Star for a Night
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Host
Jane MacDonald
Co-hosts
Judges: Barbara Windsor and Nigel Martin-Smith
Broadcast
Mentorn for BBC1, pilot 26 June 1999, series 8 January 2000 to 20 October 2001 (26 episodes in 2 series)
Synopsis
Jane MacDonald surprises nominated people in their everyday lives, telling them that they're going to sing on television. After a week of practice, they do their piece and a panel of judges gives comment. After everybody has sung, the judges decide who the winner is, er, and that's it. Oh, and Jane MacDonald sings.
Inventor
Based on a Canadian format.
Trivia
Famously the discoverer of one Joss Stone.
A one-off special, Junior Star For a Night featured Alexandra Burke. Seven years later she became the 2008 X Factor winner.
One of the contestants was former Take Your Pick hostess Sasha Lawrence, as a singing act.
Pictures
The ego-elevating moment of the whole thing - reminding us why Jane was presenting this show.