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Shall We Dance? (TV series)

Philippine reality television program

Summary

Philippine reality television program

Field	Value
genre	Reality competition
runtime	60 minutes
creator	ABC Development Corporation
producer	Perci Intalan
director	Rich Ilustre
presenter	Lucy Torres
Victor Basa
Jon Avila
country	Philippines
language	Filipino
network	ABC
TV5
first_aired
last_aired
related	Eezy Dancing
num_seasons	10

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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 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

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. In 2008, the show was reformatted with a new title Shall We Dance: Search for the Dance Superstars.

Hosts and judges

Main host

Lucy Torres, dubbed "Asia's Dance Goddess"

Co-hosts

Arnell Ignacio
Jon Avila
Victor Basa
John Lapus
Tuesday Vargas
Wilma

Judges

Ednah Ledesma
Regine Tolentino
Douglas Nierras

Guest co-hosts

Ryan Agoncillo
Paolo Bediones

Former judges

Audie Gemora

Former host

Dominic Ochoa

Awards and recognitions

22nd [[PMPC Star Awards for Television]]

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

References

(October 29, 2005). "ABC launches new shows". [[The Philippine Star]].
[http://telebisyon.net/Shall-We-Dance/ Shall We Dance? Feature Article over www.telebisyon.net] {{webarchive. link. (2008-10-10)

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