Taniec z Gwiazdami (season 18)
The 18th season of Taniec z gwiazdami, the Polish edition of Dancing With the Stars, started on 4 March 2016. This was the fifth season aired on Polsat. Krzysztof Ibisz and new presenter Paulina Sykut-Jeżyna were the hosts and Beata Tyszkiewicz, Iwona Pavlović, Michał Malitowski and Andrzej Grabowski returned as judges.
On 13 May, Anna Karczmarczyk and her partner Jacek Jeschke were crowned the champions.
Couples
Scores
Notes:Week 1: Anna Karczmarczyk scored 40 out of 40 on her first dance. It was the highest score ever in Week 1. There was a two-way tie on the second place, with Elżbieta Romanowska and Izu Ugonoh all getting 39 out of 40. Joanna Opozda scored 26 points for her Cha-cha-cha making it the lowest score of the Week. Andrzej & Magdalena were eliminated despite being 5 points from the bottom.
Week 2: Elżbieta Romanowska and Izu Ugonoh got their first perfect scores. Nikodem Rozbicki scored 27 points for his Jive making it the lowest score of the Week. Dorota & Robert were eliminated despite being 4 points from the bottom.
Week 3: Elżbieta Romanowska received her second perfect score for Tango. Nikodem Rozbicki scored 25 points for his Cha-cha-cha making it the lowest score of the Week. Waldemar & Nina were eliminated despite being 9 points from the bottom.
Week 4: Elżbieta Romanowska got perfect score for her Jive, having scored 3 perfect scores in a row. Nikodem Rozbicki scored 24 points for his Samba making it the lowest score of the Week. Joanna & Kamil were eliminated despite being 4 points from the bottom.
Average score chart
This table only counts for dances scored on a traditional 40-points scale.Rank by average | Place | Couple | Total points | Number of dances | Average |
1 | 2 | Elżbieta & Rafał | 581 | 15 | 38.7 |
2 | 5 | Izu & Hanna | 309 | 8 | 38.6 |
3 | 1 | Anna & Jacek | 614 | 16 | 38.4 |
4 | 9 | Waldemar & Nina | 103 | 3 | 34.3 |
5 | 7 | Kasia & Tomasz | 195 | 6 | 32.5 |
6 | 4 | Rafał & Valeriya | 321 | 10 | 32.1 |
7 | 10 | Dorota & Robert | 63 | 2 | 31.5 |
8 | 3 | Julia & Jan | 406 | 13 | 31.2 |
9 | 11 | Andrzej & Magdalena | 31 | 1 | 31.0 |
10 | 8 | Joanna & Kamil | 121 | 4 | 30.3 |
11 | 6 | Nikodem & Agnieszka | 169 | 6 | 28.2 |
Highest and lowest scoring performances
The best and worst performances in each dance according to the judges' 40-point scale are as follows:Dance | Best dancer | Highest score | Worst dancer | Lowest score |
Cha-cha-cha | Izu Ugonoh | 40 | Nikodem Rozbicki | 25 |
Waltz | Izu Ugonoh Elżbieta Romanowska | 39 | Nikodem Rozbicki | 27 |
Jive | Elżbieta Romanowska Izu Ugonoh | 40 | Nikodem Rozbicki | 27 |
Tango | Anna Karczmarczyk Elżbieta Romanowska | 40 | Julia Wróblewska | 30 |
Rumba | Anna Karczmarczyk | 39 | Rafał Jonkisz | 30 |
Foxtrot | Elżbieta Romanowska Anna Karczmarczyk | 40 | Julia Wróblewska | 31 |
Paso Doble | Elżbieta Romanowska | 40 | Izu Ugonoh | 36 |
Viennese Waltz | Anna Karczmarczyk Elżbieta Romanowska | 40 | Rafał Jonkisz Julia Wróblewska | 32 |
Jazz | Rafał Jonkisz Julia Wróblewska | 36 | ||
Samba | Anna Karczmarczyk | 35 | Nikodem Rozbicki | 24 |
Quickstep | Anna Karczmarczyk | 40 | Joanna Opozda Kasia Stankiewicz | 28 |
Contemporary | Izu Ugonoh | 40 | Nikodem Rozbicki | 34 |
Salsa | Elżbieta Romanowska | 39 | Julia Wróblewska | 27 |
Argentine Tango | Elżbieta Romanowska | 37 | ||
Freestyle | Anna Karczmarczyk Elżbieta Romanowska | 40 |
Couples' highest and lowest scoring dances
