Just The Two Of Us is back - nine celebrities sing for survival on Â鶹Éç One
The professionals
Sarah Brightman
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The Americans call her The Angel of Music and she's the world's biggest-selling soprano ever.
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She inspired the most successful musical of all time
and has received more than 150 gold and platinum awards in 34 countries from
America to Japan and Canada to Australia.
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Her latest album Diva is a
comprehensive collection which charts Sarah's three-decade career.
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Jocelyn Brown
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A legendary figure the dance music world, Jocelyn has had more than 20 hits on the
Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, including four number ones. She also sold
over half a million copies of Don't Talk, Just Kiss with Right Said Fred.
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Her latest album, Unreleased, is a compilation of much of her previously
unreleased work from throughout her career.
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Last year Jocelyn competed in
Just The Two Of Us with Rogue Trader's Matt Allright.
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Carol Decker
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Carol is best known as the singer/songwriter and front woman of Eighties
band, T'pau, which scored eight Top 30 UK hits and worldwide sales of more than
four million.
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China In Your Hands stayed at No.1 in the UK charts for
five weeks - the longest running chart topper of 1987. Their album Rage
went platinum and their debut album Bridge Of Spies was certified quadruple
platinum.
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After the original band split in 1991, Carol continued to tour and
record. She has also turned her hand to acting with lead roles in
productions including Mum's The Word in the West End and Nine Dead Gay
Guys with Stephen Berkoff.
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Last year Carol was a finalist in the ITV
primetime Saturday night show Hit Me Baby One More Time hosted by Vernon Kay.
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Natasha Hamilton
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Prior to launching her solo career in April 2005, Natasha was one-third of
the most successful girl band since the Spice Girls - Atomic Kitten. The band more than seven million records and scored four platinum albums in their six years
together.
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Last year Natasha reached the final of Just The Two Of Us with her partner Mark Monaghan
but they were pipped to the trophy by Sian Reeves and Russell Watson.
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Beverley Knight
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The queen of soul and R&B, Beverley has three MOBO awards to her name
alongside her nominations for both Brits and Mercury Awards.
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She's had three
gold albums, 11 Top 40 hits and Top 10 success with Shoulda Woulda
Coulda and Come As You Are.
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Last series Beverley was joined in the Just The
Two Of Us line-up by Â鶹Éç Radio Five Live's Nicky Campbell. In 2006 she was
awarded the MBE for her services to music.
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Tony Christie
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During the Seventies Tony sold more than 10 million records worldwide, but it was his 2005
Comic Relief recording of Is This The Way to Amarillo which fired his recent
success.
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Amarillo was the top single of 2005 with seven weeks at No.1 and
Tony's album The Definite Collection followed suit reaching the top of the
album and download charts.
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He was then awarded the freedom of Amarillo in
Texas and took a guest role in Emmerdale.
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Alexander O'Neal
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Alexander has sold more than 11 million albums worldwide.
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He's had six Top 20
hits in the UK, six of his albums have charted both sides of the Atlantic and
his recent Greatest Hits album was a UK Top 20 success.
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He received the
Lifetime Achievement Award at Black Expo (the forerunner to MOBO Awards).
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Last year, Alexander partnered Â鶹Éç News presenter Fiona Bruce in Just The Two
Of Us.
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Marti Pellow
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Marti holds the record for the most consecutive weekly appearances on Top Of
the Pops - 18 weeks! - with Wet Wet Wet's massive hit Love Is All Around. The single
spent 37 weeks in the charts.
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Alongside his success with Wet Wet Wet he has
released three albums as a solo recording artist - his latest Moonlight
Over Memphis hit the shelves in October and he has just finished a 17-date
sell-out tour titled In Concert Alone.
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Marti is also a star of the West End
stage and Broadway having performed as Billy Flynn in the hit musical
Chicago.
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Russell Watson
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Russell "The Voice" Watson is the UK's biggest-selling artist of the 21st
Century and winner of four classical Brit awards.
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He has achieved a minimum
of platinum or multi-platinum on every record released in the UK and holds
the world record for having an album at No.1 for 52 consecutive weeks.
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Last year Russell won Just The Two Of Us with his partner, actress Sian
Reeves, and he is eager to defend his crown.
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NB: Russell's appearance will
depend on the results of impending tests following his brain surgery earlier
this year.
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