Hit Me Baby One More Time

Revision as of 13:54, 30 June 2007

Synopsis

Acts from the 70s, 80s and 90s emerge from the back catalogue and have to relive the terror of standing next to Vernon Kay performing in front of a live ITV studio audience. It's a typical popularity contest, however unlike Reborn in the USA this is set in Blighty and has upper B-list celebs that you wouldn't mind seeing again... and Chesney Hawkes.

Each act does one of their own songs and then follows it up with a contemporary cover - this makes the show rather more interesting than expected. The one feeling we're left with is that the popstars of Yesterday are far more interesting than those of Today.

Participants

• 911 - A Little Bit More
• Baccara - Yes Sir, I Can Boogie
• Belinda Carlisle - Heaven is a Place on Earth
• Boy Meets Girl - Waiting for a Star to Fall
• Carol Decker -China in your Hand
• Chesney Hawkes - The One and Only
• Cutting Crew - I Just Died in your Arms Tonight
• Doctor & The Medics - Spirit in the Sky
• Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
• Haddaway - What is Love?
• Honeyz - Finally Found
• Howard Jones - What is Love?
• Jaki Graham - Set Me Free
• Junior - Mama Used to Say
• Kelly Marie - Feels Like I'm in Love
• Kenny Thomas - Thinking About Your Love
• Limahl - Too Shy
• Mica Paris - Like Dreamers Do
• Nathan Moore (Brother Beyond) - The Harder I Try
• Nick Heyward - Love Plus One
• Princess - Say I'm Your Number One
• Rozalla - Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)
• Shakin' Stevens - This Ole House
• Sinitta - So Macho
• Sybil - When I'm Good and Ready
• The Real Thing - You To Me Are Everything
• Tiffany - I Think We're Alone Now

Key Moments

We were utterly taken with Haddaway's cover of Britney Spears' Toxic.

Champion

Shakin' Stevens

Trivia

One show went out in the midst of a strike by ITV production staff. In panic, production was moved from LWT's studios to BBC Television Centre.

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