Glee Club (TV series)

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Glee Club
Also known asSport/Comic Relief Does Glee Club
Directed byPati Marr [1]
Presented by
Judges
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of series4
No. of episodes35
Production
ProducerChris Hulme [2]
Running time30–60 minutes
Original release
Network BBC One
CBBC
Release14 March 2011 (2011-03-14) 
21 March 2014 (2014-03-21)

Sport/Comic Relief Does Glee Club is a British television programme aired on BBC One and CBBC. Presented by Sam & Mark and Naomi Wilkinson, the first contest aired between 14 and 18 March 2011, and was won by Soulmates. The second series was aired between 12 and 23 March 2012, and was won by The Real Deal. The third series aired between 4 and 15 March 2013 and was won by Resonate. The fourth series was aired between 10 and 21 March 2014 and was won by Musicality.

Contents

Format

Series 1

In the first series, the glee clubs had to perform songs in different categories. There were three heats, a semi-final and a final.

Series 2

In the second series there were eight heats. In the first round the three groups took turns to perform part of the same song as an ensemble (but all on the stage at the same time) with points being deducted for any featured vocals. The second round featured the groups taking it in turns to perform a song of their choice, but this time allowing solo/featured vocals with points being awarded. The final round saw the glee clubs taking to the stage individually and performing their "survival song".

Series 3–

The third series onwards carried largely the same format as the first two series. There were five heats as opposed to eight, and there were only two rounds (with the second round featured in the second round scrapped). The third series onwards showed the selection process for the heats. Guest judges were also featured in this segment.

Throughout the heats, the judges score the clubs on vocal ability, creativity and performance and their combined score all together determined who wins the heat. The top 5 ranked groups out of all the heats were chosen to go to the live semifinals - whether or not the groups won the heat. The heat winners are awarded with medals. Promotional clips for Sport/Comic Relief are often shown in between each segment as the judges are verifying the scores. In earlier series (series 1 and 2), the total is out of 270, 90 points awarded for each round. Since the third series, a total of 240 points are up for grabs, 120 per round.

The live semifinals featured a phone vote, allowing viewers to vote for their favorite group; however, the judges still scored the glee clubs in the event of a tiebreak. The semi finals consisted of one performance from the glee clubs. The top three groups were put through to the final, where the same rules applied. It usually consisted of a guest performance.

The show is filmed at the BBC Scotland studios. [3] Initial auditions take place in Glasgow, Manchester, London, Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol and Newcastle in front of vocal coach John Modi. [4] These initial auditions are often featured but not fully televised. The top 24 glee clubs are picked by Modi to progress in the competition.

Judges and presenters

Carrie Grant, David Grant, and Sisco Gomez served as judges for the first two series. The judges' auditions in the third series featured Carrie and David Grant, vocal coach John Modi (who also took part in the heats from the third series) and guest judges Dionne Bromfield, Stacey Solomon, and Joe McElderry. Gomez did not feature in the judges' auditions for the third series, but joined the Grants and Modi from the heats onwards. The fourth series featured Bromfield, Kerry Ellis and Erin Boag as guest judges for the judges auditions.

The show was presented solely by Sam & Mark for the first two series. Naomi Wilkinson presented the judges' auditions for the third series and served as backstage presenter for the studio shows while Sam & Mark presented the main show.

Comic Relief Does Glee Club (series 1 - 2011)

Reception

ShowDateViewersShare
Heat 114 March976,0006.22%
Heat 215 March910,0005.78%
Heat 316 March885,0005.65%
Semifinal17 March880,0005.64%
Final18 March1,008,0006.45%
Series average2011931,0005.94%

Sport Relief Does Glee Club (series 2 - 2012)

Reception

ShowDateViewersShare
Heat 112 March258,0002.44%
Heat 213 March212,0001.91%
Heat 314 March189,0001.74%
Heat 415 March244,0002.33%
Heat 516 March227,0001.92%
Heat 619 March255,0002.34%
Heat 720 March183,0001.83%
Heat 821 March195,0001.95%
Semifinal22 March581,000 [nb 1] 5.68%
Final23 March1,223,000 [nb 2] 8.64%
Series average2012357,0003.07%

Comic Relief Does Glee Club (Series 3 - 2013)

Judges' auditions

The guest judges for the judges' auditions were Dionne Bromfield, Joe McElderry, and Stacey Solomon.

