''Dança dos Famosos'' (lit. ''Dance of the Famous'') is a Brazilian dance competition show. It premiered on November 20, on

TV Globo TV Globo (, "Globe TV", or simply Globo), formerly known as Rede Globo, is a Brazilian free-to-air Television broadcasting, television network, launched by media proprietor Roberto Marinho on 26 April 1965. It is owned by media conglomerate Gr ...

as a one-hour segment on '' Domingão do Faustão'', hosted by

Fausto Silva Fausto Corrêa da Silva (born May 3, 1950) commonly known as Faustão (literally Big Fausto), is a Brazilian television presenter. He is best known as the host of long-running Sunday afternoon show '' Domingão do Faustão'', which premiered in ...

Format

The show pairs a number of

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with professional

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who each week compete against each other in a competition to impress a panel of judges and the viewing audience in order to survive potential elimination. Through

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and

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viewers are able to score each couple based on their performance in a scale ranging from 5 (being the worst) to 10 (being the best). Each guest judge also scored based on the same scale. The couple receiving the lowest combined total of judges' and audience's scores is eliminated each week until only the champion dance pair remains. Past celebrity contestants have included professional and Olympic athletes, models, actors, singers and TV hosts.

Series overview

References

External links

Official Site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Danca Dos Famosos TV Globo original programming Ballroom dance 2005 Brazilian television series debuts Brazilian reality television series Portuguese-language television shows Brazilian television series based on British television series