As of: February 28, 2024, 12:05 p.m
By: Nathalie Straub
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“Let's Dance” is finally back on German television screens with a few changes.
But one candidate in particular is offending the loyal viewers.
The dance community is in turmoil – “Let's Dance” has finally started.
In the popular RTL format, 14 dance couples fight for victory and the title “Dancing Star”.
In the big get-to-know-you show, the broadcaster revealed the couples, each consisting of a celebrity participant and a professional dancer.
MANNHEIM24 knows that a team is already causing a sensation among the spectators.
Broadcast |
Let's Dance |
|---|---|
Channel |
RTL |
First broadcast |
April 3, 2006 |
Squadrons |
17 |
Moderators |
Victoria Swarovski and Daniel Hartwich |
“Let’s Dance” 2024: Candidate receives hate on social media – “only there because of pocher”
“Let's Dance” 2024 traditionally started with the introductory show.
Here the celebrities showed for the first time what they can do on the dance floor in group dances.
The replacement candidate Biyon Kattilathu stood in for Simon Brunner on “Let's Dance”, so he had less preparation time than the others.
But the audience doesn't bother him because of his dancing performance.
Biyon Kattilathu is not only known to RTL audiences as a happiness guru and author.
“Is Biyon actually only there because of Pocher?” asks a user on X (formerly Twitter), the answers to the post are unanimous.
Many of the fans know him because of the parodies that Oliver Pocher made of the author as “Dalai Karma”.
But his “sleazy and exaggerated behavior” also offends some people - and they make that known.
“Let's Dance” jury and fans skeptical about Biyon Kattilathu
“If Biyon means unsympathetic in Indian, I wouldn’t be surprised,” one viewer judges him harshly, so he certainly doesn’t have the fans on his side.
They even pity “Let's Dance” professional dancer Marta Arndt, who forms a dance couple with the happiness guru.
“Here we get Marta again and she’s dancing with Biyon,” writes a viewer reproachfully.
The author will probably no longer be an audience favorite this season - but that could be a problem for him.
In order to win, the couples not only have to impress the jury around Motsi Mabuse, Jorge González and the strictest “Let's Dance” juror Joachim Llambi through their dancing.
In each live show, viewers can vote for their favorite and save them from eviction.
The audience vote and the jury points are equally important - so in order to win, a candidate must also have the audience behind them.
“Let's Dance” 2024 on RTL: Does this dancing couple have no chance?
The motivational speaker has bad cards to win the 2024 format.
He was neither well received by the fans nor was Biyon Kattilathu able to convince the jury in the introductory show.
Despite the intensive group training that he took before “Let's Dance”, the expert opinion on the Quickstep with Stefano Zarrella was not promising.
At least, according to Mabuse, there is still “a little talent”.
Without the support of fans, the author's journey could quickly come to an end.
The first candidate will be thrown out in the next broadcast on March 1st.
But another participant has to worry about his whereabouts.
Tillman Schulz performed so poorly in the “Let's Dance” group dance that Joachim Llambi said about him: “The beat is your enemy.”
(str)