According to the traditional 40-point scale:Couples | Highest scoring dance | Lowest scoring dance |
Anna & Jacek | Tango, Foxtrot, Quickstep, Viennese Waltz, Freestyle | Rumba |
Elżbieta & Rafał | Foxtrot, Tango, Jive, Paso Doble, Freestyle, Viennese Waltz | Samba |
Julia & Jan | Modern Jazz, Waltz | Samba |
Rafał & Valeriya | Waltz | Cha-cha-cha, Samba |
Izu & Hanna | Cha-cha-cha, Jive, Contemporary | Paso Doble, Jive |
Nikodem & Agnieszka | Contemporary | Samba |
Kasia & Tomasz | Rumba | Quickstep |
Joanna & Kamil | Tango | Cha-cha-cha |
Waldemar & Nina | Waltz | Jive, Foxtrot |
Dorota & Robert | Waltz | Cha-cha-cha |
Andrzej & Magdalena | Jive | Jive |
Weekly scores
Unless indicated otherwise, individual judges scores in the charts below are listed in this order from left to right: Andrzej Grabowski, Iwona Pavlović, Beata Tyszkiewicz and Michał Malitowski.Week 1: Season Premiere
;Running orderCouple | Score | Dance | Music | Result |
Elżbieta & Rafał | 39 | Cha-cha-cha | "The Shoop Shoop Song "—Cher | Safe |
Kasia & Tomasz | 30 | Cha-cha-cha | "Blame It on the Boogie"—The Jacksons | Safe |
Waldemar & Nina | 35 | Waltz | "Oczarowanie"—Zbigniew Wodecki | Safe |
Julia & Jan | 29 | Jive | "Happy"—Pharrell Williams | Safe |
Izu & Hanna | 39 | Tango | "Jealousy"—The Malando Orchestra | Safe |
Joanna & Kamil | 26 | Cha-cha-cha | "Lady Marmalade"—Labelle | Bottom two |
Andrzej & Magdalena | 31 | Jive | "Karma Chameleon"—Culture Club | Eliminated |
Dorota & Robert | 32 | Waltz | "If You Don't Know Me by Now"—Simply Red | Safe |
Rafał & Valeriya | 33 | Jive | "Waterloo"—ABBA | Safe |
Anna & Jacek | 40 | Tango | "El Choclo"—Ángel Villoldo | Safe |
Nikodem & Agnieszka | 27 | Waltz | "What the World Needs Now Is Love"—Jackie DeShannon | Safe |
Week 2
Individual judges scores in the charts below are listed in this order from left to right: Andrzej Grabowski, Iwona Pavlović, Beata Tyszkiewicz and Stefano Terrazzino.;Running order
Couple | Score | Dance | Music | Result |
Julia & Jan | 30 | Cha-cha-cha | "Na pewno"—Tabb & Sound'n'Grace | Safe |
Anna & Jacek | 31 | Rumba | "Hello"—Adele | Safe |
Rafał & Valeriya | 33 | Foxtrot | "Somethin' Stupid"—Frank Sinatra and Nancy Sinatra | Safe |
Dorota & Robert | 31 | Cha-cha-cha | "Rivers of Babylon"—Boney M. | Eliminated |
Nikodem & Agnieszka | 27 | Jive | "One Way or Another"—One Direction | Bottom two |
Joanna & Kamil | 37 | Tango | "Un-Break My Heart"—Toni Braxton | Safe |
Izu & Hanna | 40 | Cha-cha-cha | "Smooth Criminal"—Michael Jackson | Safe |
Elżbieta & Rafał | 40 | Foxtrot | "Diamonds"—Rihanna | Safe |
Waldemar & Nina | 34 | Jive | "Footloose"—Kenny Loggins | Safe |
Kasia & Tomasz | 37 | Rumba | "Love Me like You Do"—Ellie Goulding | Safe |
Week 3: My Place on Earth
;Running orderCouple | Score | Dance | Music | Result |
Izu & Hanna | 36 | Paso Doble | "Eye of the Tiger"—Survivor | Safe |
Kasia & Tomasz | 33 | Waltz | "Orła cień"—Varius Manx | Bottom two |
Nikodem & Agnieszka | 25 | Cha-cha-cha | "Tragedy"—Bee Gees | Safe |
Anna & Jacek | 39 | Viennese Waltz | "I Have Nothing"—Whitney Houston | Safe |
Rafał & Valeriya | 36 | Jazz | "Chariots of Fire"—Vangelis | Safe |
Joanna & Kamil | 30 | Jive | "Take On Me"—A-ha | Safe |
Julia & Jan | 32 | Waltz | "When I Fall in Love"—Nat King Cole | Safe |
Waldemar & Nina | 34 | Foxtrot | "Careless Whisper"—Wham! | Eliminated |
Elżbieta & Rafał | 40 | Tango | "Song from a Secret Garden" – Secret Garden | Safe |
Week 4: Spring Breakers
