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''Celebrity Scissorhands'' is a

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show that is part of the

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's '' Children in Need'' charity campaign, in which celebrities attempt to cut people's hair to raise money for the campaign while trained and watched by professional hairdresser

Lee Stafford Lee Stafford (born 17 October 1966) is an English celebrity hairdresser. Biography Stafford was born in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, and is of Jewish ancestry on his mother's side. He opened his hair salon, ''The House That Hair Built'', in 1984, in L ...

Series 1 (2006)

The first series began airing on

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on 5 November 2006;

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began airing it in late night on 12 November; and it ran for two weeks, culminating on 17 November, the annual '' Children in Need'' night, when it aired as part of the ''Children in Need''

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on BBC One. It was hosted by

Alex Zane Alex Zane (born Faris Alexander L. Albayaty; 3 March 1979) is a British television presenter and DJ. Early and personal life Zane was born in Leeds and attended Boston Spa School before going on to study Medicine at University College London, ...

. The celebrities were trained by

, a leading hairdresser, at a hair and beauty academy set up at the

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which was opened to the public on 4 November. BBC stars and ordinary people had makeovers performed at the academy. On 17 November, five of the celebrities, chosen by a public

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and

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vote, appeared live in the salon during the Children in Need show. These were

Steve Strange Stephen John Harrington (28 May 1959 – 12 February 2015), known professionally as Steve Strange, was a Welsh singer. From the late 1970s he was a nightclub host and promoter. He became famous as the leader of the new wave synth-pop group ...

Scott Mills Scott Robert Mills (born 28 March 1973) is an English radio DJ, television presenter and occasional actor. He is best known for presenting the '' Scott Mills'' show on BBC Radio 1 from 2004 to 2022 and since then, on BBC Radio 2. Mills has also ...

Darren Day Darren Day is an English actor, singer and television presenter, well known for his West End theatre starring roles. Early life Day's paternal grandfather was a support act to George Formby in the days of music hall. Day undertook drama classe ...

Michelle Dewberry Michelle Louise Faye Dewberry (born 9 October 1979) is a British businesswoman, politician, presenter, and media personality. Dewberry won the second series of British television programme ''The Apprentice''. Early life Dewberry was born a ...

and

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Contestants

Series 1 contestants were:

Series 2 (2007)

The second series was shown on

from 25 October to 15 November 2007. Lee Stafford returned as manager of the salon and first series winner

also returned as assistant manager.

George Lamb George Martin Lamb (born 20 December 1979) is an English radio and television presenter, currently presenting ''Football Tonight'' on BT Sport. In 2012, Lamb presented the Channel 4 game show ''The Bank Job''. Lamb is the son of actor Larry Lam ...

presented the show.

Kelly Condron Kelly Condron is a British television and voice actress. She is known for her role as Zara Morgan in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' (1999–2005, 2021–present). Prior to 2006, Condron used her previous surname "Greenwood" professionall ...

voiced the series.

Contestants

Series contestants (in alphabetical order):

Series 3 (2008)

The third series began on 26 October 2008, airing on

in aid of Children in Need.

returned as manager of the salon, with series 1 winner

back as assistant manager and

again hosting the show. In early November, it was announced that the 3 people that would be going through to the final, that went on to take place on 14 November on BBC One, were Jeff, Sabrina and Scott. The winner was Sabrina and the runner-up was Jeff.

Contestants

Contestants (in alphabetical order) are: * *Jay Sean was confirmed for the series but withdrew before it was aired for unconfirmed reasons'Scissorhands' contestants unveiled – TV News – Digital Spy
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References

External links

* * *{{BBC Online, id=pudsey, title=Children in Need
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