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Quite a fair few dance shows have appeared the last few years. Just take a look at the following list:
Strictly Come Dancing
Strictly Dance Fever
Dancing on Ice
Dancing with the Stars
DanceX
Baby Ballroom: The Championship
Boogie Beebies
Here's a brief outline of each one.
Strictly Come Dancing
Presented by: Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly
Judges: Bruno Tonioli, Arlene Phillips, Len Goodman and Craig Revel Horwood.
Said to be a revival of the BBC's long-running dance show Come Dancing, this features ballroom and Latin dancing. Celebrities dance with professional dancers of the opposite gender.
In the 2006 series, Jimmy Tarbuck had to withdraw between weeks 2 and 3 due to ill health. That was a pity, because it also meant an early exit for his partner Flavia Cacace. Just suppose Jimmy hadn't been forced to withdraw. I wonder how far he'd have gone. Me thinks about weeks 5 to 7, but not the semi or grand final. As for Matt and Lilia, they were described as "Dull, dull, dull" in the first show. Nonetheless they improved and made it to the grand final. I wanted them to win, but they were runners up.
Strictly Dance Fever
Presented by: Graham Norton
Judges: (2006 series) Stacey Haynes, Arlene Phillips, Wayne Sleep and Ben Richards
A spin-off to Strictly Come Dancing, this was an amateur dance talent competition which ran during spring 2005 and spring 2006, but has since been axed. It featured group dances as well as couple dances. A number of different dance types appeared here, including street dancing and line dancing (source: Wikipedia). I never watched this show.
Dancing on Ice
Presented by: Phillip Schofield, Holly Willoughby
Judges: Nicky Slater, Natalia Bestemianova, Jason Gardiner, Karen Barber, Robin Cousins
Celebrities and professional dancer partners dance on ice before a panel of judges. Each judge awards a score of between 0.0 and 6.0, just like in figure skating championships. I haven't seen this show either to-date, and have used Wikipedia as my source for the above information. Maybe I'll see the next series.
Dancing with the Stars
Presented by: Tom Bergeron and Samantha Harris
Judges: Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba
An American version of Strictly Come Dancing, which has appeared in the UK on BBC1 Sunday afternoons recently. For various reasons I've not bothered watching this series to-date.
DanceX
Presented by: Ben Shephard
Judges: Arlene Phillips, Ashley Wallen, Joshua Alamu, Bruno Tonioli, Derek Hough, CeCe Sammy
The BBC's latest dance show which launched on 14 July 2007. Tonight's show is the fourth in a series of seven. This differs from the shows mentioned so far in that contestants have to sing as well as dance.
The first show on 14 July 2007 was an audition show, in which they showed clips of contestants at the regional auditions, which whittled the number of contestants to 80. In London they were further whittled down to 30, then 20 and finally 16. One week later the 16 remaining contestants had to sing and dance. The 14 best were arranged into two teams, chosen by Arlene Philips and Bruno Tonioli.
Baby Ballroom: The Championship
Presented by: Kate Thornton
Judges: Ray Quinn, Bonnie Langford and Pierre Dulaine
A dance show similar to Strictly Come Dancing, featuring boy-girl pairs of children under 12. Like Strictly Come Dancing, they do ballroom and Latin dancing. This first appeared on ITV1 last Saturday evening. Heat 2 is tonight, and the final is next Saturday. Unlike Strictly Come Dancing the judges do not reveal their scores to viewers. Does anyone know why that's the case?
Boogie Beebies
Presented by: Pete Hillier and Nataylia "Nat" Roni (2004 programmes)
Pete Hillier alone (2006 programmes)
Judges: Not applicable
Now I know full well that, unlike the others, this is NOT a competition, but it still falls within the realm of dance shows, so I've included it for completeness. It's primarily aimed at pre-school children. The idea is for viewers to join in and copy the presenter(s). Each programme begins with a warm-up (important before dancing), then the dance is taught bit by bit. Finally there's the Big Video, which features a song with the dance action included. You join in with the dance for that programme. During the closing sequence, there's a cool down routine, though it's not long enough - that ought to be similar duration to the warm-up. The title comes from Boogie (dance) and the Beebies part of the channel name C Beebies .
Some editions include an extra segment between the dance tuition and Big Video: I Boogie. This lasts about a minute or two and features children talking about various types of dance around the world, e.g. ballroom, ballet, cheerleading, line dancing.
FOOTNOTE
Well that's your lot, is that enough dance shows to choose from? Someone recently commented about the launch of DanceX, adding to the growing list of dance shows. Are there too few, just about enough, or too many dance shows? You decide.
What I think they ought to have:
Another Strictly Come Dancing style show , featuring the plethora of dance styles OTHER than ballroom and Latin dancing. Just think, there's African dancing, Ballet dancing, Bollywood dancing, Break dancing, Cheerleading, Chinese dancing, Flamenco dancing, Greek dancing. Highland dancing, Hip-Hop, Indian dancing, Irish dancing (e.g. Riverdance), Latvian dancing, Line dancing, Street dancing and Tap dancing. The list is endless.
Another Boogie Beebies style show , aimed at older children (perhaps separate ones for primary school age children and teeens/pre teens.
