Danse avec les stars is the French version of British TV show Strictly Come Dancing, first broadcast on TF1 on February 12, 2011, the participants having been selected in November 2010. The first series finale took place on March 19, 2011. A second series was broadcast between October 8 and November 19, 2011. Since then TF1 has chosen to broadcast the program once a year, in the autumn. The competition rules are similar to those of the original British version.