For so many people the idea of watching television is simply watching another boring show that features more boring characters doing the exact same thing repeatedly. Starting around the time of the writers’ strike in Hollywood the number of new and creative television shows that were released suddenly took a serious nosedive. Working to ensure that people had television to watch is not always easy, but networks started scrambling to provide shows. For most, the answer was additional reality shows.
Dancing with the Stars came along before the writers’ strike hit and as such, it provided the opportunity for people to watch the show without forcing themselves to endure excessive reality television. This advantage was a huge help when it was time to start looking at the ratings that the show was pulling. While Dancing with the Stars has managed to acquire a great viewer base the writers’ strike certainly helped to increase viewers and has pushed the show to the second most popular show on television following American Idol.
Additional reasons why people love to watch Dancing with the Stars is all of the great things that you can watch occur. If there is ever a show that combines excitement and dancing together this is certainly one of the best options. By pulling stars and professional ballroom dancers together, the ABC network has managed to secure a hugely popular hit on their hands. Each season, new celebrities are chosen to compete on the show, and each year the goal is still the same, winning the competition.
While most television shows that feature contests also involve large amounts of prize money, the celebrity that wins the season of Dancing with the Stars is lucky to receive anything at all. Generally, each week there is a couple that goes home. The exact determination of which couple will go home each week varies heavily based upon the score that each couple receives not only from the judges, but also the number of votes from the viewers.
Using the special method of computing which couple is sent packing from the show is designed to help viewers really feel connected, while at the same time providing judges to help seriously critique the dancing of the contestants. While each of the couples has a single professional ballroom dancer and a single celebrity there are some that at the very end of the show you would never be able to guess which was the professional dancer before the season actually began.
Many celebrities enjoy their time on the show due to the increased publicity surrounding them, as well as the competition that they are able to engage in. While it is possible that someone might not actually appreciate competition it is quite rare that someone would deliberately harm their efforts on the show. This works to heavily encourage viewers to look for the contestant that they truly feel is best.
With a large number of celebrities to choose from for each season, it can be a lot of fun to watch the dancing relationships develop and grow. For the largest number of people it is a truly amazing and thrilling ability to watch the show continue to develop and wonder exactly which pair is going to be leaving next. However, it is also extremely entertaining to see just what exactly some of the stars are capable of. By pulling celebrities from a large number of fields, there are magicians, boxers, actors, and even singers all engaging in competition on the show to determine who is really and truly the best.
A short amount of time watching the show will no doubt allow you to decide exactly which celebrity you are personally interested in seeing win the competition. Regardless of who you are pulling for and exactly when they go home watching the show unfold over the season is still a lot of fun, and by allowing every season to be bigger and better than before it is a show that is likely to continue for a very long time to come.
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