Celebrity Circus is an American version of the Celebrity Circus reality television show based on the Portuguese television series of Circo das Celebridades, not to be confused with Australian TV series of the same name that aired in 2005.

Beginning on Wednesday, June 18, 2008, Celebrity Circus will air one-hour episodes at 9:00 PM ET/PT.

[1] NBC announced on April 23, 2008 the host for the show would be former *NSYNC member Joey Fatone with originally Antonio Sabato, Jr., Blu Cantrell, Christopher Knight, Janet Evans, Jason "Wee Man" Acuña and Rachel Hunter taking part.

[citation needed] Blu Cantrell was the first contestant eliminated from the Celebrity Circus on June 18, 2008.

Christopher Knight was not eliminated on July 2, 2008, but was forced to withdraw after breaking his arm again during rehearsal (he had fractured it in Week 1).