Celebrity Duets

:"This article is about the original TV series, for the Philippine edition, see Celebrity Duets Philippine Edition."infobox television
show_name = Celebrity Duets


caption =
rating =
format = Interactive reality game show
runtime = Varies
creator =
director =
starring = Wayne Brady
David Foster
Little Richard
Marie Osmond
executive_producer = Simon Cowell
Michael Levitt
Arthur Smith
country = USA
filmed =
network = FOX
first_aired = August 29, 2006
last_aired = September 29, 2006
num_seasons = 1
num_episodes = 9
website = http://www.fox.com/celebrityduets/
imdb_id = 0497857
tv_com_id = 20477

"Celebrity Duets" is a short-lived U.S. reality television show of the progressive game-show type, which combined celebrities of different backgrounds with professional singers in a weekly elimination competition.

The show was a take-off of the Australian series program "It Takes Two" and its predecessor, the BBC's "Just the Two of Us"; however, unlike the British and Australian shows, the celebrities sang with different partners each week. Indeed, Celebrity Duets was meant to be transmitted in the UK first, under the title Star Duets, but the BBC bought the format before Simon Cowell got to produce it on ITV, there was even court action which the BBC won; thus, Star Duets never came into production.

The show debuted on Fox, with a 2-hour premiere installment on August 29, 2006. It then moved to its normal Thursday timeslot the following week, and stayed there until its season finale on September 29, 2006.

Simon Cowell of "American Idol" and "Pop Idol" fame created and Wayne Brady of "Whose Line?" fame, who himself is a singer and was the former host of a variety show on ABC, hosted the show. The judges were renowned composer and producer David Foster, rock and roll pioneer Little Richard, and singer Marie Osmond.

Contestants

*Chris Jericho - 1st Eliminated (Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2006)
*Lea Thompson - 2nd Eliminated (Friday, Sept. 8, 2006)
*Carly Patterson - 3rd Eliminated (Friday, Sept. 15, 2006)
*Cheech Marin - 4th Eliminated (Friday, Sept. 22, 2006)
*Jai Rodriguez - 5th Eliminated (Friday, Sept. 22, 2006)
*Hal Sparks - 6th Eliminated (Friday, Sept. 29, 2006)
*Lucy Lawless - 7th Eliminated and eventual runner-up (Friday, Sept. 29, 2006)
*Alfonso Ribeiro - Winner (Friday, Sept. 29, 2006)

Duet Partners

*Michael Bolton
*Boyz II Men
*Chaka Khan
*Clint Black
*Smokey Robinson
*Dionne Warwick
*Gladys Knight
*Brian McKnight
*Patti LaBelle
*Kenny Loggins
*Richard Marx
*Randy Travis
*Belinda Carlisle
*Peter Frampton
*Taylor Dayne
*Aaron Neville
*Lee Ann Womack
*James Ingram
*Wynonna Judd
*Michelle Williams
*Jeffrey Osborne
*Anita Pointer
*Toby Keith
*Jesse McCartney
*Dennis DeYoung formerly of Styx
*Deniece Williams
*Dee Snider of Twisted Sister
*Al Jarreau
*Sebastian Bach formerly of Skid Row
*Bonnie Tyler

Who The Contestants Sang With

*Alfonso Ribeiro - Michelle Williams, James Ingram, Jeffrey Osborne, Deniece Williams, Chaka Kahn, Jon Secada, Gladys Knight
*Lucy Lawless - Michael Bolton, Smokey Robinson, Kenny Loggins, Dionne Warwick, Richard Marx, Bonnie Tyler
*Hal Sparks - Smokey Robinson, Gladys Knight, Wynonna Judd, Dennis DeYoung, Dee Snider, Sebastian Bach
*Jai Rodriguez - Gladys Knight, Michelle Williams, Brian McKnight, Taylor Dayne, Patti LaBelle
*Cheech Marin - Peter Frampton, Randy Travis, Clint Black, Aaron Neville, Al Jarreau
*Carly Patterson - James Ingram, Lee Ann Womack, Anita Pointer, Jesse McCartney
*Lea Thompson - Randy Travis, Michael Bolton, Belinda Carlisle
*Chris Jericho - Lee Ann Womack, Peter Frampton

Judges

*David Foster
*Little Richard
*Marie Osmond

Host

*Wayne Brady

International Version

PHI — "Celebrity Duets (Philippine Edition) " aired last August 11 over GMA Network, hosted by singer/actor/song writer/TV host Ogie Alcasid and Asia's Songbird singer/actress/TV host Regine Velasquez. A second season had started last August 23, 2008.

External links

* [http://www.realitythumbnails.com/category/celebrity-duets/ Reality Thumbnails Recaps]
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