Lets Dance Germany 2023: The Year of Boris Becker worshipping, lmao

[Nicky91]

Line Up

1. Abdelkarim (41) Stand Up Comedian, Presenter
2. Sharon Battiste (31) The Bachelorette Star
3. Julia Beautx (23) Beauty Vlogger, Actress, Singer
4. Philipp Boy (35) former Olympic and World Champion Gymnast
5. Ali Gungormus (46) Michelin Star Chef, TV Chef
6. Chryssanthi Kavazi (33) Soap Actress, Wife of Alarm fur Cobra 11 lead star Tom Beck
7. Jens ''Knossi'' Knossalla (36) Entertainer, Comedian, Actor, professional Poker player
8. Michael Kraus (39) former World Champion Handball player
9. Timon Krause (28) Mentalist
10. Sally Ozcan (34) YouTuber, Food Blogger, Author, Model
11. Alex Mariah Peter (25) Transgender Model
12. Natalya Yegorova (48) Wife of Ukrainian politician and former boxer Vitali Klitschko
13. Younes Zarou (24) Social Media Influencer, YouTuber
14. Anna Ermakova (22) Model, Boris Becker's daughter

[Nicky91]

these are early days rumours, sometimes few of those are actually in


once we have official contestant reveals, i'll edit the OP with the official cast list info



but also we have some live tour news!!


https://www.promiflash.de/news/2022/10/28/ekat-und-basti-bielendorfer-freude-auf-lets-dance-tour.html

fan favourites TeamSexRakette - Bastian Bielendorfer & Ekaterina Leonova are doing the tour, they will be taking part in 11 out of 22 shows :D

https://content4.promiflash.de/article-images/video_480/bastian-bielendorfer-hat-ekaterina-leonova-auf-den-schultern.jpg

[Nicky91]

who i personally want to take part

- Matthias Reim (schlager legend)
- Oliver Kahn (former goalkeeper of die mannschaft, bayern munich)\
- Jurgen Drews (schlager singer and ballermann pub icon)
- Charlotte Maihoff (news presenter i mean she is HOT HOT HOT)
- DJ Otzi (schlager singer, electro music icon)
- Hardy Kruger Jr (actor, because of covid ruined his chances this year i want him to get a second chance)

and tbh surprise me, i don't particularly care as long as it are fun group of people

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[Nicky91]

nice news regarding two of our pro dancers

https://ais-akamai.rtl.de/masters/1942980/1686x0/bei-der-verkundung-des-urteils-kann-profitanzerin-patricija-ein-paar-freudentranen-nicht-zuruckhalten.jpg

Patricija & Alexandru Ionel the new dance world champions with their theme ''mr and mrs bond'' at the world championships in Leipzig

[Nicky91]

not for this year, but might be for 2024

Patricia Kelly - singer, the kelly family star

she said this would be a dream come true for her to take part in this show, in last nights christmas show, but not for 2023 due to her going on tour, but she said if production asks me for 2024, she will say yes

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Abdelkarim
https://www1.wdr.de/mediathek/team-abdel-114~_v-gseapremiumxl.jpg

fellow comedian, actor Ottfried Fischer said about him in the laudatory speech for winning the Wooden Stuttgart Broom 2012:

"Abdelkarim just looks like stand-up comedy. But if he processes his everyday life humorously, it becomes political all by itself. Because he knows what the joke is about his thing, he doesn't need an attitude on top. A broom for the political entertainer Abdelkarim."

Since January 21, 2021, he has been running the weekly podcast nich.nich.nich. with author Lutz Birkner, which can be accessed on Spotify, Apple Music and Podigee, among others. At the start of the 2021/2022 season, he took over the moderation of the football comedy show Tippitaka on DAZN.

On November 15, 2021, his new show Team Abdel started on WDR television.

Awards

Abdelkarim at the German Television Award 2018
2010: Winner of the NDR Comedy Contest (annual final)
2011: Bielefelder Kabarettpreis 3rd place
2011: Winner of the Jury Prize Das große Kleinkunstfestival der Wühlmäuse[1]
2012: Wooden Stuttgart Broom
2015: Bavarian Cabaret Award in the category high-flyer
2018: German Television Award in the category Best Information
2020: Golden Camera in the category Best Newcomer[15]


Sharon Battiste
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star of The Bachelorette 2022 Germany on RTL

From 12 March 2018 (episode 1317) to mid-2021 (episode 2133), she was part of the main cast of the RTL Zwei-Seifenoper Köln 50667, in which she played the former prostitute Clara Borkmann, called Bo. She has been modeling ever since.

Due to circular hair loss, she had her hair shaved short and wears changing wigs.

has Jamaican roots


Julia Beautx
https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b2739bba116dc686e8ea425e98a3

mainly produces lifestyle videos such as lifehacks, DIYs, hauls or favorite videos. Her younger sister is occasionally part of her videos
In 2016, she was also a backstage guest on the Sat.1 television show Superkids – the world's greatest talents
Since 2018, Julia Beautx has been a registered word mark. Since the same year she can be seen in the ZDF television series Frühling as Lilly Engel.

Since October 2020, she can be seen together with YouTuber HeyMoritz on the DIY YouTube channel Mach mal mit Obi. She also starred in a scene in Wincent Weiss' music video for Wer, wenn nicht wir mit.

In 2019, she won the award in the category Favorite Social Star at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Germany, Austria, Switzerland.


Philipp Boy
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At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he finished fourth in the team final. At the German Championships 2009 Boy won the gold medal on the floor, he was second on the horse and reached with 86,300 points the third place in the all-around final. At the 2010 European Championships in Birmingham, Boy won the gold medal with the German team with 266,150 points in the team final and won the bronze medal in the bar final together with Fabian Hambüchen.

