Maura Higgins rose to fame on last year's series of Love Island and is currently preparing to take to the rink on the new series of Dancing On Ice. But Maura has also landed a show of her own, which will see her take on a series of different challenges.
ITV2 was set to produce the show, which had the working title of Maura The Explorer — but the network will now have to think of a new name for the series as it's title as it has been reported that Nickelodeon aren't happy with the name of the show, as it sounds too similar to their beloved animated preschool series Dora The Explorer.
A TV source told The Sun Online: "It was a blow for bosses, who want to keep her on TV at any cost."
The concept for the stand-alone show has now been shelved, according to reports.
Dora the Explorer, created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes and Eric Weiner, is a play-along, animated adventure series starring Dora (Fátima Ptacek), a seven-year-old Latina heroine whose adventures take place in an imaginative, tropical world filled with jungles, beaches and rainforests. She explores her world just as preschoolers do every day, and the show is designed to actively engage its audience in an interactive quest using a variety of learning techniques.
In every episode, Dora and Boots invite the audience to participate in an exciting adventure, where each step of their journey consists of a problem or puzzle that Dora and the audience must think their way through in order to solve the next problem. Dora is proudly bilingual and uses her knowledge of English and Spanish to communicate with her friends, overcome obstacles and reach her goals. In each episode, Dora teaches Spanish words or phrases to the viewers and then asks them to use it to solve a problem and forge ahead. Ultimately, Dora and her best friend, Boots, triumph, and the story always ends with a "We Did It!" anthem.
Dora the Explorer ran for 178 episodes over eight seasons between August 14, 2000 – August 9, 2019. The series inspired spin-off animated series, Go, Diego, Go! and Dora and Friends: Into the City!, and the recent live-action movie Dora and the Lost City of Gold. The franchise celebrates it's 20th anniversary in 2020.
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Original source: OK!.
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