''Dancing with the Stars'' is a

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television series that premiered on March 28, 2010, on

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and filmed live in

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. The show aired until February 1, 2015, on

. On January 26, 2018 ANT1 premiered the sixth season and aired until May 4, 2018. The show returned from Star Channel. The show is based on the British BBC Television series '' Strictly Come Dancing'' and is part of BBC Worldwide's '' Dancing with the Stars'' franchise. The theme song is "It's personal" performed by Swedish

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. The format of the show consists of a celebrity paired with a professional dancer. Each couple performs predetermined dances and competes against the others for judges' points and audience votes. The couple receiving the lowest combined total of judges' points and audience votes is eliminated each week until only the champion dance pair remains.

Cast

Hosts

Since its premiere in 2010, the show was hosted by Zeta Makripoulia. In the fourth season Makripoulia was replaced by Doukissa Nomikou. The sixth season was hosted by

Evangelia Aravani Evangelia Aravani ( el, Ευαγγελία Αραβανή: born 29 November 1985) is a Greek fashion model and TV presenter. In 2005, Aravani won the title of Miss Star Hellas and then was chosen to represent Greece at the Miss Universe 2005 pag ...

. There was also a different co-host in each season for the backstage room, also known as Green Room. The co-hosts included Eleni Karpontini (first season) and Mary Sinatsaki (second season). Argiris Aggelou, the winner of the second season, co-hosted the third season, Ntoretta Papadimitriou, the winner of the third season, co-hosted the fourth season and

Kostas Martakis Kostas Martakis ( el, Κώστας Μαρτάκης; born 25 May 1984) ERT. Retrieved on February 19, 2008 is a Greek singer, model, television host and actor, who rose to fame after appearing on Greek talent show ''Dream Show'' aired by Alpha TV ...

, the runner-up of the second season, co-hosted the fifth season. Savvas Poumpouras co-hosted the sixth season. On April 15, 2021 it was announced that model

Vicky Kaya Vicky Kaya ( el, Βίκυ Καγιά; born Vasiliki Kaya, el, Βασιλική Καγιά, links=no; 4 July 1978) is a Greek fashion model and television presenter. She has appeared on the covers of numerous international fashion magazines such ...

, will be hosting the seventh season of the show, which began airing on Star Channel in the television season 2021–2022. Lambros Fisfis was the co-host for the backstage room.

Judges

Giannis Latsios, Fokas Evaggelinos, Galena Velikova-Chaina and Alexis Kostalas were the judges of the first season. In the second season, Errica Prezerakou, the winner of the first season, replaced Velikova-Chaina. In the third season, Prezerakou was replaced by

Katia Dandoulaki Ekaterini "Katia" Dandoulaki ( el, Κάτια Δανδουλάκη; born May 16, 1948) is a Greek theatre, television and film actress. She is best known for her role as protagonist Virna Drakou on the Greek television series ''Lampsi'' in the ...

and Velikova-Chaina returned. In the fourth season, all the judges from season 3 returned except for Evaggelinos, while Giorgos Liagkas,

Eugenia Manolidou Eugenia Karagiannidou ( el, Ευγενία Καραγιαννίδου), better known as Eugenia Manolidou (Μανωλίδου) or Manolides, is a Greek classical composer, conductor, entertainment television presenter and is married to politici ...

and Themos Anastasiadis were guest judges for the 4th, 8th and 9th week respectively. In the fifth season all the judges from season 4 returned. Lakis Gavalas is the fifth judge in fifth season. In the sixth season Kostalas and Velikova returned as judges, while Giorgos Liagas and, former contestant, Eleonora Meleti joined the judging panel. Throughout the season, various guest judges appeared as the fifth judge in the judging panel for one episode. The four new judges in the seventh season, that aired on Star Channel, were Stefanos Dimoulas, Marina Lampropoulou, Elena Lizardou and Jason Roditis.

Couples

A total of 100 celebrities have appeared during the 7 seasons of the series. Twelve celebrities participated in the first season, 14 in the second, third, fourth and fifth season and 16 in the sixth, seventh season. Also, a total of 49 professional partners have appeared alongside celebrities, some for only one season.

Professional partners

Bold font indicates that the dancer is a participant in the present season. Color key: : Winner : Runner-up : 3rd place

List of dance

Highest-scoring celebrities

Number of perfect scores

Series overview

References

External links

Official website of ''Dancing with the Stars Greece''
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