Where is 'The Real Dirty Dancing' filmed? FOX invites 8 celebrities to pair up and compete in the ultimate immersion of the 1987 hit.
From the individuals who introduced us Holey Moley comes an similarly wild competition series: The Real Dirty Dancing.
The unscripted dance show — which premieres Feb. 1 and has a total of 4 episodes, each and every airing on FOX, Tuesdays at 9 p.m. — follows 8 celebrities as they immerse themselves in the 1987 hit Dirty Dancing, and compete to look who can do the romance flick the maximum justice.
But where is the FOX festival show filmed? Keep reading to be informed the entirety you want to learn about The Real Dirty Dancing.
Where is 'The Real Dirty Dancing' filmed?
The Real Dirty Dancing is in line with a 2019 Australian show of the same title and format. It follows eight celebrities as they spouse as much as recreate the movie's iconic dance scenes, including, most significantly, the legendary water raise. Which stars will you recognize while you watch the sequence?
FOX is welcoming the following talent: WWE wrestler Brie Bella; High School Musical actor and singer Corbin Bleu; The Bachelorette runner-up Tyler Cameron; co-host of Around the World in 80 Plates and "Iron Chef" Cat Cora; Backstreet Boy co-founder and member Howie Dorough; former NFL football participant Antonio Gates; comic and actress Anjelah Johnson-Reyes; and comic and writer Loni Love.
Bachelorette superstar Tyler Cameron printed he is dedicating his newest reality display look to his mom, who died in March 2020 of a brain aneurism. "My mom's always pushing me to take risks and go for it," he stated in a sneak peek of The Real Dirty Dancing, in line with People. "She was the one who told me to go do The Bachelorette. She was my best friend. She was always my biggest support system. She was a superhero."
It was extra particular for Tyler to look on The Real Dirty Dancing because dancing was something the mother-son duo loved doing in combination. "She always loved me dancing," he endured. "She was always for the fun, always down to dance. And honestly, when we would go out together, she'd be out there dancing with me."
"I'm doing this show for my mom," he added. "I'm doing it to make her proud. I know this is something that she'd push me to do."
The 8 Real Dirty Dancing contestants took over Virginia's Mountain Lake Lodge in Pembroke, the exact lodge that stood in for the Catskills Kellerman Resort in the 1987 movie.
The Mountain Lake Lodge sits "six miles up one of the most winding roads you'll ever drive in Pembroke, Va., about 60 miles west of Roanoke," writes Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times, who visited the Dirty Dancing filming places on the thirtieth anniversary of the movie's release.
Eleanor Bergman, who wrote the movie and was one among the manufacturers who worked on the original, advised the outlet she "wanted a setting that conveyed the grandeur that Catskill resorts were known for in the middle of the last century, and the Mountain Lake Lodge certainly did that."
We sit up for seeing more of the filming location in The Real Dirty Dancing, the newest non-scripted competition to be in accordance with a fictional classic movie, following HBO Max's Finding Magic Mike, in step with Deadline.
Watch The Real Dirty Dancing Tuesdays at 9 p.m. on FOX.
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