Celebrity Juice

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Celebrity Juice
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Genre
Created by Leigh Francis
Directed by
  • Toby Baker
  • Ollie Bartlett
Presented by Keith Lemon
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series26
No. of episodes309 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Dan Baldwin
  • Leon Wilson
  • Junior Courtney
  • Victoria Payne
  • Jonno Richards
  • Jessie Swanson
  • Jonathan M. Singer
Producers
  • Ed Thomas
  • Neil Calow
  • David Maguire
  • Nick Jarvie
  • Claire Fort
Production locations
Running time30–60 minutes (inc. advertisements)
Production companies
Original release
Network ITV2
Release24 September 2008 (2008-09-24) 
15 December 2022 (2022-12-15)
Related

Celebrity Juice is a British television comedy panel game broadcast on ITV2 between 24 September 2008 and 15 December 2022. The show was written and presented by Leigh Francis in the role of his alter ego Keith Lemon. The format for the series was first suggested in 2007, after the final series of Francis's Channel 4 sketch show Bo' Selecta! . ITV approached him to create a show featuring Lemon, and after the success of the five-part series Keith Lemon's Very Brilliant World Tour , the channel commissioned Celebrity Juice. The original premise of the show was to see which team knows most about the week's tabloid news stories, although later series focus more on the comedy factor of the participating celebrity guests and games involving them, rather than discussing the week's news.

Contents

Fearne Cotton and Holly Willoughby were the show's original team captains. In December 2018, Cotton announced that she would leave the series after ten years in order to pursue other projects. [1] She was replaced by Paddy McGuinness, [2] though he left after one series and was replaced by Mel B. On 4 May 2020, Willoughby revealed her decision to quit the series after 12 years on the show. She made her final appearance as team captain at the end of the 23rd series. [3] Mel B also departed at the end of series 23. On 10 September 2020, it was announced that Laura Whitmore and Emily Atack had joined the show as team captains. [4] On 29 March 2021, it was announced that Maya Jama had joined the show as a regular panellist. [5] In December 2021, Celebrity Juice became one of three shows by Francis to get recommissioned for 2022, [6] along with ITV2's Shopping with Keith Lemon and the E4/Channel 4 mockumentary series, The Holden Girls: Mandy & Myrtle. [7]

On 29 June 2022, it was announced that Celebrity Juice had been cancelled by ITV; the series concluded with two specials which aired on 8 and 15 December 2022. [8]

Production

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Celebrity Juice set in 2018

Celebrity Juice was filmed at the Riverside Studios from 2008 until 2014. In August 2014 it was announced that the show, along with the BBC's Never Mind the Buzzcocks and Sweat the Small Stuff , would be hosted at Elstree Studios Stage 9 whilst redevelopment takes place at their former home. [9] For its first seven series, the show was produced by Talkback Thames, and it has been produced by Talkback since series eight (Same production company, only re-branded). The show is produced by Dan Baldwin and Leon Wilson.

Transmissions

SeriesEpisodesOriginally airedTeam captainsRegular panellist
Series premiere Series finale
1 824 September 200812 November 2008 Fearne Cotton Holly Willoughby
2 1025 February 200929 April 2009 Rufus Hound
3 18 March 201020 May 2010
4 149 September 201030 December 2010
5 1610 February 201126 May 2011
6 131 September 201129 December 2011
7 9 February 20123 May 2012
8 1530 August 201221 December 2012 Chris Ramsey
9 1328 February 201323 May 2013 Kelly Brook
10 1529 August 201326 December 2013 Fearne Cotton
11 1220 February 201422 May 2014
12 1311 September 201430 December 2014 Gino D'Acampo
13 1019 March 201521 May 2015 Holly Willoughby Gino D'Acampo
14 1410 September 201530 December 2015 Gino D'Acampo
15 1017 March 201619 May 2016 Fearne Cotton Gino D'Acampo
16 148 September 201629 December 2016
17 1123 March 20178 June 2017
18 1214 September 201721 December 2017
19 1122 March 20187 June 2018
20 1213 September 201820 December 2018
21 1021 March 201923 May 2019 Paddy McGuinness Stacey Solomon
22 810 October 201919 December 2019 Mel B
23 69 April 202014 May 2020
24 1022 October 202027 December 2020 Laura Whitmore Emily Atack
25 8 April 202116 December 2021 Maya Jama
26 24 March 202226 May 2022
Specials28 December 202215 December 2022

