, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay. The tango was born in the impoverished port areas of these countries as the result of a combina ...
,
Paso doble
Pasodoble ( Spanish: ''double step'') is a fast-paced Spanish military march used by infantry troops. Its speed allowed troops to give 120 steps per minute (double the average of a regular unit, hence its name). This military march gave rise ...
& freestyle - finale)
* Mila & Robert - 40 points (freestyle - finale)
Lowest score of the season:
* Petar & Ana – 18 points (
Cha-cha-cha
Cha cha cha may refer to:
* ''Cha-cha-chá'' (music), a style of Cuban dance music
* Cha-cha-cha (dance), a Latin American dance accompanying the music
Film and television
* ''Cha Cha Cha'' (film), a 2013 Italian crime film
* ''Cha Cha Cha'' ...
– 1st episode,
Jive – 3rd episode)
Scorecard
:Bold numbers indicate the couples with the highest score for each week.
:''Italic numbers'' indicate the couples with the lowest score for each week.
: indicates the couples eliminated that week.
: indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two.
:Dances are:
:
Cha-cha-cha
:
Waltz
:
Rumba
:
Quickstep
:
Jive
:
Tango
:
Paso doble
:
Slowfox
:
Samba
:
Viennese Waltz
:
Freestyle
Season 6
The sixth season of ''Ples sa zvijezdama'' ("Dancing with the Stars") started airing on 29 October 2011 on
HRT1.
The contestants were:
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Jelena Perčin (actress) with Hrvoje Kraševac
* Denis Ahmetašević (musician) with Mirjana Žutić
* Martina Tomčić (opera singer) with Marko Herceg
*
Lana Banely (TV sport journalist) with Damir Horvatinčić
* Hrvoje Šalković (writer) with Lejla Bjedov
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Marko Tolja
Marko Tolja (born 3 July 1984) is a Croatian singer.
Music career 1984–2005: Early life and education
Marko Tolja was born on 3 July 1984 in Rijeka to Koraljka and Darko Tolja. Tolja gained his first musical experiences with his uncle Davor, wh ...
(singer) with Ana Herceg
* Miro Ungar (singer and actor) with Marija Stošić
*
Tatjana Jurić (TV and radio hostess) with Robert Schubert
Highest score of the season:
* Marko & Ana – 37 points (
Tango
Tango is a partner dance and social dance that originated in the 1880s along the Río de la Plata, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay. The tango was born in the impoverished port areas of these countries as the result of a combina ...
– 3rd episode)
Lowest score of the season:
* Hrvoje & Lejla – 15 points (
Quickstep – 2nd episode)
Scorecard
:Bold numbers indicate the couples with the highest score for each week.
:''Italic numbers'' indicate the couples with the lowest score for each week.
: indicates the couples eliminated that week.
: indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two.
:Dances are:
:
Cha-cha-cha
:
Waltz
:
Rumba
:
Quickstep
:
Jive
:
Tango
:
Paso doble
:
Slowfox
:
Samba
:
Viennese Waltz
:
Freestyle
Season 7
The seventh season of ''Ples sa zvijezdama'' ("Dancing with the Stars") aired in late 2012 on
HRT1.
The contestants were:
* Barbara Radulović with Robert Schubert (Winners)
* Mirna Medaković with Damir Horvatinčić
* Saša Lozar with Marija Šantek
* Ana Begić with Hrvoje Kraševac
* Darko Janeš with Marija Stošić
* Blaženka Leib with Patrik Majcen
* Niko Pulić with Tamara Despot
* Davor Radolfi with Ana Herceg
* Frano Domitrović with Ana Domišljanović
* Nika Fleiss with Marko Herceg
Season 8
The eight season of ''Ples sa zvijezdama'' ("Dancing with the Stars") aired in late 2013 on
HRT1.
The contestants were:
* Mislav Čavajda with Petra Jeričević (Winners)
* Ornela Vištica with Marko Herceg
* Sanda Dubravčić with Nicolas Quesnoit
* Giuliano with Marija Marinčić
* Iva Mihalić with Robert Schubert
* Žanamari Lalić with Damir Horvatinčić
* Ronald Braus with Ana Domišljanović
* Janko Popović Volarić with Valentina Walme
* Nevena Rendeli with Patrik Majcen
* Damir Hoyka with Tihana Matijaščić
Season 9
The ninth season of ''Ples sa zvijezdama'' will premiere in March 2019.
Scoring charts
:
''Red numbers'' indicate the couples with the lowest score for each week
:
Green numbers indicate the couples with the highest score for each week
: indicates the couple that was eliminated that week
: indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two
: indicates the couple returned to the competition
: indicates the winning couple
: indicates the runner-up couple
: indicates the third place couple
Season 10
The tenth season of ''Ples sa zvijezdama'' premiered in March 2022.
Scoring charts
:
''Red numbers'' indicate the couples with the lowest score for each week
:
Green numbers indicate the couples with the highest score for each week
: indicates the couple that was eliminated that week
: indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two
: indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom three but was saved by the judges
: as part of the winning couple of the week, the couple received two additional points for the following week.
: indicates the winning couple
: indicates the runner-up couple
: indicates the third place couple
: indicates the fourth place couple
Season 11
The eleventh season of ''Ples sa zvijezdama'' premiered in March 2023.
Scoring charts
:
''Red numbers'' indicate the couples with the lowest score for each week
:
Green numbers indicate the couples with the highest score for each week
: indicates the couple that was eliminated that week
: indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two
: indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom three but was saved by the judges
: indicates the winning couple
: indicates the runner-up couple
: indicates the third place couple
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