my top 7 ranking

1. Mark & Kathrin (such a journey he been on, from too nervous to coming out of his shell beautifully as a more confident performer, also seeing how proud his sons is just epic to watch)

2. Tony & Anastasia (Nastia) (such a loveable couple tbh)

3. Detlef & Ekat (Detlef is everything what Layton isn't, down to earth yet so talented but most of all very very likeable)

4. Gabriel & Malika (seeing Malika slay puts a tear to my face she so deserves this tbh)

5. Lulu & Massimo (also good fun to see improve week by week)

6. Jana & Vadim (don't mind them, especially for King Choreo Vadim :love:)

7. Ann Kathrin & Valentin (what is she still doing here lol, by far the weakest but yeah crying much ugh)

Week 8 Songs and Dances
 

Tony Bauer & Anastasia Stan: Paso Doble to The Good, The Bad, The Ugly Theme by Ennio Morricone

Ann-Kathrin Bendixen & Valentin Lusin: Samba to Say My Name by David Guetta, Bebe Rexha & J Balvin

Detlef Soost & Ekaterina Leonova: Quickstep to Friend Like Me by Robin Williams

Lulu & Massimo Sinato: Contemporary to Crazy by Natalie Jane

Jana Wosnitza & Vadim Garbuzov: Quickstep to I Want You To Want Me by Letters To Cleo

Mark Keller & Kathrin Menzinger: Samba to Copacabana by Barry Manilow

Gabriel Kelly & Malika Dzumaev: Viennese Waltz to Mad World by Tears For Fears


Team Motsi Mabuse (Jana & Vadim, Gabriel & Malika): Euphoria, Tattoo by Loreen

Team Joachim Llambi (Lulu & Massimo, Ann-Kathrin & Valentin): Willkommen, Mein Herr and Money from Cabaret

Team Jorge Gonzalez (Detlef & Ekat, Mark & Kathrin, Tony & Anastasia): a Medley of Michael Jackson songs

surely Ann-Kathrin's time is up tonight, especially in a Samba H2H against Mark & Kathrin's


think Jana & Vadim/Detlef & Ekat could also be in a bit of trouble with their quickstep H2H


am excited for Tony and Sweet Anastasia's paso to that legendary Morricone tune :love:



looking forward the most to Team Jorge, because i like most MJ songs and is fun to see Detlef finally doing his thing, he used to choreograph for MJ btw

Week 8 recapping
 

Detlef & Ekat: was a lovely yet undermarked quickstep, he played the genie character well and some impressive lifts as well

Ann-Kathrin & Valentin: HALLELUJAH :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: the evil has been defeated, yet another ''give us nothing'' routine, back to basic and very wooden yet again


Gabriel & Malika: overscored if you ask me, judges seem to favor it for Malika to win this year :suspect: i found it quite a generic viennese waltz and too contemporary for my liking with the waving of his arms

Jana & Vadim: like what Llambi said , this was ''grosses kino'' indeed, just wow and very deserving of perfect 30


Mark & Kathrin: nice samba, also nice opening with Mark singing first few lines of that iconic manilow banger :dance:


Tony & Nastia: quality western paso without ever becoming novelty but pure classy, solid spanish lines too, very gorgeous shapings, these two are consistently delivering good performances

Lulu & Massimo: same as with Gabriel, overmarked, a contemporary dance should be with a load more storytelling, this was just acrobatics jumping around from one place to another :rolleyes:



the jury team dances

Team Motsi: Motsi her 5th jury team dance win :worship: very modern also very technically challenging routine she put together with her husband Evgeny, and beautifully executed by Gabriel & Malika, Jana & Vadim


Team Llambi: lovely homage to a brilliantly iconic musical that is Cabaret, Ann-Kathrin danced well i have to admit as well, Lulu was great too


Team Jorge: great tribute to Michael Jackson!!!!! and Detlef giving a masterclass in some brilliant MJ moves :dance: Detlef, Mark, Tony with Ekat, Kathrin, Nastia worked perfectly as a team as well :love:



next week Magic Moment Freestyle week :lovedup:

Week 9 Songs (Magic Moments & Dance Duels week)
 

Magic Moments

Tony Bauer & Anastasia Stan: Freestyle to Ich Werd's Noch Beweisen & In Sekunden Auf Hundert by Frederik Lycke

Detlef Soost & Ekaterina Leonova: Freestyle to Babel by Gustavo Bravetti & Ready For Love by India Arie

Lulu & Massimo Sinato: Freestyle to Endless Love by Luther Vandross, Mariah Carey & Get Ready for the Future by Silverberg & Anna Graceman

Jana Wosnitza & Vadim Garbuzov: Freestyle to Fighter by Dream a Lot

Mark Keller & Kathrin Menzinger: Freestyle to Tango & Singing in the Rain by Gene Kelly

Gabriel Kelly & Malika Dzumaev: Freestyle to Bei Dir by Kummer & Let Go by Angelo Kelly


Dance Duels

Gabriel & Malika vs Tony & Anastasia: Boogie Woogie to Rock Around the Clock by Bill Haley

Lulu & Massimo vs Jana & Vadim: Bhangra to Morni Banke by Guru Randhawa, Neha Kakkar, Tanishk Bagchi and Punjabi Mc

Detlef & Ekaterina vs Mark & Kathrin: Flamenco to Todos Olé by Antonico Reyes, Jean Claude Vila, William Thourel, Antoine Noegelen, José Reyes, Michel Reyes




