Dancing and weight loss are two popular reality show themes these days, so why not combine them?
That's the idea behind Oxygen's Dance Your Ass Off [Mondays, 10 pm/ET], a competition show in which 12 plus-size players will compete on the dance floor for a $100,000 prize while also shedding pounds. Host (and former Dancing with the Stars contestant) Marissa Jaret Winokur and producer Sally-Ann Salsano spoke to TVGuide.com about why dancing peels off the pounds.
TVGuide.com: Is Dance Your Ass Off more about the dance or the weight loss?
Sally Ann Salsano: It's a complete combination, [which] makes it fun. People that love a straight stage-competition show are going to love it, but then the weight-loss element gives it...
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What do you get when you combine elements of Dancing with Stars and The Biggest Loser? A whole lot of bodies shaking and rattling on Oxygen's upcoming series Dance Your Ass Off.
What do you get when you combine elements of Dancing with the Stars and The Biggest Loser? A whole lot of bodies shaking and rattling on Oxygen's upcoming series Dance Your Ass Off.
The new series, which was announced during Oxygen's upfront presentations on Wednesday in New York, follows overweight contestants who compete to lose weight by literally dancing their asses off.
Marissa Jaret Winokur, best known for her Tony Award-winning performance in Hairspray, hosts the show, which is...
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Marissa Jaret Winokur may not have won a disco ball, but she might be winning over dance and fitness converts with her new TV series.
The Dancing with the Stars alumna will be helming Oxygen's new weight-loss reality show, Dance Your Ass Off. Winokur will introduce new dance routines to the contestants each week, as well as help usher them toward healthier lifestyles.
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Marissa Jaret Winokur, the peppy Energizer bunny of last season's Dancing with the Stars, welcomed the birth of a son on Tuesday. According to ET, Zev Isaac Miller was delivered via surrogate, weighing in at 8 lbs., 7 oz.Winokur this past April inked a deal to front a new daytime talker for Sony Pictures Television, to premiere in fall 2009. Her Husband, comedy writer Judah Miller, recently netted an Emmy nod for his work on King of the Hill. — Matt MitovichRelated:• Winokur the Latest to Dance into Talk-show Gig • Backstage Report: Derek's Setback, Lots of Baby Talk • Dancing's Winokur to Have a Tiny Dancer of Her Own
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Well kids, this is it! It's been just over two months since this crazy season started and now it's all coming to an end. Who would be taking home the crown and who would go home in utter defeat? More importantly, who is being booted right away and settling for third place? I'm anticipating an interesting (yet long!) night ahead, so let's dive into it one last time!After a short interview with our finalists, Usher entered the ballroom and I shouted with glee. He's sexy and talented and he really hasn't had a song I haven't liked. Despite having a headset, I definitely think he wasn't singing his new hit song "Love in This Club" but that's really fine with me. It's a dancing show and if singing live would have made it hard for him to break it down at the end then he shouldn't have sang. I also think every performer on this show has lip-synched so this isn't abnormal. We've had some pretty great performances this year. Which was your favorite? Then the first big moment of the night arr...
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