# 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.

## Participants

| 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 | 9 | 26.31 |
| 3 | 3 | David & Silvia | 269 | 9 | 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%) | cha-cha-cha | "Kiss"—Prince |

### 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 | Objection (Tango) - Shakira |

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

### 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 |
| M. Pokora & Katrina | 27 (9,10,8) | 54 | 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 |
| Jean-Marie & Fauve | 18 (6,6,6) | 39 | Samba | "María" – Ricky Martin |
| Adriana & Julien | 20 (6,8,6) | 41 | Samba | "Loca" – Shakira |
| Adriana & Julien | 21 (7,7,7) | 41 | Quickstep | "Bewitched Theme"—The Hit Crew |
| David & Silvia | 19 (7,6,6) | 44 | Quickstep | "Hot Honey Rag" – from Chicago |
| David & Silvia | 25 (9,8,8) | 44 | Samba | "Crazy in Love" – Beyoncé |
| Sofia & Maxime | 28 (9,10,9) | 57 | Tango | "I Kissed a Girl" – Katy Perry |
| Sofia & Maxime | 29 (10,10,9) | 57 | Rumba | "Comme d'habitude" – Claude François |
| Face To Face |||||
| Adriana & Julien | Safe (54%) | Safe (54%) | jive | Ça (c'est vraiment toi) - Téléphone |
| Jean-Marie & Fauve | Eliminated (46%) | Eliminated (46%) | | jive | Ça (c'est vraiment toi) - Téléphone |

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

### 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 |
| Sofia & Maxime | 30 (10,10,10) | 29 (10,9,10) | 114 (55 + 59) | Rumba | "Calling You" – Jevetta Steele |
| David & Silvia | 21 (7,7,7) | 17 (6,5,6) | 80 (38 + 42) | Waltz | "We Are the Champions" – Queen |
| David & Silvia | 22 (7,8,7) | 20 (7,7,6) | 80 (38 + 42) | 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 |
| M. Pokora & Katrina | 30 (10,10,10) | 27 (10,9,8) | 114 (57 + 57) | Foxtrot | "New York, New York" – Frank Sinatra |
| 'Freestyle' ||||||
| M. Pokora & Katrina | Winner (62%) | Winner (62%) | Winner (62%) | Freestyle | You're the One That I Want (Grease) - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John |
| Sofia & Maxime | Runner-up (38%) | Runner-up (38%) | Runner-up (38%) | Freestyle | 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 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 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 |
| February 12, 2011 | Grégoire | "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 |
| March 5, 2011 | 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 |
| March 12, 2011 | Mozart l'opéra rock | "Cest bientôt la fin" | Fauve Hautot, Christophe Licata, Candice Pascal & Grégoire Lyonnet |
| 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.