Shall We Dance? (TV series)

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 (2005-11-06) – March 28, 2010 (2010-03-28)
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 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. 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

• Arnell Ignacio
• Jon Avila
• Victor Basa
• John Lapus
• Tuesday Vargas
• Wilma Doesnt

Judges

• Ednah Ledesma
• Regine Tolentino
• Douglas Nierras

Guest co-hosts

• Ryan Agoncillo
• Paolo Bediones

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)

See also

• List of TV5 (Philippine TV network) original programming