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'''''Britain's Got The Pop Factor ... And Possibly A New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly On Ice''''' was a two-hour [[comedy]] [[sitcom]] created, written and produced by [[comedian]] [[Peter Kay]]. The show aired on [[Channel 4]] on 12 October 2008, making it the first show Kay has produced on the channel for four years. It has been labelled by Channel 4 as the 'comedy forefront of the autumn schedule, which will begin a year-long season of programmes'.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2008/aug/23/comedy.television | title=Peter Kay returns with reality show spoof | publisher=Guardian | author=Owen Gibson | accessdate=2008-10-07}}</ref><ref name="mail">{{cite web | url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1048537/Peters-Got-Talent-Comedian-Kay-sends-reality-shows-new-spoof.html | title=Kay's Got Talent: Comedian Kay sends up reality shows in new spoof | work=Daily Mail | accessdate=2008-10-07}}</ref>
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'''HMS ''Antrim'' (D18)''' was a [[County class destroyer|County-class]] [[destroyer]] of the [[Royal Navy]] launched on 19 October 1967. She had her 'B' turret removed and replaced by four [[Exocet]] launchers in the mid-1970s.


The title, and general format of the show is a [[parody]] of several [[talent]] [[reality television]] [[television programme|programmes]], the most notable being ''[[Britain's Got Talent]]'', ''[[Pop Idol]]'', ''[[The X Factor]]'', ''[[Any Dream Will Do (TV series)|Any Dream Will Do]]'', ''[[Soapstar Superstar]]'', ''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]'' and ''[[Dancing On Ice]]''.
The ship took part in the [[Falklands War]]. ''Antrim'' was the flagship of [[Operation Paraquat]], the recovery of [[South Georgia]] in April 1982. Whilst at [[San Carlos Water]], ''Antrim'' was struck by a {{convert|1000|lb|abbr=on}} bomb which did not explode (Yates, 2006).


As well as being the title of the show, ''Britain's Got The Pop Factor... And Possibly A New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly On Ice'' is the title of the fictional series the show is based around.
''Antrim'' was {{sdiy|1984}} and was sold to Chile on 22 June 1984 and renamed ''[[Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald|Almirante Cochrane]]''. In 1994 ''Almirante Cochrane'' underwent the same refit as her sister ship [[HMS Fife (D20)|''Blanco Encalada'']]; the removal of her [[Sea Slug missile|Seaslug]] launcher and the extension of her deck aft with a new, larger hangar being installed. In 1996 was fitted with the [[Barak SAM|SAM "Barak"]], removing the [[Sea Cat missile|Seacat]] launchers. ''


''Almirante Cochrane'' decommissioned on 7 December 2006.


In september 2008 she will sailed to Mexico for scrap.


==References==
==Plot==
''Britain's Got The Pop Factor... And Possibly A New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly On Ice'' is the title of a talent show judged by [[Nicki Chapman]], [[Pete Waterman]] and [[Neil Fox (media personality)|Neil Fox]] in which solo artists '''Geraldine McQueen''' and '''R Wayne''' and a band '''Two Up Two Down''' are the three finalists.
* Yates, D. (2006) ''Bomb Alley - Falklands War 1982: Aboard HMS Antrim at War'', Pen & Sword Maritime, ISBN 1-84415-417-3


The two hour final hosted by [[Cat Deeley]]<ref>[http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/article1753720.ece Cat is on the Spoof for Peter]</ref> shows the finalists' journies on the show revealing the sob stories and the fact that the sob stories are the driving force behind which contestants get through to the final.
== See also ==
* [[List of ship launches in 1967]]
* [[List of ship commissionings in 1970]]
* [[List of ship commissionings in 1984]]
* [[List of ship decommissionings in 1984]]
* [[List of ship decommissionings in 2006]]


Solo artist(e) Geraldine McQueen has gone through sexual reassignment surgery, Two Up Two Down have had a multitude of bad experiences, and R Wayne was originally eliminated at bootcamp for not having a good enough sob story but was brought back into the show after his grandmother (R Gran) died from a heart attack.
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The winner of the show was Geraldine, who collapsed on stage after choking during the last lines of her version of "The Winner's Song", due to swallowing glitter paper.
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==Trivia==
[[Category:Cold War destroyers of the United Kingdom]]

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[[Nicki Chapman]], [[Pete Waterman]] and [[Neil Fox (media personality)|Neil Fox]] were judge panellists in ''[[Popstars]]'' and ''[[Pop Idol]]'' respectively)
[[Category:Falklands War naval ships of the United Kingdom]]

[[category:Falklands War in South Georgia]]
"The Winner's Song" was written by [[Gary Barlow]] and has been released as a single.

Already panned by critics with some calling it "a sign of desperation" <ref>[http://filmgarbage.blogspot.com/2008/10/britains-got-pop-factor-aka-constant.html]</ref>


==Music==
R(Our) Wayne sang a medley of [[Return to Innocence]] by [[Enigma (musical project)|Enigma]], [[Love Train]] by [[The O'Jays]], [[Earth Song]] by [[Michael Jackson]], [[YMCA (song)|YMCA]] by [[The Village People]] and [[There's No-one Quite Like Grandma]] by the [[St Winifred's School Choir]].

