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one more week to wait, the 23rd am so excited and hyped up for this again


really curious who will get paired up with whom

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Mark


Ann-Kathrin


Sophia


Stefano


Tony


Detlef


Tillmann


Lulu


Maria Clara


Jana


Biyon


Gabriel


Eva


Lina Larissa

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Mark even oozing HOLLYWOOD GLAMOUR in his promo shoot

whoever is paired up with him, is a lucky girl

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Anastasia Stan

Anastasia Stan, who was born in Moldova, has been dancing since she was 6 years old and is now also a licensed coach for juniors and Latin and ballroom groups. Together with her dance and life partner Sergiu Maruster, she successfully participates in international tournaments and championships and dances for Moldova. The two are among the three best dance couples in the world and belong to the "Black and White Club Pforzheim". In addition, Anastasia has a B-license as a Latin coach and an A-license as an adjudicator.

Mikael Tatarkin

Mikael, whom everyone calls Mika, is originally from Russia and has been living in his adopted home of Frankfurt for over 20 years. He has been dancing since he was ten years old and has already been able to collect many successes and titles in the course of his career.

Since 2016, Mika has been dancing together with his dance partner Anja Pritekelj for the Tanzsport-Zentrum Heusenstamm. The two belong to the Hessian State Squad Latin, the HTV Top Team and also the National Squad B Combination of the DTV. In addition, Mika dances in the main groups S of the Standard and Latin classes, which is the highest of his age.

Mika is no stranger to the "Let's Dance" family, as Motsi Mabuse was actually his first female trainer in Germany. In his free time, the dancer spends a lot of time in nature. He loves outdoor sports, such as tennis, paddling and football, and is passionate about playing the piano.

and our returnee (after very long time)


Paul Lorenz

Paul Lorenz was born in Volgograd (Russia) and came to Germany with his family at the age of 12. At that point, he had already been dancing for six years!

From 2008 to 2014 he danced together with "Let's Dance" professional Ekaterina Leonova, who is also his ex-girlfriend, in the main group S-Standard and -Latin. In addition, Paul was part of the national squad from 2005 to 2013 and had great success in various championships.

The 36-year-old is already familiar with the "Let's Dance" floor. In 2007 he danced as an additional dancer of Ute Lempers and in season 8 (2015) as part of the professional cast with Katja Burkard. He also appeared as a professional dancer in the ORF version of "Dancing Stars" in 2016. Paul also took part in the last "Let's Dance" tour.

Fan Favourite Marta ''Maschine'' Arndt is back!

Marta Arndt was born in Kluczbork (Poland) and moved to Germany with her family at the age of eleven. Marta took her first dance steps at the age of 13. Together with her long-time dance partner Pavel Pasechnik, she celebrated many successes – among other things, she is multiple German champion in the Latin American dances of the professionals. In 2017 she won the World Championship Latin WDSF Professional Division.

and also one who has her 10th anniversary on the show with a celebrity

''General Ekat'' Ekaterina Leonova

Ekaterina "Ekat" Leonova was born in Volgograd (Russia) in 1987. She has been dancing ballroom and Latin since she was ten years old. Already during her school years, which she finished with 1.0 in the Abitur, she began training as a dance teacher, which she also successfully completed in 2007. After that, she decided to study social pedagogy at the Institute of Art and Culture in Volgograd, which Ekaterina also completed with 1.0.

In 2008, she moved to Cologne to pursue her sports career and study business administration, which she successfully completed at the University of Cologne with a bachelor's degree in 2014 and a master's degree in April 2018.

Together with her dance partner at the time, Paul Lorenz, who will also be a professional on "Let's Dance" in 2024, she built a successful dance career. Their big breakthrough came in 2012: after winning the EU Cup in the ballroom dances and a second place in the Latin American dances, they also won the World Cup Standard in Malaysia at the end of the year. With this, Ekaterina and Paul firmly established themselves at the top of the world dance sport.

Ekaterina started her success story on "Let's Dance" in 2013 together with original Bachelor Paul Janke. To this day, she is the only professional dancer to have achieved the feat of winning the show three times in a row. Most recently in 2019 with Pascal Hens. This year, Ekat even won two "Let's Dance" titles – as she also won the professional challenge together with Massimo Sinató. In 2024, Ekat will be on the dance floor for the celebrities for the tenth time.

