"the Dance Judge Panel with Greg James and Lee Mack. In Britain, Phillips first became a household name as the director and choreographer of Hot Gossip, a British dance troupe which she formed in 1974, using students she was teaching at the time. Hot Gossip spent two years performing in a London night club where Phillips and her manager developed the group's dance act. The troupe were spotted by the British television director, David Mallet who invited Phillips to make Hot Gossip a regular feature of ""The Kenny Everett Show"", which he directed for Thames Television on ITV, first being"
"manager/producers Michael Summerton and Iain Burton developed the group's dance act. Phillips, Summerton and Burton continued to work together for eight years during which time Hot Gossip continued to enjoy wide popularity and success. Spotted by the British television director David Mallet, he invited Phillips to make Hot Gossip a regular feature of the 1978 ""The Kenny Everett Video Show"", which he directed for Thames Television on ITV. The show ended in 1981 on Thames, then moved to the BBC without Hot Gossip except for Season 4 in 1986. In 1978, during their initial impact period on ""The Kenny Everett"
"Hot Gossip Hot Gossip (1974–1986) were a British dance troupe, who made television appearances and in 1978 backed Sarah Brightman on her single, ""I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper"". Arlene Phillips moved to London to learn and teach developing American Jazz dance routines. Employed as a dance teacher, she taught at locations including the Pineapple Dance Studios and the Italia Conti Stage School. In 1974, Phillips started forming the core of a troupe; Italia Conti student actress Lesley Manville turned her down. Hot Gossip spent two years performing in Munkberry's club in Jermyn Street W1 where Phillips and"
"Telecast by Channel 4, the one-hour special was a vehicle for Hot Gossip, fresh from their stint on ""The Kenny Everett Video Show"". ""The Very Hot Gossip Show"" was one of the highest rating shows for Channel 4 that year. Hot Gossip were noted for the risque nature of their costumes and the dance routines, all designed and choreographed by Phillips, especially considering the early evening timeslot that the ""Video Show"" was broadcast in. They are often credited as one of the UK's early television dance troupes, continuing a trend which started with the Go-Jo's and Pan's People on ""Top"
"aired in 1978. It was during this time that Hot Gossip made their only hit record, backing Sarah Brightman on ""I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper"", a disco song which reached number 6 in the British music chart. Brightman went on to achieve international fame as a soprano vocalist. Hot Gossip were noted for the risque nature of their costumes and highly rated dance routines. They continued to work into the early 1980s, with their own television special on the newly formed public service broadcaster, Channel 4, ""The Very Hot Gossip Show"". Phillips was a member of the"
"of the Pops."" The group was once spoofed on ""The Benny Hill Show"" as ""Hot Gossamer"", with references to the Hot Gossip routines 'Supernature' and 'Walk on the Wild Side'. Some former Hot Gossip dancers appeared on the show, notably Jane Colthorpe and Lorraine Doyle were members of Love Machine. Then later Lorraine Doyle featured heavily in sketches as well as part of the ""Hill's Angels"" dance troupe. † Not to be confused with the actress of the same name There was a spin-off group from Hot Gossip. Late 1979 Mark Tyme, Dom Wood, Lorraine Whitmarsh, Carol Fletcher, Lyndsey Ward,"
"Donna Fielding, Lee Black left Hot Gossip to set up 'Sponooch'. They were featured in a BBC show called ""Dancing Girls"" on 6 January 1982 and they were featured several times on a TV show in 1979 called ""Friday Night Saturday Morning"" on BBC One. They also were signed to EMI and recorded two singles, ""Crime Buster"" and ""Lady Dracula"". In 1980, Sponooch toured the UK as Rick Wakeman's support act. Hot Gossip discography on Discogs Hot Gossip Hot Gossip (1974–1986) were a British dance troupe, who made television appearances and in 1978 backed Sarah Brightman on her single, ""I"
"""The Stud"" in 1978, as well as dancing with Legs and Co to The Bee Gees' ""Night Fever"" on Larry Grayson's Generation Game and as a dancer in the Dougie Squires troupe that backed the singer Lulu in her segments of ""The Les Dawson Show"" that same year. He joined the dance troupe Hot Gossip and from July 1978 could be seen in their routines that featured on Kenny Everett's shows (in series one, three and four on ITV and series 6 on the BBC) He stayed with Hot Gossip until they disbanded at the end of 1986, occasionally singing"
