Dancing & Romancing Heats Up On Oxygen's DANCE YOUR ASS OFF 6/21

On the heels of the emotional first elimination, the remaining contestants start to realize just how tough it will be to stay in the competition. Not only are the contestants getting used to sharing a house, they have to get used to sharing the dance floor as they meet their professional dance partners for the first time and receive a complex challenge. Meanwhile, could a romance be brewing between two contestants? Mayte Garcia, a judge from season one, returns as this week's guest judge on a new episode of "Dance Your Ass Off," airing Monday, June 21 at 10pm ET/PT. Also this week, Corey will host a live chat with fans at www.oxygenlive.com where he will dish on the episode's drama as it airs live on the East Coast while Briana hosts the chat on the West Coast.

After Caleb's emotional goodbye, the dancers recognize that they have to step it up to stay in the competition. This week's challenge proves to be physically and emotionally difficult as the contestants are tasked with creating a dance routine that represents an aspect of their personality. They must dig deep as this is their chance to express themselves to the audience and the judges before the next elimination. Will their new dance partners be a blessing or will they expose the contestants' weaknesses?

Additionally, while cliques are forming inside the house, a mutual crush is developing between two of the contestants. Could there be love this season or will the intense competition cause the romance to fizzle? Tune-in to see the contestants shake up the dance as some of last week's top contenders fall to the bottom, while others shimmy their way to the top.

Oxygen continues with its groundbreaking real time destination, www.OxygenLive.com as a companion to every one of its original series. www.OxygenLive.com provides a two-screen experience in which fans can socialize, interact and react in real time through a live chat, on Facebook and Twitter while the show airs. Contestants Corey (East Coast) and Briana (West Coast) will be hosting the chat and interacting with fans. For viewers who no longer want to wait until the next morning to chat around the water cooler about the latest "Dance Your Ass Off" moves, fans can join the virtual viewing party from anywhere through their computers or mobile devices (www.wap.oxygen.com)

Fans can join the social dance party at dyao.oxygen.com for the official scoop on the contestants, host, judges, and experts. The site will feature blogs, photo galleries and videos from the series and will be tracking the week-by-week weight loss, so fans can follow the contestants' progress. Fans can also get exclusive behind-the-scenes extras, including candid photos and extended elimination interviews, as well as fitness tips.

This 13-episode series is produced by Magical Elves with Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz and Charlie Haykel serving as executive producers. Lisa Ann Walter conceived the original "Dance Your Ass Off" and is also an executive producer along with Kate Rigg.

About Magical Elves

Magical Elves is the production team behind some of the highest quality reality programming on television. Since their partnership began eight years ago, The Elves, Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz, have been nominated for eleven Primetime Emmys®. Last year "Project Runway" and "Top Chef" were both nominated in the Outstanding Reality Competition category for the third year in succession. Magical Elves are the recipients of the first Peabody Award ever presented to a reality television program for "Project Runway" and they produced four of Entertainment Weekly's 20 Best Reality Shows of all time. Other notable credits include "Bands on the Run," "Project Greenlight," "Last Comic Standing" and "Kell on Earth." The Elves have several shows in production and slated for premiere including "Top Chef 7," "Top Chef Masters," "Work of Art" and "Dance Your Ass Off" for Oxygen, "The Real L Word" for Showtime and "Arranged Marriage" for CBS.

About Oxygen Media

Oxygen Media is a multiplatform lifestyle brand that delivers relevant and engaging content to young women who like to "live out loud." Oxygen is rewriting the rulebook for women's media by changing how the world sees entertainment from a young woman's point of view. Through a vast array of unconventional and original content including "Bad Girls Club," "Dance Your Ass Off" and "Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood," the growing cable network is the premier destination to find unique and groundbreaking unscripted programming. A social media trendsetter, Oxygen is a leading force in engaging modern young women, wherever they are, with popular features online including OxygenLive, shopOholic, makeOvermatic, tweetOverse and hormoneOscope. Oxygen is available in 76 million homes and online at www.oxygen.com, or on mobile devices at wap.oxygen.com. Oxygen Media is a service of NBC Universal.

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