The Girls Aloud Party

The Girls Aloud Party
The Girls Aloud Party title card.
Written by	Sketches: Will Ing Paul Powell
Directed by	Simon Staffurth Pre-title Sequence: Chris Cottam
Starring	Kimberley Walsh Nicola Roberts Nadine Coyle Cheryl Cole Sarah Harding
Voices of	Tom Baker
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Production
Executive producers	For Globe Productions: Anita Land For ITV: Lee Connolly Claire Horton
Producer	Ruben Ray-Choudhuri
Production location	The London Studios
Editors	Andy Marangon Dominic Leung
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	40 minutes (approx.) 60 minutes (inc. breaks)
Production companies	Globe Productions ITV Productions
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	13 December 2008 (2008-12-13)
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The Girls Aloud Party was a one-off Christmas variety show starring British girl group Girls Aloud, produced for ITV. The show was aired on 13 December 2008, in between The X Factor series finale and its results show.

All five members took part in the show, which generally consisted of the group performing songs, intercepted sketches and interaction with the audience.

Background

Girls Aloud performed some of their biggest hits, as well as some tracks from their latest album, Out of Control.[1] James Morrison performed his track "Broken Strings" with Girls Aloud, while Kaiser Chiefs led into "Sound of the Underground" with their own track, "Never Miss a Beat". Along with performing, Girls Aloud performed comic skits in which Cilla Black and Julie Goodyear starred as Nicola Roberts's grandmother and Sarah Harding's mother.[2]

Promotion

On 11 November, the official Girls Aloud website ran a competition in which 100 entrants would win tickets to the show.[3] The show was filmed in London on 2 December, as stated by the announcement.[3]

The programme was first advertised during The X Factor on 29 November 2008.

Reception

The Girls Aloud Party had approximately 8.37 million viewers (32.3%).[4]

Cast

Girls Aloud

• Sarah Harding
• Kimberley Walsh
• Cheryl Cole
• Nicola Roberts
• Nadine Coyle

Special guests

• Paul O'Grady
• Cilla Black
• Julie Goodyear as Sarah’s Mum

Guest performers

• James Morrison
• Kaiser Chiefs

Setlist

1. Intro Video: "Love Is The Key" (Thriller Jill Mix)
2. "The Promise"
3. Christmas Sketch (with Paul O'Grady)
4. "Call the Shots"
5. Memories Sketch (with Little Girls Aloud)
6. "I'll Stand by You"
7. Mothers Sketch (with Little Girls Aloud & Cilla Black)
8. Medley: "Never Miss a Beat"/"Sound of the Underground" (with Kaiser Chiefs)
9. "Love Machine" (contains dance break)
10. Dress Sketch (with Julie Goodyear)
11. "Broken Strings" (with James Morrison)
12. Christmas Card Sketch
13. "Love Is Pain"
14. "The Loving Kind"
15. Old Girls Aloud Sketch
16. "Something Kinda Ooooh"

References

1. "Coming soon... The Girls Aloud Party and The Priests, ITV". TV Scoop. Shiny Media. 28 November 2008. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
2. Alice Walker & Katie Hind (30 November 2008). "'Mum' Cilla aloud in". The People. Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
3. "Win tickets to the Christmas Special!". Girls Aloud. Fascination Records. 11 November 2008. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 30 November 2008.
4. "'X Factor' finale peaks with 14.6 million". Digital Spy. 14 December 2008.

External links

• The Girls Aloud Party at IMDb