Let's Dance for Comic Relief

Revision as of 12:53, 9 August 2010

Host

Co-hosts

Head judge (2009): Anton Du Beke

Guest judges (2009): Emma Bunton and Michael McIntyre (week one), Jamelia and Paul O'Grady (week 2), Lisa Snowdon and Dara O'Briain (week 3), Denise Van Outen and Michael McIntyre (final)

Guest judges (2010): Frank Skinner, Kimberley Walsh, and Jason Manford (week one), Kelly Brook, Miranda Hart, and Paddy McGuinness (week two), Denise Van Outen, Vic Reeves, and Jo Brand (week three), Jon Culshaw, Jack Dee, and Robert Webb (final)

Voiceover: Brian Blessed

Broadcast

Whizz Kid Productions for BBC One, 21 February to 14 March 2009 (4 episodes)

...for Sport Relief BBC One, 20 February to 13 March 2010 (4 episodes)

Synopsis

Comic Relief fundraiser in which a mixture of celebrity solo acts, duos and groups recreate classic dance routines for your votes. Six acts each week, the winner of the public vote goes straight through to the final, and the three judges choose between the second and third-placed acts.

Arguably more entertaining than the Red Nose Day telethon itself, and it quite rightly hammered The Colour of Money in the ratings too. It returned for Sport Relief in 2010, with the same format, however Du Beke did not return as a judge. Instead the panel was made up of three guest judges each week.

Participants

2009

Week one:
Robert Webb (progressed to final)
Dick & Dom (progressed to final)
EastEnders: Cliff Parisi and John Patridge
Les Dennis
Chefs: Paul Rankin, Sophie Grigson, John Burton Race, Nancy Lam, Kevin Woodford, Sophie Michel, Tony Tobin, Reza Mohammad and Silvana Rowe
Nicki Chapman & Christopher Biggins

Week two:
Leigh Francis (as Keith Lemon) and Paddy McGuinness (progressed to final)
Jo Brand (progressed to final)
Dragons: Peter Jones, Duncan Bannatyne and Deborah Meaden
Blue Peter presenters: Tim Vincent, Anthea Turner, Mark Curry, Diane Louise Jordan, Peter Duncan, Peter Purves, Janet Ellis and Helen Skelton
Hollyoaks: Loui Batley, Nathalie Emmanuel, Garnon Davies, Dominique Jackson, and Ricky Whittle
Neil Fox and Nancy Sorrell

Week three:
Strictly Sportstars: Martin Offiah & Denise Lewis (progressed to final)
The Bill: Lisa Maxwell and Patrick Robinson (progressed to final)
Angela Rippon (ringer!)
Zoe Ball and Suggs
Dom Joly
Fern Britton

2010

Week one:
Rufus Hound (progressed to final)
Katy Brand (progressed to final)
Olympians: Dalton Grant, Iwan Thomas, Mark Foster, Leon Taylor, Heather Fell and Jamie Baulch
Snooker vs. Darts: Dennis Taylor, Willie Thorne, Bobby George and Tony O'Shea
Newsreaders: Ellie Crisell, Louise Minchin and Matt Barbet
Casualty and Holby City: Charles Dale, Tony Marshall, Ben Turner, Rosie Marcel and Luke Roberts

Week two:
Kate Garraway and Richard Arnold (progressed to final)
Debra Stephenson (progressed to final)
Sam & Mark
Shappi Khorsandi
Weather Girls: Lara Lewington, Clare Nasir, and Becky Mantin, with Michael Fish
Boxers: Carl Froch, Johnny Nelson, Tony Jeffries and Duke McKenzie

Week three:
Cheryl Fergison (progressed to final)
Grumpy Old Women: Lesley Joseph, Susie Blake, Linda Robson, and Jenny Eclair (progressed to final)
Stephen K. Amos
The Bill: Sally Rogers and Chris Simmons
The Footballers: Jason Cundy and Peter Shilton
Bellamy's People: Felix Dexter, Lucy Montgomery, and Rhys Thomas

Champion

2009: Robert Webb, dancing to "Flashdance (What a Feeling)"
2010: Rufus Hound, dancing to "Fight For This Love"

Trivia

The format has been sold to countries including Germany, Indonesia, the Netherlands, Russia, and Sweden.

Feedback

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 : Robert Webb, dancing to "Flashdance (What a Feeling)"<br>
 : Rufus Hound, dancing to "Fight For This Love"
+== Trivia ==
+The format has been sold to countries including Germany, Indonesia, the Netherlands, Russia, and Sweden.
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 [[Category:Reality]]
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