Underplayed Gems

Dancing with the Stars

Dancing with the Stars poster
Directed by
Liu Jun Jie
Cast
Hong Jia Ling, David Chen, Jason Chang, Fang Zi Xuan, Ko Shu Yuan, Gu Han Yun, Adriene Lin, Wong Wan
Genre
reality television, ballroom dance
Country
United Kingdom
Length
21 episodes
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Celebrities are paired with professional ballroom dancers and each week they perform choreographed routines based on a theme. A panel of judges scores each dance and viewers vote for their favorites by phone or online. Couples with the lowest combined score are eliminated until the winner is crowned.

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What happens

Dancing with the Stars is an international television franchise based on the format of the British television series Strictly Come Dancing, itself a successor to the show Come Dancing (1950–1998). It is distributed by BBC Studios, the commercial arm of the BBC. As of 2012, the format has been licensed to 60 territories. Versions have also been produced in dozens of countries across the world. As a result, the series became the world's most popular television programme among all genres in 2006 and 2007, according to the magazine Television Business International, reaching the Top 10 in 17 countries. The show pairs a number of well known celebrities with professional ballroom dancers, who each week compete by performing one or more choreographed routines that follow the prearranged theme for that particular week. The dancers are then scored by a panel of judges. Viewers are given a certain amount of time to place votes for their favorite dancers, either by telephone or (in some countries) online. The couple with the lowest combined score provided by the judges and viewers is eliminated. This process continues until there are only two, three, four, or five couples left; when they have competed for the last time one couple is declared the champion and wins a trophy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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