Nostalgia Tripping- Skating with Celebrities

Before Battle of the Blades existed, there was another attempt at creating a Dancing with the Stars style skating show. Skating with Celebrities only lasted one season, but it was the first one in North America, and spurred on more similar shows. Skating with Celebrities aired in 2006 and is one of the many skating specials somewhere on a VHS at my parents' house from when we recorded it.

This was the only time a skating show like this had required elements, and for me it made the show better. The celebrities had to focus on learning actual skating skills, not just a couple of tricks, which I think was one of the faults of Battle of the Blades. Skating with Celebrities wasn't successful, only getting one season in North America, though it seems that it was picked up in some other countries.

(I can't be certain because I don't speak Russian, but I think this is essentially the same show in Russia)

Hope you enjoyed my look back at one of my favourite figure skating TV shows. 

Leave me a comment and let me know if you watched Skating with Celebrities and what your favourite skating TV show was/is.