Dance Wars

Bruno vs Carrie Ann

After months of differing opinions, Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli are ready to meet on the dance floor for Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann to settle the question of who can produce the better dance team. At stake is the honor and bragging rights of one and the endless possibilities of tormenting the other on the upcoming season of Dancing. Beginning Monday, January 7 at 8PM on ABC, this show promises great choreography, spectacular singing, and plenty of high jinx as the two judges battle it out.

After months of differing opinions, Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli are ready to meet on the dance floor for Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann to settle the question of who can produce the better dance team. At stake is the honor and bragging rights of one and the endless possibilities of tormenting the other on the upcoming season of Dancing.Beginning Monday, January 7 at 8PM on ABC, this show promises great choreography, spectacular singing, and plenty of high jinx as the two judges battle it out.

Dance War will pit Carrie Ann against Bruno, both judges on the immensely popular, Dancing With The Stars reality show. Dance War’s format borrows from the So You Think You Can Dance and The Apprentice reality shows with a dash of American Idol thrown in. The premiere show will cover the audition process and narrow the contestants down to the final 12. Each week there after the contestants will perform and viewers will have the opportunity to vote for either Carrie Ann’s or Bruno’s team as the best team. The captain of the losing team will then select a member of her/his own group to be eliminated.

It is fitting that 98 Degrees sensation and Dancing With The Stars Season Two champion Drew Lachey will host the reality series.

At the end of the six-week competition, the remaining contestants will come together as the winning group and will form a troupe of singing dancers who will have the opportunity of a lifetime: to tour with and be the opening act for a major performing artist.

While Dance War will have similar elements with Dancing With The Stars, it will not be a copy of it. "It's a companion show" to Dancing, executive producer John Hesling says. "It's not about ballroom. It's singing and dancing. It's very cool stuff, not sequins or taffeta."

This will be an entertaining show that mixes the talents of amateur singer/dancers with Carrie Ann’s sensitivity and Bruno’s excitability – it can’t help but be a winner.