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{{Short description|Television entertainment show}}
'''''Hit Me Baby One More Time''''' is a [[2005]] [[ITV]] [[reality show]] on [[British television]], presented by [[Vernon Kay]]. During each programme, five former popstars sing their biggest hit along with a [[cover version]] of a contemporary hit. Each week one winner will be picked from each show by a phone vote, leading to the grand final when the overall winner can release a single featuring both songs. The show's title comes from a line in the [[Britney Spears]] song "[[Baby One More Time|...Baby One More Time]]".
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{{Infobox television
| image = ITVHitMeBaby.jpg
| runtime = 60 minutes
| presenter = [[Vernon Kay]]<ref>{{cite web|author=Tara Merrin |url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/2005/06/02/1067654.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140319212706/http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/2005/06/02/1067654.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=19 March 2014 |title=CANOE - JAM! Television: Reality show gives '80s idols a 2nd chance |publisher=Jam.canoe.ca |date=2005-06-02 |access-date=2014-03-25}}</ref>
| channel = [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]
| channel2 = [[NBC]]
| country = United Kingdom
| first_aired = {{Start date|2005|04|02|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2005|05|22|df=y}}
| first_aired2 = {{Start date|2005|06|02|df=y}}
| last_aired2 = {{End date|2005|06|30|df=y}}
}}
'''''Hit Me, Baby, One More Time''''' is a television entertainment show first broadcast on the British television network [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] and later, as a new version, by [[NBC]] in the United States; both were presented by [[Vernon Kay]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/granada-sells-hit-me-baby-to-us-nbc-network/1023496.article |title=Granada sells Hit Me Baby to US NBC network |publisher=Broadcastnow.co.uk |date=2005-04-28 |access-date=2014-03-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Owen Gibson|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/jun/20/realitytv.usnews |title=How Britain managed to dumb down American TV |work=The Guardian|date=2005-06-20 |access-date=2014-03-25}}</ref> During each programme, five former pop stars sing their biggest hit along with a [[cover version]] of a contemporary hit. Each week one winner is picked from each show by a phone vote (in the British version) or a studio-audience vote (in the American version), leading to the grand final when the overall winner can release a single featuring both songs (in the British version) or have $20,000 donated to a charity of their choice (in the American version). The show's title was derived from a line in the [[Britney Spears]] song "[[...Baby One More Time]]".
 
The show proved to be a summer hit for NBC, hitting the top spot in the ratings on its first outing.{{cn|date=May 2025}} Despite its success, the show was cancelled.
== Contestants ==
 
===WeekUK 1=version==
 
===Week 1 (2 April) ===
{| border=1 align=center
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:150px;"| Contestant || style="width:300px;"| First song (their biggest hit) || style="width:300px;"| Second song (contemporary hit)
|-
| [[Gloria Gaynor]] || "[[I Will Survive]]" || "[[Beautiful (Christina Aguilera song)|Beautiful]]" by [[Christina Aguilera]]
|-
| [[Howard Jones (British musician)|Howard Jones]] || "[[What Is Love (Howard Jones song)|What Is Love]]" || "[[White Flag (Dido song)|White Flag]]" by [[Dido (singer)|Dido]]
|-
| [[Honeyz]] || "[[Finally Found]]" || "[[How You Remind Me]]" by [[Nickelback]]
|-
| [[Limahl]]|| "[[Too Shy]]" || "[[This Love (Maroon 5 song)|This Love]]" by [[Maroon 5]]
|- style="background:gold;"
| [[Tiffany Darwish|Tiffany]] || "[[I Think We're Alone Now]]" || "[[Love Machine (Girls Aloud song)|Love Machine]]" by [[Girls Aloud]]
|}
 
The first week heat was won by '''Tiffany'''.
 
