Category: TV
Ent
Date: 24.11.2004
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The singer, actress and entertainment legend Liza Minnelli
will make her Royal Variety debut this year at the annual Royal Variety
Performance in front of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales at the
London Coliseum on 14 December.
Stars from all shades of the entertainment and music spectrum will
be treading the boards in this spectacular evening which will be screened
on BBC ONE on 15 December at 8.00pm.
Ozzy Osbourne will take to the stage for his only
UK performance this year while Brian McFadden and Delta
Goodrem will give the first TV performance of their new duet
Almost Here.
In the first televised performance from the West End Hit The Producers,
the show's stars, Nathan Lane and Lee Evans,
will perform a medley of songs from the new musical.
Gwen Stefani and Jamelia up the pop
ante alongside Girls Aloud and Lemar,
and Sir Elton John will perform a track from his new
album, plus an exclusive performance of Electricity from his brand new
stage musical of the hit film Billy Elliot.
Denise Van Outen performs her own unique version of
Kirsty McColl's In These Shoes and Sir Cliff Richard
takes to the stage with a few musical surprises up his sleeve!
Other stars to grace the stage this year will be Natasha Kaplinsky,
Sharon Osbourne, Graham Norton, Shane
Richie, Barbara Windsor, the three Strictly
Come Dancing finalists, Michael Buble, Jimmy
Carr, Josh Groban, Dara O'Briain,
Bath Boy, Ennio Marchetto, comedian
Will Smith, and as always there will be some big surprises
for the audience on the night.
This year the London Coliseum celebrates its centenary and re-opens
after undergoing a £41m restoration.
The Royal Variety Performance is a charity event in aid of the Entertainment
Artist's Benevolent Fund and will transmit on BBC ONE on 15 December
at 8.00pm.
Notes to Editors
The full line-up including surprise guests and details of all the acts
will be issued on the day of the performance (14 December).
As the event records the night before transmission, there will be no
preview tapes available.
