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You Can Dance – Po Prostu Tańcz! (season 1)

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Host(s)
  
Kinga Rusin

Venue
  
Poland

Broadcaster
  
TVN

Origin
  
Gdańsk, Pomorskie

Broadcast from
  
September 5 – December 2, 2007

Judges
  
Agustin Egurolla Michał Piróg Weronika Marczuk-Pazura

The first season of You Can Dance - Po prostu Tańcz. The dancers compete to win PLN 100,000 and a 3-month scholarship in dance school Broadway Dance Center, but first they have to go through auditions. Later, 50 contestants do the workshops abroad - this season in Paris, France. This seasons on choreography camp special guest choreographer was Wade Robson. From sixteen people, two dancers are eliminated in each episode (In the semi-final episode there was one contestant eliminated), to the final episode that features the top three contestants. The show is hosted by Kinga Rusin. The judges are Agustin Egurolla, Michał Piróg and Weronika Marczuk-Pazura. It premiered on 5 September 2007. Maciej Florek was announced as the winner on 2 December 2007.

Contents

Auditions

Season Background Song: Right Here, Right Now - Fatboy Slim
Open auditions for this season were held in the following locations:

  • Bytom, 27 July 2007
  • Wrocław, 29 July 2007
  • Poznań, 31 July 2007
  • Gdańsk, 3 August 2007
  • Warszawa 5 August 2007

    • The song during Sneek Peeks at the end of the episode is Just Lose It - Eminem

    Top 50 dancers

    During the auditions judges picked 50 dancers. These dancers were taking part in choreography camp in Paris, France.

    ^1 These dancers were shown only in youcandance.tvn.pl website extras.

    ^2 These dancers earned the tickets after choreography round.

    Choreography Camp (Paris) week

    Judges: Agustin Egurolla, Weronika Marczuk-Pazura, Michał Piróg

    Week 1: Top 16

  • Group Dance: The Way I Are — Timbaland ft. D.O.E. (Hip-Hop; Choreographer: Anthony Kaye)
  • Guest Dancers:
  • Kamil Kucharzewski - 12-year-old boy, who auditioned in Wrocław - (Electric Boogie) - Born 2 Dance - Sonic Division
  • Top 16 Couple dances:
  • Bottom 3 Couples solos:
  • Eliminated:
  • Magdalena Choroszy
  • Artur Frontczak

    • Week 2: Top 14

  • Group Dance: Hey Boy, Hey Girl — Chemical Brothers (House/Stepping; Choreographer: Filip Czeszyk)
  • Top 14 Couple dances:
  • Bottom 3 Couples solos:
  • Eliminated:
  • Magdalena Góra
  • Zbigniew Karbowski

    • Week 3: Top 12 (24 October 2007)

  • Group Performance: Bring Me to Life — Evanescence
  • Top 12 Couple dances:
  • Bottom 3 Couples solos:
  • Eliminated:
  • Magdalena Góra
  • Zbigniew Karbowski
  • New partners:
  • None. Now that only the top ten remain, new partners are randomly assigned each week
  • Rafał "Tito" Kryla did not perform due to injury, in next episode he has to perform his solo in bottom. He was substituted by choreographer - Piotr Jagielski

    • Week 4: Top 10 (31 October 2007)

  • Group Performance: Numb/Encore — Linkin Park & Jay-Z
  • Top 10 Couple dances:
  • Bottom 3 Couples solos:
  • Eliminated:
  • Ida Nowakowska
  • Błażej Ciszek

    • Week 5: Top 8 (7 November 2007)

  • Group Performance: Please Don't Stop The Music — Rihanna
  • Top 8 Couple dances:
  • Bottom 3 Couples solos:
  • Eliminated*:
  • Maria Foryś
  • Piotr Gałczyk

    • Week 6: Top 6 (14 November 2007)

    Group Performance: Fever — Michael Bublé

  • Couple dances:
  • Top 6's solos:
  • Eliminated:
  • Natalia Madejczyk
  • Rafał "Kryla" Tito

    • Week 7: Semi-Finale - Top 4 (21 November 2007)

    Group Performance: Fame - Irena Care/Wait a Minute - Pussycat Dolls & Timbaland

  • Couple dances:
  • Top 4's solos:
  • Eliminated:
  • Diana Staniszewska

    • Week 8: Finale - Top 3 (2 December 2007)

    Group Performance: Top 16: (I've Had) The Time of My Life - Dirty Dancing soundtrack

  • Top 10 Performances:

    • The Song during Top 10 Performances is Gotta Work - Amerie

  • Top 3's solos:
  • Results:
  • Winner: Maciej "Gleba" Florek
  • Runner Up: Rafał "Roofi" Kamiński
  • 3rd Place: Anna Bosak

    • First for any So You Think You Can Dance series

  • On semi-finale show there was first ever House performance on series ever. It was performed by Maciek Florek and Rafał Kamiński.

    • References

    You Can Dance – Po Prostu Tańcz! (season 1) Wikipedia
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