It Takes Two
Format	Entertainment
Created by	Seven Network
Country of origin	Australia
Production
Running time	approx 90 to 120 minutes per episode (including commercials)
Broadcast
Original channel	Channel Seven
Original airing	May 28, 2006

It Takes Two is the Australian version of UK series Just the Two of Us, currently in its third season.^[1] The first two series aired in 2006 and 2007. The third season began on Tuesday 12 February 2008 at 7:30pm on Seven. The show was "rested" by Channel 7 in 2009 and will make a 2010 return. Considered hosts Paul O' Brien and Charli Delaney will still host the program.

Contents 1 Concept 2 On Air 2.1 Regular judges 2.1.1 Musical Conductor 2.1.2 Guest judge 2.1.3 Former Co-hosts 3 Series One (2006) 3.1 Judges Scores 3.1.1 Scorecard 4 Average Chart 4.1 Season Summary 5 Series Two (2007) 5.1 Judges Scores 6 Average Chart 6.1 Season Summary 7 Series Three (2008) 7.1 Judges Scores 8 Average Chart 8.1 Season Summary 9 (2009) 10 Ratings 11 Controversy and Criticism 12 References 13 External links

[edit] Concept

The show pairs celebrities with professional singers who each week compete against each other in a sing-off to impress a panel of judges and ultimately the viewing public in order to survive potential elimination.

Through both telephone and SMS voting, viewers vote for the duo they think should remain in the competition. Judges scores are also taken into account and are combined with the viewer votes when determining which duos stay and go each week.

The show was originally referred to in the media as Singing with the Stars, partly because of the similarity in concept to Dancing with the Stars.

It Takes Two has had quite a history with their hosts. Grant Denyer hosted It Takes Two between 2006 and 2008 with a various of female co-hosts such as Terasa Livingstone, Kate Ritchie and the most recent host from the 2008 series Erika Heynatz.

[edit] On Air

[edit] Regular judges

• Marina Prior (2006- )
• James Valentine (2006- )
• Ross Wilson (2006- )
• Amanda Pelman (2006- )

[edit] Musical Conductor

• Chong Lim

[edit] Guest judge

• Daryl Braithwaite (Guest judge in season 2)
• Danni Minogue (Guest judge in season 3)

[edit] Former Co-hosts

• Erika Heynatz (2008)
• Kate Ritchie (2007)
• Terasa Livingstone (2006)

[edit] Series One (2006)

The first series premiered on Sunday May 28, 2006 and concluded on Sunday August 6, 2006. It featured the following celebrities:

Celebrity	Occupation	Professional singer	Genre/s Eliminated On	Song/s Eliminated On	Placing
Erika Heynatz	Model and television personality	David Hobson	-	-	Winners on August 6
Sarah Ryan	Former Olympic swimmer	Guy Sebastian	R&B Professional Hit	I Want You Back by The Jackson Five Angels Brought Me Here by Guy Sebastian	Runners-up on August 6
Mark Furze	Actor - Home and Away	Rachael Beck	Swing Musicals	Can't Take My Eyes Off You by Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons Beauty and the Beast by Peabo Bryson and Celine Dion	Eliminated 8th on July 30
Kate Ritchie	Actress - Home and Away	Troy Cassar-Daley	Swing	Route 66 by Sammy Davis Jr	Eliminated 7th on July 23
Richard Champion	Former Australian Rules footballer	Wendy Matthews	-	The Power of Love by Huey Lewis and the News	Eliminated 6th on July 16
Simon Reeve	Television presenter	Paulini Curuenavuli	Ballad	Reminiscing by Little River Band	Eliminated 5th on July 9
Michael Bevan	Australian cricketer	Jade MacRae	-	With or Without You by U2	Eliminated 4th on July 2
Kate Fischer	Model and actress	Dave Gleeson	Rock & Roll	Suspicious Minds by Elvis Presley	Eliminated 3rd on June 25
Judy Nunn	Former Actress - Home and Away and author	Glenn Shorrock	Musicals	Luck Be a Lady from Guys and Dolls	Eliminated 2nd on June 18
Richard Zachariah	Journalist and television presenter	Karen Knowles	Rock	"Gloria" by Van Morrison	Eliminated 1st on June 4

[edit] Judges Scores

[edit] Scorecard

Red numbers indicate the couples with the lowest score for each week.

Green numbers indicate the couples with the highest

score for each week.

     indicates the couples eliminated that week

     indicates the winning couple.

     indicates the runner-up couple

EP = Episode
S = Swing, P = Pop, R = Rock, M = Movies/Musicals, R&R = Rock & Roll, N1 = Number Ones, B = Ballad, D = Disco, C = Country, PR = Professional Hit, R&B = R&B, FA = Fast, SL = Slow, J = Journey.

