# Let's Dance (German TV series) season 5

The fifth season of Let's Dance began on 14 March 2012. Sylvie van der Vaart and Daniel Hartwich returned as hosts, while Joachim Llambi, Motsi Mabuse, and Roman Frieling all returned as judges. The jury Maite Kelly joined replacing Harald Glööckler.
This was Kelly's only season. Also Frieling did not return for season 6. In 2013, the winner Magdalena Breszka returned for the Christmas Special as one of the contestants.

## Couples

| Celebrity | Occupation | Professional Partner | Status |
| Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen | Keyboard player | Helena Kaschurow | Eliminated 1st on March 14, 2012 |
| Marc Terenzi | Singer | Sarah Latton | Eliminated 2nd on March 21, 2012 |
| Patrick Bach | Actor | Melissa Ortiz-Gomez | Eliminated 3rd on March 28, 2012 |
| Gitte Hænning | Singer | Gennady Bondarenko | Withdrew on April 10, 2012 |
| Ardian Bujupi | Singer | Katja Kalugina | Eliminated 5th on April 11, 2012 |
| Mandy Capristo | Singer | Stefano Terrazzino | Eliminated 6th on April 18, 2012 |
| Patrick Lindner | Singer | Isabel Edvardsson | Eliminated 7th on April 25, 2012 |
| Lars Riedel | Olympic athlete | Marta Arndt | Eliminated 8th on May 2, 2012 |
| Joana Zimmer | Singer | Christian Polanc | Eliminated 9th on May 9, 2012 |
| Stefanie Hertel | Singer | Sergiy Plyuta | Third Place on May 16, 2012 |
| Rebecca Mir | Model | Massimo Sinató | Runners-Up on May 23, 2012 |
| Magdalena Brzeska | Gymnast | Erich Klann | Winners on May 23, 2012 |

## Judges’ scores

| Couple | Place | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Magdalena & Erich | 1 | 21 | 23 | 28 | 21 | 34 | 35 | 30+26=56 | 38+6=44 | 39+40=79 | 36+37=73 | 32+38+39=109 |
| Rebecca & Massimo | 2 | 26 | 32 | 19 | 21 | 33 | 33 | 26+24=50 | 33+8=41 | 33+34=67 | 35+38=73 | 34+38+37=109 |
| Stefanie & Sergiy | 3 | 22 | 27 | 17 | 28 | 27 | 24 | 30+26=56 | 27+10=37 | 28+30=58 | 27+32=59 | |
| Joana & Christian | 4 | 22 | 17 | 21 | 12 | 20 | 27 | 25+26=51 | 19+2=21 | 26+18=44 | | |
| Lars & Marta | 5 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 22 | 8 | 10+24=34 | 16+4=20 | | | |
| Patrick L. & Isabel | 6 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 13 | 22 | 21+24=45 | | | | |
| Mandy & Stefano | 7 | 21 | 28 | 22 | 30 | 25 | 19 | | | | | |
| Ardian & Katja | 8 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 27 | 22 | | | | | | |
| Gitte & Gennady | 9 | 13 | 19 | 12 | -- | -- | | | | | | |
| Patrick B. & Melissa | 10 | 18 | 20 | 16 | | | | | | | | |
| Marc & Sarah | 11 | 22 | 16 | | | | | | | | | |
| Uwe & Helena | 12 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
    Red numbers indicates the lowest score for each week.
    Green numbers indicates the highest score for each week.
    indicates the couple eliminated that week.
    indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two.
    indicates the couple that didn't perform due to personal reasons.
    indicates the couple that withdrew from the competition.
    indicates the couple was eliminated but later returned to the competition.
    indicates the winning couple.
    indicates the runner-up couple.
    indicates the third-place couple.

## Weekly scores and songs
### Week 1

Unless indicated otherwise, individual judges scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Roman Frieling, Maite Kelly, Motsi Mabuse, Joachim Llambi.

