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Jeanette & Vadim: that was a fabulous and fun show opener, that Lizzo banger works so well for a charleston! 8

Ben & Malika: shame he got eliminated this week, was a decent cha cha cha 6

San Diego & Ekaterina: very very enjoyable quickstep, wonderful choreo yet again too by Ekat, she for sure knows how to sell her celeb partners the right way 9

Simone & Evgeny: Dull, Dull, Dull should've left but i guess the team battle win saved her 4

Paola Maria & Massimo: very sexy, but also quite cute at the same time, was a nice rumba 7

Taliso & Patricija: it was nice, but not very standout, also Patricija is the wrong partner for him, unlike Dianne who did everything right for Chris in strictly, she doesn't do everything right 5

Marc & Renata: MARC YOU HAVE ARRIVED! WOW WOW underscored, this was PERFECTION Charleston No.5 gets a well deserved 11 from me

Christine & Valentin: as Len would say YUM YUM Pig's Bum, now that was a rumba of old hollywood levels, also great choreography/setting with the diner 9

Sandra & Zsolt: criminally undermarked, no way was this a 4, fatshaming too from Llambi somehow this was fast, light footed and certainly not heavy this was a enjoyable performance too 9

Marie & Alexandra: Magalenha is the perfect samba song and yet again this has been proven, wow stunning routine 10

Fabian & Anastasia: for me personally not as great as Marc's charleston, unlike what juries said, but it was still quite good 9


the team dance battle i preferred Team Flamingo


as i thought in team Pineapple, Paola Maria was not in sync with the rest of her teammates

in Flamingo i thought even Ben did give it a good go to try and remain in sync with the rest



all in all, a enjoyable show

[Nicky91]

Leyla dancing to Layla, super iconic

[Nicky91]

have a feeling one of the females will go this week (after the first 2 exits having been males)



i guess Simone or Leyla or Paola



do think Christine might get ranked high enough by judges to keep her safe (since she has a standout personality



Diego well, last week has been a highlight for the Pooth family Diego himself doing decently in that viennese waltz, and his mom Verona with kissing Herr Hartwich on the lips, publicity and spotlights on you are everything here in this show!

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

have a feeling one of the females will go this week (after the first 2 exits having been males)



i guess Simone or Leyla or Paola



do think Christine might get ranked high enough by judges to keep her safe (since she has a standout personality



Diego well, last week has been a highlight for the Pooth family Diego himself doing decently in that viennese waltz, and his mom Verona with kissing Herr Hartwich on the lips, publicity and spotlights on you are everything here in this show!

i was right

Leyla was eliminated last friday


Paola got a bye into this weeks show, due to having a fever, shame as their jive looked promising in training

[Nicky91]

Christine Neubauer is a true ICON, debbie mcgee eat your heart out

[Nicky91]

fab music choice for Diego & Ekat i love that tune


traditional paso's



3 contemporary's YASSSS


and Marie dancing to that tune what Sophie Ellis-Bextor did great at for her charleston

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Marie & Alexandru: divine and great fun charleston, i was blown away! wow 10

Christine & Valentin: i was absolutely in tears of this lovely contemporary, great theme as two clowns, also very refreshing either to see a contemporary not being danced barefoot, this was GORGEOUS 11

Jeanette & Vadim: the futuristic robot concept was a good idea, but poorly executed i thought, it wasn't everywhere as staccato as it needed to be, but not the worst of the evening 6

Paola Maria & Massimo: knew they would be eliminated, also slightly overmarked for my liking, this was very mediocre 3

Taliso & Patricija: massively overmarked if i'm honest, okay that he can't see much, but zero chemistry between these two, that kiss too was so cringe and too forced for my liking, it took too long before they got going with the actual jive, flatfooted in places 1

Simone & Evgeny: not surprised she was the bottom two with the public, this was a quite forgettable foxtrot, not bad and happy she made it through one more week but still very forgettable 5

San Diego & Ekaterina: quite undermarked, as the basic rumba content technically was danced quite well, but judges have an obsession with dancing sexy and raunchiness for some reason, i respect Diego for not dancing it too sexy, with another woman in front of his girlfriend and his mother in the audience, i was feeling worried for a slight moment since he was bottom of the leaderboard but am happy he survived 7

Fabian & Anastasia: his weakest dance to date, i am angry at those judges labelling him as a contender few weeks ago, the pressure really got to him here, everything was too pedestrian, even for a paso doble, also the spanish lines weren't extended entirely 5

Sandra & Zsolt: how can Llambi say that she needs to be lifted, does Llambi want Zsolt to end up with a back injury, you don't necessarily need to do lifts though, lifts are like pyros, just a bit of fastfood content for the show act decoration, i thought it was danced nicely, doing enough to survive i guess 7