"conference claiming to be Idol's girlfriend, Lister responded by holding one of her own, maintaining that she was ""and always had been Idol's girlfriend"". The couple broke up in 1989. To date, Lister resides in Los Angeles. Her son Willem is a member of a rock band, FIM. Perri Lister Perri Lister (born 10 April 1959) is an English former dancer, singer and actress. She was a dancer with the British dance troupe Hot Gossip which appeared regularly on ""The Kenny Everett Video Show"" in the late 1970's - early 1980's in the United Kingdom. In the 1980's Lister was"
"Hot Dance Club Play Chart. In 2005, Eurovision held a commemorative program, Congratulations, to celebrate 50 years of the contest, in which ""My Number One"" came fourth in a vote for the show's most popular entry, behind ""Hold Me Now"" (1987), ""Nel blu dipinto di blu"" (1958) and ABBA's ""Waterloo"" (1974). Before Greece's win, the highest score was third place, achieved by duo Antique (of which Elena Paparizou was a member) in 2001 with ""Die for You"" and then again by Sakis Rouvas in 2004 with ""Shake It"". Greece's least successful result was at 16th place in the 2016 semi-final"
"DanceX DanceX was a reality television show produced in the UK for BBC One in 2007. It was a live show, in which two teams of male and female dancers competed to form a new dance group. Team Bruno won the show on 25 August. The show was hosted by GMTV and former ""Xtra Factor"" presenter Ben Shephard. The two teams were led by Hot Gossip founder Arlene Phillips and fellow ""Strictly Come Dancing"" judge and choreographer Bruno Tonioli. Both Arlene and Bruno had their own assistants, a choreographer and a vocal coach. Arlene was joined by Ashley Wallen, one"
"on the UPN sitcom ""Goode Behavior"". They were frequent guest hosts on E! Network's ""The Gossip Show"". They went on tour with 98 Degrees and 'N Sync across the U.S., and did their own promotional tour in the U.S., Canada, and Asia. In May 1998, they released dance remixes of their songs ""I Won't Play The Fool"" and ""Follow Me"" (from their debut album) which were underground club hits. ""I Won't Play The Fool"" remix landed on a Top 10 Dance Remixes Chart of 1998 in ""Billboard"". That same month, they performed at ""Divas Simply Singing"", an annual AIDS benefit"
"""Hot Gossip"". The show was broadcast on a Saturday afternoon on BBC Radio 2; points were awarded to those who dished out dirt. The show featured many famous pundits, including Will Smith, Phil Nichol, Jo Caulfield, Rufus Hound and Jonathan Ross' brother, Paul. She hosted a weekly show on BBC Radio 2 every Friday night between 10pm and midnight called ""Claudia Winkleman's Arts Show"" consisting of interviews with people from the arts world, as well as reviews and debate. In July 2010, Winkleman sat in for Dermot O'Leary. She covered for Ken Bruce on several occasions from 2012 until 2014."
"Perri Lister Perri Lister (born 10 April 1959) is an English former dancer, singer and actress. She was a dancer with the British dance troupe Hot Gossip which appeared regularly on ""The Kenny Everett Video Show"" in the late 1970's - early 1980's in the United Kingdom. In the 1980's Lister was a backing vocalist for a number of pop music acts, including Billy Idol, with whom she had a nine-year relationship. Perri Lister was born in London, England on 10 April 1959, the daughter of Bert Lister, a stage manager, dresser and chauffeur, by his third wife, stage actress"
"contest sponsored by UK teen magazine ""Just 17"", beating 5,000 other competitors. Following her first modelling jobs, she decided to study at the London College of Fashion, where she achieved a diploma in business. During that time she also worked in a film company and later ended up working in public relations, but began to lose interest and decided to pursue a career in singing instead. The group rose to fame by starring in their own BBC television series, ""Miami 7"", in 1999 and have been widely referred to as inspiring a new generation of teenage TV musicals including ""High"
"Go-Jos The Go-Jos were a British TV dance troupe, created for the BBC1 TV music chart show ""Top of the Pops"" in late 1964, appearing regularly on the show until mid-1968. They were the first of a series of five dance troupes on the programme. They also appeared on other BBC and ITV shows, finally disbanding in 1971. The troupe were formed by Jo Cook, who had been a member of the TV dance troupe the Silhouettes in the early 1960s. She then became a founder member of the Beat Girls, appearing in the weekly pop show on BBC2, ""The"
"a Kind"", which also featured Mike Yarwood. They appeared in the 1966 Southern TV show Tale of Two Rivers with Lesley Judd appearing as a member with Linda Hotchkin and Barbara von der Heyde. The group appeared in the film Moon Zero Two in 1969, however with none of the regular members. Jo Cook and Linda Hotchkin appeared in Top of the Pops: The True Story in 2001 talking about their time on Top of the Pops Go-Jos The Go-Jos were a British TV dance troupe, created for the BBC1 TV music chart show ""Top of the Pops"" in late"
