| Showbiz Darts | |
|---|---|
| Format | Game show |
| Starring | Sarah Cawood |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. Sarah Cawood (born 7 August 1972 in London) is a British Television presenter. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located of episodes | 15 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes (inc. commercials) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Challenge |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Original run | October 2, 2006 – October 20, 2006 |
Showbiz Darts was a British televised celebrity darts tournament which first aired on October 2, 2006 on the digital television channel Challenge. Challenge is a British digital TV channel owned by Virgin Media Television. The aspect ratio of an Image is its width divided by its height Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. British television broadcasting started in 1936 and now has a collection of free and subscription services over a variety of distribution media through which there are up to 600 channels A celebrity is a widely-recognized or famous person who commands a high degree of public and media attention Darts refers to a variety of related games in which darts are thrown at a circular target (dartboard hung on a wall Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Challenge is a British digital TV channel owned by Virgin Media Television. It was presented by Sarah Cawood, with famous darts stage host Martin Fitzmaurice, referee George Noble and commentator Tony Green. Sarah Cawood (born 7 August 1972 in London) is a British Television presenter. Martin Fitzmaurice (born June 3, 1940, in Kensington, West London is an English darts master of ceremonies caller scorer and referee who has operated Tony Abraham Green (born 1939 UK) was Announcer and co-host of the popular television Darts quiz Bullseye, produced by Central
It was recorded in two sessions on July 20, 2006 at the Lakeside Country Club, home of the World Professional Darts Championship. Events 1304 - Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle - King Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The World Professional Darts Championship is the most important tournament in the Darts calendar
The celebrities that competed in the tournament were Michael Le Vell, Vicki Butler-Henderson, Roland Rivron, Holly Willoughby, Phil Tufnell, Keith Chegwin, James Hewitt and Johnny Vegas. Michael Le Vell (real name Michael Turner) (born December 15, 1964 in Manchester) is an English Character actor, who Victoria "Vicki" Butler-Henderson (born 16 February 1972, in Hertfordshire, England) is a racing driver and Television Rowland Rivron (born 1958) is a British comedian musician writer and a television presenter Holly Marie Willoughby (born 10 February 1981 in Brighton) is an English Television presenter, best known for the ITV1 Philip (Phil Clive Roderick "Tuffers" Tufnell (born April 29, 1966 in Barnet) is a Television personality and former English Keith "Cheggers" Chegwin (born 17 January 1957 in Bootle) is an English Television presenter, former Child actor For other people of this name see James Hewitt (disambiguation. Johnny Vegas (born 11 September, 1971 as Michael Joseph Pennington) is an English Actor and Comedian.
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Nicknames
In keeping with darting tradition, the celebrities were given or adopted nicknames. The Professional Darts Corporation (PDC is a Professional Darts organisation established in the United Kingdom during 1992 which split from
Rowland Right Here Rivron
Johnny The Saint Vegas
Keith Cheggers Chegwin
Vicki The Vixen Butler-Henderson
Phil The Cat Tufnell
James The Galloping Major Hewitt
Michael Spirit Le Vell
Holly Hard to Beat Willoughby
Format
The eight celebrities were split into two groups of four, each captained by top darts professionals Andy Fordham and Bobby George who trained their respective teams in preparation for the event. Andy Fordham (born February 2, 1962 in London) is an English darts player also known by his nicknames The Viking or Frist Bobby George (born December 16, 1945) is an English Darts player and pundit who is known as one of the leading characters in the game for Each darts professional trained their team members at very different venues: Andy trained his team at "The Rose", a Dartford pub where he and his wife runs, and Bobby trained his at George Hall, near Colchester. Dartford is the principal town in the borough of Dartford. It is situated in the northwest corner of Kent, England, 16 miles (25 km east south-east Colchester ( /ˈkəʊltʃɛstə/ is a town and the largest settlement within the borough of Colchester, in Essex, England.
The four players from Fordham's group competed against each other in a round-robin format and the four players from George's group did the same. A round-robin tournament or all-play-all tournament is a type of group tournament in which each participant plays every other participant an equal number of times The matches consisted of one-leg where the first to reach exactly 501 wins two points. Darts refers to a variety of related games in which darts are thrown at a circular target (dartboard hung on a wall In the event that no player checked out in the time allocated for the match, then the winner was the player who achieved the highest score with 3 darts in a sudden-death shootout.
