''DanceX'' is a reality television show produced in the UK for
BBC One
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in 2007. It is a live show, in which two teams of male and female dancers compete to form a new dance group. Team Bruno won the show on 25 August.
Presenter and team leaders
The show was hosted by
GMTV
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and former ''
Xtra Factor'' presenter
Ben Shephard. The two teams were led by
Hot Gossip
Hot Gossip (1974–86) were a British dance troupe who made television appearances and in 1978 backed Sarah Brightman on her single "I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper".
Formation
Arlene Phillips moved to London to learn and teach developin ...
founder
Arlene Phillips
Dame Arlene Phillips (born 22 May 1943) is an English choreographer, talent scout, television judge and presenter, theatre director, and former dancer, who has worked in many fields of entertainment.
For many years, she was most noted as the c ...
and fellow ''
Strictly Come Dancing
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'' judge and choreographer
Bruno Tonioli
Bruno Tonioli (; born 25 November 1955) is an Italian choreographer, ballroom and Latin dancer, and Television personality. He has appeared as a judge on the British television dance competition ''Strictly Come Dancing'' and American adaptation ...
.
Both Arlene and Bruno had their own assistants, a choreographer and a vocal coach. Arlene was joined by
Ashley Wallen, one of Britain's leading choreographers, and expert vocal coach
Joshua Alamu. Bruno's assistants were
Derek Hough, dancer and choreographer, and
CeCe Sammy, vocal coach.
The dance teams' performances were judged by the British public using the ubiquitous telephone vote.
Dance Xtra
Straight after the live
BBC One
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''DanceX'' show, there was a
spin-off
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show, ''Dance Xtra'', on
BBC Three. Presenters
Angellica Bell
Angellica Bell (born 24 March 1976) is a British television and radio presenter, best known for her presenting on CBBC between 2000 and 2006. She is also known for providing occasional cover on ''The One Show'' and for co-presenting '' The M ...
and
Rufus Hound chatted to Arlene and Bruno about how both groups had performed each evening. There were extra interviews with the eliminated dancer and unseen footage was shown. Each week ''Dance Xtra'' had a celebrity guest and fan of the show.
Auditions
Auditions were held in the following places:
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Glasgow
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: Friday 4 May
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Manchester
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: Friday 11th/Saturday 12 May
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Bristol
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: Thursday 17 May
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London
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: Friday 18th/Saturday 19 May
Shows
Show one
In the first show the sixteen finalists were chosen. They were (in alphabetical order):
*Ashley Shaw
*Becky Leung
*Bobby Windebank
*Camilla Hardy
*Chelsey Reynolds
*Claire Mealor
*Phoenix
*Daniel Uppal
*Daniele Arbisi
*Emanuel Tabone
*Ife Kuku
*Jamie Meek
*Kalvin Lamey
*Marie McGonigle
*Marcquelle Ward
*Rana Roy
Show two
In the second show, after seeing all the dancers perform again,
Arlene Phillips
Dame Arlene Phillips (born 22 May 1943) is an English choreographer, talent scout, television judge and presenter, theatre director, and former dancer, who has worked in many fields of entertainment.
For many years, she was most noted as the c ...
and
Bruno Tonioli
Bruno Tonioli (; born 25 November 1955) is an Italian choreographer, ballroom and Latin dancer, and Television personality. He has appeared as a judge on the British television dance competition ''Strictly Come Dancing'' and American adaptation ...
chose who was going to be in their respective dance groups.
First they picked three boys each, with Bruno starting first; these went as follows:
Then it was the turn of the girls. Once again Bruno got the chance to pick first:
After choosing their boys and girls, the remaining four dancers had to dance again for the chance to be in either Arelene's or Bruno's dance group. Bruno was first to choose and he chose Claire Mealor to be in his group, while Arlene picked second and chose to have Camilla Hardy in her dance group. This meant that Bobby Windebank and Jamie Meek were out of the competition and the two groups were now as follows (in alphabetical order):
Show three
The theme of the show was "Latin". The two groups performed separately in three rounds: dancing, singing, and both at the same time. The public were asked to vote for which group they preferred, and polling the most votes was Arlene's, which meant Bruno had to choose one of his members to leave the group. His bottom two were Rebecca and Daniele. After a head-to-head "dance-off", Bruno decided to choose Rebecca to leave the competition.
The groups post show three were as follows:
Show four
The theme of the show was "rock 'n' roll". Arlene's group won the public vote once again and Bruno once again had to choose a person to leave his group. This time he chose Daniele, with Claire given a second chance.
The groups post show four were as follows:
Show five
The theme of the show was "Las Vegas". Both groups expressed surprise at the previous week's result, and this time Bruno's group won the vote. Arlene chose Ife and Camilla to perform again, and voted off Ife.
The groups post show five were as follows:
Show six
The theme of the show was "Disco". Team Bruno won the public vote for a second time. Arlene chose Kalvin and Ashley to perform again, and reluctantly asked Kalvin to leave the competition.
The groups post show six were as follows:
Show seven
The series finale allowed the teams to perform what they liked, but the third performance had to be a repeat of what they thought was their best from the previous shows, as well as what would be the winning group's first single. After a live performance by
Rihanna
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, Team Bruno were announced as the winners.
The winning group
The group signed a recording contract with
Gut Records
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Formed in 1991, Gut was founded by Guy Holmes, who had been Head of Promotions at Island Records. The first single released on the label, Right Said F ...
and released their first single ''Dancing in Repeat'' (written by
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and Swedish popstar
Danny Saucedo) as a digital download on 27 August 2007. It was released as a CD single on 3 September and reached No. 91 in the
UK Singles Chart
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.
Claire, Marie, Marcquelle, Phoenix and Rana began recording an album and are preparing to support Rihanna on her UK tour. Readers of ''The Sun'' newspaper chose the band's name: Pulse.
Special acts
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
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performed ''
If I Can't Dance
"If I Can't Dance" is a song by British recording artist Sophie Ellis-Bextor for her third studio album, ''Trip the Light Fantastic'' (2007). It was written by Ellis-Bextor and Dimitri Tikovoi, while production was handled by Tikovi, with additi ...
'' a song from her new album ''
Trip The Light Fantastic'' on show three, 28 July 2007.
Duncan James performed ''
All I Care About Is Love
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'' from the musical ''
Chicago
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'' on show four, 4 August 2007. He is currently starring as ''
Billy Flynn'' in the West End production of Chicago.
Girls Aloud performed their new single ''
Sexy! No, No, No...'' on the 18 August show, when the groups did disco routines and songs.
Rihanna
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performed her new single "
Shut Up and Drive
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" on the final night.
Ratings
The show got off to a good start with 4.88m, and landing #9 in BBC1's Top 30 Highest Viewed Shows of the week ending 15 July 2007.
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By Episode 2, the show lost around 300,000 viewers – averaging at 4.50m viewers,
at no. 13 on the BBC1 Top 30 of the week.
Episode 3 was less successful, averaging just 4.00m viewers, and placing no. 19 on the BBC1 Top 30 of the week.
By Episode 4, the show took a huge decline in viewing figures, ending up with just 2.99m viewers
– shedding over 1 million viewers from the previous week – and landing on only No. 29 for the BBC's Top 30 of the week.
Episode 5 was still not too successful, but brought about 700,000 viewers back, compared to the previous week. It attracted 3.70m, and landed No. 24 on BBC1's Top 30 of the week. The 6th week of the show had competition in the form of
ITV1's ''
The X Factor'' series 4 launch., which attracted an average of 9.5m viewers, peaking at 10.7m (48% viewing share). ''DanceX'' week 6 gathered 2.7m (13% viewing share). The final of ''DanceX'' attracted a mild 3.67m and No. 23 on the BBC1 top 30 of the week, not incredible compared to ''The X Factor'' average of 8.87m, but still not disastrous.
Weekly averages
* Week 1 – 4.88m
* Week 2 – 4.50m
* Week 3 – 4.00m
* Week 4 – 2.99m
* Week 5 – 3.70m
* Week 6 – 2.7m
* Week 7 – 3.67m
The series average was 3.77m.
International
Shortly after launching in the UK and gaining decent ratings,
ABC
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in the United States acquired the local rights to the DanceX format. It was later announced that the show had been picked up as a show to premiere in January 2008. The live program, called ''
Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann'', was to have two teams led by ABC ''
Dancing with the Stars
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'' judges
Bruno Tonioli
Bruno Tonioli (; born 25 November 1955) is an Italian choreographer, ballroom and Latin dancer, and Television personality. He has appeared as a judge on the British television dance competition ''Strictly Come Dancing'' and American adaptation ...
and
Carrie Ann Inaba. ''Dancing with the Stars''
Season Two Season 2 may refer to:
* ''Season 2'' (Infinite album)
* ''2econd Season
''2econd Season'' is the second and most recent album by Atlanta-based rapper Unk.
Release
It was released on November 4, 2008.
Guest Performers
The album features gu ...
winner
Drew Lachey was slated to host the program.
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References
External links
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''DanceX''
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Rana Roy and Marquelle Ward now star in ITV1 hit series Brittania High choreographed by Arlene Phillips
BBC Television shows
2000s British reality television series
2007 British television series debuts
2007 British television series endings
Dance competition television shows