Formed especially for the Players No. 6 and Bailey Organisation sponsored Top Town Talent competition they were effectively two groups, Choise and The Golden Hammers, combined to create an eight-piece supergroup called Showaddywaddy.… Read More Showaddywaddy
A collection of facts, figures and trivia collected during the compilation of the New Faces archive.… Read More New Faces – Facts & Figures
Show Winner: Patti Boulaye (vocalist)
Guest Act: Koffee ‘N’ Kreme
Panel; Mickie Most, Tony Hatch, Rosalie Horner, Peter Prichard, Bernie Rothkopf, Danny La Rue
Host: Derek Hobson… Read More 2 Apr 1978 – Series Six Gala Final
A Special New Faces Revue Charity Show at Birmingham’s Hippodrome Theatre… Read More 6 Oct 1974 – New Faces Revue – Charity Show
Show Winner: Patti Boulaye (vocalist) – MAXIMUM SCORE 120
100 Points or more: Alan J. Bartley (comedian) & Cass Nova (vocalist)
Panel: Tony Blackburn, Rosalie Horner, Jimmy Henney & Les Reed
Host: Derek Hobson… Read More 12 Mar 1978 – Series Six (27)
Show Winner: Soft Pedal (six-piece group)
100 points or more: Joe Jones (comedian)
Panel: Tony Hatch, Michael Aspel, Jimmy Henney & Les Reed
Host: Derek Hobson… Read More 5 Feb 1978 – Series Six (22)
Show Winner: Cherry Roland (vocalist)
Panel: Tony Hatch, Rosalie Horner, Peter Prichard & Ray Ellington
Host: Derek Hobson… Read More 3 Dec 1977 – Series Six (13)
Show Winner: Spinning Wheel (four-piece group)*
Panel: Clifford Davis, Alan A. Freeman, Mickie Most & Muriel Young
Host: Derek Hobson
* Studio winners Lee Curtis & Vision (four-piece group) were disqualified after the show … Read More 5 Mar 1977 – Series Five (26)
Joint Show Winners: Brother (trio) & Graham P Jolly (mind reader)
100 Points or more: Tony Kent (comedian)
Panel: Mickie Most, Shaw Taylor, Alan A. Freeman & Lionel Blair
Host: Derek Hobson
… Read More 5 Feb 1977 – Series Five (22)
Show Winner: Bryan Taylor (vocalist)
Guest Act: Coventry Cathedral Choir
Panel: Muriel Young, Shaw Taylor, Jack Parnell & Les Reed
Host: Derek Hobson… Read More 25 Dec 1976 – Series Five (16) – All Winners Show 2
Show Winner: Bryan Taylor (vocalist)
100 Points or more: Christie Lee (drummer) & Ding-a-Ling (seven-piece showband)
Panel: Mickie Most, Martin Jackson, Muriel Young & Peter Prichard
Host: Derek Hobson… Read More 4 Dec 1976 – Series Five (13)
Show Winner: Roy Walker (comedian)
100 Points or more: Penny Farthing (four-piece group) & Jamie Stone (pianist / vocalist)
Panel: Mickie Most, Martin Jackson, George Elrick & Les Reed
Host: Derek Hobson… Read More 23 Oct 1976 – Series Five (7)
Show Winner: Lee Harding (singer)
Panel: Lionel Blair, John Smith, Martin Jackson & Alan A. Freeman
Host: Derek Hobson… Read More 24 Jan 1976 – Series Four (6)
In the summer of 1975 Pye Records released a LP compilation of eighteen tracks from New Faces acts plus the theme tune from Carl Wayne. The selection was compiled by New Faces judge Alan A. Freeman and Les Cocks was credited as the executive producer.… Read More New Faces LP – 1975
Show Winner: Aiden J. Harvey (impressionist)
Guest Act: Showaddywaddy (eight-piece group) – Series One Finalist
Panel: Tony Hatch, Clifford Davis, Arthur Askey & Noele Gordon
Host: Derek Hobson… Read More 6 Jul 1974 – Series Two Grand Final
Born Charlotte Rickards in 1952 in Pontypridd, Wales but brought up in Birmingham, Charlie was discovered by comedian Les Dawson who helped her to begin a career as a compere and singer at Birmingham’s Cavendish night club in 1970.… Read More Charlie James
Show Winner: Tom Waite (singer)
Notable Acts: Showaddywaddy (eight-piece group)
Panel: Bill Ward, Tony Hatch & Clifford Davis
Host: Derek Hobson… Read More 29 Dec 1973 – Series One Grand Final
Show Winner: Showaddywaddy (eight-piece group)
Panel: Mickie Most, Noele Gordon & Clement Freud
Host: Derek Hobson… Read More 17 Nov 1973 – Series One (8)
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