You Can Dance – Po Prostu Tańcz! season 7 explained

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Module1:	Host: Patricia Kazadi Judges: Augustin Egurolla Michał Piróg Kinga Rusin Winner: Brian Poniatowski Runner Up: Anna Matlewska
Network:	TVN (also TVN HD and TVN HD+1)

The seventh series of You Can Dance - Po prostu Tańcz! premiered on TVN on 7 March 2012. Augustin Egurolla, Michał Piróg and Kinga Rusin returned as judges and Patricia Kazadi presents the show again. The auditions began on 11 December 2011 in Kraków and ended on 12–13 January 2012 in Warsaw.

The winner of the show will receive a three-month scholarship at the International Dance Academy in Los Angeles, the place where many famous artists, including Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Rihanna and Britney Spears, train. The winner will also have their personal trainer, who will take care of dancer's abilities and launching career in the United States.^[1] In previous years, the main prize was a scholarship at Broadway Dance Center in New York.

Auditions

The auditions were held in five Polish cities.^[2] The first day was an open audition, when the producers chose auditionees, who would perform in front of the judges and live audience. The filmed audition with judges took place on the following day. Footage from these auditions was shown in the first five episodes.^[3]

Episode air date	Audition city	Venue	Open audition	Filmed audition	Tickets
7 March 2012		Nowohuckie Centrum Kultury	11 December 2011	12 December 2011	9
14 March 2012		Wybrzeże Theatre	15 December 2011	16 December 2011	8
21 March 2012		Musical Theatre	19 December 2011	20 December 2011	5
28 March 2012		Dolls Theatre Pleciuga	9 January 2012	10 January 2012	7
4 April 2012		Studio Theatre	12 January 2012	13 January 2012	7
Total number of tickets to Santa Cruz					36

Top 36 dancers

During the auditions judges picked 36 dancers. These dancers were taking part in a choreography camp in Santa Cruz.

City	Dancer	Age	Style	Number of dancers	Number of top 14 dancers
Kraków	Sebastian Mazur	22	Jazz	9	4
	Mateusz Sobecko	19	Hip-Hop
	Paweł Hołderny	22	Breakdance
	Natalia Zduńska	18	Contemporary
	Brajan Poniatowski	22	Contemporary
	Marek Hylak	22	Krump
	Gracja Górniak		Contemporary
	Magdalena Zwierzyńska	25	Hip-Hop
	Artur Golec		Hip-Hop
Gdańsk	Angelika Paradowska	19	Modern	8	2
	Kamil Ignaczuk	17	Contemporary
	Kinga Mucha	25	Hip-Hop
	Kamil Kaim	20	Hip-Hop/Wacking
	Natalia Andersz	20	Modern
	Karolina Barańska	20	Contemporary
	Bartosz Wilniewicz	19	Jazz
	Barbara Węgorzewska	17	Lyrical Jazz
Lublin	Igor Leonik	17	Contemporary	5	2
	Mateusz Porwoł	22	Hip-Hop
	Martyna Andrzejczak	17	Jazz
	Michał Przybyła	18	Jazz
	Joanna Sobczak	21	Contemporary/Hip-Hop
Szczecin	Sarah Kukliński	23	Hip-Hop	7	2
	Magdalena Jakubowska	26	Contemporary/Jazz
	Edyta Wajer	23	Hip-Hop
	Joanna Zwierzyńska	26	Zouka/Jazz
	Oliwia Berkowska		Contemporary
	Joanna Tuliszka	20	Balet/Contemporary
	Jessica Ali	19	Hip-Hop/Dancehall
Warsaw	Radek Peciak "Shin Tao"	26	Hip-Hop	7	4
	Anna Matlewska	16	Contemporary
	Karolina Dziemieszkiewicz	23	Hip-Hop
	Artur Świrad	21	Tap
	Stanisław Korotyński	22	Hip-Hop
	Wojciech Koper		Contemporary
	Jakub Frydrychewicz	25	Hip-Hop

This dancer was shown in a pre-season sneak peek.

These dancers were shown only in youcandance.tvn.pl website extras.

These dancers earned the tickets after the choreography round.

Returning dancers

This season there were some dancers returning from previous seasons.

