Got To Dance 2011 unearthed some of the most amazing and unique dancing talent in the country and now it’s back for a third series this January on Sky 1 HD.

Got To Dance looks to discover the country’s most talented dance floor divas by scouring the nation for Britain’s best crews, troupes and solo dancers of all styles and ages. Davina McCall hosts the competition that will push contestants to their limits as they strive to win the life-changing cash prize of £250k.

Auditions range from the comedic to the sublime and are judged by a panel of outspoken, world-class experts: West End star and actor, Adam Garcia; singer and trained dancer Kimberly Wyatt; and Ashley Banjo, lead dancer and choreographer of Diversity.

Davina McCall said: “I am literally beside myself with excitement at the return of our third series of Got To Dance. I love working with gorgeous Adam, lovely Kimberly and of course sweetheart Ashley! Just you wait until you see the auditions – this year the bar has been raised even higher with so many acts worthy of a quarter of a million.”

A total of eight audition shows have been filmed in Dublin, Glasgow and London. This year, the talent who have appeared in front of the judges have been of a world class level – from the experimental hip hop displayed by Chuck to the pole dancing from Bendy Kate; from hip hop super crew A-Team to Irish dancers Prodijig.

Following these, the judges must whittle those who made the shortlist down to a Final 30, who will then compete across five live semi-final shows. A public vote will decide the eight finalists who will fight for the coveted crown in front of a 6,000-strong audience at Kensington Olympia. This spectacular finale will also be available to view on Sky 3D.

Since their win last year, cheeky double-act Chris & Wes have been touring the country and have secured their own series on Sky 1 HD – CHRIS & WES LET’S DO THIS. Airing on weeknights at 6pm from Monday 19 December, the ten-part series will follow the lads 24/7 as they embark on a host of brand new adventures. Each episode will be driven by a new milestone in the dance careers- be it a looming professional performance or a significant personal achievement.

New. Unmissable. Exclusive. Got To Dance launches on Sunday 1 January at 6pm on Sky 1 HD and Sky 1. The second audition show will air on Monday 2 January at 6pm.

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Got to Dance 2011 unearthed some of the most amazing and unique dancing talent in the country and soon it will be back for a third series this January on Sky 1.

The reality TV series looks to discover the country’s most talented dance floor divas by scouring the nation for Britain’s best crews, troupes and solo dancers of all styles and ages. Davina McCall hosts the competition that will push contestants to their limits as they strive to win the life-changing cash prize of £250k.

Auditions range from the comedic to the sublime and are judged by a panel of outspoken, world-class experts: West End star and actor, Adam Garcia; singer and trained dancer Kimberly Wyatt; and Ashley Banjo, lead dancer and choreographer of Diversity.

Davina McCall said: “I am literally beside myself with excitement at the return of our third series of GOT TO DANCE. I love working with gorgeous Adam, lovely Kimberly and of course sweetheart Ashley! Just you wait until you see the auditions – this year the bar has been raised even higher with so many acts worthy of a quarter of a million.”

A total of eight audition shows have been filmed in Dublin, Glasgow and London. This year, the talent who have appeared in front of the judges have been of a world class level – from the experimental hip hop displayed by Chuck to the pole dancing from Bendy Kate; from hip hop super crew A-Team to Irish dancers Prodijig.

Following these, the judges must whittle those who made the shortlist down to a Final 30, who will then compete across five live semi-final shows. A public vote will decide the eight finalists who will fight for the coveted crown in front of a 6,000-strong audience at Kensington Olympia. This spectacular finale will also be available to view on Sky 3D.

Since their win last year, cheeky double-act Chris & Wes have been touring the country and have secured their own series on Sky 1 HD – CHRIS & WES LET’S DO THIS. Airing on weeknights at 6pm from Monday 19 December, the ten-part series will follow the lads 24/7 as they embark on a host of brand new adventures. Each episode will be driven by a new milestone in the dance careers- be it a looming professional performance or a significant personal achievement.

GOT TO DANCE launches on Sunday 1 January at 6pm on Sky 1 HD and Sky 1. The second audition show will air on Monday 2 January at 6pm.

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The always controversial Kimberly Wyatt has claimed that neither Lady Gaga or Cheryl Cole can dance.

The former Pussycat Dolls star – who also judges on Sky 1 dance competition Got To Dance – was speaking to The Sun’s Buzz magazine and first passed her catty verdict on egg-loving global megastar and old acquaintance Lady Gaga:

“I can’t say that I look at her as a dancer…But she always surrounds herself with amazing dancers, so at least she’s giving them the work.”

