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*Shall We Dance?*
Shall We Dance?
Genre	Reality competition
Created by	ABC Development Corporation
Directed by	Rich Ilustre
Presented by	Lucy Torres; Victor Basa; Jon Avila
Country of origin	Philippines
Original language	Filipino
No. of seasons	10
Production
Producer	Perci Intalan
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	ABC; TV5
Release	November 6, 2005 –; March 28, 2010
Related
	Eezy Dancing

Shall We Dance? is a Philippine television reality competition show broadcast by ABC/TV5. Hosted by Lucy Torres-Gomez, it aired from November 6, 2005^[1] to March 28, 2010, and was replaced by My Darling Aswang. This is the first ever television program in the Philippines to use a steadicam.

Format

The show features a ballroom dancing competition between three celebrities. Each celebrity is paired up with a dance instructor. The next portion of the show is a competition between three non-showbiz dance pairs. All performances are evaluated by a panel of three judges. The last portion of the show is a dance instructional by one of the judges, Ednah Ledesma. This portion features a step-by-step lesson by Ledesma of a ballroom dance.^[2] In 2008, the show was reformatted with a new title Shall We Dance: Search for the Dance Superstars.

Hosts and judges

Main host

Lucy Torres, dubbed "Asia's Dance Goddess"

Co-hosts

Judges

Ednah Ledesma
Regine Tolentino
Douglas Nierras

Guest co-hosts

Former judges

Audie Gemora

Former host

Dominic Ochoa

Awards and recognitions

22nd PMPC Star Awards for Television

Best Talent Search Program (2008)
Best Talent Search Program Host – Lucy Torres-Gomez, Arnel Ignacio, and Dominic Ochoa (2008)

References

^ "ABC launches new shows". The Philippine Star. October 29, 2005. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
^ Shall We Dance? Feature Article over www.telebisyon.net Archived 2008-10-10 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "ABC launches new shows". The Philippine Star. October 29, 2005. Retrieved November 18, 2020.

[2] Shall We Dance? Feature Article over www.telebisyon.net Archived 2008-10-10 at the Wayback Machine

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Shall We Dance? (TV series)