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| Ples sa zvijezdama | |
|---|---|
 Title card used by Nova TV | |
| Genre | Dance talent show |
| Based on | Strictly Come Dancing |
| Country of origin | Croatia |
| Original language | Croatian |
| No. of seasons | 11 |
| No. of episodes | 100 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 90–130 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | HRT 1 |
| Release | 2 December 2006 – present |
| Network | Nova TV |
| Release | 17 March 2019 – 21 May 2023 |
Ples sa zvijezdama (English: Dancing with the Stars) is a Croatian dance competition television series. It is the Croatian version of the British television series Strictly Come Dancing and is a part of the global Dancing with the Stars television franchise. The series follows various Croatian celebrities paired up with professional dancers competing for the win an elimination-style format.
Originally produced and broadcast by HRT, Ples sa zvijezdama debuted on HRT 1 in December 2006 to a ratings success, becoming one of the most popular television series on the network during its run. After the eighth season in 2013, the series went on a hiatus on HRT, until it was picked up Nova TV, which aired the ninth, tenth and eleventh season from 2019 to 2023.
In November 2024, various Croatian news outlets revealed that HRT bought back the license for the series and is planning to air the overall twelfth season in Spring 2025.[1]
Format
[edit]Various celebrities are paired up with professional dancers. Each week, the pair dances a certain style of dance, and their performance is scored by a panel of professional judges. Viewers can also cast their vote via televoting; the pair's final score is a combination of judge's and televote points. At the end of the episode, the weakest pair is eliminated. The highest-scoring pair wins at the end of the season.
Cast
[edit]Presenters and judges
[edit]- Color key
| Cast member | Seasons | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 2006 |
2 2007 |
3 2008 |
4 2009 |
5 2010 |
6 2011 |
7 2012 |
8 2013 |
9 2019 |
10 2022 |
11 2023 | ||||||||||||
| Barbara Kolar | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||||||||
| Duško Čurlić | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||||||||
| Janko Popović Volarić | ● | ● | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Mia Kovačić | ● | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Maja Šuput | ● | ● | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Igor Mešin | ● | ● | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tamara Loos | ● | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Elio Bašan | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||||||||
| Milka Babović | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||||||||
| Davor Bilman | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||||||||
| Dinko Bogdanić | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||||||||||||
| Nicolas Quesnoit | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||||||||||
| Tamara Despot | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||||||||||||||||
| Almira Osmanović | ● | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Igor Barberić | ● | ● | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Franka Batelić | ● | ● | ● | |||||||||||||||||||
| Marko Ciboci | ● | ● | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Larisa Lipovac Navojec | ● | ● | ||||||||||||||||||||
Professional dancers
[edit]- Color key
| Professional dancer | Season | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 2006 |
2 2007 |
3 2008 |
4 2009 |
5 2010 |
6 2011 |
7 2012 |
8 2013 |
9 2019 |
10 2022 |
11 2023 | |
| Nicolas Quenoist | Zrinka Cvitešić | Danijela Martinović | Daniela Trbović | Ana Ugarković | Sanda Dubravčić | ||||||
| Mirjana Žutić | Rene Bitorajac | Luka Nižetić | Luka Vidović | Frano Lasić | Denis Ahmetašević | ||||||
| Ištvan Varga | Maja Šuput | Nikolina Pišek | Zlata Muck | Franka Batelić | |||||||
| Ivana Antinac | Žarko Radić | ||||||||||
| Ksenija Pluščec | Zoran Vakula | ||||||||||
| Leon Ajtlbez | Sandra Bagarić | ||||||||||
| Tamara Despot | Dubravko Šimenc | Davor Gobac | Nikša Kaleb | Niko Pulić | |||||||
| Hrvoje Kraševac | Zdenka Kovačiček | Lana Jurčević | Antonija Šola | Sanja Doležal | Jelena Perčin | Ana Begić Tahiri | |||||
| Marko Herceg | Iva Majoli | Ivana Brkljačić | Martina Tomčić | Nika Fleiss | Ornela Vištica | ||||||
| Ana Herceg | Damir Markovina | Mario Valentić | Gordan Kožulj | Marko Tolja | Davor Radolfi | ||||||
| Žana Alerić | Mirko Fodor | ||||||||||
| Robert Schubert | Martina Zubčić | Vanessa Radman | Mila Horvat | Tatjana Jurić | Barbara Radulović | Iva Mihalić | |||||