Kimberley also had a few words to say about X Factor judge Cheryl Cole, who was caught on camera doing some impromptu ‘mum-dancing’ alongside her X Factor mini-me Cher Lloyd in December. She laughed:

“It didn’t surprise me…It’s perfectly normal to see good dancers dance badly. They’ll work really hard to learn choreography to a song, but if you put them on a dance floor they don’t know what to do with themselves! It really all depends on their personality. Not all pop stars are coordinated on their days off.”

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Olly Murs has been lamenting the fact that he is single for a long time now and it seems that at this week’s Brit Awards he decided to do something about it.

The former X Factor contestant – who was nominated in the ‘British Single’ category for his single ‘Please Don’t Let Me Go’ – is said to have exchanged phone numbers with Got To Dance judge Kimberly Wyatt at an Awards afterparty.

The Sun reports that Murs was “on the prowl” after the ceremony and flirted with the Pussycat Doll star at Sony’s Gaucho steak house bash.

“Olly thought he’d have a crack at Kimberly. His persistence paid off and he swapped numbers with her before going in for the kill and giving her a kiss,” a witness claimed.

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Got To Dance judge Kimberley Wyatt and top model Jodie Kidd, along with British actress Jenny Seagrove and designer Meg Matthews, are among the first celebrities to support the BUAV in saying NO to cruel cosmetics. They are joined by companies that do not test their cosmetics on animals, including high street giants Marks & Spencer, male grooming brand Bulldog and Kimberly Wyatt’s new make-up range BM Beauty in supporting BUAV’s campaignto end the sale of cosmetics in the EU that have been cruelly tested on animals.

The EU is due to ban the sale of all new cosmetics and toiletries that have been tested on animals outside the EU from 2013. However, officials are now considering extending this deadline. This is despite massive public opposition to animal tested cosmetics and an existing ban on conducting animal tests for cosmetics inside the EU. The 2013 ban on sales could be delayed for 10 more years during which thousands of animals will be injected, gassed, force-fed and killed for cosmetics on sale in the EU.

Mike Barry, Head of Sustainable Business at Marks & Spencer stated “We know that animal testing is a significant concern for our customers, and that great products can be manufactured safely without the use of animal tests. All our beauty products carry the BUAV leaping bunny symbol and we fully support the BUAV’s campaign to ensure the 2013 deadline is implemented.”

Pussycat Doll Kimberly Wyatt said “My make-up range BM Beauty is approved free from animal testing by BUAV proving that there is no need to test beauty products on animals. Don’t delay the ban on selling cruel beauty products in the EU any longer. Say NO to Cruel Cosmetics.”

Simon Duffy, Co-Founder of Bulldog said: “At Bulldog, we believe that testing cosmetics and toiletries on animals is cruel and unnecessary, which is why our products carry the Leaping Bunny as independently approved by the BUAV. We urge everybody to sign the BUAV’s petition and say NO to cruel cosmetics in Europe.”

Jenny Seagrove stated: “Testing toiletries and cosmetics on animals is cruel and unnecessary and must be stopped as soon as possible. Please sign the BUAV’s No Cruel Cosmetics petition calling on the EU to uphold its ban for 2013 on the sale of these cruel products.”

Celebrities, politicians, cosmetic companies and citizens of Europe are being urged to sign the Euro-wide petition run by the BUAV-led, European Coalition to End Animal Experiments (ECEAE) –Say NO to cruel cosmetics at www.nocruelcosmetics.org.

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Kayzar Reloaded are a street dance group of 8-30 year olds from a dance school in Essex.

The troupe auditioned for the Got To Dance judges and after their routine, which will be aired tonight, Kimberly and Ashley both seem to share the opinion that they didn’t show quite enough dancing – Kimberly says “you just didn’t’ give me that dance moment” and Ashley comments “as far as the dancing goes I think you needed to give me a little bit more. “

But after feeding back to the group, Ashley then changes his mind when he takes into consideration the concept of their dance, explaining “I changed my mind because crews generally miss originality and soul and feeling and you guys had that.”

