Danse avec les stars season 1

The first season of the French version of Strictly Come Dancing debuted on TF1 on February 12, 2011. Eight celebrities were paired with eight professional ballroom dancers. Sandrine Quétier and Vincent Cerutti were the hosts for this season.

Danse avec les stars
Season 1
Celebrity winner	Matt Pokora
Professional winner	Katrina Patchett
No. of episodes	6
Release
Original network	TF1
Original release	February 12 (2011-02-12) – March 19, 2011 (2011-03-19)
Season chronology

The winners were Matt Pokora and Katrina Patchett.^[1]

Participants

Dancer Julien Brugel

Celebrity	Notability (known for)	Professional partner	Status
André Manoukian	Musician, songwriter, & actor	Candice Pascal	Eliminated 1st on February 12, 2011
Rossy de Palma	Actress & model	Christophe Licata	Eliminated 2nd on February 19, 2011
Marthe Mercadier†	Actress	Grégoire Lyonnet	Eliminated 3rd on February 26, 2011
Jean-Marie Bigard	Comedian	Fauve Hautot	Eliminated 4th on March 5, 2011
Adriana Karembeu	Fashion model & actress	Julien Brugel	Eliminated 5th on March 12, 2011
David Ginola	Former international footballer	Silvia Notargiacomo	Third Place on March 19, 2011
Sofia Essaidi	Singer & actress	Maxime Dereymez	Second Place on March 19, 2011
M. Pokora	Singer-songwriter	Katrina Patchett	Winners on March 19, 2011

• 
  M. Pokora
• 
  Sofia Essaïdi
• 
  David Ginola
• 
  Adriana Karembeu

• 
  Jean-Marie Bigard
• 
  Marthe Mercadier
• 
  Rossy de Palma
• 
  André Manoukian

Scoring

Team	Place	1	2	3	4	5	6
M. Pokora & Katrina	1	23	25	24+8=32	27+27=54	55+52+30=137	57+57=114
Sofia & Maxime	2	25	24	27+6=33	28+29=57	47+48+40=135	55+59=114
David & Silvia	3	22	25	23+7=30	19+25=44	33+42+10=85	38+42=80
Adriana & Julien	4	17	23	19+5=24	20+21=41	28+29+20=77
Jean-Marie & Fauve	5	19	15	15+4=19	21+18=39
Marthe & Grégoire	6	18	11	15+3=18
Rossy & Christophe	7	22	17
André & Candice	8	15

Red numbers indicate the couples with the lowest score for each week.

Blue numbers indicate the couples with the highest score for each week.

  indicates the couples eliminated that week.

  indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two.

  indicates the winning couple.

  indicates the runner-up couple.

  indicates the third place couple.

Notes of each couples

Couple	Total	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	Average
Matt & Katrina	39	12	13	12	2	—						8.9
Sofia & Maxime	39	10	15	11	2	—	1	—				8.8
David & Silvia	39	—	4	8	13	10	2	2	—			6.9
Adriana & Julien	27	—		3	8	6	4	3	3	—		5.8
Jean-Marie & Fauve	15	—			4	6	4	1	—			5.9
Marthe & Grégoire	9	—		1	—	3	1	2	1	1	—	4.9
Rossy & Christophe	6	—		1	2	2	1	—				6.5
André & Candice	3	—				1	1	1	—			5
Total	177	22	32	36	31	28	14	9	4	1	0	7.4

Averages

This table only counts dances scored on the traditional 30-point scale.

Rank by average	Place	Couple	Total	Number of dances	Average
1	1	M. Pokora & Katrina	347	9	26.69
2	2	Sofia & Maxime	342		26.31
3	3	David & Silvia	269		20.69
4	7	Rossy & Christophe	39	2	19.50
5	5	Jean-Marie & Fauve	88	5	17.60
6	4	Adriana & Julien	157	7	17.44
7	8	André & Candice	15	1	15.00
8	6	Marthe & Grégoire	44	3	14.67

Highest and lowest scoring performances

The best and worst performances in each dance according to the judges' marks are as follows (out of 30, except for Cha-Cha-Cha Marathon and Samba Marathon):

Dance	Best dancer	Best score	Worst dancer	Worst score
Waltz	David Ginola Jean-Marie Bigard	19	David Ginola Jean-Marie Bigard	19
Quickstep	Sofia Essaidi	27.5	David Ginola	19
Cha-cha-cha	David Ginola Rossy de Palma	22	André Manoukian	15
Jive	M. Pokora	27	Marthe Mercadier	11
Rumba	Sofia Essaidi	29.5	Jean-Marie Bigard	15
Tango	Sofia Essaidi	28	Adriana Karembeu	14.5
Paso Doble	M. Pokora	28.5	Jean-Marie Bigard	15
Foxtrot	M. Pokora	28.5	Marthe Mercadier	15
Samba	David Ginola	25	Jean-Marie Bigard	18
Viennese Waltz	M. Pokora	27	Sofia Essaïdi	23.5
Charleston	M. Pokora	27.5	M. Pokora	27.5
Salsa	Sofia Essaidi	24	Sofia Essaidi	24

Couples' Highest and lowest scoring performances

According to the traditional 30-point scale.

