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

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

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:

Celebrity | Variety | Dance | Live Broadcast | Ballroom Dancing

Awards:

Won 5 Primetime Emmys. Another 4 wins & 44 nominations

Cast

Bruno Tonioli	...	Himself - Judge (163 episodes, 2005-2009)
Carrie Ann Inaba	...	Herself - Judge (163 episodes, 2005-2009)
Tom Bergeron	...	Himself - Host (162 episodes, 2005-2009)
Len Goodman	...	Himself - Judge / ... (159 episodes, 2005-2009)
Samantha Harris	...	Herself - Host (147 episodes, 2006-2009)
Cheryl Burke	...	Herself / ... (133 episodes, 2006-2009)
Driton 'Tony' Dovolani	...	Himself / ... (122 episodes, 2006-2009)
Harold Wheeler	...	Himself - Musical Director / ... (122 episodes, 2005-2009)
Edyta Sliwinska	...	Herself / ... (111 episodes, 2005-2009)
Kym Johnson	...	Herself / ... (106 episodes, 2006-2009)
Karina Smirnoff	...	Herself / ... (101 episodes, 2006-2009)
Maksim Chmerkovskiy	...	Himself / ... (96 episodes, 2006-2009)
Derek Hough	...	Himself / ... (93 episodes, 2007-2009)
Julianne Hough	...	Herself / ... (81 episodes, 2007-2009)
Mark Ballas	...	Himself / ... (80 episodes, 2007-2009)
Louis van Amstel	...	Himself / ... (79 episodes, 2005-2009)

Runtime:

60 min | USA:60 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

BBC Worldwide Americas

Trivia:

Shawn Johnson is the youngest contestant to compete on the show. Cloris Leachman is the oldest.

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:

Referenced in "Tanssii tähtien kanssa: Kohti tanssia (#2.1)" (2008)

Can Be Made Reality TV Show

Many people say this is not a reality TV show which in true in some ways but do not see how we can make it one. First audition some non-professional dancers with some good hope out in the real world i. e. unknown talent such as actors that can only get bit parts. You can be entered by giving a small resume of community plays and such audition. If it works out you can be matched with a partner and get some more training with teacher and change the name to Dancing With The Unknown Stars. Something entertaining could come of it to make them big stars like on American Idol. I think they should give it a try and something could come of it. I think many people in the studios would agree to this. I have hated seeing people like Master P, Jerry Rice and George Hamilton. get voted for their popularity instead of how good they are. In the Australia version a TV weatherman with a small TV show won 2nd season who was more than just for his looks but how well he could dance. In Europe countries the only just vote on popularity but talent. They look at the talent because European people are not blind to popularity as we are. I have gone to a web page of the Netherland's show not really understanding what they say, but I see they are great dancers. The 4 former professional judges in Australia have never given a 40 (four 10's) and critic the dancers to tell them not just how good they are but what mistakes they made here in the USA they are just 3 critics and choreographers and gives perfect scores (3 of them 10's).