The Ultimate Dance Battle season 1

The first season of The Ultimate Dance Battle premiered in spring of 2011 on Dutch station RTL5 and Belgian station 2BE. The show was hosted by Sean D'Hondt and Lieke van Lexmond. Dan Karaty also presented in-part in his role as head judge. The first season's choreographers/contestants were Laurent Flament, Isabelle Beernaert, Shaker, Rinus Sprong, and team Koen Brouwers with Fame Jana de Haan. After ten weeks of competition Beernaert was announced winner in a May 6 finale and won one-half of the €50,000 prize package, with the remainder split amongst the five dancers on her team.

The Ultimate Dance Battle
Season 1
Hosted bySean D'Hondt
Lieke van Lexmond
JudgesDan Karaty
WinnersIsabelle Beernaert and team
Release
Original networkNetherlandsRTL5
Belgium 2BE
Original releaseMarch 27 (2011-03-27) –
May 29, 2011 (2011-05-29)

Dance Camp Rounds

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Dancers

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Dancers Team Style
1 2 3 4 All-Around Ballet Hip-hop Jazz Latin Modern
Alessandro
Angelo
Anna-Alicia
Annemiek
Chantal
Charlene
Cheroney
Diego
Ellen
Evelien
Giorgio
Ivan
Jamie-Lee
Jomecia
Junior
Kimberley
Lucinda
Michael
Mitchel
Patrick
Patrick
Rashaen
Remy
Sinerjey
Stefano
Tommy
Valerie

Round 1

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  • Challenge: Choreographer's Style
  • Winner: Heart2Beat and Team Rinus
  • Evaluation: Dan Karaty
First Dance Camp performance show
Order Team Style Music
1
Heart2Beat
Modern "Riverside" — Agnes Obel
2
Team Koen & Roemjana
Latin/ Ballroom "Hip Hip Chin Chin" (Yaziko Club Mix) — Club des Belugas
3
Team Rinus
Ballet "Metamorphosis" — Philip Glass
4
Team Laurent
Jazz/Broadway "Telephone" — Lady Gaga feat. Beyoncé
5
Team Shaker
Hip-hop "All of the Lights" — Kanye West feat. Rihanna and Kid Cudi
  • Switch: Team Rinus switched Charlene for Jomecia (of Team Shaker). Heart2Beat won a challenge as well, but its coach, Isabelle, chose not to trade any dancers.

Round 2

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Second Dance Camp performance show
Order Team Style Music
1
Team Laurent
Hip-hop "Rocketeer" — Far East Movement
2
Team Shaker
Modern "Drumming Song" — Florence and the Machine
3
Heart2Beat
Latin "Rie y Llora" — Celia Cruz
4
Team Rinus
Hip-hop "Oh my Gosh" — Usher
5
Team Koen & Roemjana
Jazz "Sober" — P!nk
  • Switch: Team Koen & Roemjana traded Patrick for Alessandro (of Team Shaker)

Round 3

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  • Challenge: Win over a marketing team for chewing-gum brand.
  • Winner: Team Koen & Roemjana
  • Evaluation: Dan Karaty and marketing team
Third Dance Camp performance show
Order Team Music Location
1
Heart2Beat
"Thunder" — Nuttin' But Stringz Westblaak skate park
2
Team Rinus
"Yeah 3x" — Chris Brown Ship's deck of the SS Rotterdam
3
Team Laurent
"Check it out" — Nicki Minaj feat. will.i.am On the riverbanks near the Erasmus bridge
4
Team Koen & Roemjana
"Mourning John" (The Italian Job Soundtrack) — John Powell In a basement
5
Team Shaker
"Genesis" — Justice On the roof of Currents restaurant
  • Switch: no dancer traded.

Elimination Chart

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Round: Dance Camp Live Shows
Week: Challenge 1 Challenge 2 Challenge 3 Live Show 1 Live Show 2 Live Show 3 Finale
Team Result
Team Heart2Beat Won
Challenge
Safe Safe Safe Winner
(Live Show 4)
Team Rinus Won
Challenge
Safe Final
Battle
Final
Battle
Runner-Up
(Live Show 4)
Team Laurent Safe Safe Final Battle /
Eliminated
Team KoenRoem Won
Challenge
Won
Challenge
Final
Battle
Final Battle /
Eliminated
Team Shaker Final Battle /
Eliminated

Live Shows

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Live Show 1

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First Performance
Order Team Style Music
1
Team Shaker
Hip-hop "Till The World Ends" — Britney Spears
2
Team Laurent
Jazz "Imagine" — Glee
3
Heart2Beat
Modern "Non, je ne regrette rien" — Édith Piaf
4
Team Koen & Roemjana
Latin "A Night Like This" — Caro Emerald
5
Team Rinus
Ballet "Le Cygne (The Swan)" — Camille Saint-Saëns
Second Performance
Order Team Style Music
1
Team Shaker
Latin "Tonight (I'm Fuckin' You)" — Enrique Iglesias feat. Ludacris
2
Team Laurent
Modern "Cosmic Love" — Florence and the Machine
3
Heart2Beat
Hip-hop Coming homeDiddy – Dirty Money feat. Skylar Grey
4
Team Koen & Roemjana
Ballet "Dare You to Move" — Vitamin String Quartet
5
Team Rinus
Jazz "Set Fire to the Rain" — Adele
  • Final Battle:
  • Winner: Team Koen & Roemjana

Live Show 2

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First Performance
Order Team Style Music
1
Team Koen & Roemjana
Latin "The Battle" (Paso Doble) — The Gladiator (Soundtrack)
2
Heart2Beat
Modern "Wat zou je doen?" — Blof
3
Team Laurent
Jazz "Weak" — Skunk Anansie
4
Team Rinus
Ballet "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" (The Nutcracker) — Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Second Performance
Order Team Style Music
1
Team Koen & Roemjana
Hip-hop "More" — Usher
2
Heart2Beat
Ballet "La Valse d'Amelie" (piano version) — Yann Tiersen
3
Team Laurent
Latin "On the Floor" — Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull
4
Team Rinus
Modern "I Want to Hold Your Hand" — Across The Universe (Soundtrack)
  • Final Battle:
  • Winner: Team Rinus

Live Show 3 (semi-final)

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First Performance
Order Team Style Music
1
Team Rinus
Hip-hop "Who's That Chick?" — David Guetta feat. Rihanna
2
Team Laurent
Jazz "What Do You Want from Me" (acoustic) — Adam Lambert
3
Heart2Beat
Hip-hop "Make You Pop" — Don Diablo feat. Diplo
Second Performance
Order Team Style Music
1
Team Rinus
Ballet "Winter" — Nigel Kennedy
2
Team Laurent
Hip-hop "Grenade" — Bruno Mars
3
Heart2Beat
Modern "My Way" — Herman Brood
  • Final Battle:
  • Winner: Team Rinus

Live Show 4 (finale)

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First Performance
Order Team Style Music
1
Team Rinus
Hip-hop/Ballet "Drop It to the Floor" — Pitbull
2
Heart2Beat
Modern "Someone Like You" — Adele
Second Performances
Order Team Style Music
1
Team Rinus
Tango "Assassin’s Tango" (Soundtrack Mr. & Mrs. Smith) — John Powell
2
Heart2Beat
Jazz "Feeling Good" — Michael Bublé
Third Performance
Order Team Style Music
1
Team Rinus
Ballet "Evgeny Kissin" — Rachmaninov
2
Heart2Beat
Hip-hop "Run the World (Girls)" — Beyoncé
  • Final Battle:
    • Team Isabelle
    • Team Rinus
  • Winner: Team Isabelle

Viewing Figures

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Show Date Ratings Market share Place
Episode1 March 27, 2011 560,000 viewers 7.7 #17
Episode2 April 3, 2011 538,000 viewers 7.2 #18
Episode3 April 10, 2011 434,000 viewers 6.1 #22
Episode4 April 17, 2011 599,000 viewers 8.4 #15
Episode5 April 24, 2011 388,000 viewers 7.0 #17
Episode6 May 1, 2011 512,000 viewers 7.4 #15
Live Show 1 May 8, 2011 454,000 viewers 7.4 #14
Live Show 2 May 5, 2011 564,000 viewers 8.1 #15
Live Show 3 May 22, 2011 546,000 viewers 7.9 #14
Live Show 4 May 29, 2011 557,000 viewers 8.4 #15