Show 1

ActPerformanceGuest judgeStatus
M.A.D"Shackles (Praise You)"Joe McElderryThrough to heats
Triple Threat"Under Pressure/"No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)"Stacey SolomonEliminated
The Sweets"She Said"Dionne BromfieldThrough to heats
Encore"Picking Up the Pieces"Joe McElderryThrough to heats
Fly Beat"I've Got the Music in Me"Dionne BromfieldEliminated
Resonate"Emotion"Joe McElderryThrough to heats
Blue Note"Wildest Moments"Stacey SolomonEliminated
Raveheart"Wings"Stacey SolomonThrough to heats

Show 2

ActPerformanceGuest judgeStatus
Excellar8"We Are Young"Stacey SolomonThrough to heats
Fresh"Don't Stop Movin'"Joe McElderryEliminated
Impact"Perfect"Dionne BromfieldThrough to heats
True To Your Skool"Will You Be There"Joe McElderryEliminated
Musicality"Joyful, Joyful"Joe McElderryThrough to heats
New Creation"Picking Up the Pieces"Dionne BromfieldThrough to heats
6 String"Count on Me"Dionne BromfieldEliminated
Diva 8"Some Nights"Joe McElderryThrough to heats

Show 3

ActPerformanceGuest judgeStatus
The Peppermints"Tears in Heaven"/"Wings"Stacey SolomonThrough to heats
Activ8"Domino"Joe McElderryEliminated
Allsorts"Stereo Hearts"/"LaserLight Dionne BromfieldThrough to heats
Bittersweet"Material Girl"Joe McElderryThrough to heats
Domino"Blame It on the Boogie"Joe McElderryEliminated
Figure of Eight"Hold On"Joe McElderryThrough to heats
Gr8 Expectations"Pinball Wizard"Dionne BromfieldEliminated
LS8"The Time Warp"Joe McElderryThrough to heats

Studio Heats

Key
  Eliminated
  Heat winners
  Semi-finalists
  Heat winners and semi-finalists

Heat one

ActFirst performanceSecond performanceScore
Excellar8"Troublemaker""Diamonds"165
LS8"It's Oh So Quiet"177
Diva8"Waterfalls"154

Heat two

ActFirst performanceSecond performanceScore
Musicality"The Climb""Proud Mary"173
New Creation"Wide Awake"
Encore"You Bring Me Joy"144

Heat three

ActFirst performanceSecond performanceScore
Raveheart"Call My Name""Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves"191
The Peppermints"Swagger Jagger"
Figure of Eight"I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"144

Heat four

ActFirst performanceSecond performanceScore
The Sweets"Live While We're Young""Payphone"
Impact"Stand By Me"
M.A.D"I Knew You Were Trouble"183

Heat five

ActFirst performanceSecond performanceScore
Resonate"Wings""Run"179
Bittersweet"The Promise"178
Allsorts"Joyful, Joyful"

Semi-final

Key
  Eliminated
  Finalists
ActPerformanceStatus
Bittersweet"Broken Heels"Eliminated
Resonate"Beneath Your Beautiful"Finalists
M.A.D"River Deep – Mountain High"Eliminated
LS8"Kids in America"Finalists
Raveheart"Jump (for My Love)"Finalists

Final

Key
  Winners
ActPerformanceStatus
Resonate"I Dreamed a Dream"Winners
LS8"Forget You"Runners-up
Raveheart"E.T"/"DNA"Runners-up

Reception

ShowDateViewersShare
Judges' auditions 14 March213,0001.9%
Judges' auditions 25 March244,0002.2%
Judges' auditions 36 March278,0002.2%
Heat 17 March259,0002.1%
Heat 28 March241,0002.0%
Heat 311 March202,0001.6%
Heat 412 March231,0001.9%
Heat 513 March218,0001.9%
Semifinal14 March964,000 [nb 3] 8.8% [nb 4]
Final15 March1,180,000 [nb 5] 10.1% [nb 6]
Series average2013403,0003.5%

Sport Relief Does Glee Club (Series 4 - 2014)

Judges' auditions

The guest judges for the judges' auditions were Dionne Bromfield, Kerry Ellis and Erin Boag.

