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James Belshaw

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James Belshaw in Series 66.

James Belshaw was a contestant in Series 66. Belshaw has also appeared on several other TV shows.

In 2010, Belshaw appeared on Coach Trip with his wife Sophia, lasting six days before being red-carded.

In 2012, he popped up as a contestant on the BBC game show The Weakest Link, coming 4th, and on the second series of Breakaway, where although not winning, James was the only contestant to break away. He also appeared as Gymsuper5, his self-created superhero on Morgan Spurlock's New Britannia.

In 2013, he appeared on Tipping Point, coming third.

In 2014, he appeared with his Sophia on Pointless where they were eliminated in third and fourth place on consecutive shows, both with less than thirty points. He also appeared on Britain's Deadliest Roads, a Channel 5 documentary.

In 2015, Belshaw appeared on Two Tribes, coming second, and on Benchmark, where he reached the head to head at his first attempt, not that anyone watched that one.

In 2016, Belshaw appeared on The Getaway Car with Sophia and The Question Jury on his own, winning a cash prize. He also appeared in Lookalikes as a bouncer.

In 2017, he appeared on the BBC show Letterbox and the Channel 4 show Cheap Cheap Cheap, both times with Sophia where on CCC they won a cash prize, and on ITV water park show Cannonball on his own dressed as a cat. He also appeared on Judge Rinder as a claimant for a broken television.

In 2018, he appeared as ex-boxer Shaun Cummins in the Donal MacIntyre show Murder Files on CBS Reality. He also appeared on Come Dine with Me Surrey week. On ITV's The Big Audition he appeared as a comedic modern take on Henry VIII for the Hampton Court auditions.

In 2019, he appeared with Sophia were the reds on Bargain Hunt, beating the blues winning with a lower loss of minus £19.

In 2021 he appeared with Sophia on Lingo.

He and Sophia shared a Guinness World Record between 2005 and 2010; the longest continuous kiss, lasting 31 hours 30 minutes and 30 seconds.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
5436 29/02/2012 P Peter Lee 105 – 15 James Belshaw Nick Hewer Rachel Riley John Parrott Susie Dent 115