Dancing with the Stars (I) (2005– )

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.

Stars:

Tom Bergeron, Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli

Won 10 Primetime Emmys. Another 6 wins & 79 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Tom Bergeron	...	Himself - Host (291 episodes, 2005-2013)
Carrie Ann Inaba	...	Herself - Judge (287 episodes, 2005-2013)
Bruno Tonioli	...	Himself - Judge (286 episodes, 2005-2013)
Len Goodman	...	Himself - Judge (285 episodes, 2005-2013)
Cheryl Burke	...	Herself (226 episodes, 2006-2013)
Derek Hough	...	Himself (189 episodes, 2007-2013)
Maksim Chmerkovskiy	...	Himself (187 episodes, 2006-2013)
Driton 'Tony' Dovolani	...	Himself (185 episodes, 2006-2013)
Karina Smirnoff	...	Herself (179 episodes, 2006-2013)
Kym Johnson	...	Herself (167 episodes, 2006-2013)
Mark Ballas	...	Himself (166 episodes, 2007-2013)
Brooke Burke-Charvet	...	Herself - Host (150 episodes, 2008-2013)
Samantha Harris	...	Herself - Host (148 episodes, 2006-2009)
Louis van Amstel	...	Himself (133 episodes, 2005-2012)
Harold Wheeler	...	Himself - Musical Director (127 episodes, 2005-2010)
Edyta Sliwinska	...	Herself (117 episodes, 2005-2010)

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

weekly elimination | celebrity | criticism | live broadcast | live audience | 

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Taglines:

Monday Night Fever.

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Genres:

Family | Game-Show | Music | Reality-TV

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Official Sites:

ABC [us]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 June 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

D.W.T.S.

Filming Locations:

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

Company Credits

Production Co:

BBC Worldwide Americas, BBC Worldwide Productions, BBC Worldwide

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min 60 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Sara Evans was the first contestant to drop out of the show (she wanted to spend time with her kids while her and her ex were going through a divorce at the time-October 2007)

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Quotes

[Season 13, Week 8, after dancing their Instant Jive and having scored 51 out of 60 for both their dances]
Himself - Contestant: I really hope we make it to the semi-finals.
Cheryl Burke: I know, me too!
Himself - Contestant: It'd be kind of crazy to be in the top four.
Cheryl Burke: Oh my God, it'd be amazing!
Himself - Contestant: Definitely didn't expect that...
Cheryl Burke: I haven't gone this far in years.
Himself - Contestant: Well, it's time for a change sweetheart. We're goin' to Vegas!
Cheryl Burke: [laughs] Yeah!

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Connections

Referenced in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #19.62 (2010)

User Reviews

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).