Celebrity Duets (Courtesy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Celebrity Duets, a U.S. reality television show of the progressive game-show type, combined celebrities of different backgrounds with professional singers in a weekly elimination competition.

The show was a take-off of the Australian series program It Takes Two and its predecessor, the BBC's Just the Two of Us; however, unlike the British and Australian shows, the celebrities sang with different partners each week. Indeed, Celebrity Duets was meant to be transmitted in the UK first, under the title Star Duets, but the BBC bought the format before Simon Cowell got to produce it on ITV, there was even court action which the BBC won; thus, Star Duets never came into production.

The show debuted on Fox, with a 2-hour premiere installment on August 29, 2006. It then moved to its normal Thursday timeslot the following week, and stayed there until its season finale on September 29, 2006.

Simon Cowell of American Idol and Pop Idol fame created and Wayne Brady, who himself is a singer of some talent and was the former host of a variety show on ABC, hosted the show. The judges were renowned composer David Foster, 1950s rock-and-roll pioneer "Little" Richard Wayne Penniman, and singer Marie Osmond of the Osmond family of 1970s musical prominence.

Contestants

Chris Jericho - 1st Eliminated (Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2006)
Lea Thompson - 2nd Eliminated (Friday, Sept. 8, 2006)
Carly Patterson - 3rd Eliminated (Friday, Sept. 15, 2006)
Cheech Marin - 4th Eliminated (Friday, Sept. 22, 2006)
Jai Rodriguez - 5th Eliminated (Friday, Sept. 22, 2006)
Hal Sparks - 6th Eliminated (Friday, Sept. 29, 2006)
Lucy Lawless - 7th Eliminated and eventual runner-up (Friday, Sept. 29, 2006)
Alfonso Ribeiro - Winner (Friday, Sept. 29, 2006)

Who The Contestants Sang With

Alfonso Ribeiro - Michelle Williams, James Ingram, Jeffrey Osborne, Deniece Williams, Chaka Kahn, Jon Secada, Gladys Knight
Lucy Lawless - Michael Bolton, Smokey Robinson, Kenny Loggins, Dionne Warwick, Richard Marx, Bonnie Tyler
Hal Sparks - Smokey Robinson, Gladys Knight, Wynonna Judd, Dennis DeYoung, Dee Snider, Sebastian Bach
Jai Rodriguez - Gladys Knight, Michelle Williams, Brian McKnight, Taylor Dayne, Patti LaBelle
Cheech Marin - Peter Frampton, Randy Travis, Clint Black, Aaron Neville, Al Jarreau
Carly Patterson - James Ingram, Lee Ann Womack, Anita Pointer, Jesse McCartney
Lea Thompson - Randy Travis, Michael Bolton, Belinda Carlisle
Chris Jericho - Lee Ann Womack, Peter Frampton

Judges

David Foster
Little Richard
Marie Osmond

Host

Wayne Brady

International Version

Philippines — Celebrity Duets Philippine Edition aired last August 11 over GMA Network, hosted by singer/actor/song writer/TV host Ogie Alcasid and Asia's Songbird singer/actress/TV host Regine Velasquez.

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