Cirque de Celebrité
Cirque de Celebrité | |
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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.) |
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 |
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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 | ||||||||||||
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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 |
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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 | ||||||||||||
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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