“Let’s Dance”: Last on the jury, first with the viewers – Diego Pooth wins | EUROtoday

The youngest candidate is the winner: Diego Pooth has received the RTL dance present “Let’s Dance”. The son Verona Pooth is now allowed to name herself “Dancing Star 2025”. The 21-year-old, collectively along with his dance companion Ekaterina Leonova, prevailed within the ultimate towards the 22-year-old swimmer Taliso Engel in second place and Olympic champion Fabian Hambüchen (37)-even although he had obtained the fewest factors from the jury. It was an “incredible feeling”, mentioned Pooth. He anticipated to finish up in third place.

Because whereas Hambüchen bought the total rating for all of his three dances, Pooth landed third within the jury voting after a “not so great freestyle”, as juror Joachim Llambi mentioned. The winner additionally reacted accordingly – and a bit dissatisfied the favourite Hambüchen. Diego Pooth’s mom Verona was proud after her son’s laborious coaching weeks: “15 weeks in the gym – and something beautiful came out.”

During the ultimate present, Pooth had not solely touched his household, however above all his dance companion “Ekat” when he thanked her for the time collectively earlier than the final sluggish waltz. For this, in addition to for the cha-cha-cha, which the jury had chosen for the Diego/Ekat team-there was a full 30 factors. Only within the final class “Freestyle”, wherein the 2 disguised as Mogli and Balu to the jungle guide traditional “Try it with cosiness”, they left factors.

In distinction to Hambüchen, whose efficiency the jury solely needed to say about the easiest: “You delivered three sensational performance here tonight,” Llambi informed the ex-gymnast for his tango even one of the best dance of the whole season. But in the long run the spectators determined.