Danse avec les stars (DALS; English: Dancing with the Stars) is the French version of British TV show Strictly Come Dancing, first broadcast on TF1 on 12 February 2011,^[1] the participants having been selected in November 2010.^[2] The first series finale took place on 19 March 2011. A second series was broadcast between 8 October – 19 November 2011. Since then TF1 has chosen to broadcast the program once a year, in the autumn. The show has tentatively scheduled its thirteenth series to begin in 2024.^{[citation needed]}

The competition rules are similar to those of the original British version.^{[citation needed]}

Seasons

Season	No. of stars	No. of weeks	Premiere	Finale	Celebrity honor places
					Winner	Runner-up	Third place
Season 1 2011	8	6	12 February 2011	19 March 2011	M. Pokora (with Katrina Patchett)	Sofia Essaïdi (with Maxime Dereymez)	David Ginola (with Silvia Notargiacomo)
Season 2 2011	9	7	8 October 2011	19 November 2011	Shy'm (with Maxime Dereymez)	Philippe Candeloro (with Candice Pascal)	Baptiste Giabiconi (with Fauve Hautot)
Season 3 2012	10	9	6 October 2012	1 December 2012	Emmanuel Moire (with Fauve Hautot)	Amel Bent (with Christophe Licata)	Taïg Khris (with Denitsa Ikonomova)
Special Christmas 2012	9	1	22 December 2012		Amel Bent (with Christophe Licata)	Sofia Essaïdi (with Maxime Dereymez)	M. Pokora (with Katrina Patchett)
Season 4 2013	10	9	28 September 2013	23 November 2013	Alizée (with Grégoire Lyonnet)	Brahim Zaibat (with Katrina Patchett)	Laëtitia Milot (with Christophe Licata)
Season 5 2014	11	10	27 September 2014	29 November 2014	Rayane Bensetti (with Denitsa Ikonomova)	Nathalie Péchalat (with Christophe Licata)	Brian Joubert (with Katrina Patchett)
Season 6 2015	10	9	24 October 2015	23 December 2015	Loïc Nottet (with Denitsa Ikonomova)	Priscilla Betti (with Christophe Licata)	Olivier Dion (with Candice Pascal)
Season 7 2016	11	10	15 October 2016	16 December 2016	Laurent Maistret [fr] (with Denitsa Ikonomova)	Camille Lou (with Grégoire Lyonnet)	Artus [fr] (with Marie Denigot)
Le grand show 2017	12	1	4 February 2017		Loïc Nottet (with Denitsa Ikonomova)	Alizée (with Grégoire Lyonnet)	Laurent Maistret [fr] (with Denitsa Ikonomova), Laurent Ournac (with Denitsa Ikonomova) & Tonya Kinzinger (with Maxime Dereymez)
Season 8 2017	10	10	14 October 2017	13 December 2017	Agustín Galiana [fr] (with Candice Pascal)	Lenni-Kim (with Marie Denigot)	Tatiana Silva (with Christophe Licata)
Season 9 2018	11	10	29 September 2018	1 December 2018	Clément Rémiens [fr] (with Denitsa Ikonomova)	Iris Mittenaere (with Anthony Colette [fr])	Terence Telle [fr] (with Fauve Hautot)
Season 10 2019	10	10	21 September 2019	23 November 2019	Sami El Gueddari (with Fauve Hautot)	Ladji Doucouré (with Inès Vandamme)	Elsa Esnoult [fr] (with Anthony Colette [fr])
Season 11 2021	13	11	17 September 2021	26 November 2021	Tayc (with Fauve Hautot)	Bilal Hassani (with Jordan Mouillerac)	Michou [fr] (with Elsa Bois)
Season 12 2022	12	10	9 September 2022	11 November 2022	Billy Crawford (with Fauve Hautot)	Carla Lazzari (with Pierre Mauduy)	Stéphane Legar (with Calisson Goasdoué)
Season 13 2024			16 February 2024	26 April 2024

Presenters

  Host

  Co-host

  Competed as a contestant

Judges

  Full time judge

  Competed as a contestant

• 
  Chris Marques [fr]
• 
  Jean-Marc Généreux
• 
  Marie-Claude Pietragalla
• 
  Shy'm
• 
  M. Pokora
• 
  Fauve Hautot
• 
  Nicolas Archambault
• 
  Patrick Dupond
• 
  Jean-Paul Gaultier
• 
  Bilal Hassani
• 
  Marie-Agnès Gillot

Couples

  Winner of the season

  Runner-up of the season

  Third place of the season

  Last place of the season

  Withdrew in the season

  Participating in current season

  Absent

Statistics

Ranking of best candidates

Female

Male

Winners

Winners by percentage of vote

Best Average by season

Ranking of worst candidates

Female

Male

Last places

¹David Douillet didn't got a single note in season 12.

Worst Average by season

¹David Douillet didn't got a single note in season 12.

Highest and lowest score by dance

The best and worst performances in each dance according to the judges' marks are as follows (out of 40)

Highest and lowest score of each contestant

The best and worst performances of each contestant according to the judges' marks are as follows (out of 40)

Highest and lowest note of each contestant

The best and worst performances of each contestant according to the judges' marks are as follows (out of 10)

¹Miguel got two 5 in his duet with Tonya Kinzinger but his worst note, if we actually talk about Miguel's performances, is 6.
²Loïc got a 4 in his duet with EnjoyPhoenix but his worst note, if we actually talk about Loïc's performances, is 6.
³Bilal got three 6 in his duet with Michou but his worst note, if we actually talk about Bilal's performances, is 7.
⁴Gérémy got 8.9 from the public in his contemporary dance but talking about judge's notes, his best note is 8.

Perfect scores

Below average scores

First week scores above 30

¹In season 11 & 12, when couples got 4 Immunity buzz, the couples were directly qualified for next prime without receiving notes.

Celebrities by number of 10