| Sara Stojanović | Goran Grgić | ||||||||||
| Marija Šantek | Vedran Mlikota | Saša Lozar | |||||||||
| Damir Horvatinčić | Iva Šulentić | Nera Stipičević | Lana Banely | Mirna Medaković | Žanamari Lalić | Josipa Pavičić Bernadini | Petra Kurtela | ||||
| Gabriela Pilić | Sandi Cenov | Slavko Sobin | Marko Petrić | Frano Ridjan | |||||||
| Martina Bastić | Bojan Jambrošić | ||||||||||
| Ana Domišljanović | Petar Vlahov | Frano Domitrović | Ronald Braus | ||||||||
| Tihana Devčić-Matijaščić | Zijad Gračić | Damir Hoyka | |||||||||
| Marija Stošić-Marinčić | Hrvoje Rupčić | Miro Ungar | Darko Janeš | Giuliano | |||||||
| Lejla Bjedov | Hrvoje Šalković | ||||||||||
| Patrik Majcen | Blaženka Leib | Nevena Randeli | |||||||||
| Petra Jeričević | Mislav Čavajda | ||||||||||
| Valentina Walme | Janko Popović Volarić | Davor Garić | Pedro Soltz | ||||||||
| Marko Mrkić | Viktorija Đonlić Rađa | Jelena Perić | Maja Drobnjaković | ||||||||
| Paula Jeričević-Tonković | Ivan Šarić | Filip Vidović | Marco Cuccurin | ||||||||
| Ela Vuković-Romanova | Marko Grubnić | Alen Liverić | |||||||||
| Gordon Vogleš | Sonja Kovač | Bojana Gregorić Vejzović | |||||||||
| Helena Janjušević | Damir Kedžo | Sandi Pego | Dario Zurovac | ||||||||
| Marko Šapina | Ecija Ojdanić | Lucija Lugomer | |||||||||
| Mateo Cvenić | Nives Celzijus | Vlatka Pokos | Tara Thaller | ||||||||
| Mario Ožbolt | Ana Vučak Veljača | Albina Grčić | Ana Zaninović | ||||||||
| Alan Walme | Domenica Žuvela | ||||||||||
| Nika Jelić | Asim Ugljen | ||||||||||
| Ivan Jarnec | Ivana Čuljak | Daria Lorenci Flatz | |||||||||
| Helena Bradvica-Naletilić | Matija Lovrec | Mario Mandarić | |||||||||
| Patrik Seretin | Emilija Kokić | ||||||||||
| Rebecca Krajinović | Fran Lauš | ||||||||||
| Jakov Bjelac | Deniss Grgić | ||||||||||
Series overview
[edit]| Series | Episodes | Originally aired | Winners | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | Network | ||||
| 1 | 8 | 2 December 2006 | 20 January 2007 | HRT 1 | Zrinka Cvitešić & Nicolas Quesnoit | |
| 2 | 8 | 3 November 2007 | 22 December 2007 | Luka Nižetić & Mirjana Žutić | ||
| 3 | 8 | 25 October 2008 | 13 December 2008 | Mario Valentić & Ana Herceg | ||
| 4 | 8 | 31 October 2009 | 19 December 2009 | Franka Batelić & Ištvan Varga | ||
| 5 | 8 | 30 October 2010 | 18 December 2010 | Nera Stipičević & Damir Horvatinčić | ||
| 6 | 8 | 29 October 2011 | 17 December 2011 | Marko Tolja & Ana Herceg | ||
| 7 | 8 | 3 November 2012 | 22 December 2012 | Barbara Radulović & Robert Schubert | ||
| 8 | 8 | 2 November 2013 | 21 December 2013 | Mislav Čavajda & Petra Jeričević | ||
| 9 | 12 | 17 March 2019 | 2 June 2019 | Nova TV | Slavko Sobin & Gabriela Pilić | |
| 10 | 12 | 6 March 2022 | 29 May 2022 | Pedro Soltz & Valentina Walme | ||
| 11 | 12 | 5 March 2023 | 21 May 2023 | Marco Cuccurin & Paula Tonković | ||
| 12 | TBA | 2025 | TBA | HRT 1 | TBA | |
Season 1 (2006–2007)
[edit]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 (2007)
[edit]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 (2008)
[edit]Season 4 (2009)
[edit]Season 5 (2010)
[edit]Season 6 (2011)
[edit]Season 7 (2012)
[edit]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 (2013)
[edit]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 (2019)
[edit]Season 10 (2022)
[edit]The tenth season premiered on 6 March, and concluded on 29 May 2022 on Nova TV. The season was won by Pedro Stolz and his professional partner Valentina Walme.[2]
Season 11 (2023)
[edit]The eleventh season premiered on 5 March, and concluded on 21 May 2023 on Nova TV. The season was won by social media influencer Marco Cuccurin and his professional partner Paula Tonković.[3]
Season 12 (2025)
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Doznajemo: HRT preoteo Novoj TV 'Ples sa zvijezdama'! Vratili su im 'milo za drago', evo kad se popularni show vraća". Slobodna Dalmacija. 20 November 2024. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ "Brazilac Pedro u Hrvatsku se doselio zbog ljubavi, a želio je dokazati da je više od najseksi muškarca svijeta: "Ovo je bila moja pobjeda nad samim sobom"" [Brazilian Pedro moved to Croatia for love, and he wanted to prove that he is more than the sexiest man in the world: "This was my victory over myself."]. showbuzz.dnevnik.hr. 30 May 2022. Archived from the original on 6 February 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
- ^ "Tko je Marco Cuccurin, pobjednik Plesa sa zvijezdama?" [Who is Marco Cuccurin, the winner of Ples sa zvijezdama?]. Index.hr. 22 May 2023. Archived from the original on 26 December 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2024.