Dance explosion at Let's Dance: These stars compete in 2025!

In the current season of the popular dance show “Let’s Dance”, prominent candidates take part. Actors Simone Thomalla, Christine Neubauer and Jeanette Biedermann are among the 14 participants in season 18, as the TV station RTL announced. Turn Olympic champion Fabian Hambüchen and singer Ben Zucker also appear on the show.

The family connection between Simone Thomalla, whose daughter Sophia already won the third season of "Let's Dance" in 2010, is particularly worth mentioning. Among the candidates is Diego Pooth, the moderator Verona Pooth, who celebrates his debut in a big TV show. The following participants are also included:

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• Video producer Paola Maria
• Reality TV participant Leyla Lahouar
• stunt woman Marie Mouroum
• TV chef Roland Trettl
• entertainer Marc Eggers
• Paralympics swimmer Taliso Engel
• Comedian Osan Yaran

musician Gabriel Kelly was the winner of the TV dance competition in 2024. The former winners also include prominent names such as Anna Ermakova, Ingolf Lück, Gil Ofarim, Victoria Swarovski and Maite Kelly.

statistics and results of the last season

As part of a comprehensive analysis, the services of the dance couples in the season of “Let’s Dance” were evaluated for 2023. A detailed overview of the dances and points of the individual couples was provided. Two statistics articles about “Let’s Dance” 2023 have already been published and contain information on ratings and viewers.

The details of the professional challenge, which will take place on May 26, 2023, are particularly exciting. The announced dance couples are:

• Anna Salita & Evgeny Vinokurov
• Christina Luft & Isabel Edvardsson
• Ekaterina Leonova & Alexandru Ionel
• Kathrin Menzinger & Valentin Lusin
• Malika Dzumaev & Zsolt Sándor Cseke
• Mariia Maksina & Massimo Sinato
• Marta Arndt & Artur Balandin
• Patricija Ionel & Christian Polanc
• Vadim Garbuzov & Andrzej Cibis

The dance couples assess the overall points achieved, which are awarded by the jurors Jorge Gonzalez, Motsi Mabuse and Joachim Llambi. On March 31, 2023 there was a partner exchange without a couple. On April 14, 2023, two pairs were eliminated.

The following table shows the placements of the best pairs of dancing in the last season:

Platz	name	Points
1	Anna Ermakova & Valentin Lusin	454
2	Julia Beautx & Zsolt Sandor Cseke	401
3	Philipp Boy & Patricija Ionel	418

The list of retired couples includes Timon Krause & Ekaterina Leonova and Jens Knossalla & Isabel Edvardsson, who left the show on May 12th and 5th, 2023.