''Dancing with the Stars: Taniec z gwiazdami'' (previously: ''Taniec z gwiazdami'' ) is a Polish light entertainment reality television series broadcast by

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'' franchise which has been sold to more than 40 countries worldwide. The 1st season of ''Taniec z gwiazdami'' aired in Poland on TVN in the spring of 2005, the 2nd season in the autumn of 2005, the 3rd season in the spring of 2006, the 4th season in the autumn of 2006, the 5th season in the spring of 2007, the 6th season in the autumn of 2007, the 7th season in the spring of 2008, the 8th season in autumn of 2008, the 9th season in the spring of 2009, the 10th edition in the autumn of 2009, the 11th season in the spring of 2010, the 12th season in the autumn of 2010, the 13th season in the autumn of 2011. The series never premiered a season in 2012 and 2013. After two years ''Dancing with the Stars'' return in Poland on POLSAT in spring of 2014 as the 14th season, the 15th season in autumn of 2014, the 16th season in spring of 2015, the 17th season in autumn of 2015, the 18th season in spring of 2016 and the 19th season in autumn of 2016, the 20th season in spring of 2017, the 21st season in spring of 2018, the 22nd season in spring of 2019, the 23rd season in autumn of 2019, the 24th season in spring and fall 2020, the 25th season in spring of 2021. Next new 26th season will be in autumn of 2022. Every Sunday, ratings average more than 7 million viewers for the first airing. The highest rated episode was the second-season finale, where over 8 million people watched. Since the beginning of the show there have been four different presenters. Magda Mołek, a well-known TV presenter, was the female host during the show's first season. Hubert Urbański who originally hosted with Mołek during the first season, stayed with the show until mid-2007 after the fifth season. He is a well-known television host, especially for his work on ''Milionerzy'', the Polish edition of ''

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''. Katarzyna Skrzynecka, a film, stage actress, and singer, was the female host in seasons 2–12. Piotr Gąsowski was introduced in 2007 as the new host to replace Hubert Urbański. He is an entertainer and an actor. In season 13 Katarzyna Skrzynecka was replaced by

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as the female host. In season 14 both hosts were replaced by

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, well-known television host and Anna Głogowska, dancer, television host and the winner of 13th season. She was the female host in seasons 14–17. In season 18 Anna Głogowska was replaced by Paulina Sykut-Jeżyna as the female host. In season 25 Izabela Janachowska, former professional dancer, join to host team. The judging panel is composed of Iwona Szymańska-Pavlović, retired professional dancer and currently a dancing judge, Michał Malitowski, professional dancer, Andrzej Piaseczny, singer and Andrzej Grabowski, an actor and comedian.

Format

The show pairs a number of

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with professional

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who each week compete against each other in a competition to impress a panel of judges and the viewing public in order to survive potential elimination. Through a telephone poll, viewers vote who should stay, the results of the poll being combined with the ranking of the panel of judges. Couple with lowest number points drop out from each episode. Each judge gives the performance a mark out of ten, giving an overall total out of forty (thirty in seasons 22-24).

Cast timeline

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Professional dancers

Color key: : Winner : Runner-up : Third place : Celebrity partner was eliminated first for the season : Celebrity partner withdrew from the competition : Dancer withdrew from the competition

Series overview

Dances

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Records

Number of perfect scores

The scores presented below represent the perfect scores which the celebrities gained in their original season. ;Celebrities ;Professionals *64: Rafał Maserak *45: Stefano Terrazzino *40: Jan Kliment *21: Łukasz Czarnecki *18: Tomasz Barański *14: Janja Lesar, Hanna Żudziewicz *13: Jacek Jeschke *12: Blanka Winiarska *11: Robert Rowiński *10: Kamila Kajak *8: Cezary Olszewski *7: Michał Danilczuk, Agnieszka Kaczorowska, Andrej Mosejcuk, Ewa Szabatin *6: Izabela Janachowska, Adam Król *4: Michał Bartkiewicz, Anna Głogowska, Marcin Hakiel, Aneta Piotrowska *3: Wojciech Jeschke, Wiktoria Omyła, Magdalena Soszyńska-Michno *2: Krzysztof Hulboj, Przemysław Juszkiewicz *1: Piotr Kiszka, Katarzyna Krupa, Jakub Lipowski, Valeriya Zhuravlyova

Highest-scoring celebrities

The scores presented below represent the best overall accumulative average scores the celebrity gained each season. Seasons in which the scores were out of 30 have been rounded to be out of 40.

Lowest-scoring celebrities

The scores presented below represent the worst overall accumulative average scores the celebrity gained each season. Seasons in which the scores were out of 30 have been rounded to be out of 40.

Professionals with the Most Wins

Specials

The All-Time Final

Couples

Scores

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Dance Chart

Dancing on Tour

In May and June 2006 Seasons 1-3 participants went on a tour around Poland with a specially-prepared dance show. The gig was called ''Dancing with the Stars – Dancing in your city'' (Taniec z Gwiazdami – Taniec w twoim Mieście). The pairs featured in the tour were as follows: * Agnieszka Rylik (female boxer) and Marcin Olszewski, *

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(actress) and Rafał Maserak, * Aleksandra Kwaśniewska (daughter of former Polish president

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) and Michał Skawińśki, *

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(actress) and Marcin Hakiel, * Rafał Mroczek (actor) and Aneta Piotrowska, * Conrado Moreno (showman) and Magda Soszyńska, * Piotr Gąsowski (actor) and Anna Głogowska.

'Best Of' episode

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aired a special episode of ''Taniec z Gwiazdami – Najpiękniejsze tańce''. This time the audience was choosing the best dance from previous seasons. The jury went dancing too, and was being judged by a special one-night panel of

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(TV personality), Szymon Majewski (comedian and TV host) and

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). The pairs performing in this episode were: * Joanna Jabłczyńska (actress) and Piotr Kiszka (Waltz) *

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(actress) and Robert Kochanek (Samba) * Przemysław Sadowski (actor) and Ewa Szabatin (Jive) * Aleksandra Kwaśniewska (daughter of the former president of Poland

) and Michał Skawiński (Tango) * Krzysztof Tyniec (actor, cabaretman) and Kamila Kajak (Foxtrot) *

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(TVN presenter) and Stefano Terrazino (Rumba)

Po prostu taniec (Just Dance!)

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have danced. * Judges: ** Augustin Egruolla –

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** Iwona Pavlović – Dancing with the Stars ** Piotr Galiński – Dancing with the Stars * Presenters: **

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– Dancing with the Stars ** Piotr Gąsowski – Dancing with the Stars * Musical Guests: **

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Audience voting results

Guinness World record

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was Guinness World Record. Augustin Egurolla (You Can Dance judge) and Iwona Pavlović (DWTS judge) teach people how to dance cha-cha-cha. People who dance: 1635. Stars from ''Dancing with the Stars'' Dancers from ''

"'' * 1st season: Maciej Florek, Maria Foryś, Ida Nowakowska, Piotr Gałczyk oraz Mariusz Jasuwienas * 2nd season: Artur Cieciórski, Katarzyna Kubalska, Gieorgij Puchalski, Anna Radomska i Justyna Białowąs * Musical guests: **

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", "Through the eyes", "Dangerous" ** Patrycja Markowska – "Świat się pomylił"

Taniec kontra Dance (Dance vs. Dance!)

Rating Figures

References

http://przeambitni.com/2014/05/26/kto-zatanczy-w-kolejnej-edycji-tanca-z-gwiazdami/

External links

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Official Site - Taniec z gwiazdami
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