0/5

Airdate: Strictly Come Dancing

Britain's Strictly Come Dancing, upon which Dancing with the Stars was based, is set to air in Australia.

2013-12-16_0023Britain’s Strictly Come Dancing, upon which Dancing with the Stars was based, is set to air in Australia next month on UKTV.

It will pick up from Series 11 which is about to wrap in the UK, but screens as double eps in Australia.

The show is hosted by the legendary Bruce Forsyth.

15 celebrities take on the challenge of perfecting the art of ballroom and Latin dancing under the tutelage of 15 phenomenally talented professional dancers at the top of their game.

Celebrities joining the ranks include multi-platinum selling singer/songwriter, model and DJ Sophie Ellis-Bextor; former Coronation Street baddie Natalie Gumede; Rugby World Cup champion Ben Cohen; queen of the runway and TV presenter Abbey Clancy; Hollyoaks hunk Ashley Taylor Dawson; one half of the Hairy Bikers Dave Myers; British multi-millionairess Deborah Meaden; Strictly’s very first fashion designer, Julien Macdonald; actor Mark Benton; Casualty star Patrick Robertson; television presenter Rachel Riley; journalist and presenter Susanna Reid; sporting legend Tony Jacklin CBE and finally TV presenter, broadcaster and journalist Vanessa Feltz.

Judges are Len Goodman, Craig Revel Horwood, Bruno Tonioli and Darcey Bussell.

Reaching a series high of 11.7 million viewers in the UK, Australian viewers will be dazzled with two episodes to look forward to each week. To kick things off, UKTV will screen the Performance Show every Wednesday at 8:30pm, hosted by television presenters Sir Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly.

Joining Tess on Thursday evenings at 8:30pm is television and radio presenter Claudia Winkleman to present the Results Show where the couple with the lowest combined scores will face each other in the all-important dance off, with one couple leaving the competition for good.

Tim Christlieb, Head of Channels at BBC Worldwide Australia and New Zealand, commented “Strictly Come Dancing is phenomenally popular in the UK and we’re incredibly excited to be bringing it to Australian audiences on UKTV. The Australian version – Dancing With The Stars was a huge hit this year and we’re delighted to be keeping the glitter ball rolling.”

Five new professionals Anya Garnis, Iveta Lukosiute, Janette Manrara, Kevin Clifton and Aljaz Skorjanec join Strictly’s renowned dancers Ola and James Jordan, Brendan Cole, Anton du Beke, Kristina Rihanoff, Robin Windsor, Karen Hauer and Aliona Vilani.

Wednesday, January 1 at 8:30pm UKTV.

4 Responses

  1. Really looking forward to this. But why has it taken 10 years to air the UK version? I’m glad it’s on UKTV anyway and not Eleven as they have almost ruined dancing on ice by editing out all the judges comments in week 2 and switching days without notice

  2. I know the title has historical ties (to an earlier UK show “Come Dancing”, prefixed with “Strictly” from Strictly Ballroom) but it really is a ridiculous title. No wonder everyone else adapted it as Dancing With The Stars.

Leave a Reply