| Celebrity Circus | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Reality Television |
| Presented by | Charles Tingwell |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 5 |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Running time | 70 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Nine Network |
| Original airing | 1 May 2005 |
Celebrity Circus was an Australian reality television series which aired in 2005 on the Nine Network.
The show took celebrities and, with the help of Silver's Circus, trained them into circus acts. In the final show of the series the celebrities performed in front of a live crowd and showcased what they had learned.
The participants were: actors Cameron Daddo and Kimberley Davies, former Home and Away star Dieter Brummer, Celebrity Big Brother winner Dylan Lewis, Australia's Funniest Home Video Show host Toni Pearen, Vadim Dale (from Outback Jack) and his fiance Natalie Franzman, Olympic beach volleyball gold medallist Kerri Pottharst and Ricki-Lee Coulter from Australian Idol.
It was shown over five one-hour episodes. The host was Charles 'Bud' Tingwell.
The series appeared in the Portugal on TVI in 2006 as Circo das Celebridades.
There have been plans to resurrect the series in Australia, but as of now, it has yet to be resurrected.
On 11 June 2008 an American version began airing on NBC.
| Region/Country | Local name | Network | Main presenter | Date premiered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | El Circo De Las Estrellas | Telefe | Susana Giménez | 26 March 2007 |
| Australia | Celebrity Circus | Nine | Charles 'Bud' Tingwel | 8 May 2005 |
| Belarus | Звездный цирк Zvezdnyi tsirk |
HTV | 2007 | |
| Brazil | Circo do Faustão | Rede Globo | Fausto Silva | 8 July 2007 |
| Chile | Circo de Estrellas | TVN | Rafael Araneda | 25 March 2010 |
| India | Comedy Circus | Sony TV | Shruti Seth | 16 June 2007 |
| Italy | Reality Circus | Canale 5 | Barbara D'Urso | 17 September 2006 |
| Mexico | Los 5 Magníficos | Televisa | Marco Antonio Regil | 15 April 2007 |
| Portugal | Circo das Celebridades | TVI | Júlia Pinheiro | 19 March 2006 |
| Poland | Gwiezdny Cyrk | Polsat | Zygmunt Chajzer and Agnieszka Popielewicz | 6 March 2008 |
| Russia | Цирк со звёздами Tsirk so zvezdami |
1TV | Ivan Urgant and Sasha Volkovskaya | 2007 |
| Spain | Circus: Más dificil todavía | Cuatro | Josep Lobató | 15 September 2008 |
| United Kingdom | Cirque de Celebrité | Sky One | Ruby Wax (2006), Jenni Falconer (2007) | 15 October 2006 |
| United States | Celebrity Circus | NBC | Joey Fatone | 11 June 2008 |