#### Running order

| Couple | Score | Dance | Music |
| Mandy & Stefano | 21 (5,7,5,4) | Cha-Cha-Cha | "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" – Whitney Houston |
| Patrick & Melissa | 18 (5,5,6,2) | Waltz | "Love Ain't Here Anymore" – Take That |
| Uwe & Helena | 9 (2,3,3,1) | Cha-Cha-Cha | "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" – Danzel |
| Magdalena & Erich | 21 (5,6,6,4) | Waltz | "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" – Aretha Franklin |
| Ardian & Katja | 15 (5,4,4,2) | Cha-Cha-Cha | "Moves Like Jagger" – Maroon 5 |
| Lars & Marta | 14 (4,5,4,1) | Waltz | "Easy" – Commodores |
| Stefanie & Sergiy | 22 (7,6,6,3) | Waltz | "Edelweiss" – The Sound of Music |
| Marc & Sarah | 22 (6,6,6,4) | Cha-Cha-Cha | "Fuck You" – Cee Lo Green |
| Gitte & Gennady | 13 (4,4,3,2) | Cha-Cha-Cha | "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" – Cyndi Lauper |
| Patrick & Isabel | 21 (6,5,7,3) | Waltz | "What a Wonderful World" – Louis Armstrong |
| Rebecca & Massimo | 26 (7,7,7,5) | Cha-Cha-Cha | "Tik Tok" – Kesha |
| Joana & Christian | 22 (6,7,6,3) | Waltz | "Dark Waltz" – Hayley Westenra |

#### Week 2

Unless indicated otherwise, individual judges scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Roman Frieling, Maite Kelly, Motsi Mabuse, Joachim Llambi.

##### Running order

| Couple | Score | Style | Music |
| Rebecca & Massimo | 32 (8,8,8,8) | Salsa | "Ai se eu te pego!" – Michel Teló |
| Magdalena & Erich | 23 (5,7,6,5) | Jive | "Sex on Fire" – Kings of Leon |
| Patrick & Melissa | 20 (6,6,5,3) | Salsa | "Long Train Runnin" – The Doobie Brothers |
| Marc & Sarah | 16 (5,5,4,2) | Quickstep | "Rebel Yell" – Billy Idol |
| Ardian & Katja | 19 (5,6,5,3) | Rumba | "New Age" – Marlon Roudette |
| Patrick & Isabel | 21 (5,6,6,4) | Rumba | "Sealed with a Kiss" – Bobby Vinton |
| Lars & Marta | 15 (5,5,4,1) | Salsa | "Loco in Acapulco" – The Four Tops |
| Stefanie & Sergiy | 27 (7,8,7,5) | Jive | "Footloose" – Kenny Loggins |
| Joana & Christian | 17 (3,7,5,2) | Rumba | "Because of You" – Kelly Clarkson |
| Gitte & Gennady | 19 (5,6,4,4) | Quickstep | "Mrs. Robinson" – Simon & Garfunkel |
| Mandy & Stefano | 28 (7,8,7,6) | Rumba | "Mandy" – Barry Manilow |

#### Week 3

Unless indicated otherwise, individual judges scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Roman Frieling, Maite Kelly, Motsi Mabuse, Joachim Llambi.

##### Running order

| Couple | Score | Style | Music |
| Ardian & Katja | 19 (5,6,5,3) | Quickstep | "I Need a Dollar" – Aloe Blacc |
| Stefanie & Sergiy | 17 (4,5,4,4) | Salsa | "Vamos A Bailar" – Paola e Chiara |
| Patrick & Isabel | 23 (4,6,7,6) | Quickstep | "It's Not Unusual" – Tom Jones |
| Gitte & Gennady | 12 (4,4,3,1) | Salsa | "Vayamos Companeros" – Marquess |
| Joana & Christian | 21 (4,7,6,4) | Quickstep | "Nur ein Wort" – Wir sind Helden |
| Magdalena & Erich | 28 (7,7,7,7) | Rumba | "Someone Like You" – Adele |
| Patrick & Melissa | 16 (4,5,5,2) | Tango | "Tainted Love" – Soft Cell |
| Lars & Marta | 11 (3,4,3,1) | Jive | "Holding Out for a Hero" – Bonnie Tyler |
| Mandy & Stefano | 22 (5,8,6,3) | Argentine Tango | "El Tango de Roxanne" – Moulin Rouge! |
| Rebecca & Massimo | 19 (5,5,6,3) | Viennese Waltz | "Cry Me Out" – Pixie Lott |

#### Week 4: Dirty Dancing Week

Unless indicated otherwise, individual judges scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Roman Frieling, Maite Kelly, Motsi Mabuse, Joachim Llambi.