;Running orderCouple | Score | Dance | Music | Result |
Anna & Jacek | 35 | Samba | "Tyle słońca w całym mieście"—Anna Jantar | Safe |
Izu & Hanna | 39 | Quickstep | "Good Morning"—Miss Li | Safe |
Elżbieta & Rafał | 40 | Jive | "W stronę słońca"—Ewelina Lisowska | Safe |
Joanna & Kamil | 28 | Quickstep | "Walking On Sunshine"—Katrina and the Waves | Eliminated |
Rafał & Valeriya | 29 | Cha-cha-cha | "Sugar"—Robin Schulz featuring Francesco Yates | Safe |
Julia & Jan | 25 | Samba | "Best Day of My Life—American Authors | Safe |
Kasia & Tomasz | 32 | Jive | "Wszystko mi mówi, że mnie ktoś pokochał"—Skaldowie | Bottom three |
Nikodem & Agnieszka | 24 | Samba | "Love Is in the Air"—John Paul Young | Bottom three |
Week 5: Switch-Up Week
The couples were required to switch professional partners this week and learn a new style of dance. Due to the nature of the week, no elimination took place at the end of the show. At the end of the show it was revealed that Izu & Valeriya had the highest combined total of judges' scores and viewer votes, and the top three were still Elżbieta & Jan and Anna & Rafał, while Rafał & Agnieszka had the lowest total.;Running order
Couple | Score | Dance | Music |
Rafał & Agnieszka | 29 | Samba | "Ai Se Eu Te Pego"—Michel Teló |
Julia & Tomasz | 31 | Foxtrot | "Cherish"—Madonna |
Nikodem & Hanna | 34 | Contemporary | "Pusty dom"—Grzegorz Hyży & TABB |
Elżbieta & Jan | 39 | Quickstep | "Crazy in Love"—Beyoncé featuring Jay Z |
Izu & Valeriya | 40 | Jive | "Gettin' In The Mood"—The Brian Setzer Orchestra |
Kasia & Jacek | 35 | Tango | "Set Fire to the Rain"—Adele |
Anna & Rafał | 38 | Cha-cha-cha | "Shut up and Dance"—Walk the Moon |
Week 6: Animated Films Week
;Running orderCouple | Score | Dance | Music | Animated film | Result |
Kasia & Tomasz | 28 | Quickstep | "Heigh-Ho"—The Dwarfs Chorus | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | 1st Eliminated |
Rafał & Valeriya | 32 | Viennese Waltz | "When You Wish upon a Star"—Cliff Edwards | Pinocchio | Bottom two |
Elżbieta & Rafał | 31 | Samba | "Wyginam śmiało ciało"—Jarosław Boberek | Madagascar | Safe |
Izu & Hanna | 39 | Waltz | "Can You Feel the Love Tonight"—Elton John | The Lion King | Safe |
Anna & Jacek | 38 | Contemporary | "Mam tę moc"—Katarzyna Łaska | Frozen | Safe |
Julia & Jan | 32 | Viennese Waltz | "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"—Judy Garland | The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Safe |
Nikodem & Agnieszka | 32 | Foxtrot | "The NeverEnding Story—Limahl | The NeverEnding Story | 2nd Eliminated |
Couple | Judges votes | Dance | Music | Result |
Izu & Hanna | Izu, Izu, Izu, Izu | Cha-cha-cha | "Love Me Again"—John Newman | Winner |
Elżbieta & Rafał | Izu, Izu, Izu, Izu | Cha-cha-cha | "Love Me Again"—John Newman | Loser |
Julia & Jan | Julia, Anna, Anna, Anna | Samba | "Livin' La Vida Loca"—Ricky Martin | Loser |
Anna & Jacek | Julia, Anna, Anna, Anna | Samba | "Livin' La Vida Loca"—Ricky Martin | Winner |
Nikodem & Agnieszka | Nikodem, Rafał, Rafał, Rafał | Jive | "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"—Wham! | Loser |
Rafał & Valeriya | Nikodem, Rafał, Rafał, Rafał | Jive | "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"—Wham! | Winner |
Week 7: Dedications Dances
;Running orderCouple | Score | Dance | Music | Result |
Julia & Jan | 33 | Jive | "She Loves You"—The Beatles | Bottom two |
Julia & Jan | 36 | Modern Jazz | "Wznieś serce nad zło"—Ryszard Rynkowski | Bottom two |
