Text Santa
| Text Santa | |
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| Presented by |
Phillip Schofield Holly Willoughby Ant & Dec Paddy McGuinness Christine Bleakley Alesha Dixon Stephen Mulhern |
| Opening theme | "Text Santa" theme by A-MNEMONIC Music |
| Composer(s) | A-MNEMONIC Music |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | The London Studios |
| Production company(s) | ITV Studios |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV, STV, UTV |
| Picture format | 16:9: 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | 11 December 2011 – 18 December 2015 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows |
From the Heart This Morning |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Text Santa was a charity initiative set up in 2011 by ITV to support UK-based charities during the Christmas period. The appeal to the public is to donate money mainly via text donation and profits from merchandise. The telethons have been hosted by popular ITV presenters including Phillip Schofield, Christine Bleakley and Ant & Dec. The 2015 appeal show was the last after ITV decided to axe the show to make way for an all-year appeal.
The Text Santa 2015 appeal theme music was created by London based music production company A-MNEMONIC Music Official Website.
In previous years the theme music that was used was created by British composer Leigh Haggerwood of The Florin Street Band, who re-worked his Christmas song "My Favourite Time of Year" especially for the appeal, creating theme and background music along with various other original compositions. The song – with its sweeping string melodies and critically acclaimed Victorian-themed music video has gained worldwide popularity and was recently performed by the United States Army Band in Washington D.C. Leigh Haggerwood is proud of the songs association with the Text Santa campaign and has pledged to support it each year.
"My Favourite Time of Year" was not used for the 2015 appeal.
In 2013, the cast of The Big Reunion released a cover of "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday", with all proceeds going to the Text Santa charities. The single peaked at 21 in the UK singles charts.
All of the money raised gets split between the charities supported by the appeal. In 2011, there were nine chosen charities, in 2012, 2013 and 2014, there were six and in 2015, there were three.
The 2011 appeal aired in two parts. The launch show aired on 11 December 2011 and was hosted by Phillip Schofield and Christine Bleakley. The main show aired on Christmas Eve (24 December 2011) with Ant & Dec and Holly Willoughby as presenters.
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