The first season of the French version of Dancing with the Stars debuted on TF1 on February 12, 2011. Eight celebrities were paired with eight professional ballroom dancers. Sandrine Quétier and Vincent Cerutti were the hosts for this season.

Matthieu Tota, artistically known as Matt Pokora and later M. Pokora, is a French pop singer. In 2016, he became a coach for The Voice Kids France and The Voice: la plus belle voix.