# Dancing on Ice (Greek TV series)

Dancing on Ice is a Greek reality TV show. The show features celebrities paired with professionals from the world of figure skating. The show is based on the British show, Dancing on Ice. The show has a schedule similar to the reality TV show Dancing with the Stars with performance shows on Sundays nights. Jenny Balatsinou serves as host while Petros Kostopoulos, Elena Paparizou, and Alexis Kostalas serve on the judging panel. The show premiered on 6 November 2011.

## Overview
### Contestants

The contestants for the first season were:
| Celebrity | Occupation | Professional partner | Status |
| Vasileios Kostetsos | Fashion designer | Magdalena | Eliminated 1st on 13 November 2011 |
| Maria-Eleni Lukourezou | Music Producer | Jan Moscicki | Withdrew on 13 November 2011 |
| Themis Georgantas | TV presenter | Jennifer | Eliminated 2nd on 20 November 2011 |
| Marianna Kalergi | Muai Thai Athlete | Dima | Eliminated 3rd on 27 November 2011 |
| Pamela | Singer | Jan Moscicki | Eliminated 4th on 4 December 2011 |
| Stamatina Tsimtsili | Television presenter and Television journalist | Gene | Eliminated 5th on 11 December 2011 |
| Christina Papa | Actress- Businesswoman | Anton | Withdrew(injured) on 15 December 2011 |
| Constantinos Christoforou | Singer | Olga | Eliminated 6th on 18 December 2011 |
| Shaya Hansen | Singer | Matteo Zanni | Eliminated 7th on 1 January 2012 |
| Giorgos Cheimonetos | Model | Nicole N. Kennedy | Eliminated 8th on 8 January 2012 |
| Kostas Fragolias | Television presenter and reality TV star | Marina Timofeieva | Third place on 15 January 2012 |
| Penelope Anastasopoulou | Actress and Singer | Alexey Motorin | Runner-up on 22 January 2012 |
| Ioanna Pilixou | Actress | Andrei Bekh | Winner on 22 January 2012 |

### Judges' scoring summary

| Couple | Place | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 + 9 = Total | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Ioanna & Andrei | 1st | 11.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 16.5+16.0=32.5 | 15.5+16.5=32.0 | 17.5+18.0=35.5 | 16.5+18.0=34.5 |
| Penelope & Alexey | 2nd | 11.5 | 11.0 | 9.0 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 16.0+15.5=31.5 | 16.0+16.0=32.0 | 14.5+17.5=32.0 | 17.0+16.5=33.5 |
| Kostas & Marina | 3rd | 8.5 | 8.5 | 10.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 14.5 | 14.0 | 14.5+14.0=28.5 | 13.5+15.0=28.5 | 16.0+16.5=32.5 | |
| Giorgos & Nicole | 4th | 8.0 | 8.5 | 10.0 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 12.5 | 15.0+14.0=29.0 | 13.0+15.5=28.5 | | |
| Shaya & Mateo | 5th | 12.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 11.5 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 13.0+14.5=27.5 | | | |
| Konstantinos & Olga | 6th | 9.5 | 9.5 | 8.5 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | | | | |
| Christina & Anton | 7th | 9.5 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 3.0 | 12.0 | 10.5 | WD | | | | |
| Stamatina & Gene | 8th | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 12.0 | 11.0 | | | | | |
| Pamela & Janek | 9th | | | 11.0 | 12.0 | 12.5 | | | | | | |
| Marianna & Dima | 10th | 10.0 | 10.0 | 9.5 | 10.5 | | | | | | | |
| Themis & Jennifer | 11th | 8.5 | 7.0 | 8.0 | | | | | | | | |
| Vassilios & Magdalena | 12th | 8.5 | 7.0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Maria-Eleni & Janek | 13th | 9.0 | WD | | | | | | | | | |
    Red numbers indicate the lowest score of the week
    Green numbers indicate the highest score of the week
    indicates the couple that was in the skate off
    indicates the couple that was eliminated
    indicates the couple that won
    indicates that the couple came in second place
    indicates that the couple finished in third place
    indicates that a couple withdrew from the competition.

