{"id":5039,"date":"2016-07-18T11:32:54","date_gmt":"2016-07-18T15:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/creative-exchange-keeps-dancing-with-the-stars-format-fresh\/"},"modified":"2016-07-19T09:37:03","modified_gmt":"2016-07-19T13:37:03","slug":"creative-exchange-keeps-dancing-with-the-stars-format-fresh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/creative-exchange-keeps-dancing-with-the-stars-format-fresh\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Exchange Keeps Dancing with the Stars Format Fresh"},"content":{"rendered":"

TV Formats looks at the success of the <\/em>Dancing with the Stars competition format, which is part of the BBC Worldwide catalog.<\/em><\/p>\n

Since the premiere of\u00a0Strictly Come Dancing\u00a0<\/em>in 2004 on BBC One in the U.K., BBC Worldwide has licensed the format to more than 50 countries. Australia\u2019s Seven was the first broadcaster to produce a local version, which launched the same year. Adaptations of the format, known internationally as\u00a0Dancing with the Stars<\/em>, have popped up around the world, and more than 3,500 episodes and 299 seasons have been recorded to date.<\/p>\n

\u201cDancing with the Stars<\/em>\u00a0is a jewel in the crown of BBC Worldwide\u2019s entertainment and formats business, and our global team works hard to attain and maintain the audience levels and popularity that have made the show a hit internationally,\u201d says Kate Phillips, BBC Worldwide\u2019s creative director of formats and the incoming controller of entertainment commissioning at the BBC. \u201cFrom Sweden to South Africa, the magic of this show continues to draw viewers of all ages in year after year.\u201d<\/p>\n

The format\u2019s footprint is so widespread that it has reached six continents, with creative teams worldwide bringing their unique ideas and cultures to\u00a0\"***Image***\"each adaptation.<\/p>\n

Producers from 19 countries recently took part in the BBC Worldwide-hosted fifth international\u00a0Dancing with the Stars<\/em>\u00a0Creative Exchange in London, including those from Australia,\u00a0Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, France, India, Italy, Lebanon, Poland, South Africa, Sweden, the U.K. and the U.S.<\/p>\n

“This Creative Exchange is a brilliant opportunity to bring teams from around the world together in one place to share fresh and innovative ideas about the show,\u201d says Norman Lockhart, the head of international production at BBC Worldwide. \u201cWe\u2019ve developed a community of creatives who come together and showcase best practice in television production to ensure we\u2019re at the forefront of the format\u2019s development and success.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among the creatives in attendance this year were Rob Wade, executive producer of the U.S. version. He notes: \u201cThe biggest shows in the world are made by the best producers. It\u2019s an incredibly useful experience to get to hear the ideas, views and working practices of such a brilliant array of talent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Soniya Kulkarni, the head of nonfiction content and production at BBC Worldwide India, recognizes the value of original ideas. She credits the show\u2019s success to \u201cits ability to innovate, refresh and offer new delights every year,\u201d a challenge she calls \u201cexciting but also incredibly hard.\u201d According to Kulkarni, \u201cThe Creative Exchange is an opportunity for all [of the format\u2019s] talented producers, across the globe, to gather with a huge pool of ideas that can inspire and educate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Keeping the show fresh helps drive eyeballs to the screen season after season, and the format has the ratings to prove it. The 22nd season of\u00a0Dancing with the Stars\u00a0<\/em>in the U.S.\u00a0<\/strong>averaged 13.5 million viewers and a 12.3 percent share.\u00a0Dancing with the Stars<\/em>\u00a0is so popular in the U.S., in fact, that President Barack Obama rescheduled a speech about Libya in 2011 to avoid conflicting with the program\u2019s airtime. When the eighth season of the Indian version,\u00a0Jhalak Dikhlaa Jaa<\/em>, aired in 2015, it reached 19 million viewers.<\/p>\n

Over the years, a number of well-known celebrities have entered the ballroom to compete on the U.S. version, which wrapped its 22nd season in May. Pamela Anderson, Kirstie Alley and David Hasselhoff are among the past contestants. Even sports stars like Jerry Rice have traded in their cleats (or skates in the case of Olympian and season four champion Apolo Anton Ohno) to show audiences what they can do with their dancing shoes. This year, model Nyle DiMarco became the first deaf winner in the U.S., while the Italian version hosted the oldest contestant when actor Giorgio Albertazzi participated in 2014 at age 91.<\/p>\n

While the show is a ratings hit stateside, the U.S. isn\u2019t the only country to have joined the\u00a0Dancing with the Stars<\/em>\u00a0conga line. Among those that have taken a spin around the ballroom are Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Croatia, Ecuador, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Nigeria, Russia, Slovakia, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine and Vietnam.<\/p>\n

\u201cDancing with the Stars<\/em>\u00a0is an incredible format,\u201d says Jean-Louis Blot, the executive managing director of production at BBC Worldwide France. \u201cEvery year all over the world producers have to invent new ways of telling the same story. Sharing all those experiences is vital to be creative and propose to our viewers a new show each season.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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