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*Cirque de Celebrité*
Cirque de Celebrité
Presented by	Ruby Wax (2006); Jenni Falconer (2007-)
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	20
Production
Running time	90 minutes (episodes 1-8),; 60 minutes (episodes 9-10)
Original release
Network	Sky One
Release	15 October, 2006 –; present
Related
	Celebrity Circus (Australia); Celebrity Circus (U.S.)

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Cirque de Celebrité is a celebrity reality TV show broadcast on Sky One. The show features celebrities training for and then performing various circus acts. The winner of the 2006 series was Grace Adams-Short. The winner of the 2007 series was Kyal Marsh.

Format

The first series was hosted by Ruby Wax. The three judges for the first series were professional performers Louie Spence, Ann Dorwin, and circus director Phillip Gandey. Gaby Roslin replaced Ann Dorwin for the second series.

The celebrities are trained to perform various circus acts, and compete with each other for points from the judges and phone votes from the public on premium rated lines. The acts are interspersed with compère banter and video from the training sessions and interviews. The two scores are combined, 50% judges vote and 50% phone votes, and the two lowest scoring participants are candidates for expulsion.

According to the Sky One website, the judges will nominate one of the saved celebrities to eliminate one of the two contestants at the bottom of the scoreboard.^[1] In the first two weeks only, reference was made to the highest scoring celebrity choosing between the two.

A second series of Cirque de Celebrité broadcast in 2007, with Jenni Falconer replacing Ruby Wax as host. Big Brother winner Brian Dowling hosted a spin-off show, Cirque: Backstage at the Big Top.

Cirque de Celebrité 1 was watched by a peak of 817,000 viewers. However, Cirque de Celebrité 2 averaged considerably less - peaking at around 400,000 viewers - largely because Sky One is no longer available to Virgin Media subscribers.

Series 1

Participants

The line up of celebrities in series 1 were:

Celebrity	Famous for	Week of departure
Mark Bright	Former footballer	Week 1
Syed Ahmed	The Apprentice contestant	Week 2
Sinitta	Pop Singer	Week 3
Nicola Wheeler	Actress, Emmerdale cast member (Nicola Blackstock)	Week 5
Sophie Anderton	Model	Withdrew due to injury
Ninia Benjamin	Comedienne	Week 6
Lee MacDonald	Actor	Week 4, returned to replace Sophie, Eliminated Week 7
Jamie Baulch	Former athlete	Week 8
Andy Kane	TV Handyman	Week 9
Kenzie	Rapper, ex-Blazin' Squad member, Friday Hill member	Week 10 (3rd)
Emma B	Model	Week 10 (2nd)
Grace Adams-Short	Big Brother contestant	Week 10 (Winner)

Guest stars

Simon Cowell (X Factor judge), supporting ex-girlfriend Sinitta.
Carol Smillie (Changing Rooms presenter), supporting Andy Kane.
Mikey Dalton (Big Brother 7 contestant), supporting his fiancée, Grace Adams-Short.

Elimination

Order
The Finalists	Grace	Emma	Kenzie
Episode 9	Grace	Emma	Kenzie	Andy
Episode 8	Grace	Emma	Kenzie	Andy	Jamie
Episode 7	Jamie	Emma	Kenzie	Andy	Jamie	Lee
Episode 6	Grace	Grace	Kenzie	Sophie	Jamie	Lee	Ninia
Episode 5	Grace	Emma	Ninia	Emma	Jamie	Sophie	Ninia	Nicola
Episode 4	Grace	Emma	Kenzie	Andy	Jamie	Sophie	Andy	Nicola	Lee
Episode 3	Grace	Emma	Kenzie	Andy	Jamie	Sophie	Ninia	Nicola	Lee	Sinitta
Episode 2	Grace	Emma	Kenzie	Andy	Jamie	Sophie	Ninia	Nicola	Lee	Sinitta	Syed
Episode 1	Grace	Emma	Kenzie	Andy	Jamie	Sophie	Ninia	Nicola	Lee	Sinitta	Syed	Mark

The celebrity was voted off after being in the bottom two.

The other celebrity in the bottom two.

The celebrity chosen to decide who is eliminated.

The celebrity who won.

Other Information

The name of the show is grammatically incorrect French for Celebrity Circus - the actual French would be Cirque de Célébrité.
The first celebrity voted out was Mark Bright, who was reportedly furious over the decision.^[2]
In Week 4, Syed Ahmed was guest judge replacing Louie Spence.^[3]
After the departure of Sophie Anderton in week 6 due to injury, Lee McDonald was reintroduced with immunity from eviction.^[4]
In Week 7, Ninia Benjamin was re-introduced into the show as "Kenzie's personal trainer." She also took part in the group performance and accompanied contestants off stage after each of their performances.^[5]
In the final week Grace broke her foot, however, she still took part and performed in the show. Grace went on to win the show with 70% of the audience vote, with Emma B and Kenzie finishing in second and third place respectively.^[6]^[7]

Series 2

Changes

For the second series, GMTV host Jenni Falconer has replaced Ruby Wax as the ring mistress. Gaby Roslin is also replacing Ann Dorwin on the judging panel, alongside Phillip and Louie. This year up until week 6, the judges will not be giving the contestants scores for their performances.