## Average chart

| Rank by average | Place | Couple | Total | Number of dances | Average |
| 1 | 1st | Ioanna & Andrei | 220.0 | 15 | 14.67 |
| 2 | 2nd | Penelope & Alexey | 216.5 | 15 | 14.43 |
| 3 | 3rd | Kostas & Marina | 169.0 | 13 | 13.0 |
| 4 | 5th | Shaya & Mateo | 114.0 | 9 | 12.67 |
| 5 | 9th | Pamela & Janek | 35.5 | 3 | 11.83 |
| 6 | 4th | Giorgos & Nicole | 130.0 | 11 | 11.82 |
| 7 | 6th | Konstantinos & Olga | 73.5 | 7 | 10.5 |
| 8 | 8th | Stamatina & Gene | 60 | 6 | 10.0 |
| 8 | 10th | Marianna & Dima | 40 | 4 | 10.0 |
| 10 | 7th | Christina & Anton | 59 | 6 | 9.83 |
| 11 | 13th | Maria-Eleni & Janek | 9.0 | 1 | 9.0 |
| 12 | 11th | Themis & Jennifer | 23.5 | 3 | 7.83 |
| 13 | 12th | Vassilios & Magdalena | 15.5 | 2 | 7.75 |

### Week 1

Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Petros Kostopoulos, Elena Paparizou, Alexis Kostalas.

#### Running order

| Couple | Score | Song | Artist |
| Kostas and Marina | 3.0–3.0–2.5 | Beat it | Fall out boy |
| Maria-Eleni and Janek | 3.5–3.0–2.5 | Let the music play | Barry White |
| Stamatina and Gene | 3.0–3.0–2.5 | Ο Βυθός | Μιχάλης Χατζηγιάννης |
| Giorgos and Nicole | 2.5–3.0–2.5 | Relax | Frankie goes to Hollywood |
| Penelope and Alexey | 4.0–4.0–3.5 | Are you gonna go my way | Lenny Kravitz |
| Konstantinos and Olga | 3.5–3.5–2.5 | Σκόνη και θρύψαλλα | Στέφανος Κορκολής |
| Christina and Anton | 3.5–3.0–3.0 | Papi | Jennifer Lopez |
| Marianna and Dima | 3.5–3.5–3.0 | Born this way | Lady Gaga |
| Vassilios and Magdalena | 3.0–3.0–2.5 | Freedom | George Michael |
| Ioanna and Andrei | 3.5–4.0–3.5 | Rehab | Amy Winehouse |
| Themis and Jennifer | 3.0–3.0–2.5 | Sorry | Madonna |
| Shaya and Matteo | 4.0–4.0–4.0 | I will always love you | Whitney Houston |

### Week 2

Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Petros Kostopoulos, Elena Paparizou, Alexis Kostalas.

#### Running order

| Couple | Score | Song | Artist |
| Shaya and Matteo | 3.5–3.5–3.5 | S&M | Rihanna |
| Ioanna and Andrei | 3.5–3.5–3.5 | Rolling in the deep | Adele |
| Kostas and Marina | 3.0–3.0–2.5 | Born to be wild | Steppen Wolf |
| Christina and Anton | 3.0–3.0–2.5 | Mi sei venutoa cercare tu | Alessandra Amorso |
| Konstantinos and Olga | 3.0–3.5–3.0 | Let me entertain you | Robbie Williams |
| Stamatina and Gene | 3.0–3.0–3.0 | First be a woman | Leonore O'Malley |
| Giorgos and Nicole | 3.0–3.0–2.5 | Unchain my heart | Joe Cocker |
| Penelope and Alexey | 3.5–4.0–3.5 | Η αγάπη αργεί | Ελεωνόρα Ζουγανέλη |
| Themis and Jennifer | 2.5–2.5–2.0 | DJ got us falling in luv again | Usher |
| Marianna and Dima | 3.5–3.5–3.0 | Υπάρχουν στιγμές | Master Tempo ft.Kim |
| Vassilios and Magdalena | 2.5–2.5–2.0 | Groove is in the heart | Delight |

### Week 3

Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Petros Kostopoulos, Elena Paparizou, Alexis Kostalas.

