Let's Dance for Comic Relief
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Host
Claudia Winkleman and Steve Jones
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)
Guest judges (2010): Frank Skinner, Kimberley Walsh and Jason Manford (week one), Kelly Brook, Miranda Hart, and Paddy McGuinness (week two)
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
Also participating: Jenny Eclair, Linda Robson, Lesley Joseph, Susie Blake, Peter Shilton, and Rodney Marsh.
Champion
2009: Robert Webb, dancing to "Flashdance (What a Feeling)".