Couples	Highest Scoring Dances	Lowest Scoring Dances
M. Pokora & Katrina	Paso Doble Foxtrot (28.5)	Quickstep (23)
Sofia & Maxime	Rumba (29.5)	Viennese Waltz (23.5)
David & Silvia	Jive Samba (25)	Tango (16.5)
Adriana & Julien	Rumba (23)	Jive (14)
Jean-Marie & Fauve	Tango (21)	Rumba Paso Doble (15)
Marthe & Grégoire	Cha-Cha-Cha (18)	Jive (11)
Rossy & Christophe	Cha-Cha-Cha (22)	Tango (17)
André & Candice	Cha-Cha-Cha (15)	Cha-Cha-Cha (15)

Styles, scores and songs

Week 1

Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Alessandra Martines, Jean-Marc Généreux, Chris Marques.

Running order

Couple	Score	Style	Music
Jean-Marie & Fauve	19 (6,6,7)	Waltz	"Cry Me a River"—Michael Bublé
M. Pokora & Katrina	23 (8,8,7)	Quickstep	"We No Speak Americano"—Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP
Marthe & Grégoire	18 (6,6,6)	Cha-Cha-Cha	"Bad Romance"—Lady Gaga
Adriana & Julien	17 (6,5,6)	Cha-Cha-Cha	"La Foule"—Edith Piaf
David & Silvia	22 (7,7,8)	Cha-Cha-Cha	"Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)"—Shakira
André & Candice	15 (4,5,6)	Cha-Cha-Cha	"Let's All Chant"—Michael Zager Band
Sofia & Maxime	25 (8,9,8)	Quickstep	"Anything Goes"—Cole Porter
Rossy & Christophe	22 (8,7,7)	Cha-Cha-Cha	"Marcia Baila"-Les Rita Mitsouko
Face To Face
David & Silvia	Safe (72%)	cha-cha-cha	"Kiss"—Prince
André & Candice	Eliminated (28%)

Week 2

Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Alessandra Martines, Jean-Marc Généreux, Chris Marques.

Running order

Couple	Score	Style	Music
Sofia & Maxime	24 (8,8,8)	Jive	"Great Balls Of Fire"—Jerry Lee Lewis
Jean-Marie & Fauve	15 (5,6,4)	Rumba	"(I've Had) The Time of My Life"—from Dirty Dancing
Rossy & Christophe	17 (6,5,6)	Tango	"Toxic"—Britney Spears
David & Silvia	25 (9,8,8)	Jive	"Gabrielle"—Johnny Hallyday
M. Pokora & Katrina	25 (8,9,8)	Tango	"El Tango De Roxanne"—Ewan McGregor & José Feliciano
Marthe & Grégoire	11 (4,5,2)	Jive	"Just Because Of You"—from Les Bronzés font du ski
Adriana & Julien	23 (8,8,7)	Rumba	"Umbrella"—Rihanna
Face To Face
Marthe & Grégoire	Safe (50,3%)	Jive	Objection (Tango) - Shakira
Rossy & Christophe	eliminated (49,7%)	tango

Week 3

Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Alessandra Martines, Jean-Marc Généreux, Chris Marques.

Theme: Movie night – each couple's dance is to an iconic song from the movies.

Running order

Couple	Score	Total	Style	Music
Jean-Marie & Fauve	15 (5,5,5)		Paso Doble	"James Bond Theme" – Monty Norman (from James Bond)
Sofia & Maxime	27 (9,10,8)		Foxtrot	"Singin' in the Rain" – Gene Kelly (from Singin' in the Rain)
David & Silvia	23 (8,8,7)		Paso Doble	"Oh, Pretty Woman" – Roy Orbison (from Pretty Woman)
Adriana & Julien	19 (7,5,7)		Paso Doble	"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" – Santa Esmeralda (from Kill Bill)
M. Pokora & Katrina	24 (9,8,7)		Foxtrot	"Charlie's Angels Theme" – The Hit Crew (from Charlie's Angels)
Marthe & Grégoire	15 (8,4,3)		Foxtrot	"My Heart Will Go On" – Celine Dion (from Titanic)
Dance marathon
Matt & Katrina	+ 8	32	Samba	"You Should Be Dancing" – Bee Gees (from Saturday Night Fever)
David & Silvia	+ 7	30
Sofia & Maxime	+ 6	33
Adriana & Julien	+ 5	24
Jean-Marie & Fauve	+ 4	19
Marthe & Grégoire	+ 3	18
Face To Face
David & Silvia	Safe (83%)		samba	I Like to Move It - Reel 2 Real ft. The Mad Stuntman - (from Madagascar
Marthe & Grégoire	Eliminated (17%)

Week 4

Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Alessandra Martines, Jean-Marc Généreux, Chris Marques.

