Pants-Off Dance-Off
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Pants-Off Dance-Off is a dance contest which premiered on April 18, 2006 on Fuse
. It features stripteasers as they dance while disrobing, and is now shown on its official website.
s and photos reveal stories about each so-called "pancer". For the first two seasons, the audience selected each episode’s winner by texting their vote. The third season used a format where judges selected the weekly winner. Each episode's winner received $
200 and the opportunity to compete in a championship at the end of the season.
In October 2009 the show was launched in the U.K on MTV's new channel Viva. The show has a completely new look and currently broadcasts in double bill episodes. There is no cash prize on the UK version and there is no overall winner.
A Much Music version aired in Canada which involved the dancers stripping, often with the use of "mystery object", while an unseen narrator makes jokes.
. Former child star Jodie Sweetin
joined the show as host for Season 2. Willa Ford
hosted Season 3.
Fuse TV
Fuse is an American national television network dedicated exclusively to music. It features original series and specials, exclusive interviews, live concerts and video blocks....
. It features stripteasers as they dance while disrobing, and is now shown on its official website.
Format
In each episode, five contestants striptease to a music video, while interviews, soundbiteSoundbite
In film and broadcasting, a sound bite is a very short piece of a speech taken from a longer speech or an interview in which someone with authority or the average "man on the street" says something which is considered by those who edit the speech or interview to be the most important point...
s and photos reveal stories about each so-called "pancer". For the first two seasons, the audience selected each episode’s winner by texting their vote. The third season used a format where judges selected the weekly winner. Each episode's winner received $
United States dollar
The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
200 and the opportunity to compete in a championship at the end of the season.
In October 2009 the show was launched in the U.K on MTV's new channel Viva. The show has a completely new look and currently broadcasts in double bill episodes. There is no cash prize on the UK version and there is no overall winner.
A Much Music version aired in Canada which involved the dancers stripping, often with the use of "mystery object", while an unseen narrator makes jokes.
Hosts
The first season was hosted by Tila Tequila and Krista AyneKrista Ayne
Krista Ayne is an American model and actress who was Penthouse Pet of the Month for April 2006. She also has appeared in Playboy....
. Former child star Jodie Sweetin
Jodie Sweetin
Jodie Lee Ann Sweetin is an American actress, best known for her role as Stephanie Tanner on the long running television sitcom Full House.-Career:...
joined the show as host for Season 2. Willa Ford
Willa Ford
Amanda Lee Modano , known professionally as Willa Ford and often as Mandy Modano, is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, model, television personality and film actress. She released her debut album, Willa Was Here, in 2001...
hosted Season 3.
External links
- 'Pants Off Dance Off's strippers are real yelping, whooping, I'm-mad-me irritants' - Review by Charlie BrookerCharlie BrookerCharlton "Charlie" Brooker is a British journalist, comic writer and broadcaster. His style of humour is savage and profane, with surreal elements and a consistent satirical pessimism...
, The GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
, 31 October 2009