Just the Two of Us (series)

Infobox Television
show_name = Just the Two of Us


country= UK
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genre = Reality
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creator =
presenter = Tess Daly Vernon Kay
channel = BBC One
first_aired = 2006
last_aired = 2007
num_series = 2
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imdb_id = 0759162
website = http://www.bbc.co.uk/scoopcps/comicrel/news/2007/03/07/41423.shtml|

"Just the Two of Us" is a British television reality singing contest hosted by Vernon Kay and Tess Daly. The first series of the BBC show saw eight celebrities team up with professional singers and sing each night in duets, with one pair being eliminated every night. After each performance they were judged by a panel of industry experts. The basic format of the show was first used in another BBC programme, "Strictly Come Dancing".

International versions of the format are distributed by BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC. An Australian version, "It Takes Two" was first aired in 2006. The format has also been sold to Belgium, China, Croatia and the Netherlands.

Format

During the week-long run each day all the celebrities perform a duet with a professional singer. The judges then give comments on each performance. Once the contestants have returned to the "Green Room" (Backstage), the judges each then each give the couple a score from 1 to 10. The scores create a leaderboard which forms 50% of the final result, the other half comes from the public vote via telephone and text entries.

Once the scores and votes are combined to form the final leaderboard for that day's show, the two couples at the bottom compete in a final "Sing Off", where they perform their duet again. Once both couples have performed their song for the judging panel, the four judges decide on who deserves to stay and cast their votes. The couple with the most votes from the judges leaves the show that day.

So far there have been two series, the first won by Russell Watson and Sian Reeves and the second was won by Hannah Waterman and Marti Pellow.

Only four professionals have performed in both series - Natasha Hamilton, Alexander O'Neal, Jocelyn Brown and Beverly Knight.

Series 1

The first series began on 23 February 2006 and ended on 5 March 2006.

Future

The April 27, 2008 issue of The Sun newspaper speculated that the show would not return for a third season and had therefore been axed.

References

External links

*bbc.co.uk|id=justthetwoofus|title="Just the Two of Us"
*imdb title|id=0759162|title=Just the Two of Us