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Shall We Dance? (TV series)

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Shall We Dance?
GenreReality competition
Created byABC Development Corporation
Directed byRich Ilustre
Presented byLucy Torres
Victor Basa
Jon Avila
Country of originPhilippines
Original languageFilipino
No. of seasons10
Production
ProducerPerci Intalan
Running time60 minutes
Original release
NetworkABC
TV5
ReleaseNovember 6, 2005 (2005-11-06) –
March 28, 2010 (2010-03-28)
Related
Eezy Dancing

Shall We Dance? is a Philippine television reality competition show broadcast by ABC/TV5. Hosted by Lucy Torres-Gomez, it aired from November 6, 2005[1] to March 28, 2010, and was replaced by My Darling Aswang. This is the first ever television program in the Philippines to use a steadicam.

Format

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The show features a ballroom dancing competition between three celebrities. Each celebrity is paired up with a dance instructor. The next portion of the show is a competition between three non-showbiz dance pairs. All performances are evaluated by a panel of three judges. The last portion of the show is a dance instructional by one of the judges, Ednah Ledesma. This portion features a step-by-step lesson by Ledesma of a ballroom dance.[2] In 2008, the show was reformatted with a new title Shall We Dance: Search for the Dance Superstars.

Hosts and judges

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Main host

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Co-hosts

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Judges

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Guest co-hosts

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Former judges

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  • Audie Gemora

Former host

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Awards and recognitions

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  • Best Talent Search Program (2008)
  • Best Talent Search Program Host – Lucy Torres-Gomez, Arnel Ignacio, and Dominic Ochoa (2008)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "ABC launches new shows". The Philippine Star. October 29, 2005. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
  2. ^ Shall We Dance? Feature Article over www.telebisyon.net Archived 2008-10-10 at the Wayback Machine