2 Up 2 Down sang a medley of [[We Built This City]] by [[Starship (band)|Starship]], [[Bootylicious]] by [[Destiny's Child]], [[9 to 5 (Dolly Parton song)|9 to 5]] by [[Dolly Parton]], [[Holding Out For A Hero]] by [[Bonnie Tyler]] and [[Hero (Mariah Carey song)|Hero]] by [[Mariah Carey]].

Geraldine sang a medley of [[Born to Run (song)|Born to Run]] by [[Bruce Springsteen]], the theme to [[Born Free]] (perhaps best known as [[Andy Williams]]' version), [[Free Nelson Mandela]] by [[The Specials|The Special AKA]], [[Umbrella (song)|Umbrella]] by [[Rihanna]], [[C'est la Vie (B*Witched song)|C'est la Vie]] by [[B*witched]] and [[Milkshake (song)|Milkshake]] by [[Kelis]].

The single The Winner's Song was written by Peter Kay and [[Gary Barlow]] and is released in [[HMV| HMV Stores]] on October 13th.

==Guest Stars==
The show featured cameo appearances from:

*[[Sir Paul McCartney]]
*[[The Cheeky Girls]]
*[[Ricky Wilson (British musician)|Ricky Wilson]]
*[[Rick Astley]]
*[[Lionel Blair]]
*[[Rustie Lee]]
*[[Andi Peters]]

==See also==
*[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]

==References==
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Britain's Got the Pop Factor... and Possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice
GenreComedy (sitcom)
Created byPeter Kay
StarringPeter Kay
Cat Deeley
Neil Fox
Pete Waterman
Nicki Chapman
Jo Enright
Pearce Quigley
Karl Lucas
David Hulston
Sian Foulkes
Marc Pickering
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes1
Production
Running time75 minutes (including adverts)+45 mins results show
Original release
NetworkChannel 4
Release12 October at 20:00 2008

Britain's Got The Pop Factor ... And Possibly A New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly On Ice was a two-hour comedy sitcom created, written and produced by comedian Peter Kay. The show aired on Channel 4 on 12 October 2008, making it the first show Kay has produced on the channel for four years. It has been labelled by Channel 4 as the 'comedy forefront of the autumn schedule, which will begin a year-long season of programmes'.[1][2]

The title, and general format of the show is a parody of several talent reality television programmes, the most notable being Britain's Got Talent, Pop Idol, The X Factor, Any Dream Will Do, Soapstar Superstar, Strictly Come Dancing and Dancing On Ice.

As well as being the title of the show, Britain's Got The Pop Factor... And Possibly A New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly On Ice is the title of the fictional series the show is based around.


Plot

Britain's Got The Pop Factor... And Possibly A New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly On Ice is the title of a talent show judged by Nicki Chapman, Pete Waterman and Neil Fox in which solo artists Geraldine McQueen and R Wayne and a band Two Up Two Down are the three finalists.

The two hour final hosted by Cat Deeley[3] shows the finalists' journies on the show revealing the sob stories and the fact that the sob stories are the driving force behind which contestants get through to the final.

Solo artist(e) Geraldine McQueen has gone through sexual reassignment surgery, Two Up Two Down have had a multitude of bad experiences, and R Wayne was originally eliminated at bootcamp for not having a good enough sob story but was brought back into the show after his grandmother (R Gran) died from a heart attack.

The winner of the show was Geraldine, who collapsed on stage after choking during the last lines of her version of "The Winner's Song", due to swallowing glitter paper.

Trivia

Nicki Chapman, Pete Waterman and Neil Fox were judge panellists in Popstars and Pop Idol respectively)

"The Winner's Song" was written by Gary Barlow and has been released as a single.

Already panned by critics with some calling it "a sign of desperation" [4]


Music

R(Our) Wayne sang a medley of Return to Innocence by Enigma, Love Train by The O'Jays, Earth Song by Michael Jackson, YMCA by The Village People and There's No-one Quite Like Grandma by the St Winifred's School Choir.

2 Up 2 Down sang a medley of We Built This City by Starship, Bootylicious by Destiny's Child, 9 to 5 by Dolly Parton, Holding Out For A Hero by Bonnie Tyler and Hero by Mariah Carey.

Geraldine sang a medley of Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen, the theme to Born Free (perhaps best known as Andy Williams' version), Free Nelson Mandela by The Special AKA, Umbrella by Rihanna, C'est la Vie by B*witched and Milkshake by Kelis.

The single The Winner's Song was written by Peter Kay and Gary Barlow and is released in HMV Stores on October 13th.

Guest Stars

The show featured cameo appearances from:

See also

References

  1. ^ Owen Gibson. "Peter Kay returns with reality show spoof". Guardian. Retrieved 2008-10-07.
  2. ^ "Kay's Got Talent: Comedian Kay sends up reality shows in new spoof". Daily Mail. Retrieved 2008-10-07.
  3. ^ Cat is on the Spoof for Peter
  4. ^ [1]
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