Photo Flash: 'Let's Dance' Season 3

"Let's Dance," the German version of the hit television show 'Dancing with the Stars,' is currently in its third season. The season has featured a number of German stars, including Arthur Abraham, Mathieu Carrière, Hillu Schwetje, Brigitte Nielsen, Nina Bott, Raúl Richter, Rolf Scheider, Sophia Thomalla, and Sylvie van der Vaart.

Dancing with the Stars is the name of a group of international television series based on the format of the British TV series Strictly Come Dancing, which is distributed by BBC Worldwide - the commercial arm of the BBC. Currently the format has been licensed to more than 30 countries, Australia was the first country to adapt the BBC show, and versions have also been produced in the United States with Dancing with the Stars, Albania, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany,Greece, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Sweden, and Ukraine. As a result, this contest became the world's most popular television program among all genres in 2006 and 2007, according to the magazine Television Business International, reaching the Top 10 in 17 countries.

The show pairs a number of celebrities with professional ballroom dancers, who each week compete by performing dances. These are then given scores by a panel of judges. Viewers are given a certain amount of time to place votes on their favorite dancers, either by telephone or (in some countries) by the Internet. The couple with the lowest combined score (judges plus viewers) is eliminated, and continue in the next week. This process continues until there are only two or three couples left, at which point one couple is declared the champion.

Sophia Thomalla and Massimo Sinato

Sylvie van der Vaart and Sophia Thomalla

Nina Bott and Roberto Albanese

Sylvie van der Vaart and Christian Baerens

Daniel Hartwich, Sophia Thomalla and Massimo Sinato

Raul Richter and Melissa Ortiz-Gomez

Sylvie van der Vaart and Christian Baerens

Raul Richter and Melissa Ortiz-Gomez

Rolf Schneider and Motsi Mabuse

Sylvie van der Vaart and Christian Baerens

Rolf Schneider and Motsi Mabuse

Nazan Eckes, Harlad Gloeoeckler, Nina Bott and Roberto Albanese

Rolf Schneider and Motsi Mabuse

Isabel Edvardsson and Joachim Llambi

Raul Richter and Melissa Ortiz-Gomez

Sophia Thomalla and Massimo Sinato

Sylvie van der Vaart and Christian Baerens

Harald Gloeoeckler, Peter Kraus, Isabel Edvardsson and Joachim Llambi

Peter Kraus, Isabel Edvardsson and Joachim Llambi

Sylvie van der Vaart and Christian Baerens

Raul Richter and Melissa Ortiz-Gomez

Nina Bott and Roberto Albanese

Brigitte Nielsen and Oliver Tienken

Rolf Schneider and Motsi Mabuse

Nina Bott and Roberto Albanese

Brigitte Nielsen and Oliver Tienken

Harald Gloeoeckler and Peter Kraus

Rolf Schneider and Motsi Mabuse

Sylvie van der Vaart and Christian Baerens

Rolf Schneider and Motsi Mabuse

Sophia Thomalla and Massimo Sinato

Sylvie van der Vaart and Christian Baerens

Nazan Eckes and Daniel Hartwich

Rolf Schneider and Motsi Mabuse

Nina Bott and Roberto Albanese

Peter Kraus, Isabel Edvardsson and Joachim Llambi

Sylvie van der Vaart and Christian Baerens

Rolf Schneider and Motsi Mabuse

Daniel Hartwich and Nazan Eckes

Sylvie van der Vaart and Christian Baerens

Sophia Thomalla and Massimo Sinato

Isabel Edvardsson and Joachim Llambi

Brigitte Nielsen and Oliver Tienken

Sophia Thomalla and Massimo Sinato

Nina Bott and Roberto Albanese

Brigitte Nielsen and Oliver Tienken

Nina Bott and Roberto Albanese

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