Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann

Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann
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Created by	BBC Worldwide
Starring	Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	7
Production
Executive producer(s)	John Hesling
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	January 7 – February 18, 2008

Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann is an American reality TV show dance competition featuring choreographers Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba, two of the three Dancing with the Stars judges. Drew Lachey, Dancing with the Stars Season Two Champion, hosted the show.

The show, based on United Kingdom BBC Television series Dance X, was aired on ABC in the United States. Season One concluded on February 18, 2008. The show was canceled.

Dance War was considered a flop by most ratings' pundits, noting that the ratings showed a steady decline from week 1 through week 7.

The show's format was based on BBC's Dance X, which also starred Bruno Tonioli. Season one of Dance War premiered on January 7, 2008 on ABC and concluded with a two-hour finale on February 18, 2008.

The two stars of this show, Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann, chose and train two rival teams of singing/dancing amateur performers that competed against each other. The winning team at the end of the season were rewarded a recording deal with Hollywood Records.

After the audition show, Dance War went live with the top 14 contestants. They were divided into two teams of six (three males and three females) with two contestants cut from the competition. In future shows, the two teams competed in various dance styles. Viewers voted for their favorite team. The captain of the losing team, Bruno or Carrie Ann, had to pick one of their team members to leave the show.

In the first show the fourteen finalists were chosen. They are (in alphabetical order):

After the final 14 were introduced they performed "Let's Get Loud" by Jennifer Lopez.

In the second show, all the men sang "Hold On! I'm a Comin'" by Sam and Dave. Then the men were divided into two groups. The first group performed "Hard To Handle" by the Black Crowes and the second group performed "Larger Than Life" by the Backstreet Boys. After seeing all the men perform again, Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli chose who was going to be in their respective dance groups. With Carrie Ann starting first they each choose two men, these went as follows: