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| Network: | RTL Television | ||||||||
| Num Episodes: | 8 |
The first season of Let's Dance debuted on RTL Television on 3 April 2006. Eight celebrities were paired with eight professional ballroom dancers. Nazan Eckes and Hape Kerkeling were the hosts,[1] while Michael Hull, Joachim Llambi, Markus Schöffl, and Katarina Witt were the judges.
On 21 May 2006, actor Wayne Carpendale and Isabel Edvardsson were announced as the winners,[2] while actress Wolke Hegenbarth and Oliver Seefeldt finished in second place.
This season featured eight celebrity contestants.
| Celebrity | Notability | Professional partner | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Axel Bulthaupt | Television host | Anna Karina Mosmann | Eliminated 1st on April 10, 2006 | |
| Heike Henkel | Olympic high jumper | Dirk Bastert | Eliminated 2nd on April 17, 2006 | |
| Jochen Horst | Actor | Sofia Bogdanova | Eliminated 3rd on April 24, 2006 | |
| Jürgen Hingsen | Olympic decathlete | Uta Deharde | Eliminated 4th on May 1, 2006 | |
| Heide Simonis | Politician | Hendrik Höfken | Withdrew on May 8, 2006 | |
| Sandy Mölling | Singer | Roberto Albanese | Eliminated 6th on May 15, 2006 | |
| Wolke Hegenbarth | Actress | Oliver Seefeldt | Runners-up on May 21, 2006 | |
| Actor | Isabel Edvardsson | Winners on May 21, 2006 |
The highest score each week is indicated in with a dagger, while the lowest score each week is indicated in with a double-dagger .
Color key:
| Week | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Wayne & Isabel | 1st | 24 | 30 | 32 | 30+34=64 | 30+30= | 36+36= | ||
| Wolke & Oliver | 2nd | 27 | 29 | 34 | 33 | 33+32= | 32+35= | 37+39= | |
| Sandy & Roberto | 3rd | 27 | 28 | 21 | 27+34= | 31+36= | |||
| Heide & Hendrik | 4th | 17 | |||||||
| Jürgen & Uta | 5th | 23 | 23 | 23 | 25 | ||||
| Jochen & Sofia | 6th | 23 | 24 | 20 | 21 | ||||
| Heike & Dirk | 7th | 24 | 21 | ||||||
| Axel & Anna | 8th | 20 | 21 | ||||||
Individual judges scores in charts below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Michael Hull, Katarina Witt, Markus Schöffl, Joachim Llambi.
Each couple performed either the cha-cha-cha or the waltz. Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolke & Oliver | 27 (6, 8, 7, 6) | Cha-cha-cha | "Think" — Aretha Franklin | |
| Axel & Anna | 20 (5, 5, 5, 5) | Waltz | "You Light Up My Life" — Kasey Cisyk | |
| Jürgen & Uta | 23 (7, 7, 6, 3) | Cha-cha-cha | "I'm Outta Love" — Anastacia | |
| Sandy & Roberto | 27 (7, 8, 7, 5) | Waltz | "Moon River" — Audrey Hepburn | |
| Jochen & Sofia | 23 (8, 5, 5, 5) | Cha-cha-cha | "Uptown Girl" — Billy Joel | |
| Heike & Dirk | 28 (8, 7, 7, 6) | Waltz | "If You Don't Know Me by Now" — Simply Red | |
| Wayne & Isabel | 24 (5, 7, 6, 6) | Cha-cha-cha | "Hung Up" — Madonna | |
| Heide & Hendrik | 15 (2, 6, 4, 3) | Waltz | "Three Times a Lady" — The Commodores |
Each couple performed either the quickstep or the rumba. Couples are listed in the order they performed.
| Couple | Scores | Dance | Music | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy & Roberto | 28 (8, 7, 7, 6) | Rumba | "Mandy" — Barry Manilow | |
| Jochen & Sofia | 24 (6, 7, 6, 5) | Quickstep | "Puttin' On the Ritz" — Harry Richman | |
| Heide & Hendrik | 17 (3, 5, 5, 4) | Rumba | "Somethin' Stupid" — Frank & Nancy Sinatra | |
| Wayne & Isabel | 29 (8, 8, 7, 6) | Quickstep | "Gekommen, um zu bleiben" — Wir sind Helden | |
| Heike & Dirk | 24 (7, 7, 6, 4) | Rumba | "Your Song" — Elton John | |
| Jürgen & Uta | 16 (2, 6, 5, 3) | Quickstep | "Part-Time Lover" — Stevie Wonder | |
| Axel & Anna | 21 (5, 5, 6, 5) | Rumba | "Too Lost in You" — Sugababes | |
| Wolke & Oliver | 29 (7, 9, 7, 6) | Quickstep | "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" — Carol Channing |
The couples performed the following each week:
| Week | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne & Isabel | -cha | Quickstep | Jive | Foxtrot | Samba | Group Viennese waltz | Waltz | Rumba | Tango | Paso doble | Quickstep | Jive | Viennese waltz | Freestyle |
| Wolke & Oliver | Cha-cha-cha | Quickstep | Jive | Foxtrot | Samba | Waltz | Rumba | Tango | Paso doble | Foxtrot | Samba | Viennese waltz | Freestyle | |
| Sandy & Roberto | Waltz | Rumba | Tango | Paso doble | Samba | Quickstep | -cha | Foxtrot | Jive | |||||
| Heide & Hendrik | Waltz | Rumba | Tango | Paso doble | Samba | |||||||||
| Jürgen & Uta | Cha-cha-cha | Quickstep | Jive | Foxtrot | Samba | |||||||||
| Jochen & Sofia | Cha-cha-cha | Quickstep | Jive | Foxtrot | ||||||||||
| Heike & Dirk | Waltz | Rumba | Tango | |||||||||||
| Axel & Anna | Waltz | Rumba | ||||||||||||