A new selection of celebrities will be vying for the mirrorball trophy when Dancing with the Stars returns to Australian television screens this year.
Channel Seven announced on Friday that it would resurrect the popular reality TV program for its 20th season, reports TV Tonight.
Although the show wasn’t mentioned alongside other returning programs at last year’s Upfronts, the network has revealed casting is currently underway.
Dancing with the Stars is expected to be screened in the second quarter of the year.
Audiences are yet to hear which hosts, judges and cast will be chosen for this year’s season, which will be produced by BBC Studios Australia.
Dancing With The Stars is returning to Channel Seven this year. Pictured are hosts Daryl Somers and Sonia Kruger
But it has been confirmed that the program will not be an All-Stars format this time around after the network had done so for the past two seasons.
BBC Studios’ Managing Director of International Production and Formats, Matt Forde, said it was a change from their previous collaboration with Warner Bros., who also co-produced the show.
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‘When we started four years ago, that was the preferred road for local broadcasters… but on this series of the show, it will be wholly produced by BBC Studios ANZ,’ he said.
Audiences are yet to hear which hosts, judges and cast will be chosen for this year’s season, which will be produced by BBC Studios Australia
He said their office was now ‘full of sequins and various other things’ in anticipation of the start of a new dancing extravaganza.
‘I used to look after it in Los Angeles, and it just gives your a whole production entity a buzz and excitement,’ he added.
Former Dancing with the Stars host Grant Denyer and dancer Lily Cornish won last year’s contest.
It’s unclear whether Sonia Kruger or Daryl Somers will host the upcoming season.
Former Dancing with the Stars host Grant Denyer and dancer Lily Cornish won last year’s contest
