The ninth season of Let's Dance started on 11 March 2016. Sylvie Meis and Daniel Hartwich returned as hosts while Motsi Mabuse, Joachim Llambi and Jorge González also returned as the judges. This also served as the second season to feature 14 couples.
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' marks are as follows:
According to the traditional 30-point scale.
On March 31, Franziska Traub withdrew from the competition due to an injury. Actually Niels Ruf should fill in for her due to the rules but because of his behaviour during the show and afterwards it was decided that Ulli Potofski filled in for Traub.
On April 4 it was announced that Vadim Garbuzov will be Sonja Kirchberger's partner from now on after Ilia Russo injured his back and had to leave the competition. Also this week featured a "Boys vs Girls Battle" dance where the male pro dancers and celebrities danced against the female pro dancers and celebrities. The judges then decided which group performance was the better one.
On April 13 it was announced that Julius Brink won't perform at Friday because he is injured (groin strain). He is automatically saved and will perform next week.
On April 20 it was announced that Victoria Swarovski won't perform on Friday because of a death in her family. She is automatically saved and will perform next week.
This week featured no bottom group instead Potofski was announced to be eliminated at the beginning of the results announcement.
This week each couple performed a non learned dance and the second dance was a fusion dance, consisting out of two different dances.
For the second time every semi-finalist learned three individual dances while the third dance was an "impro dance" which means that the celebrities got the music only 20 minutes before they've performed. They didn't know the dance style and their costumes either.