Dancer	Age	Style	Previous attempt(s)	This season Result
Mateusz Sobecko	19	Hip-Hop	Season 5; Audition	Top 10 (Withdraw)
Brian Poniatowski	22	Contemporary	Season 4; Top 36	Winner
Kinga Mucha	25	Hip-Hop	Season 6; Audition	Top 8
Magdalena Zwierzyńska	25	Hip-Hop	Season 6; Audition	Top 4
Karolina Barańska	20	Contemporary	Season 5; Top 36	Top 36
Edyta Wajer	23	Hip-Hop	Season 6; Top 36	Top 36
Oliwia Berkowska		Contemporary	Previous seasons; Auditions	Top 36
Joanna Tuliszka	20	Ballet/Contemporary	Previous seasons; Auditions	Top 36
Jakub Frydrychewicz	25	Hip-Hop	Seasons 3, 5 and 6; Auditions	Top 12
Patryk Rybarski	27	Jazz/Pole Dance	Seasons 1 and 6; Workshops	Audition Choreography round

Choreography Camp (Casablanca) week

Judges: Agustin Egurolla, Kinga Rusin, Michał Piróg

Task/style	Music	Choreographer(s)
Salsa		Brian van der Kust
Jazz	Alone - Celine Dion	Matthew Tseng
Krump	Why Stop Now - Busta Rhymes	Kwame "Big Wave" Osei
Final Choreography	Talk That Talk - Rihanna	Tina Landon

Eliminations during Choreography Camp

• Dancers were practising choreographies during first three days of the Camp. Then there were no cuts. Judges gave some dancers who didn't handle the choreographies well yellow cards; second yellow equals a red card. Some dancers received red cards immediately, before even getting a yellow card.
• After rehearsals contestants performed in every style they practiced - then judges cut 12 dancers.
• After these cuts the remaining contestants faced the Final Choreography round with Tina Landon.
• Some dancers had to dance for their lives after the Final Choreography round.

Order of eliminations

• Red Cards: Edyta Wajer
• First elimination after 3 days: Artur Świrad, Radek "Shin Tao" Peciak, Natalia Andersz, Paweł Porwoł, Marek Hylak, Angelika Paradowska, Karolina Barańska, Magdalena Jakubowska, Jessica Ali
• Cuts after dancing for life after the 1st elimination: Natalia Zduńska
• Cuts after Final Choreography round: Gracja Górniak, Wojciech Koper, Kamil Ignaczuk, Barbara Węgorzewska, Oliwia Berkowska
• Cuts after dancing for life after the Final Choreography round: Joanna Tuliszka, Paweł Hołderny, Michał Przybyła, Artur Golec

Top 14 contestants

Women

width=20%	Finalist	width=4%; align=center	Age	width=15%	Home Town	width=25%	Dance Specialty	width=10%	SMS Number	width=25%	Elimination date
Anna Matlewska	16	Golina	Contemporary	1	Runner-Up
Magdalena Zwierzyńska	25	Warsaw	Hip-Hop	11	30 May 2012
Joanna Zwierzyńska	26	Warsaw	Jazz/Salsa	9	23 May 2012
Kinga Mucha	25	Ostrów Wielkopolski	Hip-Hop	13	2 May 2012 Re-entered competition (3 May 2012) 16 May 2012
Karolina "Cuki" Dziemieszkiewicz	23	Warsaw	Hip-Hop	7	9 May 2012
Martyna Andrzejczak	17	Ruda Śląska	Jazz	3	2 May 2012 - Withdrew
Sarah Kukliński	23	Berlin, Germany	Hip-Hop	5	25 April 2012

Men

width=20%	Finalist	width=4%; align=center	Age	width=15%	Home Town	width=25%	Dance Specialty	width=10%	SMS Number	width=25%	Elimination date
Brian Poniatowski	22	Siedlce	Contemporary	6	Winner
Igor Leonik	17	Siedlce	Contemporary	8	30 May 2012 Re-entered competition (16 May 2012)
Bartosz Wilniewicz	19	Kołacz	Contemporary	10	23 May 2012
Stanisław Korotyński	22	Łódź	Hip-Hop	2	16 May 2012
Mateusz Sobecko	19	Ruda Śląska	Hip-Hop	4	16 May - Withdrew
Jakub "Frycek" Frydrychewicz	25	Warsaw	Hip-Hop	12	2 May 2012
Sebastian Mazur	22	Denver, United States	Jazz	14	25 April 2012