#### Running order

| Couple | Score | Song | Artist |
| Marianna and Dima | 3.0–3.0–3.5 | I gotta feeling | Black Eyed Peas |
| Konstantinos and Olga | 2.5–3.0–3.0 | Moves like Jagger | Maroon 5 ft.Christina Aguilera |
| Penelope and Alexey | 3.0–3.5–2.5 | Paradise City | Guns n' roses |
| Shaya and Matteo | 3.5–3.5–3.5 | Empire state of mind | Alicia Keys |
| Themis and Jennifer | 2.5–3.0–2.5 | Όλα γύρω σου γυρίζουν | Σάκης Ρουβάς |
| Christina and Anton | 3.0–3.0–3.0 | These boots are for walkin | Nancy Sinatra |
| Kostas and Marina | 3.5–3.5–3.0 | You're beautiful | James Blunt |
| Stamatina and Gene | 3.0–3.5–3.0 | On the floor | Jennifer Lopez ft.Pitbull |
| Giorgos and Nicole | 3.5–3.5–3.0 | In love with you | Jared Evans |
| Ioanna and Andrei | 4.0–4.0–4.0 | She | Elvis Costello |
| Pamela and Janek | 4.0–3.5–3.5 | Hot n' cold | Katy Perry |

### Week 4

Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Petros Kostopoulos, Elena Paparizou, Alexis Kostalas.

#### Running order

| Couple | Score | Song | Artist |
| Ioanna and Andrei | 3.5–4.5–3.5 | Rain over me | Pitbull ft.Marc Antony |
| Giorgos and Nicole | 3.5–3.0–3.0 | Το παλιό μου παλτό | Χρήστος Δάντης |
| Pamela and Janek | 4.0–4.0–4.0 | Total eclipse of heart | Bonnie Tyler |
| Kostas and Marina | 4.0–4.0–4.0 | Whole Lotta Love | Led Zeppelin |
| Stamatina and Gene | 3.5–3.5–3.0 | Dove L Amore | Cher |
| Konstatinos and Olga | 3.5–4.0–3.5 | Show must go on | Queen |
| Marianna and Dima | 3.5–4.0–3.0 | I don't wanna miss a thing | Aerosmith |
| Shaya and Matteo | 4.5–4.0–3.5 | You and your hand | Pink |
| Christina and Anton | 3.0–3.5–3.0 | Είναι στιγμές | Αντώνης Ρέμος |
| Penelope and Alexey | 4.5–4.5–4.5 | Caruso | Luciano Pavarotti |

### Week 5

Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Petros Kostopoulos, Elena Paparizou, Alexis Kostalas.

#### Running order

| Couple | Score | Song | Artist |
| Pamela and Janek | 4.0–4.5–4.0 | Fame | Irene Cara |
| Penelope and Alexey | 4.5–5.0–4.0 | Lady Marmelade | Christina Aguilera-Lil' Kim-Mýa-Pink |
| Kostas and Marina | 4.0–4.5–3.5 | Footloose | Kenny Loggins |
| Shaya and Matteo | 4.0–4.0–3.5 | Dark Moon | Paul Mottram |
| Konstantinos and Olga | 4.0–4.0–4.0 | Rock around the clock | Bill Haley |
| Ioanna and Andrei | 4.0–4.0–3.5 | Against all odds | Phil Collins |
| Christina and Anton | 4.0–4.0–4.0 | Mamma Mia | Abba |
| Giorgos and Nicole | 3.5–4.0–3.5 | James Bond Theme Song |
| Stamatina and Gene | 4.0–4.0–4.0 | My heart will go on | Celine Dion |

### Week 6

Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Petros Kostopoulos, Elena Paparizou, Alexis Kostalas.

