The sixteenth season of Let's Dance started on February 17, 2023, with the launch show on RTL. Daniel Hartwich and Victoria Swarovski returned as hosts. Joachim Llambi, Motsi Mabuse and Jorge González returned as judges.
Like in the previous seasons during the launch show the 14 celebrities found out which professional dancer they will dance with for the next few weeks.
Dancing Stars 2023 were Anna Ermakova & Valentin Lusin.
On 6 January 2023, RTL announced the 14 celebrities. On 31 January 2023, were announced the 14 professional dancers. On 15 February 2023, two days before the start of the show, it was announced that Malika Dzumaev replaced the pregnant Renata Lusin.
This table only counts for dances scored on a traditional 30-points scale.
The best and worst performances in each dance according to the judges' 30-point scale are as follows.
Scores are based upon a potential 30-point maximum.
For the seventh time, there was a launch show in which each celebrity met their partner for the first time. This show aired on 17 February 2023. In this first live show the celebrities and the professional partners danced in groups and each celebrity was awarded points by the judges and the viewers. At the end of the show the couple with the highest combined points was granted immunity from the first elimination in the following week.
Anna Ermakova received the highest combination of judge's scores and viewer votes and therefore won immunity for next week.
The couples performed one unlearned dance.
The couples performed one unlearned dance to a song that came out the year the celebrities were born.
Due to an infection of his feet Christian Polanc was replaced by Alexandru Ionel.
The couples performed one unlearned dance.
The couples performed one unlearned dance to music from the 1980's and a group Freestyle in the Girls vs Boys battle.
The couples performed one unlearned dance.
The couples performed one unlearned dance with a different partner. Due to the partner switch no couple was eliminated. Anna Ermakova received the highest combination of jury points and viewer votes and therefore won a bonus ranking point for the next week.
Ali GüngörmÃ¼à  received the lowest combination of jury points and viewer votes and would have been eliminated.
The couples performed one unlearned dance and a team dance.
The couples performed one unlearned dance and competed in the Salsa marathon.
The couples performed a freestyle to celebrate their magic moment in life and competeted in a dance duel.
The couples performed one unlearned dance in round one and a trio dance with another professional partner in round two.
The couples will perform two unlearned dances and an Improv dance. The specific dance style, music and costumes for the Impro dance were given to the couples only three minutes before their performance.
The couples will perform a dance chosen by the judges for them to repeat, their favourite dance of the season and movie theme Freestyle.