Cirque de Celebrite
| Cirque de Celebrité | |
|---|---|
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| Presented by |
Ruby Wax (2006) Jenni Falconer (2007) Brian Dowling (spin-off) |
| Judges |
Louie Spence Phillip Gandey Ann Dorwin (2006) Gaby Roslin (2007) Syed Ahmed (guest judge, 2006) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Love Productions |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Sky One |
| Original release | 15 October 2006 – 9 December 2007 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows |
Cirque: Backstage at the Big Top Celebrity Circus (Australia) Celebrity Circus (U.S.) |
Cirque de Celebrité was 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.
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. The winner of the 2007 series was Kyal Marsh.
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 were 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 were interspersed with compère banter and video from the training sessions and interviews. The two scores were combined, 50% judges vote and 50% phone votes, and the two lowest scoring participants were candidates for expulsion.
According to the Sky One website, the judges nominated one of the saved celebrities to eliminate one of the two contestants at the bottom of the scoreboard. In the first two weeks only, reference was made to the highest scoring celebrity choosing between the two.
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.
The line up of celebrities in series 1 were:
For the second series, GMTV host Jenni Falconer replaced Ruby Wax as the ring mistress. Gaby Roslin also replaced Ann Dorwin on the judging panel, alongside Phillip and Louie. That year up until week 6, the judges did not give the contestants scores for their performances. That year two new celebrities joined the circus over halfway 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 11, 2007 and the public 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.
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