| The Girls Aloud Party | |
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The Girls Aloud Party title card. |
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| Format | Variety show |
| Written by | Sketches: Will Ing Paul Powell |
| Directed by | Simon Staffurth Pre-title Sequence: Chris Cottam |
| Starring | Girls Aloud |
| Voices of | Tom Baker |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | For Globe Productions: Anita Land For ITV: Lee Connolly Claire Horton |
| Producer(s) | Ruben Ray-Choudhuri |
| Editor(s) | Andy Marangon Dominic Leung |
| Location(s) | The London Studios |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 40 minutes (approx.) 60 minutes (inc. breaks) |
| Production company(s) | Globe Productions ITV Productions |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ITV (ITV1/STV/UTV) |
| Original airing | 13 December 2008 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Popstars: The Rivals Girls Aloud: Home Truths Girls Aloud: Off The Record The Passions of Girls Aloud Cheryl Cole's Night In |
The Girls Aloud Party was a one-off Christmas variety show starring British girl group Girls Aloud, produced for ITV. The show was aired on 13 December 2008,[1] in between The X Factor series finale and its results show.
Girls Aloud performed some of their biggest hits, as well as some tracks from their latest album, Out of Control.[2] James Morrison performed his track "Broken Strings" with Girls Aloud, while Kaiser Chiefs led into "Sound of the Underground" with their own track, "Never Miss a Beat". Along with performing, Girls Aloud performed comic skits[3] in which Cilla Black and Julie Goodyear starred as Nicola Roberts's grandmother and Sarah Harding's mother.[4]
On 11 November, the official Girls Aloud website ran a competition in which 100 entrants would win tickets to the show.[5] The show was filmed in London on 2 December, as stated by the announcement.[5]
The programme was first advertised during The X Factor on 29 November 2008.[6]
The Girls Aloud Party had approximately 8.37 million viewers.[7]
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The following are the special celebrity guests that appeared on the show:
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