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Revision as of 01:15, 21 August 2014
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Host
Davina McCall and Alex Brooker
Co-hosts
Mentors: Graham Bell (skiing), Amy Williams (skeleton), Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards (ski jump)
Broadcast
Twofour and Group M Entertainment for Channel 4, 26 January to 3 February 2014 (8 episodes in 1 series)
Synopsis
Celebrities competed in a series of winter sports events, under the tutelage of Graham Bell, Amy Williams, and Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards over the course of a week. Each night two or more celebrities faced a live ski jump in order to keep their place in the competition.
As well as the titular ski jumping, the show demonstrated time-trial and parallel slalom, skeleton bobsleigh, full bobsleigh, speed skating, speed skiing, and ski-cross.
The series courted injury from the start, and finished with a sicklist of six: two pulled out in rehearsals, two were injured during the first few days of competition, and two were unable to finish the final through injury.
Nicky Clarke finds it's a long way down.Champion
Joe McElderry
Participants
- Steve Redgrave (ex-Olympic rower)
- Sinitta (singer)
- Amy Childs (ex-The Only Way is Essex person)
- Tara Palmer-Tomkinson (socialite)*
- Kimberly Wyatt (singer and Got to Dance judge)
- Anthea Turner (TV presenter)
- Darren Gough (former cricketer)
- Marcus Brigstocke (comedian)
- Nicky Clarke (hairdresser)
- Sam J. Jones (actor)**
- Henry Conway (party promoter)***
- Melinda Messenger (TV presenter)****
- Laura Hamilton (TV presenter)
- Ritchie Neville (singer with 5ive)
- Joe McElderry (former X Factor winner)
- Donal MacIntyre (investigative reporter)
* - Tara Palmer-Tomkinson decided to pull out of the programme shortly before it was due to air. She was replaced by TV presenter Laura Hamilton.
** - Sam J. Jones also left the series before it aired after picking up a shoulder injury. He was replaced by 5ive singer Ritchie Neville.
*** - Henry Conway competed in the first men's event, the giant slalom. However after suffering a broken bone in his hand after crashing during practice for the skeleton, he was forced to withdraw from the competition, He was replaced by Joe McElderry, who won a jump-off against Donal MacIntyre to win the right to join the competition.
**** - Melinda Messenger withdrew from the competition after suffering a concussion during an accident while training for the bobsleigh event. This left her unable to train sufficiently to safely compete. Her place was taken by final stand-by contestant Donal MacIntyre.
Steve Redgrave was injured while training for the ski-cross, competed in some events, but was withdrawn from the final on medical advice. Marcus Brigstocke fell during the ski-cross event, and could not take part in the elimination jump.
Trivia
The programme's working title was 'The Alpine Games'.
Filmed on location in Innsbruck, Austria, host city of the 1964 and 1976 Olympic Winter Games.
The catalogue of injuries meant that the final was curtailed; originally set to last 90 minutes, it concluded after 65.
Web links
See also
The Games
Famous and Fearless
Weaver's Week review