Marc & Renata: there was a lack of chemistry in this contemporary for me personally, also a mismatch with the story they were telling and Marc, i mean as if Marc struggles with insecurity, if he is besties with Tokio Hotel band members one of whom is the husband of Heidi Klum, then u ain't insecure if you are that popular, everything was also danced with too much posing going on towards the audience rather than seeing them dance together towards each other 3




next week Top 9, individual routines + a first time Jury Challenge, whom make groups of 3, select music and then the 3 couples of them can create a choreography and whichever dance style they want to include depending on what music they got

[Nicky91]

i mean i could easily dance so sexy with Ekat, maybe a bit on the cringe side from my behalf but still


i however just understand why this wasn't going to be Diego's dance from the start, if he is only recently in a relationship with his current girlfriend


i'd also love every second of rehearsing with the GENERAL

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Marc Eggers & Renata Lusin: Foxtrot to The Way You Make Me Feel by Paul Anka

Taliso Engel & Patricija Ionel: Contemporary to Arcade by Duncan Laurence

Jeanette Biedermann & Vadim Garbuzov: Jive to Dear Future Husband by Meghan Trainor

Selfiesandra & Zsolt Sandor Cseke: Samba to Hips Don't Lie by Shakira

Fabian Hambuchen & Anastasia Maruster: Waltz to You Give Love a Bad Name by Bon Jovi

Marie Mouroum & Alexandru Ionel: Waltz to My Heart Cries For You by Brenna Whitaker

San Diego Pooth & Ekaterina Leonova: Contemporary to Sign Of the Times by Harry Styles

Christine Neubauer & Valentin Lusin: Waltz to Ich Bin von Kopf bis Fuss auf Liebe eingestellt by Marlene Dietrich

Simone Thomalla & Evgeny Vinokurov: Tango to Olé Guapa by Danny Malando


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Group music: a medley of Let's Get Loud by Jennifer Lopez, Come Dance with Me by Frank Sinatra, Big Spender by Shirley Bassey


Group 1: Jeanette & Vadim, Marc & Renata, Sandra & Zsolt

Group 2: Fabian & Anastasia, Diego & Ekaterina, Simone & Evgeny

Group 3: Christine & Valentin, Marie & Alexandru, Taliso & Patricija

[Nicky91]

the perfect dance for Diego to bounce back after the criticism he received for his rumba last week i think



not sure about Sandra and Samba, just hope Llambi won't say anything stupid like last week and Simone and Tango, hmmm not sure either especially with traditional music, oh oh

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alright recapping last night


#Marcwuzrobbed, Simone is literally the cat with 9 lives it seems, how on earth does she keep staying in



Diego has a fanbase that has been proven these last 2 weeks now, and again so undermarked, his contemporary i preferred to Taliso's (also Taliso from crappy weeks to suddenly high praise and 10s like why? i also didn't get why he had to wear a blindfold if he is blind)

Diego has a hard time expressing his emotions, so he for sure did well last night with a dance which main ingredient is emotion, he and Ekat worked hard


Jeanette was too much faffing about in that Jive, and the jive content we did see was mediocre yes was a good choreo though by Vadim

Christine was a bit dull this week



Sandra Samba looked good fun, although that colour pink is not my cup of tea at all


Marie & Alexandru their waltz was on another level, that beautiful story they told

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Taliso & Patricija: Tango to Imsomnia by Faithless (previously danced by Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht & Renata Lusin in Series 11)

Jeanette & Vadim: Quickstep to Bei Mir Bist Du Schon by Andrews Sisters (previously danced by Maite Kelly & Christian Polanc in Series 4)

Sandra & Zsolt: Charleston to Du Hast den Farbfilm Vergessen by Nina Hagen (previously danced by Nicolas Puschmann & Vadim Garbuzov in Series 14)

Christine & Valentin: Paso Doble to Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen (previously danced by Oliver Pocher & Christina Luft (now Hanni) in Series 12)

Fabian & Anastasia: Quickstep to It Don't Mean a Thing by Duke Ellington (previously danced by Rene Casselly & Kathrin Menzinger in Series 15)

Marie & Alexandru: Cha Cha Cha to Don't be so Shy by Imany (previously danced by Vanessa Mai & Christian Polanc in Series 10)

San Diego & Ekaterina: Charleston to The Ding Dong Daddy of the D-Car Line by Cherry Poppin Daddies (previously danced by Rurik Gislason & Renata Lusin in Series 14)

Simone & Evgeny: Rumba to Fields of Gold by Sting (previously danced by her daughter Sophia Thomalla & Massimo Sinato in Series 3)


and a Discofox Marathon, consisting out of the best schlager party hits what the german public voted for the whole week which songs to feature in this years discofox edition

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nawt Fabian getting stitched up by giving him a routine by one of this shows best champions

no one can dance better than Rene Casselly honestly



Diego getting a routine by Rurik, i am happy with, Rurik same as Diego also had been a novice in his series


and how on earth does Christine needs to dance better than a actual pro dancer Christina for her parts


also Sandra stitched up with one of Nico & Vadim their most iconic routines in their whole iconic journey as their first same-sex partnership

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first of all

HOW ON EARTH does Simone keep staying in, the Cat with 9 Lives seriously Poor Christine



Christine & Valentin: i had been a fan of Oli Pocher & Christina that series yes, i do have to respect Christine's efforts in the parts which had been originally done by the professional, now by a celebrity, which looked decent enough in my opinion


Simone & Evgeny: more emotion factor than anything else with this rumba i guess, on her 60th BIRTHDAY doing one of her daughters dances with her daughter also in the audience, while it was vice versa all those years ago, with Simone back then in the audience for Sophia & Massimo, but dance wise again very meh


Fabian & Anastasia: first Perfect 30 of the series! wow, he danced it even better than René did, including those tricks, also nice seeing Fabi's dad Wolfgang in the training VT, whom also had been his coach in his career, nice to know Nastia's father is also a gymnastics coach love how Nastia said after the performance ''damn your incredibly difficult choreo's, Menzinger''


Jeanette & Vadim: also a quickstep, and even more pressure performing directly after a perfect score routine, was well danced i thought

Sandra & Zsolt: second Perfect 30 of the series! that nina hagen music choice remains super ICONIC especially combined with that charleston, YAS

Marie & Alexandru: not her best, not her worst either, the cha cha cha is a crap dance anyway, with all those strange straight leg actions, i thought she did well


Diego & Ekat: screw you Llambi ahead of the music, rather ahead of the music in a charleston than behind the music in my opinion, there was loads of strong and fast swivel content, backward and forward swivels, lots of great acting work done for a non-actor, and such great chemistry either, love these two

Taliso & Patricija: doesn't even come close to Jimi Blue and once again overmarked, it lacked any form of passion, commitment to the performance's story, it was danced by numbers throughout you could see him counting, i also thought even for a tango, it was too stiff in the wrong way for my liking, you need more stiffness with attack, rather than just dancing like a broom


the discofox marathon, Jeanette & Vadim won 10 points, Fabian & Anastasia 8 points, Christine & Valentin 6 points, Sandra & Zsolt 5 points, Diego & Ekat 4 points, Marie & Alexandru 3 points, Taliso & Patricija 2 points, Simone & Evgeny 1 point



next week no live show due to the easter break, but the week after easter, there'll be the infamous Partner Switch Up week, and they said there was no elimination happening then, but possibly the bonus point to be won, i mean that was the case in last years and the year before's partner switch up

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also Llambi and Daniel dancing together, another ICONIC moment for the history books

to ''Fade to Grey'' by Visage




and Motsi's birthday

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this week no live show but a countdown of the Top 25 most popular/loved contestants in all of the past 17 seasons so far


which the german public had been able to submit their own top 10's for the last couple of weeks



my prediction for a top 5

1. Rene Casselly
2. Anna Ermakova
3. Gabriel Kelly
4. Hans Sarpei
5. Rebecca Mir (due to now in a relationship with her pro partner Massimo Sinató)


could also see the likes of Rurik Gislason, Mathias Mester, Benjamin Piwko in there for sure, same goes for Lili Paul-Roncalli

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and not to forget Nicolas & Vadim of course, their first same-sex partnership


lots of firsts for them tbh


first celeb with dwarfism (paralympian Mathias Mester)

first hearing impaired celeb (actor Benjamin Piwko)

first transgender celeb (fashion model Loiza Lamers)

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was a lovely special


Knossi was voted most popular celeb by the german public




but yup yup Mathias Mester, Benjamin Piwko, Nicolas Puschmann on the list too, same as last years top comedian Tony Bauer



once again i was in tears for Benny Piwko such a sweetheart of a guy really, and i prefer him big time over Rose Ayling-Ellis

also how he didn't win cuz of sympathy votes, but finishing in 3rd place on dance merit

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i knew Simone would quit since she already said she had a injury in the previous show so Christine Neubauer was reinstated


regular round

Taliso Engel & Patricija Ionel: Viennese Waltz to Cry Me a River by Justin Timberlake

Jeanette Biedermann & Vadim Garbuzov: Paso Doble to Americano by Lady GaGa

Selfiesandra & Zsolt Sandor Cseke: Paso Doble to Zorrongo by Frederico Garcia Lorca

