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Just the Two Of Us: Sarah Brightman Has Fallen For Mark Butcher

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January 8, 2007 – 11:49 am

I knew it! I have already mentioned the obvious chemistry between Sarah Brightman and her singing partner Mark Butcher in BBC’s Just the Two Of Us, and now The People have picked up on the story too.

A inside source has confirmed that Sarah is more interested in her partner than her singing:

An insider revealed: “Sarah had a crush on Mark from day one.

“The first thing she said about him was ‘Wow, he’s luscious’. There’s been a lot of holding hands and back touching.”

“When they’re alone together rehearsing, she’s in her element.”

Sarah admitted: “He’s completely yummy - you want to hug him and touch him.”

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Just the Two of Us Final with shocking results as Hannah Waterman and Marti Pellow win the trophy

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January 8, 2007 – 4:42 am

Brendon Cole and Beverley Knight once again opened the evening with a spectacular performance as was their second song which was even more outstanding.   They have never failed to entertain us with their versatility, dancing and singing so it was no surprise when they made if through to the final two duos after getting two tens for one of their numbers

 

The first shock of the evening was when Mark Butcher and Sarah Brightman were voted out as they were a favourite to win after astounding us with their very professional performances night after night.  Hannah and Marti have been the weakest of the three couples throughout the competiton, earning the lowest scores and been very boring at times so it was the biggest shock of the evening when they won the series.  Admittedly their second song was surprisingly beautiful and near perfect but can you win a six day series on one song? 

 

The evening ended with a disappointing final song from the trophy winners, Hannah and Mark 

 

 

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Just The Two of Us Semi-finals. Eastenders John Bardon and soul singer Jocelyn Brown have been voted off.

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January 7, 2007 – 8:16 am

Some one had to go but how sad that it was the very entertaining John who surprised us all night after night with his versatile singing.  He and Jocelyn will be missed tonight at the final.

Hannah Waterman (ex Eastender) and partner Wet Wet Wet Marti Pellow were first up tonight with full approval from all the judges for an outstanding performance.  Hannah had enthusiastic support from her father, in the audience. The judges gave them 27 out of 40 emphasising Hannah’s improvement and growth of confidence. 29 for their impressive 2nd song.  With 56 points they are 3rd on the leaders’s board.

Strictly Come Dancing and Love Island, Brendon Cole and singer Beverley Knight disappointed the judges with their first song but their dance routine was great.  Not Brendan’s best due to bad choice of song but still earned a good 26 points. They earned 32 for their second really great performance.  True country and more Brendan’s style.  The dance routine that went with the song, was outstanding. They are second on the leader board with 58

Cricketer Mark Butcher and singer Sarah Brightman greatly impressed the judges with a very moving performance earning remarks such as ‘I want a copy of that’ and ‘I was all choked up.’  Mark looking his usual cool and confident self, gave credit to the magnificent band.  The judges congratulated Sarah for allowing Mark to show his full potential by the choice of song. They received a well deserved, magnificent 35 points out of 40. Their second number was also very good, earning 29 and first place with a total of 64 points.

Eastenders John Bardon and soul singer Jocelyn Brown had the audience on their feet and the judges impressed saying that John was a true singer and congratulated him saying ‘you remembered the lyrics and actually sang tonight.’  John has shown the greatest improvement throughout the series with a surprise for us night after night with his versatility. 27 and 26 for their second song which the judges loved, calling him a rapping, punky rock and roller and a stallion of many tricks. They are lying fourth with 53 points.

We were entertained by Jocelyn and Beverley while the public votes came in leaving Brendon and Beverly, John and Jocelyn and Hannah and Mari in the bottom three with Brendan being saved by judge Stewart Copeland who said he did not think he was doing them a favour, although they deserved to go through, as every time someone was saved by a judge they were voted off the next time round.  This proved true when the viewers voted John and Jocelyn off (saved by judge Tito Jackson last night) after the bottom two had sung to be saved.