Boy's final international breakthrough came at the 2010 World Championships in Rotterdam. After winning the bronze medal behind China and Japan in the team competition together with Fabian Hambüchen, Thomas Taranu, Eugen Spiridonov, Sebastian Krimmer and Matthias Fahrig, he won the silver medal in the individual all-around behind Japan's Kōhei Uchimura with 90.048 points, his first individual medal at the World Championships. In the bar final, he finished fourth behind Fabian Hambüchen. In addition, Boy was awarded the Longines Prize for Elegance 2010 as the most elegant gymnast of the World Championships.

At the 2011 European Championships in Berlin, he won the gold medal in the all-around as successor to Fabian Hambüchen ahead of the Romanian Flavius Koczi and Daniel Purvis (Great Britain) and Mykola Kuksenkow (Ukraine). On the bar he won the silver medal.


Ali Gungormus
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From 2000 he was temporarily head chef at the trendy restaurant Lenbach, then he became a young chef with Karl Ederer in the 1-star restaurant Glockenbach in Munich. Ederer subsequently became his patron and arranged for him a job in the 2-star hotel Tantris and in the Schweizer Stuben in Wertheim.

In 2005 he opened the restaurant Le Canard Nouveau in Hamburg-Othmarschen. In November 2006, his restaurant was awarded a Michelin star. At the end of 2016, Güngörmüş handed over the position of head chef to Florian Pöschl, but remained co-owner of Le Canard Nouveau

Güngörmüş can be seen as a juror in the ZDF program Die Küchenschlacht. Between 2012 and 2013, he also hosted the show for four weeks. He also appeared in the cooking show Lanz kocht!, which was also broadcast on ZDF.

Since May 11, 2014, he has been one of the professional chefs in the VOX cooking shows Grill den Henssler (11 appearances) and Grill den Profi. In addition, he competed in the first broadcast on February 3, 2019 episode of the cooking show Kitchen Impossible in the cooking duel against Tim Mälzer.

Since 2020, the cooking show Grillen mit Ali und Adnan has been produced for BR television, in which Güngörmüş grills dishes together with actor Adnan Maral. In 2021, Güngörmüş played the role of Dr. Zirner in the Maral-produced television film Servus, Mother-in-Law! The film was first broadcast on 29 October 2021 on Das Erste


Chryssanthi Kavazi
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has greek roots, Chryssanthi Kavazi grew up with three siblings in Hillerse, where her parents run a Greek restaurant.

Kavazi had her first minor supporting role in 2015 in the German comedy Männertag, in the same year she appeared alongside Tom Beck in an episode of the television series Einstein. She has been known since 2017 for her leading role as Laura Weber and Laura Lehmann in the RTL daily soap Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten.

also played in another soap series Alles Was Zahlt

Since 2015, Kavazi has been in a relationship with German actor Tom Beck

In November 2019, the couple became parents of a son. Since 2020, Kavazi has both Greek and German citizenship.


Jens ''Knossi'' Knossalla
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Knossalla had his first television appearance in 2008 as a participant in the game show WipeOut – Heul nicht, lauf! on ProSieben

In 2010 he was seen on the television format Der Kreuzfahrtkönig broadcast on RTL II. In 2011, Knossalla took part in the game show 17 Meter hosted by Joko and Klaas. In November 2012 he was seen on VOX as part of the pseudo-docu-soap rent, kaufen, wohnen. In addition, Knossalla played several small roles in the pseudo-documentaries Richter Alexander Hold, Richterin Barbara Salesch, Lenßen & Partner, K11 – Kommissare im Einsatz und Verklag mich doch! as well as in the soap opera Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten.

On May 4, 2021 and October 25, 2022, he was in the quiz show Wer weiß denn sowas? Guest. Both times he was on the team of Elton, with whom he won the show on October 25, 2022.

In 2011, Knossalla beat Natalie Hof in the final of the casting show PokerStars sucht das PokerAss broadcast by ProSieben and gained national fame. His only significant live tournament success came in July 2013 at the World Series of Poker at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Paradise, on the Las Vegas Strip. There, Knossalla finished 240th out of 6352 players in the Main Event, which is played in the variant No Limit Hold'em and commonly referred to as the Poker World Championship, and received prize money of around 37,000 US dollars. In total, he earned nearly $50,000 playing poker in live tournaments.

Knossalla regularly hosted various poker tournament series for PokerToday. For PokerStars, he covered the Main Event of the European Poker Tour and the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure live with Martin Pott. The presenter duo was also heard at the 2017 PokerStars Championship. From 2012, Knossalla had his own column in the magazine Pokerblatt called "Der Knaller von Knossalla". From November 2016, he hosted the PokerStars Spin & Go Show every Tuesday on Sport1

On October 20, 2020, his first book Knossi – King of the Internet: About my rise and success as a streamer, which reached number 1 on the Spiegel bestseller list


Michael Kraus
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Kraus' international debut in the DHB jersey was on 25 March 2005 against Russia in Paris. In 2007 he became world champion with the German national team. He was named to the tournament's All-Star team. For winning the title, he was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf.

With Hamburg, Kraus won the DHB Supercup in 2010, the German championship in 2011 and the EHF Champions League in 2013, where he contributed six goals to the 30:29 final victory over FC Barcelona. In 2013 he returned to Frisch Auf Göppingen.

