Danse avec les stars (season 3)
The third season of the French version of Dancing with the Stars debuted on TF1 on October 6, 2012. 10 celebrities were paired with 10 professional ballroom dancers. Sandrine Quétier and Vincent Cerutti return as the hosts for this season.
Participants
The participants of the season were officially announced by TF1 on September 18, 2012, though they were leaked a few days earlier by various media outlets.Celebrity | Notability | Professional partner | Status |
Christophe Dominici | Former rugby union player | Candice Pascal | Eliminated 1st on 13 October 2012 |
Laura Flessel | Olympic épée fencer | Grégoire Lyonnet | Eliminated 2nd on 20 October 2012 |
Chimène Badi | Soul singer | Julien Brugel | Eliminated 3rd on 27 October 2012 |
Bastian Baker | Singer-songwriter | Katrina Patchett | Eliminated 4th on 3 November 2012 |
Estelle Lefébure | Fashion model & actress | Maxime Dereymez | Eliminated 5th on 10 November 2012 |
Gérard Vivès | Television presenter | Silvia Notargiacomo | Eliminated 6th on 17 November 2012 |
Lorie | Singer & actress | Christian Millette | Eliminated 7th on 24 November 2012 |
Taïg Khris | Professional vert skater | Denitsa Ikonomova | Third Place on 1 December 2012 |
Amel Bent | R&B singer | Christophe Licata | Second Place on 1 December 2012 |
Emmanuel Moire | Singer & eclectic artist | Fauve Hautot | Winners on 1 December 2012 |
Controversies
- On the eve of the program's premiere, two participants, singers Lorie and Amel Bent, were accused by the magazine Oops of "cheating" by having started their training much earlier than the other contestants. Both girls went on to share the top spot on the show's first and second broadcast.
- The hiring of singer Shy'm, the previous season's winner, as a fourth judge has drawn some criticism about her legitimacy compared to her professional dancer colleagues, as well as cast doubt on her objectivity due to her friendly acquaintance of several contestants, such as Lorie, Chimène Badi and Amel Bent.
Scoring
Averages
This table only counts dances scored on the traditional 40-point scale.Rank by average | Place | Couple | Total | Number of dances | Average |
1 | 2 | Amel & Christophe | 835 | 13 | 34.79 |
2 | 4 | Lorie & Christian | 664 | 11 | 33.20 |
3 | 1 | Emmanuel & Fauve | 788 | 13 | 32.83 |
4 | 3 | Taïg & Denitsa | 732 | 13 | 30.50 |
5 | 7 | Bastian & Katrina | 226 | 5 | 28.25 |
6 | 6 | Estelle & Maxime | 336 | 7 | 28.00 |
7 | 9 | Laura & Grégoire | 105 | 3 | 26.25 |
8 | 5 | Gérard & Silvia | 403 | 9 | 25.19 |
9 | 10 | Christophe & Candice | 49 | 2 | 24.50 |
10 | 8 | Chimène & Julien | 142 | 4 | 23.67 |
Highest and lowest scoring performances
The best and worst performances in each dance according to the judges' marks are as follows:Dance | Best dancer | Best score | Worst dancer | Worst score |
Cha-cha-cha | Amel Bent | 37 | Taïg Khris | 22 |
Quickstep | Lorie Amel Bent | 33 | Gérard Vives | 18 |
Tango | Emmanuel Moire | 38 | Chimène Badi | 17 |
Jive | Amel Bent | 38 | Chimène Badi | 21 |
Foxtrot | Amel Bent | 38 | Gérard Vives | 19 |
Samba | Lorie | 37 | Estelle Lefébure | 25 |
Viennese Waltz | Emmanuel Moire | 39 | Gérard Vives | 20 |
Paso Doble | Taïg Khris | 38 | Taïg Khris Bastian Baker | 22 |
Rumba | Amel Bent Emmanuel Moire | 40 | Chimène Badi | 25 |
Couples' Highest and lowest scoring performances
According to the traditional 40-point scale.Couples | Highest Scoring Dances | Lowest Scoring Dances |
Emmanuel & Fauve | Rumba | Jive |
Amel & Christophe | Rumba | Jive |
Taïg & Denitsa | Paso Doble | Cha-Cha-Cha, Paso Doble & Quickstep |
Lorie & Christian | Rumba | Foxtrot |
Gérard & Silvia | Viennese Waltz | Quickstep |
Estelle & Maxime | Paso Doble | Salsa |
Bastian & Katrina | Rumba | Paso Doble |
Chimène & Julien | Rumba | Tango |
Laura & Grégoire | Tango | Cha-Cha-Cha |
Christophe & Candice | Tango | Foxtrot |
Styles, scores and songs
Week 1
Individual judges scores in the chart below are listed in this order from left to right:: Marie-Claude Pietragalla, Jean-Marc Généreux, Shy'm, Chris Marques.;Running order
Couple | Score | Style | Music |
