''Celebrity Circus'' is an American version of the ''Celebrity Circus''

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based on the Portuguese television series of Circo das Celebridades, not to be confused with Australian TV series of the same name that aired in 2005. The show is produced by

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with

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as executive producer and Rick Ringbakk as co-executive producer. On March 13, 2009, it was confirmed that the series had been canceled and would not be returning for a second season.

Format

The show is hosted by

Joey Fatone Joseph Anthony Fatone Jr. (born January 28, 1977) is an American singer, dancer, actor, and television personality. He is best known as a member of the boyband NSYNC, in which he sang baritone. In 2007, he came in second place on the ABC realit ...

. The judges for the series are Olympic

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Mitch Gaylord Mitchell Jay Gaylord (born March 10, 1961) is an American gymnast, actor, and Olympic gold medalist. Early life Gaylord was born in Van Nuys, California, the son of Fred and Linda Gaylord, and is Jewish. Gaylord graduated from Grant High Schoo ...

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Aurelia Cats and choreographer

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who is also a judge on the British version. The celebrities are trained to perform various circus acts, and compete with each other for points from the judges and phone votes from the public on premium rated lines or by online voting via the official website. The acts are interspersed with banter and video from the training sessions and interviews. The two scores are combined, 50% judges vote and 50% phone votes, and the celebrity with the lowest combined score is eliminated.Voting Rules
''NBC official site'' Retrieved June 11, 2008

Season 1

NBC announced the first season of ''Celebrity Circus'' on January 18, 2008, on the same day

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announced it was in negotiations on a revival of ''

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''. On March 8, 2008, NBC announced the network's 2008 summer schedule with a two-hour premiere on June 11, 2008. Shortly after, on April 16, 2008, ABC announced that the network decided to pass on a revival of ''Circus of the Stars'' due to NBC premiering ''Celebrity Circus''. NBC later announced that ''Celebrity Circus'' would have a ninety-minute premiere on June 11, 2008, instead of a two-hour premiere. Beginning on Wednesday, June 18, 2008, ''Celebrity Circus'' will air one-hour episodes at 9:00 PM ET/PT. NBC announced on April 23, 2008 the host for the show would be former *NSYNC member Joey Fatone with originally

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Blu Cantrell Blu Cantrell (born Tiffany Cobb; March 16, 1976) is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter. Cantrell rose to fame in 2001, with the release of her debut single, " Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)", which peaked at number two on the US ''Billboa ...

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, Jason "Wee Man" Acuña and

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taking part. A seventh celebrity,

Stacey Dash Stacey Lauretta Dash (born January 20, 1967) is an American actress. Dash played Dionne Marie Davenport in the 1995 feature film ''Clueless'' and its television series of the same name. She has also appeared in the films '' Moving'', ''Mo' Mone ...

was revealed on June 9, 2008. In Week 3, Stacey Dash earned the first 10. In Week 4, Wee Man earned the first average of 10. Blu Cantrell was the first contestant eliminated from the Celebrity Circus on June 18, 2008. Janet Evans was the second contestant eliminated from the show on June 25, 2008. Christopher Knight was not eliminated on July 2, 2008, but was forced to withdraw after breaking his arm again during rehearsal (he had fractured it in Week 1).

Celebrities

Celebrities taking part in ''Celebrity Circus'' are:

Elimination

References

External links

Official WebsiteWebsite (via Internet Archive)
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