Dancing with the Stars 

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 16 Primetime Emmys. Another 17 wins & 143 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Tom Bergeron	...	Himself - Host 432 episodes, 2005-2018
Carrie Ann Inaba	...	Herself - Judge 427 episodes, 2005-2018
Bruno Tonioli	...	Himself - Judge 424 episodes, 2005-2018
Len Goodman	...	Himself - Judge / ... 398 episodes, 2005-2018
Cheryl Burke	...	Herself / ... 296 episodes, 2006-2018
Derek Hough	...	Himself / ... 268 episodes, 2007-2016
Mark Ballas	...	Himself / ... 247 episodes, 2007-2018
Driton 'Tony' Dovolani	...	Himself / ... 229 episodes, 2006-2016
Maksim Chmerkovskiy	...	Himself / ... 227 episodes, 2006-2017
Karina Smirnoff	...	Herself / ... 224 episodes, 2006-2016
Kym Johnson Herjavec	...	Herself / ... 187 episodes, 2006-2017
Brooke Burke	...	Herself - Co-Hostess / ... 174 episodes, 2008-2013

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 | talent contest | competition | four word title | 

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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 [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 June 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

D.W.T.S.

Filming Locations:

Studio 46, CBS Television City - 7800 Beverly Boulevard, 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

As of the announcement of Season 21, there have been six contestants on the show that were under the age of 18 at the time of their appearance. They are Shawn Johnson (Season 8) who was 17, Zendaya (Season 16) who was 16, Cody Simpson (Season 18) who was 17, Sadie Robertson (Season 19) who was 17, Willow Shields (Season 20) who was 14, & Bindi Irwin (Season 21) who was 17.

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Quotes

Anna Trebunskaya: Are you breathing when you're dancing?
Himself - Contestant: Yeah.
[pauses then mutters, as he walks outside for a break]
Himself - Contestant: ... How else am I gonna stay alive?

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Connections

Referenced in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Episode #8.37 (2009)

User Reviews

2006 version

I'm sorry to say, the 2006 version of DWTS looks like a bust. There isn't 1 celeb I'm interested in watching. And you just know that when Harry is on, big lips Lisa (the great mother that she is) will be there too. Yikes! Sorry, but if I watch it will only be to watch the pros.

And I doubt I'll watch.

Also the screwed up scoring system doesn't sound like it changed. And neither have the questionable judges. I guess the network wants controversy over fairness. It's just another scripted so-called reality show.

For this version...who cares who wins? I sure don't.