Let's Dance (in English) is the Slovak version of the British reality TV competition Strictly Come Dancing and is part of the Dancing with the Stars franchise. All seasons were broadcast by TV Markiza (1st in the autumn of 2006), hosted by Adela Vinczeová and Martin "Pyco" Rausch (both of them also hosted the program Slovensko hþadá SuperStar (Slovak version of Pop Idol) on STV in 2005 and 2006). The winners of 1st season were Zuzana Fialová (a noted Slovak actress) and Peter Modrovský (a professional dancer).
Presenters & Judges
Cast timeline
Color key:
Professional dancers & their partners
Key:
Winner of the series
Second place of the series
Third place of the series
First elimination of the series
Withdrew in the series
Elimination of the series (2nd to last)
Unclassified
Series overview
Season 1 - 2006
The ten couples featuring selected celebrities and their dancing partners:
Season 2 - 2008
The ten couples featuring selected celebrities and their dancing partners:
Season 3 - 2009
The ten couples featuring selected celebrities and their dancing partners:
Season 4 - 2010
The eleven couples featuring selected celebrities and their dancing partners:
Season 5 - 2011
The twelve couples featuring selected celebrities and their dancing partners:
Season 6 - 2017
The eleven couples featuring selected celebrities and their dancing partners:
Season 7 - 2022
The eleven couples featuring selected celebrities and their dancing partners:
Scoring chart
Week 1 (6 March)
Week 2 (13 March)
- Judge's scores from last week were added up to this week's scores. Then, they were put together with the audience's votes and the couple with the least overall points was eliminated.
Week 3 (20 March)
- Theme: Movies
- The couple with the least overall points (judges' scores combined with the audience votes) was eliminated.
Week 4 (27 March)
Week 5 (3 April)
- Group performance: "Libertango"
- This week featured group salsa battles. Scores from the dance were added up to each couple's individual scores and from this, the judge's leaderboard was formed.
- Due to testing positive for COVID-19, Michal KovaÃÂiÃÂ's partner Simona BrecÃÂková was replaced by Fero Joke's former partner Vanesa Indrová.
Week 6 (10 April)
- Theme: Carnival
- Group performance: "Que Calor"/"Real in Rio"
- Each couple performed the same dance, samba.
- This week featured the dance marathon - bachata.
Week 7 (17 April)
- Group performance: "Goral" - Slavonix
- Special performance: TECHNIK - STU
- This week featured group folk dance. Scores from the dance were added up to each couple's individual scores and from this, the judges's final scoreboard was formed.
Week 8 (24 April)
- Guest performance: "Moving On" â ADONXS
- For the first time this series, each couple performed two individual dances.
Week 9: Semi-final (1 May)
- Guest performance: Cigánski diabli and Slovenské divadlo tanca
- This evening featured the dance-off for the first time. Two couples with the lowest overall points went head-to-head in the dance-off. The judges then picked the final couple to make it to the Top 3.
Final (8 May)
- Opening performance: Class of 2022; "Let's Go" â Tiësto
- The remaining couples each performed 3 dances, one chosen by the judges, one of which they've previously performed and a freestyle.
- The winner was chosen by audience's votes only. The judges' scores were for guidance only.
Season 8 - 2023
The eleven couples (and one spare pair) featuring selected celebrities and their dancing partners:
Scoring chart
Week 1 (5 March)
- Group performance: "Intoxicated" - Martin Solveig and GTA
- Emma Drobná performed the song "Bohemian Rhapsody" as a part of Helena KrajÃÂiová & Fabio Belucci's waltz.
- On the first live show, no elimination took place, therefore all couples advanced to Week 2.
Week 2 (12 March)
- Judges' scores from week 1 were added to this week's scores. They were then combined with the audience's votes and the couple with the least overall points was eliminated.
- Mária ÃÂÃÂrová suffered an injury, therefore she was unable to perform. According to the rules, together with her partner, they were given a bye to the following week.
Week 3 (19 March)
- Theme: Movies
- Due to testing positive for COVID-19, Mario Cimarro's partner Vanda Poláková was permanently replaced by Vanesa Indrová.
- Mária ÃÂÃÂrová withdrew from the competition on March 17, 2023, due to an injury, which she sustained a week before.
- Vratko Sirági joined the competition as a replacement for Mária ÃÂÃÂrová together with his partner Anna Riebauerová. They were granted immunity and didn't face the elimination as well as the judges' scores, therefore they automatically advanced to Week 4.
Week 4 (26 March)
Week 5 (2 April)
- This week featured group battles in Argentine Tango.
