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hosted by Eric Nies. The three celebrity judges were

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, Jamie King, and

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. The two-hour series premiere aired on ABC Family (now known as Freeform) on July 13, 2003. In

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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

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'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

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, 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 created by Merv Griffin American English-language television shows ABC Family original programming {{US-reality-tv-stub