##### Running order

| Couple | Score | Style | Music |
| Lars & Marta | 12 (3,5,2,2) | Cha-Cha-Cha | "Love is Strange" – Mickey & Sylvia |
| Mandy & Stefano | 30 (8,8,8,6) | Jive | "Yes" – Merry Clayton |
| Ardian & Katja | 27 (7,8,7,5) | Salsa | "De Todo un Poco" – Ray Sepúlveda |
| Magdalena & Erich | 21 (4,6,6,5) | Cha-Cha-Cha | "Big Girls Don't Cry" – The Four Seasons |
| Patrick & Isabel | 21 (7,6,5,3) | Cha-Cha-Cha | "Hey Baby" – Bruce Channel |
| Rebecca & Massimo | 21 (5,6,7,3) | Rumba | "Hungry Eyes" – Eric Carmen |
| Stefanie & Sergiy | 28 (8,8,6,6) | Rumba | "She's Like the Wind" – Patrick Swayze |
| Joana & Christian | 12 (2,5,4,1) | Cha-Cha-Cha | "Be My Baby" – The Ronettes |

#### Week 5

Unless indicated otherwise, individual judges scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Roman Frieling, Maite Kelly, Motsi Mabuse, Joachim Llambi.

##### Running order

| Couple | Score | Style | Music |
| Stefanie & Sergiy | 27 (7,8,7,5) | Tango | "Sway – Michael Bublé |
| Ardian & Katja | 22 (6,6,6,4) | Samba | "Mas que Nada" – Jorge Ben |
| Lars & Marta | 22 (7,7,5,3) | Foxtrot | "Love and Marriage" – Sammy Cahn & Jimmy Van Heusen |
| Mandy & Stefano | 25 (4,8,8,5) | Paso Doble | "Rolling in the Deep" – Adele |
| Patrick & Isabel | 13 (4,4,4,1) | Samba | "Volare – Gipsy Kings |
| Rebecca & Massimo | 33 (8,10,9,6) | Paso Doble | "España cañí" – Pascual Marquina Narro |
| Joana & Christian | 20 (7,6,5,2) | Foxtrot | "Close to you" – Jay Delano |
| Magdalena & Erich | 34 (8,9,9,8) | Tango | "Por una Cabeza" – Carlos Gardel |

#### Week 6: Personal Story Week

Unless indicated otherwise, individual judges scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Roman Frieling, Maite Kelly, Motsi Mabuse, Joachim Llambi.

##### Running order

| Couple | Score | Style | Music |
| Stefanie & Sergiy | 24 (7,6,6,5) | Freestyle | "Waterloo – ABBA |
| Mandy & Stefano | 19 (5,4,6,4) | Freestyle | "Stand Up For Love" – Destiny's Child |
| Lars & Marta | 8 (1,4,2,1) | Freestyle | "Eye of the Tiger" – Survivor |
| Patrick & Isabel | 22 (6,7,7,2) | Freestyle | "Der Pariser Tango" – Mireille Mathieu |
| Magdalena & Erich | 35 (7,10,9,9) | Freestyle | "One Moment in Time" – Whitney Houston |
| Joana & Christian | 27 (7,8,7,5) | Freestyle | "When You Told Me How To Dance" – Katie Melua |
| Rebecca & Massimo | 33 (10,9,8,6) | Freestyle | "S&M" – Rihanna |

#### Week 7

Unless indicated otherwise, individual judges scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Roman Frieling, Maite Kelly, Motsi Mabuse, Joachim Llambi.

