Stars in Their Eyes

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Stars in Their Eyes
Format	Talent show
Created by	Joop van den Ende
Developed by	Granada Television (1990 - 2006) ITV Productions (2006)
Presented by	Leslie Crowther (1990 - 1992) Russ Abbot (Elvis Special) Matthew Kelly (1993 - 2004) Davina McCall (Celebrity Specials) Cat Deeley (2004 - 2006)
Narrated by	Andrew Brittain
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
No. of series	16 (Main Series) 4 (Junior Series)
No. of episodes	166 (Main Series) 33 (Junior Series) (including 40 specials)
Production
Running time	30mins (inc. comms) (1990 - 1991) 45mins (inc. comms) (1992 - 2006)
Broadcast
Original channel	ITV
Picture format	4:3 (1990 - 2000) 16:9 (2001 - 2006)
Original run	21 July 1990 – 23 December 2006
External links
Official website

Stars in Their Eyes was a British television talent show that ran from 1990 to 2006 in which contestants impersonate showbiz stars. It is made by Granada Television for ITV, based on Joop van den Ende's Dutch format, Soundmixshow.

It remains one of the UK's most successful shows attracting around 13 million viewers for the live grand final at the end of each series. It has one of the most memorable catchphrases in TV history: 'Tonight (presenter name) I'm going to be...' and was named most popular entertainment show at the National Television Awards in 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000.

The most impersonated stars are Elvis Presley, Cliff Richard, Cher, George Michael and Madonna.

Contents 1 Overview 2 Overseas Format 3 Transmissions 3.1 Original series 3.2 Junior series 3.3 Specials 3.4 1998 3.5 1999 3.6 2000-2001 3.7 2001 3.8 2002 3.9 2003 3.10 2004 3.11 2005 3.12 2006 4 External links

[edit] Overview

Stars in Their Eyes is a talent show where contestants get the chance to appear and sing, as a famous singer. The show is most importantly a 'soundalike' show, but they are also dressed up to look as close as possible to the singer they are impersonating, often with wigs and heavy makeup.

The contestants appear firstly as themselves, talking briefly to the host about their lives and who they are going to be performing as, finishing with the now famous catchphrase 'Tonight [presenter name] I'm going to be...' The contestants then disappear through the equally famous doors, and reappear as the famous singer they are going to impersonate (The word 'singer' could be used loosely as in 1997 Julian Clary who is not known for his vocal skills was impersonated on the show by Steve Edward).

At the end of the show, the studio audience vote for their favourite, and the winner is announced. The winners from each show in the series return for the series finale, the live grand final.

In the live grand final, the winners of each show return and perform once more. At the end of the performances, the phone lines open and the viewing public get the chance to phone in and vote for their favourite. The winner is announced later the same evening in a separate broadcast.

Over the years the show saw a lot of changes: changes from the 1990 set designed by Nick King; a new set in 1998, also designed by Nick King and the newest set in 2002; the logo also changed over the years. There have been five hosts: Leslie Crowther, Russ Abbot (one-off emergency host after Leslie's car accident), Matthew Kelly, Davina McCall and Cat Deeley. There have been several spin-off versions of the show as well, including:

• Stars in Their Eyes Elvis Special
• Stars in Their Eyes Kids
• Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes
• Christmas Stars in Their Eyes
• Coronation Street Stars in Their Eyes
• Stars In Euro Eyes

Series 2000 winner Gary Mullen received the most ever votes in the history of Stars In Their Eyes when he received 864,838 votes. Gary now performs at theatres and arenas around the world as Freddie Mercury with his One Night of Queen show.

[edit] Overseas Format

New Zealand: In 2008 a New Zealand version of Stars in Their Eyes began screening on TVNZ, TV ONE The show, hosted by former children's television presenter and game show host Simon Barnett, is filmed in Auckland and produced by 'Imagination' TV. Season One winner was Deryn Trainer singing Billy Joel's Piano Man. A second series began screening on TV ONE on April 28, 2009

