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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
Status	Ended

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.

On June 11, 2008 an American version began airing on NBC.

[edit] International versions

Region/Country	Local name	Network	Main presenter	Date premiered
Argentina	El Circo De Las Estrellas	Telefe	Susana Gimenez	March 26, 2007
Australia	Celebrity Circus	Nine	Charles 'Bud' Tingwel	May 8, 2005
Belarus	Звездный цирк (Circus of the Stars)	HTV		2007
Brazil	Circo do Faustão	Rede Globo	Fausto Silva	July 8, 2007
India	Comedy Circus	Sony TV	Shruti Seth	June 16, 2007
Italy	Reality Circus	Canale 5	Barbara D'Urso	September 17, 2006
Mexico	Los 5 Magníficos	Televisa	Marco Antonio Regil	April 15, 2007
Portugal	Circo das Celebridades	TVI	Júlia Pinheiro	March 19, 2006
Poland	Gwiezdny Cyrk	Polsat	Zygmunt Chajzer and Agnieszka Popielewicz	March 6, 2008
Russia	Цирк со звёздами	1TV		2007
Spain	Circus: Más dificil todavía	Cuatro	Josep Lobató	September 15, 2008
United Kingdom	Cirque de Celebrité	Sky One	Ruby Wax (2006), Jenni Falconer (2007)	October 15, 2006
United States	Celebrity Circus	NBC	Joey Fatone	June 11, 2008

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