Soapstar Superstar is a reality singing competition which first aired on British television station ITV1 in 2006. In the competition, ten soap opera actors perform in front of a celebrity panel, which included Cilla Black, Billy Sammeth and Chris Cowey. The contestants are judged on their singing ability, in a format similar to Pop Idol and The X Factor. However in this show, the audience decided which song contestants would sing in the next round. The two with the fewest votes were then put up for the public vote, and the one with the fewest votes from that round was eliminated from the competition. However, the eliminated contestant did get the honour of being part of the judging panel for that show and they got to save one contestant and decide which song they got to sing. Series one was presented by Fern Britton and Ben Shephard, with the ITV2 coverage presented by Jayne Middlemiss and Duncan James. This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... Granada Productions UK is one of Europe’s leading commercial television production and distribution companies. ... January 6 is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 359 days (360 in leap years) remaining. ... -1... ITV1 is the name, in England, Wales and the Scottish borders, for a terrestrial, free-to-air television channel, broadcast in the United Kingdom by the ITV network. ... For Philippine soap opera, see Teleserye. ... Cover of Cilla Blacks 1966 album Cilla Sings a Rainbow. ... This article is about the British television series. ... The X Factor is a British popular TV music talent show, broadcast on Saturdays on ITV1, with spin-off behind-the-scenes shows The Xtra Factor and The X Factor 24/7 screened on ITV2. ... Fern Britton (born July 17, 1957 in Ealing, London) is a well-known English television presenter. ... Benjamin Peter Sherrington Shephard (Benny Boy) (born 11 December 1974 in Essex) is an English television presenter. ... ITV2 is a free-to-air entertainment television channel in the United Kingdom owned by ITV plc. ... Jayne Middlemiss (born 14 January 1971 in Northumberland, England) is a former Page 3 girl who became a radio and television presenter. ... Duncan James (born Duncan Matthew James Inglis, April 7, 1978, in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England) was a singer in the boy band Blue and is now a solo artist. ...

The second season began on Friday 5 January 2007. Zoë Ball became the new host on ITV1, with the ITV2 show being fronted by Mark Durden-Smith, Sheree Murphy and Rob Deering. Billy Sammeth and Chris Cowey returned as judges. However, Martine McCutcheon and Michael Ball replaced Cilla Black as judges. David Gest was also a guest judge for one episode. This was due to Michael Ball coaching the stars on how to sing songs from musicals. The Vocal Academy based in Manchester supplied the vocal coaching for the stars. This year's coaches were Joe, Jerone & Mandy. January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD (or CE) era. ... Zoë Ball Zoë Louise Ball (born November 23, 1970 in Blackpool, Lancashire) is a British television and radio personality, most famous for becoming the first female host of the prestigious BBC Radio 1 breakfast show. ... Mark Durden-Smith (born 1 October 1968) is a British television presenter. ... Sheree Murphy (born 6 June 1975, Islington, North London, England) is a British actress. ... Martine McCutcheon (born Martine Kimberley Sherri Ponting[1] on May 14, 1976) is an English singer and Olivier award-winning actress. ... Michael Ball as Caractacus Potts and Carrie Fletcher as Jemima Potts in the 2002 London production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang performing Hushabye Mountain written by Richard M. and Robert B. Sherman. ... David Alan Gest (born May 11, 1953, Los Angeles, California) is an American television producer and concert promoter who is now perhaps best known for his brief marriage to entertainer Liza Minnelli. ... Michael Ball as Caractacus Potts and Carrie Fletcher as Jemima Potts in the 2002 London production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang performing Hushabye Mountain written by Richard M. and Robert B. Sherman. ...

Series 1

The actors who took part were:

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Series 2

The actors who took part were:

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Trivia

• Each year the producers also sign up back up soap stars to step in if any of the main soap stars have to pull out for any reason. These celebs have to prepare in the same way that the main ones do until the beginning of the competition. In the run-up to series 2, the back up celebs were Hollyoaks: In the City's Leon Lopez, Hollyoaks's Kevin Sacre and Eastenders's Carly Hillman with only Lopez being needed.

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External links

• Soapstar Superstar at itv.com
• Soapstar Superstar at the Internet Movie Database