Achievements
Association
Champions League winner 2013 with HSV Hamburg
German Champion 2011 with HSV Hamburg
DHB-Supercup 2010 with HSV Hamburg
EHF Cup winner 2010 with Lemgo and 2016 with Frisch Auf Göppingen
EHF Cup Final 2006 with Frisch Auf Göppingen
National team
1st, Supercup 2009
5th, 2009 World Cup in Croatia
4th, European Championship 2008 in Norway
3rd, QS-Supercup 2007
World Champion 2007 in Germany
Member of the all-star team of the World Cup 2007
Player of the Match of the main round match against France at the 2007 World Handball Championship
5th place at Euro 2006
Participation in the Junior World Championships 2003


Timon Krause
https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e46d54c71293e52eda9263b/1658666684130-P3OPSYF0CYH6FPI5B3ML/Timon%2BKrause%2BTalency%2BBookings.9.jpg?format=1 000w

Krause grew up in Anholt, a district of Isselburg, and studied philosophy in Amsterdam.
He learned his mental abilities in New Zealand. At the age of 16, Krause published his first book on mind reading. In 2016 he was named best European mentalist.

In 2016, he became the first German to win the prize of the US show Penn & Teller: Fool Us. He published his second book Du bist Mentalist! in 2018. Krause has also appeared on TV shows. According to his artist agency Brainpool Live Artist & Brand, he has toured all continents with his program MindGames.

Awards
Dutch Mental Magic Champion 2014/2015
Audience Award Prix Cagliostro 2016
Best European Mentalist 2016/2017
TEDxFryslân Speaker 2017
TEDxAmsterdam Speaker 2018
Price of the show Penn & Teller: Fool Us 2016


Sally Ozcan
https://www.die-contra.de/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Saliha-%C3%96zcan.jpg

famous on youtube under the name ''Sally's Welt'' (Sally's World)
has over 2 million subscribers for her channel which is Germany's most successful YouTube channel on cooking and baking.

In April 2012, while still a student, Özcan started her YouTube channel Sallys Tortenwelt, on which she initially mainly presented cooking and baking instructions; she soon became a YouTube partner

In 2013, Özcan took part in the ZDF cooking show Topfgeldjäger, which significantly increased the popularity of her channel

At the beginning of 2016, Özcan won the Mein Vorbild Award. In October 2016, Özcan and her company were nominated and awarded the State Prize for Young Companies by the state of Baden-Württemberg. In 2017 she was awarded the Web Video Prize Germany in the category "Food". In July 2017 she received the Ambassador Angel of the Bundesverband Kinderhospiz e.V. In autumn of the same year she received the Axel Springer Place to B Award in the Food category. This was followed in June 2018 by the Tiger Award as Influencer of the Year. In 2019 she received the Golden Camera in the category Best of Coaching & Education. In 2022, Özcan won the Made in Baden Award in the Social Media category. Furthermore, Özcan is an ambassador for the Federal Association of Children's Hospices and the Stiftung Lesen


Alex Mariah Peter
https://ais-akamai.rtl.de/masters/1869525

The 1.84 meter tall Peter took part in the 16th season of Germany's Next Topmodel. There she was booked for Galvan London and Lena Gercke's fashion label LeGer. In the final on 27 May 2021, Peter won against three other candidates and won 100,000 euros and a car. She also appeared on the cover of Harper's Bazaar magazine. She is the first trans woman to win the show.

She modeled for a beauty campaign for Kylie Jenner's makeup company Kylie Cosmetics, as well as modelling work for Swarovski, Steve Madden Europe, Oceansapart and Austrian designer Marina Hoermanseder, She was a testimonial for perfumes by Jean Paul Gaultier, Christian Dior, Thierry Mugler and Viktor&Rolf Fragrances. Together with Novalanalove, Peter was the campaign face of Dior Beauty in March 2022.

In January 2022, she appeared in a L'Oréal commercial. In May 2022, Peter launched her first own collection at Peek & Cloppenburg.


Natalya Yegorova
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Klitschko and Natalia Egorova, a former athlete and model, married on 26 April 1996. They have three children

best known for being the wife of Vitali Klitschko, whom currently is the Mayor of Kyiv as of June 5th, 2014

Klitschko and President Volodymyr Zelensky have been internationally praised as symbols of Ukrainian resistance

she herself did some modelling work, and was a former athlete in many long distance events


Younes Zarou
https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/09/Younes_Zarou-a-Read-Only-e1631627542381.jpg

He is Germany's most far-reaching user of the TikTok platform.
He has two TikTok accounts: an international one with over 46.6 million followers (as of June 2022) and a German one with 3.4 million followers (as of July 2021)

His family comes from Morocco.

He studies Business Informatics at the Provadis School of International Management and Technology. In August 2019, he started uploading videos to the platform TikTok. In March 2020, he entertained his viewers live on the platform for a month without interruption, at times 200,000 people watched. The hallmark of his work is that he not only posts creative videos, but above all their making-ofs. Individual videos achieved over 100 million views.