#### Running order

| Couple | Score | Song | Artist |
| Christina and Anton | 3.5–3.5–3.5 | Λάμπω | Άννα Βίσση |
| Konstantinos and Olga | 4.0–3.5–3.5 | Strangers in the night | Frank Sinatra |
| Stamatina and Gene | 4.0–3.5–3.5 | Material Girl | Madonna |
| Giorgos and Nicole | 4.5–4.5–4.0 | Impossible | Daniel Merriweather |
| Shaya and Matteo | 5.0–5.0–4.5 | I'm so excited | Pointer Sisters |
| Penelope and Alexey | 4.5–5.0–4.0 | Set fire to the rain | Adele |
| Kostas and Marina | 5.0–5.0–4.5 | What about now | Westlife |
| Ioanna and Andrei | 5.0–5.0–5.0 | Total eclipse | Klaus Nomi |

### Week 7

Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Petros Kostopoulos, Elena Paparizou, Alexis Kostalas.

#### Running order

| Couple | Score | Song | Artist |
| Penelope and Alexey | 5.0–5.0–5.0 | I kissed a girl | Katy Perry |
| Giorgos and Nicole | 4.0–4.0–4.5 | Tainted Love | Scorpions |
| Ioanna and Andrei | 4.5–5.0–4.5 | Mad about the boy | Dinah Washington |
| Konstantinos and Olga | 4.0–4.0–4.0 | Κάνε να μην σ'αγαπήσω | Σάκης Ρουβάς |
| Shaya and Matteo | 5.0–5.5–5.0 | Frozen | Madonna |
| Kostas and Marina | 4.5–5.0–4.5 | Wild Boys | Duran-Duran |

### Week 8

Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Petros Kostopoulos, Elena Paparizou, Alexis Kostalas.

#### Running order

| Couple | Score | Song | Artist |
| Shaya and Matteo | 4.5–4.5–4.0 | Santa Baby | Pussycat Dolls |
| Kostas and Marina | 5.0–5.0–4.5 | Χριστούγεννα | Δέσποινα Βανδή |
| Penelope and Alexey | 5.5–5.5–5.0 | Jingle Bells | Sex Pistols |
| Giorgos and Nicole | 5.0–5.0–5.0 | Let it snow | Frank Sinatra |
| Ioanna and Andrei | 5.5–5.5–5.5 | Home for Christmas | Maria Mena |

### Week 9

Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Petros Kostopoulos, Elena Paparizou, Alexis Kostalas.

#### Running order

| Couple | Score | Song | Artist |
| Kostas and Marina | 4.5–5.0–4.5 | Beautiful Day | U2 |
| Ioanna and Andrei | 5.5–5.5–5.0 | Je veux | Zaz |
| Giorgos and Nicole | 4.5–5.0–4.5 | Χαμογέλα | Σάκης Ρουβάς |
| Penelope and Alexey | 5.0–5.5–5.0 | Φίλα με ακόμα | Πάνος Μουζουράκης-Κωστής Μαραβέγιας |
| Shaya and Matteo | 5.0–5.0–4.5 | Imagine | Thaio Cruz |

### Week 10

Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Petros Kostopoulos, Elena Paparizou, Alexis Kostalas.

#### Running order

| Couple | Score | Song | Artist |
| Giorgos and Nicole | 4.0–4.5–4.5 | Dance with somebody | Mando Diao |
| Ioanna and Andrei | 5.0–5.5–5.0 | Στην ντισκοτέκ | Ελπίδα-Ημισκούμπρια |
| Penelope and Alexey | 5.5–5.5–5.0 | Non ti scordar mai di me | Guissy Ferreri |
| Kostas and Marina | 4.5–4.5–4.5 | Ο χαμένος θησαυρός | Onirama |
| Giorgos and Nicole | 5.0–5.5–5.0 | H νύχτα δύο κομμάτια | Αντώνης Ρέμος |
| Ioanna and Andrei | 5.5–5.5–5.5 | Feeling Good | Muse |
| Penelope and Alexey | 5.5–5.5–5.0 | Μου αρέσουν τα αγόρια | Αλίκη Βουγιουκλάκη |
| Kostas and Marina | 5.0–5.0–5.0 | Whataya want from me | Adam Lambert |

### Semi-final

Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Petros Kostopoulos, Elena Paparizou, Alexis Kostalas.

