| The Ultimate Dance Battle | |
|---|---|
| Season 1 | |
| Hosted by | Sean D'Hondt Lieke van Lexmond | 
| Judges | Dan Karaty | 
| Winners | Isabelle Beernaert and team | 
| Release | |
| Original network |  RTL 5  2BE | 
| Original release | March 27 – May 29, 2011 | 
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.
| 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 | ✔ | |||||||||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | ||||||||||||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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) | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Order | Team | Style | Music | |
| 1 | Team Rinus | Hip-hop/Ballet | "Drop It to the Floor" — Pitbull | |
| 2 | Heart2Beat | Modern | "Someone Like You" — Adele | |
| Order | Team | Style | Music | |
| 1 | Team Rinus | Tango | "Assassin’s Tango" (Soundtrack Mr. & Mrs. Smith ) — John Powell | |
| 2 | Heart2Beat | Jazz | "Feeling Good" — Michael Bublé | |
| Order | Team | Style | Music | |
| 1 | Team Rinus | Ballet | "Evgeny Kissin" — Rachmaninov | |
| 2 | Heart2Beat | Hip-hop | "Run the World (Girls)" — Beyoncé | |
| 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 |