Elimination chart

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Male

Bottom 3 Couples

Eliminated

Withdrew

Winner

Runner-Up

-		Week:	04/25 !05/02	05/09 !05/16	05/23 !05/30	06/06	- !	Contestant !colspan="8" align="center"	Result	-	Final Top 2	Brian Poniatowski			Btm 3				WINNER
Anna Matlewska	Btm 3	Btm 3		Btm 3			Runner Up
Top 4	Magdalena Zwierzyńska		Btm 3	Btm 3	Btm 3		Elim
	Igor Leonik	Btm 3		Elim	Btm 3
Top 6	Joanna Zwierzyńska	Btm 3				Elim
	Bartosz Wilniewicz	Btm 3	Btm 3	Btm 3	Btm 3
Top 8	Kinga Mucha		Elim	Btm 3	Elim
	Stanisław Korotyński		Btm 3
	Mateusz Sobecko				WD
Top 10	Karolina "Cuki" Dziemieszkiewkicz			Elim
	Martyna Andrzejczak			WD
Top 12	Jakub "Frycek" Frydrychewicz		Elim
Top 14	Sarah Kukliński	Elim
	Sebastian Mazur

Note 1: Because of injury Martyna Andrzejczak had to leave the competition. She was replaced by the female dancer who was eliminated last week - Kinga Mucha. According to So You Think You Can Dance rules she will be allowed to come back next season.
Note 2: Because of injury Mateusz Sobecko had to leave the competition. He was replaced by the male dancer who was eliminated last week - Igor Leonik. According to So You Think You Can Dance rules he will be allowed to come back next season.

Performance nights

Week 1: Top 14 (25 April 2012)

• Group Dance: Outta Your Mind — Lil Jon ft. LMFAO (Krump; Choreographer: Kwame "Big Wave" Osai)
• Top 14 Couple dances:

Couple	Style	Music	Choreographer(s)	Results
Karolina "Cuki" Dziemieszkiewicz Mateusz Sobecko	Dancehall	She Doesn't Mind - Sean Paul	Agnieszka Bota	Safe
Martyna Andrzejczak Brian Poniatowski	Jazz	Maszynka Do Świerkania - Czesław Śpiewa	Katarzyna Kizior	Safe
Kinga Mucha Jakub Frydrychewicz	Hip-Hop L.A. Style	Turn Up The Music - Chris Brown ft. Rihanna	Tomasz Prządka (season 3)	Safe
Sarah Kukliński Sebastian Mazur	Modern Underground	People Help The People - Birdy	Ksena Audrey	Both Eliminated
Joanna Zwierzyńska Igor Leonik	Salsa	Conga - Gloria Estefan	Jhesus Aponte	Bottom 3
Anna Matlewska Bartosz Wiliniewicz	Contemporary	Walking on Air - Kerli	Karolina Kroczak	Bottom 3
Magdalena Zwierzyńska Stanisław Korotyński	Krump	Won't Back Down - Eminem feat. Pink	Kwame "Big Wave" Osai	Safe

• Bottom 3 Couples solos:

Dancer	Style	Music	Result
Sarah Kukliński	Hip-Hop	Skin - Rihanna	Eliminated
Sebastian Mazur	Jazz	Gang Bang - Madonna	Eliminated
Joanna Zwierzyńska	Jazz	Skinny Love - Birdy	Safe
Igor Leonik	Contemporary	Lego House - Ed Sheeran	Safe
Anna Matlewska	Contemporary	Indestructible (acoustic version) - Robyn	Safe
Bartosz Wiliniewicz	Contemporary	Heartbeat - Nneka	Safe

• Eliminated:
  • Sarah Kukliński
  • Sebastian Mazur

Week 2: Top 12 (2 May 2012)

• Group Dance: Off To The Races — Lana Del Rey (Jazz; Choreographer: Geneviève Dorion-Coupal)
• Top 12 Couple dances:

Couple	Style	Music	Choreographer(s)	Results
Magdalena Zwierzyńska Stanisław Korotyński	House	Sexy and I Know It - LMFAO	Justyna Lichacy	Bottom 3
Kinga Mucha Jakub Frydrychewicz	Ragga	Dancehall - Natural Dread Killaz	Sylwia Kuczyńska	Both Eliminated
Martyna Andrzejczak Brian Poniatowski	Contemporary	Parla Piu Piano - Katherina Jenkins	Geneviève Dorion-Coupal	Safe
Karolina "Cuki" Dziemieszkiewicz Mateusz Sobecko	Hip-Hop	HOV Lane - Nicki Minaj	Marcin Mrożiński (season 3)	Safe
Anna Matlewska Bartosz Wiliniewicz	Modern	Black Dove - Tori Amos	Geneviève Dorion-Coupal	Bottom 3
Joanna Zwierzyńska Igor Leonik	Jazz	Rumour Has It - Adele	Mariusz Olszewski	Safe

• Bottom 3 Couples solos:

Dancer	Style	Music	Result
Magdalena Zwierzyńska	Jazz/Lyrical Hip-Hop	Wild Horses - Natasha Bedingfield	Safe
Stanisław Korotyński	Hip-Hop	Marvin & Chardonnay - Big Sean ft. Kanye West & Roscoe Dash	Safe
Kinga Mucha	Hip-Hop	Moment 4 Life - Nicki Minaj ft. Drake	Eliminated
Jakub Frydrychewicz	Hip-Hop	Promises - Nero (Skrillex remix)	Eliminated
Anna Matlewska	Contemporary	Cry - Rihanna	Safe
Bartosz Wiliniewicz	Contemporary	Personal Jesus - Marilyn Manson	Safe

• Eliminated:
  • Kinga Mucha
  • Jakub Frydrychewicz

Week 3: Top 10 (9 May 2012)

• Group Dance: National Anthem — Lana Del Rey (Modern Underground; Choreographer: Thierry Verger)
• Top 10 Couple dances:

Couple	Style	Music	Choreographer(s)	Results
Magda Zwierzyńska Brian Poniatowski	Lyrical Jazz	Guardo che luna - Ferruccio Spinetti & Petra Magoni	Luciano di Natale	Bottom 3
Joanna Zwierzyńska Mateusz Sobecko	Lyrical Hip Hop	Dance for You - Beyoncé	Tomasz Prządka (season 3)	Safe
Anna Matlewska Stanisław Korotyński	Contemporary	Someone like You - Adele	Mariusz Olszewski	Safe
Karolina Dziemieszkiewkicz Igor Leonik	Hip-Hop	Hearbeat - Nneka	Justyna Lichacy	Both Eliminated
Kinga Mucha Bartosz Wiliniewicz	Modal Underground	Need You Tonight - Liv Tyler	Thierry Verger	Bottom 3

• Bottom 3 Couples solos:

Dancer	Style	Music	Result
Magdalena Zwierzyńska	Lyrical Hip-Hop	Can't Be Friends - Trey Songz	Safe
Brian Poniatowski	Contemporary	Earth Song (Hani's Club Experience) - Michael Jackson	Safe
Karolina "Cuki" Dziemieszkiewicz	Hip-Hop	I Can Transform Ya - Chris Brown	Eliminated
Igor Leonik	Contemporary	I Was Here - Beyoncé	Eliminated
Kinga Mucha	Hip-Hop	Black & Yellow - Wiz Khalifa	Safe
Bartosz Wilniewicz	Contemporary	The Unforgiven - Apocalyptica	Safe

• Eliminated:
  • Karolina "Cuki" Dziemieszkiewicz
  • Igor Leonik

Week 4: Top 8 (16 May 2012)

• Group Dances:

Dancers	Style	Music	Choreographer
Top 8 (Without Igor Leonik)	Hip-Hop	Where Have You Been - Rihanna	Dominic Lawrence
Top 4 Female Dancers	Hip-Hop/Jazz	212 - Azealia Banks	Marcin Mrożiński
Top 4 Male Dancers	Jazz	Temptation - Tom Waits	Katarzyna Kizior

• Top 8 Couple dances:

Couple	Style	Music	Choreographer(s)	Results
Joanna Zwierzyńska Brian Poniatowski	Cha-Cha	Moves like Jagger - Maroon 5	Janja Lesar & Krzysztof Hulboj	Safe
Kinga Mucha Stanisław Korotyński	Modern	Black Gold - Armand Amar & Sarah Nemtanu	Mariusz Olszewski	Both Eliminated
Magdalena Zwierzyńska Bartosz Wilniewicz	Hip-Hop	Marry The Night - Lady Gaga	Dominic Lawrence	Bottom 3
Anna Matlewska Igor Leonik	Contemporary	If You Go Away - Emiliana Torrini	Karolina Kroczak	Bottom 3

• Bottom 3 Couples solos:

Dancer	Style	Music	Result
Kinga Mucha	Hip-Hop	Dedication To My Ex - Lloyd ft. Andre 3000	Eliminated
Stanisław Korotyński	Hip-Hop	Betonowe Lasy Mokną - DonGuralEsko	Eliminated
Magdalena Zwierzyńska	Hip-Hop	Beez in The Trap - Nicki Minaj ft. 2 Chainz	Safe
Bartosz Wilniewicz	Contemporary	Everything - Lifehouse	Safe
Anna Matlewska	Contemporary	Holding out for a hero - Ella Mea Bowen	Safe
Igor Leonik	Contemporary	Oh! Darling — The Beatles	Safe

• Eliminated:
  • Kinga Mucha
  • Stanisław Korotyński

Week 5: Top 6 (23 May 2012)

• Group Dance:Body - Sean Paul(Hip-Hop/Dancehall; Choreographer: Joao Assuncao)
• Couple dances:

Couple	Style	Music	Choreographer(s)	Result
Joanna Zwierzyńska Bartosz Wilniewicz	Jazz	Down - Jason Walker	Paweł Michno	Both Eliminated
	Ragga	In Jamaica - Elephant Man	Joao Assuncao
Anna Matlewska Brian Poniatowski	Hip-Hop L.A. Style	Turn Me On - David Guetta ft. Nicki Minaj	Ilona Bekier (season 5)	Safe
	Contemporary	Skinny Love - Birdy	Mariusz Olszewski
Magdalena Zwierzyńska Igor Leonik	Contemporary	Girl With One Eye - Florence & The Machine	Katarzyna Kizior	Safe
	Pop	Hit the Road Jack - Ray Charles	Rafał "Roofi" Kamiński (season 1)

• Top 6's solos:

Dancer	Style	Music	Result
Joanna Zwierzyńska	Jazz		Eliminated
Bartosz Wilniewicz	Contemporary		Eliminated
Anna Matlewska	Contemporary		Safe
Brian Poniatowski	Contemporary		Safe
Magdalena Zwierzyńska	Hip-Hop		Safe
Igor Leonik	Contemporary		Safe

• Eliminated:
  • Joanna Zwierzyńska
  • Bartosz Wilniewicz

Week 6: Top 4 (30 May 2012)

• Group Dance: Put Your Graffiti On Me - Kat Graham (Jazz; Choreographer: Matthew Tseng)
• Couple dances:

Couple	Style	Music	Choreographer(s)	Result
Anna Matlewska Igor Leonik	Hip-Hop	We Found Love - Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris	Andrew Baterina	Leonik Eliminated
Magdalena Zwierzyńska Brian Poniatowski	Jazz	Madly In Love With You - Sean McConnell	Matthew Tseng	Zwierzyńska Eliminated
Anna Matlewska Magdalena Zwierzyńska	Pop	International Love - Pitbull ft. Chris Brown	Andrew Baterina	Zwierzyńska Eliminated
Igor Leonik Brian Poniatowski	Modern	Path vol. 2 - Apocalyptica ft. Sandra Nasic	Karolina Kroczak	Leonik Eliminated

• Top 4's solos:

Dancer	Style	Music	Result
Anna Matlewska	Contemporary	Dziwny jest ten świat - Czesław Niemen	Safe
Brian Poniatowski	Contemporary	A Song for You- Donny Hathaway	Safe
Magdalena Zwierzyńska	Hip-Hop	Look at Me Now — Chris Brown feat. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes	Eliminated
Igor Leonik	Contemporary	I Don't Want to Miss a Thing - Aerosmith	Eliminated

