Celebrity Juice is a British television comedy panel game broadcast on ITV2 between 24 September 2008 and 15 December 2022. The show was written and presented by Leigh Francis in the role of his alter ego Keith Lemon. The format for the series was first suggested in 2007, after the final series of Francis's Channel 4 sketch show Bo' Selecta!. ITV approached him to create a show featuring Lemon, and after the success of the five-part series Keith Lemon's Very Brilliant World Tour, the channel commissioned Celebrity Juice. The original premise of the show was to see which team knows most about the week's tabloid news stories, although later series focus more on the comedy factor of the participating celebrity guests and games involving them, rather than discussing the week's news.
Fearne Cotton and Holly Willoughby were the show's original team captains. In December 2018, Cotton announced that she would leave the series after ten years in order to pursue other projects. She was replaced by Paddy McGuinness, though he left after one series and was replaced by Mel B. On 4 May 2020, Willoughby revealed her decision to quit the series after 12 years on the show. She made her final appearance as team captain at the end of the 23rd series. Mel B also departed at the end of series 23. On 10 September 2020, it was announced that Laura Whitmore and Emily Atack had joined the show as team captains. On 29 March 2021, it was announced that Maya Jama had joined the show as a regular panellist. In December 2021, Celebrity Juice became one of three shows by Francis to get recommissioned for 2022, along with ITV2's Shopping with Keith Lemon and the E4/Channel 4 mockumentary series, The Holden Girls: Mandy & Myrtle.
On 29 June 2022, it was announced that Celebrity Juice had been cancelled by ITV; the series concluded with two specials which aired on 8 and 15 December 2022.
Production
Celebrity Juice was filmed at the Riverside Studios from 2008 until 2014. In August 2014 it was announced that the show, along with the BBC's Never Mind the Buzzcocks and Sweat the Small Stuff, would be hosted at Elstree Studios Stage 9 whilst redevelopment takes place at their former home. For its first seven series, the show was produced by Talkback Thames, and it has been produced by Talkback since series eight (the same production company, but rebranded). The show is produced by Dan Baldwin and Leon Wilson.
Transmissions
Series Episodes Originally aired Team captains Regular panellist Series premiere Series finale1824 September 200812 November 2008Fearne Cotton Holly Willoughby style="text-align: center; " rowspan="1" 21025 February 200929 April 2009 Rufus Hound318 March 201020 May 20104149 September 201030 December 201051610 February 201126 May 20116131 September 201129 December 201179 February 20123 May 201281530 August 201221 December 2012 Chris Ramsey91328 February 201323 May 2013Kelly Brook101529 August 201326 December 2013 Fearne Cotton111220 February 201422 May 2014 style="text-align: center; " rowspan="2" 121311 September 201430 December 2014 Gino D'Acampo131019 March 201521 May 2015 Holly Willoughby Gino D'Acampo141410 September 201530 December 2015 Gino D'Acampo style="text-align: center; " rowspan="1" 151017 March 201619 May 2016 Fearne Cotton Gino D'Acampo16148 September 201629 December 2016171123 March 20178 June 2017181214 September 201721 December 2017191122 March 20187 June 2018201213 September 201820 December 2018211021 March 201923 May 2019Paddy McGuinnessStacey Solomon22810 October 201919 December 2019 Mel B style="text-align: center; " rowspan="3" 2369 April 202014 May 202024 10 22 October 2020 27 December 2020 Laura Whitmore Emily Atack25 8 April 2021 16 December 2021 Maya Jama26 24 March 2022 26 May 2022 style="text-align: center; " rowspan="2" Specials28 December 202215 December 2022
Merchandise A Celebrity Juice calendar was released by Danilo Promotions (22 September 2012), it features 68 pages of classic moments from the show. A Celebrity Juice book was released by Orion (26 September 2013). It features 160 pages and was published on a hardback format and kindle version.
Home media
DVD and Blu-ray releases TitleNo. of disc(s)YearNo. of episodesDVD releaseBlu-ray releaseRegion 2Region BCelebrity Juice – Too Juicy for TV12008, 2009 & 2010Best bits from series 1–3 and various unseen footage21 November 2011 –Celebrity Juice – Too Juicy for TV 2 12010 & 2011Best bits from series 4–6 and various unseen footage19 November 201219 November 2012Celebrity Juice – The Bang Tidy Box Set: Too Juicy for TV 1 & 2 32008, 2009, 2010 & 2011Best bits from series 1–6 and various unseen footage19 November 2012 –Celebrity Juice: Obscene and Unseen12012 & 2013Best bits from series 7–9 and various unseen footage 4 November 2013 –Celebrity Juice: T'Box Set42008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 & 2013Best bits from series 1–9 and various unseen footage 4 November 2013 –
Online Celebrity Juice was previously released on Netflix, although only selected episodes from series seven were available On iTunes Series 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and aired episodes from Series 12 as well as Too Juicy for TV.
Reception
Critical reception In 2009, 2010 and 2011, the show was voted "Worst British TV Panel Show" in the British Comedy Guide's annual awards. In 2011, the show won the Best Entertainment Show Award at the TV Choice Awards and in 2012, it won an National Television Award for Best Comedy Panel Show and a BAFTA Award for the Best YouTube Audience.
Awards Year Award Category Result2011 TV Choice Awards Best Entertainment Show British Comedy Awards Best Comedy Panel Show 2012 TV Choice Awards Best Entertainment Show National Television Awards Most Popular Comedy Panel Show British Comedy Awards Best Comedy Entertainment Programme BAFTA YouTube Audience 2013 National Television Awards Most Popular Entertainment Presenter Television and Radio Industries Club Awards TV Satellite/Digital Programme 2015National Television Awards Multichannel 2017 Entertainment Programme 2018 The Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award
References
External links
Celebrity Juice Videos