Since 2019, Ekaterina has appeared in various TV shows and at the beginning of 2024 she sat on the jury of "Das Supertalent". In addition, the dancer made her acting debut in the RTL series Der Schiffsartz in 2022.

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official website: https://www.rtl.de/cms/sendungen/lets-dance.html

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Tony Bauer & Maria Clara Groppler & Sophia Thiel dance with Valentin Lusin, Anastasia Stan, Paul Lorenz with a Charleston to Puttin on the Ritz by Wolfgang Lohr & Louie Prima

Stefano Zarrella & Biyon Kattilathu dance with Marta Arndt & Mariia Maksina a quickstep to Lets Get This Party Started by Dick Brave & Backbeats


Eva Padberg & Anna-Kathrin Bendixen & Detlef!D Soost dance with Massimo Sinato, Mikael Tatarkin, Ekaterina Leonova a Tango to Habanera by Georges Bizet

Lina Larissa Strahl & Lulu, Jana Wosnitza dance with Zsolt Sandor Cseke, Vadim Garbuzov, Alexandru Ionel a Cha Cha Cha to Sax by Fleur East


Tillmann Schulz & Mark Keller, Gabriel Kelly dance with Kathrin Menzinger, Malika Dzumaev, Patricija Ionel a Viennese Waltz to You'll Never Walk Alone by Gerry & The Pacemakers

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Dick Brave one is a swing cover of Black Eyed Peas song

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my pre-launch show ranking

1. Mark Keller ( german liam neeson looks wise! hopefully he'll do his two sons very proud, we luv alarm fur cobra 11 actors, top german police drama show)
2. Lina Larissa Strahl (she's was in my top 2 back when she did dancing on ice, hope she does well again, i like her)
3. Ann-Kathrin Bendixen (such a sassy tough girl seems to me, love biker chicks myself, she has a nice personality, watched some of her travel vlogs already on youtube)
4. Gabriel Kelly (am a fan of The Kelly Family, and he kinda also gives me a bit HRVY vibe )
5. Detlef Soost (even if he is a HUGE Ringer like Layton, i appreciate him doing this show)
6. Jana Wosnitza (she's nice, personality wise bit similar to Nazan Eckes, a entertainment news presenter i also like)
7. Eva Padberg (NOT Massimo likely now getting to dance with a former playboy model, strong casting nevertheless, looks quite good)
8. Tillmann Schulz (he seems nice, maybe he can grow on me during the show idk)
9. Lulu Lewe (am a fan of Sarah Connor music, willing to give her a chance too tbh)
10. Stefano Zarrella (Gio's brother but can he do similarly well as his brother did on this show (5th place longer time ago) he seems nice)
11. Biyon Kattilathu (feel sad about Simon Brunner's withdrawal, would've for sure been a contender, but Biyon seems like a very likeable, charismatic lovely guy too, hope he does well)
12. Sophia Thiel (not sure yet, an unknown for me, but tbh i cannot know everyone lol)
13. Tony Bauer (same with Sophia, kinda an unknown, most stand up comedians are for me tbh, he seems nice)
14. Maria Clara Groppler (not keen on her already, with her far right political views but maybe she can come across better through this show who knows, will remain open minded to her i think)

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the dance pairs are

Jana & Vadim

Ann-Kathrin & Valentin

Sophia & Alexandru

Eva & Paul

Lulu & Massimo

Lina & Zsolt

Maria & Mika
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Detlef & Ekaterina

Mark & Kathrin

Stefano & Mariia

Gabriel & Malika

Biyon & Marta

Tony & Anastasia

Tillmann & Patricija




Gabriel won immunity for week 1 by combined score of judges points and public votes

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5 thoughts about last night

1. Motsi's blonde wig served Nicki Minaj vibes, slay queen

2. the studio looks divine with the new upgrades, all the gold, glitter and the diamond instead of the square where the couples enter onto the dancefloor

3. the newbie pro's are quite refreshing cool additions, Anastasia especially GO MOLDOVAN DANCE TALENT

4. for 3 days training, no one really looked bad (apart from Tillmann then Paul Janke similarities lol)