===Week 2 (9 April)===
|'''Contestant'''||'''First Song (their biggest hit)'''||'''Second Song (contemporary hit)'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:150px;"| Contestant || style="width:300px;"| First song (their biggest hit) || style="width:300px;"| Second song (contemporary hit)
|[[Gloria Gaynor]]||''I Will Survive''||''Beautiful'' by [[Christina Aguilera]]
|- style="background:gold;"
| [[Shakin' Stevens]] || "[[This Ole House]]" || "[[Trouble (Pink song)|Trouble]]" by [[Pink (singer)|Pink]]
|-
| [[Jaki Graham]] || "Set Me Free" || "[[Your Game]]" by [[Will Young]]
|[[Howard Jones (musician)|Howard Jones]]||''What is Love''||''White Flag'' by [[Dido Armstrong|Dido]]
|-
| [[Belinda Carlisle]] || "[[Heaven Is a Place on Earth]]" || "[[The Scientist (song)|The Scientist]]" by [[Coldplay]]
|[[The Honeyz]]||''Finally Found''||''How You Remind Me'' by [[Nickelback]]
|-
| [[LimahlHaddaway]] ||''Too Shy''"[[What Is Love]]" ||''This Love''"[[Toxic (song)|Toxic]]" by [[MaroonBritney 5Spears]]
|-
| [[Doctor and the Medics]] || "[[Spirit in the Sky#Cover versions and samples|Spirit in the Sky]]" || "[[Let Me Entertain You (Robbie Williams song)|Let Me Entertain You]]" by [[Robbie Williams]]
|[[Tiffany (singer)|Tiffany]]||''I Think We're Alone Now''||''Love Machine'' by [[Girls Aloud]]
|}
 
This heat was won by '''TiffanyShakin' Stevens'''.
 
===Week 3 (14 April)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:150px;"| Contestant || style="width:300px;"| First song (their biggest hit) || style="width:300px;"| Second song (contemporary hit)
|-
| [[Baccara]] || "[[Yes Sir, I Can Boogie]]" || "[[Hero (Enrique Iglesias song)|Hero]]" by [[Enrique Iglesias]]
|-
| [[Mica Paris]]|| "[[My One Temptation]]" || "[[Angels (Robbie Williams song)|Angels]]" by [[Robbie Williams]]
|-
| [[Nick Heyward]] || "[[Fantastic Day]]" || "[[Crashed the Wedding]]" by [[Busted (band)|Busted]]
|- style="background:gold;"
| [[Carol Decker]] || "[[China in Your Hand]]" || "[[Superstar (Christine Milton song)#Jamelia cover|Superstar]]" by [[Jamelia]]
|-
| [[The Pasadenas]] || "[[Tribute (Right On)]]" || "[[Leave Right Now]]" by [[Will Young]]
|}
 
This heat was won by '''Carol Decker'''.
=== Week 2 ===
 
===Week 4 (21 April)===
{| border=1 align=center
{| class="wikitable"
|'''Contestant'''||'''First Song (their biggest hit)'''||'''Second Song (contemporary hit)'''
|-
! style="width:150px;"| Contestant || style="width:300px;"| First song (their biggest hit) || style="width:300px;"| Second song (contemporary hit)
|[[Shakin' Stevens]]||''This Olde House''||''Trouble'' by [[Pink (musician)|Pink]]
|-
| [[Sinitta]] || "[[So Macho]]" || "[[Single (Natasha Bedingfield song)|Single]]" by [[Natasha Bedingfield]]
|[[Jaki Graham]]||''Set Me Free''||''Your Game'' by [[Will Young]]
|- style="background:gold;"
| [[Hue and Cry (band)|Hue and Cry]] || "[[Labour of Love (song)|Labour of Love]]" || "[[Crazy in Love]]" by [[Beyoncé]]
|-
| [[The Real Thing (UK band)|The Real Thing]] || "[[You to Me Are Everything]]" || "[[Cry Me a River (Justin Timberlake song)|Cry Me a River]]" by [[Justin Timberlake]]
|[[Belinda Carlisle]]||''Heaven Is A Place On Earth''||''The Scientist'' by [[Coldplay]]
|-
| [[Hazel O'Connor]] || "[[Will You? (Hazel O'Connor song)|Will You?]]" || "[[Can't Get You Out of My Head]]" by [[Kylie Minogue]]
|[[Haddaway]]||''What Is Love''|| ''Toxic'' by [[Britney Spears]]
|-
| [[China Black]] || "[[Searching (China Black song)|Searching]]" || "[[I Believe in a Thing Called Love]]" by [[The Darkness (band)|The Darkness]]
|[[Doctor & the Medics]]||''Spirit In The Sky''||''Let Me Entertain You'' by [[Robbie Williams]]
|}
 
This heat was won by '''Shakin'Hue Stevensand Cry'''.
 