Running order

Couple	Score	Total	Style	Music
M. Pokora & Katrina	27 (9,10,8)	54	Jive	"Jailhouse Rock" – Elvis Presley
	27 (9,10,8)		Viennese Waltz	"If I Ain't Got You" – Alicia Keys
Jean-Marie & Fauve	21 (7,7,7)	39	Tango	"Por una Cabeza" – The Tango Project
	18 (6,6,6)		Samba	"María" – Ricky Martin
Adriana & Julien	20 (6,8,6)	41	Samba	"Loca" – Shakira
	21 (7,7,7)		Quickstep	"Bewitched Theme"—The Hit Crew
David & Silvia	19 (7,6,6)	44	Quickstep	"Hot Honey Rag" – from Chicago
	25 (9,8,8)		Samba	"Crazy in Love" – Beyoncé
Sofia & Maxime	28 (9,10,9)	57	Tango	"I Kissed a Girl" – Katy Perry
	29 (10,10,9)		Rumba	"Comme d'habitude" – Claude François
Face To Face
Adriana & Julien	Safe (54%)		jive	Ça (c'est vraiment toi) - Téléphone
Jean-Marie & Fauve	Eliminated (46%)

Week 5

Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Alessandra Martines, Jean-Marc Généreux, Chris Marques.

Running order

Couple	Artistic Score	Technical Score	Total		Style	Music
Sofia & Maxime	23 (5,9,9)	24 (8,8,8)	47	95	Viennese Waltz	"Hedwig's Theme" – from Harry Potter
	25 (9,9,7)	23 (8,8,7)	48		Salsa	"Mambo No. 5" – Perez Prado
David & Silvia	17 (6,5,6)	16 (6,6,4)	33	75	Tango	"Poker Face" – Lady Gaga
	25 (9,9,7)	17 (7,6,4)	42		Rumba	"Endless Love" – Lionel Richie & Diana Ross
Adriana & Julien	16 (7,6,3)	12 (5,4,3)	28	57	Jive	"J'irai où tu iras" – Céline Dion & Jean-Jacques Goldman
	17 (6,7,4)	12 (4,5,3)	29		Tango	"Libertango" – Ástor Piazzolla
M. Pokora & Katrina	29 (10,10,9)	26 (9,9,8)	55	107	Charleston	"Charleston" – Green Hill Instrumental
	28 (9,10,9)	24 (8,8,8)	52		Rumba	"Angels" – Robbie Williams
Dance marathon
Sofia & Maxime	+ 40		135		Cha Cha Cha	"I Will Survive" – Gloria Gaynor
Matt & Katrina	+ 30		137
Adriana & Julien	+ 20		77
David & Silvia	+ 10		85
Face To Face
David & Silvia	Safe (68%)				cha-cha-cha	Beggin' - Madcon
Adriana & Julien	Eliminated (32%)

Week 6

Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Alessandra Martines, Jean-Marc Généreux, Chris Marques.

Running order

Couple	Artistic Score	Technical Score	Total	Style	Music
Sofia & Maxime	28 (9,10,9)	27 (9,9,9)	114 (55 + 59)	Quickstep	"Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" – Marilyn Monroe
	30 (10,10,10)	29 (10,9,10)		Rumba	"Calling You" – Jevetta Steele
David & Silvia	21 (7,7,7)	17 (6,5,6)	80 (38 + 42)	Waltz	"We Are the Champions" – Queen
	22 (7,8,7)	20 (7,7,6)		Jive	"Pump It" – The Black Eyed Peas
M. Pokora & Katrina	29 (10,10,9)	28 (10,9,9)	114 (57 + 57)	Paso Doble	"Thriller" – Michael Jackson
	30 (10,10,10)	27 (10,9,8)		Foxtrot	"New York, New York" – Frank Sinatra
'Freestyle'
M. Pokora & Katrina	Winner (62%)			Freestyle	You're the One That I Want (Grease) - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
Sofia & Maxime	Runner-up (38%)				Last Dance - Donna Summer

Call-Out Order

The Table Lists in which order the contestants' fates were revealed by Quétier and Cerutti.

