The Girls Aloud Party
The Girls Aloud Party | |
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The Girls Aloud Party title card. | |
Written by |
Sketches: Will Ing Paul Powell |
Directed by |
Simon Staffurth Pre-title Sequence: Chris Cottam |
Starring |
Kimberley Walsh Nicola Roberts Nadine Coyle Cheryl Cole Sarah Harding |
Voices of | Tom Baker |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) |
For Globe Productions: Anita Land For ITV: Lee Connolly Claire Horton |
Producer(s) | Ruben Ray-Choudhuri |
Location(s) | The London Studios |
Editor(s) |
Andy Marangon Dominic Leung |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time |
40 minutes (approx.) 60 minutes (inc. breaks) |
Production company(s) |
Globe Productions ITV Productions |
Release | |
Original network | ITV, STV, UTV |
Original release | 13 December 2008 |
Chronology | |
Related shows |
Popstars: The Rivals Girls Aloud: Home Truths Girls Aloud: Off The Record The Passions of Girls Aloud Cheryl Cole's Night In |
The Girls Aloud Party was a one-off Christmas variety show starring British girl group Girls Aloud, produced for ITV. The show was aired on 13 December 2008,[1] in between The X Factor series finale and its results show.
All five members took part in the Show unlike their previous TV effort. The Show generally consisted of the group performing singles and unheard songs as well as intercepted with sketches and interaction with the audience.
Background
Girls Aloud performed some of their biggest hits, as well as some tracks from their latest album, Out of Control.[2] James Morrison performed his track "Broken Strings" with Girls Aloud, while Kaiser Chiefs led into "Sound of the Underground" with their own track, "Never Miss a Beat". Along with performing, Girls Aloud performed comic skits[3] in which Cilla Black and Julie Goodyear starred as Nicola Roberts's grandmother and Sarah Harding's mother.[4]
Promotion
On 11 November, the official Girls Aloud website ran a competition in which 100 entrants would win tickets to the show.[5] The show was filmed in London on 2 December, as stated by the announcement.[5]
The programme was first advertised during The X Factor on 29 November 2008.[6]
Reception
The Girls Aloud Party had approximately 8.37 million viewers (32.3%).[7]
Cast
- Special guests
The following are the special celebrity guests that appeared on the show:
- Guest performers
Notes
- The order of the main cast is taken from the opening credits [8]
Setlist
- Intro Video: "Love Is The Key" (Thriller Jill Mix)
- "The Promise"
- Christmas Sketch (with Paul O'Grady)
- "Call the Shots"
- Memories Sketch (with Little Girls Aloud)
- "I'll Stand by You"
- Mothers Sketch (with Little Girls Aloud & Cilla Black)
- Medley: "Never Miss a Beat" / "Sound of the Underground" (with Kaiser Chiefs)
- "Love Machine" (contains dance break)
- Dress Sketch (with Julie Goodyear)
- "Broken Strings" (with James Morrison)
- Christmas Card Sketch
- "Love Is Pain"
- "The Loving Kind"
- Old Girls Aloud Sketch
- "Something Kinda Ooooh"
References
- ↑ "Kaiser Chiefs to join Girls Aloud for their ITV Christmas special". The Sun. News International. 2 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-02.
- ↑ "Coming soon... The Girls Aloud Party and The Priests, ITV". TV Scoop. Shiny Media. 28 November 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-30.
- ↑ Jen Blackburn (11 November 2008). "Girls on film". The Sun. News International. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
- ↑ Alice Walker & Katie Hind (30 November 2008). "'Mum' Cilla aloud in". The People. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 2008-11-30.
- 1 2 "Win tickets to the Christmas Special!". Girls Aloud.co.uk. Fascination Records. 11 November 2008. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-30.
- ↑ "Quick, fetch the mistletoe boys". The Sun. News International. 29 November 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
- ↑ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/a138407/x-factor-finale-peaks-with-146-million.html
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsktUPIZvVE&feature=youtube_gdata_player