These points were recorded in each team's league table and the top two contenders in each group will then progress to the semi-finals and then the final, where the champion was awarded the Showbiz Darts 2006 trophy.
Results & Broadcast Dates
Andy Fordham's Group
October 2: Rowland Rivron beat Johnny Vegas in sudden-death shootout
October 4: Keith Chegwin beat Vicki Butler-Henderson (winning dart double 7)
October 6: Vicki Butler-Henderson beat Rowland Rivron (winning dart double 6)
October 10: Johnny Vegas beat Keith Chegwin (checkout 32 - single 16, double 8)
October 12: Keith Chegwin beat Rowland Rivron (winning dart double 2)
October 16: Johnny Vegas beat Vicki Butler-Henderson (checkout 47 - single 15, double 16)
Vegas plays Chegwin in semi-final
Bobby George's Group
October 3: James Hewitt beat Phil Tufnell (winning dart double 1)
October 5: Michael Le Vell beat Holly Willoughby (winning dart double 17)
October 9: Michael Le Vell beat Phil Tufnell (winning dart double 1)
October 11: James Hewitt beat Holly Willoughby (winning dart double 1)
October 13: Phil Tufnell beat Holly Willoughby (winning dart double 4)
October 17: Michael Le Vell beat James Hewitt (checkout 23 - single 15, double 4)
Hewitt plays Le Vell in semi-final
Semi Finals
October 18 Johnny Vegas beat Keith Chegwin (winning dart double 1)
October 19 Michael Le Vell beat James Hewitt (winning dart double 1)
Final
October 20 Michael Le Vell (Bobby George's Group) beat Johnny Vegas (Andy Fordham's Group) by 2 legs to 1.
Vegas won the first leg in 47 darts (on double 8), Le Vell the second in 53 (on double 7) and the last in 28 (on double 16).
Three Dart Averages Le Vell 35. 60 Vegas 35. 21
- Phil Tufnell hit 120, the highest 3-dart score of the tournament, during his defeat to Michael Le Vell broadcast on October 9. Tufnell also managed the best leg of the group phase, with a 34 darter (average 44. 21) against Holly Willoughby in his last group match. Despite these two statistics, he failed to qualify for the semi-finals.
- The highest checkout was achieved by Johnny Vegas who finished with 47 (single 15, double 16 and a dart to spare) in his last group game on October 16.
- Holly Willoughby was the only player who failed to win a single match in the competition, Michael Le Vell managed to win all five of his matches en-route to the title.
Showbiz Darts: Extra Arrows
After each episode the celebrities featured on Showbiz Darts: Extra Arrows, a half-hour show hosted by MTV presenter DP Fitzgerald where they discussed their game and coaching, as well as celebrity gossip. MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City. There was also a daily darts challenge between the two team captains, Bobby George and Andy Fordham.
Viewing Figures
The BARB audience viewing figures website [1] reports the top 10 programmes for each multi-channel television station. The Broadcasters' Audience Research Board, or BARB, is the organisation that compiles television ratings in the United Kingdom. It lists Showbiz Darts (Extra Arrows) as reaching the top 10 programmes on several occasions - however Showbiz Darts was broadcast at 2230, so this could possibly be mis-reporting.
- Viewing Figures where available.
- 2nd week
- Monday October 9 96,000 (2nd for the week on Challenge TV)
- Tuesday October 10 96,000 (3rd)
- Wednesday October 11 64,000 (8th)
- Shows for Thursday & Friday (12th / 13 October) failed to reach top 10 achieving less than 61,000 viewers. Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule Events 42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople Events 105 BC - Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated Events 1138 - A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria. 1531 - Huldrych Zwingli is killed
- Final week
- Monday October 16 68,000 (9th for the week on Challenge TV)
- Tuesday October 17 79,000 (5th)
- Wednesday October 18 84,000 (4th)
- Thursday October 19 79,000 (6th)
- Friday October 20 - the final 94,000 (2nd)
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