##### Running order

| Couple | Score | Style | Music |
| Magdalena & Erich | 30 (7,8,8,7) | Samba | "Heart Skips a Beat" - Olly Murs featuring Rizzle Kicks |
| Joana & Christian | 25 (6,8,6,5) | Paso Doble | "The Power" - Snap! |
| Rebecca & Massimo | 26 (6,7,7,6) | Foxtrot | "Fever" - Peggy Lee |
| Lars & Marta | 10 (1,6,2,1) | Samba | "Hot Hot Hot" - Arrow |
| Patrick & Isabel | 21 (5,7,6,3) | Paso Doble | "Highway to Hell" - AC/DC |
| Stefanie & Sergiy | 30 (8,10,8,4) | Viennese Waltz | "She's Always a Woman" - Billy Joel |
| Stefanie & Sergiy Joana & Christian Magdalena & Erich | 26 (5,8,8,5) | Team Tango | "Dance with Me" - Debelah Morgan |
| Rebecca & Massimo Lars & Marta Patrick & Isabel | 24 (7,7,5,5) | Team Jive | "Dance with Me Tonight" - Olly Murs |

#### Week 8

Unless indicated otherwise, individual judges scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Roman Frieling, Maite Kelly, Motsi Mabuse, Joachim Llambi.

##### Running order

| Couple | Score | Style | Music |
| Stefanie & Sergiy | 27 (8,8,7,4) | Samba | "Conga" - Gloria Estefan |
| Joana & Christian | 19 (5,7,5,2) | Tango | "Somebody That I Used to Know" - Gotye feat. Kimbra |
| Magdalena & Erich | 38 (10,10,9,9) | Quickstep | "Hey, Soul Sister" - Train |
| Lars & Marta | 16 (6,7,2,1) | Tango | "The Phantom of the Opera" - Andrew Lloyd Webber |
| Rebecca & Massimo | 33 (10,10,9,4) | Samba | "Crazy in Love" - Beyoncé Knowles |
| Joana & Christian Lars & Marta Magdalena & Erich Rebecca & Massimo Stefanie & Sergiy | 2 4 6 8 10 | Discofox-Marathon | "Daddy Cool - Boney M. "Dragostea din tei" - O-Zone "What Is Love" - Haddaway "Mr. Saxobeat" - Alexandra Stan" "Call on Me" - Eric Prydz |

#### Week 9

Unless indicated otherwise, individual judges scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Roman Frieling, Maite Kelly, Motsi Mabuse, Joachim Llambi.

##### Running order

| Couple | Score | Style | Music |
| Joana & Christian | 26 (8,8,6,4) | Viennese Waltz | "Breakaway" - Kelly Clarkson |
| Joana & Christian | 18 (1,7,6,4) | Samba | "Sunny" - Boney M |
| Magdalena & Erich | 39 (10,10,10,9) | Paso Doble | "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" - The Animals |
| Magdalena & Erich | 40 (10,10,10,10) | Foxtrot | "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" - Frankie Valli |
| Stefanie & Sergiy | 28 (7,8,7,6) | Quickstep | "Walking on Sunshine" - Katrina and the Waves |
| Stefanie & Sergiy | 30 (7,9,8,6) | Paso Doble | "I Was Made for Lovin' You" - Kiss |
| Rebecca & Massimo | 33 (9,9,8,7) | Jive | "Marry You" - Bruno Mars |
| Rebecca & Massimo | 34 (9,10,9,6) | Waltz | "Angel" - Sarah McLachlan |

#### Week 10

Unless indicated otherwise, individual judges scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Roman Frieling, Maite Kelly, Motsi Mabuse, Joachim Llambi.