5. Mark Keller is LITERAL such a wholesome character honestly, german liam neeson he has potential to go far if he really gets going with the dancing


honorable mention 6. Frauke being back for her side show, she wasn't last year



BBC could really learn a thing or two from RTL

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Youtube video

TeamTango

Youtube video

TeamViennese Waltz

Youtube video

TeamCharleston

Youtube video

Opening Dance


and winners reprise of Dancing Stars & Christmas Dancing Stars 2023 Anna & Valentin their Magic Moment

Youtube video

@Vanessa @Kate

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Tony Bauer & Anastasia Stan: Cha Cha Cha to Stuck in the Middle by Michael Bublé

Maria Clara Groppler & Mika Tatarkin: Cha Cha Cha to How Will I Know by Whitney Houston

Sophia Thiel & Alexandra Ionel: Cha Cha Cha to Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You) by Kelly Clarkson

Stefano Zarrella & Mariia Maksina: Tango to Perro Viejo by Ostros Aires

Biyon Kattilathu & Marta Arndt: Jive to Rockin Robin by Bobby Day

Eva Padberg & Paul Lorenz: Waltz to Waltzing Matilda by Rod Stewart

Detlef Soost & Ekaterina Leonova: Waltz to With You I'm Born Again by Billy Preston & Syreeta

Lina Larissa Strahl & Zsolt Sandor Cseke: Quickstep to I'm Just a Girl by No Doubt

Lulu & Massimo Sinato: Tango to Bust Your Windows by Jazmine Sullivan

Jana Wosnitza & Vadim Garbuzov: Jive to Can't Tame Her by Zara Larsson

Tillmann Schulz & Patricija Ionel: Tango to Caminito by Julio Iglesias

Mark Keller & Kathrin Menzinger: Cha Cha Cha to Loco in Acapulco by The Four Tops

Ann Kathrin Bendixen & Valentin Lusin: Jive to Runaway by Pink

Gabriel Kelly & Malika Dzumaev: Quickstep to Stay the Night by James Blunt

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great selection of music once again


looking forward to Mark's hips to that banger




NOT Jana having Ellie's jive music

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YASSSS the far right extremist Maria Clara evicted first




decent first dance for Mark, despite thumb injury, he's soooo funny, similar personality as Tony Adams better dancer though

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Tony Bauer & Anastasia Stan: Waltz to Love Ain't Here Anymore by Take That

Sophia Thiel & Alexandru Ionel: Paso Doble to Rhythm is a Dancer by Snap

Stefano Zarrella & Mariia Maksina: Cha Cha Cha to Smooth by Santana & Rob Thomas

Biyon Kattilathu & Marta Arndt: Tango to Be My Lover by La Bouche

Eva Padberg & Paul Lorenz: Cha Cha Cha to Strong Enough by Cher

Ann-Kathrin Bendixen & Valentin Lusin: Charleston to Scatman by Scatman John

Detlef Soost & Ekaterina Leonova: Cha Cha Cha to Sex Bomb by Tom Jones & Mousse T

Lina Larissa Strahl & Zsolt Sandor Cseke: Waltz to Run To You by Whitney Houston

Lulu & Massimo Sinato: Rumba to Don't Let Go by En Vogue

Jana Wosnitza & Vadim Garbuzov: Contemporary to Nothing Compares 2 U by Sinead O'Connor

Tillman Schulz & Patricija Ionel: Rumba to You by Ten Sharp

Mark Keller & Kathrin Menzinger: Waltz to I Wonder Why by Curtis Stigers

Gabriel Kelly & Malika Dzumaev: Paso Doble to Join Me (In Death) by H.I.M.

