Celebrity Circus (Australian TV series)

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Celebrity Circus
Celebrity circus logo.jpg
Genre Reality television
Presented by Charles Tingwell
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes5
Production
Production locations Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Running time70 minutes
Original release
Network Nine Network
Release1 May (2005-05-01) 
29 May 2005 (2005-05-29)

Celebrity Circus is an Australian reality television series that aired in May 2005 on the Nine Network. The show took celebrities and, with the help of Silvers Circus, trained them into circus acts. In the final show, the celebrities performed in front of a live crowd and showcased what they had learned. It was shown over five one-hour episodes and was hosted by Bud Tingwell. [1] The various skills in the show were high-wire, flying trapeze, knife throwing, fire juggling and clowning. Some of the performers were also trained in two events called the Human Cannon and the Wheel of Death. [2]

The participants were: actors Cameron Daddo and Kimberley Davies; former Home and Away star Dieter Brummer; Celebrity Big Brother winner Dylan Lewis; Australia's Funniest Home Video Show host Toni Pearen; Vadim Dale (from Outback Jack ) and his fiancé, Natalie Franzman; Olympic beach volleyball gold medallist Kerri Pottharst; and Ricki-Lee Coulter from Australian Idol . [1] The first episode, which aired on 1 May, was placed in the top ten of the ratings for that week. [3]

The series appeared in the Portugal on TVI in 2006 as Circo das Celebridades. On 11 June 2008 an American version began airing on NBC.

International versions

  Currently airing franchise
  Franchise no longer in production
Region/CountryLocal nameNetworkMain presenterDate premiered
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina El Circo De Las EstrellasTelefe Susana Giménez 26 March 2007
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Звездный цирк
Zvezdnyi tsirk
HTV2007
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Circo do Faustão Rede Globo Fausto Silva 8 July 2007
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Circo de estrellas TVN Rafael Araneda 25 March 2010
Flag of India.svg  India Comedy Circus Sony TV Shruti Seth 16 June 2007
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Reality Circus Canale 5 Barbara D'Urso17 September 2006
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Los 5 Magníficos Televisa Marco Antonio Regil 15 April 2007
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Circo das Celebridades TVI Júlia Pinheiro19 March 2006 / September 2017
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Gwiezdny Cyrk Polsat Zygmunt Chajzer and Agnieszka Popielewicz 6 March 2008
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Цирк со звёздами
Tsirk so zvezdami
1TV Ivan Urgant and Sasha Volkovskaya2007
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Circus: Más dificil todavía Cuatro Josep Lobató15 September 2008
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Ünlüler Sirki Star TV Süheyl Uygur2007
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Cirque de Celebrité Sky One Ruby Wax (2006), Jenni Falconer (2007)15 October 2006
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Celebrity Circus NBC Joey Fatone 11 June 2008

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References

  1. 1 2 "Celebrity Circus (Australia)". TV.com . Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  2. Idato, Michael (23 March 2005). "Celebrity Knives Out". The Sydney Morning Herald . Fairfax Media . Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  3. "Nine tops ratings again". The Age . Fairfax Media. Australian Associated Press (AAP). 16 May 2005. Retrieved 23 November 2012.