Judges and celebrity performances

The singing and dancing celebrities will take to the stage to perform in front of a star-studded panel of judges.

Published: 28 February 2017

A different panel of guest stars and comedy royalty will join each week including Jo Brand, Julian Clary, Tameka Empson, Miranda Hart, Rufus Hound, Russell Kane, Adil Ray as Citizen Khan, Jason Manford, Paul O’Grady, Frank Skinner, Jennifer Saunders and Claudia Winkleman.

Each week, the public will vote for their favourite who automatically goes through to The Grand Final. The two runners up will go head to head in a sing and dance-off and the panel of judges will pick which act makes it to The Final. There is no scoring and at the end of the three heats, there will be six finalists who will sing and dance in the spectacular finale on Saturday 25 March on BBC One.

Live show one - Saturday 4 March, 6.45pm

In episode one, Mel and Sue are joined by TV Presenter and Radio 1 DJ Matt Edmondson, stargazer Russell Grant, funny girl Sara Pascoe, DJs Rickie and Melvin and Absolutely Fabulous actresses Helen Lederer and Harriet Thorpe.

Comedy royalty Paul O’Grady, Jo Brand and Frank Skinner are on the judging panel, plus there will be some very special guests.

  • Harriet Thorpe and Helen Lederer will perform one of ABBA’s greatest ever pop songs Dancing Queen which topped the charts worldwide.
  • Matt Edmondson will perform Superbass by the American rapper and singing superstar, Nicki Minaj.
  • Rickie Haywood Williams and Melvin Odoom will perform a massive mash-up of Will Smith’s biggest tunes.
  • Russell Grant is performing the 1980’s iconic disco hit Chain Reaction by superstar diva Diana Ross.
  • Sara Pascoe will become Sia in her sensational chart-topping hit Chandelier.

Live show two - Saturday 11 March

In episode two, Mel and Sue are joined by a group of 90’s and noughties ex-boy band stars now known as Boys Allowed, The Chasers, the cast of Casualty and Holby City, EastEnders actor Danny-Boy Hatchard and reality TV stars James and Ola Jordan.

Claudia Winkleman, Adil Ray as Citizen Khan and Russell Kane join the star-studded judging panel plus there will be some very special guests.

  • Boys Allowed (Ben Ofoedu, Duncan James, Gareth Gates, Jon Lee and Ritchie Neville) will perform the single Biology by one of the UK’s most successful female pop groups, Girls Aloud.
  • Cast of Casualty and Holby City (Amanda Henderson, Chizzy Akudolu and Tony Marshall) will do a special rendition of the huge hit phenomenon Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars.
  • The Chasers (Anne Hegerty, Jenny Ryan, Mark Labbett and Shaun Wallace) are performing a medley from the classic musical Wizard Of Oz.
  • Danny-Boy Hatchard will take on the legend that is Elton John and perform his iconic hit I’m Still Standing.
  • James and Ola Jordan will perform All About That Bass by pop singing sensation, Meghan Trainor.

Live show three - Saturday 18 March

In episode three, Mel and Sue are joined by a super group of The One Show reporters, TV presenter Alison Hammond, comedians Peter Firman and Ellie Taylor, actress Sally Lindsay and Gogglebox legends Steph and Dom Parker.

The judging panel will be the fabulous Miranda Hart, Jennifer Saunders, Julian Clary and Tameka Empson plus there will be some very special guests.

  • The One Show reporters (Alex Riley, Angellica Bell, Dominic Littlewood, Iwan Thomas and Michelle Ackerley) will perform Born This Way by global superstar Lady Gaga.
  • Alison Hammond will transform into American rapper Missy Elliot to perform Get Ur Freak On.
  • Sally Lindsay will be Noddy Holder singing the rock classic Cum On Feel The Noize by the legendary Slade.
  • Steph and Dom Parker from Gogglebox will perform Dead Ringer For Love by the legendary Meatloaf and Cher.
  • Comedians Pete Firman and Ellie Taylor will take on a huge pop number from one of the UK’s biggest girl groups, Black Magic by BRIT award-winning Little Mix.

Live Grand Final - Saturday 25 March

In episode four, the six winners of each of the heats will return to sing and dance once again, and the public will decide who should be crowned the champion of Let’s Sing And Dance For Comic Relief 2017.