Rafał & Valeriya | 29 | Cha-cha-cha | "Cake by the Ocean"—DNCE | Safe |
Rafał & Valeriya | 37 | Waltz | "Wielka miłość"—Seweryn Krajewski | Safe |
Izu & Hanna | 36 | Jive | "Hallelujah I Love Her So"—Brenda Lee | Eliminated |
Izu & Hanna | 40 | Contemporary | "Another Love"—Tom Odell | Eliminated |
Elżbieta & Rafał | 39 | Salsa | "Vivir Mi Vida"—Marc Anthony | Safe |
Elżbieta & Rafał | 39 | Waltz | "Memory"—Barbra Streisand | Safe |
Anna & Jacek | 37 | Cha-Cha-Cha | "I Wanna Dance with Somebody"—Whitney Houston | Safe |
Anna & Jacek | 40 | Foxtrot | "Jej czarne oczy"—Ivan & Delfin | Safe |
Week 8: Movie Week (Trio Challenge)
;Running orderCouple | Score | Dance | Music | Movie | Result |
Rafał & Valeriya | 30 | Rumba | "Take My Breath Away"—Berlin | Top Gun | Eliminated |
Rafał & Valeriya | 33 | Viennese Waltz | "Hedwig's Theme"—John Williams | Harry Potter | Eliminated |
Julia & Jan | 27 | Salsa | " The Time of My Life"—Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes | Dirty Dancing | Safe |
Julia & Jan | 30 | Tango | "Mamma Mia"—ABBA | Mamma Mia! | Safe |
Elżbieta & Rafał | 37 | Argentine Tango | "Love Theme from the Godfather"—Nino Rota | The Godfather | Safe |
Elżbieta & Rafał | 40 | Paso Doble | "Star Wars Main Theme"—John Williams | Star Wars | Safe |
Anna & Jacek | 38 | Waltz | "My Heart Will Go On"—Celine Dion | Titanic | Safe |
Anna & Jacek | 40 | Quickstep | "Vabank"—Henryk Kuźniak | Vabank | Safe |
Week 9: Semi-final
;Running orderCouple | Score | Dance | Music | Result |
Julia & Jan | 33 | Quickstep | "I'm So Excited"—The Pointer Sisters | Bottom two |
Julia & Jan | 32 | Cha-cha-cha | "Ocean Drive"—Duke Dumont | Bottom two |
Elżbieta & Rafał | 38 | Rumba | "I'm Not the Only One"—Sam Smith | Safe |
Elżbieta & Rafał | 39 | Foxtrot | "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head"—Burt Bacharach | Safe |
Anna & Jacek | 39 | Jive | "Single Ladies "—Beyoncé | Bottom two |
Anna & Jacek | 39 | Rumba | "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World"—Prince | Bottom two |
Dance-off
;Running order
Couple | Score | Dance | Music | Result |
Julia & Jan | 36 | Waltz | "When I Fall in Love"—Nat King Cole | Eliminated |
Anna & Jacek | 40 | Viennese Waltz | "I Have Nothing"—Whitney Houston | Safe |
Week 10: Season Finale
;Running orderCouple | Score | Dance | Music | Result |
Elżbieta & Rafał | 30 | Tango | "Maria de Buenos Aires"—Astorpia quinteto Piazzolla | Runners-up |
Elżbieta & Rafał | 40 | Freestyle | "Satin birds"—Abel Korzeniowski "Clock Tick"—Abel Korzeniowski | Runners-up |
Elżbieta & Rafał | 40 | Viennese Waltz | "One and Only"—Adele | Runners-up |
Anna & Jacek | 30 | Tango | "El Tango de Roxanne"—Jacek Koman from Moulin Rouge | Winners |
Anna & Jacek | 40 | Freestyle | Secret Garden—Song from a The Secret Garden | Winners |
Anna & Jacek | 40 | Foxtrot | "Piosenka księżycowa"—Varius Manx | Winners |
Dance chart
The celebrities and professional partners danced one of these routines for each corresponding week:- Week 1 : Cha-cha-cha, Waltz, Jive, Tango
- Week 2: One unlearned dance
- Week 3 : One unlearned dance
- Week 4 : One unlearned dance
- Week 5 : One unlearned dance
- Week 6 : One unlearned dance and dance-offs
- Week 7 : One repeated dance and one unlearned dance
- Week 8 : Two unlearned dance
- Week 9 : One repeated dance and one unlearned dance and dance-offs
- Week 10 : Judges' choice and Freestyle and couple's favorite dance of the season
Call-out order