"Dancing with the Stars" (2005/I)TV series

Writer:

Dave Boone (writer)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | unknown

Release Date:

1 June 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Game-Show | Music | Reality-TV

Tagline:

Monday Night Fever.

Plot:

U.S. reality show based on the British series "Strictly Come Dancing," where celebrities partner up with professional dancers and compete against each other in weekly elimination rounds to determine a winner.

Plot Keywords:

Dance | Dance Contest | Celebrity | Ballroom Dancing | Non Fiction

Awards:

Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 3 wins & 23 nominations

Cast

Tom Bergeron	...	Himself - Host (103 episodes, 2005-2008)
Len Goodman	...	Himself - Judge / ... (103 episodes, 2005-2008)
Bruno Tonioli	...	Himself - Judge (103 episodes, 2005-2008)
Carrie Ann Inaba	...	Herself - Judge (103 episodes, 2005-2008)
Samantha Harris	...	Herself - Host / ... (88 episodes, 2006-2008)
Cheryl Burke	...	Herself (84 episodes, 2006-2008)
Edyta Sliwinska	...	Herself / ... (77 episodes, 2005-2008)
Driton 'Tony' Dovolani	...	Himself (77 episodes, 2006-2008)
Harold Wheeler	...	Himself - Musical Director / ... (76 episodes, 2005-2008)
Alan Dedicoat	...	Announcer / ... (63 episodes, 2005-2007)
Maksim Chmerkovskiy	...	Himself (63 episodes, 2006-2008)
Karina Smirnoff	...	Herself (63 episodes, 2006-2008)
Kym Johnson	...	Herself (55 episodes, 2006-2008)
Louis van Amstel	...	Himself (54 episodes, 2005-2008)
Jonathan Roberts	...	Himself (49 episodes, 2005-2008)
Julianne Hough	...	Herself (48 episodes, 2007-2008)

Runtime:

60 min | USA:60 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

CBS Television City - 7800 Beverly Blvd., Fairfax, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

BBC Worldwide Americas

Trivia:

Dancer Cheryl Burke was the first professional dance partner to win two seasons (back-to back). She and former 98 Degrees member, Drew Lachey won season 2. In season 3, she and NFL legend Emmitt Smith won. Julianne Hough became the second professional dance partner to complete such a task. She and Apolo Ohno won season 4 and her and underdog Helio Castroneves closely beat out Melanie Brown for the Season 5 title.

Quotes:

Himself - Host: Throughout the past five seasons, we've had some stars with various physical challenges. Heather Mills had one artificial leg. Kenny Mayne apparently had two.

Movie Connections:

Spin off "Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann" (2008)

It is not a guilty pleasure. It is just plain bad.

The reaction I have with this show is the same as when I used to watch "Remote Control" and they had that segment called "Dead or Alive" where they would say name of celebrities and contestants would guess if they were dead or alive. Here is almost the same: They announce the people on that and I always catch myself "Oh, he/she is still alive?!?!?". They are so Zlist celebs, half of them I have to search on Google to see what they do, there is always one or two though that you cannot believe they are there ( Jerry Springer, sometimes you gotta say NO to your agent) Then the competition, awful the dancing , the remix is worth a lawsuit ("Now Mario Lopez will dance the salsa" - And it is the salsa remix of Like a Prayer). The judges are boring, even more than ... I cannot even think of another show with such bad judges. Even America's Next Top Model have better judges.

The show is a parade of has-beens/never-beens/never-will-beens wearing horrible costumes, dancing like no one does (not even at bar-mitzvah would you see dance like that)with horrible remix on the background.

I assume they cater that for women and gay men. but I think only bad Midwest people get it.