Awards
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
2021: in the category Favorite Social Media Star: Germany, Austria, Switzerland



now only the final 14th celeb yet to be revealed

[Nicky91]

not the most famous at first look line up, however when looking them up they seem very famous in their own rights


wow not even strictly has had a michelin star chef before for example :amazed:



46,6 million followers on tiktok worldwide :o wow, although most of those can't vote so, won't be much help for him



i knew it, there has to be a Zelensky government connection, nice we have the wife of the mayor of kyiv


Alex Mariah, second transgender model after Loiza in 2020 to do this show :love:


Michael Kraus is the teammate of recent dancing star Pascal Hens btw :D


a mentalist from the Penn & Teller show in the US :cool:


Chryssanthi & Tom are like a acting powercouple in the german showbizz world :flutter: and Tom Beck is like a A-Lister from his alarm fur cobra 11 fame (which he still stars in as of this day)


Julia Beautx, a beauty vlogger but also picking one who also ticks the acting and music boxes, clever by RTL


i have good feelings about Knossi too, but pls don't be as embarrassingly bad as Ulli Potowski pls, although Ulli was top notch entertainment, so yeah maybe i do hope for similar entertainment potential

Sharon omg yass :cheer2: she's HOT and bachelorette signings always do well in the US version so we'll see how they'll do here

Abdelkarim is a very popular stand up comedian yep, almost close to popularity to legend Ilka Bessin, he also has loads of funny facial expressions



not what i was expecting but seems like a fun bunch of people yet again

[Nicky91]

half february is launch show (earlier than last year)



all whats left is the 14th and final reveal, and that is a female reveal as we already have our 7 males, and only 6 females, so one more female to go

[Nicky91]

Boris Becker's daughter completes the line up :D

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/05/06/18/57234647-10790433-Anna_Ermakova_22_is_a_model_who_has_appeared_on_th e_cover_of_You-m-46_1651859655604.jpg
Anna Ermakova


As an eleven-year-old, an issue of Vogue inspired her to a modeling career that led her to her first appearance at Berlin Fashion Week at the age of 14.

In 2017 she was photographed for the first time by the British fashion and lifestyle magazine You for a cover story. In March 2018, her contract was terminated by Ted Linow's agency Mega Model

The circumstances of her conception (broom closet affair) had made headlines in the tabloid press due to her father's prominence.



quite a young line up this year, no over 50's for this years class, it is a interesting line up anyway


i knew they would cast one with a Boris connection again, and ooh wow made history herself as well with modelling, at that young age

[Nicky91]

i myself have heard 4/14 but those who i didn't know and looked up, all are good signups, stars in their own right

i heard of (Abdelkarim, Philipp, Michael, Sharon) as for that latter, i watch too many trashtv i know :joker:

Timon seems familiar to me


and i have seen Gungormus on tv couple times, he seems good fun too, his cooking style is a bit similar to Emeril Lagasse


don't know Chryssanthi that well but i do know her husband Tom very well, am a fan of Cobra 11, very good police action series and i have seen her maybe few times on exclusiv, appearances on red carpets with him


don't know Knossi, but hope he can be as entertaining as the likes of Basti Bielendorfer, Ulli Potowski, Guildo Horn

[Nicky91]

last years dancing star Rene Casselly has won the gold alongside his ex-girlfriend Quincy, and is once again the circus king of Monaco, in the prestigious circus show of Monte Carlo

https://ais-akamai.rtl.de/masters/1971947/1686x0/rene-casselly-holt-gold-in-monte-carlo.jpg



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we had our first lets dance promo on saturday, and officially confirmed the return of all 3 judges Jorge Gonzales, Motsi Mabuse, Joachim Llambi as well as the hosts Daniel Hartwich, Victoria Swarovski

[Nicky91]

these are our 14 professional dancers for this year

Males
- Alexandru Ionel
- Andrzej Cibis
- Christian Polanc
- Massimo Sinato
- Vadim Garbuzov
- Valentin Lusin
- Zsolt Sandor Cseke

Females
- Christina Luft
- Ekaterina Leonova
- Isabel Edvardsson
- Kathrin Menzinger
- Maria Maksina (she is new, and she is Ekaterina's sister)
- Patricija Ionel
- Renata Lusin



so this means Evgeny is benched from the males and Malika is benched from the females compared to last year


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[Nicky91]

Official Profile Pictures/Glam Shots

Abdelkarim
https://ais-akamai.rtl.de/masters/1976268/1686x0/abdelkarim-will-die-lets-dance-jury-mit-seinen-tanzen-lieber-nicht-zum-lachen-bringen.jpg

Sharon Battiste
https://ais-akamai.rtl.de/masters/1976295/1686x0/die-bachelorette-hat-sharons-leben-2022-komplett-verandert-und-2023-geht-es-mit-lets-dance-weiter.jpg

Julia Beautx
https://ais-akamai.rtl.de/masters/1976237/1686x0/alleine-auf-instagram-folgen-jung-schauspielerin-julia-beautx-34-millionen-menschen.jpg

Philipp Boy
https://ais-akamai.rtl.de/masters/1976248/1686x0/ex-profi-kunstturner-philipp-boy-tanzt-bei-lets-dance-2023-mit.jpg

Anna Ermakova
https://ais-akamai.rtl.de/masters/1976244/1686x0/anna-ermakova-hat-ihr-studium-in-der-tasche-und-sturzt-sich-schon-in-die-nachste-herausforderung.jpg

Ali Gungormus
https://ais-akamai.rtl.de/masters/1976260/1686x0/ali-gungormus-tanzt-bei-lets-dance-2023-mit.jpg

Chryssanthi Kavazi
https://ais-akamai.rtl.de/masters/1976298/1686x0/gzsz-schauspielerin-chryssanthi-kavazi-tanzt-bei-lets-dance-2023-mit.jpg

Jens ''Knossi'' Knossalla
https://ais-akamai.rtl.de/masters/1976246/1686x0/knossi-tanzt-bei-lets-dance-2023-mit.jpg

Michael ''Mimi'' Kraus
https://ais-akamai.rtl.de/masters/1976293/1686x0/michael-mimi-kraus-ist-bei-lets-dance-2023-dabei.jpg

