Just the Two of Us is a British television reality singing contest hosted by Vernon Kay and Tess Daly. The first series of the BBC show saw eight celebrities team up with professional singers and sing each night in duets, with one pair being eliminated every night. After each performance they were judged by a panel of industry experts. The basic format of the show was first used in another BBC programme, Strictly Come Dancing (which Rachel was on). The first series began on February 24 2006 and ended on March 5 2006. Jo did not participate in the second series as she was taking part in Channel 4’s Celebrity Big Brother UK at the time.
| Celebrity |
Professional |
Status |
| Siân Reeves |
Russell Watson |
Winners on 5 March |
| Mark Moraghan |
Natasha Hamilton |
Runner Ups on 5 March |
| Chris Fountain |
Jo O’Meara |
Eliminated on 4 March |
| Penny Smith |
Curtis Stigers |
Eliminated on 3 March |
| Nicky Campbell |
Beverley Knight |
Eliminated on 2 March |
| Matt Allwright |
Jocelyn Brown |
Eliminated on 26 February |
| Fiona Bruce |
Alexander O’Neal |
Eliminated on 25 February |
| Gaby Roslin |
Martin Fry |
Eliminated on 24 February |
The Judges
– Trevor Nelson
– Lulu
– Cece Sammy
– Stewart Copeland
Contestants received vocal coaching by Joshua Alamu
During the week-long run each day all the celebrities perform a duet with a professional singer. The judges then give comments on each performance. Once the contestants have returned to the “Green Room” (Backstage), the judges each then each give the couple a score from 1 to 10. The scores create a leaderboard which forms 50% of the final result, the other half comes from the public vote via telephone and text entries. Once the scores and votes are combined to form the final leaderboard for that day’s show, the two couples at the bottom compete in a final “Sing Off”, where they perform their duet again. Once both couples have performed their song for the judging panel, the four judges decide on who deserves to stay and cast their votes. The couple with the most votes from the judges leaves the show that day.