Tonight is the final with Brendan Cole and Beverley Knight, Mark and Sarah and Hannah with partner Marti.  We are sure to be highly entertained with the best performances of the six day series.  Who will be walking off with the trophy???

 

 

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Just The Two of Us. Sadly Julia Bradbury and Tony Christie leave us for good.

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January 6, 2007 – 10:51 am

With only five duos left the competion is heating up and the perfomances have been outstanding, making it very difficult for judges Tito Jackson (Jackson five fame), Trevor Nelson (Superstar Du Trevor Nelson), Stewart Copeland (ex Police Number and film score composer) and Ce Ce Sammy (Vocal coach to some of the biggest names in pop) to correctly place the contestants with their scores.

At the end of the evening we had three first places after singing two songs each. Brendon Cole and Beverley Knight, Julia Bradbury and Tony Christie and Mark Butcher and Sarah Bright with 58 out of 80 points. Next Hannah Waterman and Marti Pellow with 51 with John Bardon and Jocelyn Brown at the bottom of the Judges Leader Board with 49 points. After the public votes were added the bottom three duos were John and Jocelyn, Julia and Tony and Mark and Sarah. Two of the top duos were dropped to the bottom by the public. Judge Tito had to choose a couple to save and his choice was, no surprises, John and Jocelyn who he has greatly favoured throughout the competition.

After Julia and Tony and Cricketer Mark and Sarah (supported by winners of Strictly Come Dancing Cricketer Mark Ramprakash and Karen Hardy in the audience) had sung to be saved, Julia and Tony were voted out. A great loss to the viewers who sadly chose them to go.

After a spectacular performance by each contestant this evening, we have four couples left and two nights to go before the crowning of the King and Queen of Just the Two of Us 2007

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Soapstar Superstar VS Just the Two Of Us

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January 5, 2007 – 11:18 pm

So what do you think? Two celebrity singing shows, both airing at the same time, both punting to a similar audience…which one is better.

Well for just once I wish they would air the shows separately at different times so I could watch them all in their entirety! I have taped some, watched some bits live and other bits in between the commercial breaks on another channel.

After watching the launch of this years Soapstar Superstar I think they definitely have the edge with raw talent. Half of the contestants on BBC One’s Just The Two Of Us can hardly sing (and I am not only talking about John Bardon!), for a singing show, they have a distinct lack of talent. In contrast many of the celebrities on Soapstar Superstar are actually quite good.

At this point I think that Leon Lopez or Matthew Wolfenden will win. They both look great, have a great style, and they can sing…..the teenage girls will be fighting each other to get to the phone.

Just The Two Of Us gets fantastic ratings…generally between 3 and 5 million people per night, thats a lot of the British Public. It’s quite a fun show, the chemistry between the professionals and celebrities is great and the hosts (Tess Daly and Vernon Kay) are actually doing quite a good (if cheesy) job.

However, if I had to make a choice I would watch Soapstar every time. I like to listen to people who can actually sing, if I wanted to see something funny I would wiat up to watch The Friday Night Project later this evening. I think that next year Just The Two Of Us bosses should make an effort to get some reali life, actually talented people on the show next year.

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Just The Two of Us. Casualty’s Luke Bailey and ex-Atomic Kitten Natasha Hamilton have been voted out.

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January 5, 2007 – 1:01 am

After a very exciting, warm and humerous evening it was sad and a surprise to see Luke and Natasha voted out by a combination of the judges scores and public votes. Tonight the contestants had to sing country and soul songs.

 Luke and Natasha sang first, lighting up the studio with their joyful performance and brilliant dance moves.  They were placed third by the judges with 23/40

Top of the judges’ leader board was Strictly Come Dancing Brendan Cole with very talented R&B Singer Beverley Knight who entertained us with their heartfelt performance.  The judges were impressed enought to give them 25/40 putting them top performers for the evening. Judge Ce Ce later said she felt should have scored them higher.

