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Celebrity Circus (U.S. TV series)
Encyclopedia
Celebrity Circus is an American
version of the Celebrity Circus reality television show based on the Australia
n television series of the same name
originally aired in 2005. The show is produced by Endemol USA with Matt Kunitz
as executive producer and Rick Ringbakk as co-executive producer.
On March 13, 2009, it was confirmed that the series had been canceled and would not be returning for a second season.
. The judges for the series are Olympic gymnast
Mitch Gaylord
, contortionist Aurelia Cats and choreographer Louie Spence
who is also a judge on the British version
.
The celebrities are trained to perform various circus acts, and compete with each other for points from the judges and phone votes from the public on premium rated lines or by online voting via the official website. The acts are interspersed with banter and video from the training sessions and interviews. The two scores are combined, 50% judges vote and 50% phone votes, and the celebrity with the lowest combined score is eliminated.
announced it was in negotiations on a revival of Circus of the Stars
. On March 8, 2008 NBC announced the network's 2008 summer schedule with a two hour premiere on June 11, 2008. Shortly after, on April 16, 2008 ABC announced the network decided to pass on a revival of Circus of the Stars due to NBC premiering Celebrity Circus.
NBC later announced that Celebrity Circus would have a ninety minute premiere on June 11, 2008 instead of a two hour premiere. Beginning on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 Celebrity Circus will air one hour episodes at 9:00 PM ET/PT. NBC announced on April 23, 2008 the host for the show would be former *NSYNC
member Joey Fatone with originally Antonio Sabato, Jr.
, Blu Cantrell
, Christopher Knight, Janet Evans
, Jason "Wee Man" Acuña
and Rachel Hunter
taking part. A seventh celebrity, Stacey Dash
was revealed on June 9, 2008.
In Week 3, Stacey Dash earned the first 10. In Week 4, Wee Man earned the first average of 10.
Blu Cantrell was the first contestant eliminated from the Celebrity Circus on June 18, 2008. Janet Evans was the second contestant eliminated from the show on June 25, 2008. Christopher Knight was not eliminated on July 2, 2008, but was forced to withdraw after breaking his arm again during rehearsal (he had fractured it in Week 1).
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
version of the Celebrity Circus reality television show based on the Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n television series of the same name
Celebrity Circus (Australian TV series)
Celebrity Circus was an Australian reality television series which aired in 2005 on the Nine Network.The show took celebrities and, with the help of Silver's Circus, trained them into circus acts...
originally aired in 2005. The show is produced by Endemol USA with Matt Kunitz
Matt Kunitz
Matt Kunitz is a television executive producer known for his work on reality television programming. In July 2008, the Los Angeles Times dubbed Kunitz "The King of Reality TV." Kunitz is currently the executive producer on Wipeout, a stunt based competition reality game show he created for...
as executive producer and Rick Ringbakk as co-executive producer.
On March 13, 2009, it was confirmed that the series had been canceled and would not be returning for a second season.
Format
The show is hosted by Joey FatoneJoey Fatone
Joseph Anthony "Joey" Fatone, Jr. is an American singer, dancer, actor and television personality. He is best known as a member of the boyband, 'N Sync, in which he sang baritone. In 2007, he came in second place on the ABC reality show Dancing with the Stars...
. The judges for the series are Olympic gymnast
Gymnast
Gymnasts are people who participate in the sports of either artistic gymnastics, trampolining, or rhythmic gymnastics.See gymnasium for the origin of the word gymnast from gymnastikos.-Female artistic:Australia...
Mitch Gaylord
Mitch Gaylord
Mitchell Jay Gaylord , is an American gymnast and Olympic gold medalist.Gaylord was born in Van Nuys, California, son of Fred and Linda Gaylord. While attending UCLA, he won the All-Around in the 1983 and 1984 U.S...
, contortionist Aurelia Cats and choreographer Louie Spence
Louie Spence
Louie Spence is a dance expert, choreographer and television personality who is currently the artistic director at the London Pineapple Dance Studios...
who is also a judge on the British version
Cirque de Celebrité
Cirque de Celebrité was a celebrity reality TV show broadcast on Sky One. The show features celebrities training for and then performing various circus acts. The winner of the 2006 series was Grace Adams-Short....
.
The celebrities are trained to perform various circus acts, and compete with each other for points from the judges and phone votes from the public on premium rated lines or by online voting via the official website. The acts are interspersed with banter and video from the training sessions and interviews. The two scores are combined, 50% judges vote and 50% phone votes, and the celebrity with the lowest combined score is eliminated.
Season 1
NBC announced the first season of Celebrity Circus on January 18, 2008 on the same day ABCAmerican Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
announced it was in negotiations on a revival of Circus of the Stars
Circus of the Stars
Circus of the Stars was an annual television special, broadcast by the CBS network in the United States, in which celebrities performed circus-type acts. There were 19 shows in total, the first being broadcast in 1977 and the last in 1994. Over the years the series featured many leading movie and...
. On March 8, 2008 NBC announced the network's 2008 summer schedule with a two hour premiere on June 11, 2008. Shortly after, on April 16, 2008 ABC announced the network decided to pass on a revival of Circus of the Stars due to NBC premiering Celebrity Circus.
NBC later announced that Celebrity Circus would have a ninety minute premiere on June 11, 2008 instead of a two hour premiere. Beginning on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 Celebrity Circus will air one hour episodes at 9:00 PM ET/PT. NBC announced on April 23, 2008 the host for the show would be former *NSYNC
'N Sync
N Sync was an American boy band formed in Orlando, Florida, in 1995 and launched in Germany by BMG Ariola Munich, *NSYNC consisted of JC Chasez, Justin Timberlake, Lance Bass, Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpatrick...
member Joey Fatone with originally Antonio Sabato, Jr.
