Arlene Phillips to reform Hot Gossip
Strictly Come Dancing judge Arlene Phillips is apparently planning to reunite her former dance troupe Hot Gossip for a new stage show about the life of Kenny Everett.
Hot Gossip shot to fame in the 70s following appearances on The Kenny Everett Video Show and Top of the Pops. Their biggest selling hit was ‘I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper’ which featured vocals from opera diva Sarah Brightman.
Apparently, Simon Cowell’s pet popstar Sinitta also stood in as a “ghost vocalist” on a few of their pop songs.
I would think that the members of Hot Gossip are now getting about with the help of Zimmer frames and false hips though, so it remains to be seen if they’ll still be Hot Gossip or A Chat By A Warm Fire sort of a group.
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January 3rd, 2009 at 4:30 pm
A stage show about Kenny Everett sounds intriguing but a reformed Hot Gossip doesn’t.
January 3rd, 2009 at 10:18 pm
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January 3rd, 2009 at 11:43 pm
It wouldn’t work, they were thought of as sexy and raunchy back then because you did not very often see that sort of thing on TV, there dancing was not that good it was the outfits and suggestiveness. Nowadays it would be so tame as TV has moved on as is more outrageous, bad idea.
January 5th, 2009 at 12:44 am
What a great idea. Sarah still looks great another member I saw recently of hot gossip also looks great. In fact if the remaining members take after Sarah they should do really well.
You know a dancer can still dance a bit when they start to age it doesn’t mean the end of life. Look at Bonnie Langford she’s nearly 50.
Lulu as a singer looks better today than when she was at the height of her fame, she sounds better to. Age doesn’t mean the end.
A Professional dancers career performing in front of audience is normally over by the time they are around 35 to 38 but the teaching career should still exist if a dancer has planned for her future well enough. Some dancers go on to acting or modelling. It all very much depends on how fit they have kept themselves.
Maureen
Newcastle.
March 20th, 2009 at 4:59 am
You’d be surprised how a dance troupe can bounce back, even after 25 years. Yes, maybe through hip replacements, this is possible, but showbiz makes anything possible.
That was interesting, I totally forgot that Sarah Brightman was part of their best-selling hit.
While we’re on the topic, if anyone has any vintage Hot Gossip clips from the 70s or 80s, please post them to the video site (click on my name to link to it). Thankx.