Danse avec les stars season 11

The eleventh season of Danse avec les stars, (the French version of Strictly Come Dancing), premiered in September 2021 on TF1, hosted by Camille Combal.

Things To Know
Jean Baptiste Maunier Lola Dubini and Vaimalama Chaves were originally planned to compete in 2020 but because of COVID-19 Pandemic the show was cancelled and then they get recast that season

Jean Baptiste Maunier was asked to compete on season 6 but refuses

Vaimalama Chaves is the first contestant from the French Polynesia

Bilal Hassani became the first LGBTQ+ contestant to compete, he dances with a male partner

Claude Dartois was supposed to appear in the season but because of his participation in the 20 years All-Stars season of Koh Lanta which was aired on the same schedule he refuses to do it but appears in the audience with Laurent Maistret to cheer Moussa Niang

Scoring

 * Red numbers indicate couples with the lowest score for each week.
 * Blue numbers indicate couples with the highest score for each week.
 * Green numbers indicate couples who did not dance their second dance for each week.
 * the couple earned immunity, and could not be eliminated
 * indicates couples eliminated that week.
 * indicates the returning couple who finished in the bottom two.
 * indicates the winning couple.
 * indicates the runner-up couple.
 * indicates the third place couple.

Highest and lowest scoring performances
The best and worst dance performances according to the judges' marks were, out of 40 points (Prime 7 scores are recalculated out of 40):

Couples' Highest and lowest scoring performances
According to the traditional 40-point scale (Week 7 scores are recalculated out of 40):

Averages
This table only counts dances scored on the traditional 40-point scale.

Week 1
 Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) appeared in this order from left to right: Jean-Paul Gaultier, Denitsa Ikonomova, François Alu, Chris Marques.

Each of the four judges have a golden buzzer, if all the four judges buzz for a couple then, that couple is directly qualified for week 3 without passing by the second round.

In the other hand, the couple finishing last according to the judges is directly sent in face-to-face without passing by the second round.


 * Running order
 * Judges' votes to save
 * Gaultier: Wejdene & Samuel
 * Ikonomova: Wejdene & Samuel
 * Alu: Wejdene & Samuel
 * Marques: Lââm & Maxime

Week 2
 Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) appeared in this order from left to right: Jean-Paul Gaultier, Denitsa Ikonomova, François Alu, Chris Marques.

Each of the four judges have a golden buzzer, if all the four judges buzz for a couple then, that couple is directly qualified for week 3 without passing by the second round.

In the other hand, the couple finishing last according to the judges is directly sent in face-to-face without passing by the second round.


 * Running order
 * Judges' votes to save
 * Gaultier: Lola & Joël
 * Ikonomova: Aurélie & Adrien
 * Alu: Aurélie & Adrien
 * Marques: Aurélie & Adrien

Week 3
 Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) appeared in this order from left to right: Jean-Paul Gaultier, Denitsa Ikonomova, François Alu, Chris Marques.

The couple finishing first according to the judges is directly qualified for week 4 without passing by the second round.

The couple finishing last, according to the judges, is directly sent in face-to-face without passing by the second round.


 * Running order
 * Judges' votes to save
 * Gaultier: Vaimalama & Christian
 * Ikonomova: Vaimalama & Christian
 * Alu: Vaimalama & Christian
 * Marques: Moussa & Coralie

Week 4
 Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) appeared in this order from left to right: Jean-Paul Gaultier, Denitsa Ikonomova, François Alu, Chris Marques.

The ten remaining couples are put into five duels based on the prime 3 results. The duels' winners are qualified for prime 5 while losers are in face to face.
 * Running order

Week 5
 Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) appeared in this order from left to right: Jean-Paul Gaultier, Denitsa Ikonomova, François Alu, Chris Marques.

The judges have red buzzer, if at least two judges buzz a performance, the couples is directly sent in face to face without passing by the second round.


 * Running order

Week 6
 Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) appeared in this order from left to right: Jean-Paul Gaultier, Denitsa Ikonomova, François Alu, Chris Marques.

All the couples who received fewer than 30 points are sent in face to face.
 * Running order

Week 7
 Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) appeared in this order from left to right: Jean-Paul Gaultier, Denitsa Ikonomova, François Alu, Chris Marques, Public.