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90's week yassss


whew lovely song choices again, first contemporary and to what a tune either



think Stefano, Mark, Jana, Gabriel, Lulu are gonna do well this week


hope Biyon does well either, lovely song for his tango (RIP Melanie Thornton gone way too soon in that horrible Crossair plane crash back in 2001 )



omg the scatman charleston again, well ann-kathrin cannot be worse than kerstin hopefully she can make me forget that now



in terms of who i think will leave: probably Tillman but you never know



hope Tony & Nastia keep on improving either, fun couple



Eva cha cha to cher hope she does similarly fabulous entertaining as sports presenter queenie Ulrike von der Groeben did hers to Believe

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Daddy Detlef to Sex Bomb (always a killer banger tbh, even a duffer like Kai Ebel had lots of fun with it, with the strip tease bits )


a Massimo rumba, plenty of filth in that what that is (strictly pro's could nevah produce rumba's up to his standard)

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Tillman was eliminated last night (FINALLY ) or Stillman as i called him, he stood still the entire time in all of his performance



once again lovely show



am pleased with the progress for Mark, another improvement, with his waltz this week, everything is superb but his posture which still needs polishing but he has makings of a dancer



learned some things too last night about our celebs

Lulu apparently as a little child was on stage with Michael Jackson for ''Heal the World''


Detlef apparently worked with Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson in his dance school, for Thriller, Rhythm Nation respectively those choreographies




Tony and Nastia are iconique Tony is so funny, his impersonation of Forrest Gump in the VT either amazing

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update on this

14. Maria Clara Groppler
13. Tillmann Schulz
12. Eva Padberg
11. Lina Larissa Strahl

this week no live show due to easter holidays, always a tradition for one week off, and doing a Magic Moments Special with the pro's looking back at some of the best moments so far in this show's history


next week the top 10 will return though


Lina's exit last week was kinda a shock tbh, i thought Ann-Kathrin was a goner but she seems to be doing quite well on Valentin's fanbase


am happy Mark survived that jive disaster and had the top points for his group in the dance battle of Italy Week, glad jive is out of the way now, hoping for a ballroom next week again



who i can see going all the way

Tony & Nastia, Detlef & Ekat, Jana & Vadim have potential too, King Choreo deffo doing everything he can so far to get a dancer out of a novice like Jana


Tony is my second fave besides Mark, he is just too cute and Nastia (Anastasia but i call her Nastia) great new pro addition


Lulu & Massimo are also good fun to watch, very much hollywood glamour in their performances


Gabriel & Malika are also contenders yes


all in all a very strong year

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last night was a fun special, looking back at some of the best magic moments of our pro dancers so far


Christina obviously getting paired up with Luca Hanni in this show, and marrying him post show and now the both of them are expecting their first child


Andrzej his magic moment was with Barack Obama's half sister Auma, finally getting further than a 7th place and showcasing some wonderful african dance styles in the latins

Christian his magic moment was with both his wins his ''sister from another mister'' Maite Kelly, and with Vanessa Mai, and last years partner Sharon Battiste


Massimo his magic moment with his eventual wife Rebecca Mir, not once but twice dancing with her in both a regular series and a christmas special and his win with the wonderful circus queen Lili Paul-Roncalli and their aladdin medley showdance


Vadim's magic moment was as their first same-sex partnership in the show history, with Nicolas Puschmann, and their contemporary to unsteady


the Lusins their magic moment

Renata's being her win with the Icelandic Thor - Rurik Gislason, and her profi challenge win with her husband Valentin, as well as recently being world dance champions!

Valentin's being his win last year with Anna Ermakova



Mariia's magic moment, having been Ekat's backing dancer in quite a few of her showdances for Gil's Avatar showdance, Ingolf's Shrek showdance, Pascal's madagascar showdance, Mariia is the niece of Ekat, but they are like sisters


really nice to see all these best bits


and hopefully many more brilliant magic moments to come lets dance really is the better show over strictly


fun fact, they only started doing a launch show since series 7 btw, before that it was meetups in the training room for each couple

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Tony Bauer & Anastasia Stan: Viennese Waltz to ''Ich Atme Ein'' by Roger Cicero

Sophia Thiel & Alexandru Ionel: Tango to ''Shivers'' by Ed Sheeran

Stefano Zarrella & Mariia Maksina: Samba to ''Moliendo Cafe'' by Gunther Noris

Biyon Kattilathu & Marta Arndt: Contemporary to ''Earned It'' by The Weeknd

Ann-Kathrin Bendixen & Valentin Lusin: Quickstep to ''Dance Monkey'' by Tones and I

Detlef Soost & Ekaterina Leonova: Samba to ''Tum Takketa'' by Luca D & Alessandro Olivato

