America's Ballroom Challenge

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America's Ballroom Challenge
Directed byAida Moreno
Presented by Tony Meredith
Marilu Henner
Jasmine Guy
Ron Montez
Jean Louisa Kelly
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes13
Production
Executive producerMoreno/Lyons Productions
Production location Columbus, OH
Running timeVaries
Original release
Network PBS
ReleaseFebruary 1, 2006 (2006-02-01) 
May 8, 2015 (2015-05-08)

America's Ballroom Challenge is a competitive ballroom dance television series that aired on Public Broadcasting Service in the United States between 2006 and 2009.

Contents

It is part of the annual Ohio Star Ball, [1] a festival of DanceSport in Columbus, Ohio.

Each season typically consists of competitions in five categories, with the first four categories devoted to each of the major styles of competitive ballroom dance:

The last category is a "Grand Finale" with the four champion couples competing for the title of "America's Best" dancers.

Episode guide

Season 1 (2006)

Hosted by Marilu Henner and Tony Meredith.

Season 1AirdateCategoryChampions [2]
Episode 1February 1, 2006American SmoothBen Ermis and Shalene Archer Ermis
American Rhythm Tony Dovolani and Elena Grinenko
International StandardErminio Stefano and Liene Apale
International LatinAndrei Gavriline and Elena Kryuchkova
Episode 2February 8, 2006Grand FinaleAndrei Gavriline and Elena Kryuchkova

Season 2 (2007)

Hosted by Marilu Henner and Tony Meredith.

Season 2AirdateCategoryChampions [3]
Episode 1January 31, 2007American SmoothBen Ermis and Shalene Archer-Ermis
Episode 2February 7, 2007American Rhythm Tony Dovolani and Elena Grinenko
Episode 3February 14, 2007International StandardJonathan Wilkins and Katusha Demidova
Episode 4February 21, 2007International LatinAndrei Gavriline and Elena Kryuchkova
Episode 5February 28, 2007Grand FinaleJonathan Wilkins and Katusha Demidova

Season 3 (2008)

Hosted by Jasmine Guy and Ron Montez.

Season 3AirdateCategoryChampions [4]
Episode 1January 30, 2008American SmoothTomas Mielnicki and J.T. Thomas
Episode 2February 6, 2008American Rhythm Jose DeCamps and Joanna Zacharewicz
Episode 3February 13, 2008International StandardArunas Bizokas and Katusha Demidova
Episode 4February 20, 2008International LatinAndrei Gavriline and Elena Kryuchkova
Episode 5February 27, 2008Grand FinaleAndrei Gavriline and Elena Kryuchkova

Season 4 (2009)

Hosted by Jean Louisa Kelly and Ron Montez.

Season 4AirdateCategoryChampions [5]
Episode 1February 25, 2009American Smooth Jonathan Roberts and Valentina Kostenko
American Rhythm Jose DeCamps and Joanna Zacharewicz
International StandardMikhail Avdeev and Anastasia Muravyeva
International LatinRiccardo Cocchi and Yulia Zagoruychenko
Grand FinaleRiccardo Cocchi and Yulia Zagoruychenko

The 2009 season (which would have aired in 2010) was not produced.

The 2010 season (which would have aired in 2011) was not produced.

Championship Ballroom Dancing

Prior to America's Ballroom Challenge, PBS was featuring Championship Ballroom Dancing, also from the Ohio Star Ball, annually since 1980. The one-show event featured the final rounds of the International Standard and International Latin Styles of the competition with exhibitions in between usually by winners from other categories not shown on broadcast. [6]

References

  1. "Ohio Star Ball - A Festival of Dancesport". Archived from the original on 2009-02-18. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. Season 1 - The Competition
  3. Season 2 - The Competition
  4. Season 3 - The Competition
  5. "Season 4 - The Competition". PBS . Archived from the original on 2009-02-16. Retrieved 2017-08-24.
  6. "America's Ballroom Challenge". PBS . 2009-02-09. Archived from the original on 2009-03-08. Retrieved 2011-05-26.