Walk the Line (TV series)

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, Alesha Dixon and Dawn French. Simon Cowell was due to be the head judge on a panel, but he was replaced by Barlow.[1][2]

Walk the Line
GenreMusic game show
Developed bySyco and Lifted
Written byDavid Ajao
Kevin Day
Creative directorLee McNicholas (Lifted)
Presented byMaya Jama
JudgesGary Barlow
Craig David
Alesha Dixon
Dawn French
Theme music composerNigel Butler
Simon Cowell
Ray Hedges
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producerPaula Thomas Gallie
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time60–75 minutes (including adverts)
Production companiesLifted Entertainment
Syco Entertainment
DistributorITV Studios
Release
Original networkITV
Picture formatHDTV: 1080i
Original release12 December 2021 (2021-12-12) 
present
External links
Website

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.[3]

Episode winners

The winner of the three episodes was Bristol-born[4] singer Ella Rothwell, who has previously released singles such as "Stop Calling",[5] "Freedom"[6] and "Velvet Heart"[7] under the name Rothwell.[8][9]

The winner of the fourth and fifth episodes was London-based singer Nadia Adu-Gyamfi, who has featured under the stage-name "Moko" on two singles by electronic music duo, Chase & Status[10] including on the UK Top 5 hit single "Count On Me".[11]

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[12] 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[13] Result
1 Youngr[14] 32 "Ooh Lordy" (original song)[15][16] 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[17] Result
1 Daniel Arieleno 30 "Locked Out of Heaven" Eliminated
2 Abz Winter 19 "Traitor" Eliminated
3 Raynes Various "Come My Way" 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[18] 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[19] 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[20] Result
1 Beatbox Collective Various Pending
2 Greg Charles Pending
3 Rodney Earl Clarke Pending
4 Scarlet Thomas Pending
5 Nadiah Adu-Gyamfi 30 Pending

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.[21]

References

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