Ten: We gave it a shot but we have to cancel Everybody Dance Now

DAnce shows are difficult and not many work. Even SO You Think You Can Dance which started strongly petered out in the end after only two seasons. People can relate more to singers and other acts but not so much dancing which is better live than on TV. Also, nobody had any idea what the format was to begin with. They need a proper format structure that is simple and easy for viewers to understand. No matter who hosted the show, it was doomed to fail.

Long ponderous ‘evening-eater’ programmes are all doomed. Viewers want short ‘in &out’ quality blasts to intersperse between their lives that are being lived.

At least they tried something new rather than rehashing an old format 🙂

So much for “Super Sunday” – maybe we can call it “Super Repeats”

I can’t believe another program has bitten the dust. This must be costing Ten a fortune.

Whew!! finally

Unfortunately SM is simply dull on screen. Looks good, but not enough personality to help pull-off a tricky format. Aside from that, the format (like her presenting) was stilted without any vibrance or natural flow. Pity really, as there was some real talent in the contestants.

Not surprised. Unoriginal idea, plus they should have learnt from So You Think’.

The format of the show was disappointing. Letting the audience vote was a terrible idea, because there wasn’t enough of them to get a representative result of what the viewers enjoyed most. From the first episode people seemed to be extremely disappointed watching dancers which they thought good send home, which no reasons other than a bunch of young kids pressing a button.

Shame to see a local production get canned, but the format really was questionable.

Here’s proof, there is a ‘god’. Sarah Murdoch as presenter had no energy at all.

This show was doomed from the start; ignorant title stolen from a top-charting disco song from the 1980s they thought would be clever; woeful and soulless talent. I agree with other comments here that “dance is dead.” I could have saved Ten the financial loss and embarrassment of this disaster, but they never called!

Dance is dead – RUBBISH.

They got the formula wrong. Do a search on YouTube for various dance styles… You will see just how popular this is. But what we got here was an immature, family style version of a dance show.

Needs balls, needs ideas out of the box, needs an addictive component. I am going to call up 10 and give them some ideas one of these days. Can’t believe how bland this version was.

I agree that SM was a terrible host – no energy and she came across as though she was embarrassed to be hosting such a show.

What made it impossible to watch was the filming. Shots of the contestants and then a sharp quick shot of Jason or Kelly totally stilted the flow and entertainment of the dancer. A total injustice to the talent and frustrating for the view – flick.

Did SM at least announce the right winner this time?

I think what people wanted to see were the work shops where the judges chose their teams, then go into the duals. When the show started it was like they jumped a whole step. There was too much talking and not enough dancing…. the show seemed to drag on too much. It was a shame because I was excited for the show but lost interest halfway through the first episode.

This is what you get when you try and ‘Americanise’ a show. It had absolutely no local flavour. The presenter was boring and inappropriate and the dancing was average. Reality TV is on the wane and viewers who want decent programming with creative and captivating story lines, strong characters and the like will vote with their remotes. A lot of viewers are tired of stale and repetitive formulaic reality garbage.