[edit] Transmissions

[edit] Original series

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	21 July 1990	25 August 1990	6
2	8 June 1991	13 July 1991	6
3	22 February 1992	28 March 1992	6
4	22 May 1993	24 July 1993	10
5	14 May 1994	16 July 1994	10
6	6 May 1995	8 July 1995	10
7	2 March 1996	25 May 1996	13
8	15 March 1997	7 June 1997	13
9	21 March 1998	13 June 1998	13
10	13 March 1999	5 June 1999	13
11	11 March 2000	20 May 2000	11
12	23 September 2000	2 December 2000	11
13	5 May 2001	14 July 2001	11
14	16 February 2002	27 April 2002	11
15	3 January 2004	13 March 2004	11
16	15 January 2005	26 March 2005	11

[edit] Junior series

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	31 August 2002	5 October 2002	6
2	5 April 2003	31 May 2003	9
3	20 March 2004	15 May 2004	9
4	21 January 2006	18 March 2006	9

[edit] Specials

Date	Entitle
2 January 1993	Elvis Special
1 January 1994	New Year's Special
7 May 1994	Stars in Their Eyes Special
24 December 1994	Winners' Special
23 December 1995	Christmas Special
2 December 1998	Celebrity Special
9 October 1999	Celebrity Special
30 October 1999	Champion of Champions Special
1 July 2000	Celebrity Special
16 September 2000	Celebrity Special
14 April 2001	Stars in Euro Eyes
6 October 2001	Popstars in Their Eyes
24 November 2001	Coronation Street Special
4 May 2002	Celebrity Divas
11 May 2002	Coronation Street Special
17 August 2002	Popstars Special
26 October 2002	European Championship Part 1
2 November 2002	European Championship Part 2
28 December 2002	Celebrity Christmas Special
1 February 2003	Legends Special
8 February 2003	Coronation Street Special
22 February 2003	Soapstars Special
16 August 2003	I'm a Celebrity Special
23 August 2003	Soapstars Special
27 December 2003	Celebrity Christmas Special
24 April 2004	Celebrity Special
1 May 2004	Soapstars Special
8 May 2004	Celebrity Special
26 June 2004	Celebrity Special
2 April 2005	Celebrity Special
23 July 2005	Celebrity Special
30 July 2005	Soapstars Special
6 August 2005	Reality TV Stars Special
13 August 2005	Celebrity Special
24 December 2005	Celebrity Duets
7 January 2006	Family Special
25 March 2006	Celebrity Special
1 April 2006	Celebrity Special
8 April 2006	Celebrity Special
23 December 2006	Celebrity Special

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[edit] 1998

Celebrity	Musician Portrayed
Steven Houghton	Tony Hadley
Tricia Penrose	Lisa Stansfield
Frank Skinner	Elvis Costello
Carol Vorderman	Cher
Tracy Shaw Angela Griffin Gaynor Faye Jane Danson Holly Newman	Spice Girls

[edit] 1999

Celebrity	Musician Portrayed
Kirsty Young	Peggy Lee
Harry Hill	Morrissey
Denise Welch	Petula Clark
Ben Freeman	Robbie Williams
Michelle Collins	Chrissie Hynde

[edit] 2000-2001

Celebrities who performed during episodes during this period. The first one is a complete episode. The second one is a list of celebrities who appeared on the show during the period. There are at least two episodes featured in the list as Tracie Bennett and Claire Sweeney have won their show.

Celebrity	Musician Portrayed
Claire Sweeney	Celine Dion
Linford Christie	Ray Charles
Sue Perkins Mel Giedroyc	Barbara Dickson Elaine Paige
Trisha Goddard	Dionne Warwick
Marc Bannerman	Elvis Presley

Celebrity	Musician Portrayed
Jenny Powell	Janet Jackson
David Ginola	Sacha Distel
Tracie Bennett	Judy Garland
Simon Day	Boy George
Carol Harrison	Debbie Harry

[edit] 2001

Celebrity	Musician Portrayed
Boy George	David Bowie
Sonique	Donna Summer
A1	The Beatles
Belinda Carlisle	Connie Francis
Claire Richards	Karen Carpenter

Celebrity	Musician Portrayed
Vicky Entwhistle	Björk
Suranne Jones	Madonna
Liz Dawn	Peggy Lee
Charles Dale	Joe Cocker
Scott Wright	George Michael

