Ples sa zvijezdama

Ples sa zvijezdama (English: Dancing with the Stars) is a Croatian dance competition television series. It is the Croatian entry in the global Dancing with the Stars television franchise. The series follows various Croatian celebrities paired up with professional dancers competing for the win.

Originally produced by HRT, the series premiered in 2006 on HRT 1 and ran for eight seasons until 2013. In 2019, the series was picked up by Nova TV, which aired three additional seasons from 2019 to 2023.

Format
Celebrities are paired up with professional dancers. Each week, the pair dances a certain style of dance and they receive scores from the judges. Viewers can also cast their vote via televoting for which the pairs also receive scores. At the end of the episode, the weakest pair is eliminated. The highest-scoring pair wins at the end of the season.

Professionals timeline
Color key:

Key:


 * Won the season
 * Placed second in the season
 * Placed third in the season
 * Placed last in the season

Season 1
The first season of Ples sa zvijezdama (Dancing with the Stars) started airing on 2 December 2006.

The contestants were:
 * Zrinka Cvitešić (actress) with Nicolas Quesnoit (Winners)
 * Rene Bitorajac (actor) with Mirjana Žutić (runner-up)
 * Maja Šuput (singer) with Ištvan Varga (6th eliminated)
 * Žarko Radić (actor) with Ivana Antinac (5th eliminated)
 * Zoran Vakula (TV meteorologist) with Ksenija Pluščec (4th eliminated)
 * Sandra Bagarić (opera singer) with Leon Ajtlbez (3rd eliminated)
 * Dubravko Šimenc (water polo player) with Tamara Despot (2nd eliminated)
 * Zdenka Kovačićek (singer) with Hrvoje Kraševac (1st eliminated)

Highest score of the season (40):
 * Zrinka & Nicolas (Jive – 3rd episode)
 * Zrinka & Nicolas (Slowfox – 4th episode)
 * Maja & Ištvan (Paso Doble – 4th episode)
 * Maja & Ištvan (English Waltz – 6th episode)
 * Zrinka & Nicolas – total – 80 points (English Waltz & Paso Doble – 7th episode)
 * Maja & Ištvan (Slowfox – 7th episode)
 * Zrinka & Nicolas – total – 120 points (English Waltz, Samba & Freestyle – final episode)
 * Rene & Mirjana (Freestyle – final episode)

Lowest score of the season:
 * Žarko & Ivana – 16 points (Samba – 5th episode)

Season 2
The second season of Ples sa zvijezdama ("Dancing with the Stars") started airing on 3 November 2007.

The contestants were:
 * Luka Nižetić (singer) with Mirjana Žutić (Winners)
 * Lana Jurčević (singer) with Hrvoje Kraševac (runner-up)
 * Davor Gobac (singer) with Tamara Despot (6th eliminated)
 * Nikolina Pišek (TV hostess) with Ištvan Varga (5th eliminated)
 * Danijela Martinović (singer) with Nicolas Quesnoit (4th eliminated)
 * Iva Majoli (tennis player) with Marko Herceg (3rd eliminated)
 * Damir Markovina (actor) with Ana Herceg (2nd eliminated)
 * Mirko Fodor (TV host) with Žana Alerić (1st eliminated)

Highest score of the season (40):
 * Luka & Mirjana (Paso Doble – 6th episode)
 * Lana & Hrvoje - total – 80 points (Quickstep & Paso Doble – 7th episode)
 * Luka & Mirjana - total – 80 points (Tango & Cha-cha-cha – 7th episode)
 * Luka & Mirjana (Paso Doble & Freestyle – final episode)

Lowest score of the season:
 * Davor & Tamara – 20 points (Samba – 5th episode)

Season 3
The third season of Ples sa zvijezdama ("Dancing with the Stars") started airing on 25 October 2008.

