DanceX proves a hit for BBC1

Published Monday 16 July 2007 at 12:55 by Matthew Hemley

BBC1’s new talent search show DanceX was a ratings winner on Saturday, pulling in around five million viewers.

Bruno Tonioli and Arlene Phillips on DanceX on BBC One Photo: BBC / David Venni

The programme, fronted by Strictly Come Dancing judges Arlene Phillips and Bruno Tonioli, averaged 4.8 million viewers, compared with ITV1’s new show, Sing it Back, which only managed 1.9 million.

DanceX is a seven-part series that aims to form a new dance troupe along the lines of Hot Gossip, the act that Phillips created and choreographed in the seventies.

The show fills the Saturday night entertainment slot that has previously been filled with Any Dream Will Do and Strictly Come Dancing.

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