WAGs Boutique
| WAGs Boutique | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Reality |
| Created by | Off the Radar Productions |
| Presented by | June Sarpong |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes (inc. adverts) |
| Production company(s) | Talkback Thames |
| Distributor | FremantleMedia |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV2 |
| Picture format | 16:9 |
| Original release | 30 January – 24 April 2007 |
WAGs Boutique was a reality television show on ITV2 in which two teams of WAGs (footballers' wives and girlfriends) ran two rival fashion boutiques over a three-month period.
Format
Ten women were split into two teams, both of which ran neighbouring boutiques. The contestants had to think of a boutique name, decorate the boutiques themselves and choose every single item of stock. They ran the boutiques themselves, with only the occasional word of advice from their mentors. Each week, a manager for each boutique was chosen and a challenge set. The manager then had to select two contestants to leave the shop and complete the challenge. During the 3 months, the contestants competed for their team's chosen charity; all profit the boutiques made went to the charity.
The winning team was the group which took the most profit. There wad also a winning contestant, who was originally going to get to work with fashion designer Scott Henshall to design her own high street range of fashion, however, the winner of series one, Krystell Sidwell, did not receive this prize, but instead was awarded a column in Reveal Magazine.
The format was devised, and is owned by Nathan Carey a producer based in London, formerly of Off The Radar. The pre-production name of FW Boutique was changed to WAGs Boutique and the show commenced broadcasting on Tuesday, 30 January 2007 and ended on Tuesday, 24 April 2007 on ITV2. Wags Boutique is hosted by the presenter of Channel 4's youth show T4, June Sarpong. The series was co-produced by Soho-based production agency, Off the Radar and Talkback Thames.[1]
The series raised over £500,000 for two charities - Great Ormond Street Hospital and The Willow Foundation.
Over 60,000 viewers visited the shops in just 30 days of trading.
Despite the success of the first series peaking at almost 2m viewers across ITV1 and ITV2, second series plans were scrapped after England failed to qualify for Euro 2008.
Teams
The ten WAGs were split into two teams, picked by each store's Mentor. Both boutiques were located on Marshall Street, London. The teams were as follows:
| Number | Name | Civic number | WAG | Mentor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
References
- ↑ "WAGs to get own reality TV show", BBC News, 17 October 2006.