===Week 5 (28 April)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:150px;"| Contestant || style="width:300px;"| First song (their biggest hit) || style="width:300px;"| Second song (contemporary hit)
|-
| [[Jordan Knight]] || "[[Give It to You (Jordan Knight song)|Give It To You]]" || "[[Let Me Love You (Mario song)|Let Me Love You]]" by [[Mario (American singer)|Mario]]
|-
| [[Rozalla]] || "[[Everybody's Free (To Feel Good)]]" || "[[Fly By II]]" by [[Blue (English band)|Blue]]
|-
| [[Junior Giscombe|Junior]] || "[[Mama Used to Say]]" || "[[Gotta Get Thru This (song)|Gotta Get Thru This]]" by [[Daniel Bedingfield]]
|-
| [[Sabrina Salerno|Sabrina]] || "[[Boys (Summertime Love)]]" || "[[Hole in the Head]]" by [[Sugababes]]
|- style="background:gold;"
| [[Shalamar]] || [[A Night to Remember (Shalamar song)|"A Night to Remember"]] || "[[Hey Ya!]]" by [[Outkast]]
|}
 
This heat was won by '''Shalamar'''.
===Week 3===
 
===Week 6 (7 May)===
{| border=1 align=center
{| class="wikitable"
|'''Contestant'''||'''First Song (their biggest hit)'''||'''Second Song (contemporary hit)'''
|-
! style="width:150px;"| Contestant || style="width:300px;"| First song (their biggest hit) || style="width:300px;"| Second song (contemporary hit)
|[[Baccara]]||''Yes Sir, I Can Boogie''||''Hero'' by [[Enrique Iglesias]]
|- style="background:gold;"
|
| [[Chesney Hawkes]] || "[[The One and Only (song)|The One and Only]]" || "[[She's the One (World Party song)#Robbie Williams version|She's the One]]" by [[Robbie Williams]]
|-
| [[Kelly Marie]] || "[[Feels Like I'm in Love]]" || "[[Oops!... I Did It Again (song)|Oops!... I Did It Again]]" by [[Britney Spears]]
|[[Mica Paris]]||''My One Temptation''||''Angels'' by [[Robbie Williams]]
|
|-
| [[Nick HeywardVan Eede]] ||''Fantastic Day''"[[(I Just) Died in Your Arms]]" ||''Crash The"[[I Wedding''Try]]" by [[BustedMacy Gray]]
|
|-
| [[T'PauSybil (bandsinger)|Carol DeckerSybil]] || "When I''Chinam InGood Yourand Ready" Hand''|| "[[I''Superstar''m Gonna Getcha Good!]]" by [[JameliaShania Twain]]
|
|-
| [[Cleopatra (group)|Cleopatra]] || "[[Cleopatra's Theme]]" || "[[No Good Advice]]" by [[Girls Aloud]]
|[[The Pasadenas]]||''Tribute (Right On)''||''Leave Right Now'' by [[Will Young]]
|
|}
 
This heat was won by '''Chesney Hawkes'''.
===Week 4===
 
{| border=1 align=center
===Week 7 (14 May)===
|'''Contestant'''||'''First Song (their biggest hit)'''||'''Second Song (contemporary hit)'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:150px;"| Contestant || style="width:300px;"| First song (their biggest hit) || style="width:300px;"| Second song (contemporary hit)
|[[Sinitta]]||||
|- style="background:gold;"
|
| [[911 (English band)|911]] || "[[Bodyshakin']]" || "[[Don't Stop Movin' (S Club 7 song)|Don't Stop Movin{{'-}}]]" by [[S Club 7]]
|-
| [[Nathan Moore (English musician)|Nathan Moore]] || "[[The Harder I Try]]" || "[[Are You Ready for Love]]" by [[Elton John]]
|[[Hue and Cry]]||||
|
|-
| [[Princess (singer)|Princess]] || "[[Say I'm Your Number One]]" || "[[Slow (Kylie Minogue song)|Slow]]" by [[Kylie Minogue]]
|[[Real Thing]]||||
|
|-
| [[Kenny Thomas (singer)|Kenny Thomas]] || "[[Thinking About Your Love (Kenny Thomas song)|Thinking About Your Love]]" || "[[Don't Know Why]]" by [[Norah Jones]]
|[[Hazel O'Connor]]||||
|
|-
| [[Ultra Naté]] || "[[Free (Ultra Naté song)|Free]]" || "[[Some Girls (Rachel Stevens song)|Some Girls]]" by [[Rachel Stevens]]
|[[China Black]]||||
|
|}
 
This heat was won by '''911'''.
 
