Let's Dance for Comic Relief
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Host
Claudia Winkleman and Steve Jones
Co-hosts
Head judge (2009): Anton Du Beke
Broadcast
Whizz Kid Productions for BBC One, 21 February to 14 March 2009 (4 episodes)
...for Sport Relief BBC One, February 2010
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 (Du Beke and two guests each week) 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 has been confirmed to return for Sport Relief in 2010.
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 cast members
- 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
Katy Brand, Rufus Hound, Shappi Khorsandi, Jenny Eclair, Linda Robson, Lesley Joseph, Susie Blake, Peter Shilton, Rodney Marsh, Willie Thorne, Dennis Taylor and others to be announced.
Champion
Robert Webb, dancing to "Flashdance (What a Feeling)".
