A Brush With Fame
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A Brush with Fame was a light hearted ITV
daytime television show, featuring a nationwide search to find Britain's best amateur portrait painter. It was presented by Carol Smillie
, and the last episode was broadcast on 11 November 2005.
and David Lee (art critic)
looked at the painted pictures and chose twenty five people to go into the next round and paint a celebrity guest. The artists could then use their own materials and any medium.
Out of the 25, the judges then chose 10 who would go on to the next round and paint a second celebrity.
Out of the 10, one finalist was selected and also one wild card show contestant who would compete with 8 others from the other regions in a wild card show for the chance to join the nine finalists in London.
in January 2006, that A Brush With Fame would not return for a second series.
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
daytime television show, featuring a nationwide search to find Britain's best amateur portrait painter. It was presented by Carol Smillie
Carol Smillie
Carol Patricia Smillie is a Scottish television personality, model and actress. Smillie is well-known for presenting the award winning BBC series Changing Rooms, which won her a National Television Award for Most Popular Factual Programme in 1998.She became the hostess of the British version of...
, and the last episode was broadcast on 11 November 2005.
Format
Sixty people in each of nine UK regions were given half an hour to produce a self portrait using materials supplied by the programmers. Then, while the artists took a break, Carol and the two judges, Christian FurrChristian Furr
Christian Furr is an English painter. He was, at the age of 28, the youngest artist to officially paint Queen Elizabeth II.He was born in Heswall, Wirral, England....
and David Lee (art critic)
David Lee (art critic)
David Lee is an outspoken, English, contemporary, art critic—condemning conceptual art in general and the Turner Prize in particular...
looked at the painted pictures and chose twenty five people to go into the next round and paint a celebrity guest. The artists could then use their own materials and any medium.
Out of the 25, the judges then chose 10 who would go on to the next round and paint a second celebrity.
Out of the 10, one finalist was selected and also one wild card show contestant who would compete with 8 others from the other regions in a wild card show for the chance to join the nine finalists in London.
Final
The final, broadcast in November 2005, starred Eamonn Holmes dressed as a Gladiator.The winner received a cheque for £10,000 and also the opprtunity to turn professional, with the offer of a deal with leading art publisher, Washington Green.Axed
It was announced by ITVITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
in January 2006, that A Brush With Fame would not return for a second series.