Dance Factory
was a children's television show which ran for nine weeks from March to May 2005 at 10.30am on BBC One. It was simulcast on the CBBC Channel. It was hosted by Reggie Yates, better known as the host of Top of the Pops
, with co-presenters Camilla Dallerup and Nigel Clarke. Camilla paired with David Dickinson and Roger Black in the BBC series, Strictly Come Dancing, while Nigel was better known as a host from Nickelodeon and professional dancer with the Stomp company.
The aim of the show was to pair six non-dancers with experts their own age in Bhangra, Irish dancing, pop, tap dancing, hip hop and musical theatre styles. The contestants were drawn from all over the UK, and auditions were held in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow and Belfast.
The next phase of the show saw the experts teaching their new partners how to dance, and also saw them meeting some showbiz stars to pick up tips along the way. These included Michael Flatley, of Riverdance fame; Rio Ferdinand, the England and Manchester United star; Denise Lewis, Olympic gold medallist (also seen in Strictly Come Dancing
) and the cast of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
in London's West End.
After six weeks of intense training and rehearsal, the contestants were thrust into live semi-finals, each of which saw one pair eliminated from the competition by CBBC viewers. The musical theatre pair of Stacey and Josh were eliminated first, followed by Teejay and Tom, the Bhangra pair, the week after.
In a specially-extended final, the Irish dancing pair of Claire and Gavin went away with the title of Dance Factory Champions and won a dream trip to New York. The runners up were Naoimh and her partner, dancing tap.
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Dance Factory
was a children's television show which ran for nine weeks from March to May
2005 at 10.30am on
BBC One. It was simulcast on the
CBBC Channel. It was hosted by
Reggie Yates, better known as the host of
Top of the Pops
, with co-presenters
Camilla Dallerup and Nigel Clarke. Camilla paired with
David Dickinson and
Roger Black in the
BBC series,
Strictly Come Dancing, while Nigel was better known as a host from
Nickelodeon and professional dancer with the
Stomp company.
The aim of the show was to pair six non-dancers with experts their own age in
Bhangra,
Irish dancing,
pop,
tap dancing,
hip hop and
musical theatre styles. The contestants were drawn from all over the UK, and auditions were held in
London,
Manchester,
Birmingham,
Cardiff,
Glasgow and
Belfast.
The next phase of the show saw the experts teaching their new partners how to dance, and also saw them meeting some showbiz stars to pick up tips along the way. These included
Michael Flatley, of
Riverdance fame;
Rio Ferdinand, the
England and
Manchester United star;
Denise Lewis, Olympic gold medallist (also seen in
Strictly Come Dancing
) and the cast of
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
in
London's
West End.
After six weeks of intense training and rehearsal, the contestants were thrust into live semi-finals, each of which saw one pair eliminated from the competition by
CBBC viewers. The musical theatre pair of Stacey and Josh were eliminated first, followed by Teejay and Tom, the
Bhangra pair, the week after.
In a specially-extended final, the
Irish dancing pair of Claire and Gavin went away with the title of Dance Factory Champions and won a dream trip to
New York. The runners up were Naoimh and her partner, dancing tap.