Couple	EP 1	EP 2	EP 3	EP 4	EP 5	EP 6	EP 7	EP 8	EP 9	EP 10
Erika/David	26 P	30 M	31 R&R	34 N1	30 B	32 C	34 R	73 S, R&B	73 PR, D	112 FA, SL, J
Sarah/Guy	25 P	28 M	26 R&R	27 N1	30 D	28 C	33 S	68 R, B	61 PR, R&B	101 FA, SL, J
Mark/Rachael	30 P	23 M	28 R&R	32 N1	31 B	35 D	33 R	71 S, R&B	64 PR, C
Kate/Troy	24 P	26 M	30 R&B	27 N1	24 B	36 R&R	35 R	66 C, SW
Richard/Wendy	29 P	23 M	21 R&B	25 N1	25 D	32 R&R	28 C
Simon/Paulini	25 S	30 R	29 R&B	22 N1	30 D	25 B
Michael/Jade	25 S	23 R	28 R&B	24 N1	29 C
Kate/Dave	20 S	22 R	24 R&R	22 N1
Judy/Glen	27 P	27 M	23 R&B
Richard/Karen	16 S	18 R

EP = Episode
Erika Heynatz and her partner David Hobson were eventually declared the winners, defeating Sarah Ryan and her partner, Guy Sebastian.

[edit] Average Chart

This chart is based on the celebrities averages and not their place in the competition.

Rank by average	Competition finish	Couple	Total	Number of performances	Average
1	01 1	Erika & David	475	14	33.9
2	02 2	Sarah & Guy	427	14	30.5
3	04 4	Kate & Troy	269	9	29.9
4	03 3	Mark & Rachael	314	11	28.5
5	06 6	Simon & Paulini	161	6	26.8
6	05 5	Richard & Wendy	183	8	26.1
7	07 7	Michael & Jade	129	5	25.8
8	09 9	Judy & Glen	77	3	25.7
9	08 8	Kate & David	88	4	22.0
10	10 10	Richard & Karen	34	2	11.0

[edit] Season Summary

• There was no episode broadcast on June 11 due to the Seven Network's coverage of a rugby union international between Australia and England, therefore there were no contestant eliminations for that week.

• On July 23, Larry Emdur was the fill-in host for Grant Denyer. This was due to Denyer's commitments in the second tier of the V8 Supercars series.

• Nick Lachey was a special guest in the grand finale on August 6, who performed "What's Left of Me".

[edit] Series Two (2007)

The second series premiered on Tuesday May 8, 2007 and concluded on Tuesday July 10, 2007. It featured the following celebrities:

Celebrity	Occupation	Professional singer	Genre/s Eliminated On	Song/s Eliminated On	Placing
Jolene Anderson	Actress - All Saints	David Campbell	-	-	Winners on July 10
Jo Stanley	Television and radio personality	Anthony Callea	Rock 'n' Roll Professional Hit	"Johnny B. Goode" by Chuck Berry "The Prayer" by Anthony Callea	Runners-up on July 10
Mimi Macpherson	Presenter, sister of Elle Macpherson	David Hobson	Swing Movies	"My Baby Just Cares For Me" by Nina Simone "Hanky Panky" by Madonna	Eliminated 8th on July 3
Ernie Dingo	Actor, presenter - The Great Outdoors	Rachael Beck	Rock	"Solid Rock" by Goanna	Eliminated 7th on June 26
Daniel Kowalski	Former Olympic swimmer	Kate Ceberano	The 80s	"Walking on Sunshine" by Eddy Grant	Eliminated 6th on June 19
Bobby Morley	Actor - Home and Away	Jade MacRae	70s & 80s	"Hold The Line" by Toto	Eliminated 5th on June 12
Julia Zemiro	Comedian, television presenter - RocKwiz	Dave Gleeson	Rock & Roll	"Jailhouse Rock" by Elvis Presley	Eliminated 4th on June 5
Russell Gilbert	Comedian	Wendy Matthews	Number One Hits	"Play That Funky Music" by Wild Cherry	Eliminated 3rd on May 29
Krystal Forscutt	Big Brother Australia 2006 contestant, Zoo Weekly columnist and model	Troy Cassar-Daley	Ballad	"Heaven" by Bryan Adams	Eliminated 2nd on May 22
Lochie Daddo	Actor	Paulini Curuenavuli	Swing	"Come Fly with Me" by Frank Sinatra	Eliminated 1st on May 15

