It's the traditional Edinburgh opener – when TV types take part in a special festival edition of a small-screen favourite. And generally make fools of themselves.
This year it was Sky1's Got To Dance. Regular presenter Davina McCall was otherwise engaged – apparently Big Brother is still going on – so Vernon Kay stepped into her shoes, promising ITV News editor and festival chair Deborah Turness in hotpants. Quite a thought.
The judges might have been expected to go easy on the contestants, who are not professional dancers after all. Did they? Did they heck.
Tap dancer Adam Garcia said of the first act, BBC Tap: "There's nothing like drum tap fusion. And that was nothing like it."
The second act, a Bollywood effort from Brit Asia TV, didn't fare much better, unlike the third act – Tarnished – who bagged a maximum three stars from the judging panel.
This was only slightly problematic because they were made up from staffers from Elisabeth Murdoch's Shine TV who also make... Sky1's Got To Dance.
"When I said they were going to get three stars that was a joke, I have to say that for legal reasons," said an only slightly sheepish Kay.
A belly dancing act from Ashes to Ashes Kudos producer came and went ("Not sexy enough," said no-nonsense judge – and Pussycat doll – Kimberly Wyatt, although Garcia said he found it "strangely compelling") followed by a ballroom dancing act combining BBC Worldwide and BBC health and safety which had the third judge, street dancer Ashley Banjo, fearing for their health (and safety).
"I was fearing for their lives at certain points and that is not how you are supposed to watch a performance," he said.
And finally, it was the turn of the ITN News team – and Turness really was wearing a pair of hotpants, fright wig and comedy high heels. "To lose this so publicly could lead to the loss of the ITV and Channel 4 News contracts," warned the ITN chief executive, John Hardie.
He needn't have worried, with ITN winning the public vote. "The votes have been counted, but they haven't been verified," joked Kay.
Thank goodness show producer Shine didn't win – it might have prompted demands for a recount.
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