Dancing With the… Moms? Come Dance With Me — CBS’ all-new dancing competition show featuring child dancers who partner with a parent or loved one with no prior dance experience — premieres on Friday, April 15, and Us WeeklyGet an exclusive look at your favorite series.
“You have a child dancer who takes their parent or someone that they look up to and ask them to come and dance with them,” judge Tricia MirandaThe clip explains the premise.
Host Philip Lawrence adds of the duos, “We have these teams who are going to compete week after week in the hopes of ultimately winning the grand prize of $100,000.”
Per VarietyThe two lowest-scoring groups at the end of each episode will be challenged in a freestyle dancing competition to determine who moves on the next week.
All of the pairs will showcase “all different styles of dance,” notes Jenna Dewan, who will also judge the competition, adding that she’s “been really surprised” by the quality the performers bring every week. “The teams on this show are all so unique and over the course of the competition have really turned into performers,” she says.
Jenna Dewan. Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP/Shutterstock
Some of the teams who are “thrust headfirst” onto the stage, as judge Dexter MayfieldIt’s possible to include Limp Bizkit drummers John OttoAva, Ava’s 11-year-old sister, as well as Dance MomsKamryn Smith, 10, an alumnus, and her mom Adriana Smith.
“I pretty much will try anything,” Adriana explains. “I might not be great at it, but I go full out.”
Executive produced by LL Cool JAnd Chris O’DonnellThe actor said that he was partly inspired by TikTok’s extreme popularity. Variety.
For his part, the “Mama Said Knock You Out” artist — who has worked alongside O’Donnell for years on NCIS: Los Angeles and on other production ventures — told Variety that he “liked the idea of families getting together and the music.”
He also said that the ongoing coronavirus epidemic makes it even more crucial to maintain a sense of camaraderie.
“This idea of kids getting with the parent, the adult in their life who’s meaningful to them, and going on a show and having their dreams come true — especially with what we’ve been going through over these past couple of years,” the rapper elaborated.
Come Dance with MePremieres on CBS Friday, April 15, at 8 p.m. ET.