[edit] Judges Scores

Celebrity/Singing Partners	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 61	Week 7	Week 82	Week 92	Week 103
Jolene Anderson/David Campbell	32	30	33	36	37	45	40	78	75	115
Jo Stanley/Anthony Callea	30	28	33	30	33	40	28	63	74	105
Mimi Macpherson/David Hobson	28	19	26	23	24	35	28	61	69
Ernie Dingo/Rachael Beck	26	26	28	27	22	37	33	61
Daniel Kowalski/Kate Ceberano	20	28	30	33	28	40	31
Bobby Morley/Jade MacRae	26	26	24	30	28	37
Julia Zemiro/Dave Gleeson	22	27	28	33	31
Russell Gilbert/Wendy Matthews	27	31	31	27
Krystal Forscutt/Troy Cassar-Daley	23	30	26
Lochie Daddo/Paulini Curuenavuli	22	20

¹Week 6 featured a guest judge (Daryl Braithwaite), and scores were out of 50.
²Contestants in weeks 8 & 9 performed two songs, resulting with two scores out of 40, and added to out of 80.
³Contestants apart of the grand finale performed three songs, with three scores out of 40, and added out of 120.

[edit] Average Chart

This chart is based on the celebrities averages and not their place in the competition.

Rank by average	Competition finish	Couple	Total	Number of performances	Average
1	01 1	Jolene & David	512	14	36.6
2	02 2	Jo & Anthony	456	14	32.3
3	08 8	Russell & Wendy	116	4	29.0
4	05 5	Daniel & Kate	202	7	28.9
5	07 7	Julia & David	141	5	28.2
6	04 4	Ernie & Rachael	253	9	28.1
7	03 3	Mimi & David	306	11	27.8
8	06 6	Bobby & Jade	164	6	27.3
9	09 9	Krystal & Troy	79	3	26.3
10	10 10	Lochie & Paulini	42	2	21.0

[edit] Season Summary

• It was reported that celebrities Laura Csortan and Candice Falzon also auditioned, but were turned down for a "lack of basic singing ability" ^[2].

• Kate Ritchie, a contestant in series one, also replaced Terasa Livingstone as co-host for this series.

• New singing partners included Anthony Callea, David Campbell and Kate Ceberano, replacing Guy Sebastian, Glenn Shorrock and Karen Knowles.

• On May 15, Larry Emdur was the fill-in host for Grant Denyer. In this episode, Kate Ritchie made a comment that when he was the host last time, she got voted out from last series.

• On June 12, the show featured a guest judge, (Daryl Braithwaite)

• On June 26, the show featured a special guest, Michael Buble who sang songs from his new album, Call Me Irresponsible.

[edit] Series Three (2008)

The third series of It Takes Two commenced on Tuesday 12 February 2008 at 7:30pm on Seven. The following celebrities and singers are performing, and confirmation of partners are now known. In addition, Erika Heynatz, winner of Season 1 of the series is the new co-host alongside Grant Denyer.

Celebrity	Occupation	Professional singer	Genre/s Eliminated On	Song/s Eliminated On	Placing
Julia Morris	Television presenter, actor and writer	David Hobson	-	-	Winners on April 22
Russell Robertson	Australian Football League player	Kate Ceberano	Fast Slow Journey	"Can't Buy Me Love" by Michael Bublé "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" by Elton John "Home" by Michael Buble	Runner Up on April 22
Virginia Gay	Actress - All Saints	Ian Moss	Rock Professional Hit	"One" by U2 "Tucker's Daughter" by Ian Moss	Eliminated 8th on April 15
Paul O'Brien	Actor - Home and Away	Jade MacRae	Swing	"Mack the Knife" by Bobby Darin	Eliminated 7th on April 8
Candice Falzon	Ironwoman	Anthony Callea	Rock	"Hook Me Up" by The Veronicas	Eliminated 6th on April 1
Sara Groen	Seven News Sydney weather presenter	Adam Harvey	Disco	"Can't Get Enough Of Your Love" by Barry White	Eliminated 5th on March 25
Chloe Maxwell	Television presenter	David Campbell	80s	"Crazy For You" by Madonna	Eliminated 4th on March 11
Scott Draper	Professional tennis and golf player	Ricki-Lee Coulter	Ballad	"How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" by Michael Bolton	Eliminated 3rd on March 4
Mark Wilson	Professional dancer, Dancing With The Stars judge	Rachael Beck	Country	"9 To 5" by Dolly Parton	Eliminated 2nd on February 26
John Mangos	Sky News Australia anchor	Wendy Matthews	Pop	"You Are the Sunshine of My Life" by Stevie Wonder	Eliminated 1st on February 19

