Dancing on Ice (Greek TV series)

Dancing on Ice is a Greek reality TV show. The show features celebrities paired with professionals from the world of figure skating. The show is based on the British show, Dancing on Ice. The show has a schedule similar to the reality TV show Dancing with the Stars with performance shows on Sundays nights. Jenny Balatsinou serves as host while Petros Kostopoulos, Elena Paparizou, and Alexis Kostalas serve on the judging panel. The show premiered on 6 November 2011.

Dancing on Ice
Created byITV Studios
Presented byJenny Balatsinou
JudgesPetros Kostopoulos
Elena Paparizou
Alexis Kostalas
Country of originGreece
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes12
Production
Production locationAthens
Running timeapprox. 180 to 200 minutes per episode
(including commercials)
Original release
NetworkANT1
Release6 November 2011 (2011-11-06) –
22 January 2012 (2012-01-22)
Related
Dancing with the Stars

Overview

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Contestants

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The contestants for the first season were:

Celebrity Occupation Professional partner Status
Vasileios Kostetsos Fashion designer Magdalena Eliminated 1st
on 13 November 2011
Maria-Eleni Lukourezou Music Producer Jan Moscicki Withdrew
on 13 November 2011
Themis Georgantas TV presenter Jennifer Eliminated 2nd
on 20 November 2011
Marianna Kalergi Muai Thai Athlete Dima Eliminated 3rd
on 27 November 2011
Pamela Singer Jan Moscicki Eliminated 4th
on 4 December 2011
Stamatina Tsimtsili Television presenter and Television journalist Gene Eliminated 5th
on 11 December 2011
Christina Papa Actress- Businesswoman Anton Withdrew(injured)
on 15 December 2011
Constantinos Christoforou Singer Olga Eliminated 6th
on 18 December 2011
Shaya Hansen Singer Matteo Zanni Eliminated 7th
on 1 January 2012
Giorgos Cheimonetos Model Nicole N. Kennedy Eliminated 8th
on 8 January 2012
Kostas Fragolias Television presenter and reality TV star Marina Timofeieva Third place
on 15 January 2012
Penelope Anastasopoulou Actress and Singer Alexey Motorin Runner-up
on 22 January 2012
Ioanna Pilixou Actress Andrei Bekh Winner
on 22 January 2012

Judges' scoring summary

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Couple Place 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 + 9 = Total 10 11 12
Ioanna & Andrei 1st 11.0 10.5 12.0 11.5 11.5 15.0 14.0 16.5+16.0=32.5 15.5+16.5=32.0 17.5+18.0=35.5 16.5+18.0=34.5
Penelope & Alexey 2nd 11.5 11.0 9.0 13.5 14.0 13.5 15.0 16.0+15.5=31.5 16.0+16.0=32.0 14.5+17.5=32.0 17.0+16.5=33.5
Kostas & Marina 3rd 8.5 8.5 10.0 12.0 12.0 14.5 14.0 14.5+14.0=28.5 13.5+15.0=28.5 16.0+16.5=32.5
Giorgos & Nicole 4th 8.0 8.5 10.0 9.5 11.0 13.0 12.5 15.0+14.0=29.0 13.0+15.5=28.5
Shaya & Mateo 5th 12.0 10.5 10.5 12.0 11.5 14.5 15.5 13.0+14.5=27.5
Konstantinos & Olga 6th 9.5 9.5 8.5 11.0 12.0 11.0 12.0
Christina & Anton 7th 9.5 8.5 9.0 3.0 12.0 10.5 WD
Stamatina & Gene 8th 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 12.0 11.0
Pamela & Janek 9th 11.0 12.0 12.5
Marianna & Dima 10th 10.0 10.0 9.5 10.5
Themis & Jennifer 11th 8.5 7.0 8.0
Vassilios & Magdalena 12th 8.5 7.0
Maria-Eleni & Janek 13th 9.0 WD
Red numbers indicate the lowest score of the week
Green numbers indicate the highest score of the week
  indicates the couple that was in the skate off
  indicates the couple that was eliminated
  indicates the couple that won
  indicates that the couple came in second place
  indicates that the couple finished in third place
  indicates that a couple withdrew from the competition.

Average chart

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Rank by
average
Place Couple Total Number of
dances
Average
1 1st Ioanna & Andrei 220.0 15 14.67
2 2nd Penelope & Alexey 216.5 14.43
3 3rd Kostas & Marina 169.0 13 13.0
4 5th Shaya & Mateo 114.0 9 12.67
5 9th Pamela & Janek 35.5 3 11.83
6 4th Giorgos & Nicole 130.0 11 11.82
7 6th Konstantinos & Olga 73.5 7 10.5
8 8th Stamatina & Gene 60 6 10.0
10th Marianna & Dima 40 4
10 7th Christina & Anton 59 6 9.83
11 13th Maria-Eleni & Janek 9.0 1 9.0
12 11th Themis & Jennifer 23.5 3 7.83
13 12th Vassilios & Magdalena 15.5 2 7.75

Week 1

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Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Petros Kostopoulos, Elena Paparizou, Alexis Kostalas.

Running order
Couple Score Song Artist
Kostas and Marina 3.0–3.0–2.5 Beat it Fall out boy
Maria-Eleni and Janek 3.5–3.0–2.5 Let the music play Barry White
Stamatina and Gene 3.0–3.0–2.5 Ο Βυθός Μιχάλης Χατζηγιάννης
Giorgos and Nicole 2.5–3.0–2.5 Relax Frankie goes to Hollywood
Penelope and Alexey 4.0–4.0–3.5 Are you gonna go my way Lenny Kravitz
Konstantinos and Olga 3.5–3.5–2.5 Σκόνη και θρύψαλλα Στέφανος Κορκολής
Christina and Anton 3.5–3.0–3.0 Papi Jennifer Lopez
Marianna and Dima 3.5–3.5–3.0 Born this way Lady Gaga
Vassilios and Magdalena 3.0–3.0–2.5 Freedom George Michael
Ioanna and Andrei 3.5–4.0–3.5 Rehab Amy Winehouse
Themis and Jennifer 3.0–3.0–2.5 Sorry Madonna
Shaya and Matteo 4.0–4.0–4.0 I will always love you Whitney Houston

Week 2

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Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Petros Kostopoulos, Elena Paparizou, Alexis Kostalas.

Running order
Couple Score Song Artist
Shaya and Matteo 3.5–3.5–3.5 S&M Rihanna
Ioanna and Andrei 3.5–3.5–3.5 Rolling in the deep Adele
Kostas and Marina 3.0–3.0–2.5 Born to be wild Steppen Wolf
Christina and Anton 3.0–3.0–2.5 Mi sei venutoa cercare tu Alessandra Amorso
Konstantinos and Olga 3.0–3.5–3.0 Let me entertain you Robbie Williams
Stamatina and Gene 3.0–3.0–3.0 First be a woman Leonore O'Malley
Giorgos and Nicole 3.0–3.0–2.5 Unchain my heart Joe Cocker
Penelope and Alexey 3.5–4.0–3.5 Η αγάπη αργεί Ελεωνόρα Ζουγανέλη
Themis and Jennifer 2.5–2.5–2.0 DJ got us falling in luv again Usher
Marianna and Dima 3.5–3.5–3.0 Υπάρχουν στιγμές Master Tempo ft.Kim
Vassilios and Magdalena 2.5–2.5–2.0 Groove is in the heart Delight

Week 3

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Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Petros Kostopoulos, Elena Paparizou, Alexis Kostalas.