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and week 10 we have the world premiere in a new location the Kolner Musical Theatre for Lets Dance Goes Moulin Rouge in a musicals special :dance: :dance:

Week 9 Recapping
 

first of all Tony withdrew due to health issues, he did however perform one last dance with Anastasia :love:


Ann-Kathrin was reinstated back in the competition :oh:



Jana & Vadim: such a beautiful more modern cover of christina aguilera fighter, very powerful routine too, deserving of a perfect 30 for sure

Lulu & Massimo: meh routine, although quite cute tribute to her husband

Gabriel & Malika: tearjerker a la kelly family, tribute to his mom

Mark & Kathrin: A-MA-ZING Singing in the Rain performance, got to know more about Mark now, apparently he became a actor because this was his mom's dream (whom passed away shortly after he was born :bawling: she never got to live that acting dream) really hope he can make the final tbh

Detlef & Ekat: his wife Kate Hall sang during his magic moment AAAH, that was super lovely, the intro was wow, bit of his hiphopping in sync with the backing dancers

Ann-Kathrin & Valentin: this was nice, her personal best i guess, nice tribute to her adventures so far across the world

the dance duels

Jana & Vadim vs Lulu & Massimo; Jana had the highest score there

Detlef & Ekat vs Mark & Kathrin; Detlef had the higher score of the two, i personally didn't find Mark bad just Detlef outdanced him more polished but Mark was more natural for me personally

Gabriel & Malika vs Ann-Kathrin & Valentin: no surprises lol Gabriel ate in the boogie woogie and left no crumbs, Ann-Kathrin so wooden :fan:



Lulu & Massimo were eliminated in bottom two against Ann-Kathrin & Valentin least amount of votes



next week from the Kolner Musical Dome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance:

the 3 finalists are

Detlef & Ekat

Gabriel & Malika

Jana & Vadim

Die Grosse Profi Challenge 2024 Line Up (May 31st)
 

Vadim Garbuzov & Mariia Maksina

Ekaterina Leonova & Paul Lorenz

Mika Tatarkin & Kathrin Menzinger

Malika Dzumaev & Fabian Taschner

Valentin Lusin & Massimo Sinato

Zsolt Sandor Cseke & Marta Arndt

Andrzej Cibis & Adeline Kastalion

Evgeny Vinokurov & Anastasia Stan

deffo tuning in to that, for QUEEEN Nastia her profi challenge debut :dazzler:

tonight's less interesting final


Gabriel & Malika are winning


shame Mark & Kathrin had to withdraw, same goes for Tony & Nastia, otherwise we could've had more chances of a more interesting final


now nope sadly :(



my dream dance partner is queenie Nastia, i think she'll have a good time with a comedy duffer like myself :laugh:

Profi Challenge 2024 songs and dances
 

Vadim Garbuzov & Mariia Maksina: Foxtrot, Contemporary, Paso Doble, Viennese Waltz, Samba to In This Shirt“ by The Irrepressibles, „Atonement“ by Really Slow Motion and „Forgotten World“ by Brand X Music title of the performance Adam & Eve

Ekaterina Leonova & Paul Lorenz: Tango, Foxtrot, Argentine Tango to Assassin’s Tango“ by John Powell title of performance Mr & Mrs L

Mika Tatarkin & Kathrin Menzinger: Argentine Tango, Samba, Rumba, Paso Doble, Tango to „Café 1930“ by Chlore Chua and „In Da Club“ by Josh Vietti, title of performance: Pulse of Passion

Malika Dzumaev & Fabian Taschner: Paso Doble, Contemporary, Samba, Jumpstyle to „Survivor“ by 2wei and „Survivor“ by Hypermorph title Stay Strong!

Valentin Lusin & Massimo Sinato: Tango, Paso Doble, Contemporary, Freestyle to „The 5th Symphony“ by David Garrett, „Vivaldi vs. Vertigo“ by David Garrett and „Mondscheinsonate“ by Beethoven title: Burning Symphony

Zsolt Sandor Cseke & Marta Arndt: Jive, Salsa, Samba to „Stay“ by Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs, „Do You Love Me“ by The Contours, „I’ve Had The Time Of My Life“ by Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes, title: Dirty Dancing

Andrzej Cibis & Adeline Kastalion: Contemporary, Paso Doble, Tango, Rumba, Freestyle to No Time to Die by Billie Eilish, title 007: No Time To Die

Evgeny Vinokurov & Anastasia Stan: Samba, Tango, Paso Doble, Rumba and Foxtrot to Dracula Musical, title: Dracula: The Story of True Love

Alexandru Ionel & Patricija Ionel: Waltz, Tango, Foxtrot, Freestyle to Brahms Lullaby, Palladio by Jenkins, Real Love by Tom Odell, title: A Magical Dream


second round for the entire top 9 in a group performance

Spicy Margarita by Michael Bublé & Jason DeRulo


and third round for the top 2 dance off

Can't Help Falling in Love by Tommee Profitt

OOH!!! :amazed:

James Bond, Dracula, Dirty Dancing, Classical masterpieces, bit of Disney Magic by our favourite couple the Ionels


whew, gonna love this years profi challenge like most other years :love:

gold medal 1st place: Valentin & Massimo

silver medal 2nd place: Anastasia & Evgeny

bronze medal 3rd place: Ekaterina & Paul






QUEEN NASTIA on the podium Olé Olé :clap1: :cheer: