VIP Dance
VIP Dance | |
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Presented by |
Ivan Hristov Andrey Arnaudov |
Judges |
Neshka Robeva Galena Velikova Orlin Pavlov Ivaylo Manolov |
Country of origin | Bulgaria |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 15 (as of 11 October) |
Production | |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Release | |
Original network | Nova Television |
Original release | 8 September 2009 – 30 November 2009 |
External links | |
Website |
VIP Dance is the first season of the reality show Strictly Come Dancing in Bulgaria. It launched on 8 September 2009 on Nova Television. The show is a co-production between Nova Television and Old School Productions.
VIP Dance airs on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays (eliminations) at 20:00. It has been announced that the season finale will be on 30 November.
Format
The show is aired under the license of Endemol. It has been broadcast in a number of other countries, including Australia, Brazil, Chile, France, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, and Turkey.
Similarities with dancing stars
Its first season was produced by Old School Productions in 2008, when it beat Nova Television's Big Brother 4 in ratings. Apart from the producers, Dancing Stars 1's jury members Neshka Robeva and Galena Velikova are also part of VIP Dance.
Many of the participants in bTV's show are now competing in VIP Dance:
- Orlin Pavlov (now a 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 will be competing with bTV's Dancing Stars 2, which launches on 1 October 2009 and will be produced by Slavi Trifonov.
Presenters
The main presenters of VIP Dance are Ivan and Andrey. They became popular in bTV, where they hosted the talk show Sblasak and the three seasons of Music Idol (they were also producers of the second and the third ones).
Judges
There are four members of the jury - Neshka Robeva, Galena Velikova, Orlin Pavlov and Ivaylo Manolov. Orlin was a participant in Dancing Stars 1.