Christmas Top Of The Pops: My nearly accident-free show
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|09:00 UK time, Thursday, 23 December 2010
You know it's Christmas when you start thinking seconds for dinner is normal and thirds is something to push for, your nan has only gone and got you that same pair of slippers again, and Top Of The Pops is on the TV.
One of my earliest memories of watching Christmas Top Of The Pops was seeing East 17 perform Stay in all white, and lead singer Brian Harvey performed wearing a white puffa jacket and ski goggles. It was genius and incredibly stupid all at the same time. Classic.
Hosting the show is something I look forward to every year and as a fan, I love it being part of my Christmas Day (even if I have to see my ugly boat race on screen).
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This year really did feel like a celebration of a year of great British artists holding the UK charts in the palm of their hands.
From number one single and album artist Tinie Tempah performing the anthemic Pass Out, to Ellie Goulding battering a glitter-covered drum on stage, to JLS making even the ladies on our camera team get a bit of a swoon on.
Then there was Plan B and his incredible band, and Eliza Doolittle and her incredible belly top. Ahh, good times.
Between swallowing an unfortunate amount of fake snow and nearly leaning on the trigger for the pyro gun, I had an incredible accident-free night.
Well, that's if you don't count the Nando's I spilled on my trousers. Spot the stain on your TV folks, it is there.
Myself and big sis Fearne Cotton had a great night as always. I had to laugh as Fearne became the bionic woman of television presenters wearing - after a wardrobe panic - shoes from Claudia Winkleman and a certain undergarment from Tess Daly.
Too funny, but classic Cotton.
Without doubt, this year was one to remember.
Reggie Yates is the co-presenter of Top Of The Pops.
Top Of The Pops is on Saturday, 25 December at 2pm on BBC One and BBC One HD.
For further programme times, please visit the upcoming episodes page.
You can sing along to the hits of 2010 with Top Of The Pops Christmas Karaoke by pressing the red button during the show on BBC One on Saturday, 25 December. The TOTP Christmas Karaoke will continue to be looped on the red button until 6am on Sunday, 26 December.
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At 15:30 23rd Dec 2010, U14725923 wrote:All this user's posts have been removed.Why?
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At 20:56 23rd Dec 2010, cybermyth wrote:"genius and incredibly stupid all at the same time" seems to sum up TOTP.
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At 01:26 25th Dec 2010, cjb545 wrote:As they say you only truly miss something when it's gone, and over the past 4 years the hole left by the programme still hasn't been filled. I think the time has come to bring Top of the Pops back properly!
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At 15:04 26th Dec 2010, Sarah wrote:Top of the Pops is still remembered, I miss the days when they actually played music videos rather than reality programmes documenting the lifes and drama of celebrities. Oh well - I'll have to catch this later on when I go for my regular updates watch tv online..
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