Champions League PopMaster and Shirley Ballas
Champions League PopMaster 2020 begins and Shirley Ballas, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Strictly's head judge, picks the Tracks of My Years in an interview first aired in 2018.
Champions League PopMaster 2020 begins! Fourteen contestants who scored full marks - or 36 plus the 3 in 10 - are put to the ultimate test in the ultimate quiz of quizzes. Questions are harder and the question master is tougher as this year's elite battle it out for that coveted trophy, with the grand final on Christmas Eve.
Shirley Ballas, head judge of ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ's Strictly Come Dancing, picks the Tracks of My Years in an interview first aired in 2018. Shirley joined the panel in 2017 after the departure of Len Goodman and will be at the helm on Saturday for this year's final joined by fellow judges Craig Revel Horwood and Motsi Mobuse. Veteran panellist Bruno Tonioli has only been able to put in the occasional appearance from Los Angeles due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Dubbed 'The Queen of Latin', Shirley hails from Merseyside and has been dancing since the age of 7. She has been crowned US Latin American Champion and British National Champion on numerous occasions. By 21 she had won nearly every major title she competed in worldwide. She is the only person to have ever won the British Open to the World Latin American Championships in Blackpool with two different partners and reached the finals an impressive 17 times.
Earlier this year she published her autobiography 'Behind The Sequins: My Life' leading us through her dramatic and determined life, from growing up on a rough estate and leaving home at 14 years old to conquer the high octane world of ballroom dancing.
The next two tracks Shirley has chosen are from The Carpenters and Johnny Cash. Ken also has the daily love song and another round of the legendary music quiz PopMaster. If you'd like to get in touch with the show email Ken.Bruce@bbc.co.uk
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Mariah Carey
All I Want For Christmas Is You
- Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas.
- Columbia.
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Jess Glynne & The DapβKings
This Christmas (Hang All The Mistletoe)
- (CD Single).
- Atlantic.
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The Four Seasons
December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)
- The Very Best Of.
- Polygram Tv.
- 11.
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Leona Lewis
One More Sleep
- (CD Single).
- Syco Music.
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Record of the Week
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Nathan Dawe & Little Mix
No Time For Tears
- (CD Single).
- Atlantic.
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The Beach Boys
Little Saint Nick
- That's Christmas (Various Artists).
- EMI.
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Forrest
Rock The Boat
- Sealed With A Kiss (Various Artists).
- BMG.
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Paul McCartney
Wonderful Christmastime
- The 7" Singles Box.
- MPL.
- 7.
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Bruce Springsteen
The Power Of Prayer
- Letter To You.
- Columbia.
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Scissor Sisters
I Don't Feel Like Dancin'
- (CD Single).
- Polydor.
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Jim Croce
It Doesn't Have To Be That Way
- Jim Croce- The Collection.
- Castle Communications.
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Gary Barlow
Incredible
- Music Played By Humans.
- Polydor.
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Sia
Santa's Coming For Us
- Everyday Is Christmas.
- Atlantic.
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Queen
Radio Ga Ga
- Queen - Greatest Hits II.
- Parlophone.
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Josh Groban
Your Face
- Harmony.
- Reprise Records.
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Chris Rea
Driving ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ For Christmas
- NOW That's What I Call Christmas (Various Artists).
- NOW.
- 1.
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Maisie Peters
Maybe Don't (feat. JP Saxe)
- (CD Single).
- Atlantic.
- 1.
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Gloria Estefan
Christmas Through Your Eyes
- Christmas Through Your Eyes.
- Epic.
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Lola Lennox
La La Love Me
- (CD Single).
- LaLennoxa.
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Album of the Week
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Dolly Parton
Christmas Where We Are (feat. Billy Ray Cyrus)
- A Holly Dolly Christmas.
- Butterfly Records.
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James
She's a Star
- James - Whiplash.
- Mercury.
- 9.
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Lapwing
Hope Christmas Gets You To Me
- Lapwing.
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Emma Bunton
What Took You So Long?
- (CD Single).
- Virgin.
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Tracks of My Years
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Carpenters
(They Long To Be) Close To You
- The Carpenters - Yesterday Once More.
- A&M.
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Johnny Cash
Ring Of Fire
- Johnny Cash - Man In Black.
- Columbia.
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Callum Beattie
Don't Walk Alone
- People Like Us.
- 3Beat Productions.
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Jermaine Stewart
We Don't Have To
- Club Classics From The 80's (Various).
- Disky.
Broadcast
- Tue 15 Dec 2020 09:30ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2