Dancing With The Stars

Launched by BBC Television UK, Dancing with the Stars is the reality show that has won not only Great Britain and the United States but many other countries around the globe since 2004. The rules of the show pair a celebrity with a professional dancer and the latter is responsible for teaching the other how to perform certain dances. The team has to prepare two dances which they afterwards perform live in the show of the week. The scoring part falls in the responsibility of a panel of three judges and of the public who can also vote via phone lines, text messages or online. The team with the poorest score leaves the competition.

An interesting detail to mention is that two of the judges, Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli, weekly commute between Los Angeles and London so as to judge for both the American and the British Dancing with the Stars simultaneously. ABC television is presently broadcasting the eighth season of Dancing with the Stars in the United States. The public voting is mainly run on the ABC web site with watchers being able to vote up to five times after each performance. If the Internet is not an option for you, then, the ABC toll-free number will help you express your opinion and support your favorite team.

Both in Europe and in the United States, the first and second seasons of Dancing with the Stars enjoyed a spectacular audience level being the most-watched show since Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. From the third series onwards a moderation in the number of viewers was noticed as the show did not surpass the numbers of competitor programs, but it ranked almost the same with CBS’ Survivor: Panama, for example. All sorts of events marked the history of the show, there were several celebrity withdrawals like that of Sara Evans in the third season who had to quit because of her getting a divorce.

Tabloid columns also widely discussed the relationships between celebrities and their professional dancer partners for the show Dancing with the Stars. It was the case of Mario Lopez and Karina Smirnoff or that of Shannon Elizabeth and Derek Hough. Plenty of news, photos and videos are posted on the Internet from the various series of Dancing with the Stars, and even a companion book was written tackling with the most popular dances and the training routines to follow for great good looks. Dancing with the Stars moves on, particularly as it enjoys public support.