Let's Dance for Comic Relief

[tammyy2j]

Steve Jones and Claudia Winkleman are to present a new celebrity dance show on BBC One as part of the 'Red Nose Day' charity campaign next month.

Let's Dance for Comic Relief' will feature celebrities recreating classic dance routines as solo dancers, couples and groups. To survive on the show, they will have to impress the judges and the public.

During the four-week series dance routines from films such as 'Saturday Night Fever' and 'High School Musical' will be recreated using pop songs such as Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' and Britney Spears' 'Baby One More Time'.

Jo Wallace, Executive Editor, BBC Entertainment, said: "I'm delighted to bring what will be a brand new entertainment format to the Comic Relief portfolio. It's exciting to have Claudia and Steve on board as presenters and the celebrities' iconic dances will have BBC One viewers glued to their screens!"

[tammyy2j]

The lineup of celebrities taking part in Let's Dance For Comic Relief has been revealed.

Comics Jo Brand, Keith Lemon, Paddy McGuinness and Robert Webb and Dragons' Den trio Peter Jones, Duncan Bannatyne and Deborah Meaden will participate in the TV fundraiser.

Also competing are children's entertainers Dick & Dom and former Blue Peter presenters Anthea Turner, Tim Vincent, Mark Curry, Diana Louise Jordan, Peter Duncan, Peter Purves, Janet Ellis and Helen Skelton.

Each week the celebrities, who will perform solo, in duos and as groups, will be asked to perform iconic dance routines ranging from Saturday Night Fever and High School Musical to pop classics such as Britney Spears's 'Hit Me Baby (One More Time)' and Michael Jacksons's 'Thriller'.

A team of choreographers and stylists will work with the celebrities to reproduce the famous routines for a live studio audience.

Strictly Come Dancing's Anton Du Beke will head the judging panel, which will feature rotating guests each week. Viewers and the judges will select their favourite dancers, who will make it through to the final.

Claudia Winkleman and T4's Steve Jones will host the show, which launches on BBC One on Saturday, February 21. It will run for four weeks, culminating on Red Nose Day weekend Saturday, March 14.

[Rawnie]

KEITH LEMON! :wub: :wub:
I'll be watching, purely for seeing Keith Lemon dance again :p

[Rawnie]

Hold on... Steve Jones is presenting? Wow. I think I just died :wub:
Comic Relief is going to be AMAZING this year. Can't wait! :D

[LostVoodoo]

this looks like such a laugh!
although, is it replacing Celebrity Fame Academy? that would be a shame...

[lizann]

Comics Jo Brand, Keith Lemon, Paddy McGuinness :lol: :thumbsup:

[JustJodi]

Comics Jo Brand, Keith Lemon, Paddy McGuinness :lol: :thumbsup:


I had to check out who this KEITH LEMON was... never heard of him

http://www.itv.com/Entertainment/comedy/KeithLemon/default.html

[Abbie]

This should be good :D :thumbsup:

[Katy]

i have this vision of jo brand dancing! it sounds good money maker for comic relief

[LostVoodoo]

did anyone else watch it last night? it was pretty good, nice bit of family fun for a saturday night. and oh my stars and garters how good was robert webb?! i totally thought it was a woman at first! :lol:

[JustJodi]

I watched it,, and throughly enjoyed it:cheer: ,,I didn't care too much for Niki and Christian Biggins ..or Les Dennis ( ?) but Wow :eek: Robert Webb,, was fantastic..:rotfl:
Its too bad about John and Cliff ( even tho I think they might have been able to choose some one else other than Cliff)
The Chefs were not too bad :searchme:
Dick and Dom were alright.. :cool:

[.:SpIcYsPy:.]

:lol: Robert Webb was the best by far.. And as for Steve Jones.. Wow he was amazing LOL :wub:

[Abbie]

:lol: just watched it! It was sooooo good :D


Robert Webb was amazing!!!! :rotfl:

[Chloe O'brien]

Did anyone see Jo Brand doing Britney and paddy McGuiness and Kieth Lemmon doing Dirty Daning tonight. pure classic. :rotfl: :rotfl:

[LostVoodoo]

it was pretty good last night, it's just a cute fun show. Robert Webb is still my fave though! i was quit impressed with the Blue Peter number though, they should have gone through instead of Jo Brand!

[Abbie]

:rotfl: loved it last night :D this show is genious :p

I loved hollyoaks as well, they can really dance, better than they can act, it was good :D Shame they didnt get through but im glad the funnier ones went through

Loved Jo brand :lol:

[Chloe O'brien]

Paddy and Keith what can I say they are not right in the head :lol: All the acts were good even the Dragons can't wait to see whos on next week.

[Siobhan]

Paddy and Keith what can I say they are not right in the head :lol: All the acts were good even the Dragons can't wait to see whos on next week.

They were brilliant... Jo brand doing Britney was funny as hell too.. really enjoyed it

[Abbie]

I think the second week was much better than the first :D :D

[tammyy2j]

Dom Joly was hilarious doing MC Hammer :lol: cant believe he went

Fern wasnt dancing at all just walking around with the umbrella :thumbsdow

[Abbie]

Loved tonights and I like both the acts that got through :D :D :D

[Chloe O'brien]

I thought they would have picked Fern to go through since it was comic relief, glad they choose Denise and Martin.

[Abbie]

does anyone else think though that there were so many more better iconic dances they could have done??

[lizann]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygToBqK60XU

so glad they won :cheer:

[Abbie]

Im confused they didnt win the final

Robert Webb did with the flashdance dance

[JustJodi]

Robert Webb won the contest :-D ( Flashdance):cheer:

Paddy and Keith were the runner ups .. (Dirty Dancing ):o

[Trinity]

I saw the final - and I thought that the Indian dancing should have won, with the Irish dancing coming second.

I hated the Dirty Dancing one - didn't even find it amusing, and Robert Web was only slightly better.

(I am an old fogy I suppose - but some of these people worked really hard to DANCE well and not just put on a comedy skit).

[JustJodi]

Trinity I have to agree with you, I did not even find DIRTY DANCING even a bit funny, it was a bit sick,, sorry........
I thought the same about the Indian Dancing and the Irish dancing,, they put in so much effort to touch on the iconic moves,, with Dirty Dancing they just made it vulgar ..
I thought Robert Webb was OK,, but some one had to win,, and it was the VIEWERS at home who voted:searchme:

[LostVoodoo]

in my opinion Robert Webb winning was in the real spirit of the show. it wasn't like SCD, it was for comic relief and was supposed to be an amusing tribute to dance. Both Robert Webb and Paddy and Keith could actually dance quite well when you actually look at the routines.

[tammyy2j]

who won :confused:

[Perdita]

who won :confused:

Robert Webb with his 'Flashdance' performance :)

[angel_eyes87]

Glad Robert Webb won, it was hiliriosly funny the first week, and just as good the second time, but the dirty dancing dance is ace, best combo ever.

BO SELECTA!!!:cheer:

[tammyy2j]

Chesney Hawkes and Lulu have joined the lineup of celebrities on Let's Dance For Comic Relief.

Hosted by Steve Jones and The One Show's Alex Jones, the comedy dance programme will air in the run-up to this year's Red Nose Day.

Lulu, TV presenter Caroline Flack, Ade Edmondson and Lee Nelson are all taking part in the dance contest. Meanwhile, one-hit wonder Hawkes will join Toyah Wilcox, Clare Grogan and Limahl in a supergroup on the show.

TV comics Miranda Hart, Keith Lemon and Felix Dexter will be on the rotating judging panel.

Let's Dance For Comic Relief starts on Saturday, February 19 on BBC One.

[tammyy2j]

Jordan is also on the show this year

[Katy]

I loved Philip Martin Brown and REbecca Ryan (Grantly and Vicki) Waterloo Road, he was great! and i liked Ed Byrne as well with Arlene Phillips.

