TOTPs will be returning to BBC One this year with two special, one-off shows – one on Christmas Day and one on New Year’s Eve.
Hosted by Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates, the programme will feature exclusive performances from some of the year’s biggest stars and will reveal the Christmas number one.
The New Year’s programme will review the year in music including highlights from Glastonbury Festival 2008.
Jay Hunt, Controller, BBC One, said: “The shows will form the centrepiece of a massive musical offering during the festive season that we hope viewers are really going to enjoy.”
Fearne Cotton added: “I am beyond excited at the thought of a return to the mighty TOTP studios for these one-off shows. Reggie and I feel truly honoured to be able to introduce this year’s number one – both shows are going to be huge!”
Simon Cowell even offered to make the show himself. “If they don’t want it, I’ll take it. I’m serious. Why end the tradition? It’s like not having Christmas pudding. I don’t believe in breaking with tradition.”