===Grand Final (21 May)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:150px;"| Contestant || style="width:300px;"| Song (their biggest hit)
|-
| [[Tiffany Darwish|Tiffany]] || "[[I Think We're Alone Now]]"
|- style="background:gold;"
| [[Shakin' Stevens]] || "[[This Ole House]]"
|-
| [[Carol Decker]] || "[[China in Your Hand]]"
|-
| [[Hue and Cry (band)|Hue and Cry]] || "[[Labour of Love (song)|Labour of Love]]"
|-
| [[Shalamar]] || "[[A Night to Remember (Shalamar song)|A Night to Remember]]"
|-
| [[Chesney Hawkes]] || "[[The One and Only (song)|The One and Only]]"
|-
| [[911 (English band)|911]] || "[[Bodyshakin']]"
|}
 
The final was won by '''Shakin' Stevens'''. A single was released with both "[[This Ole House]]" and a cover of "[[Trouble (Pink song)|Trouble]]" by [[Pink (singer)|Pink]], which got to number twenty in the [[UK Singles Chart]] in June 2005.
 
==U.S. version==
The American version of the show began taping on 1 June 2005 to air the following night, 2 June, on the NBC network. Winners were chosen by the studio audience and got a donation in their name to a charity of their choice.
 
<sup>1</sup> -- Denotes artist who also appeared on the British version.
 
===Week 1 (recorded 1 June; aired 2 June)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:150px;"| Contestant || style="width:300px;"| First song (their biggest hit) || style="width:300px;"| Second song (contemporary hit)
|-
| [[Loverboy]] || "[[Working for the Weekend]]" || "[[Hero (Enrique Iglesias song)|Hero]]" by [[Enrique Iglesias]]
|-
| [[CeCe Peniston]] || "[[Finally (CeCe Peniston song)|Finally]]" || "[[There You'll Be]]" by [[Faith Hill]]
|-
| [[A Flock of Seagulls]] || "[[I Ran (So Far Away)]]" || "[[On the Way Down]]" by [[Ryan Cabrera]]
|- style="background:gold;"
| [[Arrested Development (group)|Arrested Development]] || "[[Tennessee (Arrested Development song)|Tennessee]]" || "[[Heaven (Los Lonely Boys song)|Heaven]]" by [[Los Lonely Boys]]
|-
| [[Tiffany Darwish|Tiffany]]<sup>1</sup> || "[[I Think We're Alone Now#Tiffany version|I Think We're Alone Now]]" || "[[Breakaway (Kelly Clarkson song)|Breakaway]]" by [[Kelly Clarkson]]
|}
 
This heat was won by '''Arrested Development'''.
 
===Week 2 (recorded 8 June; aired 9 June)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:150px;"| Contestant || style="width:300px;"| First song (their biggest hit) || style="width:300px;"| Second song (contemporary hit)
|-
| [[The Knack]] || "[[My Sharona]]" || "[[Are You Gonna Be My Girl]]" by [[Jet (Australian band)|Jet]]
|-
| [[Haddaway]]<sup>1</sup> || "[[What Is Love]]" || "[[Toxic (song)|Toxic]]" by [[Britney Spears]]
|-
| [[Tommy Tutone]] || "[[867-5309/Jenny]]" || "[[All the Small Things]]" by [[Blink-182]]
|-
| [[The Motels]] featuring [[Martha Davis (musician)|Martha Davis]] || "[[Only the Lonely]]" || "[[Don't Know Why]]" by [[Norah Jones]]
|- style="background:gold;"
| [[Vanilla Ice]] || "[[Ice Ice Baby]]" || "[[Survivor (Destiny's Child song)|Survivor]]" by [[Destiny's Child]]
|}
 
This heat was won by '''Vanilla Ice'''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sawyer |first=Terry |url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/hit-me-baby-one-more-time-050628/ |title=Hit Me Baby One More Time |work=PopMatters|date=28 June 2005 |access-date=2014-03-25}}</ref>
 
