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Soapstar Superstar
Genre	Reality
Presenter(s)	Zoë Ball
Starring	Soap stars from the UK and Australia
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Production
Producer(s)	ITV Productions
Running time	60 to 90 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	ITV1
Original run	January 6, 2006 – Present

Soapstar Superstar is a reality singing competition which first aired on British television station ITV1 in 2006. In the competition, ten soap opera actors perform in front of a celebrity panel, which included Cilla Black, Billy Sammeth and Chris Cowey. The contestants are judged on their singing ability, in a format similar to Pop Idol and The X Factor. However in this show, the audience decided which song contestants would sing in the next round. The two with the fewest votes were then put up for the public vote, and the one with the fewest votes from that round was eliminated from the competition. However, the eliminated contestant did get the honour of being part of the judging panel for that show and they got to save one contestant and decide which song they got to sing. Series one was presented by Fern Britton and Ben Shephard, with the ITV2 coverage presented by Jayne Middlemiss and Duncan James.

The second season began on Friday 5 January 2007. Zoë Ball became the new host on ITV1, with the ITV2 show being fronted by Mark Durden-Smith, Sheree Murphy and Rob Deering. Billy Sammeth and Chris Cowey returned as judges. However, Martine McCutcheon and Michael Ball replaced Cilla Black as judges. David Gest was also a guest judge for one episode. This was due to Michael Ball coaching the stars on how to sing songs from musicals. The Vocal Academy based in Manchester supplied the vocal coaching for the stars. This year's coaches were Joe, Jerone & Mandy.

Contents 1 Series 1 2 Series 2 3 Trivia 4 External links

The actors who took part were:

Place	Actor	Character	Soap
1st	Richard Fleeshman	Craig Harris	Coronation Street
2nd	Andy Whyment	Kirk Sutherland	Coronation Street
3rd	Lucy Pargeter	Chastity Dingle	Emmerdale
4th	Roxanne Pallett	Jo Stiles	Emmerdale
5th	Lee Otway	David "Bombhead" Burke	Hollyoaks
6th	Wendi Peters	Cilla Battersby-Brown	Coronation Street
7th	Shobna Gulati	Sunita Alahan	Coronation Street
8th	Nicholas Bailey	Anthony Trueman	EastEnders
9th	Michael Greco	Beppe di Marco	EastEnders
10th	Sammy Winward	Katie Sugden	Emmerdale

The actors who took part were:

Place	Actor	Character	Soap
1st	Antony Cotton	Sean Tully	Coronation Street
2nd	Hayley Tamaddon	Delilah Dingle	Emmerdale
3rd	Mark Furze	Ric Dalby	Home & Away
4th	Tupele Dorgu	Kelly Crabtree	Coronation Street
5th	Gemma Atkinson	Lisa Hunter	Hollyoaks: In the City
6th	Alan Fletcher	Karl Kennedy	Neighbours
7th	Leon Lopez	Tank Top	Hollyoaks: In the City
8th	Verity Rushworth	Donna Windsor-Dingle	Emmerdale
9th	Matthew Wolfenden	David Metcalfe	Emmerdale
10th	Jane Danson	Leanne Battersby	Coronation Street
11th	Elaine Lordan	Lynne Hobbs	EastEnders

Note : Leon Lopez was a replacement for Ben Freeman.

• Each year the producers also sign up back up soap stars to step in if any of the main soap stars have to pull out for any reason. These celebs have to prepare in the same way that the main ones do until the beginning of the competition. In the run-up to series 2, the back up celebs were Hollyoaks: In the City's Leon Lopez, Hollyoaks's Kevin Sacre and Eastenders's Carly Hillman with only Lopez being needed.

• Soapstar Superstar at itv.com
• Soapstar Superstar at the Internet Movie Database