Running order
Couple Score Song Artist
Marianna and Dima 3.0–3.0–3.5 I gotta feeling Black Eyed Peas
Konstantinos and Olga 2.5–3.0–3.0 Moves like Jagger Maroon 5 ft.Christina Aguilera
Penelope and Alexey 3.0–3.5–2.5 Paradise City Guns n' roses
Shaya and Matteo 3.5–3.5–3.5 Empire state of mind Alicia Keys
Themis and Jennifer 2.5–3.0–2.5 Όλα γύρω σου γυρίζουν Σάκης Ρουβάς
Christina and Anton 3.0–3.0–3.0 These boots are for walkin Nancy Sinatra
Kostas and Marina 3.5–3.5–3.0 You're beautiful James Blunt
Stamatina and Gene 3.0–3.5–3.0 On the floor Jennifer Lopez ft.Pitbull
Giorgos and Nicole 3.5–3.5–3.0 In love with you Jared Evans
Ioanna and Andrei 4.0–4.0–4.0 She Elvis Costello
Pamela and Janek 4.0–3.5–3.5 Hot n' cold Katy Perry

Week 4

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Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Petros Kostopoulos, Elena Paparizou, Alexis Kostalas.

Running order
Couple Score Song Artist
Ioanna and Andrei 3.5–4.5–3.5 Rain over me Pitbull ft.Marc Antony
Giorgos and Nicole 3.5–3.0–3.0 Το παλιό μου παλτό Χρήστος Δάντης
Pamela and Janek 4.0–4.0–4.0 Total eclipse of heart Bonnie Tyler
Kostas and Marina 4.0–4.0–4.0 Whole Lotta Love Led Zeppelin
Stamatina and Gene 3.5–3.5–3.0 Dove L Amore Cher
Konstatinos and Olga 3.5–4.0–3.5 Show must go on Queen
Marianna and Dima 3.5–4.0–3.0 I don't wanna miss a thing Aerosmith
Shaya and Matteo 4.5–4.0–3.5 You and your hand Pink
Christina and Anton 3.0–3.5–3.0 Είναι στιγμές Αντώνης Ρέμος
Penelope and Alexey 4.5–4.5–4.5 Caruso Luciano Pavarotti

Week 5

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Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Petros Kostopoulos, Elena Paparizou, Alexis Kostalas.

Running order
Couple Score Song Artist
Pamela and Janek 4.0–4.5–4.0 Fame Irene Cara
Penelope and Alexey 4.5–5.0–4.0 Lady Marmelade Christina Aguilera-Lil' Kim-Mýa-Pink
Kostas and Marina 4.0–4.5–3.5 Footloose Kenny Loggins
Shaya and Matteo 4.0–4.0–3.5 Dark Moon Paul Mottram
Konstantinos and Olga 4.0–4.0–4.0 Rock around the clock Bill Haley
Ioanna and Andrei 4.0–4.0–3.5 Against all odds Phil Collins
Christina and Anton 4.0–4.0–4.0 Mamma Mia Abba
Giorgos and Nicole 3.5–4.0–3.5 James Bond Theme Song
Stamatina and Gene 4.0–4.0–4.0 My heart will go on Celine Dion

Week 6

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Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Petros Kostopoulos, Elena Paparizou, Alexis Kostalas.

Running order
Couple Score Song Artist
Christina and Anton 3.5–3.5–3.5 Λάμπω Άννα Βίσση
Konstantinos and Olga 4.0–3.5–3.5 Strangers in the night Frank Sinatra
Stamatina and Gene 4.0–3.5–3.5 Material Girl Madonna
Giorgos and Nicole 4.5–4.5–4.0 Impossible Daniel Merriweather
Shaya and Matteo 5.0–5.0–4.5 I'm so excited Pointer Sisters
Penelope and Alexey 4.5–5.0–4.0 Set fire to the rain Adele
Kostas and Marina 5.0–5.0–4.5 What about now Westlife
Ioanna and Andrei 5.0–5.0–5.0 Total eclipse Klaus Nomi

Week 7

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Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Petros Kostopoulos, Elena Paparizou, Alexis Kostalas.