Strictly Come Dancing
Strictly Dance Fever
Dancing on Ice
Dancing with the Stars
DanceX
Baby Ballroom: The Championship
Boogie Beebies
Here's a brief outline of each one.
Strictly Come Dancing
Presented by: Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly
Judges: Bruno Tonioli, Arlene Phillips, Len Goodman and Craig Revel Horwood.
Said to be a revival of the BBC's long-running dance show Come Dancing, this features ballroom and Latin dancing. Celebrities dance with professional dancers of the opposite gender.
In the 2006 series, Jimmy Tarbuck had to withdraw between weeks 2 and 3 due to ill health. That was a pity, because it also meant an early exit for his partner Flavia Cacace. Just suppose Jimmy hadn't been forced to withdraw. I wonder how far he'd have gone. Me thinks about weeks 5 to 7, but not the semi or grand final. As for Matt and Lilia, they were described as "Dull, dull, dull" in the first show. Nonetheless they improved and made it to the grand final. I wanted them to win, but they were runners up.
Strictly Dance Fever
Presented by: Graham Norton
Judges: (2006 series) Stacey Haynes, Arlene Phillips, Wayne Sleep and Ben Richards
A spin-off to Strictly Come Dancing, this was an amateur dance talent competition which ran during spring 2005 and spring 2006, but has since been axed. It featured group dances as well as couple dances. A number of different dance types appeared here, including street dancing and line dancing (source: Wikipedia). I never watched this show.
Dancing on Ice
Presented by: Phillip Schofield, Holly Willoughby
Judges: Nicky Slater, Natalia Bestemianova, Jason Gardiner, Karen Barber, Robin Cousins
Celebrities and professional dancer partners dance on ice before a panel of judges. Each judge awards a score of between 0.0 and 6.0, just like in figure skating championships. I haven't seen this show either to-date, and have used Wikipedia as my source for the above information. Maybe I'll see the next series.
Dancing with the Stars
Presented by: Tom Bergeron and Samantha Harris
Judges: Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba
An American version of Strictly Come Dancing, which has appeared in the UK on BBC1 Sunday afternoons recently. For various reasons I've not bothered watching this series to-date.
DanceX
Presented by: Ben Shephard
Judges: Arlene Phillips, Ashley Wallen, Joshua Alamu, Bruno Tonioli, Derek Hough, CeCe Sammy
The BBC's latest dance show which launched on 14 July 2007. Tonight's show is the fourth in a series of seven. This differs from the shows mentioned so far in that contestants have to sing as well as dance.
The first show on 14 July 2007 was an audition show, in which they showed clips of contestants at the regional auditions, which whittled the number of contestants to 80. In London they were further whittled down to 30, then 20 and finally 16. One week later the 16 remaining contestants had to sing and dance. The 14 best were arranged into two teams, chosen by Arlene Philips and Bruno Tonioli.
Baby Ballroom: The Championship
Presented by: Kate Thornton
Judges: Ray Quinn, Bonnie Langford and Pierre Dulaine
A dance show similar to Strictly Come Dancing, featuring boy-girl pairs of children under 12. Like Strictly Come Dancing, they do ballroom and Latin dancing. This first appeared on ITV1 last Saturday evening. Heat 2 is tonight, and the final is next Saturday. Unlike Strictly Come Dancing the judges do not reveal their scores to viewers. Does anyone know why that's the case?
Boogie Beebies
Presented by: Pete Hillier and Nataylia "Nat" Roni (2004 programmes)
Pete Hillier alone (2006 programmes)
Judges: Not applicable
Now I know full well that, unlike the others, this is NOT a competition, but it still falls within the realm of dance shows, so I've included it for completeness. It's primarily aimed at pre-school children. The idea is for viewers to join in and copy the presenter(s). Each programme begins with a warm-up (important before dancing), then the dance is taught bit by bit. Finally there's the Big Video, which features a song with the dance action included. You join in with the dance for that programme. During the closing sequence, there's a cool down routine, though it's not long enough - that ought to be similar duration to the warm-up. The title comes from Boogie (dance) and the Beebies part of the channel name C Beebies .
Some editions include an extra segment between the dance tuition and Big Video: I Boogie. This lasts about a minute or two and features children talking about various types of dance around the world, e.g. ballroom, ballet, cheerleading, line dancing.
FOOTNOTE
Well that's your lot, is that enough dance shows to choose from? Someone recently commented about the launch of DanceX, adding to the growing list of dance shows. Are there too few, just about enough, or too many dance shows? You decide.
What I think they ought to have:
Another Strictly Come Dancing style show , featuring the plethora of dance styles OTHER than ballroom and Latin dancing. Just think, there's African dancing, Ballet dancing, Bollywood dancing, Break dancing, Cheerleading, Chinese dancing, Flamenco dancing, Greek dancing. Highland dancing, Hip-Hop, Indian dancing, Irish dancing (e.g. Riverdance), Latvian dancing, Line dancing, Street dancing and Tap dancing. The list is endless.
Another Boogie Beebies style show , aimed at older children (perhaps separate ones for primary school age children and teeens/pre teens.