[edit] 2002

-

- - - - - - -

Celebrity	Musician Portrayed -
Debra Stephenson	Kylie Minogue -
Sally Lindsay	Dolly Parton -
Lisa Riley	Stockard Channing -
Gabby Logan	Sharleen Spiteri -
Esther Rantzen	Edith Piaf -

- -

- - - - - - -

Celebrity	Musician Portrayed -
Jarvis Cocker	Rolf Harris -
Honeyz	The Supremes -
Kim Wilde	Doris Day -
Brian Harvey	Ali Campbell -
allSTARS*	Steps -

- -

- - - - - - -

Celebrity	Musician Portrayed -
Julia Sawalha	Cerys Matthews -
Terry Venables	Anthony Newley -
Richard Standing	Gary Barlow -
Anne Diamond	Sheena Easton -
Rachel Hunter	Marilyn Monroe -

- -

- - - - - - -

Celebrity	Musician Portrayed -
Boy George	David Bowie -
Kim Wilde	Carly Simon -
Tracy Shaw	Pink -
Frank Skinner	Johnnie Ray -
Caprice Bourret	Nancy Sinatra -

- -

- - - - - - -

Celebrity	Musician Portrayed -
Nikki Sanderson	Leann Rimes -
Bruce Jones	Dean Martin -
Jennifer James	Shania Twain -
Kevin Kennedy	Bryan Adams -
Sue Cleaver	Judith Durham -

- -

[edit] 2003

-

- - - - - - -

Celebrity	Musician Portrayed -
Jane Danson	Madonna -
Julie Goodyear	Marlene Dietrich -
Tony Blackburn	Cliff Richard -
Ron Atkinson	Frank Sinatra -
Rhona Cameron	Judy Garland -

- -

- - - - - - -

Celebrity	Musician Portrayed -
Andrew Whyment	Don Henley -
Shobna Gulati	Diana Ross -
Samia Smith	Holly Valance -
Bruno Langley	Robbie Williams -
Lucy-Jo Hudson	Kelly Osbourne -

- -

- - - - - - -

Celebrity	Musician Portrayed -
Deena Payne Antony Audenshaw	Dolly Parton Kenny Rogers -
William Roache	Perry Como -
Bernie Nolan	Anastacia -
Lesley Joseph	Ethel Merman -
Sammy Winward	Christina Aguilera -

- -

- - - - - - -

Celebrity	Musician Portrayed -
Catalina Guirado	Debbie Harry -
John Fashanu	Otis Redding -
Toyah Willcox	Patti Smith -
Uri Geller	Charles Aznavour -
Siân Lloyd	Deborah Strickland -

- -

- - - - - - -

Celebrity	Musician Portrayed -
Richard Fleeshman	Will Young -
David Nielsen	Roy Orbison -
Jonathan Wrather	Harry Connick Jr. -
Suranne Jones	Catherine Zeta-Jones -
Emily Symons	Rosemary Clooney -

- -

- - - - - - -

Celebrity	Musician Portrayed -
Jonathan Wilkes	Neil Diamond -
Russell Grant	Anthony Newley -
Samantha Fox	Dusty Springfield -
Brigitte Nielsen	Annie Lennox -
Angela Lonsdale	Sharleen Spiteri -

- -

[edit] 2004

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- - - - - - -

Celebrity	Musician Portrayed -
Brian Blessed	Luciano Pavarotti -
Alison Hammond	Nina Simone -
Nikki Sanderson	Britney Spears -
Patrick Mower Liam O'Brien	Dr. Hook -
Mike Read	Cliff Richard -

- -

- - - - - - -

Celebrity	Musician Portrayed -
Shaun Williamson	Meat Loaf -
Lisa Maxwell	Doris Day -
Wendi Peters	Kirsty MacColl -
Michael Starke	Paul Carrack -
Lucy Pargeter	Emma Bunton -

- -

- - - - - - -

Celebrity	Musician Portrayed -
Amy Nuttall	Sarah Brightman -
Lucy Benjamin	Gwen Stefani -
James Gaddas	Robert Palmer -
Roger Black	James Taylor -
Beverley Callard	Cher -

- -

- - - - - - -

Celebrity	Musician Portrayed -
Jack Ryder	Justin Timberlake -
Verity Rushworth	Rachel Stevens -
Chris Finch	Marti Pellow -
Tim Healy	Joe Cocker -
Penny Smith	Debbie Harry -

