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Celebrity Apprentice viewers in hysterics as Amanda Holden drafts in Britain’s Got Talent flop act Stavros Flatley to perform with Robbie Williams
AMANDA Holden had viewers in stitches tonight as she called upon Britain's Got Talent act Stavros Flatley to perform at a Celebrity Apprentice cabaret night.
The celebs were split into two teams and were given 24 hours to organise the event to raise money for Red Nose Day.
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Amanda and Ayda Field were responsible for finding acts - an easy task for X Factor judge Ayda with having a pop star in the family.
Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda told the group she could call upon father and son act Demi and Lagi and sad: "Stavros Flatley will get the party started.
"They'll have people up on their feet."
Viewers were in hysterics at the mention of the classic father and son duo, as one person wrote on Twitter: "Cannot believe Amanda Holden has suggested Stavros Flatley"
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Red Nose Day at a glance...
- Comic Relief was created in 1985 by filmmaker Richard Curtis and comedian Lenny Henry
- The first Red Nose Day telethon in 1988 raised £15 million and the last one in 2017 raised a whopping £82 million
- This year's event sees celebrities taking part to raise money in;
- Strictly Danceathon - Claudia and Tess will be dancing for 24 hours
- Kilimanjaro: The Return - Dani Dyer is joined by Shirley Ballas and other celebs for the gruelling trek
- Bodyguard - Richard Madden reprises his role for a one-off special
- Four Weddings And A Funeral sequel - after the hugely successful reprisal in 2017 of Love Actually, Hugh Grant is back once more
- To donate, visit
Another wrote on Twitter: "‘We’ve got Robbie Williams....... and Stavros Flatley!’
One more scoffed: "I love that they basically just sold Stavros Flatley as a bigger draw than Robbie Williams"
Demi and Lagi Demetriou won the hearts of the British public with their Greek-inspired Irish jigs
The team priced tickets to see Stavros and Robbie Williams perform at £100.
But they struggled to sell and admitted many of their celebrity pals were paying "not to come" to the event, as they failed to get bums on seats for the show.
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Simon Cowell eventually donated £25,000 to the cause, as Olly Murs shelled out £5,000, Carol Vorderman £4,000 and Take That parted with a whopping £50,000.
The teams also sold raffle tickets and offered prizes including a holiday in Mauritius, a box experience at Arsenal and an all expenses trip to Silverstone race track.
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The lovable duo - Demi Demetriou and son Lagi - won the nation’s hearts with their comical Greek version of Michael Flatley’s Lord Of The Dance in Britain’s Got Talent in 2009.
Their unique dancing saw them all the way to the final and prompted Simon Cowell to comment: “Can I just say, this is one of my favourite ever dance acts."
Videos of their performances attracted over ten million hits on YouTube and numerous fan groups started to pop up on Facebook.
Despite their popularity, the pair ended up in fourth place behind Susan Boyle, Diversity and saxophonist Julian Smith.
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