You Can Dance – Po Prostu Tańcz! season 9

*You Can Dance – Po Prostu Tańcz!*
You Can Dance – Po Prostu Tańcz!
Season 9
Hosted by	Patricia Kazadi
Judges	Agustin Egurrola; Michał Piróg; Ida Nowakowska; Maciej Florek
Winner	Stefano Silvino
Runner-up	Aleksandra Borkowska
Release
Original network	TVN
Original release	17 February –; 18 May 2016
Season chronology
	← Previous; Season 8

The ninth series of You Can Dance - Po prostu Tańcz! premiered on TVN on 17 February 2016.^[1]^[2] This series was changed to the new format.^[3] The judging panel was extended by winner of the first season Maciej Florek and finalist of the same season Ida Nowakowska, who joined original judges Agustin Egurrola and Michał Piróg.^[4] Kinga Rusin didn't return as judge due to her commitments as host of an upcoming series Agent - Gwiazdy, a celebrity version of The Mole on TVN.^[5] Patricia Kazadi remains the host of the series.

Judges' auditions began on 7 January 2016 in Warsaw and ended on 12 January 2016.^[6]

Auditions[edit]

Open audition began on 9 December 2015 in Wrocław and ended on 4 January 2016 in Warsaw.^[7]^[8]

Air date	Open audition date	Audition City	Audition Venue
17 February 2016	9 December 2015	Wrocław	National Music Forum
24 February 2016	15 December 2015	Gdańsk	Polish Baltic Philharmony
2 March 2016	18 December 2015	Szczecin	Azoty Arena
9 March 2016	20 December 2015	Katowice	International Congress Centre
16 March 2016	4 January 2016	Warsaw	Centrum Bankowo-Finansowe Nowy Świat
Total number of tickets			36

In a change from previous years, open auditions are not immediately followed by filmed auditions with judges and a live audience on the following day. These instead took place on 7, 8, 11 and 12 January 2016 in Transcolor Studio in Warsaw.^[9] The 36 selected dancers will then take part in a choreography camp in Malta.^[3]

Top 36 dancers[edit]

During the auditions judges picked 36 dancers. These dancers were taking part in choreography camp in Malta.

City	Dancer	Number of dancers	Number of top 14 dancers
Wrocław	Oliwia Ratyńska	6	4
	Paulina Wiszowata
	Nader Hasnaoui
	Anna Dowganowska
	Klaudia Antos¹
	Jessica Ali²
Gdańsk	Hanna Szychowicz	6	3
	Julia Adamczyk
	Tomasz Gruszecki
	Joachim Uetake
	Paulina Fedorowska
	Natalia Kubicka
Szczecin	Krzysztof Wróblewski	6	2
	Aleksandra Borkowska
	Daniel Chaciński
	Artur Kuriata
	Dominika Wójcikiewicz²
	Adam Papazyan¹
Katowice	Michał Kalcowski	5	3
	Maja Bratus
	Paulina Gajewska
	Bartosz Wójcik
	Paulina Mostowska
Krystian Stemplewski
Warsaw	Andrii Shkapoid	3	1
	Michał Kazimierczak
	Stefano Silvinio

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

^2 These dancers earned the tickets after the choreography round.

Returning dancers[edit]

This season there were some dancers returning from previous seasons.

Dancer	Previous attempt(s)	This season Result
Michał Kalcowski	Season 8; Workshops	TOP 6

Choreography Camp (Malta) Week[edit]

Judges: Agustin Egurolla, Ida Nowakowska, Maciej Florek, Michał Piróg

Task/style	Choreographer(s)
Hip-Hop	TBA
Jazz	TBA
Krump	Orville Tchozn Small
Final Choreography	Brian Friedman

Top 14 Contestants[edit]

Women[edit]

Finalist	Age	Home Town	Dance Specialty	Elimination date
Aleksandra Borkowska	19	Siedlce	Jazz	Runner-Up
Hanna Szychowicz	16	Łódź	Contemporary	11 May 2016 Re-entered competition (27 April 2016) 20 April 2016
Anna Dowganowska	28	Lwów, Ukraine	Modern Jazz	4 May 2016
Klaudia Antos	19	Brzeźnica	Video Dance	27 April 2016
Julia Adamczyk	22	Warsaw	Ballroom - Latin	27 April 2016 - Withdrew
Maja Bratus	23	Łódź	Disco Dance	13 April 2016
Paulina Wiszowata	20	Niewiarowo	Hip-Hop	6 April 2016

Men[edit]

Finalist	Age	Home Town	Dance Specialty	Elimination date
Stefano Silvino	23	Sicily, Italy	Contemporary	Winner
Joachim Uetake	18	Poznań, Japan	Hip-Hop	11 May 2016
Michał Kalcowski	23	Bierutowo	Street Dance	4 May 2016
Nader Hasnaoui	26	Wrocław, Tunisia	Hip-Hop	27 April 2016 Re-entered competition (20 April 2016) 13 April 2016
Bartosz Wójcik	25	Ostrołęka	Jazz	20 April 2016
Artur Kuriata	21	Samborowo	Street Dance	20 April 2016 - Withdrew
Łukasz Józefowicz	26	Łódź	Contemporary	6 April 2016

Elimination chart[edit]

*Key:*
Female	Male	Bottom 3 Couples	Eliminated	Withdrew	Winner	Runner-Up

Contestant	Result
	04/06	04/13	04/20	04/27	05/04	05/11	05/18
Stefano Silvino				Btm 3			WINNER
Aleksandra Borkowska			Btm 3				Runner Up
Joachim Uetake			Btm 3			Elim
Hanna Szychowicz	Btm 3	Btm 3	~~Elim~~	Btm 3		Elim
Anna Dowganowska	Btm 3			Btm 3	Elim
Michał Kalcowski		Btm 3	Btm 3	Btm 3	Elim
Nader Hasnaoui		~~Elim~~		Elim
Klaudia Antos		Btm 3	Btm 3	Elim
Julia Adamczyk				WD
Bartosz Wójcik	Btm 3		Elim
Artur Kuriata	Btm 3	Btm 3	WD
Maja Bratus		Elim
Łukasz Józefowicz	Elim
Paulina Wiszowata	Elim

Performance shows[edit]

Week 1: Top 14 (6 April 2016)[edit]

Group Dance: Devil's Whisper — Raury / Keeping Your Head Up (Don Diablo Remix) - Birdy (Krump/Jazz; Choreographer: Ida Nowakowska & Maciej Florek) with Ida Nowakowska & Maciej Florek (Season 1 contestants and new judges)
Top 14 Couple dances:

Couple	Style	Music	Choreographer(s)	Results
Joachim Uetake Klaudia Antos	Hip-Hop	Get Ugly - Jason Derulo	Justyna Lichacy	Safe
Stefano Silvino Maja Bratus	Contemporary	Bird Set Free - Sia	Katarzyna Kizior	Safe
Bartosz Wójcik Hanna Szychowicz	Jazz	How Deep Is Your Love - Calvin Harris & Disciples	Stephan Reynolds	Bottom 3
Artur Kuriata Paulina Wiszowata	House	Wilk - Natalia Nykiel	Justyna Lichacy	Bottom 3
Nader Hasnaoui Aleksandra Borkowska	Contemporary Breaking	Make Up & Costume - Alexandre Desplat (from The Danish Girl)	Natalia Madejczyk (Season 1)	Safe
Michał Kalcowski Julia Adamczyk	Latino	Sax - Fleur East	Joanna Szokalska	Safe
Łukasz Józefowicz Anna Dowganowska	Broadway	Friend Like Me - Ne-Yo	Stephan Reynolds	Bottom 3

Bottom 3 Couples solos:

Dancer	Music	Result
Hanna Szychowicz	EdIT - Ants	Safe
Bartosz Wójcik	Worthy - Jacob Banks	Safe
Paulina Wiszowata	Wap Wap - Busy Signal	Eliminated
Artur Kuriata	Stitches - Shawn Mendes	Safe
Anna Dowganowska	Sweet People - Alyosha	Safe
Łukasz Józefowicz	Give Me Love - Ed Sheeran	Eliminated

Eliminated:
- Łukasz Józefowicz
- Paulina Wiszowata

Week 2: Top 12 (13 April 2016)[edit]

Group Dance: Light It Up (Remix) — Major Lazer feat. Nyla & Fuse ODG (Dancehall/Bollywood; Choreographer: Diana Matos)
Top 12 Couple dances:

Couple	Style	Music	Choreographer(s)	Results
Bartosz Wójcik Anna Dowganowska	Contemporary	What is Love - Kiesza	Karolina Kroczak	Safe
Joachim Uetake Julia Adamczyk	Hip-Hop	Team - Iggy Azalea	Diana Matos	Safe
Artur Kuriata Klaudia Antos	Afro Dance	Black Skinhead - Kanye West	Ilona Bekier (season 5)	Bottom 3
Nader Hasnaoui Hanna Szychowicz	New Age	Work - Rihanna feat. Drake	Julia Żytko (season 4)	Bottom 3
Stefano Silvino Aleksandra Borkowska	Jazz	Pillowtalk - Zayn	Diana Matos	Safe
Michał Kalcowski Maja Bratus	L.A. Style	Trumpet Lights - Chris Brown feat. Sabrina Antionette	Marcin Mroziński (season 3)	Bottom 3

Bottom 3 Couples solos:

Dancer	Music	Result
Klaudia Antos	Burnitup! - Janet Jackson & Missy Elliott	Safe
Artur Kuriata	Desire - Years & Years	Safe
Hanna Szychowicz	Uncover - Zara Larsson	Safe
Nader Hasnaoui	All Night - Parov Stelar	Eliminated
Maja Bratus	Who You Are - Jessie J	Eliminated
Michał Kalcowski	Bun Up the Dance - Dillon Francis & Skrillex	Safe

Eliminated:
- Nader Hasnaoui
- Maja Bratus

Week 3: Top 10 (20 April 2016)[edit]

Group Dance: Turn the Music Louder (Rumble) — KDA feat. Katy B & Tinie Tempah (Hip-Hop; Choreographer: Katarzyna Kizior)
Guest Dancers:
- Michał Piróg (YCD Judge) - Satin Birds - Abel Korzeniowski
- Maciej Florek (YCD Judge) - TBA
- Ida Nowakowska (YCD Judge) & Igor Leonik (season 7) - I Won't Dance - Frank Sinatra
- Agustin Egurolla (YCD Judge) & Paulina Kubicka (season 8) - Ran Kan Kan - Tito Puente
Top 10 Couple dances:

Couple	Style	Music	Choreographer(s)	Results
Joachim Uetake Aleksandra Borkowska	Salsa	Sorry (Latino Remix) - Justin Bieber feat. J Balvin	Orville Tchozn Small	Bottom 3
Michał Kalcowski Hanna Szychowicz	Krump	Work Hard, Play Hard - Wiz Khalifa	Orville Tchozn Small	Bottom 3
Stefano Silvino Anna Dowganowska	Experimental	The Hanging Tree - James Newton Howard feat. Jennifer Lawrence	Wiola Fiuk (season 3)	Safe
Bartosz Wójcik Klaudia Antos	Commercial	The Water Dacne - Chris Porter feat. Pitbull	Tomasz Prządka (season 3)	Bottom 3
Nader Hasnaoui Julia Adamczyk	Jazz	When We Were Young - Adele	Paweł Michno	Safe

Bottom 3 Couples solos:

Dancer	Music	Result
Aleksandra Borkowska	I Was Here - Beyoncé	Safe
Joachim Uetake	Don't Tell 'Em - Jeremih	Safe
Hanna Szychowicz	I See Fire - Ed Sheeran	Eliminated
Michał Kalcowski	One Touch (Remix) - Baauer feat. AlunaGeorge	Safe
Klaudia Antos	Give Me Love - Ciara	Safe
Bartosz Wójcik	Run Boy Run - Woodkid	Eliminated

Eliminated:
- Bartosz Wójcik
- Hanna Szychowicz

Week 4: Top 8 (27 April 2016)[edit]

Group Dances:

Dancers	Style	Music	Choreographer
Top 8	Hip-Hop	Shut up and Dance - Walk the Moon
Top 4 Street Dancers Michał Kalcowski Nader Hasnaoui Joachim Uetake Klaudia Antos	Hip-Hop	Android Porn - Kraddy	Maciej Florek (season 1)
Top 3 Stage Dancers Anna Dowganowska Aleksandra Borkowska Stefano Silvino	Jazz	California Dreamin' - Sia	Ida Nowakowska (season 1)

Top 8 Couple dances:

Couple	Style	Music	Choreographer(s)	Results
Michał Kalcowski Klaudia Antos	Contemporary	W Dobrą Stronę - Dawid Podsiadło	Karolina Kroczak	Bottom 3
Nader Hasnaoui Anna Dowganowska	Hip-Hop	What Do You Mean? - Justin Bieber		Bottom 3
Joachim Uetake Aleksandra Borkowska	Jazz	Ostatni - Edyta Bartosiewicz	Paweł Michno	Safe
Stefano Silvino Hanna Szychowicz	Dancehall	Outta Control - Sean Paul feat. Yolanda Be Cool & Mayra Verónica	Karolina 'Cuki' Dziemieszkiewicz (season 7)	Bottom 3

Bottom 3 Couples solos:

Dancer	Music	Result
Klaudia Antos	Needed Me - Rihanna	Eliminated
Michał Kalcowski	Jungle Bae - Jack Ü feat. Bunji Garlin	Safe
Anna Dowganowska	Bottom Of The Rive - Delta Rae	Safe
Nader Hasnaoui	Lush Life - Nat King Cole	Eliminated
Hanna Szychowicz	Read All About It - Emeli Sande	Safe
Stefano Silvino	The Ripe & Ruin - Alt-J	Safe

Eliminated:
- Nader Hasnaoui
- Klaudia Antos

Week 5: Top 6 (4 May 2016)[edit]

Group Dance: Bang Bang - will.i.am (Hip-Hop; Choreographer: TBA) with Natalia Madejczyk, Alisa Floryńska, Paulina Figińska, Mateusz Sobecko, Rafał Kamiński and Brian Poniatowski (dancers from previous seasons)
Guest Dancers:
- Dancers and actors from musical Wszystko gra - Wszystko, czego dziś chcę - Eliza Rycembel, Karolina Czarnecka & Irena Melcer (Choreographer: Agustin Egurolla)
  - Karolina Dziemieszkiewicz (Season 7)
  - Tomasz Prządka (Season 3)
  - Adrianna Piechota
  - Sebastian Fabijański (Actor)
  - Artur Golec (Season 8)
  - Igor Leonik (Season 7)
  - Włodzimierz Kołobycz (Season 8)
  - Piotr Jeznach (Season 4)
  - Jakub "Frycek" Frydrychewicz (Season 7)
  - Paulina Kubicka (Season 8)
  - Ilona Bekier (Season 5)
  - Klaudia Sadło (Season 8)
Top 6 Couple dances:

Couple	Style	Music	Choreographer(s)	Results
Michał Kalcowski Alisa Floryńska (Season 6)	Hip-Hop	Girls Like - Tinie Tempah feat. Zara Larsson	Alisa Floryńska (Season 6)	Eliminated
Aleksandra Borkowska Brian Poniatowski (Season 7)	Contemporary	Dance for Me Wallis - Abel Korzeniowski (from W.E.)	Brian Poniatowski (Season 7)	Safe
Anna Dowganowska Natalia Madejczyk (Season 1)	Contemporary	Rien - Éléphant	Natalia Madejczyk (Season 1)	Eliminated
Joachim Ueatake Rafał Kamiński (Season 1)	Hip-Hop	Puttin' On the Ritz (Club des Belugas Mix) - Fred Astaire	Rafał Kamiński (Season 1)	Safe
Stefano Silvino Paulina Figińska (Season 5)	Contemporary	Castle - Halsey	Paulina Figińska (Season 5)	Safe
Hanna Szychowicz Mateusz Sobecko (Season 8)	Hip-Hop	Lord Knows - Meek Mill feat. Tory Lanez	Mateusz Sobecko (Season 8)	Safe

Bottom 3 Couples solos:

Dancer	Music	Result
Aleksandra Borkowska	Hate or Glory - Gesaffelstein	Safe
Michał Kalcowski	Pass That Dutch - Missy Elliott	Eliminated
Anna Dowganowska	Talking to the Moon - Bruno Mars	Eliminated
Joachim Uetake	Y I Do - Zebra Katz	Safe
Hanna Szychowicz	Nathan Lanier - Torn	Safe
Stefano Silvino	Bang Bang - Asaf Avidan	Safe

Eliminated:
- Anna Dowganowska
- Michał Kalcowski

Week 6: Top 4 (11 May 2016)[edit]

Group Dance: Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Lorde (Jazz; Choreographer: TBA)
Musical Guest: Nie mów nie - Dawid Kwiatkowski
Top 4 Couple dances:

Couple	Style	Music	Choreographer(s)	Results
Stefano Silvino Joachim Uetake	House	Paradise (Radio Edit) - Benny Benassi & Chris Brown		Uetake eliminated
Hanna Szychowicz Aleksandra Borkowska	Contemporary	Game of Thrones Theme - Break of Reality (Cello cover)		Szychowicz eliminated
Joachim Uetake Aleksandra Borkowska	Commercial	Kaktus - Bovska	Tomasz Prządka (season 3)	Uetake eliminated
Stefano Silvino Hanna Szychowicz	Contemporary	One Million Bullets - Sia	Nicholas	Szychowicz eliminated

Bottom 2 Couples solos:

Dancer	Music	Result
Aleksandra Borkowska	Bury Me - Brodinski feat. Maluca & Bricc Baby Shitro	Safe
Joachim Uetake	Murder - Justin Timberlake feat. Jay-Z	Eliminated
Hanna Szychowicz	Ólafur Arnalds - Brotsjór	Eliminated
Stefano Silvino	To Know Him is to Love Him - Amy Winehouse	Safe

Eliminated:
- Joachim Uetake
- Hanna Szychowicz

Week 7: Top 2 (18 May 2016)[edit]

Guest Dancers:
- Caro Dance
Group dances:

Dancers	Style	Music	Choreographer
Top 14		Welcome to the Jungle - Guns N' Roses
Top 14 (without TOP 2)		Can't Stop the Feeling - Justin Timberlake

Top 2 Couple dances:

Couple	Style	Music	Choreographer(s)
Stefano Silvino Aleksandra Borkowska		Don't Let Me Down - The Chainsmokers feat. Daya	Jerome Esplana
Aleksandra Borkowska Bartosz Wójcik	Jazz	Wait - M83	Brian Poniatowski (Season 7)
Stefano Silvino Klaudia Antos

Bottom 2 Couples solos:

Dancer	Music	Results
Aleksandra Borkowska	Sarajevo - Max Richter	Runner-Up
Stefano Silvino	Tommy's Theme - Noisia	Winner

Ratings[edit]

Episode	Date	Viewers (millions)	Share (%)	Share 16-49 (%)	Source(s)
Auditions 1	17 February	1.41	10.4	—	^[10]
Auditions 2	24 February	1.59	11.5	—	^[10]
Auditions 3	2 March	1.39	10.1	—	^[10]
Auditions 4	9 March	1.59	11.7	—	^[11]
Auditions 5	16 March	—	—	—
Malta 1	23 March	—	—	—
Malta 2	30 March	1.43	10.7	—	^[11]
Live Show Top 14	6 April	—	—	—
Live Show Top 12	13 April	—	—	—
Live Show Top 10	20 April	—	—	—
Live Show Top 8	27 April	—	—	—
Live Show Top 6	4 May	—	—	—
Live Show Top 4	11 May	—	—	—
Live Show Top 2	18 May	—	—	—
Average	2016	1.31	10.3	13.2	^[11]

References[edit]

^ Pallus, Patryk. "Dziewiąta edycja "You Can Dance" wiosną w TVN". Wirtualne Media. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
^ "TVN – START WIOSNY JUŻ W LUTYM!". Biuro Reklamy TVN. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Zmiany w "You Can Dance"!". TVN. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
^ "Znamy jurorów 9. edycji "You Can Dance - Po prostu tańcz!"". TVN. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
^ Pallus, Patryk. ""Agent" wraca do TVN. Kinga Rusin poprowadzi edycję z gwiazdami, zdjęcia w RPA". Wirtualne Media. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
^ "Nowi jurorzy "You Can Dance": "Kingi Rusin nie da się zastąpić"". Wirtualna Polska. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
^ "Ruszają castingi do "You Can Dance - Po prostu tańcz!"". TVN. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
^ Pallus, Patryk. "Ruszają castingi do "You Can Dance 9"". Wirtualne Media. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
^ "Stars Impresariat Filmowy". Facebook. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ""You Can Dance 9" stracił 600 tys. widzów. TVN wiceliderem rynku". Wirtualne Media. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ""You Can Dance 9" stracił 370 tys. widzów. 22,5 mln zł z reklam". Wirtualne Media. Retrieved 20 May 2016.

[season-announced-1] Pallus, Patryk. "Dziewiąta edycja "You Can Dance" wiosną w TVN". Wirtualne Media. Retrieved 27 November 2015.

[2] "TVN – START WIOSNY JUŻ W LUTYM!". Biuro Reklamy TVN. Retrieved 21 December 2015.

[season9-3] "Zmiany w "You Can Dance"!". TVN. Retrieved 3 January 2016.

[judges-4] "Znamy jurorów 9. edycji "You Can Dance - Po prostu tańcz!"". TVN. Retrieved 21 December 2015.

[5] Pallus, Patryk. ""Agent" wraca do TVN. Kinga Rusin poprowadzi edycję z gwiazdami, zdjęcia w RPA". Wirtualne Media. Retrieved 11 December 2015.

[6] "Nowi jurorzy "You Can Dance": "Kingi Rusin nie da się zastąpić"". Wirtualna Polska. Retrieved 8 January 2016.

[7] "Ruszają castingi do "You Can Dance - Po prostu tańcz!"". TVN. Retrieved 27 November 2015.

[auditions-8] Pallus, Patryk. "Ruszają castingi do "You Can Dance 9"". Wirtualne Media. Retrieved 1 December 2015.

[9] "Stars Impresariat Filmowy". Facebook. Retrieved 29 December 2015.

[wirtualnemedia-10] ""You Can Dance 9" stracił 600 tys. widzów. TVN wiceliderem rynku". Wirtualne Media. Retrieved 4 March 2016.

[wirtualnemedia2-11] ""You Can Dance 9" stracił 370 tys. widzów. 22,5 mln zł z reklam". Wirtualne Media. Retrieved 20 May 2016.

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