- -

- - - - - - -

Celebrity	Musician Portrayed -
Tricia Penrose	Brenda Lee -
Rupert Hill	Chris Rea -
Kerry McFadden	Marilyn Monroe -
James Hewitt	Bing Crosby -
Antony Audenshaw	Roy Wood -

- -

[edit] 2005

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- - - - - - -

Celebrity	Musician Portrayed -
Vickie Gates	Maria McKee -
Jeff Brazier	Ali Campbell -
Nell McAndrew	Kim Wilde -
Jerry Springer	Elvis Presley -
Victoria Bush	Cass Elliott -

- -

- - - - - - -

Celebrity	Musician Portrayed -
Mark Charnock Dale Meeks	The Blues Brothers -
Debra Stephenson	Kate Bush -
Eamonn Holmes	Johnny Cash -
Yvette Fielding	Annie Lennox -
Colin Murray	Mark Knopfler -

- -

- - - - - - -

Celebrity	Musician Portrayed -
Lee Otway	Richard Marx -
Charlotte Bellamy John Middleton	Grace Kelly Bing Crosby -
Adele Silva	Kylie Minogue -
Louis Emerick	Lionel Richie -
Bradley Walsh	Tony Bennett -

- -

- - - - - - -

Celebrity	Musician Portrayed -
Paul Ross	Tommy Steele -
Josie D'Arby	Toni Braxton -
Nancy Sorrell	Karen Carpenter -
Iwan Thomas	Chris Martin -
Al Murray	Neil Diamond -

- -

- - - - - - -

Celebrity	Musician Portrayed -
Andrew Lancel	Morten Harket -
Tracey Wilkinson	Julie London -
Will Mellor	George Michael -
Tupele Dorgu	Beyoncé Knowles -
Stephen Mulhern	Robbie Williams -

- -

- - - - - - -

Celebrity	Musician Portrayed -
Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan	Robson and Jerome -
Paul Daniels Debbie McGee	Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers -
Claire Sweeney Richard Shelton	Barbra Streisand Neil Diamond -
Emily Symons Matt Healy	Sonny and Cher -
Vanessa Feltz Matthew Wright	Renee and Renato -

- -

[edit] 2006

Celebrity	Musician Portrayed
Jade Goody	Lynn Anderson
Charlene Tilton	Madonna
Neil Fox	Dean Martin
Martin Offiah	Tunde Baiyewu
Ben Richards	Ricky Martin

Celebrity	Musician Portrayed
Hayley Tamaddon	Lulu
Tony Slattery	Paul Heaton
Richard Arnold Kate Garraway	Frank Sinatra Nancy Sinatra
Jennie Bond	Debbie Harry
Neil 'Razor' Ruddock	Neil Diamond

Celebrity	Musician Portrayed
Helen Latham	Dolly Parton
Julia Mallam	Norah Jones
Antonia Okonma	Tina Turner
Stefan Booth	Elvis Presley
Bruce Byron	Phil Collins

Celebrity	Musician Portrayed
Helen Fraser	Ethel Merman
John Barnes	Will Smith
Edwina Currie	Edith Piaf
Carley Stenson	Faith Hill
George Hamilton	Julio Iglesias

Celebrity	Musician Portrayed
Mark Radcliffe	Shane MacGowan
Paul Burrell	Richard Gere
Phina Oruche	Lauryn Hill
Tom Lister	Jamie Cullum
Jayne Tunnicliffe	Marianne Faithfull

Celebrity	Musician Portrayed
Roxanne Pallett	Gloria Estefan
Unknown	Unknown
Unknown	Unknown -
Unknown	Unknown
Unknown	Unknown

Note: This episode was filmed in 2006 but has not yet aired, although there are many reports that Roxanne Pallett was the winner of this particular show.

[edit] External links

• Stars in Their Eyes at itv.com
• Stars in Their Eyes at UKGameshows.com
• Kev Moore's site
• Asa Elliott's Site, As appeared as Bobby Vee in 2004
• "Stars in their Eyes" TVNZ
• Gary Mullen as Freddie Mercury - One Night Of Queen
• Stars in Their Eyes at the Internet Movie Database
• Stars in Their Eyes at TV.com