• Results:
  • Winner: Brian Poniatowski
  • Runner Up: Anna Matlewska

Week 7: Finale - Top 2 (6 June 2012)

• Guest Dancer:
  • Patrizia Kazadi & Rafał "Roofi" Kamiński (season 1) - Troublemaker - Taio Cruz - Hip-Hop
• Group dances:

Dancers	Style	Music	Choreographer
Top 14	House	Dance Again - Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull	Jojo Diggs
Top 8 (Without Top 2)	Contemporary	Iron - Woodkid	Katarzyna Kizior

• Top 2 Couple dances:

Couple	Style	Music	Choreographer(s)
Anna Matlewska Brian Poniatowski	Hip-Hop	Beautiful People - Chris Brown & Benny Benassi	Jojo Diggs
Anna Matlewska Jakub Jóżwiak	Contemporary	Blinding - Florence And The Machine	Jonathan Huor
Anna Andrzejewska Brian Poniatowski	Contemporary	Jóga - Björk	Jonathan Huor

• Top 2 solos:

Dancer	Style	Music	Result
Anna Matlewska	Contemporary	Wild Horses - Charlotte Martin	Runner-Up
Brian Poniatowski	Contemporary	Kiss from a Rose - Seal	Winner

• Results:
  • Winner: Brian Poniatowski
  • Runner Up: Anna Matlewska

All-stars

During the season finale all-stars danced with the finalists as the part of the competition. Every dancer was asked which dancer they want to dance with. And the dreams came true, because the top 2 were privileged to dance with their favourite You Can Dance - Po Prostu Tańcz! dancer.

Controversy

In his role as executive judge, Agustin Egurolla has overruled several of the majority decisions of the judges panel over the course of the season. The first of these was a decision to give auditioner Sarah Kukliński a ticket to boot camp, despite opposition from both Kinga Rusin and Michał Piróg. Later, in the Top 8 live show he made a unilateral decision to select Anna Matlewska and Igor Leonik as bottom (dance for your lives) dancers for that week, although the other two judges felt they should be safe. He said he felt Matlewska had only had to prove herself in contemporary styles so far in the competition, mitigating the impressiveness of her performance to that date.

First for any So You Think You Can Dance series

• From this season every dancer has his/her own SMS number, and it won't be changed during the season.

First for You Can Dance - Po Prostu Tańcz!

• SMS cost has reduced from last season. Now it is 2.46 PLN per SMS; in previous seasons it was 3.69 PLN per SMS.
• The winner gets a 3-month scholarship to the International Dance Academy in Los Angeles.

Ratings

Episode	Date	Official rating (millions)	Share (%)	Share 16-49 (%)	Source(s)
Auditions 1	7 March	2.59	19.7	21.3	^[4]
Auditions 2	14 March	3.00	22.8	26.7
Auditions 3	21 March	2.62	21.1	21.0
Auditions 4	28 March
Auditions 5 & Santa Cruz 1	4 April	2.83	20.9	23.1	^[5]
Santa Cruz 2	11 April	2.76	21.5	23.0
Santa Cruz 3	18 April
Live Show Top 14	25 April
Live Show Top 12	2 May
Live Show Top 10	9 May
Live Show Top 8	16 May
Live Show Top 6	23 May
Live Show Top 4	30 May
Live Show Top 2	6 June	2.6	21.1		^[6]
Average	2012	2.54	20.6	21.3

Notes and References

1. Web site: Zwycięzca 7. edycji "You Can Dance" pojedzie do Los Angeles. Plejada. 14 December 2011.
2. Web site: "You can dance Po prostu tańcz!" powraca!. TVN.pl. 8 December 2011.
3. Web site: Startuje "YCD" po liftingu!. 9 February 2016.
4. Web site: "You Can Dance": 500 000 widzów mniej, ale TVN liderem. Wirtualne Media. 23 March 2012.
5. Web site: "You Can Dance 7": mniej widzów, wygrana z konkurencją. Wirtualne Media. 11 June 2011.
6. Web site: Czerwiec 2012: TVP1 zdecydowanym liderem, TVN i Polsat w dół. Wirtualne Media. 3 July 2012.