Running order
Couple Score Song Artist
Penelope and Alexey 5.0–5.0–5.0 I kissed a girl Katy Perry
Giorgos and Nicole 4.0–4.0–4.5 Tainted Love Scorpions
Ioanna and Andrei 4.5–5.0–4.5 Mad about the boy Dinah Washington
Konstantinos and Olga 4.0–4.0–4.0 Κάνε να μην σ'αγαπήσω Σάκης Ρουβάς
Shaya and Matteo 5.0–5.5–5.0 Frozen Madonna
Kostas and Marina 4.5–5.0–4.5 Wild Boys Duran-Duran

Week 8

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Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Petros Kostopoulos, Elena Paparizou, Alexis Kostalas.

Running order
Couple Score Song Artist
Shaya and Matteo 4.5–4.5–4.0 Santa Baby Pussycat Dolls
Kostas and Marina 5.0–5.0–4.5 Χριστούγεννα Δέσποινα Βανδή
Penelope and Alexey 5.5–5.5–5.0 Jingle Bells Sex Pistols
Giorgos and Nicole 5.0–5.0–5.0 Let it snow Frank Sinatra
Ioanna and Andrei 5.5–5.5–5.5 Home for Christmas Maria Mena

Week 9

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Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Petros Kostopoulos, Elena Paparizou, Alexis Kostalas.

Running order
Couple Score Song Artist
Kostas and Marina 4.5–5.0–4.5 Beautiful Day U2
Ioanna and Andrei 5.5–5.5–5.0 Je veux Zaz
Giorgos and Nicole 4.5–5.0–4.5 Χαμογέλα Σάκης Ρουβάς
Penelope and Alexey 5.0–5.5–5.0 Φίλα με ακόμα Πάνος Μουζουράκης-Κωστής Μαραβέγιας
Shaya and Matteo 5.0–5.0–4.5 Imagine Thaio Cruz

Week 10

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Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Petros Kostopoulos, Elena Paparizou, Alexis Kostalas.

Running order
Couple Score Song Artist
Giorgos and Nicole 4.0–4.5–4.5 Dance with somebody Mando Diao
Ioanna and Andrei 5.0–5.5–5.0 Στην ντισκοτέκ Ελπίδα-Ημισκούμπρια
Penelope and Alexey 5.5–5.5–5.0 Non ti scordar mai di me Guissy Ferreri
Kostas and Marina 4.5–4.5–4.5 Ο χαμένος θησαυρός Onirama
Giorgos and Nicole 5.0–5.5–5.0 H νύχτα δύο κομμάτια Αντώνης Ρέμος
Ioanna and Andrei 5.5–5.5–5.5 Feeling Good Muse
Penelope and Alexey 5.5–5.5–5.0 Μου αρέσουν τα αγόρια Αλίκη Βουγιουκλάκη
Kostas and Marina 5.0–5.0–5.0 Whataya want from me Adam Lambert

Semi-final

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Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Petros Kostopoulos, Elena Paparizou, Alexis Kostalas.

Running order
Couple Score Song Artist
Penelope and Alexey 5.0–5.0–4.5 Sweet Child O'Mine Guns n' roses
Kostas and Marina 5.5–5.5–5.0 Nessun Dorma Paul Potts
Ioanna and Andrei 6.0–6.0–5.5 Fallin Alicia Keys
Penelope and Alexey 6.0–6.0–5.5 Για σένα Vegas
Kostas and Marina 5.5–5.5–5.5 Without you David Guetta feat Usher
Ioanna and Andrei 6.0–6.0–6.0 Oops!I did it again Max Raabe

Final

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Individual judges scores in the chart below (given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Petros Kostopoulos, Elena Paparizou, Alexis Kostalas.

