Why Dancing With The Stars Is So Popular How many Television stations do you have access to? One hundred, two, three, four hundred? And how many hours a day do they transmitted for? Twenty-four hours each? That makes two weeks viewing time per day per hundred channels you have. Most people have access to at least 200 channels, which means that you have a month's worth of TV per day compared with the person who can} watch only one channel. That is fairly astonishing when you think about it, is it not? It makes you ask yourself how any Television programme can come to prominence with all that diversity. So why is it that some programmes appear to capture the viewing public's interest? Dancing With The Stars is one such programme. One of the curious features of Dancing With The Stars is that there is no real prize. The finalists do not receive money, as in most game shows and they do not receive a singing (or dancing) contract as in American Idol. The dancers are professional people, so it is no wonder that they are paid and the 'stars' are professional actors, singers or performers with other talents, so it is no surprise that they are paid for their time either, but all in all, this is not much, as the stars are past the peak of their careers. The real reward for the stars is being in the limelight again and having the opportunity to kick start their diminishing careers. This is why you do not find top-rated A-list stars competing. The danger of losing is too immense for them, because losing might harm their image. A C-list star has not really got a lot to lose, but has everything to gain. This makes the stars that do take part to strive very hard to win and this provides better viewing for the fans. These are powerful incentives for the contestants to create an interesting display. So, you have stars that are incentivized to win, which means that they will try dance routines that really stretch their talent. This in turn gives the choreographers and the professional dancing partners more remit to become inventive. The music is also of top quality and so are the sets. All these aspects make for a fantastic show amongst a certain sort of audience. I do not know the demographics of the programme, but it is almost certainly made up of women and older men. However, leaving the dancing aside, some people like the costumes, some individuals like to hear the criticisms (and even compare it against their own) and some individuals like to be able to vote for whom they think are the best couple. Dancing With The Stars has numerous aspects in its favour and enough different aspects to it to appeal to a number of different kinds of people. It all makes for a hit blend and as we head into the fourteenth series, there is every indication that it will run for many years to come.
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