The One And Only Coming To BBC One
Brand new to BBC One, The One And Only… is a primetime Saturday night talent show that will leave viewers amazed and wondering if seeing is believing.
Presented by Graham Norton the programme will showcase the cream of tribute act talent in a quest to crown the UK’s best tribute act and up for grabs is a prize that money can’t buy.
Performers won’t just want to sing like a superstar, they have to look like them, dress like them, and act like them. In fact they have to live, breathe and actually turn themselves into the superstar of their dreams.
Imagine the glamour and glitz of swinging Sinatra doing big band battle with the undisputed princess of pop Kylie. Or the timeless Elton John fighting it out against sexy chanteuse Cher in a bid to take the tribute act crown.
Auditions have taken place throughout the UK where thousands of hopefuls paid tribute to their favourite idol to win a place in the nail–biting Superfan Singoff.
It is at this stage that the tribute acts for some of the world’s greatest superstars have to pull out all the stops to impress the toughest panel of all – the Superfans of their idols.
Only ten tribute acts will make it through to the live shows and it’s the Superfans who decide which ten acts are convincing enough to show off their talent to the nation.
All this leads up to the weekly live shows on BBC One, where the tribute acts will sing their hearts out in front of a studio audience full of friends and Superfans, to earn those all–important viewers’ votes.
The tribute acts will be put through their paces as they try to capture the performing essence of an established superstar. They will be transformed into the star they idolise by a host of top professionals, from choreographers to make–up artists and costume makers.
Established vocal coaches to the stars David and Carrie Grant will be also on hand to mentor, prepare and perfect the sound of the acts.
For the winner there is a once in a lifetime opportunity – a three month performing contract in Las Vegas with the renowned Legends In Concert, the world’s longest–running celebrity impersonator show.
Who can combine their looks, voice and acting talents into a complete package that suspends the audience’s disbelief? Who will the nation choose as their greatest superstar double? Tune in to find out in early January 2008.
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show was fab i do a fantastic englebert humperdink any one know how to get on many thanka jack wright
good show i do i get on
Whole programme appears to be utter garbage.
Thank god the remote control is at hand to make sure the programme is never on my TV.
I agree Brenden – the show was like a low quality version of Stars In Their Eyes. No-one I saw on the show was worthy of five minutes on telly.
The circumstances surounding this show where such that most of the UK’s real top professional tribute acts could not afford to enter, so the show may be a vehicle for some “willing and courageous” acts but it in no way represents “the cream of British tribute talent”.
British AND USA based star tributes are a little affronted by the show’s hype and wilder claims, but can only quietly get on with providing real polished entertainment for their audiences on both sides of the pond…
Dusty is the only one that sings and looks like the artist being portrayed.
It is not right that the successful contestants should be asked to vote to save one of the two “losing” singers, this is open to tactical voting.
Its round 2 of the cat fight!