Dancing with the Stars vs The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin

The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 6.1/10 for Dancing with the Stars). Dancing with the Stars is the older of the two (2005 against 2026). Both are family shows, so they suit a similar mood.

Dancing with the Stars posterDancing with the Stars2005 VS The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin posterThe Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin2026
Dancing with the StarsThe Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin
Audience score★ 6.1/10★ 8.4/10
Year20052026
Seasons351
GenresFamilyDrama, Family
CountryUS–
Creator / director–Jeremy Boreing, Jesse V. Johnson
Main castAlfonso Ribeiro, Carrie Ann Inaba, Julianne Hough, Derek Hough, Bruno TonioliColin Cunningham, Myles Clohessy, Daniel Fathers, Rose Reid, David Brooks

Synopsis

Dancing with the Stars

The competition sees celebrities perform choreographed dance routines which are judged by a panel of renowned ballroom experts and voted on by viewers. Enjoy sizzling salsas, sambas and spray-tans as they vie for the coveted Mirrorball Trophy.

The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin

Merlin, the immortal son of the bard Taliesin and Atlantean Princess Charis, is followed through his tragic upbringing, descent into madness, and shocking disappearance, leading to the legend that surrounds him. Set before King Arthur's birth, Merlin, assumed dead or a myth, reemerges in sub-Roman Britain to unite the fractured kingdoms under threat from Saxon invaders.

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