Ladette To Lady
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| Format | Reality |
| Starring | Eggleston Hall teachers and ladettes |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 15 |
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| Producer(s) | RDF Media |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
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| Original channel | ITV |
| Original run | June 2, 2005 – February 22, 2008 |
Ladette to Lady is a reality based series that first aired in the United Kingdom on ITV in June 2005. The series was produced by UK-based RDF Media.
The second series of Ladette To Lady was aired in the United Kingdom in October 2006 on ITV. The show managed strong viewing figures of 4.45 million to 5.41 million, winning its timeslot each week.[1]
Ladette to Lady was cancelled by ITV on April 11, 2008.
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[edit] Premise
The series follows a group of ladettes (i.e. loud, foul-mouthed, uncultured and unpleasant young women, who like to drink and smoke and who are often sexually promiscuous), who are given an old-fashioned five-week course in learning how to behave like a real lady. They are sent to Eggleston Hall, a finishing school for women situated in Teesdale, England. Eggleston Hall was specially re-opened in order to try and change the ladettes' habits. In the first season, there were ten ladettes, while the second season featured eight ladettes.
Whilst in Eggleston Hall they are required to wear a special uniform: a tweed suit including a turquoise jacket, white blouse, and turquoise skirt, high-heeled shoes and a pearl necklace. This uniform has varied. They are taught under the supervision and guidance of five instructors and are given various tasks in deportment, elocution, needlework, flower arranging, etiquette and cookery. However if they can't live up to the standards of acting ladylike, they will be expelled. A ladette is expelled every episode, so, by the end of the programme there will only be three ladettes left. Then the teachers must decide upon one winner, depending on who they think has improved the most and how the ladettes performed in the final challenge. However, all three finalists receive an Eggleston Hall diploma.
[edit] Teachers
The teachers at Eggleston Hall run a very strict routine and are extremely well experienced in their particular subjects. The teachers who taught the ladettes at Eggleston Hall were:
- Gill Harbord the Principal - floristry
- Jean Broke-Smith - Former Head Teacher and etiquette
- Rosemary Shrager - cookery
- Liz Brewer - etiquette
[edit] Series One (2005)
[edit] Final challenge
In 2005 for the ladettes' final challenge they had to hold a fashion show. At the fashion show were their family, friends, eligible bachelors, the failed contestants and essentially all of the teachers from Eggleston Hall. The girls were marked on posture, grooming, elocution, floristry and cookery. The girl who was judged as the most improved would win a sports car with a value of £20,000, however, the fact that the winner would receive a car was unknown to the finalists. The eventual winner of Ladette to Lady 2005 and the sports car was Hayley Brisland.
[edit] Series One contestants
- Hayley Brisland (Winner)
- Michelle King (Runner-up)
- Rachael Carter-Eagleton (Third)
- Clare Randall
- Jessica Upton
- April Duncan
- Sarah Jane Gregory
- Sarah Newman
- Jemma Gunning
- Sarita Bradget
[edit] Series Two (2006)
[edit] Final challenge
The ladettes' final challenge in the 2006 series was to pass themselves off as real ladies at a debutante ball. The Debutantes' Ball was attended by a number of eligible bachelors, Lords, Ladies, select aristocrats and all of the teachers from Eggleston Hall. At the Ball, the ladettes were in the company of real debutantes, so they had to be on top form in order to impress their hosts and look like real ladies. At the Ball they were marked on their posture, grooming, elocution, confidence and their capability to hold a conversation. The overall winner of Ladette To Lady 2006 was Victoria Jenkins, who impressed the teachers with her charm and final transformation. A close runner-up was Clara Mayer who has since decided to become a chalet girl.
[edit] Series Two contestants
- Victoria Jenkins (Winner)
- Clara Mayer (Runner-up)
- Frances Rowe (Third)
- Laura Hearsum
- Louise Porter
- Rebecca Squire
- Angela Mott
- Emma Phillips-Martin
[edit] End of Term Report
Several months after series two of Ladette to Lady, all of the ladettes from both series one and series two were invited back to Eggleston Hall, along with teachers Gill Harbord, Rosemary Shrager and Liz Brewer, in order to see how the ladettes had changed and how they had progressed in their lives. It was aired on December 14, 2006 on ITV.
During the End of Term Report we saw Clare Randall, who, during series one was a regular and heavy drinker. In the more recent gathering she revealed that she'd had a baby, that she has totally re-formed her life and quit drinking alcohol altogether. There was also Michelle King from series one, who as a result of the teachings of Eggleston Hall, has become more feminine and has been able to progress further in her life with more confidence. However, there were those who had not improved. To the surprise of the teachers, winner of series two, Victoria Jenkins, still had her old job and had not progressed with her studies.
[edit] Series Three (2008)
[edit] Final challenge
The ladettes' final challenge in the 2007 series was to be presented as debutantes to their parents, to make a speech and to dance the waltz. They were required to answers questions from Lords, Ladies, and select aristocrats. The overall winner of Ladette To Lady 2007 was Nicole Hart, who reaquired her love of horses in the show and later participated in a horse-riding competition, courtesy of winning a task on the show. The show was also entertaining for the re-entry of Louise Porter, a glamour model who was brought in to show the other girls how it was done, even though she was expelled in Series 2.
[edit] Series Three contestants
- Nicole Hart (Winner)
- Holly Clements (Runner up)
- Louise Porter (Runner up & she was also in the second series)
- Simone Webber
- Neema Mattaker
- Kelly Simpson
- Amber Jaques
- Laura Waude
- Charlotte Donohue
[edit] Air dates
- Series One - June 2, 2005 to June 30, 2005
- Series Two - September 28, 2006 to October 26, 2006
- Series Three - January 22, 2008 to February 26, 2008 (originally scheduled for 2007)
[edit] International broadcast
The series has also been broadcast in the United States on the Sundance Channel, Australia on both The LifeStyle Channel and the Nine Network (Series 2&3) as well as the ABC (Series 1), New Zealand on TV One, Sweden on Kanal 5, Poland on TVN Style, Israel on Israel Channel 8, and Canada on Cosmopolitan TV.