Cricketer Mark Butcher and singer Sarah Brightman who have tied for top place for two nights running started badly as Mark could not hear the music due to the audience’s rowdy enthusiasm but on his third try gave us a beautiful perfomance earning the surprisingly low score of 19 even though Mark carried on like a trooper after his shakey start.

Ex-Eastenders’ Hannah Waterman and Wet Wet Wet’s Marti Pellew gave such a boring performance that judge and vocal coach Ce Ce Sammy stated that she nearly fell asleep during their performance as it was so boring.  They received a surprisingly high score of 22 putting them tie for 4th place with John and Jocelyn.

Watchdog presenter Julia Bradbury and singer Tony Christie wowed us once again with their very professional performance for which the judges rightfully gave them 24 points putting them second on the leader board.

Eastenders John Bardon with partner soul singer Jocelyn Brown gave a performance which brought a standing ovation from an adoring audience.  John is obviously much loved with an ineresting voice and is a great entertainer. He has an enermous fan in Tito Jackson (Jackson five fame) who always scores him higher than the other judges.

We were entertained by Marti and Sarah singing a very romantic and breathtaking Summertime while the viewers votes came in and were counted to be added to the judges ponts.

Judge Ce Ce had to choose the duo to be saved from the bottom three and she chose Julia and Tony leaving John and Jocelyn and Luke and Natasha to sing for further votes from the viewers with Luke and Natasha, sadly saying their good byes to us.  We will miss them and their very talented performances.

 

 

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Just The Two Of Us: People Are Calling For “Jim To Win”

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January 4, 2007 – 9:04 pm

Just the Two Of Us doesn’t have very many talented celebrities appearing on it this year, and perhaps the least vocally talented is John Bardon, AKA Jim Branning from Eastenders.

Its surprising then that so many people would like “Jim To Win” the show and that he has been taken to the public’s heart so quickly.

Caroline Dutton from This Is Lancashire is one person backing John, saying:

JIM to win - that’s all I’m saying on the TV car crash that is Just the Two of Us.

Seeing EastEnders’ Jim Branning clinging to soul sister Jocelyn Brown like a life raft, I almost expected him to start clutching his chest and start wailing “Dora-fee, me eart, me eart!”

And now I’m on the subject, have you noticed how watching a greying man slaughtering a love song while doing the sort of dancing that would put your dad to shame is hilarious and a endearing?

Even Lee at TV Dinners thinks John will reach the final! And they call this a singing contest!

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Just the Two of Us. Janet Ellis and Alexander O’Neal are out

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January 4, 2007 – 2:18 am

Into the second night of the six nights series, ex-Blue Peter presenter Janet Ellis and soul singer Alexander O’Neal were voted out by the combined votes of judges and public. Last night the first couple to go was Celebrity Masterchef’s Gregg Wallace and T’Pau’s Carol Decker.

Strictly Come Dancing Brendon Cole and partner R&B singer Beverley Knight were the most impressive performers last night with Watchdog presenter Julia Bradbery and singer Toni Christie coming bottom of the leader board but tonight Julia and Toni shot up to the top impressing us all with a wonderful duet. They shared top position with Cricketer Mark Butcher and classical singer Sarah Brightman. With eight couples being reduced to six we have the remaining competiors as follows:

Hannah Waterman (ex-Eastenders) and Wet Wet Wet’s Marti Pellow, Julia and Tony, Brendan and Beverley, Mark and Sarah, Eastenders’ John Bardon and soul singer Jocelyn Brown and Casualty’s Luke Bailey and Natasha Hamilton ex-Atomic Kitten.

In four days time, after voting out a couple each night, one of the couples will be crowned ‘Just The Two of Us Champions for 2007′ hosted by Vernon Kay and wife Tess Daly.

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Just The Two Of Us 2007: The First Show!

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January 2, 2007 – 10:59 pm

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The show opened tonight with Brendan Cole and Beverly Knight singing ‘Dancing In The Street’. I thought they were great, and Brendan was a much better singer than i expected. The judges didn’t seem to be just as impressed.