Couples are in tw groups based on week 6 results: - Group 1: Lucie & Anthony, Michou & Elsa, Aurélie & Adrien, Gérémy & Candice. - Group 2: Tayc & Fauve, Dita & Christophe, Bilal & Jordan.

The two best scores from each group are qualified for week 8 while others are sent in face to face.


 * Running order

Week 8
 Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) appeared in this order from left to right: Jean-Paul Gaultier, Denitsa Ikonomova, François Alu, Chris Marques.

Dita could not dance for this prime so, for her duo with Gérémy & Candice, her & Christophe were replaced by Terence Telle (semi-finalist of the 9th season) & Inès Vandamme
 * Running order

Week 9
 Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) appeared in this order from left to right: Jean-Paul Gaultier, Denitsa Ikonomova, François Alu, Chris Marques.

The bottom 2 of the 1st round according to the judges are directly sent in face-to-face without performing their 2nd routine.

The last of the 2nd round according to the judges is sent in face to face too.


 * Running order

Week 10 : Semi final
 Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) appeared in this order from left to right: Jean-Paul Gaultier, Denitsa Ikonomova, François Alu, Chris Marques.

The best of the first round qualify directly for the final without performing its second routine.

The best of the second round qualify too.

The public choose the last finalist by the face-to-face.


 * Running order

Week 11 : Final
 Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) appeared in this order from left to right: Jean-Paul Gaultier, Denitsa Ikonomova, François Alu, Chris Marques.

The last of the first dances is directly eliminated without performing its second routine.

The two last dances were not noted but the judges choose their favorite dance.

For the last dance, all judges (except François Alu) choose Bilal.
 * Running order

Dance schedule
The celebrities and professional partners danced one of these routines for each corresponding week.
 * Week 1: Argentine Tango, Samba, Contemporary dance, Tango, Quickstep, Paso Doble & Cha-Cha-Cha
 * Week 2: Argentine Tango, Samba, Cha-Cha-Cha, Waltz, Foxtrot & Paso Doble
 * Week 3: Waltz, Rumba, Contemporary dance, Cha-Cha-Cha, Jive, American Smooth, Argentine Tango
 * Week 4: American Smooth, Samba, Quickstep, Cha-Cha-Cha, Jive, Rumba, Tango & Argentine Tango
 * Week 5: Contemporary dance, Argentine Tango, Cha-Cha-Cha, Rumba, Paso Doble, Jazz Broadway, Quickstep, American Smooth
 * Week 6: Waltz, Paso Doble, Salsa, Rumba, Quickstep, American Smooth
 * Week 7: Contemporary dance, Argentine Tango, Quickstep, Jive, Rumba
 * Week 8: Contemporary dance, Quickstep, American Smooth, Cha-Cha-Cha, Paso Doble, Charleston
 * Week 9: Cha-Cha-Cha, American Smooth, Contemporary dance, Samba, Waltz, Jive & Paso Doble
 * Week 10: Argentine Tango, Contemporary dance, Foxtrot, Samba, Cha-Cha-Cha & American Smooth
 * Week 11: Freestyle, Samba, Waltz, Contemporary dance

Dance Chart

 * Highest scoring dance
 * Lowest scoring dance
 * Danced, but not scored

Host
Camille Combal returns as the host of the show for the third year.

Jury
Chris Marques returns as the only remaining judge from previous seasons. Denitsa Ikonomova, formerly a dancer on the show, replaces Shy'm. Patrick Dupond died in March 2021 and is replaced by a Paris Opera dancer. The fourth judge is iconic fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier.

Dancers
Professional dancers Katrina Patchett & Christian Millette will not return. Denitsa Ikonomova, a four-time winner, replaces Shy'm who is not returning as judge.

In addition, professional dancer Emmanuelle Berne will not return and Jordan Mouillerac come back after being absent from season 10 and five new dancers will make their debut in this season: Coralie Licata (the wife of the professional dancer Christophe Licata), Adrien Caby, Elsa Bois, Joel Lozulo and Samuel Texier.

Finally, on 17 September, we learned that Christian Millette will finally participate.

Contestants
The cast was revealed on July 6, 2021.