Group 1: Marián & Ivana, Jana & Vilém, Mario & Vanesa, Richard & Dominika
Group 2 : Henrieta & Marek, Boris & EliÃ
¡ka, Vratko & Anna, Gabriela & MatyáÃ
¡
- The winning team was awarded 3 points, the losing 1 point. The points were added to couples' individual scores.
Week 6 (9 April)
- Theme: Folklore/Easter
- Opening performance: Cast of Na skle maþované - "Lipová lyÃ
¾ka/PriÃ
¡li sme k vám s muzikou"
- Guest performance: Children's folklore group Prvosienka
- This week featured the folk dance marathon - Raslavická polka. This dance marathon was not marked by the judges.
Week 7 (16 April)
Team A: Gabriela Marcinková, Boris Valábik, Vratko Sirági
Team B: Richard Autner, Marián GáborÃÂk, Jana KovalÃÂiková
Week 8 (23 April)
- Guest performance: Laura ZmajkoviÃÂová & Massimo Arcolin - Paso doble (Gangsta's Paradise" - 2WEI)
- The couples performed two individual dances, the second being contemporary.
Week 9: Semi-final (30 April)
Final (7 May)
- Opening performance: Class of 2023; "Land of 1000 Dances" - Wilson Pickett
- Special performance: Ján KolenÃÂk and the professionals; "Beggin'" - MÃÂ¥neskin (Cha-cha-cha)
- The couples performed 3 individual dances consisting of a judges' pick, one previously performed dance and a showdance.
Season 9 - 2024
This season's judging panel consists of 3 judges, after Ján KolenÃÂk's departure from the show, which he announced at the end of Season 8.
This season featured guest judges on each week, therefore completing the judges' desk up to four judges each week.
The eleven couples featuring selected celebrities and their dancing partners.
Scoring chart
Week 1 (3 March)
Week 2 (10 March)
- Guest judge: Petra PolniÃ
¡ová
- Judges' scores from Week 1 were combined with this week's scores. Later they were combined with the viewer votes and the couple with the least overall points was eliminated.
Week 3 (17 March)
Week 4 (24 March)
- Theme: Love/Dances dedicated to loved ones
- Guest judge: ZdenÃÂk ChlopÃÂÃÂk
- Opening performance: "Gimme Love" - Sia
Week 5 (31 March)
- Theme: Easter/Folklore
- Guest judge: Ján KolenÃÂk
- Opening performance: Ã
 ariÃ
¡an folk group (Polka) vs. professional dancers (Tango)
- Guest performance: Ã
 ariÃ
¡an
- This week featured team battle in folk dances. The couples were divided into 3 teams. This battle was not scored by the judges.
Team 1: Petra & MatyáÃ
¡ + Anna & Jaroslav (TrenÃÂÃÂn folk dance)
Team 2: Juraj L. & Natália + Juraj B. & PatrÃÂcia + Martin & Julie (Zvolen folk dance)
Team 3: Ján T. & Natália + Tina & Vilém + Jakub & EliÃ
¡ka (Gypsy folk dance)
Week 6 (7 April)
- Theme: Music icons
- Guest judge: VladimÃÂr Kobielsky
- Opening performance: "Sex Bomb" - Tom Jones/"Hit the Road Jack" - Throttle
- Guest performance: Laura Arcolinova & Massimo Arcolin - Rumba ("Heart-Shaped Box" - Kelbren)
- This week featured the Salsa Dance Marathon.
Week 7 (14 April)
- Guest judge: Zuzana Fialová
- The couples each performed two individual dances, the first with their original partners, the second with randomly selected dance partners.
Week 8 (21 April)
- Guest judge: Adam Bardy
- Opening performance: Amadeus! - The Ballet
- The couples performed two individual dances, the second being contemporary.
Week 9: Semi-final (28 April)
- Guest judge: Helena VondráÃÂková
- Opening performance: Helena VondráÃÂková Medley
- For their second dance, being the samba, the couples formed a trio with former celebrity contestants.
- This week featured the dance-off. Two couples with the least overall points went head-to-head and the judges picked the last couple to make it to the final.
Final (5 May)
- Guest judge: Jana KovalÃÂiková
- Opening performance: Class of 2024; "Joy" - Pharrell Williams ft. Voices of Fire/"Came Here For Love" - Sigala ft. Ella Eyre
- The couples performed 3 individual dances consisting of an Argentine Tango, one previously performed dance and a showdance.
- As a part of Jakub & EliÃ
¡ka's showdance, performed together with the couple.
- As a part of Juraj & Natália's showdance, Dansovia dance company and Richard Autner performed together with the couple.
