Quiero Bailar
Encyclopedia
¡Quiero Bailar! is a Spanish
television
dance
talent show
contested by aspiring professional dancers with concept similar to So You Think You Can Dance
. The show, which premiered on 14 June on TVE1, airs live every Saturday, originally on primetime
, but it was relegated to late night due to its poor viewing figures. It is produced by Gestmusic, a Spanish branch of Endemol
, at the TVE Studios in Sant Cugat del Vallès
(near Barcelona
), and it is hosted by Josep Lobató.
assigned by the program with the artistic help of two top choreographers, Nick Florez and Maria Torres. They mostly dance in interchangeable boy-girl pairs, but as the episodes go on they also dance in same-sex duos or groups. The choreographies can be of very different styles: jazz dance
, street dance
, latin dance, or fusion.
After the contestants perform live on the dancefloor, a professional panel (composed by Cristina Hoyos
, Belén Lobo and Ramón Oller) evaluates their work individually and nominates four of them for eviction. The nominees get a minute each to dance freely to a music they have chosen. The audience decides by televoting
who of the nominees proceed in the contest: the two contestants with most votes are saved.
selection section and will compete in this event in September 2008 with internally chosen celebrity singer Rosa López
, winner of another TV dance competition ¡Mira quién baila!
.
Spain
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television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
dance
Dance
Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....
talent show
Talent show
A talent show is an event where participants perform their talent or talents of acting, singing, dancing, acrobatics, drumming, martial arts, playing an instrument, and other activities to showcase a unique form of talent, sometimes for a reward, trophy or prize...
contested by aspiring professional dancers with concept similar to So You Think You Can Dance
So You Think You Can Dance (U.S. TV series)
So You Think You Can Dance is an American dance competition and reality show that airs on Fox in the United States.The series first premiered on July 20, 2005, and was created by American Idol producers Simon Fuller and Nigel Lythgoe and is produced by 19 Entertainment and Dick Clark Productions...
. The show, which premiered on 14 June on TVE1, airs live every Saturday, originally on primetime
Prime time
Prime time or primetime is the block of broadcast programming during the middle of the evening for television programing.The term prime time is often defined in terms of a fixed time period—for example, from 19:00 to 22:00 or 20:00 to 23:00 Prime time or primetime is the block of broadcast...
, but it was relegated to late night due to its poor viewing figures. It is produced by Gestmusic, a Spanish branch of Endemol
Endemol
Endemol is an international television production and distribution company based in the Netherlands, with subsidiaries and joint ventures in 23 countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Germany, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Dominican Republic, Poland,...
, at the TVE Studios in Sant Cugat del Vallès
Sant Cugat del Vallès
Sant Cugat del Vallès is a town and municipality north of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. In antiquity known as Castrum Octavianum, it is named after Saint Cucuphas, who is said to have been martyred on the spot now occupied by its medieval monastery.Sant Cugat has seen its population increase in...
(near Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
), and it is hosted by Josep Lobató.
Show format
The contest began with sixteen competitors (eight boys, eight girls) drawn from public auditions. Every week they have to prepare a choreographyChoreography
Choreography is the art of designing sequences of movements in which motion, form, or both are specified. Choreography may also refer to the design itself, which is sometimes expressed by means of dance notation. The word choreography literally means "dance-writing" from the Greek words "χορεία" ...
assigned by the program with the artistic help of two top choreographers, Nick Florez and Maria Torres. They mostly dance in interchangeable boy-girl pairs, but as the episodes go on they also dance in same-sex duos or groups. The choreographies can be of very different styles: jazz dance
Jazz dance
Jazz dance is a classification shared by a broad range of dance styles. Before the 1950s, jazz dance referred to dance styles that originated from African American vernacular dance. In the 1950s, a new genre of jazz dance—modern jazz dance—emerged, with roots in Caribbean traditional dance...
, street dance
Street dance
Street dance, more formally known as vernacular dance, is an umbrella term used to describe dance styles that evolved outside of dance studios in any available open space such as streets, dance parties, block parties, parks, school yards, raves, and nightclubs, etc...
, latin dance, or fusion.
After the contestants perform live on the dancefloor, a professional panel (composed by Cristina Hoyos
Cristina Hoyos
Cristina Hoyos Panadero is a Spanish flamenco dancer, choreographer and actress, born in Seville. After several successes throughout the world with several companies and movies, she created her own dancing company and premiered with it in Rex Theatre of Paris in 1988...
, Belén Lobo and Ramón Oller) evaluates their work individually and nominates four of them for eviction. The nominees get a minute each to dance freely to a music they have chosen. The audience decides by televoting
Televoting
Televoting, telephone voting or phone voting is a method of decision making and opinion polling conducted by telephone. Televoting can also extend to voting by SMS text message via a mobile cell phone.- Broadcast contest televoting :...
who of the nominees proceed in the contest: the two contestants with most votes are saved.
Winner
Winner of the show was specialist in modern dances Nieto. Along with the top prize he also won separate Eurovision Dance Contest 2008Eurovision Dance Contest 2008
The Eurovision Dance Contest 2008 was the second Eurovision Dance Contest and was held in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, hosted by BBC Scotland on 6 September.The winner of contest was Poland who achieved a score of 154 points...
selection section and will compete in this event in September 2008 with internally chosen celebrity singer Rosa López
Rosa López
Rosa López, , is a Spanish singer. She came to fame in 2001 as part of the reality show "Operación Triunfo", she represented Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002. She has subsequently released five studio albums, an album on DVD and ten singles.She has been awarded several times throughout her...
, winner of another TV dance competition ¡Mira quién baila!
¡Mira quién baila!
¡Más que baile! is a Spanish TV program, a variation of Strictly Come Dancing in which a set of celebrities compete in a contest of dance of several styles over several weeks of duration trained by dance professionals. The prize that the winner obtains is given to charitable organisations...
.