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Bailando por un sueno is a segment inside the Argentine television program "Showmatch", broadcast on channel 13. Taking the format of shows such as Mira quien baila! of Spain or Dancing with the Stars of Australia, Bailando por un sueno looks more like the Mexican version.

On the contest, a non-celebrity "dreamer" (man or woman) who in addition must be an amateur dancer, is accompanied by an Argentine celebrity in dance routines, in which they will weekly have to demonstrate their skills in various styles such as: Tango, Chacarera, Salsa, Merengue, Flamenco, Rock, Disco, Hip-Hop, Axe, Charleston, etc. and most recently Pole-Dancing and Strip-Dancing. The couples are awarded points by a panel of judges and those with the fewer points have to face the public vote to continue in the program.

As of June 2007, the show is in its fourth season and the panel of judges continues to include icons of the Argentine entertainment scene like: Reina Reech, Moria Casan, Gerardo Sofovich and Jorge Lafauci.

Showmatch, hosted by Marcelo Tinelli, also features another contest of similar characteristics: Singing for a dream or Cantando por un sueno. Both segments have received consistently high ratings and lead their time slots in Argentine TV.

From the second season onwards, and unlike the international versions, Dancing for a dream (Argentina) has taken a controversial turn due to the constant bickering that often escalates to verbal bashing and personal attacks between the celebrities and the judges. This could be behind the high ratings of the show.

Judge Jorge Lafauci is as of the fourth season of the show, the only judge present in all the seasons. He is well-known for being the most exigent judge; arguing that Julio Bocca's dancing style (an argentine worldwide-known dancer) deserves a 10, his common highest score has always been a 7 , and his lowest score has been a 1, which made him one of the few judges to put this mark (the other being Moria Casan). He only qualified as an 8 four dances: contestans Laura Fidalgo and Gustavo Rojas' Swing, and Paula Robles and Franco Tabernero's Cha Cha Cha, first Music Video dance routine ("Jump" by Madonna) and second Cumbia.

Contestants

Season 1 (Autumn 2006)

Judges

Jorge Lafauci

Laura Fidalgo

Zulma Faiad

Reina Reech

Season 2 (Winter 2006)

Judges

Jorge Lafauci

Laura Fidalgo

Zulma Faiad

Carmen Barbieri

Season 3 (Spring 2006)

(featuring an all-female celebrity cast)

Miss Pradon had quit the contest on 6 October 2006 on account of health concerns, but agreed to return when she partnered Mr. Avoletta on the elimination round three days later. In the end, after an argument with the panel of judges over her stance in the competition, she left the program before it was revealed that she and Mr. Avoletta had been eliminated by the viewers' vote.

In this third season, the panel of judges was presided until 23 November 2006 by entrepreneur and TV producer/host Gerardo Sofovich, alongside journalist Jorge Lafauci, actress and dancer Moria Casan, and actress and dancer Reina Reech. On Tuesday, 21 November, Mr. Sofovich announced that he would be resigning his post as the panel of judges president on account of what he felt were some participants insolence and lack of respect for the judges, and his vexation at the quarrels that had involved him . Although the show's host and producer (and Mr. Sofovich's personal friend) Marcelo Tinelli entreated with him to stay, his production stated that his replacements will rotate weekly for the remainder of the show. For the week of November 27, former football star Diego Maradona (who had competed in the Italian Ballando con le Stelle in 2005) took over Gerardo Sofovich's seat in the panel of judges.

However, Maradona's appearance lasted only one week. He was replaced with Florencia de la V (winner of the second edition of the show) for the rest of the show's run, but Moria Casan took over the juror's presidency.

Judges

Jorge Lafauci

Reina Reech

Moria Casan

Gerardo Sofovich (panel of judges' President)

Sofovich's replaceaments

After Sofovich's resignation, the following well-known people in Argentina, took over Sofovich's place, although Moria Casan was renamed as the panel of judges' new President.

Diego Maradona (one week)

Florencia de la V (three weeks)

Samuel Gelblung (semifinals/finals).

However, when Samuel Gelblung was judge, Sofovich came back and both of them were part of the panel of judges (only in finals).

Season 4 (Autumn/Winter/Spring 2007)

Rodrigo "La Hiena" Barrios left the competition, and Jose Maria Listortti entered in his place.Rocio Guirao Diaz left the competition, in a very questionable way, when even when she was one of the best dancers and one of the most popular contestant, she was evicted by Matias Ale, who was, indeed, one of the less supported ones, the day that her (Guirao's) dancer announced that he was leaving the show because his dream was accomplished.Catherine Fulop left the competition, and Cinthia Fernandez entered in her place. * On August 15 2007, some of the original contestants or another replacements partnered by their respectives dancers participated in a repechaje. From the eleven couples, only seven had the score required by the judges to pass to the next step: the four most voted couples, returns to the competition. On August 13, it was revealed the returning couples were going to be five: Anabel Cherubito (replacing Soledad Fandino) partnered by Lucas Alvarez Marquez, Claudia Fernandez (replacing Iliana Calabro) partnered by Maximiliano D'Iorio, Flavia Palmiero partenered by Exequiel Lopez, Maria Eugenia Rito (replacing Juana Repetto) partnered by Esteban Hernandez and Silvia Suller (replacing Carmen Barbieri) partnered by Leandro Angelo.

Judges

Jorge Lafauci

Graciela Alfano

Moria Casan

Gerardo Sofovich (panel of judges' President)

Judges' scoring summary and elimination chart

Highest score. Up for eviction. Up for eviction, but then saved by the jury.

Dance

01. Disco

02. Salsa

03. Rock N' Roll

04. Axe

05. Jazz

06. Mambo

07. Pole Dancing

08. Lambada

09. Hip-hop

10. Swing

11. Milonga

12. Strip Dancing

13. Reggaeton - Disco

14. Cha-Cha-Cha - Rock

15. Charleston - Axe

16. Cumbia - Hip-hop

17. Pole Dancing

18. Cuarteto

19. Jive (Ballroom Dance)

20. Merengue

21. Beat Music

22. Arab

23. Music Video Dance (live remakes of famous music videos)

24. Latin Pop

25. Flamenco Rumba - Cuarteto

26. Music Video Dance - Cumbia

27. Samba Ballroom Dance

28. Country Music - Reggeaton

1^st Semifinal: Swing - Salsa - Lambada
(Rucci-Sayago vs. Solari-Meza Sanchez)

2^nd Semifinal: Axe - Rock N' Roll - Cha-Cha-Cha
(De La V-De La Iglesia vs. Robles-Tabernero)

Final: Latin Pop - Cumbia - Disco
(Rucci-Sayago vs. Robles-Tabernero)

Season 5 (Autumn 2008)

As of March 2008, there are many celebrities to confirm their participation on the show. The

fifth season is scheduled to start on April 7 2008

Judges

Jorge Lafauci

Carmen Barbieri

Moria Casan

Antonio Gasalla/Gerardo Sofovich (to be confirmed)

External links

For more information on Bailando por un sueno, see Canal 13's Showmatch website

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