''Dance Fever'' is an American variety game show hosted by

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. The three celebrity judges were Carmen Electra, Jamie King, and MC Hammer. The two-hour series premiere aired on ABC Family (now known as Freeform) on July 13, 2003. In Canada,

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had the rights to air the series. ''Dance Fever'' also aired on Canada's Family Channel the same day as the ABC Family airings, becoming the only program on the channel to take commercial breaks during the show. Three years later, tapdancing twins Sean and John became contestants on NBC's ''

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''. They did not make it to the finals, but were highly praised. ''Live in Color'', a hip-hop booty-shaking dance crew from Florida, were the first and the only winner since the series did not continue.

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* 2000s American variety television series Dance competition television shows 2000s American reality television series 2003 American television series debuts 2003 American television series endings Television series by Merv Griffin Entertainment Television series by 20th Century Fox Television Television series created by Merv Griffin English-language television shows ABC Family original programming {{US-reality-tv-stub