2009 Summer TV Preview: Dance Your Ass Off

This Monday Oxygen will premiere their new dance competition, Dance Your Ass Off. From the video clips we have, it looks like this series is a combination of Dancing with the Stars and The Biggest Loser. The contestants aren’t celebrities, however they are all overweight and hoping that dancing will lead them to their weight loss goals and a hefty cash prize.

Hosted by Tony Award winning actress Marissa Jaret Winokur, the series follows a group of plus-sized men and women all of whom will be teamed up with a professional dance partner. Each week they’ll be trained in a dance routine and set to perform a different style of dance. The scores they receive from the judges for the dance routine will be combined with their weight loss each week and determine which contestant will be eliminated.

Below is Oxygen’s description for the series:

“Twelve dance enthusiasts who battle the bulge will battle each other on the dance floor AND on the scale for a shot at the $100,000 grand prize. Frustrated by a lifetime of failed diets and workout fads, these contestants leave their friends and family behind and move into the Dance Your Ass Off loft for 10 weeks – determined to change their lives forever.

Each contestant will be paired with a professional dance partner who will train them for their weekly stage performances – ranging from hip hop, to tango and even pole dancing! Then they’ll shake and rattle their rolls in front of a live studio audience and a panel of expert judges: choreographer Danny Teeson, dancer/choreographer Mayte Garcia and dancer/actress Lisa Ann Walter. The judges will score the routines, and then the contestants will weigh in to reveal their weekly weight loss. The dance score and the weight loss are combined for an overall score, which will determine who is sent home.”











Dance Your Ass Off airs Mondays on Oxygen Media (10-11 p.m. ET); Premieres June 29th.

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