Timon Krause
https://ais-akamai.rtl.de/masters/1976276/1686x0/timon-krause-tanzt-bei-lets-dance-2023-mit.jpg

Sally Ozcan
https://ais-akamai.rtl.de/masters/1976256/1686x0/sally-ozcandie-verwendung-des-sendungsbezogenen-materials-ist-nur-mit-dem-hinweis-und-verlinkung-auf-rtl-gestattet.jpg

Alex Mariah Peter
https://ais-akamai.rtl.de/masters/1976251/1686x0/alex-mariah-peter-hat-ein-gemischtes-verhaltnis-zum-tanzen-bei-lets-dance-soll-sich-das-endgultig-andern.jpg

Natalya Egorova
https://ais-akamai.rtl.de/masters/1976290/1686x0/natalia-yegorova-tanzt-bei-lets-dance-2023-mit.jpg

Younes Zarou
https://ais-akamai.rtl.de/masters/1976271/1686x0/younes-zarou-tanzt-bei-lets-dance-2023-mit.jpg

[Nicky91]

next week and am so hyped :dance2: seems like a pretty open field, no real on paper obvious duffers i think (maybe Knossi but he is one who i think could also easily surprise us all)


few ringers yes, Sharon and Philipp have got some dance experience



Younes hasn't danced yet despite being a tiktok star but he doesn't do dance videos (yet)



Ali seems like someone who could end up being my favourite, such a lovely guy, i want him with a great teacher like Renata (hopefully)



Christian if he's smart and allowed to choose, i hope he goes with Chryssanthi, seems like his usual type he usually does well with




Kathrin and Timon seems very likely pairing, she needs a mid-table one after last years win with Rene, and i feel like she can have lots of fun with a mentalist :laugh:

[Nicky91]

GJuaWCjA3dE

introduction video for our class of 2023

:love:

[Nicky91]

who i think might end up being my favourites

my ranking based on this intro video

1. Ali
2. Alex Mariah
3. Philipp
4. Younes
5. Julia
6. Natalya
7. Knossi
8. Mimi
9. Sharon
10. Anna
11. Chryssanthi
12. Timon
13. Abdelkarim
14. Sally


but it is a strong year, maybe not the most known celebs but in all fairness like what some germans saying too ''sometimes nice getting to know stars you yourself haven't heard of before''


seems like a fun group

[Nicky91]

hope Ali didn't lose any family members to the earthquake :( :hug:

[Nicky91]

Malika Dzumaev will be replacing her, whom originally was planned to be on the reserves bench this year


comes as a major surprise just days ahead of the Grosse Kennenlern Show on friday



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will miss Renata Granata but am happy for ha :love:

[Nicky91]

hopefully i can watch it though, last few days there have been some black screens on the WDR, NDR and RTL channels

[Nicky91]

tonight :dance: :dance:

[Nicky91]

Alex Mariah Peter - Alexandru Ionel

Anna Ermakova - Valentin Lusin

Chryssanthi Kavazi - Vadim Garbuzov

Julia Beautx - Zsolt Sandor Cseke

Natalia Yegorova - Andrzej Cibis

Sally Ozcan - Massimo Sinato

Sharon Battiste - Christian Polanc
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Abdelkarim - Kathrin Menzinger

Ali Gungormus - Christina Luft

Jens ''Knossi'' Knossalla - Isabel Edvardsson

Mimi Kraus - Mariia Maksina

Philipp Boy - Patricija Ionel

Timon Krause - Ekaterina Leonova

Younes Zarou - Malika Dzumaev

[Nicky91]

GAYS UNITE across the world, Alex Mariah is dancing for the LGBTQ+ community

https://content2.promiflash.de/article-images/gallery1024/alex-mariah-peter-posiert-18.jpg

:love: :love:



TeamAlex&Alexu

[Nicky91]

Ali Gungormus is also going to be fantastic, he has similar vibes to Emeril Lagasse in terms of personality :clap1: YAS Slay you turkish legend :clap1:

[Nicky91]

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

idk if the videos are geoblocked for you guys but here you can watch the performances so far for this series too

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80's week and Boys vs Girls dance off tonight

:dance2: :dance2:

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80s week

Julia Beautx und Zsolt Sándor Cseke tanzen Rumba zu „She's Like The Wind“ von Patrick Swayze
Younes Zarou und Malika Dzumaev tanzen Jive zu „Take On Me“ von a-ha
Sharon Battiste und Christian Polanc tanzen Cha Cha Cha zu „She Drives Me Crazy“ von Fine Young Cannibals
Sally Özcan und Massimo Sinató tanzen Tango zu „What A Feeling“ von Irene Cara
Chryssanthi Kavazi und Vadim Garbuzov tanzen Wiener Walzer zu „Hijo De La Luna“ von Mecano
Ali Güngörmüş und Christina Luft tanzen Quickstep zu „Together Forever“ von Rick Astley
Philipp Boy und Patricija Ionel tanzen Cha Cha Cha zu „Easy Lover“ von Philip Bailey, Phil Collins
Knossi und Isabel Edvardsson tanzen Tango zu „Relax“ von Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Timon Krause und Ekaterina Leonova tanzen Rumba zu „Do You Really Want to Hurt Me“ von Culture Club
Mimi Kraus und Mariia Maksina tanzen Jive zu „I'm Still Standing“ von Elton John
Anna Ermakova und Valentin Lusin tanzen Paso Doble zu „Running Up That Hill“ von Kate Bush


songs for boys vs girls

Baby Got Back“ von Sir Mix-A-Lot
„Macarena“ von Los Del Rio
„Macarena“ (feat. Nicole Jung) von Jody Bernal, Billy The Kit
„Bloody Mary“ von Lady Gaga

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british ''boris becker closet affair daughter'' Anna last week had first perfect 30/30 of the series :D



it is a great selection of 80's music, and Anna getting a paso to the stranger things hyped mega bop :worship: pretty sure we'll have a stranger things reference or two tonight lol

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oh my god, oh my god


that dirty dancing rumba was gorgeous, sweet baby Julia :flutter: and HOT Zsolt ''Swayze'' Sandor Cseke


Anna & Valentin kate bush paso, HOT HOT HOT, and 2 more 10's :clap1:



Sharon her Cha Cha Cha, she drives me crazy BOP and she ate up that dancefloor, phenomenal :worship:


Knossi his Tango to FGTH's Relax, what a showman, surprisingly good where you expect him to be a duffer :flutter:



sad Younes left but his take on me jive was a bit middle of road


Ali & Christina put a smile on my face every week, nice to see a superfan of the show competing on it now, also a michelin star chef, very nice they incorporated bit of cooking in his together forever quickstep


Timon & Ekat rumba perfect, sexy, charming :love: such a lovely culture club song too


Sally & Massimo, quite a nice tangofied version of what a feeling, very solid performance again, you can see Tango is Massimo's fave dance


Philipp & Patricija their cha cha cha, great show opener, nice tricks too from him

Mimi & Maria their jive, hmm nice theme of clowns, and for a guy with that much muscle i thought he tried his best at this fast dance, but just not his dance, glad he stayed in

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woop woop another week, another perfect 30 for Anna & Valentin, but this time also Philipp & Patricija a perfect 30 score


this week it was exit for Sally & Massimo



next friday, a first for germany Partner Switch Up Week :dance:

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Lukas Podolski was in the audience last night :love: :love: he called this show, the best show on tv and being in the audience is even more phenomenal

he was also promoting one of the upcoming easter music festivals where he was booking artists for such as Sido, Sarah Connor, Ramon Roselly to name a few bigger name acts

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partner switch up week songs/dances

Julia Beautx & Vadim Garbuzov: Viennese Waltz to Fake by Lola Young

Sharon Battiste & Valentin Lusin: Rumba to One Night Only from Dreamgirls

Chryssanthi Kavazi & Zsolt Sandor Cseke: Rumba to Dancing Queen by ABBA

Anna Ermakova & Christian Polanc: Samba to Tic Tic Tac by Bellini

Mimi Kraus & Ekaterina Leonova: Paso Doble to Desire for Recklessness by Kakegurui

Philipp Boy & Christina Luft: Samba to Drop it on me by Ricky Martin, Daddy Yankee, Taboo

Jens ''Knossi'' Knossalla & Mariia Maksina: Contemporary to Legendary by Welshly Arms

Ali Gungormus & Patricija Ionel: Waltz to Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum

Timon Krause & Isabel Edvardsson: Jive to Let's Twist Again by Chubby Checker

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:dance2: :dance2:

hope Philipp's Samba is as hot as Kelvin's or Danny Mac's


Knossi great tune, fitting tune too as he already is legendary :love: a legendary duffer who could dance :clap1:



Ali having such a popular classic tune :flutter:

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no elimination last night, all couples advanced to the next show in 2 weeks after easter break where there is a double elimination night as well as jury team dances :dance:


next week a special, the very best of 15 years lets dance, where also judge Llambi reveals his ultimate favourite celeb so far to have competed on the show :flutter:

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public did vote however, Anna won the bonus point for next show and if there was a elimination last night, least votes were for Ali

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loved last nights 15 years lets dance special

whew, we have had quite some iconic moments and still have

Ulli Potowski really outsold the likes of Ann Widdecombe even :joker: by not dancing with his feet, just his arms


Brigitte Nielsen having been so funny on this show too in series 3, kissing the jury and hosts :laugh2: multiple times, also her a queen for dancing a jive to gaga's poker face :clap1:


Daniel Hartwich (current host) well i prefer the original presenter, Hape Kerkeling over him a lot, what a national treasure to germany that guy is, more like their sir brucie, also his ''characters'' he plays are also very iconic, like Horst Schlammer :worship: pure comedy at its best



in terms of our best winners so far
Alexander Klaws wow wow wow wow, not even strictly have had a winner as great as him, a complete dance novice to a dance champion under guidance of our finest and most experienced Isabel Edvardsson :lovedup:

Ekat's 3 wins highlighted too, lol

Gil Ofarim, ok a 1st win, fair

when u won the year before production always gives u a duffer the year after, gets Ingolf Luck, happens to be a great dancer/performer, 2nd win

production trying now to give her 2 metre tall handball world champ, happens to be very light on his feet, 3rd win

:laugh2:


the love stories of Rebecca Mir & Massimo Sinato, Luca Hanni & Christina Luft also being highlighted :love:


judge Llambi revealed his ultimate fave contestant and that was Alexander Klaws, yup because of his 110% commitment in improving how to dance, how to sell a performance, working on a perfect partnership with Isabel


so next friday, we will resume with double elimination night (1 solo dance each and 3 jury team dance performances)

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week 7 songs and dances (regular dances + jury team dances) double elimination

Julia Beautx & Zsolt Sandor Cseke: Charleston to Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen

Sharon Battiste & Christian Polanc: Jive to Made You Look by Meghan Trainor

Chryssanthi Kavazi & Vadim Garbuzov: Tango to Spectrum by Florence & The Machine

Ali Gungormus & Christina Luft: Paso Doble to Toreador Olé by Marc Reift

Philipp Boy & Patricija Ionel: Waltz to When i Need You by Luther Vandross

Knossi & Isabel Edvardsson: Paso Doble to Let Me Entertain You by Robbie Williams