[edit] Judges Scores

Celebrity/Singing Partners [3]	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 51	Week 6	Week 7	Week 82	Week 92	Week 103
Julia Morris/David Hobson	29	32	35	33	38	32	35	67	69	117
Russell Robertson/Kate Ceberano	31	32	33	33	36	36	33	70	72	109
Virginia Gay/Ian Moss	35	32	34	31	32	33	38	75	69
Paul O'Brien/Jade MacRae	22	25	19	22	23	19	30	59
Candice Falzon/Anthony Callea	24	28	28	29	33	29	28
Sara Groen/Adam Harvey	30	27	23	30	27	31
Chloe Maxwell/David Campbell	29	29	29	32	28
Scott Draper/Ricki-Lee Coulter	28	31	30	27
Mark Wilson/Rachael Beck	27	31	22
John Mangos/Wendy Matthews	21	24

¹Week 5 featured a guest judge (Danni Minogue), and scores were still out of 40. She replaced Ross Wilson for the week, as he was unable to attend.
²Contestants in weeks 8 & 9 performed two songs, resulting with two scores out of 40, and added to out of 80.
³Contestants apart of the grand finale will perform three songs, with three scores out of 40, and added out of 120.

[edit] Average Chart

This chart is based on the celebrities averages and not their place in the competition.

Rank by average	Competition finish	Couple	Total	Number of performances	Average
1	01 1	Julia & David	487	14	34.8
2	02 2	Russell & Kate	485	14	34.6
3	03 3	Virginia & Ian	379	11	34.5
4	07 7	Chloe & David	147	5	29.4
5	08 8	Scott & Ricki Lee	116	4	29.0
6	05 5	Candice & Anthony	199	7	28.4
7	06 6	Sara & Adam	168	6	28.0
8	09 9	Mark & Rachael	80	3	26.7
9	04 4	Paul & Jade	219	9	24.3
10	10 10	John & Wendy	45	2	22.5

[edit] Season Summary

• Despite being turned down for a lack of basic singing ability in Series 2 ironwoman Candice Falzon is one of the contestants in Series 3.

• New singing partners in this series are Ricki-Lee Coulter, Ian Moss and Adam Harvey, replacing Paulini Curuenavuli, Dave Gleeson and Troy Cassar-Daley.

• Kate Ritchie declined to return for the third season of the show.^[4]

• Scott Draper, Mark Wilson, Julia Morris, John Mangos, and Russell Robertson appeared on the Deal or No Deal - It Takes Two special, which also aired on the Seven Network during the week of February 3, 2008.

• On March 18, a countdown special of It Takes Two aired for one hour highlighting each singing duos journey the final six have had throughout their stint in Series 3. Hence, no live performances were aired, therefore no contestant was eliminated that week.

[edit] (2009)

The show is being "rested" in 2009

[edit] Ratings

It Takes Two is one of the most successful television programs to air on Australian television (along with Dancing with the Stars), after two seasons, the program continues to attract an average of 1.5 million viewers a week nationally.^{[citation needed]}

Series 1 was a hit for the Seven Network, providing them with solid numbers post 7:30 pm, where on a Sunday; Seven has had little success up against the Nine Network's 60 Minutes, and Big Brother and Australian Idol on the Ten Network.

Series 2 moved to a new night and time in 2007: 7:30pm Tuesdays, airing in the slot usually occupied by the highly successful Dancing with the Stars. The premiere ranked third for the night, averaging 1.5 million viewers, behind Seven's news programming and ahead of a special extended edition of Nine's 20 to 1 episode "Great Movie One-Liners"^[5]. The show has now managed to stay in the top 3 of the rating, and has been proved to be very successful for the Seven Network.

In Series 3, with only one season of Dancing with the Stars to air later in 2008, It Takes Two was moved to February, however retains the highly successful timeslot of 7:30pm on Tuesdays.

[edit] Controversy and Criticism

• In each season finale, the couple crowned champions only won if he/she had the most votes, therefore more of a popularity contest than indication of talent. Since the voting process worked that the couple with the most votes gets the most points and merged with their scores. E.g. If a couple had the most votes and had the second highest score with 4 couples remaining, they'll score 4 points from votes and 3 from the performance scores totalling to 7. Since if there was a tie for points in the final two, i.e. 3-3, the couple with the most votes will win.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• It Takes Two Official website
• It Takes Two contestant interviews
• It Takes Two at the Internet Movie Database
• It Takes Two at TV.com