Merchandise

Home media

DVD and Blu-ray releases

TitleNo. of disc(s)YearNo. of episodes DVD release Blu-ray release
Region 2 Region B
Celebrity Juice – Too Juicy for TV1 2008, 2009 & 2010 Best bits from series 1–3 and various unseen footage21 November 2011 [12] [13]
Celebrity Juice – Too Juicy for TV 21 2010 & 2011 Best bits from series 4–6 and various unseen footage19 November 2012 [14] 19 November 2012 [15]
Celebrity Juice – The Bang Tidy Box Set: Too Juicy for TV 1 & 23 2008, 2009, 2010 & 2011 Best bits from series 1–6 and various unseen footage19 November 2012 [16]
Celebrity Juice: Obscene and Unseen1 2012 & 2013 Best bits from series 7–9 and various unseen footage4 November 2013 [17]
Celebrity Juice: T'Box Set4 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 & 2013 Best bits from series 1–9 and various unseen footage4 November 2013 [18]

Online

Reception

Critical reception

In 2009, 2010 and 2011, the show was voted "Worst British TV Panel Show" in the British Comedy Guide's annual awards. [29] [30] [31] In 2011, the show won the Best Entertainment Show Award at the TV Choice Awards [32] and in 2012, it won an National Television Award for Best Comedy Panel Show [33] and a BAFTA Award for the Best YouTube Audience. [34]

Awards

YearAwardCategoryResult
2011 TV Choice Awards Best Entertainment ShowWon
British Comedy Awards Best Comedy Panel ShowNominated
2012 TV Choice Awards Best Entertainment ShowWon
National Television Awards Most Popular Comedy Panel ShowWon
British Comedy Awards Best Comedy Entertainment ProgrammeNominated
BAFTA YouTube AudienceWon
2013 National Television Awards Most Popular Entertainment PresenterNominated
Television and Radio Industries Club Awards TV Satellite/Digital ProgrammeWon
2015 National Television Awards MultichannelWon
2017Entertainment ProgrammeNominated
2018The Bruce Forsyth Entertainment AwardNominated

References

  1. Harrison, Ellie (18 December 2018). "Fearne Cotton quits Keith Lemon's Celebrity Juice after 10 years". Radio Times.
  2. Powell, Emma (27 February 2019). "Paddy McGuinness CONFIRMED as Fearne Cotton's Celebrity Juice replacement". Evening Standard. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  3. "Holly Willoughby leaves Celebrity Juice after 12 years". BBC News. 4 May 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  4. Davies, Megan (10 September 2020). "Celebrity Juice confirms new team captains including I'm a Celebrity's Emily Atack". Digital Spy. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
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  6. "Keith Lemon Returns to ITV2 with Two Recommissions". TV Zone. 16 December 2021.
  7. "The Holden Girls 'Set to Return for Second Series' on E4". TV Zone. 3 December 2021.
  8. "The Award-Winning Celebrity Juice Concludes on ITV2". ITV Press Centre. 29 June 2022.
  9. Bevir, George (7 August 2014). "Talkback moves show production to Elstree's Stage 9". broadcastnow . Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  10. CELEBRITY JUICE 2013 CALENDAR [Calendar]. ‹See Tfd› ASIN   1780542437.
  11. Celebrity Juice: The Book [Hardcover]. ‹See Tfd› ASIN   1409127567.
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  13. "Celebrity Juice, Too Juicy for TV". iTunes. 21 November 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
  14. "Celebrity Juice – Too Juicy for TV 2! DVD". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  15. "Celebrity Juice – Too Juicy for TV 2! [Blu-ray]". Amazon.co.uk. 19 November 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  16. "Celebrity Juice – The Bang Tidy Box Set: Too Juicy for TV 1&2 DVD". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
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  18. "Celebrity Juice: T'Box Set – Series 1–3 DVD". Amazon.co.uk . Retrieved 13 September 2013.
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  21. "Celebrity Juice, Series 6". iTunes . Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  22. "Celebrity Juice, Series 7". iTunes . Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  23. "Celebrity Juice, Series 8". iTunes . Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  24. "Celebrity Juice, Series 9". iTunes . Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  25. "Celebrity Juice, Series 10". iTunes . Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  26. "Celebrity Juice, Series 11". iTunes . Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  27. "Celebrity Juice, Series 12". iTunes . Retrieved 26 August 2014.
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  29. "The Comedy.co.uk Awards 2009 – British Comedy Guide". Comedy.co.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  30. "The Comedy.co.uk Awards 2010 – British Comedy Guide". Comedy.co.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  31. "The Comedy.co.uk Awards 2011 – British Comedy Guide". Comedy.co.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
  32. Eames, Tom (13 September 2011). "TV Choice Awards 2011 - The winners". Digital Spy. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  33. "Someone Got A Little Bit Piddly Last Night..." HuffPost UK. 26 January 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  34. "Celebrity Juice Wins The 2012 YouTube Audience Award". www.bafta.org. 13 April 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2022.