Timon Krause & Ekaterina Leonova: Viennese Waltz to Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley

Mimi Kraus & Mariia Maksina: Charleston to Mi Mi Mi by Serebro

Anna Ermakova & Valentin Lusin: Waltz to Consequences by Camila Cabello


Team Motsi: Anna & Valentin, Julia & Zsolt, Chryssanthi & Vadim with a Contemporary, Paso Doble, Tango to Bring me to Life by Evanescence

Team Llambi: Philipp & Patricija, Mimi & Mariia, Ali & Christina with a March, Polka, Paso Doble, Rumba, Cha Cha Cha to a Koln Megamix of Et Trommelche, Viva Colonia, Superjeile Zick, Du Bes die Stadt


Team Jorge: Knossi & Isabel, Sharon & Christian, Timon & Ekaterina with a Tango, Foxtrot, Freestyle, Charleston to the songs titled Call Block Tango: All That Jazz, Hot Honey Rag from Chicago Cast

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Herr Llambi with a Koln Megamix, let him please wear his ''dieter thomas kuhn'' lookalike wig too pls pls :fc:


Ali somehow is at an advantage having known he was actually eliminated if there was an elimination two weeks ago so he now knows he needs to up his game a lot more to win over more public votes, and a Paso isn't a dull dance, no matter if performed badly it can be a vote winning dance, compared to waltzes and i also feel time is running out for Mimi now and i'm not convinced about that obvious song pun to his nickname :laugh:

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last night Ali & Christina, Mimi & Maria were eliminated


another round, another perfect 30 for Anna & Valentin :idc: getting boring now so many perfect scores in a row



Chryssanthi's hubbie was there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mr Cobra 11 Tom Beck :dazzler: my highlight of this years series, now pls sign him up for 2024 pls pls

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week 8 songs and dances

Julia & Zsolt: Samba to Bam Bam by Camila Cabello, Ed Sheeran

Sharon & Christian: Viennese Waltz to Cuz I Love You by Lizzo

Chryssanthi & Vadim: Foxtrot to Sunny Afternoon by The Kinks

Philipp & Patricija: Quickstep to Sitting On Top of the World by Bobby Darin

Knossi & Isabel: Viennese Waltz to Chim Chim Cheree from Mary Poppins

Timon & Ekaterina: Contemporary to Falling by Harry Styles

Anna & Valentin: Charleston to Puppet on a String by Sandie Shaw


and our Top 7 will dance 7 minutes long in a Salsathon, Hot Salsa Night!!!!

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Chryssanthi & Vadim were eliminated


another perfect score for Anna & Valentin :sleep: even though undeserved, sloppy swivel overlooked, wooden posture overlooked, judges pet *cough*


Philipp, Julia, Knossi i like watching more especially the latter, brilliant chemistry he has with beautiful Isabel :flutter:

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Week 9 Magic Moments songs and dance choices

Julia & Zsolt: their Magic Moment Freestyle (Contemporary, Cha Cha Cha, Paso Doble) to Ain't No Mountain High Enough by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

Sharon & Christian: their Magic Moment Freestyle (Contemporary, Rumba, Tango Argentino, Paso Doble, Jive) to Can't Help Falling in Love by Elvis Presley

Philipp & Patricija: their Magic Moment Freestyle (Contemporary, Paso Doble, Viennese Waltz) to Survivor by 2Wei & Hold My Hand by Lady GaGa

Knossi & Isabel: their Magic Moment Freestyle (Rumba, Contemporary, Viennese Waltz, Foxtrot) to You Raise Me Up by Westlife

Timon & Ekaterina: their Magic Moment Freestyle (Contemporary, Rumba, Paso Doble, Tango, Samba) to Requiem of a Dream by Scott Benson Band

Anna & Valentin: their Magic Moment Freestyle (Ballet, Contemporary, Foxtrot, Paso Doble) to Behind Blue Eyes by The Who


Dance Duels choices

Timon & Ekaterina vs Knossi & Isabel: Lindy Hop to Mack the Knife by Roger Cicero

Julia & Zsolt vs Philipp & Patricija: Streetdance to Wildberry Lillet by Nina Chuba

Sharon & Christian vs Anna & Valentin: Bachata to La Bachata by Manuel Turizo

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my ranking of these top 6 now

1. Philipp & Patricija (not me turning into Vanessa :joker: but Philipp is truly great and so likeable too)
2. Knossi & Isabel (Knossi is AMAZING, on paper a duffer but soooo hard working and improving week by week amazing to see)
3. Julia & Zsolt (lovely partnership these two)
4. Timon & Ekaterina (Ekat being Ekat and being the best teacher she can be)
5. Sharon & Christian (feel sad for Christian she isn't best dancer as he is fab)
6. Anna & Valentin (overhyped judges pet, her entire journey only perfect 30's :suspect:)

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a mashup of Survivor and Hold My Hand :amazed: :clap2:



curious for the jive bit in Sharon's cant help falling in love performance, because that song normally isn't jivey, or paso doble and even argentine tango :o



Roger Cicero version of Mack the Knife :bawling: gone too soon our legend Roger :(

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Sharon & Christian were eliminated, woop woop Knossi into the top 5 :cheer2: :cheer2:


Knossi: The Duffer on paper that became a Contender :worship: :worship:



such a super cute magic moment from him, dancing for his mom, inviting her on the dancefloor as well