The contestants were:
 * Mario Valentić (actor, model and former Mister Croatia) with Ana Herceg (Winners)
 * Zlata Mück (TV and radio hostess) with Ištvan Varga
 * Daniela Trbović (TV hostess) with Nicolas Quesnoit
 * Martina Zubčić (bronze olympic medal in taekwondo) with Robert Schubert
 * Antonija Šola (singer) with Hrvoje Kraševac
 * Goran Grgić (actor) with Sara Stojanović
 * Luka Vidović (magician and actor) with Mirjana Žutić
 * Nikša Kaleb (handball player) with Tamara Despot

Highest score of the season:
 * Zlata & Ištvan- 40 points (Tango – final episode)
 * Mario & Ana – 40 points (Freestyle – final episode)

Lowest score of the season:
 * Goran & Sara – 17 points (Jive – 3rd episode)

Scorecard

 * Bold numbers indicate the couples with the highest score for each week.
 * Italic numbers indicate the couples with the lowest score for each week.
 * indicates the couples eliminated that week.
 * indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two.
 * Dances are:
 * Cha-cha-cha
 * Waltz
 * Rumba
 * Quickstep
 * Jive
 * Tango
 * Paso doble
 * Slowfox
 * Samba
 * Freestyle

Season 4
The fourth season of Ples sa zvijezdama ("Dancing with the Stars") started airing on 31 October 2009 on HRT1.

The contestants were: Highest score of the season: Lowest score of the season:
 * Franka Batelić (singer) with Ištvan Varga (Winners)
 * Gordan Kožulj (swimmer) with Ana Herceg
 * Ana Ugarković (TV chef) with Nicolas Quesnoit
 * Vedran Mlikota (actor) with Marija Šantek
 * Iva Šulentić (TV & radio hostess) with Damir Horvatinčić
 * Frano Lasić (singer & actor) with Mirjana Žutić
 * Vanessa Radman (actress) with Robert Schubert
 * Sandi Cenov (singer) with Gabriela Pilić
 * Iva & Damir – 40 points (Jive – 3rd episode)
 * Franka & Ištvan – 40 points (Quickstep – 6th episode)
 * Franka & Ištvan – 40 points (Slowfox – 7th and final episode)
 * Franka & Ištvan – 40 points (Freestyle – final episode)
 * Gordan & Ana – 40 points (Freestyle – final episode)
 * Ana & Nicolas – 20 points (Cha-cha-cha – 1st episode)

Scorecard

 * Bold numbers indicate the couples with the highest score for each week.
 * Italic numbers indicate the couples with the lowest score for each week.
 * indicates the couples eliminated that week.
 * indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two.
 * Dances are:
 * Cha-cha-cha
 * Waltz
 * Rumba
 * Quickstep
 * Jive
 * Tango
 * Paso doble
 * Slowfox
 * Samba
 * Freestyle

Season 5
The fifth season of Ples sa zvijezdama ("Dancing with the Stars") started airing on 30 October 2010 on HRT1.

The contestants were: Highest score of the season: Lowest score of the season:
 * Nera Stipičević (singer and actress) with Damir Horvatinčić (Winners)
 * Mila Horvat (TV hostess) with Robert Schubert
 * Bojan Jambrošić (singer) with Martina Bastić
 * Sanja Doležal (singer) with Hrvoje Kraševac
 * Petar Vlahov (TV host) with Ana Domišljanović
 * Zijad Gračić (actor) with Tihana Devčić
 * Ivana Brkljačić (athlete) with Marko Herceg
 * Hrvoje Rupčić (musician) with Marija Stošić
 * Nera & Damir – 40 points (Paso doble – 3rd episode; Tango and slowfox- 6th episode; quickstep and Cha-cha-cha - 7th episode; Tango, Paso doble & freestyle - finale)
 * Mila & Robert - 40 points (freestyle - finale)
 * Petar & Ana – 18 points (Cha-cha-cha – 1st episode, Jive – 3rd episode)

Scorecard

 * Bold numbers indicate the couples with the highest score for each week.
 * Italic numbers indicate the couples with the lowest score for each week.
 * indicates the couples eliminated that week.
 * indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two.
 * Dances are:
 * Cha-cha-cha
 * Waltz
 * Rumba
 * Quickstep
 * Jive
 * Tango
 * Paso doble
 * Slowfox
 * Samba
 * Viennese Waltz
 * Freestyle

Season 6
The sixth season of Ples sa zvijezdama ("Dancing with the Stars") started airing on 29 October 2011 on HRT1.

