Overview
Originally, Dance Machine was shown in an hour block with The RuPaul Show . At the time, The RuPaul Show ran longer than a half hour, so Dance Machine filled out the hour, even though both shows were listed as a half hour on the VH1 website and in the TV listings. The program usually opened with a video by RuPaul, or had a video by him/her somewhere during the show's broadcast. Eventually, episodes of The RuPaul Show were either edited to a half hour or had its commercial breaks shortened so that the show could fit into its half hour slot, and Dance Machine was replaced with Pop-Up Video in the schedule. The show resurfaced with a morning time slot for several months before being removed permanently.
The RuPaul Show is an American talk/variety show that premiered on VH1 in 1996. Hosted by the drag performer RuPaul, the show had many famous musical guests and was notable as being one of the first national television programs in the United States hosted by an openly gay host. Michelle Visage, a radio personality and former singer, was the show's co-host.
Pop Up Video is a VH1 television show that "pops up" bubbles — officially called "info nuggets" — containing trivia, witticisms and borderline sexual innuendos throughout music videos. The show was created by Woody Thompson and Tad Low and premiered October 27, 1996. For a time, it was the highest-rated program on VH1, though Behind the Music overtook it by 1998. It was originally produced by Spin the Bottle Inc. and later Eyeboogie Inc. during its original run.
Dance Machine was criticized by its viewers for not airing pure dance videos and instead airing rotation videos, turning into another non-show such as Crossroads and Sex Symbols. While some pure dance videos such as Gina G's "Ooh Aah... Just A Little Bit" and Amber's "This Is Your Night" aired, many of the videos shown on Dance Machine were either videos by mainstream dance-pop artists such as Janet Jackson, Spice Girls, and Ace of Base, videos featuring a dance remix with footage from their original videos re-edited to fit the remix, or videos by non-dance artists that had dance-sounding titles (Hanson's "MMMBop"). Meanwhile, top dance acts such as 2 Unlimited never once had one of their videos aired on the program. Periodically, a classic dance video from the 1970s or 1980s would air.
Gina G is an Australian singer who represented the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo 1996, with the song "Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit", which reached #1 in the UK singles chart. The song remains the last UK Eurovision entry to top the UK charts. The song also reached the US top 20 in 1997 and earned her a 1998 Grammy Award nomination for Best Dance Recording. Her other UK Top 30 hits are "I Belong to You" #6 (1996), "Fresh" #6 (1997), "Ti Amo" #11 (1997) and "Gimme Some Love" #25 (1997).
This Is Your Night is the first album by the dance-pop singer Amber. It was released on Tommy Boy Records on 25 November 1996.
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