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Walk the Line
GenreMusic game show
Developed by Syco and Lifted
Written byDavid Ajao
Kevin Day
Creative directorLee McNicholas (Lifted)
Presented by Maya Jama
Judges Gary Barlow
Craig David
Dawn French
Alesha Dixon
Theme music composerNigel Butler
Simon Cowell
Ray Hedges
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producerPaula Thomas Gallie
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time60–75 minutes
(inc. adverts)
Production companies Lifted Entertainment
Syco Entertainment
Original release
Network ITV
Release12 December (2021-12-12) –
17 December 2021 (2021-12-17)

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. [1] [2] [3]

In August 2022, it was announced that the series had been canceled after one series. [4]

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. [5]

Episode winners

The winner of the first three episodes was Bristol-born [6] singer Ella Rothwell, who has previously released singles such as "Stop Calling", [7] "Freedom" [8] and "Velvet Heart" [9] under the name Rothwell. [10] [11]

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 [12] including on the UK Top 5 hit single "Count On Me". [13] 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 1st
Advanced
1st
Walked the Line
Winner
Walked the Line
Scarlet Thomas 2nd
Eliminated
Beatbox Collective Eliminated
Greg Charles Eliminated
Rodney Earl Clarke Eliminated
Luke Burr 2nd
Eliminated
Eliminated
(Episode 5)
Chanel Haynes Eliminated
Jamie Hannah Eliminated
Vincent Bugozi Eliminated
Ella Rothwell 1st
Advanced
1st
Walked the Line
1st
Walked the Line
Cashed Out
with £40,000
Eliminated
(Episode 4)
ADMT Eliminated
Anthony Stuart Lloyd Eliminated
Deco Eliminated
Raynes 2nd
Eliminated
Eliminated
(Episode 3)
Abz Winter Eliminated
Daniel Arieleno Eliminated
Lisa-Marie Holmes Eliminated
Darby 2nd
Eliminated
Eliminated
(Episode 2)
Carly Burns Eliminated
Ida Girls Eliminated
Youngr Eliminated
A.J. Brown 2nd
Eliminated
Eliminated
(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 [14] 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 [15] Result
1 Youngr [16] 32 "Ooh Lordy" (original song) [17] [18] 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 [19] 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 [20] 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 [21] 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 [22] 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. [23] Tuesday's episode fell to 1.8 million, [24] with the figure increasing to 2.05 million viewers once catch-up data was included. [25] 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. [26]

References

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  12. ^ "Chase & Status - Count On Me ft. Moko". YouTube. 23 September 2013.
  13. ^ "CHASE & STATUS FT MOKO". Official Charts. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
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  15. ^ "Walk the Line - Series 1 - Episode 2". ITV Hub.
  16. ^ "One to watch: Youngr premieres vertical Drive video". www.officialcharts.com.
  17. ^ "MUSIC REVIEW: TranSLatION please?". 10 June 2018.
  18. ^ "Weekly Interview Series 1/25/18: Dario Darnell (Youngr) - Pedal of the Day". www.pedal-of-the-day.com.
  19. ^ "Walk the Line - Series 1 - Episode 3". ITV Hub.
  20. ^ "Walk the Line - Series 1 - Episode 4". ITV Hub.
  21. ^ "Walk the Line - Series 1 - Episode 5". ITV Hub.
  22. ^ "Walk the Line - Series 1". ITV Hub.
  23. ^ "Simon Cowell's new show beaten in ratings by Only Connect". The Guardian. 17 December 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  24. ^ "Strictly the Full Monty exposes 2.5m". Broadcast. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  25. ^ "7-Day Ratings Overview: 13-19 December 2021". 28 December 2021.
  26. ^ "The Girl Before can't match Royal Variety Performance". Broadcast. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.

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