Lip Sync Battle UK

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Lip Sync Battle UK
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Genre Reality competition
Based on Lip Sync Battle
Presented by Mel B
Professor Green
Opening theme"20th Century Boy" performed by T. Rex
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of series2
No. of episodes15 (list of episodes)
Production
Production location BBC Elstree Centre [1]
Running time30 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production companyWhizz Kid Entertainment (eOne)
Original release
Network Channel 5
Release8 January 2016 (2016-01-08) 
7 April 2018 (2018-04-07)

Lip Sync Battle UK is a British musical reality competition television series based on the American version of the same name. It premiered on Channel 5 on 8 January 2016. [2] [3] It is hosted by Mel B and Professor Green. The concept was introduced on the American chat show Late Night with Jimmy Fallon , in which celebrities battle each other with lip sync performances. It has been used as a recurring segment on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon before being developed as a separate show. [4]

Contents

Production

Whizz Kid Entertainment, producers of the series, announced that the first series would consist of eight episodes. [5] However, upon broadcast, only six episodes were shown, with two episodes, Daisy Lowe vs Matt Richardson and Chris Ramsey vs Aston Merrygold, remaining unaired. On 7 November 2016 Channel 5 confirmed that a second series, comprising six episodes, plus an additional Christmas Special, had been ordered and would broadcast from January 2017.

Despite this, only four episodes aired, with episodes Robert Webb vs Sally Phillips and Joey Essex vs Louie Spence going unaired. In March 2018, the third run of episodes was broadcast by Channel 5; however, despite some listings referring to them as a third series, the four-episode run consisted of the four unaired episodes from the first two series.

Series overview

SeriesEpisodesOriginally airedSeries average
(millions)
First airedLast aired
1 88 January 201620 May 20161.83
CS 120 December 2016TBA
2 66 January 20177 April 2018TBA

Episodes

Winners are listed in bold

Series 1 (2016)

No.
overall
No. in
series
ContestantsOriginal air dateUK viewers
(millions) [6]
11 Alesha Dixon vs. David Walliams 8 January 2016 (2016-01-08)2.36
22 Dawn French vs. Jason Manford vs. Michelle Keegan 15 January 2016 (2016-01-15)2.35
33 Rufus Hound vs. Jorgie Porter 22 January 2016 (2016-01-22)1.95
44 Jonathan Ross vs. Katherine Ryan vs. Kayvan Novak 29 January 2016 (2016-01-29)1.70
55 Carol Vorderman vs. Martin Kemp 5 February 2016 (2016-02-05)1.58
66 Johnny Vegas vs. Arlene Phillips vs. Vic Reeves 12 February 2016 (2016-02-12)1.05
77 Chris Ramsey vs. Aston Merrygold 25 March 2016 (2016-03-25)N/A
88 Daisy Lowe vs. Matt Richardson 20 May 2016 (2016-05-20)N/A

Christmas Special (2016)

No.
overall
No. in
series
ContestantsOriginal air dateUK viewers
(millions) [6]
8 Shane Richie vs. Jessie Wallace 20 December 2016 (2016-12-20)0.69
Also featured a special guest appearance from Johnny Vegas.

Series 2 (2017–2018)

No.
overall
No. in
series
ContestantsOriginal air dateUK viewers
(millions) [6]
91 Craig Revel Horwood vs. Sharon Tobin vs. Danny Dyer 6 January 2017 (2017-01-06)1.75
102 Alexander Armstrong vs. Cat Deeley vs. Jimmy Carr 13 January 2017 (2017-01-13)1.61
113 Ben Fogle vs. Katie Price vs. Conor McMorrow 20 January 2017 (2017-01-20)1.52
124 Peter Andre vs. Kathy Burke vs. Gino D'Acampo 27 January 2017 (2017-01-27)1.61
135 Robert Webb vs. Sally Phillips vs. Paul Merton 17 March 2018 (2018-03-17)TBC
146 Joey Essex vs. Davina McCall vs. Louie Spence 7 April 2018 (2018-04-07)TBC

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