Hit Me, Baby, One More Time

Infobox Television
show_name = Hit Me Baby One More Time


caption =
format = Reality TV
runtime = 60 minutes
presenter = Vernon Kay
channel = ITV
country = UK
first_aired = 2 April, 2005
last_aired = 22 May, 2005|

"Hit Me, Baby, One More Time" is a 2005 reality show first aired by ITV on British television and later, as a new version, by NBC in the United States; both were presented by Vernon Kay. During each programme, five former pop stars sing their biggest hit along with a cover version of a contemporary hit. Each week one winner is picked from each show by a phone vote (in the British version) or a studio-audience vote (in the American version), leading to the grand final when the overall winner can release a single featuring both songs (in the British version) or have $20,000 donated to a charity of their choice (in the American version). The show's title comes from a line in the Britney Spears song "...Baby One More Time". The show proved to be a summer hit for NBC hitting the top spot in the ratings on its first outing. For the U.S. version, some critics argued that the show's objective wasn't entirely accurate since a few of the bands shown were performing without their original lineup (such as Animotion and A Flock of Seagulls), thereby seemingly reducing these performers to anodyne simulacra of themselves.

British version

Week 1 (April 2nd)

This heat was won by Carol Decker.

Week 4 (April 21st)

This heat was won by Chesney Hawkes.

Week 7 (May 14th)

This heat was won by Arrested Development.

Week 2 (recorded June 8; aired June 9)

This heat was won by Thelma Houston. (Glass Tiger won the online vote)

Week 5 (recorded June 29; aired June 30)

This heat was won by PM Dawn. (Juice Newton won the online vote.)