Stewart Copeland said “It looked great…..It’s a little squeaky, you’ve gotta find your big voice!”

The judges scores totaled 24

Trevor Nelson: 7
Stewart Copeland: 5
CiCi Sammy: 7
Tito Jackson: 5

Julia Bradbury was up next with Tony Christie and sang ‘How Deep Is Your Love’. It was awful, out of tune and weak…and that was just Tony Christie!

Tito Jackson said that he knows the Bee Gees and he doesn’t think they would be very proud of that version!

The judges scores totaled 17

Trevor Nelson: 5
Stewart Copeland: 4
CeCe Sammy: 4
Tito Jackson: 4

Third in the lineup was Luke Bailey and Natasha Hamilton with Don’t Cha. I thought these two were great. Really trendy, no nerves and quite entertaining.

CeCe Sammy thinks that Luke has great potential and Tito loved the red outfits, but he thought the lyrics didn’t quite fit.

The judges scores totaled 26

Trevor Nelson: 6
Stewart Copeland: 7
CeCe Sammy: 7
Tito Jackson: 6

Fourth on the stage was Mark Butcher accompanied by Sarah Brightman. They performed ‘Weather With You’ and I thought that Mark was great. He has a really nice, tuneful voice and he performed well. Sarah Brightman scared me a bit though, she looked a bit to vampirish for my liking!

Stewart Copeland thought that Mark was hiding behind Sarah, and Cece thought that he charmed the audience well.

The judges scores totaled 26

Trevor Nelson: 7
Stewart Copeland: 7
CeCe Sammy: 7
Tito Jackson: 5

Funny man John Bardon was up next with Jocelyn Brown singing ‘What Can I Do To Make You Love Me’. He was funny, and sort of in tune…..thats about as nice as I can be!

Trevor thought that the acting deserved a 10 out of 10, but wasn’t impressed with the singing. Stewart thinks that a star is born!

The judges scores totaled 18

Trevor Nelson: 4
Stewart Copeland: 4
CeCe Sammy: 3
Tito Jackson: 7

Next up was Janet Ellis singing This Love with Alexander O’Neal. She was atrocious but Alexander was fabulous, truly talented.

CeCe thought Janet sounded like a cat on speed, Sophie Ellis-Baxtor certainly didn’t get her talent from her mum!

The judges scores totaled 21

Trevor Nelson: 5
Stewart Copeland: 6
CeCe Sammy: 3
Tito Jackson: 7

Carol Decker was joined this year by Celebrity Chef Gregg Wallace. They sang ‘Blame It On The Boogie’ and he was another comedy act. He can’t really hold a tune and when dancing he looks like my dad, after 7 pints at a family wedding. It’s not a pretty sight!

The judges scores totaled 21

Trevor Nelson: 6
Stewart Copeland: 4
CeCe Sammy: 5
Tito Jackson: 6

Last on the stage was Hannah Waterman and Marti Pellow. While their performance didn’t blow me away, I think it was in a bad key for Hannah. i think she actually has a lovely voice, but this was in a really low and awkward key. I’d like to hear her sing something more feminine.

CeCe Sammy really likes Hannah, but wants her to be more confident and Tito thinks they have a chance at winning.

The judges scores totaled 25

Trevor Nelson: 7
Stewart Copeland: 6
CeCe Sammy: 6
Tito Jackson: 6

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Just The Two Of Us: Profile Of Gregg Wallace

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January 1, 2007 – 10:50 pm

Known as Gregg The Veg, Gregg is the TV fruit and veg man who hosts Celebrity Masterchef, Masterchef Goes Large and Radio 4’s Veg Talk. He’s the author of VEG – The Greengrocer’s Cookbook and he contributes to Olive and BBC Good Food Magazine. He also supplies fruit and veg to over 100 of London’d top restaurants including the likes of The River Café, Kensington Place, The Caprice and The Ivy.

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