===Week 3 (recorded 15 June; aired 16 June)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:150px;"| Contestant || style="width:300px;"| First song (their biggest hit) || style="width:300px;"| Second song (contemporary hit)
|-
| [[Wang Chung (band)|Wang Chung]] || "[[Everybody Have Fun Tonight]]" || "[[Hot in Herre]]" by [[Nelly]]
|-
| [[Sophie B. Hawkins]] || "[[Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover]]" || "[[100 Years (song)|100 Years]]" by [[Five for Fighting]]
|-
| [[Cameo (band)|Cameo]] || "[[Word Up! (song)|Word Up!]]" || "[[1985 (SR-71 song)|1985]]" by [[Bowling for Soup]]
|-
| [[Howard Jones (British musician)|Howard Jones]]<sup>1</sup> || "[[No One Is to Blame]]" || "[[White Flag (Dido song)|White Flag]]" by [[Dido (singer)|Dido]]
|- style="background:gold;"
| [[Irene Cara]] || "[[Flashdance... What a Feeling]]" || "[[I'm Outta Love]]" by [[Anastacia]] (performed with Cara's group Hot Caramel)
|}
 
This heat was won by '''Irene Cara'''. Howard Jones won the phone in vote.
 
===Week 4 (recorded 22 June; aired 23 June)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:150px;"| Contestant || style="width:300px;"| First song (their biggest hit) || style="width:300px;"| Second song (contemporary hit)
|-
| [[Greg Kihn]] || "[[The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)|The Breakup Song]]" || "[[Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Green Day song)|Boulevard of Broken Dreams]]" by [[Green Day]]
|-
| [[Club Nouveau]] || "[[Lean on Me (song)#Club Nouveau version|Lean on Me]]" || "[[Thank You (Dido song)|Thank You]]" by [[Dido (singer)|Dido]]
|-
| [[Glass Tiger]] || "[[Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)]]" || "[[Everything You Want (Vertical Horizon song)|Everything You Want]]" by [[Vertical Horizon]]
|-
| [[Billy Vera]] || "[[At This Moment]]" || "[[True (Ryan Cabrera song)|True]]" by [[Ryan Cabrera]]
|- style="background:gold;"
| [[Thelma Houston]] || "[[Don't Leave Me This Way#Thelma Houston version|Don't Leave Me This Way]]" || "[[Fallin' (Alicia Keys song)|Fallin']]" by [[Alicia Keys]]
|}
 
This heat was won by '''Thelma Houston'''. Glass Tiger won the online vote.
 
===Week 5 (recorded 29 June; aired 30 June)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:150px;"| Contestant || style="width:300px;"| First song (their biggest hit) || style="width:300px;"| Second song (contemporary hit)
|-
| [[Juice Newton]] || "[[Queen of Hearts (Hank DeVito song)|Queen of Hearts]]" || "[[Pieces of Me (Ashlee Simpson song)|Pieces of Me]]" by [[Ashlee Simpson]]
|-
| [[Animotion]] || "[[Obsession (Animotion song)|Obsession]]" || "[[Days Go By (Dirty Vegas song)|Days Go By]]" by [[Dirty Vegas]]
|-
| [[Shannon (American singer)|Shannon]] || "[[Let the Music Play (song)|Let the Music Play]]" || "[[Foolish (Ashanti song)|Foolish]]" by [[Ashanti (singer)|Ashanti]]
|- style="background:gold;"
| [[P.M. Dawn]] || "[[Set Adrift on Memory Bliss]]" || "[[Blurry]]" by [[Puddle of Mudd]]
|-
| [[Missing Persons (band)|Missing Persons]] || "Words" || "[[Can't Get You Out of My Head]]" by [[Kylie Minogue]]
|}
 
This heat was won by '''PM Dawn'''. Juice Newton won the online vote.
=== Later weeks ===
 
==References==
Other acts rumoured to be appearing later in the series include:
{{Reflist}}
* [[Nathan Moore]]
* [[Sybil Lynch|Sybil]]
* [[Norman Giscombe|Junior]]
* [[Princess (singer)|Princess]]
* [[911 (musical group)|911]]
* [[Cutting Crew]]
* [[Rozalla]]
* [[Chesney Hawkes]]
* [[Kenny Thomas (singer)|Kenny Thomas]]
* [[Kelly Marie]]
* [[Boy Meets Girl]]
 
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