Ples sa zvijezdama

Not to be confused with Ples sa zvezdama.

Ples sa zvijezdama (English: Dancing with the Stars) is a Croatian dance competition television series. It is the Croatian version of the British television series Strictly Come Dancing and is a part of the global Dancing with the Stars television franchise. The series follows various Croatian celebrities paired up with professional dancers competing for the win an elimination-style format.

Ples sa zvijezdama
Title card used by Nova TV
Genre	Dance talent show
Based on	Strictly Come Dancing
Judges	Presenters and judges
Country of origin	Croatia
Original language	Croatian
No. of seasons	11
No. of episodes	100
Production
Running time	90–130 minutes
Original release
Network	HRT 1
Release	2 December 2006 (2006-12-02) – present
Network	Nova TV
Release	17 March 2019 (2019-03-17) – 21 May 2023 (2023-05-21)

Originally produced and broadcast by HRT, Ples sa zvijezdama debuted on HRT 1 in December 2006 to a ratings success, becoming one of the most popular television series on the network during its run.^[1] After the eighth season in 2013, the series went on a hiatus on HRT, until it was picked up by Nova TV, which aired the ninth, tenth and eleventh season from 2019 to 2023.

In November 2024, various Croatian news outlets reported that HRT bought back the license for the series and is planning to air the overall twelfth season in Spring 2025.^[2]

Format

Various celebrities are paired up with professional dancers. Each week, the pair dances a certain style of dance, and their performance is scored by a panel of professional judges. Viewers can also cast their vote via televoting; the pair's final score is a combination of judge's and televote points. At the end of the episode, the weakest pair is eliminated. The highest-scoring pair wins at the end of the season.

Cast

Presenters and judges

Color key

  Host

  Judge

  Contestant

  Professional dancer

Cast member	Seasons
	1 2006	2 2007	3 2008	4 2009	5 2010	6 2011	7 2012	8 2013	9 2019	10 2022	11 2023
Barbara Kolar	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Duško Čurlić	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Janko Popović Volarić								●	●
Mia Kovačić									●
Maja Šuput	●									●
Igor Mešin										●	●
Tamara Loos											●
Elio Bašan	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Milka Babović	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Davor Bilman	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Dinko Bogdanić	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
Nicolas Quesnoit	●	●	●	●				●	●
Tamara Despot	●	●	●				●		●
Almira Osmanović									●
Igor Barberić										●	●
Franka Batelić				●						●	●
Marko Ciboci										●	●
Larisa Lipovac Navojec										●	●

Professional dancers

Color key

  Won the season

  Placed second in the season

  Placed third in the season

  Placed last in the season

Professional dancer	Season
	1 2006	2 2007	3 2008	4 2009	5 2010	6 2011	7 2012	8 2013	9 2019	10 2022	11 2023
Nicolas Quenoist	Zrinka Cvitešić	Danijela Martinović	Daniela Trbović	Ana Ugarković				Sanda Dubravčić
Mirjana Žutić	Rene Bitorajac	Luka Nižetić	Luka Vidović	Frano Lasić		Denis Ahmetašević
Ištvan Varga	Maja Šuput	Nikolina Pišek	Zlata Muck	Franka Batelić
Ivana Antinac	Žarko Radić
Ksenija Pluščec	Zoran Vakula
Leon Ajtlbez	Sandra Bagarić
Tamara Despot	Dubravko Šimenc	Davor Gobac	Nikša Kaleb				Niko Pulić
Hrvoje Kraševac	Zdenka Kovačiček	Lana Jurčević	Antonija Šola		Sanja Doležal	Jelena Perčin	Ana Begić Tahiri
Marko Herceg		Iva Majoli			Ivana Brkljačić	Martina Tomčić	Nika Fleiss	Ornela Vištica
Ana Herceg		Damir Markovina	Mario Valentić	Gordan Kožulj		Marko Tolja	Davor Radolfi
Žana Alerić		Mirko Fodor
Robert Schubert			Martina Zubčić	Vanessa Radman	Mila Horvat	Tatjana Jurić	Barbara Radulović	Iva Mihalić
Sara Stojanović			Goran Grgić
Marija Šantek				Vedran Mlikota			Saša Lozar
Damir Horvatinčić				Iva Šulentić	Nera Stipičević	Lana Banely	Mirna Medaković	Žanamari Lalić	Josipa Pavičić Bernadini		Petra Kurtela
Gabriela Pilić				Sandi Cenov					Slavko Sobin	Marko Petrić	Frano Ridjan
Martina Bastić					Bojan Jambrošić
Ana Domišljanović					Petar Vlahov		Frano Domitrović	Ronald Braus
Tihana Devčić-Matijaščić					Zijad Gračić			Damir Hoyka
Marija Stošić-Marinčić					Hrvoje Rupčić	Miro Ungar	Darko Janeš	Giuliano
Lejla Bjedov						Hrvoje Šalković
Patrik Majcen							Blaženka Leib	Nevena Randeli
Petra Jeričević								Mislav Čavajda
Valentina Walme								Janko Popović Volarić	Davor Garić	Pedro Soltz
Marko Mrkić									Viktorija Đonlić Rađa	Jelena Perić	Maja Drobnjaković
Paula Jeričević-Tonković									Ivan Šarić	Filip Vidović	Marco Cuccurin
Ela Vuković-Romanova									Marko Grubnić		Alen Liverić
Gordon Vogleš									Sonja Kovač	Bojana Gregorić Vejzović
Helena Janjušević									Damir Kedžo	Sandi Pego	Dario Zurovac
Marko Šapina									Ecija Ojdanić	Lucija Lugomer
Mateo Cvenić									Nives Celzijus	Vlatka Pokos	Tara Thaller
Mario Ožbolt									Ana Vučak Veljača	Albina Grčić	Ana Zaninović
Alan Walme										Domenica Žuvela
Nika Jelić										Asim Ugljen
Ivan Jarnec										Ivana Čuljak	Daria Lorenci Flatz
Helena Bradvica-Naletilić										Matija Lovrec	Mario Mandarić
Patrik Seretin											Emilija Kokić
Rebecca Krajinović											Fran Lauš
Jakov Bjelac											Deniss Grgić

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released			Winners
			First released	Last released	Network
1	8		2 December 2006 (2006-12-02)	20 January 2007 (2007-01-20)	HRT 1	Zrinka Cvitešić & Nicolas Quesnoit
2	8		3 November 2007 (2007-11-03)	22 December 2007 (2007-12-22)		Luka Nižetić & Mirjana Žutić
3	8		25 October 2008 (2008-10-25)	20 December 2008 (2008-12-20)		Mario Valentić & Ana Herceg
4	8		31 October 2009 (2009-10-31)	19 December 2009 (2009-12-19)		Franka Batelić & Ištvan Varga
5	8		30 October 2010 (2010-10-30)	18 December 2010 (2010-12-18)		Nera Stipičević & Damir Horvatinčić
6	8		29 October 2011 (2011-10-29)	17 December 2011 (2011-12-17)		Marko Tolja & Ana Herceg
7	8		3 November 2012 (2012-11-03)	22 December 2012 (2012-12-22)		Barbara Radulović & Robert Schubert
8	8		2 November 2013 (2013-11-02)	21 December 2013 (2013-12-21)		Mislav Čavajda & Petra Jeričević
9	12		17 March 2019 (2019-03-17)	2 June 2019 (2019-06-02)	Nova TV	Slavko Sobin & Gabriela Pilić
10	12		6 March 2022 (2022-03-06)	29 May 2022 (2022-05-29)		Pedro Soltz & Valentina Walme
11	12		5 March 2023 (2023-03-05)	21 May 2023 (2023-05-21)		Marco Cuccurin & Paula Tonković
12	TBA		2025 (2025)	TBA	HRT 1	TBA

Season 1 (2006–2007)

The series premiered on 2 December 2006 on HRT 1. The first season was won by Zrinka Cvitešić and her partner Nicolas Quesnoit.^[3]

Cast of Ples sa zvijezdama (season 1)

Celebrity	Notability	Professional partner	Result
Zdenka Kovačiček	Singer	Hrvoje Kraševac	Eliminated 1st
Dubravko Šimenc	Water polo player	Tamara Despot	Eliminated 2nd
Sandra Bagarić	Opera singer	Leon Ajtlbez	Eliminated 3rd
Zoran Vakula	Television meteorologist	Ksenija Pluščec	Eliminated 4th
Žarko Radić	Actor	Ivana Antinac	Eliminated 5th
Maja Šuput	Singer	Ištvan Varga	Eliminated 6th
Rene Bitorajac	Actor	Mirjana Žutić	Runners-up
Zrinka Cvitešić	Actress	Nicolas Quesnoit	Winners

The highest scores of the season (40 points) were achieved by:

• Zrinka & Nicolas (Jive – 3rd episode)
• Zrinka & Nicolas (Slowfox – 4th episode)
• Maja & Ištvan (Paso Doble – 4th episode)
• Maja & Ištvan (English Waltz – 6th episode)
• Zrinka & Nicolas – total – 80 points (English Waltz & Paso Doble – 7th episode)
• Maja & Ištvan (Slowfox – 7th episode)
• Zrinka & Nicolas – total – 120 points (English Waltz, Samba & Freestyle – final episode)
• Rene & Mirjana (Freestyle – final episode)

The lowest score of the season was achieved by:

• Žarko & Ivana – 16 points (Samba – 5th episode)

Season 2 (2007)

The second season premiered on 3 November and concluded on 22 December 2007 on HRT 1.^[4][5] Luka Nižetić won with his professional partner Mirjana Žutić.^[6]

Cast of Ples sa zvijezdama (season 2)

Celebrity	Notability	Professional partner	Result
Mirko Fodor	Television host	Žana Alerić	Eliminated 1st
Damir Markovina	Actor	Ana Herceg	Eliminated 2nd
Iva Majoli	Tennis player	Marko Herceg	Eliminated 3rd
Danijela Martinović	Singer	Nicolas Quesnoit	Eliminated 4th
Nikolina Pišek	Television hostess	Ištvan Varga	Eliminated 5th
Davor Gobac	Singer	Tamaea Despot	Eliminated 6th
Lana Jurčević	Singer	Hrvoje Kraševac	Runners-up
Luka Nižetić	Singer	Mirjana Žutić	Winners

The highest scores of the season (40 points) were achieved by:

• Luka & Mirjana (Paso Doble – 6th episode)
• Lana & Hrvoje - total – 80 points (Quickstep & Paso Doble – 7th episode)
• Luka & Mirjana - total – 80 points (Tango & Cha-cha-cha – 7th episode)
• Luka & Mirjana (Paso Doble & Freestyle – final episode)

The lowest score of the season was achieved by:

• Davor & Tamara – 20 points (Samba – 5th episode)

Season 3 (2008)

Main article: Ples sa zvijezdama season 3

The third season ran for eight episodes from 25 October to 20 December 2008 on HRT 1.^[7] The season was won by actor Mario Valentić and his professional partner Ana Herceg.^[8]

Cast of Ples sa zvijezdama (season 3)

Celebrity	Notability	Professional partner	Result
Nikša Kaleb	Handball player	Tamara Despot	Eliminated 1st[9]
Luka Vidović	Actor and magician	Mirjana Žutić	Eliminated 2nd[10]
Goran Grgić	Actor	Sara Stojanović	Eliminated 3rd
Antonija Šola	Singer	Hrvoje Kraševac	Eliminated 4th
Martina Zubčić	Taekwondo athlete	Robert Schubert	Eliminated 5th[11]
Daniela Trbović	TV host	Nicolas Quesnoit	Eliminated 6th[12]
Zlata Mück	TV and radio host	Ištvan Varga	Runners-up
Mario Valentić	Actor and model	Ana Herceg	Winners

Season 4 (2009)

Main article: Ples sa zvijezdama season 4

The fourth season premiered on 31 October 2009 on HRT 1.^[13] The winning pair was Franka Batelić with her professional partner Ištvan Varga.^[14]

Cast of Ples sa zvijezdama (season 4)

Celebrity	Notability	Professional partner	Result
Sandi Cenov	Singer	Gabriela Pilić	Eliminated 1st[15]
Vanessa Radman	Actress	Robert Schubert	Eliminated 2nd[16]
Frano Lasić	Actor and singer	Mirjana Žutić	Eliminated 3rd[17]
Iva Šulentić	TV hostess	Damir Horvatinčić	Eliminated 4th[18]
Vedran Mlikota	Actor	Marija Šantek	Eliminated 5th[19]
Ana Ugarković	Chef	Nicolas Quesnoit	Eliminated 6th[20]
Gordan Kožulj	Swimmer	Ana Herceg	Runners-up
Franka Batelić	Singer	Ištvan Varga	Winners

Season 5 (2010)

Main article: Ples sa zvijezdama season 5

The fifth season premiered on 30 October 2010 on HRT 1.^[21] The winner was Nera Stipičević with her professional partner Damir Horvatinčić.^[22]

Cast of Ples sa zvijezdama (season 5)

Celebrity	Notability	Professional partner	Result
Hrvoje Rupčić	Musician	Marija Stošić	Eliminated 1st[23]
Ivana Brkljačić	Athlete	Marko Herceg	Eliminated 2nd[24]
Zijad Gračić	Actor	Tihana Devčić	Eliminated 3rd
Petar Vlahov	TV hostess	Ana Domišljanović	Eliminated 4th[25]
Sanja Doležal	Singer	Hrvoje Kraševac	Eliminated 5th[26]
Bojan Jambrošić	Singer	Martina Bastić	Eliminated 6th
Mila Horvat	TV hostess	Robert Schubert	Runners-up
Nera Stipičević	Singer and actress	Damir Horvatinčić	Winners

Season 6 (2011)

Main article: Ples sa zvijezdama season 6

The sixth season premiered 29 October 2011 on HRT 1.^[27] The season was won by Marko Tolja and his professional partner Ana Herceg.^[28]

Cast of Ples sa zvijezdama (season 6)

Celebrity	Notability	Professional partner	Result
Tatjana Jurić	TV and radio hostess	Robert Schubert	Eliminated 1st[29]
Miro Ungar	Actor and singer	Marija Stošić	Eliminated 2nd
Hrvoje Šalković	Writer	Lejla Bjedov	Eliminated 3rd
Denis Ahmetašević	Musician	Mirjana Žutić	Eliminated 4th[30]
Jelena Perčin	Actress	Hrvoje Kraševac	Eliminated 5th
Martina Tomčić	Opera singer	Marko Herceg	Eliminated 6th
Lana Banely	TV sport journalist	Damir Horvatinčić	Runners-up
Marko Tolja	Singer	Ana Herceg	Winners

Season 7 (2012)

The seventh season premiered on 3 November 2012 on HRT 1.^[31] The winners were Barbara Radulović and Robert Schubert.^[32]

Cast of Ples sa zvijezdama (season 7)

Celebrity	Notability	Professional partner	Status
Nika Fleiss	Alpine skier	Marko Herceg	Eliminated 1st
Frano Domitrović	Actor	Ana Domišljanović	Eliminated 2nd
Davor Radolfi	Singer	Ana Herceg	Eliminated 3rd
Niko Pulić	Car racer	Tamara Despot	Eliminated 4th
Blaženka Leib	TV host	Patrik Majcen	Eliminated 5th
Darko Janeš	Actor	Marija Stošić	Eliminated 6th
Ana Begić	Actress	Hrvoje Kraševac	Eliminated 7th
Saša Lozar	Singer	Marija Šantek	Third place
Mirna Medaković	Actress	Damir Horvatinčić	Runner-up
Barbara Radulović	TV host	Robert Schubert	Winner

Season 8 (2013)

The eighth season premiered on 2 November, and concluded on 21 December 2013 on HRT 1.^[33] The winner was Mislav Čavajda with his professional partner Petra Jeričević.^[34]

Cast of Ples sa zvijezdama (season 8)

Celebrity	Notability	Professional partner	Status
Damir Hoyka	Photographer	Tihana Matijaščić	Eliminated 1st
Nevena Rendeli Vejzović	Journalist	Patrik Majcen	Eliminated 2nd
Janko Popović Volarić	Actor	Valentina Walme	Eliminated 3rd
Ronald Braus	Opera singer	Ana Domišljanović	Eliminated 4th
Žanamari Perčić	Recording artist	Damir Horvatinčić	Eliminated 5th
Iva Mihalić	Actress	Robert Schubert	Eliminated 6th
Giuliano	Singer	Marija Marinčić	Eliminated 7th
Sanda Dubravčić-Šimunjak	Ice skater	Nicolas Quesnoit	Third place
Ornela Vištica	Actress	Marko Herceg	Runner-up
Mislav Čavajda	Actor	Petra Jeričević	Winner

Season 9 (2019)

Main article: Ples sa zvijezdama season 9

In late 2018, various Croatian news outlets reported that the series is returning after the hiatus that followed the eighth season in 2013.^[35][36] The series was moved to Nova TV for its ninth season, which ran from 3 March to 2 June 2019.^[37] Slavko Sobin and his professional partner Gabriela Pilić won.^[38]

Cast of Ples sa zvijezdama (season 9)

Celebrity	NotabilitY	Professional partner	Status
Ana Vučak Veljača	Actress	Mario Ožbolt	Eliminated 1st
Nives Celzijus	Actress, singer, model and writer	Mateo Cvenić	Eliminated 2nd
Ecija Ojdanić	Theater, television and movie actress	Marko Šapina	Eliminated 3rd
Davor Garić	IN magazin journalist	Valentina Walme	Eliminated 4th
Damir Kedžo	Pop singer	Helena Janjušević	Eliminated 5th
Josipa Pavičić Berardini	Model, singer, writer and journalist	Damir Horvatinčić	Eliminated 6th
Sonja Kovač	Former actress and social media personality	Gordan Vogleš	Eliminated 7th
Marko Grubnić	Stylist	Ela Vuković	Eliminated 8th
Ivan Šarić	Stand-up comedian	Paula Jeričević	Third place
Viktorija Đonlić Rađa	Model, singer and wife of former basketball player Dino Rađa	Marko Mrkić	Runner-up
Slavko Sobin	Theater, television and movie actor	Gabriela Pilić	Winner

Season 10 (2022)

Main article: Ples sa zvijezdama season 10

The tenth season premiered on 6 March, and concluded on 29 May 2022 on Nova TV. The season was won by Pedro Stolz and his professional partner Valentina Walme.^[39]

Cast of Ples sa zvijezdama (season 10)

Celebrity	Notability	Professional partner	Status
Vlatka Pokos	Singer & TV presenter	Mateo Cvenić	Eliminated 1st
Lucija Lugomer	Plus size model	Marko Šapina	Eliminated 2nd
Matija Lovrec	TV & radio host	Helena Bradvica	Eliminated 3rd
Ivana Čuljak	Baker & MasterChef Croatia contestant	Ivan Jarnec	Eliminated 4th
Asim Ugljen	Actor	Nika Jelić	Eliminated 5th
Albina Grčić	Singer and Eurovision Song Contest 2021 representative	Mario Ožbolt	Eliminated 6th
Bojana Gregorić Vejzović	Actress	Gordan Vogleš	Eliminated 7th
Domenica Žuvela	Singer	Alan Walme	Eliminated 8th
Marko Petrić	Actor	Gabriela Pilić	Eliminated 9th
Filip Vidović	Actor	Paula Jeričević	Fourth place
Jelena Perić	Beauty vlogger & social media influencer	Marko Mrkić	Third place
Sandi Pego	TikTok influencer	Helena Janjušević	Runners-up
Pedro Soltz	Model	Valentina Walme	Winners

Season 11 (2023)

Main article: Ples sa zvijezdama season 11

The eleventh season premiered on 5 March, and concluded on 21 May 2023 on Nova TV. The season was won by social media influencer Marco Cuccurin and his professional partner Paula Tonković.^[40]

Cast of Ples sa zvijezdama (season 11)

Celebrity	Notability	Professional partner	Result
Deniss Grgić	Social media influencer and artist	Jakov Bjelac	Eliminated 1st
Alen Liverić	Actor	Ela Romanova	Eliminated 2nd
Fran Lauš	Fitness influencer	Rebecca Krajinović	Eliminated 3rd
Emilija Kokić	Singer and Eurovision Song Contest 1989 winner	Patrik Seretin	Eliminated 4th
Petra Kurtela	Actress	Damir Horvatinčić	Eliminated 5th
Dario Zurovec	Politician	Helena Janjušević	Eliminated 6th
Ana Zaninović	Taekwondo world championship gold medalist	Mario Ožbolt	Eliminated 7th
Mario Mandarić	Chef	Helena Naletilić	Eliminated 8th
Tara Thaller	Actress	Mateo Cvenić	Eliminated 9th
Maja Drobnjaković	Para-athlete	Marko Mrkić	Eliminated 10th
Frano Ridjan	TV host	Gabriela Pilić	Third place
Daria Lorenci Flatz	Actress	Ivan Jarnec	Runners-up
Marco Cuccurin	Social media influencer	Paula Tonković	Winners

Season 12 (2025)

In November 2024, various Croatian media news outlets reported that HRT is in the process of retrieving the license for the series. The twelfth season, which would become the first season since 2013 to air on HRT 1, has been reported to most likely premiere in the Spring of 2025.^[2][41][42]

Reception

The series was a rating success for HRT, becoming one of the network's most popular shows over the years. The premiere episode of the fourth season, broadcast in 2009, drew an audience of almost million viewers.^[1]

The finale of the eleventh season, broadcast on 21 May 2023 on Nova TV, was watched by nearly 500,000 viewers which made up 38% of television viewers.^[43]