Cirque de Celebrité

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Cirque de Celebrité
Genre	Reality,
Starring	Ruby Wax (Ring-mistress)
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Running time	90 minutes (episodes 1-8), 60 minutes (episodes 9-10)
Broadcast
Original channel	Sky One
Original run	15 October 2006 – 17 December 2006
Links
Official website

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 show was Grace Adams-Short.

Contents 1 Format 2 Participants 2.1 Guest stars 3 Elimination 4 Other Information 5 References 6 External Links

[edit] Format

The show is hosted by Ruby Wax. The three judges throughout the series are professional performers Louie Spence, Ann Dorwin, and circus director Phillip Gandey.

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 compere 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.

[edit] Participants

The line up of celebrities:

1. Grace Adams-Short (Big Brother contestant)
2. Kenzie (rapper)
3. Jamie Baulch (former athlete)
4. Emma B (model)
5. Sophie Anderton (model)
6. Mark Bright (former footballer)
7. Andy Kane (TV handyman)
8. Lee MacDonald (actor)
9. Syed Ahmed (The Apprentice contestant)
10. Nicola Wheeler (actress)
11. Sinitta (singer)
12. Ninia Benjamin (comedienne)

[edit] 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.

[edit] Elimination

Order
The Finalists	Grace	Emma	Kenzie
Episode 9	Grace	Emma	Kenzie	Andy
Episode 8	Grace	Emma	Kenzie	Andy	Jamie
Episode 7	Grace	Emma	Kenzie	Andy	Jamie	Lee
Episode 6	Grace	Emma	Kenzie	Andy	Jamie	Lee	Ninia
Episode 5	Grace	Emma	Kenzie	Andy	Jamie	Sophie	Ninia	Nicola
Episode 4	Grace	Emma	Kenzie	Andy	Jamie	Sophie	Ninia	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 who had to choose who went.

     The celebrity who won.

[edit] Other Information

• The series originated in Australia where it aired in 2005 as Celebrity Circus.
• 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]

[edit] References

1. ^ "How the show works", Sky One, URL last accessed on 2006-11-23
2. ^ "Mark Bright furious at circus exit", Digital Spy, URL last accessed on 2006-11-23
3. ^ "Cirque said no to Zammo", Sky One, URL last accesses on 2006-12-27
4. ^ "Sophie Anderton quits Cirque de Celebrite", Entertainmentwise, URL last accessed on 2006-11-23
5. ^ "Double Whamo for Zammo", Sky One, URL last accessed on 2006-11-28
6. ^ "There was a fall from Grace", The Sun, URL last accessed on 2006-12-18
7. ^ "And the winner is...", Sky One, URL last accessed on 2006-12-19

[edit] External Links

• Cirque de Celebrité on Sky One