Arlene Phillips the Dance Judge Panel with Greg James and Lee Mack. In Britain, Phillips first became a household name as the director and choreographer of Hot Gossip, a British dance troupe which she formed in 1974, using students she was teaching at the time. Hot Gossip spent two years performing in a London night club where Phillips and her manager developed the group's dance act. The troupe were spotted by the British television director, David Mallet who invited Phillips to make Hot Gossip a regular feature of "The Kenny Everett Show", which he directed for Thames Television on ITV, first being
Hot Gossip Video Show", Hot Gossip recorded "Making love on a phone" and with Sarah Brightman on lead vocals recorded "I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper". A disco song written by Jeff Calvert, Geraint Hughes,the men behind another huge hit record in 1975 called 'Barbados'. The track reaching number 6 in the UK Singles Chart, They went on to record an album in 1981,called "Geisha Boys and Temple Girls", produced by the former Human League and then current Heaven 17/BEF member Martyn Ware. A stand out track called 'I Burn For You' was written by Sting. Produced by Burton and