Splash!
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Host
Co-hosts
Mentor: Tom Daley
Judges: Andy Banks, Jo Brand, Leon Taylor
Commentator: Alan March
Broadcast
TwoFour for ITV, 5 January 2013 to present
Synopsis
Across three heats, celebrities learn to dive with Tom Daley, the Olympic medallist and treble Young Sports Personality of the Year. A combination of votes from the judges - Plymouth City diving coach Andy Banks, comedian Jo Brand, and Olympic silver medallist Leon Taylor - and the viewing public at home decides who progresses to the next stage.
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Participants
Heat 1
- Jake Canuso (from Benidorm)
- Omid Djalili (comedian)
- Jade Ewen (singer at Eurovision Song Contest)
- Jenni Falconer (telly presenter)
- Helen Lederer (comedian)
Heat 2
- Caprice (model)
- Eddie Edwards (ski-jumper)
- Joey Essex (from The Only Way is Essex)
- Diarmuid Gavin (television gardener)
- Charlotte Jackson (sports presenter)
Heat 3
- Donna Air (from Byker Grove)
- Linda Barker (interior designer)
- Dom Joly (comedian)
- Tina Malone (from Shameless)
- Anthony Ogogo (boxer)
Jennifer Metcalfe (from Hollyoaks) had originally been announced for this heat, but withdrew for personal reasons.
Later stages
The semi-final was contested by heat winners Omid Djalili, Eddie Edwards; and by splash-off winners Jake Canuso, Charlotte Jackson.
Inventor
A local version of the Eyeworks format Sterren Springen (Celebrity Splash), first broadcast in the Netherlands.
Trivia
Further local versions have been commissioned in the United States, France, and Australia.
The show was a live outside broadcast from Inspire Luton.
See also
The Games - Channel 4's celebrity sports competition, which featured diving as one of its events.