Season 10 - 2025
Season 10 will start airing on March 2, 2025. The first celebrity contestant, actress Zuzana Mauréry, was announced on December 27, 2024. After the departure of Adela Vinczeová and Viktor Vincze, which was announced in autumn 2024, the new hosts, actress, comedian and winner of Season 8 Jana KovalÃÂÃÂková and actress, comedian and finalist of Season 9, Anna Jakab Rakovská, were announced on December 30, 2024. On January 8, 2025, professional cyclist Peter Sagan was announced as taking part in this season. On January 13, 2025, Czech actress and singer Eva BureÃ
¡ová was announced as taking part in this season. On January 20, 2025, model and TV host Simona Leskovská was announced as taking part in this season. On January 23, 2025, actors Marek RozkoÃ
¡, Ráchel Ã
 oltésová and Kristián Baran were announced as taking part in this season. On January 27, 2025, actors Juraj Kemka, Zuzana Porubjaková and reality TV star Adam Ã
 edro were announced as taking part in this season. On January 30, 2025, actor Ã
 imon JakuÃ
¡ was announced as taking part in this season. On February 1, 2025, actor and former contestant Adam Bardy was announced as a regular judge. Every week, there will be a guest judge, similar to Season 9.
Scoring chart
Week 1 (2 March)
Week 2 (9 March)
- Guest judge: Petra PolniÃ
¡ová
- The judges' scores from both weeks were combined with the viewer votes and the couple with the least overall points was eliminated.
Week 3 (16 March)
Week 4 (23 March)
Week 5 (30 March)
Week 6 (6 April)
- Theme: Retro
- Guest judge: Dara Rolins
- Opening performance: Dara Rolins - ÃÂo o mne vieÃ
¡/Sþub
- This week featured the Viennese Waltz dance marathon. The best 3 couples were awarded additional scores from the judges.
Week 7 (13 April)
- Guest judge: Juraj Loj
- The remaining couples each performed two individual dances. The first performance, being their lowest scoring dance with randomly selected dance partners, the second performance being contemporary.
Week 8 (20 April)
- Theme: Easter/Folklore
- Guest judge: Jakub Jablonský
- Guest performance: SýUK & Jakub Jablonský
- The remaining couples performed two dances each, the second being traditional folklore dance.
Week 9: Semi-final (27 April)
- Guest judge: LeoÃ
¡ MareÃ
¡
- Opening performance: André Rieu - Voilà(Jozef Bednárik Tribute)
- Guest performance: Laura & Massimo Arcolin (Cha-cha-cha)
- For their second dance, the couples formed a trio with a former celebrity contestant.
- This week featured the dance-off. Two couples with the least overall points went head-to-head and the judges picked the last couple to make it to the final.
- This episode marked the 100th episode anniversary.
Final (4 May)
- The couples performed 3 individual dances consisting of an unlearned dance, one previously performed dance and a showdance. Showdance was not scored by the judges.
- The judges' scores were for guidance only. The winner was based only on viewer votes.
Season 11 All-Stars - 2026
Season 11 will start airing on March 8, 2026. The eleventh season was announced as an All-Stars edition and will see the return of 10 former contestants. The first celebrities for whom a return on December 11, 2025 was confirmed were three former winners Ján KolenÃÂk, Nela Pocisková and . On January 3, 2026 former winner of Season 3, Juraj Mokrý was confirmed as part of cast. On January 23, 2026 former winner of Season 10, Kristián Baran, former finalist of Season 8, Gabriela Marcinková and former winner of Season 6, VladimÃÂr Kobielsky were confirmed as part of cast. On January 30, 2026, former finalist of Season 10, Zuzana Porubjaková, former winner of Season 5, Jana Hospodárová and former finalist of Season 3, Petra PolniÃ
¡ová were confirmed as part of cast, therefore completing the line-up.
The ten couples featuring selected celebrities and their dancing partners:
Scoring chart
Week 1 (8 March)
- This week did not feature an elimination. The scores were carried over to the next week.
Week 2 (15 March)
- Guest performance: Ladylicious ft. Jana KovalÃÂiková (N.E.R.D. - She Wants to Move)
- Couples randomly drew one of the dances at the end of the first live show that had previously been performed by contestants in past seasons. No one was allowed to dance the same dance again, and they must perform an exact copy of someone else's dance.
- Laura Arcolinová could not attend the second live show and was replaced by dancer and former member of the professional dancers, Ivana GáborÃÂk.
Week 3 (22 March)
Week 4 (29 March)
- The couples were divided into 4 teams, each team mentored by one of the judges.The team dances were not scored by the judges
Week 5 (5 April)
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