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Battle of the Blades
| Event: |
Battle of the Blades |
| Date: |
Oct. 4 - Nov. 16, 2009 |
| Location: |
Maple Leaf Gardens
Toronto, ON |
| Participants: |
Pairs:
Shae-Lynn Bourne & Claude Lemieux
Jamie Sale & Craig Simpson
Bart Underhill & Ron Duguay (out week 3)
Isabelle Brasseur & Glenn Anderson (out week 2)
Christine Hough-Sweeney & Tie Domi (out week 5)
Kristina Lenko & Bob Probert (out week 1)
Marie-France Dubreuil & Stephane Richer
Jodeyne Higgins & Ken Daneyko (out week 4)
Hosts: Ron McLean, Kurt Browning
Judges: Sandra Bezic, Dick Button
Weekly guest judge:
Week 1: Kelly Hrudey
Week 2: Don Cherry
Week 3: George Stromboulopoulos
Week 4: Lanny McDonald
Week 5: Kristi Yamaguchi & Bret Hedican
Week 6: Katarina Witt
Guest skaters:
Weekly guest skaters (Monday results):
Week 1: none
Week 2: Kurt Browning
Week 3: Edrea & Edbert Khong
Week 4: Yu-Na Kim
Week 5: none
Week 6: Jodeyne Higgins & Sean Rice
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| Details: |
Hockey stars will be paired with top female figure skaters in a seven-week pairs competition, to be aired on CBC this October. One couple will be eliminated each with by a combination of votes from viewers at home and a panel of judges. Winners will earn $100,000 for their charity of choice. Eliminated pairs will earn $25,000. Show will air live from Maple Leaf Gardens with performance show on Sundays and results show on Mondays. There will be a special guest skater at each Monday results show. The premiere episode is 90 minutes long, while the finale results show will be 60 minutes long.
Executive Producers: Kevin Albrecht, John Brunton, Barbara Bowlby.
Producers: Sandra Bezic, Sue Brophey
Produced by Insight Productions in association with CBC Television.
Articles:
- CBC press release
- Ex-Oilers featured in figure-skating faceoff (Faceoff.com, 6/23/09)
- Blade runners (Toronto Sun, 6/23/09)
- Beauty and the bruisers (Edmonton Journal, 6/24/09)
- Top female skaters join cast of Battle of the Blades (CBC press release, 8/12/09)
- Reality show pairs jocks with figure skaters (IceNetwork, 8/12/09)
- CBC's Battle of the Blades to be broadcast from Maple Leaf Gardens in front of a live studio audience (CBC press release, 8/20/09)
- Ex-NHLers don tights for 'Battle of the Blades' ice dancing contest on CBC-TV (Canadian Press, 9/17/09)
- Hockey enforcers go from line brawls to boas (Toronto Star, 9/17/09)
- Opposites on Ice Make 'Battle of the Blades' a Hit Show in Canada (New York Times, 11/11/09)
- Finalists say it's been a long haul as Battle of the Blades finale looms (680 News, 11/12/09)
- Three pairs battle for Blades crown (Canwest News Service, 11/13/09)
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| Ticket Info: |
Show will air live, and tapings will be open to the public. Tickets are $5 and $8, and go on sale at noon EST on Sep. 28.
Ticketmaster.ca |
| Airdate: |
CBC, October 4 - November 16, 2009, 7-week competition
Performance shows - Sundays, 8-9PM
Results shows - Mondays, 8-8:30PM |
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