Dancing with the Stars (Australian TV series)

Dancing with the Stars
Created byBBC
Based onStrictly Come Dancing
Creative directorKelley Abbey
Presented by
Judges
Voices ofAndrew Peters
ComposersDorian West, Neil Sutherland and others
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons18
No. of episodes164
Production
Production locationsGlobal Television Studios, South Melbourne, Victoria (2004–15)
Disney Studios Australia, Sydney, New South Wales (2019)
Docklands Studios Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria (2020–present)
Running time90–150 minutes
(including commercials)
Production companies Produced under licence from BBC Studios (known as BBC Worldwide during 2004-2015)
Original release
NetworkSeven Network
Release5 October 2004 (2004-10-05) –
7 September 2015 (2015-09-07)
NetworkNetwork 10
Release18 February 2019 (2019-02-18) –
29 March 2020 (2020-03-29)
NetworkSeven Network
Release11 April 2021 (2021-04-11) –
present
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Dancing with the Stars is an Australian light entertainment reality show which originally aired on the Seven Network from 2004 to 2015 and on Network 10 from 2019 to 2020. When it was on the Seven Network, it was broadcast live from the HSV-7 studios (now Global Television studios) in Melbourne; on Network 10 it aired live from Fox Studios Australia (now Disney Studios Australia) in Sydney and Docklands Studios in Melbourne.

The show is based on the British BBC Television series Strictly Come Dancing and is part of BBC Worldwide's international Dancing with the Stars franchise.

The show pairs celebrities with professional ballroom dancers who each week compete against each other in a dance-off to impress a panel of judges and ultimately the viewing public in order to survive potential elimination. Through telephone and SMS voting, viewers vote for the duo they think should remain in the competition. Judges' scores are combined with the viewer votes when determining which duo is eliminated.