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Donny Osmond and Brian Conley freshen up entertainment on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Daytime
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Jay Hunt, Controller, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Daytime and Early Peak, has commissioned two brand new entertainment shows bringing some springtime sparkle to daytime on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ One and ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Two.
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Pop icon Donny Osmond will host Identity – the ultimate mind-game from Reveille for ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Two.
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Already a massive hit in the US, this intense game of impulse and reasoning stretches the contestants' powers of judgement, perception and instinct as they attempt to match 12 complete strangers with their secret identities. The more strangers they identify, the more cash they win.
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Dirty Rotten Cheater is a brand new quiz format from Distraction for ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ One. Brian Conley (Let Me Entertain You) fires questions at contestants competing for a prize ... the twist is that one of the contestants already knows all the answers.
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The honest players have to expose the Dirty Rotten Cheater to stand a chance of winning. Strategies and tactics are the order of the day as each show climaxes in a showdown between the final two contestants.
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Jay Hunt commented: "We've taken a fresh look at entertainment on Daytime and we will be launching a number of new shows this year.
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"We couldn't be more excited about Donny joining the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Daytime line-up and it's great to be working with Brian again after the success of Let Me Entertain You."
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Dirty Rotten Cheater is a ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Entertainment, London production and Identity a ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Entertainment, Manchester production.
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The shows will debut on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ One and ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Two, respectively, later this year.
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Commissioning Editor, Daytime and Early Peak, for Dirty Rotten Cheater and Identity is Sumi Connock.
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Executive Producers for Identity are Pam Cavannagh and Kieron Collins. Phil Parsons is Executive Producer for Dirty Rotten Cheater.
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Notes to Editors
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Donny Osmond has hosted TV variety, talk, and game shows and starred in feature films. His recent autobiography entered the UK best-seller chart at number one, and he just finished a sold-out four-month run on Broadway as Gaston in Beauty And The Beast. His latest CD (his 55th!), went gold upon its UK release last month, and will be followed in the autumn by a national concert tour.
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Brian Conley has had a fantastic start to the year so far. Whilst starring as Buttons in The Birmingham Hippodrome's production of Cinderella, the theatre took more than £2million in ticket sales which is believed to be an all-time record for pantomime in the UK. The 2006/7 production of Cinderella played to more than 100,000 people across 71 performances.
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As well as Dirty Rotten Cheater, Brian has been working hard on the second series of Let Me Entertain You for ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Two.
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