##### Running order

| Couple | Score | Style | Music |
| Rebecca & Massimo | 35 (9,10,9,7) | Quickstep | "Satellite - Lena Meyer-Landrut |
| Rebecca & Massimo | 38 (10,10,9,9) | Argentine Tango | "Santa Maria" - Gotan Project |
| Stefanie & Sergiy | 27 (6,8,8,5) | Cha-Cha-Cha | "Hot n Cold" - Katy Perry |
| Stefanie & Sergiy | 32 (7,9,9,7) | Foxtrot | "I Say a Little Prayer" - Aretha Franklin |
| Magdalena & Erich | 36 (9,10,9,8) | Salsa | "Danza Kuduro" - Don Omar featuring Lucenzo |
| Magdalena & Erich | 37 (9,10,9,9) | Viennese Waltz | "When a Man Loves a Woman" - Michael Bolton |

#### Week 11

Unless indicated otherwise, individual judges scores in the charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Roman Frieling, Maite Kelly, Motsi Mabuse, Joachim Llambi.

##### Running order

| Couple | Score | Style | Music |
| Rebecca & Massimo | 34 (9,10,8,7) | Rumba | "I Will Always Love You" - Whitney Houston |
| Rebecca & Massimo | 38 (10,10,9,9) | Salsa | "Ai se eu te pego!" – Michel Teló |
| Rebecca & Massimo | 37 (10,9,9,9) | Freestyle | "Get Busy" - Sean Paul & "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)" - Shakira |
| Magdalena & Erich | 32 (7,9,9,7) | Cha-Cha-Cha | "Stronger" - Kelly Clarkson |
| Magdalena & Erich | 38 (9,10,10,9) | Tango | "Por una Cabeza" - Carlos Gardel |
| Magdalena & Erich | 39 (10,10,10,9) | Freestyle | "The Black Pearl" - Klaus Badelt |

### Dance Chart

* Week 1: Cha-Cha-Cha or Waltz
* Week 2: Rumba or Jive or Salsa or Quickstep
* Week 3: One unlearned dance from Week 2 or Tango or Viennese Waltz or Tango Argentino
* Week 4: One unlearned dance from Week 1-3 (Dirty Dancing Special)
* Week 5: Tango or Samba or Foxtrot or Paso Doble
* Week 6: One unlearned dance (Personal Story Week)
* Week 7: One unlearned dance & Team Dance
* Week 8: One unlearned dance & Discofox-Marathon
* Week 9: One unlearned Latin & ballroom dance
* Week 10: Two unlearned dances
* Week 11: Redemption dance, Favourite dance, Freestyle
| Couple | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Magdalena & Erich | Waltz | Jive | Rumba | Cha-Cha-Cha | Tango | Freestyle | Samba | Tango | Quickstep | Discofox | Paso Doble | Foxtrot | Salsa | Viennese Waltz | Cha-Cha-Cha | Tango | Freestyle |
| Rebecca & Massimo | Cha-Cha-Cha | Salsa | Viennese Waltz | Rumba | Paso Doble | Freestyle | Foxtrot | Jive | Samba | Discofox | Jive | Waltz | Quickstep | Tango | Rumba | Salsa | Freestyle |
| Stefanie & Sergiy | Waltz | Jive | Salsa | Rumba | Tango | Freestyle | Viennese Waltz | Tango | Samba | Discofox | Quickstep | Paso Doble | Cha-Cha-Cha | Foxtrot | | | |
| Joana & Christian | Waltz | Rumba | Quickstep | Cha-Cha-Cha | Foxtrot | Freestyle | Paso Doble | Tango | Tango | Discofox | Viennese Waltz | Samba | | | | | |
| Lars & Marta | Waltz | Salsa | Jive | Cha-Cha-Cha | Foxtrot | Freestyle | Samba | Jive | Tango | Discofox | | | | | | | |
| Patrick & Isabel | Waltz | Rumba | Quickstep | Cha-Cha-Cha | Samba | Freestyle | Paso Doble | Jive | | | | | | | | | |
| Mandy & Stefano | Cha-Cha-Cha | Rumba | Tango | Jive | Paso Doble | Freestyle | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ardian & Katja | Cha-Cha-Cha | Rumba | Quickstep | Salsa | Samba | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Gitte & Gennady | Cha-Cha-Cha | Quickstep | Salsa | -- | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Patrick & Melissa | Waltz | Salsa | Tango | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Marc & Sarah | Cha-Cha-Cha | Quickstep | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Uwe & Helena | Cha-Cha-Cha | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |