| Genre: | Reality competition |
| Based On: | Let's Dance |
| Country: | Germany |
| Language: | German |
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| Presenter: | |
| Opentheme: | Pepe Lienhard Orchester – Let’s Dance TV Theme |
| Num Seasons: | 1 |
| Num Episodes: | 4 |
| Location: | Cologne, Germany |
| Company: | Seapoint Productions |
| Channel: | TVNOW |
| Channel2: | RTL |
Let's Dance – Kids is a German children's dance competition television series that premiered on April 9, 2021, on the premium sector TVNOW and on the television channel RTL, which premiered on May 16, 2021.[1] [2] It is a spin-off of the Let's Dance series and based on the American version . The format of the show features celebrity children (either in their own right or having celebrity parentage) paired with professional junior ballroom dancers and mentored by an adult professional dancer. The couples compete against each other by performing choreographed dance routines in front of a panel of judges.[3]
The first Dancing Sternchen was Jona Szewczenko & Tizio Tiago Domingues da Silva and with Roberto Albanese as the coach.[4]
The show was originally presented from current hosts of Let’s Dance Daniel Hartwich and Victoria Swarovski and also the three judges were from the current season of Let’s Dance Joachim Llambi, Motsi Mabuse and Jorge González.[5]
In April 2021, TVNOW and RTL announced the five celebrity kids, the professional partners and the coaches.[6]
| Celebrity | Notability (known for) | Professional partner | Coach | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maris Ohneck | Erdoğan Atalay son | Jana Lebersky | Sergiu Luca | Eliminated 1st on May 16, 2021 |
| Spencer König | Die Pfefferkörner actor | Selma Lohmann | Melissa Ortiz-Gomez | Eliminated 2nd on May 23, 2021 |
| Zoé Baillieu | Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten actress | Mischa Bakscheev | Regina Luca | |
| Angelina Stecher-Williams | Judith Williams daughter | Erik Rettich | Victoria Kleinfelder-Cibis | |
| Jona Szewczenko | Tanja Szewczenko daughter | Tizio Tiago Domingues da Silva | Roberto Albanese | |
| Couple | Place | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jona & Tizio | 1 | 26 | += | += | |
| Angelina & Erik | 2 | 24 | += | += | |
| Zoé & Mischa | 3 | 20 | 23 | += | |
| Spencer & Selma | 4 | ||||
| Maris & Jana | 5 | ||||
indicates the couple eliminated that week.
indicates the returning couple that finished in the bottom two.
indicates the winning couple.
indicates the runner-up couple.
This table only counts for dances scored on a traditional 30-points scale.
| Rank by Average | Place | Couple | Total Points | Performances | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Jona & Tizio | 142 | 5 | 28.4 |
| 2 | 2 | Angelina & Erik | 134 | 5 | 26.8 |
| 3 | 4 | Spencer & Selma | 48 | 2 | 24.0 |
| 4 | 3 | Zoé & Mischa | 67 | 3 | 22.3 |
| 5 | 5 | Maris & Jana | 17 | 1 | 17.0 |
The best and worst performances in each dance according to the judges' marks are as follows:
| Dance | Best dancer(s) | Best score | Worst dancer(s) | Worst score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quickstep | Spencer König | 27 | Zoé Baillieu | 20 |
| Jive | Jona Szewczenko | 30 | Maris Ohneck | 17 |
| Cha-Cha-Cha | Jona Szewczenko | 29 | Spencer König | 21 |
| Samba | Angelina Stecher-Williams | 29 | Angelina Stecher-Williams | 24 |
| Waltz | Zoé Baillieu | 23 | rowspan="4" colspan="2" | |
| Slowfox | Jona Szewczenko | 26 | ||
| Viennese Waltz | Angelina Stecher-Williams | 27 | ||
| Freestyle (Finale) | Angelina Stecher-Williams Jona Szewczenko | 30 | ||
According to the traditional 30-point scale.