This year two new celebrities joined the circus over half way into the show. Liam McGough, an ex-Big Brother housemate, and Rebecca Loos joined the show in week 6, due to Shane Lynch quitting after injury. They both performed on November 11th 2007 and the public will voted to see which one they would like to see back as an official contestant the following week. Liam was chosen to stay in the competition and Rebecca was sent home, however Liam was voted off in the same episode.

Scores

Week 6: Luke - 27 Isabella - 26 Antonia - 21 Stacey - 19 Kyal - 18 Dean - 16

Week 7: Kyal - 30 Stacey - 25 Antonia - 23 Isabella - 20 Luke - 19 Liam - 16

Week 8: Kyal - 57 Stacey - 45 Antonia - 43 Luke - 42 Isabella - 28

Week 9: Kyal - 55 Stacey - 46 Luke - 46 Antonia - 36

Week 10(Finals): Stacey - 57 Kyal - 57 Luke - 53

Participants

The line up of celebrities in series 2 is as follows ^[8]:

Celebrity	Famous for	Week of departure
Dwain Chambers	Former sprinter, American football player	Week 2
Hannah Waterman	Ex - Eastenders cast member	Week 3
Princess Tamara	Polish princess	Week 4
Emily Scott	Australian glamour model	Week 4
Ritchie Neville	Former member of boyband Five	Week 5
Shane Lynch	Member of boyband Boyzone	Withdrew due to injury
Dean Holdsworth	Professional football player	Week 6
Liam McGough	Big Brother Contestant	Week 7
Lady Isabella Hervey	Socialite, model and actress	Week 8
Antonia Okonma	Ex - Bad Girls cast member	Week 9
Luke Bailey	Ex - Casualty cast member	Week 10 - 3rd
Stacey Cadman	Actress and TV presenter	Week 10 - 2nd
Kyal Marsh	Ex - Neighbours cast member	Week 10 - Winner

Elimination

Order	Celebrity													Notes
The Final	Kyal	Stacey	Luke											None
Episode 9	Kyal	Stacey	Luke	Antonia										None
Episode 8	Kyal	Stacey	Luke	Antonia	Isabella									None
Episode 7	Kyal	Stacey	Luke	Antonia	Isabella	Liam								See note 6
Episode 6	Kyal	Stacey	Luke	Antonia	Isabella	N/A	Dean	Shane						See note 5
Episode 5	Kyal	Stacey	Luke	Antonia	Isabella	N/A	Dean	Shane	Ritchie					See note 4
Episode 4	Kyal	Stacey	Luke	Antonia	Isabella	N/A	Dean	Shane	Ritchie	Emily	Tamara			See note 3
Episode 3	Kyal	Stacey	Luke	Antonia	Isabella	N/A	Dean	Shane	Ritchie	Emily	Tamara	Hannah		See note 2
Episode 2	Kyal	Stacey	Luke	Antonia	Isabella	N/A	Dean	Shane	Ritchie	Emily	Tamara	Hannah	Dwain	None
Episode 1	Kyal	Stacey	Luke	Antonia	Isabella	N/A	Dean	Shane	Ritchie	Emily	Tamara	Hannah	Dwain	See note 1

The Celebrity was voted off after being in the bottom two.

The Celebrity in the bottom two that the judges decided to save.

The Celebrity that won.

Template:Fnb Dean was voted off the show. However, Sky confirmed that there was an error with the voting and Dean was invited back to Cirque de Celebrité.

Template:Fnb Ritchie Neville was not able to take part this week because of an injury he got in training.

Template:Fnb This week was a double elimination week, with two contestants being eliminated.

Template:Fnb Shane Lynch was not able to take part this week because of an injury he got in training.

Template:Fnb Shane Lynch withdrew from the competition due to injury

Template:Fnb Liam had entered the circus to replace Shane Lynch

References

^ "How the show works", Sky One, URL last accessed on 23 November 2006
^ "Mark Bright furious at circus exit", Digital Spy, URL last accessed on 23 November 2006
^ "Cirque said no to Zammo", Sky One, URL last accesses on 27 December 2006
^ "Sophie Anderton quits Cirque de Celebrite", Entertainmentwise, URL last accessed on 23 November 2006
^ "Double Whamo for Zammo", Sky One, URL last accessed on 28 November 2006
^ "There was a fall from Grace", The Sun, URL last accessed on 18 December 2006
^ "And the winner is...", Sky One, URL last accessed on 19 December 2006
^ "Even Bigger Top for Sky One's Cirque de Celebrité", Sky Press Office, URL last accessed on 17 September 2007

External links

[1] "How the show works", Sky One, URL last accessed on 23 November 2006

[2] "Mark Bright furious at circus exit", Digital Spy, URL last accessed on 23 November 2006

[3] "Cirque said no to Zammo", Sky One, URL last accesses on 27 December 2006

[4] "Sophie Anderton quits Cirque de Celebrite", Entertainmentwise, URL last accessed on 23 November 2006

[5] "Double Whamo for Zammo", Sky One, URL last accessed on 28 November 2006

[6] "There was a fall from Grace", The Sun, URL last accessed on 18 December 2006

[7] "And the winner is...", Sky One, URL last accessed on 19 December 2006

[8] "Even Bigger Top for Sky One's Cirque de Celebrité", Sky Press Office, URL last accessed on 17 September 2007

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