Former Big Breakfast presenter Kelly Brook has been signed up by digital channel Living to become a judge on its Dirty Dancing inspired reality series. Brook will help find the next Johnnie and Baby from the hit 1980s movie in the second run of Dirty Dancing: The Time of Your Life, replacing Jennifer Ellison, who was a judge on last year's series. Living's Dirty Dancing show was filmed at the original location of the film in Virginia, with the winners securing a year-long contract with dance agency Bloc. The show, made by Granada Entertainment, is one of Living's key series for the summer season.Living's summer lineup will also include the six-part Pop Goes the Band, made by ITV Productions, which will see music acts reunited and given plastic surgery to restore them to their "former glory". The bands, who have not yet been named, will then play a reunion gig for their friends, family and fans. Pop Goes the Band is to be executive produced by Natalka Znak and Richard Cowles, whose previous credits included ITV hit I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here. A range of D-list celebrities including the Cheeky Girls and Yvette Fielding will star in their own reality shows in the six-part Living With ..., which will see them followed by cameras in their homes and private lives.
Living, which is owned by Virgin Media TV and run by former ITV controller of entertainment Claudia Rosencrantz, will also attempt to recreate the buzz that surrounded Sky One's Ibiza Uncovered with a new take on life on the Balearic island in observational documentary series Ibiza, made by Original Productions. Diet on the Dancefloor, made by independent producer Mentorn, will see overweight people attempt to lose weight by taking part in a Strictly Come Dancing-style contest.
Former pop star Lisa Scott Lee will return to the realms of reality TV following her MTV series in Extreme: Skinny Celebrity Mums 2, made by Target, in which she bemoans the pressure put on celebrity mums to lose weight. She will be seen illustrating the fact by posing for a photoshoot in a skimpy bikini with her new baby. The channel has also secured the rights to US drama Lipstick Jungle, starring Brooke Shields, and hit Grey's Anatomy spin-off Private Practice.