Lulu & Massimo Sinato: Charleston to ''Crazy In Love'' by Beyonce

Jana Wosnitza & Vadim Garbuzov: Waltz to ''Get Here'' by Oleta Adams

Mark Keller & Kathrin Menzinger: Foxtrot to ''I've Got You Under My Skin'' by Frank Sinatra

Gabriel Kelly & Malika Dzumaev: Tango to ''Nothing Else Matters'' by Metallica

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last night was fab


opening group dance was a disco mashup with two actors Jannik Schumann (award winning actor for his role in Sisi) and Emma Nova leading the pro's and celebs, to promote their new musical series Disko 76



our first perfect 30 of the series, for Gabriel's tango

also twice 29/30's for both Jana & Vadim, Detlef & Ekat

Lulu & Massimo did very well too


Mark & Kathrin finally Mark showing some of that potential, also his tap dancing



Stefano & Mariia were eliminated, yeah well i knew a male would go this week, to try and even out numbers regarding male/female celebs


Tony & Nastia were once again brilliant too, with their VW, they are a joy to watch, btw Nastia had a bronze medal last weekend at the world championships with Sergiu Luca


Ann-Kathrin surviving again bottom of leaderboard, the power of the Lusin fanbase is enormous me thinks, also Valentin's first dance as a newly become dad




next week Partner Switch Up Week


Mark & Ekat hopefully

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Jana & Massimo: very nice samba to ain't it funny by J.Lo, the flamenco vibes are very cool in this dance

Biyon & Malika: nice quickstep to Nat King Cole's classic L.O.V.E. bit wooden-ish in his body movement maybe, but all in all a nice quirky performance

Detlef & Kathrin: very dramatic viennese waltz to teddy swims lose control, wow again very cool from our choreographer and fitness instructor

Mark & Ekat: traditional paso to espana cani, whew Mark slayed more than in his foxtrot last week, wow wow wow, also he won the bonus point for next week

Ann-Kathrin & Vadim: nice country themed cha cha to pitbull and kesha's timber, but compared to the rest, she still falls a bit flat, weakest of the remaining top 9 by far

Lulu & Alexandru: nice foxtrot to a slowed down version of Boney M's Daddy Cool, she came across a bit nervous though, whereas usually with Massimo she oozes more confidence

Sophia & Valentin: great waltz to the La La Land song Audition, although her frame wasn't perfect all the way through from getting in and out of hold

Tony & Marta: poor Tony not with his dream team partner Nastia, dedicating his jive song to her now with Gabriel ''take good care of my baby'' his jive was good fun, very nice between the lines technique wise too

Gabriel & Nastia: nice slower version of ed sheeran bad habits for his foxtrot, loved the halloween-ish vibe with it too, with the vampire theme although could've been a bit more danced in hold maybe and lesser contemporary elements, but a good performance


we had a jury show act too

Llambi danced his bit to Mr Bojangles, a nice viennese waltz

Jorge danced his bit to a mashup of Vogue and Break My Soul

Motsi danced her bit to a dramatic version of No Woman, No Cry

and all together with all the pro's, bit of a paso doble, argentine tango

very enjoyable



next week we have a double elimination, there was no elimination this week that's why


and also the discofox marathon!!!!!!

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my ranking of the top 9

1. Mark Keller
2. Detlef Soost
3. Lulu
4. Tony Bauer
5. Gabriel Kelly
6. Sophia Thiel
7. Jana Wosnitza
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9. Ann-Kathrin Bendixen

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deffo think if you guys were able to watch this


Nessa would also stan Mark, also Mark has two such very hunky sons

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some weeds are really hard to get rid of Ann-Kathrin surviving again


Biyon, Sophia were eliminated this week




Mark & Kathrin a perfect 30 for their charleston to mary poppins song step in time (could've also been awesome if we got to see it from Nigel & Katya )



poor Tony & Nastia undermarked for their contemporary to 7 Years, perfectly in sync with each other i thought


Gabriel & Malika their Further Up samba was HOT HOT HOT


Detlef & Ekat ain't no sunshine rumba was pure filth, so sexy



that discofox marathon the winners of that were Lulu & Massimo



once again another enjoyable show


next week jury team dances time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! for our top 7