Dancing with the Stars SA is a South African dance competition television series that premiered on 4 February 2018 on M-Net. The show is the South African version of the British reality TV competition Strictly Come Dancing and is based on the Dancing with the Stars franchise. The show is produced by Rapid Blue and co-hosted by Tracey Lange and Chris Jaftha.
The format of the show consists of 6 male and 6 female celebrities paired with a professional dancer. Each couple performs predetermined dances and competes against the others for judges' points and audience votes. The couple receiving the lowest combined total of judges' points and audience votes is eliminated each week until only the champion dance pair remains.
Cast
Hosts Chris Jaftha Tracey Lange
Judges Jason Gilkison Tebogo Kgobokoe Debbie Turner Bryan Watson
Winner 2018: Connell Cruise
Stars
Season One +Season OneCelebrityNotability (known for)Professional PartnerStatusEbenhaezer DibakwaneComedianNombulelo Hlathi Eliminated 1st on 18 February 2018Thembisa MdodaSister of Anele Mdoda, TV presenter & actressDevon Snell Eliminated 2nd on 25 February 2018Odessa SwartsSprinter & mother of Wayde van NiekerkDylon Daniels Eliminated 3rd on 4 March 2018Thando MananaFormer Springbok playerMichelle OppenshawEliminated 4th on 11 March 2018Delron BuckleyFormer Bafana Bafana footballerAngelique AllisonEliminated 5th on 18 March 2018Juanita de VilliersTheatre & movie actressJohan DippenaarEliminated 6th on 25 March 2018Liesl LaurieMiss South Africa 2015Ryan HammondEliminated 7th on 1 April 2018QUARTER-FINALSFrank OppermanActorJeanné SwartEliminated 8th on 8 April 2018SEMI-FINALSVanes-Mari du ToitNational netball playerJohannes RadebeEliminated 9th on 15 April 2018FINALSEden ClassensSuidooster actor and modelAsh-Leigh HunterRunner-upZola NombonaActressTebogo MashiloRunner-upConnell CruiseSinger-SongwriterMarcella SolimeoWinner
Scoring and voting Every dance is scored out of 40 by the four Judges (each judge contributing a score out of 10) and these Judge's scores create the official ranking of the contestants for the week. Pre-registered voters cast their vote during the live show for their favorite couple (a maximum of 100 votes on the website platform and 100 votes on the mobile platform; a total of 200 votes per registered voter). The ranking determined by the judges gives each position on the leaderboard assigned points. With 11 contestants the system works as follows; first place is awarded 11 points, second place is awarded 10 points, third place is awarded 9 points and so on until eleventh place which is awarded 1 point. The public vote is tallied at the end of the Live Show and a ranking is determined based on those votes. Once again, this ranking assigns points based on position. With 11 contestants the system works as follows; first position is awarded 11 points, second position is awarded 10 points, third position is awarded 9 points and so on until eleventh position which is awarded 1 point. For each contestant the points earned by the Judge's ranking and points earned by the public votes are added to create a final score and the couple with the lowest combined score is eliminated.
Scoring charts +CouplePlace1+2345678910 - Quarter-Finals11 - Semi-Finals12 - Final(30)1240121212Connell & Marcella125292532333928336363434374039Eden & Ash-Leigh224152630282825385273033383940Zola & Tebogo2272028282534N/A324292840344039Vanes-Mari & Johannes42618252231252330238302932Frank & Jeanné5202118182423162812326Liesl & Ryan620182422282818273Juanita & Johan721212431352922Delron & Angelique8181719262721Tando & Michelle91720232021Odessa & Dylon1020211919Thembisa & Devomn11212123Ebenhaezer & Nombulelo122315 Red numbers indicate the lowest score for each week Green numbers indicate the highest score for each week the couple eliminated that week the winning couple the runner-up couple
Average Score Chart +Rank by averagePlaceCoupleTotal PointsNumber of DancesAverage11Connell & Marcella4701582.822Zola & Tobogo4081474.632Eden & Ash-Leigh4261573.947Juanita & Johan18376854Vanes-Mari & Johannes3311367.566Liesl & Ryan188959.475Frank & Jeanné2181154.2811Thembisa & Devomn65354.298Delron & Angelique128653.3109Tando & Michelle101550.51110Odessa & Dylon79449.41212Ebenhaezer & Nombulelo38247.5
Times and reception The show airs on M-Net on a Sunday at 17:00 to 19:00 and the Live Results Show takes place after M-Net's flagship Investigative show Carte Blanche from 20:00 to 20:30.
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