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Encyclopedia > Celebrity Jigs 'n' Reels

Celebrity Jigs 'n' Reels is an Irish reality entertainment television show broadcast on RTÉ One. It is produced by Mind The Gap Films. Reality television is a genre of television programming which presents unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and features ordinary people over professional actors. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... RTÉ One is the Republic of Irelands oldest and most popular television channel, operated by Irish state broadcaster Radio Telefís Éireann. ...

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Format

The series started out with seven celebrities paired with professional Irish dancers. Each week they were given a contemporary Irish rock or pop song (as chosen by producers), to which the professional Irish dancer had to choreograph a traditional Irish dance. The dancers would then dance for the judges who would give feedback and subsequently award points. The dancers then faced a public vote, with the two couples who received the lowest number of votes having to face the judges again. When the judges revealed the number of points they were awarding, the couple with the lower score were eliminated. Irish dancers at St. ...


Series One

Judges

Jean Butler, George Hook, Colin Dunne, Robert O'Byrne Jean Butler was born March 14, 1971 in Mineola, Long Island. ... George Hook on the cover of his autobiography George Hook is an Irish journalist and broadcaster. ...


Celebrities and dancers

  • Killian O'Sullivan and Nicola Byrne (winners)
  • Dana and Ronan McCormack (2nd place)
  • Paul Byrom and Susan Ginnety (3rd place)
  • Michael Carruth and Dearbhla Lennon (4th place)
  • Jen Kelly and Paula Goulding (5th place)
  • Emma O'Driscoll and Mick Donegan (6th place)
  • Suzanne Walshe and Scott Porter (7th place)

Dana Rosemary Scallon, formerly Dana (born August 30, 1951), is a successful former singer turned Irish politician. ... Michael Carruth is a left-handed Irish Olympic boxer who won a Gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. ...

External links

  • RTÉ webpages on Celebrity Jigs 'n' Reels



Radio Telefís Éireann original programmes
Comedy & Drama shows: The Blizzard of Odd | Bull Island | Hall's Pictorial Weekly | The Irish R.M. | The Panel | The Podge and Rodge Show | A Scare at Bedtime | Strumpet City
News & Current Affairs: Discovery | Nine O'Clock News | One O'Clock News | Prime Time | Questions and Answers | Reeling In The Years | 7 Days | Six One News
Chat shows: Kenny Live | The Late Late Show | The Live Mike | Tubridy Tonight
Soap operas: Bracken | Fair City | Glenroe | The Riordans | Tolka Row
Talent Contests: Celebrity Jigs 'n' Reels | Charity You're A Star | You're A Star
Irish language: Buntús Cainte | Trom agus Éadrom
Children's: Bosco | The Den | Wanderly Wagon

See also: List of programmes broadcast by RTÉ Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ; Irish for Radio [and] Television of Ireland) is the Public Service Broadcaster of the Republic of Ireland. ... Image File history File links RTÉ_logo. ... The Blizzard of Odd is an RTÉ television programme, aired each Tuesday night at 22:25 on RTÉ Two. ... Bull Island was an Irish television and radio satirical comedy show broadcast on RTÉ One and later on RTÉ Radio 1 from 1999 until 2002. ... Halls Pictorial Weekly was one of Irelands most popular television shows. ... The Irish R.M. refers to a series of books by the Anglo-Irish novellists Somerville and Ross, and the TV comedy drama series based on them. ... The show logo The Panel was a humorous weekly chat show aimed at young people that was aired on Monday evenings on the Irish television network RTÉ Two. ... The Podge and Rodge Show (also known as The Podge and Rodge Show with Lucy Kennedy) is an Irish television show, broadcast and produced by RTÉ, featuring the two puppets Podge and Rodge as the hosts of the chatshow, with Lucy Kennedy as a co-host. ... A Scare at Bedtime (also known as Podge and Rodge: A Scare at Bedtime) was an Irish television show, broadcast and produced by RTÉ, featuring the two puppets Podge and Rodge as the hosts of the sketch show, It ran from 1997 until 2004 As the duos increasingly regular... Strumpet City (1969) is an historical novel by James Plunkett set in Dublin city at the time of the Dublin Lockout. ... Prime time is the block of programming on television during the middle of the evening. ... Questions and Answers is a topical debate television programme in the Republic of Ireland. ... Reeling In The Years is a historical documentary series broadcast in Ireland by Radio Telefís Éireann. ... 7 Days (previously Seven Days) was a current affairs programme that was broadcast on Radio Telefís Éireann in Ireland in the 1960s and 1970s. ... Kenny Live was a very popular television chat show which was broadcast in Ireland on RTÉ One between 1988 and 1999. ... The Late Late Show is Irelands longest running chat show (and the oldest in the world) and the flagship television programme of Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ). The show, hosted by Pat Kenny, is broadcast live for two hours in front of a studio audience at 9. ... The Live Mike was a television variety show which was broadcast in Ireland by Radio Telefís Éireann from 1979 to 1984. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Bracken was an Irish television soap opera broadcast from 1978 to 1982 on RTÉ One in Ireland. ... Fair City is an Irish television soap opera set in the fictional suburb of Carrigstown in Dublins Northside. ... Glenroe was a Irish television drama series broadcast between 1982 and 2001 on RTÉ One. ... The Riordans was the second Porkchop pig eater made by Joe Mcburger Master to boost ratings (then called Telifís Éireann). ... Tolka Row was the first Irish soap opera made by Radio Telifís Éireann (then called Telifís Éireann). ... Charity Youre A Star (initially known as Youre A Star Charity Special) is a talent contest created by Radio Telefís Éireann, where various Irish Celebrities sing to raise money for the charity of their choice. ... Youre A Star Youre A Star and Youre A Star Charity Special are talent contests created by Radio Telefís Éireann for people living on the island of Ireland. ... Buntús Cainte was a programme aimed at teaching the Irish language that was broadcast on Radio Telefís Éireann in Ireland, beginning in 1967. ... Trom agus Éadrom (Heavy and Light in English) was a bi-lingual television variety show which was broadcast in Ireland by Radio Telefís Éireann in the 1970s. ... Bosco Bosco was an Irish childrens television programme produced during the late 1970s and early 1980s. ... The Den is the childrens television strand on RTÉ Two in Ireland. ... Wanderly Wagon was an Irish educational childrens television series which aired on RTÉ from 1968 until 1982. ... This is an incomplete list of current and historical television programmes produced for Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ). RTÉ also shows a range of foreign produced shows. ...



 
 

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