This doesn’t go down well with Kimberly who states “we always say once chance, one dance, there wasn’t really a dance to put you through. The concept stands out the dancing doesn’t”

It seems this incidence has sparked some feeling in Kimberly who later complains “Ashley definitely made the wrong decision, you can’t think afterwards; oh I might have hurt them”

Another act to cause some friction are Eastern Roses, a six strong belly dancing troupe aged between 24-39 who claim that it is very empowering for a lady to start belly dancing.

When Ashley changes his mind during judging again, Kimberly sighs “where’s the dancing? I think you’re soft today – pretty mushy over there. As soon as you start to hurt people’s feeling you switch”

Ashley disagrees –“that’s not true at all. If that was the case I would give golds everytime because it hurts everybody.”

Kimberly mocks “you basically do” and Ashley retorts “Well you basically give reds all the time. I judge from here (gesturing to his heart) , not here (gesturing to his head) all the time”. Kimberly denies this and claims “I connect the two and judge honestly” but Ashley has the last word “if you connect the two this is ice (gesturing to heart again)” before they laugh and share a hug and peace is restored on the judging panel once more.

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Kimberly Wyatt has admitted that she detests being compared to Simon Cowell.

The former Pussycat Dolls singer – who is an honest and straight talking judge on Sky1 reality TV show ‘Got to Dance’ – finds it unfair that people constantly compare her to the notoriously hard-tongued music mogul.

She said: “It blows my mind that people compare me to Simon Cowell. I don’t see myself as nasty.”

The 28-year-old star also explained she was in the show for the talent, not to create a TV persona for herself, and she hopes her criticism will help young dancers with their careers.

She added to the Daily Star newspaper: “I’m in the show for the dancers, not to create a Cowell-style personality. I’m giving my absolute all honesty. I just pull from my own experiences as a competition kid and what helped me graduate as a dancer.

“It was the constructive criticism I got from judges that helped me and even if I didn’t win a competition, at least I had their knowledge to take with me and help me grow.”

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Eleven ladies, aged between 13 and 19 years old, headed up by 43 year old Alison showed up at the Got To Dance auditions to rock the Judges with a new twist on Street dance which they have called ‘Street Rock’.

As Alison explains it is “street moves to rock music. Never seen anything like before and I think we are different and it works brilliantly”

After their audition, it seems it is Kimberly who is rocked by what her fellow judges think of the group. After Ashley and Adam give their comments Kimberly’s response is “I think both the boys are out of their minds and absolutely blind. I thought it as the most explosive piece I’ve seen all day. I thought it was incredible. It made me rock out.”Adopting Ashley’s earlier tactic, she turns to the audience for support – “Did you guys feel that?”. But will Kimberly be able to gather enough support to change the boys’ minds?

Got To Dance Sunday 9th January, 7pm, Sky 1 HD

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Kimberly Wyatt escaped from a childhood of abuse through dancing.

The former Pussycat Dolls singer – who was molested as a youngster and survived a rape attempt – thinks the experiences she suffered have made her a “strong, independent woman”.

She said: “I see the positive in what happened – it’s made me a strong, independent woman. That’s why I’m so grateful to dance. It let me express myself as a kid and was a release from all the bad things.”

Kimberly, 28, also admitted the problems she experienced as a child made her more driven to change her life for the better.

She admitted in an interview with Now magazine: “It gave me a lot of drive to change my life – to get out and explore the world and work hard so I could use my talent to see where it would take me. I’m very thankful for everything I’ve experienced because it’s got me to where I am and it’s created the driven personality I have.

“You make the choice to either let the cycle repeat itself and beat you down for the rest of your life or to effect change and make things happen for you.”

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Kimberly Wyatt has slated reality TV show judges who try to make the programme about themselves rather than the contestants.

The former Pussycat Dolls star is on the judging panel of Sky1′s ‘Got To Dance’ but insists she won’t be grabbing the limelight for herself as she wants the focus to be on the talented hopefuls.

She said: “A lot of shows make it about the judges and I feel ‘Got To Dance’ is really about the talent.

“It’s all about being true to what we feel. We are there to try to help as much as possible. That’s the difference between us and everything else out there.”

However, Kimberly – who is joined on the panel by Ashley Banjo and Adam Garcia – recently said she is not worried about upsetting contestants on as she is just being “honest”.

She said: “I stick with the truth and honesty. If that comes across as tough and b****y then so what? That’s life. People will just have to get over it.

“I never go into the show having decided I am going to be the nasty judge. I just say what I see and what I think.”

‘Got To Dance’ returns to Sky1 tonight (02.01.11).

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