I notice they are pretty much all comedians this year

[tammyy2j]

Russell Kane (Beyonce) won and Katie Price (Freddie Mercury) was runner up

[Perdita]

A double act of James Thornton and Charlie Baker and Mighty Boosh star Noel Fielding have become the next two performers to snag a place in the Let's Dance For Comic Relief final.

The Emmerdale actor teamed up with close friend and comedian Baker for an impressive tap dance rendition of Fred Astaire favourite 'Puttin' On The Ritz', which topped tonight's viewers' vote and earned them an automatic place in the show's grand finale.

Clearly stunned by the results, Thornton gasped: "[I] genuinely don't believe that."

The show's guest judges Lee Mack, Jack Whitehall and Celebrity Juice host Keith Lemon were then asked to choose between the next two most popular acts, Fielding and his take on Kate Bush's 'Wuthering Heights' or legendary popstar Lulu and her hoodie-clad rendition of 'Crank That' by Soulja Boy.

Mack gave the first vote to Fielding, reasoning: "I find them both very alluring, but at the end of the day Noel did try and kiss me so I suppose I have to put Noel through."

Whitehall then opted to take, by his own admission, the coward's way out by voting for Lulu and burdening Lemon with the deciding vote.

After his appeal for an X Factor-style deadlock was turned down, Lemon stated: "I like Lulu cos she's right nice and that, but Noel Fielding also looks attractive. I've never fancied a man before."

Under pressure from hosts Steve Jones and Alex Jones, as well as his fellow judges, Lemon finally snapped and shouted out Fielding's name.

Following his win, Fielding declared himself to be "flabbergasted" and "excited", while Lulu brushed off her defeat by saying: "It was fun, but remember what it's all about, it's all about the charity."

The other failed acts in tonight's show were GMTV star Penny Smith, who became an air hostess for her send-up of 'Toxic' by Britney Spears, Jarred Christmas and his leotard-heavy rendition of 'Hung Up' by Madonna and Andi Osho with her take on Michael Jackson's 'Bad'.

The first two places in the Let's Dance final were won by Russell Kane and Katie Price last week.

The Let's Dance For Comic Relief final will be shown on March 12.

DS

[Katy]

James Thornton was brilliant, i was amazed at him and Charlie Baker!

[tammyy2j]

Comedians and sports stars will be among those hitting the dancefloor for a new series of Let's Dance For Comic Relief.

Fifteen contestants will battle it out in weekly heats before the 2013 champion is crowned in the grand final.

Former boxing champion Ricky Hatton will be taking part, alongside impersonator John Culshaw, ventriloquist Nina Conti and stand-up comic Tim Vine.

They will be attempting to emulate the success of television presenter Rowland Rivron, who wowed audiences with his routine to Fatboy Slim's Weapon Of Choice last year.

Host Steve Jones said: "It's still the most fun I have on TV so I am ecstatic Let's Dance is back with a whole host of famous faces along with famous arms, legs, necks and fingers all attempting to dance for our viewing pleasure."

Co-host Alex Jones said she was "ridiculously excited" about the series, which raises money for the Comic Relief fund to help those in Africa and in the UK.

She added: "We have some of our best comedians as panellists, and an unbelievable line-up of brave celebrities who are all prepared to don their dancing shoes to raise lots of money for this year's Red Nose Day."

Judges for this year's Let's Dance, which starts on February 16 and ends on March 9, include Frank Skinner and Jo Brand. Viewers vote for their favourite performer each week, with the judges also choosing a runner-up to compete in the final.

[tammyy2j]

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[tammyy2j]

Antony Cotton has won the final of Let's Dance for Comic Relief.

The Coronation Street actor beat theatre star Jodie Prenger to be crowned this year's winner of the BBC dance series.

[tammyy2j]

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[megan999]

I wanted Lee & Twist n Pulse to win, or Tim Vine.

[lizann]

anyone but anthony cotton to win was fine with me