Ballando con le Stelle

*Ballando con le Stelle*
Ballando con le Stelle
Created by	Richard Hopkins; Fenia Vardanis
Based on	Dancing with the Stars; Strictly Come Dancing
Presented by	Milly Carlucci; Paolo Belli;
Judges	Guillermo Mariotto; Amanda Lear; Roberto Flemack; Heather Parisi; Ivan Zazzaroni; Lina Wertmüller; Espen Salberg; Fabio Canino; Lamberto Sposini; Rita Rusić; Rafael Amargo; Selvaggia Lucarelli;
Country of origin	Italy
No. of seasons	18
No. of episodes	191
Original release
Network	Rai 1
Release	8 January 2005 –; present

Ballando con le Stelle is the Italian version of the Strictly Come Dancing / Dancing with the Stars franchises.

It was first broadcast on 8 January 2005 on TV station RAI 1. The show is aired in prime time, usually on Saturday evenings, and is hosted by Milly Carlucci with Paolo Belli and his orchestra: It is RAI's most important and successful program.^[1]

Overview

Season	Year(s)	Broadcast dates	No. of episodes	No. of couples	Winners	Runners-up	Third place
1 [it]	2005	8 January – 26 February	8	8	Hoara Borselli & Simone Di Pasquale	Francesco Salvi & Natalia Titova [it]	Gianni Ippoliti & Valentina Vincenzi [it]
2 [it]	2005-6	17 September – 7 January	11 (+6 special)	12 (+8 special)	Cristina Chiabotto & Raimondo Todaro [it]	Loredana Cannata & Samuel Peron [it]	Vincenzo Peluso [it] & Natalia Titova [it]
3 [it]	2006-7	16 September – 6 January	11 (+5 special)	14 (+12 special)	Fiona May & Raimondo Todaro [it]	Pamela Camassa & Angelo Madonia [it]	Antonio Cupo & Giada Giacomoni [it]
4 [it]	2007	29 September – 24 November	9	12	Maria Elena Vandone [it] & Samuel Peron [it]	Anna Falchi & Stefano Di Filippo [it]	Ivan Zazzaroni [it] & Natalia Titova [it]
5 [it]	2009	10 January – 21 March	10		Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy & Natalia Titova [it]	Andrea Montovoli [it] & Ola Karieva [it]	Alessio Di Clemente [it] & Alessandra Mason [it]
6 [it]	2010	9 January – 20 March			Veronica Olivier & Raimondo Todaro [it]	Ronn Moss & Sara Di Vaira [it]	Barbara De Rossi & Simone Di Pasquale
7 [it]	2011	26 February – 30 April			Kaspar Capparoni & Yulia Musikhina [it]	Sara Santostasi & Umberto Gaudino [it]	Vittoria Belvedere & Stefano Di Filippo [it] Bruno Cabrerizo & Ola Karieva [it] (Joint third place)
8 [it]	2012	7 January – 17 March		12	Andrés Gil & Anastasia Kuzmina	Marco Delvecchio & Sara Di Vaira [it]	Ria Antoniou & Raimondo Todaro [it] Anna Tatangelo & Stefano Di Filippo [it] (Joint third place)
9 [it]	2013	5 October – 7 December		12	Elisa Di Francisca & Raimondo Todaro [it]	Amaurys Pérez & Veera Kinnunen [it]	Francesca Testasecca & Stefano Oradei [it]
10 [it]	2014	4 October – 6 December		15	Giusy Versace & Raimondo Todaro [it]	Andrew Howe & Sara Di Vaira [it]	Giulio Berruti & Samanta Togni [it] Giorgia Surina & Maykel Fonts [it] (Joint third place)
11 [it]	2016	20 February – 23 April		13	Iago García [it] & Samanta Togni [it]	Michele Morrone & Ekaterina Vaganova	Rita Pavone & Simone Di Pasquale Luca Sguazzini [it] & Veera Kinnunen [it] (Joint third place)
12 [it]	2017	25 February – 29 April			Oney Tapia & Veera Kinnunen [it]	Fabio Basile & Anastasia Kuzmina	Xenya [it] & Raimondo Todaro [it] Martina Stella & Samuel Peron [it] (Joint third place)
13 [it]	2018	10 March – 19 May			Cesare Bocci & Alessandra Tripoli [it]	Francisco Porcella [it] & Anastasia Kuzmina	Giaro Giarratana [it] & Lucrezia Lando [it] Gessica Notaro [it] & Stefano Oradei [it] (Joint third place)
14 [it]	2019	30 March – 31 May			Lasse Matberg & Sara Di Vaira	Ettore Bassi & Alessandra Tripoli	Milena Vukotic & Simone Di Pasquale Dani Osvaldo & Veera Kinnunen (Joint third place)
15 [it]	2020	18 September- 21 November			Gilles Rocca & Lucrezia Lando	Paolo Conticini & Veera Kinnuen	Alessandra Mussolini & Maykel Fonts
16 [it]	2021	16 October - 18 December			Arisa^[2] & Vito Coppola	Bianca Gascoigne & Simone Di Pasquale	Morgan & Alessandra Tripoli Sabrina Salerno & Samuel Peron (Joint third place)
17 [it]	2022	8 October - 23 December	11		Luisella Costamagna & Pasquale La Rocca	Alessandro Egger & Tove Villför	Ema Stokholma & Angelo Madonia
18 [it]	2023	21 October - 23 December	10	12	Wanda Nara & Pasquale La Rocca	Simona Ventura & Samuel Peron	Teo Mammucari & Anastasia Kuzmina Lorenzo Tano & Lucrezia Lando (Joint third place)
19 [it]	2024	28 September - 21 December	12	13

References

External links

Official website of Ballando con le Stelle Archived 2005-10-01 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "Ballando con le Stelle: Milly Carlucci svela il cast a la vita in dir…".

[2] "Arisa vince Ballando con le Stelle 2021".

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