Philipp his magic moment gave me goosebumps, his london 2012 tragic moment once again shown too :bawling:


Julia her magic moment was for her younger sister :love: was also very cute



Anna being overhyped again :rolleyes: also her magic moment about ''me me me, poor me me me being stalked by the media because of being the daughter of a controversial tax fraud'' :idc: found this soooooo dull and i doubt she lived a terrible life, going to prestigious uni's, the easy route to becoming a model thx to already being famous in the media



next week Quarter Finals: one regular dance, and TRIO DANCES TIME!!!!!!!!!!!! :dance:

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pretty sure tonight the becker daughter is winning, and also with a perfect total of 90/90

:rolleyes:


am sure daddy dearest is also in the audience tonight maybe even with his mum :fan:

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next week i am more excited for, profi challenge


hope Daddy Sergiu Luca is back too, most sexiest romanian alive (if you ask me) :drool:

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Ekaterina Leonova is my BAE, she and i would make such a great partnership

height wise and personality wise




dances i look forward to the most are

Contemporary

Bhangra

Viennese Waltz


:)

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this week profi challenge

Christina Luft & Isabel Edvardsson

Vadim Garbuzov & Andrzej Cibis

Malika Dzumaev & Zsolt Sandor Cseke

Patricija Ionel & Christian Polanc

Kathrin Menzinger & Valentin Lusin

Marta Arndt & Artur Balandin

Anna Salita & Evgeny Vinokurov

Mariia Maksina & Massimo Sinato

Ekaterina Leonova & Alexandru Ionel

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new changes to pro challenge this year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


not once the pro's have to dance, but there will also be a second round, the 3 most popular couples with the public have to perform their routine once again, to the song Higher by Michael Bublé, however they can then use their creativity to last minute make several changes what sort of dance moves work well with the song (call it a Profi Challenge even more extreme :devil:)


and the winners not only get opportunity to choose his/her celebrity next year, they will also choreograph the group dance for next years launch show opening dance :D
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songs and dances


Christina Luft & Isabel Edvardsson: Letzer Tanz - Last Dance: Tango, Contemporary, Rumba to Derniere Danse by Indila

Vadim Garbuzov & Andrzej Cibis: Preis der Macht - Prize for Power: Foxtrot, Cha Cha Cha, Paso Tango Fusion to Red Right Hand, Gangsta's Paradise & Higher by Nick Cave, 2WEI & The Score

Malika Dzumaev & Zsolt Sandor Cseke: Das Schicksal - The Injustice: Paso Doble, Samba to Uccen & Bamboleo by Taalbi Brothers, Gipsy Kings

Patricija Ionel & Christian Polanc: Eclipse: Contemporary, Ballroom Style to Crazy On You by Hidden Citizens

Kathrin Menzinger & Valentin Lusin: Swing Time: Foxtrot, Tango, Quickstep, Tap Dance, Jazz to The Old Fashioned Way, The Girl Hunt Ballett, I Got Rhythm by David Campbell, Fred Astaire, Ruthie Henshall

Marta Arndt & Artur Balandin: Elvis Meets Marilyn: Rumba, Jive, Paso Doble, Freestyle to I Wanna be loved by you, Hound Dog by Nick Cave, Marilyn Monroe, Austin Butler

Anna Salita & Evgeny Vinokurov: Be Different: Cha Cha Cha, Rumba to Lividi Sui Goimti, I Wanna be your slave, Torna a Casa, Beggin by Maneskin

Mariia Maksina & Massimo Sinato: El Juego Del Fuego - Playing with Fire: Paso Doble, Salsa, Flamenco, Samba, Freestyle to Ameska by Taalbi Brothers

Ekaterina Leonova & Alexandru Ionel: Vertrau Mir - Trust Me: Paso Doble, Foxtrot, Tango, Rumba, Contemporary to In The End by Tammee Profitt

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am looking forward to Alex & Ekat (mainly because Alex got first out twice now, he deserves a chance the most to choose his partner) Vadim & Andrzej (King Choreo Vadim duh, and he is soooo fab at same-sex dancing) Kathrin & Valentin (Crazy Kat with Classy King of Smiles Valentin, will be a lot different than his usual performances with his Renata i feel)

also Marta ''Machine'' Arndt :worship: that girl is a LEGEND for standing in for some of the other females like last minute in case of slight injuries, and her as Marilyn Monroe will be fabulous :flutter: idk who Artur is though but am looking forward to what he can bring to the table


Christina & Isabel nice pairing that one too, two who can bring the most out of duffer contestants :lovedup: :lovedup:


i absolutely loved Isabel this year with Knossi (also liked her with brazilian football icon Ailton), and Christina did amazing work with the likes of Oliver Pocher and Mr Tagesschau Jan Hofer for example

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and Ekat of course as she is my no.1 pro dancer crush worldwide

:love: :drool:

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best performance from any of their live tours


Benjamin & Isabel's magic moment to shallow
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the moment of silence before Rose & Gio did that too


i adore Isabel so much :love: and tbh Benji wasn't unknown to me, i knew him from alarm fur cobra 11, he's a good actor despite him being deaf

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https://www.promiflash.de/news/2023/10/02/schwangere-renata-lusin-nicht-bei-lets-dance-tour-dabei.html

no Renata at the upcoming Lets Dance Live Tour, because of her pregnancy, and tbh after two miscarriages she doesn't want to take any more risks now because she and Valentin really want to start a family

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we have a replacement for Renata on the tour


Katja Kalugina and she'll dance with her 2015 series partner Paul Lorenz

https://content1.promiflash.de/article-images/video_480/katja-kalugina-posiert-4.jpg