Estelle & Maxime | 28 | Tango | Somebody That I Used to Know - Gotye ft. Kimbra |
Chimène & Julien | 26 | Cha Cha Cha | Where Have You Been - Rihanna |
Emmanuel & Fauve | 31 | Quickstep | The Artist soundtrack - Ludovic Bource |
Gérard & Silvia | 25 | Cha Cha Cha | Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen |
Laura & Grégoire | 23 | Cha Cha Cha | Au Bout de Mes Rêves - Jean-Jacques Goldman |
Amel & Christophe | 33 | Quickstep | Single Ladies - Beyoncé |
Bastian & Katrina | 28 | Tango | L'Assasymphonie - Mozart l'opéra rock |
Christophe & Candice | 26 | Tango | Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen |
Lorie & Christian | 33 | Quickstep | New York avec toi - Téléphone |
Taïg & Denitsa | 22 | Cha Cha Cha | Billie Jean - Michael Jackson |
Week 2: Personal Story Week
Individual judges scores in the chart below are listed in this order from left to right:: Marie-Claude Pietragalla, Jean-Marc Généreux, Shy'm, Chris Marques.;Running order
Week 3: 80s Week
Individual judges scores in the chart below are listed in this order from left to right:: Marie-Claude Pietragalla, Jean-Marc Généreux, Shy'm, Chris Marques.;Running order
Week 4: Symphony Orchestra Week
Individual judges scores in the chart below are listed in this order from left to right:: Marie-Claude Pietragalla, Jean-Marc Généreux, Shy'm, Chris Marques.;Running order
Week 5: Cinema Week
Individual judges scores in the chart below are listed in this order from left to right:: Marie-Claude Pietragalla, Jean-Marc Généreux, Shy'm, Chris Marques.;Running order
Week 6: 15 Second Solo Week
Individual judges scores in the chart below are listed in this order from left to right:: Marie-Claude Pietragalla, Jean-Marc Généreux, Shy'm, Chris Marques.;Running order
Week 7: Trio challenge
Individual judges scores in the chart below are listed in this order from left to right:: Marie-Claude Pietragalla, Jean-Marc Généreux, Shy'm, Chris Marques.;Running order
Week 8: Semi-finals
Individual judges scores in the chart below are listed in this order from left to right:: Marie-Claude Pietragalla, Jean-Marc Généreux, Shy'm, Chris Marques.;Running order
Week 9: Final
Individual judges scores in the chart below are listed in this order from left to right:: Marie-Claude Pietragalla, Jean-Marc Généreux, Shy'm, Chris Marques.;Running order
Call-Out Order
The Table Lists in which order the contestants' fates were revealed by Quétier and Cerutti.Dance Chart
The celebrities and professional partners danced one of these routines for each corresponding week.- Week 1 : Cha-Cha-Cha, Tango or Quickstep
- Week 2 : Foxtrot, Jive, Pasodoble, Samba or Viennese Waltz
- Week 3 : Cha-cha-cha, Foxtrot, Jive, Pasodoble, Rumba or Tango
- Week 4 : Foxtrot, Pasodoble, Rumba or Tango
- Week 5 : American Smooth, Cha-cha-cha, Pasodoble, Rumba, Salsa, Tango or Viennese Waltz
- Week 6 : Cha-cha-cha, Foxtrot, Jive, Quickstep, Rumba, Samba, Tango or Viennese Waltz
- Week 7 : American Smooth, Foxtrot, Jive, Pasodoble, Quickstep, Rumba or Tango
- Week 8 : American Smooth, Cha-cha-cha, Pasodoble, Rumba, Salsa, Samba or Viennese Waltz
- Week 9 : Foxtrot, Freestyle, Jive, Pasodoble, Rumba or Tango
Musical Guests
France television ratings
Around the Show
A notable contestant for the season was then 30-year-old Lorie, a singer wildly popular in the early 2000s that TF1 has tried to get on the previous two seasons but who had previously declined because she felt that as an accomplished dancer, her participation would be unfair to the other contestants. However, with her sixth album Regarde-Moi proving to be a huge commercial failure and causing her to split from her label, she evidently changed her mind and even timed the release of her next album Danse with the show. The strategy was unsuccessful as Danse sold even less copies than Regarde-Moi, forcing Lorie to cancel her planned 2013 concert tour.People who are known to have been in negotiations for a spot include actor Laurent Ournac, as well as singers Alizée, who claimed in interview to be excited at the prospect, and Eve Angeli, who broke negotiations as she didn't want to be on the same season as Lorie.