Cirque de Celebrité | |
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Format | Reality |
Presented by | Ruby Wax (2006) Jenni Falconer (2007) Brian Dowling (spin-off) |
Judges | Louie Spence Phillip Gandey Ann Dorwin (2006) Gaby Roslin (2007) Syed Ahmed (guest judge, 2006) |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
No. of series | 2 |
No. of episodes | 20 |
Production | |
Producer(s) | Love Productions |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Broadcast | |
Original channel | Sky One |
Original run | 15 October 2006 | – 9 December 2007
Chronology | |
Related shows | Cirque: Backstage at the Big Top Celebrity Circus (Australia) Celebrity Circus (U.S.) |
Cirque de Celebrité was 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 2006 series was Grace Adams-Short.
A second series of Cirque de Celebrité broadcast in 2007, with Jenni Falconer replacing Ruby Wax as host. Big Brother winner Brian Dowling hosted a spin-off show, Cirque: Backstage at the Big Top. The winner of the 2007 series was Kyal Marsh.
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The first series was hosted by Ruby Wax. The three judges for the first series were professional performers Louie Spence, Ann Dorwin, and circus director, Phillip Gandey. Gaby Roslin replaced Ann Dorwin for the second series.
The celebrities were 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 were interspersed with compère banter and video from the training sessions and interviews. The two scores were combined, 50% judges vote and 50% phone votes, and the two lowest scoring participants were candidates for expulsion.
According to the Sky One website, the judges nominated one of the saved celebrities to eliminate one of the two contestants at the bottom of the scoreboard. In the first two weeks only, reference was made to the highest scoring celebrity choosing between the two.
Cirque de Celebrité 1 was watched by a peak of 817,000 viewers. However, Cirque de Celebrité 2 averaged considerably less - peaking at around 400,000 viewers.
The line up of celebrities in series 1 were:
Celebrity | Famous for | Result |
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Mark Bright | Former Football Player | Eliminated on week 1 |
Syed Ahmed | The Apprentice contestant | Eliminated on week 2 |
Sinitta | Pop Singer | Eliminated on week 3 |
Nicola Wheeler | Actress, Emmerdale cast member (Nicola Blackstock) | Eliminated on week 5 |
Sophie Anderton | Model | Withdrew due to injury |
Ninia Benjamin | Comedienne | Eliminated on week 6 |
Lee MacDonald | Actor | Week 4, returned to replace Sophie, Eliminated Week 7 |
Jamie Baulch | Former athlete | Eliminated on week 8 |
Andy Kane | TV Handyman | Eliminated on week 9 |
Kenzie | Rapper, ex-Blazin' Squad member, Friday Hill member | Final week (3rd) |
Emma B | Model | Final week (2nd) |
Grace Adams-Short | Big Brother contestant | Final week (Winner) |
Week | Celebrity | Notes | |||||||||||
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10 (The Final) | Grace | Emma | Kenzie | 4 | |||||||||
9 | Grace | Emma | Kenzie | Andy | None | ||||||||
8 | Grace | Emma | Kenzie | Andy | Jamie | None | |||||||
7 | Grace | Emma | Kenzie | Andy | Jamie | Lee | 3 | ||||||
6 | Grace | Emma | Kenzie | Andy | Jamie | Lee | Ninia | 2 | |||||
5 | Grace | Emma | Kenzie | Andy | Jamie | Sophie | Ninia | Nicola | None | ||||
4 | Grace | Emma | Kenzie | Andy | Jamie | Sophie | Ninia | Nicola | Lee | 1 | |||
3 | Grace | Emma | Kenzie | Andy | Jamie | Sophie | Ninia | Nicola | Lee | Sinitta | None | ||
2 | Grace | Emma | Kenzie | Andy | Jamie | Sophie | Ninia | Nicola | Lee | Sinitta | Syed | None | |
1 | Grace | Emma | Kenzie | Andy | Jamie | Sophie | Ninia | Nicola | Lee | Sinitta | Syed | Mark | None |
For the second series, GMTV host Jenni Falconer replaced Ruby Wax as the ring mistress. Gaby Roslin also replaced Ann Dorwin on the judging panel, alongside Phillip and Louie. That year up until week 6, the judges did not give the contestants scores for their performances. That year two new celebrities joined the circus over half way into the show. Liam McGough, an ex-Big Brother housemate, and Rebecca Loos joined the show in week 6, due to Shane Lynch quitting after injury. They both performed on November 11, 2007 and the public voted to see which one they would like to see back as an official contestant the following week. Liam was chosen to stay in the competition and Rebecca was sent home, however Liam was voted off in the same episode.
Week 1–5:
Week 6:
Week 7:
Week 8:
Week 9:
Week 10 (Finals):
The line up of celebrities in series 2 were follows:
Celebrity | Famous for | Result |
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Dwain Chambers | Former sprinter, American football player | Eliminated on week 2 |
Hannah Waterman | Ex - EastEnders cast member | Eliminated on week 3 |
Princess Tamara | Polish princess | Eliminated on week 4 |
Emily Scott | Australian glamour model | Eliminated on week 4 |
Ritchie Neville | Former member of boyband Five | Eliminated on week 5 |
Shane Lynch | Member of boyband Boyzone | Withdrew due to injury |
Dean Holdsworth | Professional football player | Eliminated on week 6 |
Liam McGough | Big Brother contestant | Eliminated on week 7 |
Lady Isabella Hervey | Socialite, model and actress | Eliminated on week 8 |
Antonia Okonma | Ex - Bad Girls cast member | Eliminated on Week 9 |
Luke Bailey | Ex - Casualty cast member | Final week - 3rd |
Stacey Cadman | Actress and TV presenter | Final week - 2nd |
Kyal Marsh | Ex - Neighbours cast member | Final week - Winner |
Week | Celebrity | Notes | ||||||||||||
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10 (The Final) | Kyal | Stacey | Luke | None | ||||||||||
9 | Kyal | Stacey | Luke | Antonia | None | |||||||||
8 | Kyal | Stacey | Luke | Antonia | Isabella | None | ||||||||
7 | Kyal | Stacey | Luke | Antonia | Isabella | Liam | 6 | |||||||
6 | Kyal | Stacey | Luke | Antonia | Isabella | N/A | Dean | Shane | 5 | |||||
5 | Kyal | Stacey | Luke | Antonia | Isabella | N/A | Dean | Shane | Ritchie | 4 | ||||
4 | Kyal | Stacey | Luke | Antonia | Isabella | N/A | Dean | Shane | Ritchie | Emily | Tamara | 3 | ||
3 | Kyal | Stacey | Luke | Antonia | Isabella | N/A | Dean | Shane | Ritchie | Emily | Tamara | Hannah | 2 | |
2 | Kyal | Stacey | Luke | Antonia | Isabella | N/A | Dean | Shane | Ritchie | Emily | Tamara | Hannah | Dwain | None |
1 | Kyal | Stacey | Luke | Antonia | Isabella | N/A | Dean | Shane | Ritchie | Emily | Tamara | Hannah | Dwain | 1 |
Series | Start date | End date | Episodes |
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1 | 15 October 2006 | 17 December 2006 | 10 |
2 | 7 October 2007 | 9 December 2007 | 10 |