Running order
Couple Score Song Artist
Ioanna and Andrei 5.5–5.5–5.5 Total eclipse Klaus Nomi
Penelope and Alexey 5.5–6.0–5.5 Caruso Luciano Pavarotti
Ioanna and Andrei 6.0–6.0–6.0 One night only Jennifer Hudson
Penelope and Alexey 5.5–5.5–5.5 So What Pink
Ioanna and Andrei vs Penelope and Alexey No points Αν ήσουν αγάπη Έλενα Παπαρίζου

Element of the week

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Week Element
1
2 Spiral
3 Shoot the duck
4 Cross Cuts
5 Step Sequence
6 Pair Spin
7 Stop Sequence
8 Twizzle
9 Spin
10 Jumps
11 Side by side steps
12

Reception

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As a spin-off of the successful Dancing with the Stars franchise and the replacement for The X Factor as ANT1's leading reality show competition for the winter season, the program was anticipated.[1] Although the premiere episode was broadcast over an hour and a half late due to the ongoing political debate between Prime Minister George Papandreou and opposition leader Antonis Samaras for a coalition government in the nation, it managed to attain 36.8 per cent of the overall ratings share and 40.9 percent in the 15–44 demographic.[2] Despite this, the program has been critically panned.[1][2] Critics generally found the show to be boring, the production low budget, and the concept irrelevant to the interests of Greek culture, where figure skating is obscure.[1][2] Kosmas Vidos of To Vima wrote the show lacked entertainment value because although most of the celebrities gave decent performances, they were more concerned with not falling rather than dancing as had been advertised, "even though the thing that was most obvious was the effect of the economic crisis on television networks: extremely poor was the whole production, the lighting amateur, and the direction below average [with] a deep sense of boredom, dominating a competition where the goal was fun and joy."[2] The show has in particular been compared negatively to its counterpart, Dancing with the Stars.[1] Giannis Melas of NewsIt acknowledged the difficulty of the sport but ultimately felt that the low quality performances contributed to the overall "frigid" and "boring" ambience, while adding that several of the celebrities had not made strong enough attempts to learn what was required. He added that Dancing on Ice has a strong advantage in the ratings because its Sunday nine o'clock time slot faces virtually no competition. Nevertheless, he predicted that the next few episodes would be paramount to the show's success as "if it continues to be so ... boring probably the viewers will freeze it!"[1]

Apart from being delayed, the premiere faced technical difficulties with the computers, which on multiple occasions attributed wrong scores to judges,[3] while one of the professional skaters fell within the first moments of the show.

Host Jenny Balatsinou was described as "ultra sleek".[2] Typically giving the lowest scores, Kostalas has been described as the tough judge.[4] Melas commented that judges Alexis Kostalas and Petros Kostopoulos did not entice audiences with their characters, with the former speaking exclusively objectively and the latter "with his signature glibness for one more time in a judging panel without differentiating in anything from the last times." Alternately, he commended Elena Paparizou's television debut as a highlight on the show because "she demonstrated that she has reason and can stand worthily in her place. Comfortable, with humour, she gave appropriate critique to the contestants and even made fun of her own mistakes in Greek."[1] Paparizou, who was born and raised in Sweden, expressed concern about her Greek on the show.[5] Because of her malapropisms on the premiere, host Balatsinou dubbed her television's new George Levendis, the Greek-Australian X Factor judge, known for his own collection of poorly-phrased quotes.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Το "Dancinig on ice"… μας πάγωσε!" (in Greek). NewsIt. 7 November 2011. Archived from the original on 8 November 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Πλήξη on ice!: Πτωχό θέαμα, βαρετό αποτέλεσμα" (in Greek). To Vima. 7 November 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
  3. ^ "Με προβλήματα ξεκίνησε το "Dancing on ice"" (in Greek). Gossip-TV. 7 November 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
  4. ^ "Όσα έγιναν στην πρεμιέρα του "Dancing on Ice"" (in Greek). Zougla. 7 November 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
  5. ^ "VIDEO: Δείτε παρασκήνια από το "DOI"" (in Greek). Gossip-TV. 7 November 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
  6. ^ Dancing on Ice. ANT1. Airdate: 6 November 2011