Let's Dance for Comic Relief

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Host

Steve Jones (all series)
Claudia Winkleman (2009-10)
Alex Jones (2011-)

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)

Guest judges (2011): Graham Norton, Frank Skinner, Greg Davies (week one), Jack Whitehall, Lee Mack, Leigh Francis as Keith Lemon (week two), Jo Brand, John Bishop, Felix Dexter (week three), Rufus Hound, Miranda Hart, Louie Spence (final)

Voiceover: Brian Blessed

Broadcast

Whizz Kid Productions for BBC One, 21 February 2009 to present

...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, something which was continued when the series returned in 2011.

Participants

2009

  • 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

2011

  • Week one:
  • Katie Price (progressed to final)
  • Russell Kane (progressed to final)
  • Rebecca Front
  • Waterloo Road: Philip Martin Brown and Rebecca Ryan
  • Ed Byrne
  • Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan
  • Week two:
  • Lulu
  • Noel Fielding
  • Andi Osho
  • Penny Smith
  • Jarred Christmas
  • Charlie Baker and James Thornton

Champions

2009 Robert Webb, dancing to "Flashdance (What a Feeling)"
2010 Rufus Hound, dancing to "Fight For This Love"
2011 Charlie Baker and James Thornton, dancing to "Puttin' on the Ritz"

Trivia

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

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