Couple in the order they were announced

Ordre	1	2	3	4	5	6
1	Adriana & Julien	Sofia & Maxime	Sofia & Maxime	M. Pokora & Katrina	M. Pokora & Katrina	M. Pokora & Katrina
2	M. Pokora & Katrina	Rossy & Christophe	M. Pokora & Katrina	Jean-Marie & Fauve	Adriana & Julien	Sofia & Maxime
3	David & Silvia	M. Pokora & Katrina	David & Silvia	Sofia & Maxime	Sofia & Maxime	David & Silvia
4	Jean-Marie & Fauve	Jean-Marie & Fauve	Adriana & Julien	David & Silvia	David & Silvia
5	Marthe & Grégoire	David & Silvia	Jean-Marie & Fauve	Adriana & Julien
6	Sofia & Maxime	Adriana & Julien	Marthe & Grégoire
7	Rossy & Christophe	Marthe & Grégoire
8	André & Candice

  The couple who got the best score from the judges.

  The couple who got the worst score from the judges but they're saved.

  The couple were in danger but the're saved.

  The couple who was eliminated.

  The winner couple.

  The couple who finished second in the competition.

  The couple who finished third in the competition.

Dance schedule

The celebrities and professional partners danced one of these routines for each corresponding week.

• Week 1: Cha-Cha-Cha, Quickstep or Waltz
• Week 2: Tango, Rumba or Jive
• Week 3: Paso Doble or Foxtrot and Samba marathon (Cinema Theme)
• Week 4: Two unlearned dances from Weeks 1-3 or Viennese Waltz
• Week 5: Two unlearned dances from Weeks 1-3 or Charleston or Salsa and Cha-Cha-Cha marathon (Retro Theme & Double Score Showdown)
• Week 6: One unlearned dance and one repeated dance (David & Silvia and Matt & Katrina) or two repeated dances (Sofia & Maxime) and Freestyle

Dance Chart

Couple	1	2	3		4		5			6
M. Pokora & Katrina	Quickstep	Tango	Foxtrot	Samba Marathon	Jive	Viennese Waltz	Charleston	Rumba	Cha-Cha-Cha Marathon	Paso Doble	Foxtrot	Freestyle
Sofia & Maxime	Quickstep	Jive	Foxtrot	Samba Marathon	Tango	Rumba	Viennese Waltz	Salsa	Cha-Cha-Cha Marathon	Quickstep	Rumba	Freestyle
David & Silvia	Cha-Cha-Cha	Jive	Paso Doble	Samba Marathon	Quickstep	Samba	Tango	Rumba	Cha-Cha-Cha Marathon	Waltz	Jive
Adriana & Julien	Cha-Cha-Cha	Rumba	Paso Doble	Samba Marathon	Samba	Quickstep	Jive	Tango	Cha-Cha-Cha Marathon
Jean-Marie & Fauve	Waltz	Rumba	Paso Doble	Samba Marathon	Tango	Samba
Marthe & Grégoire	Cha-Cha-Cha	Jive	Foxtrot	Samba Marathon
Rossy & Christophe	Cha-Cha-Cha	Tango
André & Candice	Cha-Cha-Cha

  Highest scoring dance

  Lowest scoring dance

  Danced, but not scored

Musical Guests

Date	Performers	Tracks Performed	Dancers
February 12, 2011	Grégoire	"Danse"	Maxime Dereymez & Katrina Patchett
		"Soleil"	None
February 19, 2011	Take That	"The Flood"	None
February 26, 2011	Jenifer	"Je Danse"	Jenifer's dancers
March 5, 2011	Florent Pagny	"8ème Merveille	All the dancers
	James Blunt	"So Far Gone"	Candice Pascal & Grégoire Lyonnet
March 12, 2011	Mozart l'opéra rock	"L'assasymphonie"	Fauve Hautot, Christophe Licata, Candice Pascal & Grégoire Lyonnet
		"Cest bientôt la fin"
March 19, 2011	Nicole Scherzinger	"Don't Hold your Breath"	Fauve Hautot, Christophe Licata, Candice Pascal, Grégoire Lyonnet & Julien Brugel

Ratings

• Week 1 Performance Show & Results Show: 4 840 000 viewers (23,9%)
• Week 2 Performance Show & Results Show: 5 034 000 viewers (24,5%)
• Week 3 Performance Show & Results Show: 5 385 000 viewers (25,6%)
• Week 4 Performance Show & Results Show: 4 805 000 viewers (23.5%)
• Week 5 Performance Show & Results Show: 5 115 000 viewers (24.7%)
• Week 6 (The Finale) Performance Show & Results Show: 4 960 000 viewers (24.8%)

Around the Show

• André Manoukian had been a judge on the show Nouvelle Star, like Sinclair (season 8) and Lio (season 9). Amel Bent (season 3) was a contestant on Nouvelle Star in 2004.