Show one

ActPerformanceGuest judgeStatus
VoxBox"Joyful, Joyful"Dionne BromfieldThrough to heats
Encore"Falling"Dionne BromfieldThrough to heats
Miss Chief"Revolting Children/When I Grow Up"Kerry EllisThrough to heats
Triple Threat"Mirrors"/"Man in the Mirror"Erin BoagEliminated
MT13"Wings"Kerry EllisThrough to heats
Rococo"Some Nights"Dionne BromfieldEliminated
Swing and Jazz"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"Kerry EllisEliminated
The Peppermints"Titanium"/"Wannabe"Dionne BromfieldThrough to heats

Show two

ActPerformanceGuest judgeStatus
Hi'Jinx"I Love It"Erin BoagThrough to heats
Figure8"Starships"Dionne BromfieldEliminated
#BOOM!"Wings"Erin BoagThrough to heats
Harmonee"Super Trouper"Kerry EllisEliminated
React"Some Nights"Erin BoagThrough to heats
Inferno"Naughty"Kerry EllisThrough to heats
All Sorts"Sweet Georgia Brown"Erin BoagEliminated
Musicality"Mr. Blue Sky"Dionne BromfieldThrough to heats

Show three

ActPerformanceGuest judgeStatus
The Gleeks"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"Kerry EllisThrough to heats
A-List"Price Tag"Erin BoagThrough to heats
Roar Mania"Roar"Dionne BromfieldEliminated
Abstract"I Will Survive"Erin BoagThrough to heats
Tenacity ^1 "Mirrors"Dionne BromfieldEliminated
Unity 7"Shake It Out"Erin BoagThrough to heats
Young Vibe"Mercy"Dionne BromfieldEliminated
BuSKerS"Next To Me"Dionne BromfieldThrough to heats

1 Tenacity were unable to progress to the heats, so Unity 7 took their place.

Studio Heats

Key
  Eliminated
  Heat winners
  Semi-finalists
  Heat winners and semi-finalists

Heat one

ActFirst performanceSecond performanceScore
Hi'Jinx"Story of My Life""Call Me Maybe"142
Voxbox"Man in the Mirror"165
The Gleeks"We Go Together"170

Heat two

ActFirst performanceSecond performanceScore
Miss Chief"Roar""Price Tag"64 ^2
Inferno"Hard Knock Life"153
Unity 7"Love Story"163

Heat three

ActFirst performanceSecond performanceScore
BuSKerS"Applause""Seasons of Love"49 ^2
The Peppermints"Move"70 ^2
A-List"Reach Out I'll Be There"176

Heat four

ActFirst performanceSecond performanceScore
MT13"Mirrors""I Want You Back"174
Encore"It's My Party"66 ^2
Abstract"You Keep Me Hanging On"172

Heat five

ActFirst performanceSecond performanceScore
Musicality"Pompeii""Somewhere Only We Know"194
React"Treasure"77 ^2
#BOOM!"Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours"173

2 Score after round 1.

Semi-final

Key
  Eliminated
  Finalists
ActPerformanceStatus
Abstract"Halo"Eliminated
MT13"Rather Be"Finalists
#BOOM!"I Won't Give Up"Eliminated
A-List"Dynamite"Finalists
Musicality"Strong"Finalists

Final

Key
  Winners
ActPerformanceStatus
MT13"Lost in Music"Runners-up
A-List"A Thousand Years"Runners-up
Musicality"Impossible"Winners

Footnotes

  1. 216,000 viewers on CBBC, 365,000 on BBC One.
  2. 403,000 viewers on CBBC, 820,000 viewers on BBC One
  3. 179,000 viewers on CBBC and 786,000 viewers on BBC One
  4. 1.6% share on CBBC and 7.2% share on BBC One
  5. 244,000 viewers on CBBC and 937,000 viewers on BBC One.
  6. 2.1% share on CBBC and 8% share on BBC One.

References

  1. "TV listings guide".
  2. "TV listings guide".
  3. "Bishopbriggs Academy - BBC Sports Relief does Glee Club!". Archived from the original on 15 March 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  4. "BBC - CBBC - be on a show". Archived from the original on 23 September 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2019.