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Andrey Arnaudov , judges = Galena Velikova

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'' in Bulgaria. It launched on 8 September 2009 on Nova Television. The show was a co-production between Nova Television and Old School Productions. ''VIP Dance'' airs on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays (eliminations) at 20:00. It had been announced that the season finale was on 30 November.

Format

The show was aired under the license of

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Similarities with dancing stars

Its first season was produced by Old School Productions in 2008, when it beat Nova Television's ''

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'' in ratings. Apart from the producers, ''Dancing Stars 1s jury members

and Galena Velikova were also part of ''VIP Dance''. Many of the participants in bTV's show were competing in ''VIP Dance'': * Orlin Pavlov (jury member) * Yana Akimova (Orlin and Yana were the winners of ''Dancing Stars 1'') * Rangel Spirov * Svetlin Dimitrov * Atanas Mesechkov * Elena Dobrikova * Petya Dimitrova ''VIP Dance'' was competing with bTV's '' Dancing Stars 2'', which launches on 1 October 2009 and produced by

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Presenters

The main presenters of ''VIP Dance'' were Ivan and Andrey. They became popular in bTV, where they hosted the talk show ''Sblasak'' and the three seasons of ''

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'' (they were also producers of the second and the third ones).

Judges

There were four members of the jury -

, Galena Velikova,

and Ivaylo Manolov. Orlin was a participant in ''Dancing Stars 1''.

Teams

* Raina (pop-folk singer), Fahradin Fahradinov (actor), Sashka Dimitrova and Svetlin Dimitrov (winner) * Maria Silvester (model, TV presenter), Bobby turbo (actor), Kremena Todorova and Raul Torres * Elitsa Todorova (folk singer), Simona Peicheva (gymnast) and Krum (pop and folk-pop singer), Ana Doncheva and Alfredo Torres * Tereza Marinova (athlete), Yordan Yovchev (gymnast), Ralitsa Merdjanova and Dimitar Bozhilov - Mako * Anelia Ralenkova (gymnast), Nikolay Sotirov (actor), Aneta Avakyan and Atanas Mesechkov * Kristina Mileva (model), Dejan Donkov (actor), Margarita Budinova and Rangel Spirov * Nikoleta Lozanova (model), Nayden Naydenov (TV presenter, a participant in Big Brother 1), Elena Dobrinkova and Kostadin Kostadinov * Mira Dobreva (TV presenter), Georgi Enchev-Goosh, Milen Tsvetkov (TV presenter), Lili Velichkova * Daniela Iankova (TV presenter), Kamen Vodenitcharov (actor), Milen Dankov and Yana Akimova * Iva Sofianska (TV presenter), Atanas Mihailov (TV presenter, actor), Trendafil Sarmov and Elitsa Pavlikenova * Dilyana Popova (model), Borislav Sapundzhiev - Bobbi-Ursula (barber-stylist), Petya Dimitrova and Dean Stefanov * Saska Vaseva (pop-folk singer), Marian Stankov - Mon Dio (journalist), Dimitrina Ruseva and Lachezar Todorov

External links

The official website of VIP Dance
Ballroom dance Dance competition television shows 2009 Bulgarian television series debuts 2009 Bulgarian television series endings Nova (Bulgarian TV channel) original programming