Information about Just The Two Of Us

Just the Two of Us
Genre	Reality
Presented by	Tess Daly Vernon Kay
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	2
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC One
Original run	2006 – 2007
External links
| Official website
IMDb profile

Just the Two of Us is a British television reality singing contest hosted by Vernon Kay and Tess Daly. The first series of the BBC show saw eight celebrities team up with professional singers and sing each night in duets, with one pair being eliminated every night. After each performance they were judged by a panel of industry experts. The basic format of the show was first used in another BBC programme, Strictly Come Dancing.

International versions of the format are distributed by BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC. An Australian version, It Takes Two was first aired in 2006. The format has also been sold to Belgium, China, Croatia and the Netherlands.

On Saturday 21st April 2007, The Sun Newspaper reported that the British version of Just the Two of Us will not be returning in 2008 and has thereby been cancelled.

Format

During the week-long run each day all the celebrities perform a duet with a professional singer. The judges then give comments on each performance. Once the contestants have returned to the "Green Room" (Backstage), the judges each then each give the couple a score from 1 to 10. The scores create a leaderboard which forms 50% of the final result, the other half comes from the public vote via telephone and text entries.

Once the scores and votes are combined to form the final leaderboard for that day's show, the two couples at the bottom compete in a final "Sing Off", where they perform their duet again. Once both couples have performed their song for the judging panel, the four judges decide on who deserves to stay and cast their votes. The couple with the most votes from the judges leaves the show that day.

So far there have been two series, the first won by Russell Watson and Sian Reeves and the second was won by Hannah Waterman and Marti Pellow.

Only four professionals have performed in both series - Natasha Hamilton, Alexander O'Neal, Jocelyn Brown and Beverly Knight.

Series 1

The first series began on 23 February 2006 and ended on 5 March 2006.

Celebrity	Professional	Eliminated	Final Ranking
Sian Reeves	Russell Watson 1	---	WINNERS
Mark Moraghan	Natasha Hamilton	5 March 2006	2nd Place
Chris Fountain	Jo O'Meara	4 March 2006	3rd Place
Penny Smith	Curtis Stigers	3 March 2006	4th Place
Nicky Campbell	Beverley Knight	2 March 2006	5th Place
Matt Allwright	Jocelyn Brown	26 February 2006	6th Place
Fiona Bruce	Alexander O'Neal	25 February 2006	7th Place
Gaby Roslin	Martin Fry	24 February 2006	8th Place

Note 1: Russell replaced former 80s Singer Rick Astley after the latter abandoned Reeves on the eighth day of practice/rehearsals.

The Judges

The judges were:

• Trevor Nelson
• Stewart Copeland
• Cece Sammy
• Lulu

Contestants received vocal coaching by Joshua Alamu.

Series 2

The second series began on 2 January 2007 and ended on 7 January 2007.

Celebrity	Professional	Eliminated	Final Ranking
Hannah Waterman	Marti Pellow	---	WINNERS
Brendan Cole	Beverley Knight	7 January 2007	2nd Place
Mark Butcher	Sarah Brightman	7 January 2007	3rd Place
John Bardon	Jocelyn Brown	6 January 2007	4th Place
Julia Bradbury	Tony Christie	5 January 2007	5th Place
Luke Bailey	Natasha Hamilton	4 January 2007	6th Place
Janet Ellis	Alexander O'Neal	3 January 2007	7th Place
Gregg Wallace	Carol Decker	2 January 2007	8th Place

Singer Russell Watson was originally supposed to be participating on the series with Hollyoaks actress, Loui Batley. However, after having had surgery to remove a tumour from his brain, he decided to pull out of the competition. Unlike last year, however, he was not replaced, so Batley was also dropped from the show.^[1]

Jo O'Meara did not participate in the second series as she was taking part in Channel 4's Celebrity Big Brother UK at the time.

Contestants received vocal coaching by Joshua Alamu.

The Judges

The judges were:

• Trevor Nelson
• Stewart Copeland
• Cece Sammy
• Tito Jackson ^[2]

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