| Couples | Highest Scoring Dances | Score | Lowest Scoring Dances | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jona & Tizio | Jive Freestyle | 30 | Slowfox | 26 |
| Angelina & Erik | Freestyle | 30 | Samba Cha-Cha-Cha | 24 |
| Zoé & Mischa | Cha-Cha-Cha | 24 | Quickstep | 20 |
| Spencer & Selma | Quickstep | 27 | Cha-Cha-Cha | 21 |
| Maris & Jana | Jive | 17 | colspan="2" | |
| Order | Couple | Dance | Music | Judge's Scores | Total | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gonzalez | Mabuse | Llambi | ||||||
| 1 | Zoé & Mischa | Quickstep | "Walking on Sunshine"–Katrina and the Waves | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 | Bottom two |
| 2 | Maris & Jana | Jive | "Surfin' U.S.A."–The Beach Boys | 6 | 6 | 5 | 17 | Eliminated |
| 3 | Jona & Tizio | Cha-Cha-Cha | "Baby"–Justin Bieber ft. Ludacris | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 | Safe |
| 4 | Spencer & Selma | Quickstep | "Hurra, hurra, die Schule brennt"–Extrabreit | 10 | 9 | 8 | 27 | Safe |
| 5 | Angelina & Erik | Samba | "La Isla Bonita"–Madonna | 9 | 8 | 7 | 24 | Safe |
| Order | Couple | Dance | Music | Movie | Judge's Scores | Total | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gonzalez | Mabuse | Llambi | |||||||
| 1 | Spencer & Selma | Cha-Cha-Cha | "The Power of Love"–Huey Lewis and the News | Back to the Future | 8 | 7 | 6 | 21 | Eliminated |
| 2 | Zoé & Mischa | Waltz | "Die Schöne und das Biest"–Peter Hofmann & Jana Werner | Beauty and the Beast | 8 | 8 | 7 | 23 | Safe |
| 3 | Jona & Tizio | Slowfox | "My Girl"–The Temptations | My Girl | 9 | 9 | 8 | 26 | Bottom two |
| 4 | Angelina & Erik | Viennese Waltz | "Hedwig's Theme"–John Williams | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 | Safe |
| Order | Couple | Dance | Music | Decade | Judge's Scores | Total | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gonzalez | Mabuse | Llambi | |||||||
| 1 | Angelina & Erik | Cha-Cha-Cha | "Mamma Mia"–ABBA | 1970's | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | Bottom two |
| 2 | Jona & Tizio | Jive | "We Go Together"–John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John | 1950s | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | Safe |
| 3 | Zoé & Mischa | Cha-Cha-Cha | "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"–Cyndi Lauper | 1980's | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | Eliminated |
| Paso Doble Dance-off | |||||||||
| Angelina & Erik Jona & Tizio Zoé & Mischa | Paso Doble | "He's A Pirate"–Klaus Badelt | 9 9 9 | ||||||
| Order | Couple | Dance | Music | Judge's Scores | Total | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gonzalez | Mabuse | Llambi | ||||||
| 1 | Angelina & Erik | Samba | "Mas que Nada"–Jorge Ben | 10 | 10 | 9 | 29 | Runner-up |
| Freestyle | "Colors of the Wind"–Judy Kuhn | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |||
| 2 | Jona & Tizio | Cha-Cha-Cha | "Call Me Maybe"–Carly Rae Jepsen | 10 | 10 | 9 | 29 | Winner |
| Freestyle | "Let It Go"–Idina Menzel | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |||
Highest scoring dance
Lowest scoring dance
| Couple | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jona & Tizio | Cha-Cha-Cha | Slowfox | Jive | Paso Doble | Cha-Cha-Cha | Freestyle |
| Angelina & Erik | Samba | Viennese Waltz | Cha-Cha-Cha | Paso Doble | Samba | Freestyle |
| Zoé & Mischa | Quickstep | Waltz | Cha-Cha-Cha | Paso Doble | ||
| Spencer & Selma | Quickstep | Cha-Cha-Cha | ||||
| Maris & Jana | Jive | |||||