Last Choir Standing
| Last Choir Standing | |
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| Presented by |
Myleene Klass Nick Knowles |
| Judges |
Russell Watson Sharon D. Clarke Suzi Digby |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30–90mins |
| Production company(s) | BBC |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One, BBC HD |
| Picture format | 16:9, 576i / 1080i HDTV |
| Original release | 5 July – 30 August 2008 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Last Choir Standing was a 2008 talent show-themed television series produced by the BBC in the United Kingdom. Broadcast on BBC One in July and August 2008, the series saw amateur choirs competing each week to be the 'last choir standing'.
The series was presented by Myleene Klass and Nick Knowles, with judges Russell Watson, Sharon D. Clarke and Suzi Digby. In the final, following a public telephone vote, the winners were announced as Welsh male voice choir Only Men Aloud!.
A collection of songs from the series was released as an album in November 2008.
The programme, initially to be called Choir Wars, looked to find 'the nation's favourite choir'. Presented by Myleene Klass and Nick Knowles, the programme aired on Saturday nights, with some of the results shows shown on Sundays, in the same timeslot as other BBC entertainment programs such as Strictly Come Dancing and I'd Do Anything.
Applications on tape were accepted from amateur choirs of 10-50 people, aged 13 years or older, and around 1,000 choirs entered the competition. 60 choirs were then invited to audition in front of the three judges in May at Cadogan Hall in London, where the choirs required a 'yes' from two of the judges to proceed to the callbacks. The callbacks saw 27 choirs perform again in front of the judges, as well as other choirs and a studio audience at BBC Television Centre. 15 choirs were then chosen to perform in three rounds of studio heats, with two from each heat proceeding to the live shows. The final six choirs then sang for viewer votes over four weeks, with the choirs being eliminated one-by-one to find the last choir standing.
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