The contestants were: Highest score of the season: Lowest score of the season:
 * Jelena Perčin (actress) with Hrvoje Kraševac
 * Denis Ahmetašević (musician) with Mirjana Žutić
 * Martina Tomčić (opera singer) with Marko Herceg
 * Lana Banely (TV sport journalist) with Damir Horvatinčić
 * Hrvoje Šalković (writer) with Lejla Bjedov
 * Marko Tolja (singer) with Ana Herceg
 * Miro Ungar (singer and actor) with Marija Stošić
 * Tatjana Jurić (TV and radio hostess) with Robert Schubert
 * Marko & Ana – 37 points (Tango – 3rd episode)
 * Hrvoje & Lejla – 15 points (Quickstep – 2nd episode)

Scorecard

 * Bold numbers indicate the couples with the highest score for each week.
 * Italic numbers indicate the couples with the lowest score for each week.
 * indicates the couples eliminated that week.
 * indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two.
 * Dances are:
 * Cha-cha-cha
 * Waltz
 * Rumba
 * Quickstep
 * Jive
 * Tango
 * Paso doble
 * Slowfox
 * Samba
 * Viennese Waltz
 * Freestyle

Season 7
The seventh season of Ples sa zvijezdama ("Dancing with the Stars") aired in late 2012 on HRT1.

The contestants were:
 * Barbara Radulović with Robert Schubert (Winners)
 * Mirna Medaković with Damir Horvatinčić
 * Saša Lozar with Marija Šantek
 * Ana Begić with Hrvoje Kraševac
 * Darko Janeš with Marija Stošić
 * Blaženka Leib with Patrik Majcen
 * Niko Pulić with Tamara Despot
 * Davor Radolfi with Ana Herceg
 * Frano Domitrović with Ana Domišljanović
 * Nika Fleiss with Marko Herceg

Season 8
The eight season of Ples sa zvijezdama ("Dancing with the Stars") aired in late 2013 on HRT1.

The contestants were:
 * Mislav Čavajda with Petra Jeričević (Winners)
 * Ornela Vištica with Marko Herceg
 * Sanda Dubravčić with Nicolas Quesnoit
 * Giuliano with Marija Marinčić
 * Iva Mihalić with Robert Schubert
 * Žanamari Lalić with Damir Horvatinčić
 * Ronald Braus with Ana Domišljanović
 * Janko Popović Volarić with Valentina Walme
 * Nevena Rendeli with Patrik Majcen
 * Damir Hoyka with Tihana Matijaščić

Season 9
The ninth season of Ples sa zvijezdama premiered in March 2019.

Scoring charts

 * Red numbers indicate the couples with the lowest score for each week
 * Green numbers indicate the couples with the highest score for each week
 * indicates the couple that was eliminated that week
 * indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two
 * indicates the couple returned to the competition
 * indicates the winning couple
 * indicates the runner-up couple
 * indicates the third place couple

Season 10
The tenth season of Ples sa zvijezdama premiered in March 2022.

Scoring charts

 * Red numbers indicate the couples with the lowest score for each week
 * Green numbers indicate the couples with the highest score for each week
 * indicates the couple that was eliminated that week
 * indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two
 * indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom three but was saved by the judges
 * as part of the winning couple of the week, the couple received two additional points for the following week.
 * indicates the winning couple
 * indicates the runner-up couple
 * indicates the third place couple
 * indicates the fourth place couple

Season 11
The eleventh season of Ples sa zvijezdama premiered in March 2023.

Scoring charts

 * Red numbers indicate the couples with the lowest score for each week
 * Green numbers indicate the couples with the highest score for each week
 * indicates the couple that was eliminated that week
 * indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two
 * indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom three but was saved by the judges
 * indicates the winning couple
 * indicates the runner-up couple
 * indicates the third place couple