Fabian Hambuchen & Anastasia Maruster: Tango to La Bordona by Emilio Balcare

Marie Mouroum & Alexandru Ionel: Foxtrot to Crush by Jennifer Paige

San Diego Pooth & Ekaterina Leonova: Waltz to Make It Rain by Ed Sheeran

Christine Neubauer & Valentin Lusin: Tango to Nostalgias by Lalo Schifrin

Partner Switch round

Taliso Engel & Kathrin Menzinger: Samba to Shape of You by Ed Sheeran

Jeanette Biedermann & Sergiu Maruster: Rumba to How Deep Is Your Love by Michael Bublé & Kelly Rowland

Selfiesandra & Evgeny Vinokurov: Foxtrot to Love You I Do from Dreamgirls

Fabian Hambuchen & Christina Hanni: Salsa to Candela by Buena Vista Social Club

Marie Mouroum & Renata Lusin: Tango to Santa Maria by Gotan Project

San Diego Pooth & Malika Dzumaev: Samba to Lloraré Las Penas by David Bisbal

Christine Neubauer & Massimo Sinato: Samba to Eso Beso by Paul Anka

[Nicky91]

am so excited for this tonight

hoping Diego does well with Malika in the samba




and a same-sex dance Marie & Renata, that gonna be HOT

[Nicky91]

Jeanette & Vadim were eliminated



and YASSSSSSSSSSSS Diego 2 10's for his waltz and his samba with Malika looked good fun, despite the height difference

also cute his grandmother was there, whom he had spent the easter holidays with, due to his parents having been away for work

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Fabian kinda crashed down to earth with two underwhelming routines

a too flat Salsa, and a perfect tango choreography wise but poorly executed from his side


the pressure really getting to him



Christine gave us two fun routines, a great samba with Massimo, and a lovely streets of buenos aires vibe tango argentino

[Nicky91]

this week its

Magic Moments Freestyles week! and the Dance Duels (Flamenco or Bollywood or Streetdance)

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Christine & Valentin were eliminated



well my thoughts

Fabian & Anastasia

Magic Moment: a tribute to all of his olympic medal wins, especially lighting the olympic flame moment was nice in this routine at the end

Streetdance: he did the best he could've but in the end Marie just was one big slay so he got outdanced


Christine & Valentin

Magic Moment: super cute she got to pay tribute to her father, with such a tearjerker of a tune as well

Bhangra: i personally thought she danced it better than Sandra, lesser aggressive but with more feeling, and also more rhythm


Sandra & Zsolt

Magic Moment: loved her dancing for her mom (whom was also in the audience) and loved the group hug with her sisters at the end

Bhangra: it was overmarked for my liking, too robotic and too aggressively danced, but that is my personal opinion


Diego & Ekat

Magic Moment: he danced for his recently passed away grandfather, to such an iconic tune from the film Interstellar, loved the viennese waltz content in there, as well as some nice fierce tango bits, and he moves soooo smoothly, gliding across the floor, and those lifts, WOW from a novice to a dancer, Go Diego Go! also so much emotion for someone who struggled in the past expressing himself in public

Flamenco: BOOOOOOO Llambi BOOOOO, i thought he gave it a decent effort at a flamenco demonstration, not a performance i know, but it is about basic content in a dance duel, and i thought he looked very slick, and clean execution of all steps and hand clapping moves, yes i loved his take on the flamenco

Marie & Alexandru:

Magic Moment: basically 7 dances mashed into one routine, a tribute to her career as hollywood stunt performer, with some mission impossible bits, some bond bits, and also at the end bit of her princessy side, liked it

Streetdance: SLAY! also to what a tune by eminem houdini she ate up fabian for breakfast, lunch and dinner


Taliso & Patricija:

Magic Moment: about his gold medal at the Paris 2024 paralympics basically, it was too much contemporary for my liking, and not enough variety of dance content, where music wise, there could've easily been a paso doble bit in there or tango

flamenco: it was decent, but Diego was better, shame on Llambi not seeing that how heavy footed Taliso danced this




next week a regular routine and Trio Dances

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Trio Dances

Taliso & Patricija & Renata Lusin with a Salsa to Vivir Mi Vida by Marc Anthony

Sandra & Zsolt & Kathrin Menzinger with a Jive to Title by Meghan Trainor

Fabian & Anastasia & Sergiu Maruster with a Rumba to No Se Por Que Te Quiero by Ana Belén & Antonio Banderas

Marie & Alexandru & Evgeny Vinokurov with a Samba to Lost On You by LP, Cubaneros

Diego & Ekaterina & Massimo Sinato with a Jive to Dance with me Tonight by Olly Murs

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regular dances

Taliso & Patricija with a Charleston to Pencil Full of Lead by Paolo Nutini

Sandra & Zsolt with a Waltz to Kissing You by Des'ree

Fabian & Anastasia with a Viennese Waltz to The World We Knew by Frank Sinatra

Marie & Alexandru with a Rumba to Too Lost In You by Sugababes

Diego & Ekaterina with a Foxtrot to High Hopes by Panic at the Disco