The first season of The Ultimate Dance Battle premiered in spring of 2011 on Dutch station RTL 5 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.
Dance Camp Rounds Dancers Dancers Team Style 1234 All-AroundBalletHip-hopJazz Latin Modern Alessandro
✔ Angelo
✔ Anna-Alicia
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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
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Round 1 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 Challenge: Team Rinus: Hip-hop Team Shaker: Modern Heart2Beat: Latin Team Koen & Roemjana: Jazz Team Laurent: Hip-hop Winner: Team Koen & Roemjana Evaluation: Karaty joined by Euvgenia Parakhina.
+ 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 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
Round: Dance Camp Live Shows Week: Challenge 1Challenge 2Challenge 3 Live Show 1 Live Show 2 Live Show 3Finale Team Result Team Heart2Beat WonChallenge
Safe Safe Safe Winner(Live Show 4) Team Rinus Won Challenge
Safe FinalBattle FinalBattle Runner-Up(Live Show 4) Team Laurent
Safe Safe Final Battle / Eliminated Team KoenRoem
WonChallenge WonChallenge FinalBattle Final Battle / Eliminated Team Shaker
Final Battle / Eliminated
Live Shows Live Show 1 Opening: Group Choreography: "Requiem for a dream" (Soundtrack) — Clint Mansell (choreography: Roy Julen)
+ 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 home — Diddy – 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: Team Shaker Team Koen & Roemjana Music: "Hello" — Martin Solveig feat. Dragonette Winner: Team Koen & Roemjana
Live Show 2 Opening: Group Choreography: "Sweat" — David Guetta feat. Snoop Dogg (choreography: Roy Julen) + 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: Team Koen & Roemjana Team Rinus Music: "Yeah 3x" — Chris Brown Winner: Team Rinus
Live Show 3 (semi-final) Opening: Group Choreography: "Jar of Hearts" — Christina Perri (choreography: Roy Julen) + 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: Team Laurent Team Rinus Music: "Sexy Bitch" — David Guetta feat. Akon Winner: Team Rinus
Live Show 4 (finale) Opening: Group Choreography (All 5 teams): "C'mon" — Tiësto vs. Diplo feat. Busta Rhymes (choreography: Dan Karaty) + 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 Music: "Give me everything" — Ne-Yo feat. Pitbull Winner: Team Isabelle
Viewing Figures 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