"offered him a new venture, which became the ""Kenny Everett Video Show"". This was a vehicle for Everett's characters and sketches (his fellow writers were Ray Cameron, Barry Cryer and Dick Vosburgh), interspersed with the latest pop hits, either performed by the artists themselves, or as backing tracks to dance routines by Arlene Phillips' risqué dance troupe Hot Gossip (which featured Sarah Brightman). Various pop and TV stars made cameo appearances on the show, including Rod Stewart, Elkie Brooks, Billy Connolly, Kate Bush, Cliff Richard, Freddie Mercury, Terry Wogan and Suzi Quatro (see also ""Friends"" section below) and classical musicians"
"years away McQueen went on to Daybreak, Loose Women and The One Show to promote her new single with Susan Boyle. The """" mockumentary was re-edited for the first episode of the compilation series ""Peter Kay's Comedy Shuffle"" in 2016. Britain's Got the Pop Factor... and Possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice Britain's Got the Pop Factor... and Possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice is a British television comedy show co-created, co-written, directed, produced by and starring comedian Peter Kay. The two-hour show was broadcast in two parts on Channel"
"made appearances on ""Soul Train"", ""Ricki Lake"", ""Access Hollywood"", MTV, ""Wild On!"", ""The RuPaul Show"", ""Hard Copy"", The HitList with Tarzan Dan, Vibe, ""Mad TV"", ""The Pat Bullard Show"", """", ""Terry Bradshaw"", ""Crook and Chase"", ""The Jenny Jones Show"", ""Electric Circus"" and ""Goode Behavior"". The group even toured with 98 Degrees and 'N Sync across the U.S., Canada and Asia. The singles ""At Night I Pray"", ""Talk to Me"" and ""Supernatural"" all garnered substantial radio airplay, all appearing on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart. Dance remixes of ""Follow Me"" and ""I Won't Play the Fool"" were released in May"
"screened World's Strongest Man between 2006-2009, and from 2011 to present. ""Rugby Union"" ""Cricket"" ""Motorsport"" ""Boxing"" ""Mixed Martial Arts"" ""Athletics"" In 1998, the channel began to show more risqué late-night programmes such as Compromising Situations, Hotline and the controversially explicit ""Sex and Shopping"". In 1999, there was a large increase in adult entertainment shown on the channel, including ""UK Raw"" and ""Red Shoe Diaries"", giving the channel a reputation for being home to hours of pornography. Adult entertainment, live football, and the 21:00 films were the main source of viewing for the channel at the time. As the broadcaster entered"
"Hot Dance Club Play chart in 1985. The scene featuring the song (involving an octopus) was cut from the film. Teena Marie's contribution ""14k"" was released as a single and hit number ten on the R&B chart. REO Speedwagon's song ""Wherever You're Goin' (It's Alright)"" was released as a single in Europe, although it did not chart. In 2000, the group A New Found Glory released an EP of cover versions of songs from movies—called ""From the Screen to Your Stereo""—which included a version of ""The Goonies 'R' Good Enough"". In 2010, an original score album was released featuring the"
"Gail Kendall. Her paternal grandmother was an amateur opera singer. In 1978, she was a member of the dance troupe Hot Gossip who performed on British television's ""The Kenny Everett Video Show"". They were noted for their sexually-suggestive costumes and risqué dance routines. Lister was one of the original Blitz Kids, a group of young, flamboyantly-dressed people who patronised the elitist Covent Garden club night 'Blitz' in the early 1980s, among whom were Boy George, Steve Strange, Spandau Ballet, and singer Marilyn. She appeared as a dancer in the 1980 film ""Can't Stop the Music"". Lister began a relationship with"
"BBC sitcom ""Ideal"". Their song ""Just A Little Samba"" is featured in an advertisement for Visa shown in several European countries (UK, Germany, Sweden, etc.) during the 2014 World Cup football world championship. Dizzy Dustin has released numerous solo projects under different names (most notably Blown Celeb). He is featured on UK Hip Hop artist Ricta's album ""Snacks & Deception LP"" and with recording artists including Featurecast and The Architect. Andy Cooper released his first solo album ""Room To Breathe—The Free LP"". He performs with the UK production crew The Allergies on their single ""Rock Rock""/""Blast Off"". Ugly Duckling (hip"
"and Tito Jackson. Sammy appeared in the BBC TV documentary ""Be My Baby - The Girl Group Story"" which aired in August 2006. The show covered the history of girl groups, focusing specifically on The Supremes, The Three Degrees, Sister Sledge, Bananarama, The Bangles and the Spice Girls. In 2007 she was a judge on BBC Radio 3's Choir of the Year competition. CeCe was one of Bruno Tonioli's panelists on BBC One's ""DanceX"". CeCe made a guest appearance on ITV's ""Dancing on Ice"" in early 2009, where she was seen helping one of the groups that were selected to"