Antonio Sabàto, Jr.
Antonio Sabàto, Jr. is an American actor and model. Born in Italy and raised in the U.S., Sabàto first became known as a Calvin Klein model and for his role on the soap opera General Hospital. He continued appearing in films and television series throughout the 1990s and 2000s.-Early life:Sabàto...
, Blu Cantrell
Blu Cantrell
Blu Cantrell is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter.-Biography:Tiffany Cobb was born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1976. Her father was a Narragansett Native American and Cape Verdean, and played in the National Basketball Association...
, Christopher Knight, Janet Evans
Janet Evans
Janet Beth Evans is a American competitive swimmer who specializes in distance freestyle. She recently announced her comeback to the sport with intentions to swim in the 2012 Olympic Trials.-Biography:...
, Jason "Wee Man" Acuña
Jason Acuña
Jason Acuña , also known as Wee-Man, is an American TV host and actor. He is one of the stars of Jackass on MTV and the host of NESN's skateboarding show 54321. Acuña has achondroplasia, a form of dwarfism, and is tall...
and Rachel Hunter
Rachel Hunter
Rachel Hunter is a New Zealand born American model, actress and reality TV show host who now resides in the U.S. She is best known for her appearance in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues and her longtime marriage to singer Rod Stewart, which ended in 2006...
taking part. A seventh celebrity, Stacey Dash
Stacey Dash
Stacey Lauretta Dash is an American film and television actress.-Career:She made her first TV appearance in Farrell for the People starring Valerie Harper and a virtually unknown Ed O'Neill in 1982, which did not make it past its pilot episode...
was revealed on June 9, 2008.
In Week 3, Stacey Dash earned the first 10. In Week 4, Wee Man earned the first average of 10.
Blu Cantrell was the first contestant eliminated from the Celebrity Circus on June 18, 2008. Janet Evans was the second contestant eliminated from the show on June 25, 2008. Christopher Knight was not eliminated on July 2, 2008, but was forced to withdraw after breaking his arm again during rehearsal (he had fractured it in Week 1).
Celebrities
Celebrities taking part in Celebrity Circus are:| Celebrity | Famous for | Week of departure |
|---|---|---|
| Antonio Sabato, Jr. Antonio Sabàto, Jr. Antonio Sabàto, Jr. is an American actor and model. Born in Italy and raised in the U.S., Sabàto first became known as a Calvin Klein model and for his role on the soap opera General Hospital. He continued appearing in films and television series throughout the 1990s and 2000s.-Early life:Sabàto... |
Actor, General Hospital General Hospital General Hospital is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running American soap opera currently in production and the third longest running drama in television in American history after Guiding Light and As the World Turns.... ; The Bold and the Beautiful The Bold and the Beautiful The Bold and the Beautiful is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS Daytime. It premiered on March 23, 1987.... |
Winner July 16, 2008 |
| Blu Cantrell Blu Cantrell Blu Cantrell is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter.-Biography:Tiffany Cobb was born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1976. Her father was a Narragansett Native American and Cape Verdean, and played in the National Basketball Association... |
R&B and soul Soul music Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of... singer |
Eliminated June 18, 2008 |
| Christopher Knight | Actor, The Brady Bunch The Brady Bunch The Brady Bunch is an American sitcom created by Sherwood Schwartz and starring Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, and Ann B. Davis. The series revolved around a large blended family... ; The Surreal Life The Surreal Life The Surreal Life is a reality television series that sets a select group of past-their-prime celebrities and records them as they live together in Glen Campbell's former mansion in the Hollywood Hills for two weeks... cast member |
Withdrew July 2, 2008 |
| Janet Evans Janet Evans Janet Beth Evans is a American competitive swimmer who specializes in distance freestyle. She recently announced her comeback to the sport with intentions to swim in the 2012 Olympic Trials.-Biography:... |
American United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... Olympic Olympic Games The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate... competitive swimmer |
Eliminated June 25, 2008 |
| Jason "Wee Man" Acuña Jason Acuña Jason Acuña , also known as Wee-Man, is an American TV host and actor. He is one of the stars of Jackass on MTV and the host of NESN's skateboarding show 54321. Acuña has achondroplasia, a form of dwarfism, and is tall... |
Jackass Jackass (TV series) jackass is an American reality series, originally shown on MTV from 2000 to 2002, featuring people performing various dangerous, crude, ridiculous, self-injuring stunts and pranks... cast member, host of 54321 |
3rd Place July 16, 2008 |
| Rachel Hunter Rachel Hunter Rachel Hunter is a New Zealand born American model, actress and reality TV show host who now resides in the U.S. She is best known for her appearance in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues and her longtime marriage to singer Rod Stewart, which ended in 2006... |
Model and actress | Eliminated July 9, 2008 |
| Stacey Dash Stacey Dash Stacey Lauretta Dash is an American film and television actress.-Career:She made her first TV appearance in Farrell for the People starring Valerie Harper and a virtually unknown Ed O'Neill in 1982, which did not make it past its pilot episode... |
Actress, Clueless Clueless (TV series) Clueless is a television series spun off from the 1995 teen film of the same name . The series originally premiered on ABC on September 20, 1996 as a part of the TGIF lineup during its first season... TV-series cast member |
2nd Place July 16, 2008 |
Elimination
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celebrity | Result | |||||
| Antonio Sabato, Jr. | Winner | |||||
| Stacey Dash | Runner-Up | |||||
| 3rd Place | ||||||
| Rachel Hunter | Eliminated | |||||
| Christopher Knight | Withdrew | |||||
| Janet Evans | Eliminated | |||||
| Blu Cantrell | Eliminated | |||||