Walk the Line is a British music competition television series created and produced by Lifted Entertainment and Syco Entertainment. The ITV programme is presented by Maya Jama with a judging panel consisting of Gary Barlow, Craig David, Dawn French and Alesha Dixon. Simon Cowell was originally set to be the head judge on the panel, but was replaced by Barlow.
On 24 August 2022, it was announced that the series had been cancelled after one series.
Format Walk the Line is a music competition where five music acts appear and compete for the grand final prize of £500,000. However, instead of going straight into the final, the winner of an episode has to decide whether to come back the next night to perform again with the risk of being dropped from the competition at that point. If they do not want to take that risk then they can take a monetary prize (£10,000 in the first episode, with the prize increasing by a further £10,000 each night), with the runner-up continuing on towards the grand prize by competing in the next episode.
Episode winners The winner of the first three episodes was Bristol-born singer Ella Rothwell, who has previously released singles such as "Stop Calling", "Freedom" and "Velvet Heart" under the name Rothwell.
The winner of the fourth, fifth and final episode was London-based singer Nadiah Adu-Gyamfi, who has featured under the stage-name "Moko" on two singles by electronic music duo, Chase & Status including on the UK Top 5 hit single "Count On Me". Nadiah "Walked the Line" one final time in the last episode and won the audience vote, taking home the £500,000 jackpot.
Results summary Colour key
–Act received the most public votes and walked the line –Act received the second most votes and was in the top 2 but was eliminated –Act cashed out of the competition –Act was eliminated +Daily results per act Act Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Episode 4 Episode 5 Episode 6 Nadiah Adu-Gyamfi colspan="3" 1stAdvanced 1stWalked the Line WinnerWalked the Line Scarlet Thomas colspan="5" 2ndEliminated Beatbox Collective colspan="5" Eliminated Greg Charles colspan="5" Eliminated Rodney Earl Clarke colspan="5" Eliminated Luke Burr colspan="4" 2ndEliminatedEliminated(Episode 5) Chanel Haynes colspan="4" Eliminated Jamie Hannah colspan="4" Eliminated Vincent Bugozi colspan="4" Eliminated Ella Rothwell 1stAdvanced 1stWalked the Line 1stWalked the Line Cashed Outwith £40,000Eliminated(Episode 4) ADMT colspan="3" Eliminated Anthony Stuart Lloyd colspan="3" Eliminated Deco colspan="3" Eliminated Raynes colspan="2" 2ndEliminatedEliminated(Episode 3) Abz Winter colspan="2" Eliminated Daniel Arieleno colspan="2" Eliminated Lisa-Marie Holmes colspan="2" Eliminated Darby 2ndEliminatedEliminated(Episode 2) Carly Burns Eliminated Ida Girls Eliminated Youngr Eliminated A.J. Brown 2ndEliminatedEliminated(Episode 1) Brendan Riley Eliminated Eloise Viola Eliminated Queenz Eliminated
Episodes – The singer received the most votes – The singer received the second highest votes – The singer cashed out of the competition
Episode 1 (12 December) + Acts' performances on the first episode Order Act Age Song Result 1 A.J. Brown 31 "God Only Knows" Top 2 (Eliminated) 2 Queenz Various "Queen of the Night" Eliminated 3 Eloise Viola 26 "Bad Habits" Eliminated 4 Brendan Reilly 38 "Purple Rain" Eliminated 5 Ella Rothwell 28 "I Wonder If You're Happy" (original song) Winner (Walked the Line)
Episode 2 (13 December) + Acts' performances on the second episode Order Act Age Song Result 1 Youngr 32 "Ooh Lordy" (original song) Eliminated 2 Ida Girls Various "Never Enough" Eliminated 3 Carly Burns 27 "Hughie's Song" (original song) Eliminated 4 Darby 35 "I (Who Have Nothing)" Top 2 (Eliminated) 5 Ella Rothwell 28 "Darling" (original song) Winner (Walked the Line)
Episode 3 (14 December) + Acts' performances on the third episode Order Act Age Song Result 1 Daniel Arieleno 30 "Locked Out of Heaven" Eliminated 2 Abz Winter 19 "Traitor" Eliminated 3 Raynes Various "Come My Way" (original song) Top 2 (Eliminated) 4 Lisa-Marie Holmes 35 "All by Myself" Eliminated 5 Ella Rothwell 28 "Best of You" Winner (Walked the Line)
Episode 4 (15 December) + Acts' performances on the fourth episode Order Act Age Song Result 1 Deco Various "Rain" (original song) Eliminated 2 ADMT 26 "Falling" Eliminated 3 Anthony Stuart Lloyd 55 "One Moment in Time" Eliminated 4 Nadiah Adu-Gyamfi 30 "Kissing You" Winner (Advanced) 5 Ella Rothwell 28 "I Don't Need You Anymore" (original song) Cashed Out (£40,000)
Judge Alesha Dixon came into close contact with someone who later tested positive for COVID-19, therefore she judged this episode from home virtually.
Episode 5 (16 December) + Acts' performances on the fifth episode Order Act Age Song Result 1 Vincent Bugozi Various "One Day" (Original song) Eliminated 2 Jamie Hannah 24 "The Winner Takes It All" Eliminated 3 Chanel Haynes 44 "Respect" Eliminated 4 Luke Burr 26 "Mine" (Original song) Top 2 (Eliminated) 5 Nadiah Adu-Gyamfi 30 "Everybody's Free" Winner (Walked the Line)
Judge Alesha Dixon came into close contact with someone who later tested positive for COVID-19, therefore she judged this episode from home virtually.
Episode 6 (17 December) + Acts' performances on the sixth and final episode Order Act Age Song Result 1 Scarlet Thomas 19 "Something's Got a Hold on Me" Top 2 (Eliminated) 2 Beatbox Collective Various a medley of Garage songs Eliminated 3 Rodney Earl Clarke 43 "Mantra" (Original song) Eliminated 4 Greg Charles 30 "Titanium" Eliminated 5 Nadiah Adu-Gyamfi 30 "This Woman's Work" Winner (Walked the Line)
Judge Gary Barlow performed his rendition of "Merry Christmas Everyone".
Ratings The first episode of Walk the Line was watched by approximately 3 million viewers, with The Guardian reporting that viewing figures for the following Monday night episode had slumped to 2.1 million, meaning that the show was beaten in the ratings by BBC Two's Only Connect, with 2.7 million viewers tuning into the quiz. Tuesday's episode fell to 1.8 million, with the figure increasing to 2.05 million viewers once catch-up data was included. With data included from catch-up services over a seven-day period, the other episodes achieved ratings of 2.23 million, 2.07 million and 2.2 million viewers. Over the six-episode series, the show averaged 2.1 million viewers, a 14% share of the available audience.
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