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Dance Your Ass Off Genre Reality Television Presented by Marissa Jaret Winokur (2009)
Melanie Brown (2010)Country of origin United States Language(s) English Production company(s) 495 Productions (2009)
Magical Elves (2010-present)Broadcast Original channel Oxygen Network Original run June 29, 2009 – August 30, 2010 Dance Your Ass Off (also rendered in a censored form as Dance Your A** Off for broadcast television mentions and promotions) is a reality competition series on the Oxygen Network hosted by Marissa Jaret Winokur in the first season, then Melanie Brown in season two. Similar to the set up of Dancing with the Stars competitors are paired with a professional dancers in hope of impressing judges and the viewing audience. However, each of the twelve contestants are also hoping to lose weight during the process. It premiered on June 29, 2009. The medical doctor is Rob Huizenga from The Biggest Loser. The season premiere brought in 4.3 million viewers making it the most watched show in history of Oxygen Network. In the judges panel are Danny Teeson, a lifestyle coach and dancing expert, actress Lisa Ann Walter, and professional dancer Mayte Garcia, who only appeared as a guest judge for a week in season 2.
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Seasons
Season 1
Main article: Dance Your Ass Off (season 1)Season 2
Main article: Dance Your Ass Off (season 2)International Broadcasters
Australia
Australia's Nine Network begun airing Dance Your Ass Off on July 21, 2009. The first episode attained a low 797,000 viewers (compared with numbers of 1.4-1.6 million viewers on the other two major commercial networks)[1] and coming third out of fifth in overall ratings for the night by a substantial margin. Dance Your Ass Off got some of the lowest numbers the network has seen before in prime-time. The Nine Network has since dumped the show and replaced it with episodes of 20 to 1.[2]
There was much criticism to the Nine Network airing Dance Your Ass Off, considering that the Oxygen Network is a low-viewed niche cable network in the United States that only targets young women exclusively with their programming, whereas Nine is a major free-to-air broadcaster for the mass-market. It is now being screened on Saturday nights on Nine's multicast digital channel Go! from August 15, 2009. The finale is on October 17, 2009. The show was panned in its reviews as well in Australia prior to its premiere, with websites such as TV Tonight giving it a measly 0.5/5 stars.[3]
Other
The Danish television station, TV 2, has announced that the show will be part of their spring 2010 lineup. The Norwegian television station TV3 currently air the show each Tuesday 20.30. The Slovenian television station TV3 currently airs the show.
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Categories:- 2009 American television series debuts
- American reality television series
- Dance television shows
- Dance competitions
- Oxygen network shows
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