With Red Nose Day coming up on Friday 15th March for Comic Relief, it means it's time to start donating again, and with that in mind take a look at what the stars have been doing to raise money.
Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman / Photo Credit: Matt Crossick/PA Wire/PA Images
Claudia and Tess' 24 Hour Danceathon
Strictly Come Dancing presenters Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman decided to take part in a gruelling 24-hour danceathon all in aid of Comic Relief. The marathon began on Monday morning with the duo dancing to Beyoncé's Crazy In Love. The pair were joined by a whole host of famous faces along the way including Strictly pro Katya Jones and former dance partner Ed Balls, and singer Calum Scott who gave a beautiful performance as well. In total they danced for 24 hours and 5 minutes and in that time raised an incredible £782,686 that now stands at over £1m.
Kilimanjaro: The Return
Back in 2009, nine famous faces set off to reach the summit of Africa's highest mountain, Kilimanjaro, to raise money for Comic Relief. Fast forward 10 years and a whole new set of celebrities set off to climb that same mountain. The stars were Strictly judge Shirley Ballas, Little Mix duo Jade Thirlwall and Leigh-Anne Pinnock, former MP Ed Balls, Love Island's Dani Dyer, broadcaster Anita Rani, BBC Breakfasts' Dan Walker, Pointless host Alexander Armstrong and NFL star Osi Umenyiora. After 7 exhausting days of altitude sickness and severe weather changes, the team reached the highest point in Africa.
BBC Radio 1's 24-hour LOL-a-thon
On Thursday 7th March, Radio 1 hosts Scott Mills and Chris Stark hosted their 24-hour LOL-a-thon challenge. They first did this challenge back in 2017. A variety of famous faces got in on the action and provided their own jokes including David Beckham, Emma Willis, Paddy McGuinness and Louis Tomlinson. After 24 hours the boys decided to push through 'til the end on their show making it actually 27-hours long. After an exhausting time, they managed to raise an amazing total of £324,931.
Celebrity Apprentice for Comic Relief
Lord Sugar and his trusty aides Baroness Brady and Claude Littner put 10 celebrities through their paces with a series of tasks all in aid of raising money for Red Nose Day. The celebs were split into two teams: the girls who were Amanda Holden, Ayda Williams, Kelly Hoppen, Rachel Johnson and Tameka Empson, and the boy's team who were Omid Djalili, Sam Allardyce, Rylan Clark-Neal, Russel Kane and Richard Arnold. The celebs were set the task of organising a cabaret event to raise money for Comic Relief. Between the teams they raised an impressive £380,000 but it was the girls who were crowned the winners and it was Djalili who ended up being fired.
By Sophie Harrison
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