"in 1968 with the addition of Lesley Larbey and Wendy Hilhouse. However the BBC decided in mid-1968 to replace the Go-Jos with Pan's People on Top of the Pops. Their final performance was on 27 June 1968 dancing to Jumping Jack Flash by The Rolling Stones. Only one Top of the Pops performance by the Go-Jos is known to survive, Reflections by Diana Ross and the Supremes, transmitted on 26 December 1967. Jo Cook rebadged the Go-Jos as the Jo Cook dancers when they appeared on the sixth and last series of Thank Your Lucky Stars, replacing the Dance Centre"
"the Hot Dance/Club Songs. Thus, the record label decided to release another single. That single was ""Check This Out"", which was a UK #6 in 1988 and was their biggest hit. That also raised legal ire, this time of the then-owner of Easy Street Records as the song included a short sample of ""You Don't Know"" by Serious Intention, and the owner of that label was one of New York's top lawyers. The matter was settled out of court for $15,000. It is not to be confused by a Hardhouse song of the same name, also released in 1988. Next,"
"Children’s Sports Award Lunch 2015 National Reality TV Awards 2015 Loughborough University – Student Union Fresher’s Week 2015 Spiderman Ball (Celebrity Charity event for Testicular Cancer, celebrating Newcastle United FC player Jonas Gutierrez beating testicular cancer.) 2015 Christmas light switch-on in various parts of the country, from Carlisle and Oldham to Essex Old Men Grooving Old Men Grooving, sometimes known as OMG, is a British dance group, best known for becoming a television sensation when they took part in the ninth series of ""Britain's Got Talent"" in 2015. The group, composed of five middle-aged men, represents a diverse background and"
"Hot Dance Club Play chart and #8 on the Hot Dance Singles Sales charts. It was the first single by the group to be certified Gold by the U.S. RIAA. In the United Kingdom, the song eked out two weeks at #99 on the UK Singles Chart in September 1989. The music video features the group rehearsing with a band on stage, then near the end of the video the women rush back to be with their boyfriends. The song features a prominent horn section accompanying the singers, and there is a guitar solo between the second and third verses."
"The Heat Is On (TV series) The Heat Is On is a BBC talent show that was a regular fixture on the Saturday night schedule between 1990 and 1994. The show was originally hosted by comedian/impressionist Bobby Davro, with his catchphrase of ""They're in heat, so vote with your feet!"" sweeping the nation. Davro left the show in 1993 after a Sunday tabloid published an exposé on his cocaine-fuelled prostitute orgies. Despite this setback though the programme continued to be a ratings winner and the show was nominated in six categories at the Baftas ceremony later that year. After continuing"
"Hot Gossip. Its lead, Sarah Brightman, was dressed in a silver catsuit and platform shoes. In 1997 Brightman rerecorded the song, with producer Frank Peterson, and released it as a single to coincide with the film ""Starship Troopers""; although the single carried the artwork from the film the song itself was not featured in the film itself. I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper ""I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper"", sometimes cited as ""(I Lost My Heart to A) Starship Trooper"", is a 1978 single written by Jeff Calvert and Geraint Hughes of Typically Tropical and performed"
"explained to the ""NME"" that the song is: ""about recreation and my friends, who I feel like are the ultimate creative re-creators."" The video, directed by Prince James, premiered on PerezHilton.com on June 12, 2009. NRJ Session: Heavy Cross ""Heavy Cross"" is a song by American band Gossip. It was released on April 28, 2009 as the first single from the band's fourth album ""Music for Men"". The song was the first international hit for Gossip, reaching the top ten across Europe, in Australia and on the US ""Billboard"" Hot Dance Club Songs chart from mid- to late 2009. It"
"Heavy Cross ""Heavy Cross"" is a song by American band Gossip. It was released on April 28, 2009 as the first single from the band's fourth album ""Music for Men"". The song was the first international hit for Gossip, reaching the top ten across Europe, in Australia and on the US ""Billboard"" Hot Dance Club Songs chart from mid- to late 2009. It peaked just outside the top 10 in New Zealand, and made the top 40 in Ireland and the UK; Gossip had already achieved two top 40 singles in the latter region, with ""Standing in the Way of"