#### Running order

| Couple | Score | Song | Artist |
| Penelope and Alexey | 5.0–5.0–4.5 | Sweet Child O'Mine | Guns n' roses |
| Kostas and Marina | 5.5–5.5–5.0 | Nessun Dorma | Paul Potts |
| Ioanna and Andrei | 6.0–6.0–5.5 | Fallin | Alicia Keys |
| Penelope and Alexey | 6.0–6.0–5.5 | Για σένα | Vegas |
| Kostas and Marina | 5.5–5.5–5.5 | Without you | David Guetta feat Usher |
| Ioanna and Andrei | 6.0–6.0–6.0 | Oops!I did it again | Max Raabe |

### Final

Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Petros Kostopoulos, Elena Paparizou, Alexis Kostalas.

#### Running order

| Couple | Score | Song | Artist |
| Ioanna and Andrei | 5.5–5.5–5.5 | Total eclipse | Klaus Nomi |
| Penelope and Alexey | 5.5–6.0–5.5 | Caruso | Luciano Pavarotti |
| Ioanna and Andrei | 6.0–6.0–6.0 | One night only | Jennifer Hudson |
| Penelope and Alexey | 5.5–5.5–5.5 | So What | Pink |
| Ioanna and Andrei vs Penelope and Alexey | No points | Αν ήσουν αγάπη | Έλενα Παπαρίζου |

## Element of the week

| Week | Element |
| 1 | – |
| 2 | Spiral |
| 3 | Shoot the duck |
| 4 | Cross Cuts |
| 5 | Step Sequence |
| 6 | Pair Spin |
| 7 | Stop Sequence |
| 8 | Twizzle |
| 9 | Spin |
| 10 | Jumps |
| 11 | Side by side steps |
| 12 | – |

## Reception

As a spin-off of the successful Dancing with the Stars franchise and the replacement for The X Factor as ANT1's leading reality show competition for the winter season, the program was anticipated. Although the premiere episode was broadcast over an hour and a half late due to the ongoing political debate between Prime Minister George Papandreou and opposition leader Antonis Samaras for a coalition government in the nation, it managed to attain 36.8 per cent of the overall ratings share and 40.9 percent in the 15–44 demographic. Despite this, the program has been critically panned. Critics generally found the show to be boring, the production low budget, and the concept irrelevant to the interests of Greek culture, where figure skating is obscure. Kosmas Vidos of To Vima wrote the show lacked entertainment value because although most of the celebrities gave decent performances, they were more concerned with not falling rather than dancing as had been advertised, "even though the thing that was most obvious was the effect of the economic crisis on television networks: extremely poor was the whole production, the lighting amateur, and the direction below average [with] a deep sense of boredom, dominating a competition where the goal was fun and joy." The show has in particular been compared negatively to its counterpart, Dancing with the Stars. Giannis Melas of NewsIt acknowledged the difficulty of the sport but ultimately felt that the low quality performances contributed to the overall "frigid" and "boring" ambience, while adding that several of the celebrities had not made strong enough attempts to learn what was required. He added that Dancing on Ice has a strong advantage in the ratings because its Sunday nine o'clock time slot faces virtually no competition. Nevertheless, he predicted that the next few episodes would be paramount to the show's success as "if it continues to be so ... boring probably the viewers will freeze it!"
Apart from being delayed, the premiere faced technical difficulties with the computers, which on multiple occasions attributed wrong scores to judges, while one of the professional skaters fell within the first moments of the show.
Host Jenny Balatsinou was described as "ultra sleek". Typically giving the lowest scores, Kostalas has been described as the tough judge. Melas commented that judges Alexis Kostalas and Petros Kostopoulos did not entice audiences with their characters, with the former speaking exclusively objectively and the latter "with his signature glibness for one more time in a judging panel without differentiating in anything from the last times." Alternately, he commended Elena Paparizou's television debut as a highlight on the show because "she demonstrated that she has reason and can stand worthily in her place. Comfortable, with humour, she gave appropriate critique to the contestants and even made fun of her own mistakes in Greek." Paparizou, who was born and raised in Sweden, expressed concern about her Greek on the show. Because of her malapropisms on the premiere, host Balatsinou dubbed her television's new George Levendis, the Greek-Australian X Factor judge, known for his own collection of poorly-phrased quotes.