Circo de estrellas, is the Chilean adaptation of an Australian TV program Celebrity Circus

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...

 broadcast by the Australian Nine Network

Nine Network

The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...

. It is based on learning and peforming circus skills. The Chilean version of the program was announced in a January 2010 press release, to be shown by Televisión Nacional de Chile

Televisión Nacional de Chile

TVN is Chile's state-owned television station. Its inaugural transmission took place on 1969. TVN is owned, but not funded, by the state, and it functions independently from it; a very particular case of public television in South America...

 on Thursdays at 22:40 hours, hosted by Rafael Araneda

Rafael Araneda

Rafael Luis Domingo Araneda Maturana is a popular Chilean TV presenter, best known for his participation in the show Rojo Fama Contrafama as the host. Also he was the host of Estrellas en el Hielo, Sin Prejuicios, Rojo VIP, Noche de Juegos, El Baile en TVN...

 and Karen Doggenweiler

Karen Doggenweiler

Karen Sylvia Doggenweiler Lapuente is a popular Chilean journalist and TV presenter.Doggenweiler is the daughter of Félix Doggenweiler Heim, of Swiss-German descent and Silvia Lapuente, of Spanish-Aragonese descent. She is married to the Chilean politician Marco Enríquez-Ominami. The marriage...

.. There is also a related special program called asCirco behind the magic, which shows the trial participants in a kind of series-documentary.

The first epsiode, on 25 March 2010, attracted a rating of 16.2 points.

Mechanical

The celebrities who enter the program begin their studies at least a month before the airing of the program. They are assigned a professional teacher for the disciplines covered by the circus, who will be with them throughout the competition. They are observed and evaluated by five judges who give their opinion and score for each of the duelists. The contestant with fewest votes leaves the competition.

Judges

• Fernando Sánchez: managerial of the Brothers Fuentes Gazca Company
• Cristina Tocco: actress and singer
• Gustavo Sánchez: former judge of Latin American Idol
  Latin American Idol
  Latin American Idol is the Latin American edition of the popular British franchise of Idols, well-known for its American version American Idol. The show aims to discover the pop idol of the Latin American region...
  
  
• Luz Croxatto: actress and screenwriter
• René O'Ryan: instructor of Pelotón III
  Pelotón III
  Pelotón III is the third series of the popular Chilean TV reality show, Pelotón, produced by Televisión Nacional de Chile .This series has been in progress since April 2009, featuring a number of Chilean celebrities, with Karen Doggenweiler and Rafael Araneda as the presenters...
  
   and Pelotón IV.

Competition table

Participants	Age	'Competition Status'
Francisco "Chapu" Puelles Francisco "Chapu" Puelles Francisco Javier Puelles Gana is a Chilean actor, circus worker and television personality best known as "Chapu" because of his role in Calle 7 and Circo de estrellas being the Winner of both game shows...  - actor, contestant and double winner of Calle 7		1st Place
Janis Pope - audiovisual communicator, panelist of En Portada		2nd Place (4th eliminated)
Loreto Aravena - actress in Los 80 series		3rd Placed 6th & 8th eliminated
Nabih Chadud - engineer, former contestant in Pelotón Peloton The peloton , field, bunch or pack is the large main group of riders in a road bicycle race. Riders in a group save energy by riding close near other riders...  and La Granja La Granja La Granja may refer to:*Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso in Spain*La Granja de San Ildefonso, the town connected to it*La Granja, Chile*La Granja , a Chilean reality television show...		1st, 5th & 10th eliminated
Monserrat Prats - actress		2nd & 9th eliminated
César Caillet César Caillet César Caillet Álvarez is a Chilean actor , studied in the Instituto chileno-francés of the city of Temuco. Graduated with a Law degree, knowing that he would not pursue his degree, dedicated himself to acting...  - actor, lawyer		7th eliminated
Mariela Montero - actress, model, singer, former participant in Pelotón Peloton The peloton , field, bunch or pack is the large main group of riders in a road bicycle race. Riders in a group save energy by riding close near other riders...		3rd eliminated
Carla Ballero - actress, model, TV host		Retired (4)
Maite Orsini Maite Orsini Maite Orsini Pascal is a Chilean actress and model.-Biography:Over the past two decades, Maite has played important roles in different TV series such as Los Venegas and Fuera de control . During her teenage years, she appeared in a vast number of commercials and got a few modeling gigs...  (1)(3) - actress, model, contestant in Calle 7		Retired
Christian Ocaranza - dancer , former participant in Rojo Fama Contrafama		Retired (2)

(1) Alejandra Fosalba

Alejandra Fosalba

Alejandra Fosalba Henry is an Actress from Chile, born in Concepción. Right after school, she discovered her calling, theater, and went to Santiago to study.She has said that her Television career was started slowly...

 replaced due to leg injury by Maite Orsini

Maite Orsini

Maite Orsini Pascal is a Chilean actress and model.-Biography:Over the past two decades, Maite has played important roles in different TV series such as Los Venegas and Fuera de control . During her teenage years, she appeared in a vast number of commercials and got a few modeling gigs...

.

(2) Christian Ocaranza replaced due to back injury by Nabih Chadud on 15 April.

(3) Maite Orsini

Maite Orsini

Maite Orsini Pascal is a Chilean actress and model.-Biography:Over the past two decades, Maite has played important roles in different TV series such as Los Venegas and Fuera de control . During her teenage years, she appeared in a vast number of commercials and got a few modeling gigs...

 replaced due to personal problems by Janis Pope.

(4) Carla Ballero retired because she was pregnant.

Table of elimination

Stars	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Semi-finals	Final part 1	Final part 2
Chapu	Save	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Save	Save	Nominated	Save	1st Semi-finalist	Save	1st Finalist	1st Place
Janis	Nominated	Save	Save	Save	Eliminated	Save	Save	Save	3rd Semi-finalist	Save	2nd Finalist	2nd Place
Loreto	Nominated	Save	Save	Save	Save	Nominated	Back In	Nominated	Eliminated	Back In	3rd finalist	3rd Placed
Nabih	Save	Eliminated		Back In	Save	Eliminated	Back In	Save	4th Semi-finalist	Save	Eliminated
Carla	Nominated	Save	Save	Save	Injured	Save	Save	Save	2nd Semi-finalist	Retired
Montserrat	Save	Nominated	Eliminated				Back In	Nominated	Nominated	Eliminated
César	Save	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Save	Eliminated
Maite	Nominated	Nominated	Nominated	Save	Save	Retired
Mariela	Nominated	Save	Save	Eliminated
Christian	Save	Save	Save	Retired

Repechaje stage

On May 6, 2010, it was the stage of the Repechaje where the contestants go through a task "Cuerda Floja". On this task were:

Participant	Result
Monserrat Prats	Back In
Loreto Aravena	Back In
Nabih Chadud	Back In
Mariela Montero	Eliminated
Maite Orsini Maite Orsini Maite Orsini Pascal is a Chilean actress and model.-Biography:Over the past two decades, Maite has played important roles in different TV series such as Los Venegas and Fuera de control . During her teenage years, she appeared in a vast number of commercials and got a few modeling gigs...	Eliminated