This Is Your Life is an American television documentary series broadcast on NBC, originally hosted by its producer, Ralph Edwards from 1952 to 1961. In the show, the host surprises a guest, and proceeds to take them through their life in front of an audience including friends and family.
Edwards revived the show in 1971-72, while Joseph Campanella hosted a version in 1983. Edwards returned for some specials in the late 1980s, before his death in 2005. The show originated as a radio show on NBC Radio airing from 1948 to 1952.
Other versions of the television show have also been made in Britain from 1955, as well as in Australia, in New Zealand and in Sweden. The This Is Your Life format is distributed internationally by DRG.[citation needed]
The idea for This Is Your Life arose while Edwards was working on Truth or Consequences. He had been asked by the U.S. Army to "do something" for paraplegic soldiers at Birmingham General Hospital, a Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California Army rehabilitation hospital (a site later converted into a high school). Edwards chose a "particularly despondent young soldier and hit on the idea of presenting his life on the air, in order to integrate the wreckage of the present with his happier past and the promise of a hopeful future." Edwards received such positive public feedback from the "capsule narrative" of the soldier he gave on Truth or Consequences that he developed This Is Your Life as a new radio show. In the show, Edwards would surprise each guest by narrating a biography of the subject. The show "alternated in presenting the life stories of entertainment personalities and 'ordinary' people who had contributed in some way to their communities." The host, consulting his "red book", would narrate while presenting the subject with family members, friends, and others who had had an impact on his or her life.
Paul William Walker IV (born September 12, 1973) is an American actor with Albanian ancestry. He became well known in 1999 after his role in the hit film Varsity Blues. He is also known for starring in the surprise summer hit The Fast and the Furious. His other films include Joy Ride, Running Scared, Into the Blue and Eight Below. The films he has starred in have grossed more than $1.7 billion. He also appears in the National Geographic Channel series Expedition Great White..
Walker was born in Glendale, California and raised in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles County, the son of Cheryl, a fashion model, and Paul Walker III, a sewer contractor. His paternal grandfather was a professional boxer. He is the oldest of five, having two brothers and two sisters. Walker was raised as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or Mormon, church. He attended and graduated from Village Christian School. After high school, he attended several community colleges where he majored in marine biology.
Cher Lloyd (born 28 July 1993) is an English recording artist. Lloyd rose to fame when she finished fourth in the seventh series of The X Factor. Shortly afterwards, Lloyd was signed by Simon Cowell to Sony Music subsidiary Syco Music.
Cher Lloyd's debut single "Swagger Jagger" was released in June 2011. Despite receiving negative reviews, the single entered at number one on the UK Singles Chart and number two on the Irish Singles Chart. Her second single "With Ur Love" was released on 31 October, featuring Mike Posner, and peaked at number four in the UK, and number five in Ireland, preceding her debut album Sticks + Stones, which peaked at number four in the UK Albums Chart and number seven on the Irish Albums Chart.
Cher Lloyd used to live in Malvern with her parents Darren and Dina, and three younger siblings brother Josh, and sisters Sophie and Rosie. Lloyd attended Dyson Perrins CE Sports College, where she studied performing arts. She also attended theatre arts school Stagecoach.
Lloyd had previously auditioned for The X Factor twice before (when the minimum age was lower) singing ballads, but did not make it through. Lloyd has previously performed at holiday camps and said she gets a mixed reaction to her music, but was a big hit with x-factor judge at the time Cheryl Cole. She remarked on their similarity and Cheryl went on to support her throughout the show. She auditioned singing the Keri Hilson version of "Turn My Swag On". At bootcamp she sang a rap version of "Viva La Vida" adding lyrics she claimed to have written herself, but this was disputed and reports claimed she took them from a song by rapper Swizz Beatz. At the judges' houses she performed "Cooler Than Me" but suffered from tonsillitis and was unable to complete her song. She was given a second chance, but broke down sobbing and could not complete the song. Despite this, she was still picked as one of the final three girls by mentor Cheryl Cole.
Mmmmmmmmm
We scream and shout and try to make it last
Though it didn't work out,
I don't love you any less
My lover or friend,
I wont ever tell
Our secrets safe
An unspoken citadel
And in these broken times, well,
It's so easy to forget
So I sing to remind
Upon my shoulder you can rest
Cause I'll always give you my best
A sidewalk's path leads me to you
Though we don't look back,
We hold on to a truth
And in these broken times
I promise I will not forget
Though you're not mine
Upon your shoulder I can rest
Cause you always give me your best
Like a promise kept
It's like you never left
It's like you never left
And though it's been so long,
I can't ever seem to forget
All it takes is a song
And I could swear I hear your steps
Down the hall echoes a past
Thatleaves an ache,
It's never left
Cause I gave you my best
It's like you never left
It's like you never left
(Verse)It's never easy so don't give me that excuseIt was never meant to beYou're scared of losing so you'd rather have the truthBut it's so obvious to me(Pre-Chorus)So don't (so, don't)Lose faith (lose, faith)When you're feeling like your mind's about to break (about to break)So go (so, go)Far away (far away)When a battle's just about to break (about to break)(Chorus)'Cause you're at your bestDon't you give up, you can'Cause you're at your bestWhen there's nothing left to have(Chorus - part 2)There ain't a bad dayLose faith, I doubt thatOne love, I got thatGod knows that you're at your bestWhen there's nothing left to have(Verse)The storm surrounds you but you're always shining throughBecause a diamond never breaksWhen stuff is going down you always keep your cool'Cause that's just the way you're made(Pre-Chorus)So don't (so, don't)Lose faith (lose, faith)When you're feeling like your mind's about to break (about to break)So go (so, go)Far away (far away)When a battle's just about to break (about to break)(Chorus - part 1)'Cause you're at your bestDon't you give up, you can'Cause you're at your bestWhen there's nothing left for us(Chorus - part 2)There ain't a bad dayLose faith, I doubt thatOne love, I got thatGod knows that you're at your bestWhen there's nothing left to have(Bridge)Maybe it feels wrongJust don't hold back too longHear the sound of your world fallingBut don't give upJust smile, do your...Just smile, do your...Just smile, do your thingJust smile, do your thingJust smile, do your...Just smile, do your...Just smile, do your thing baby yea(Chorus - part 1)'Cause you're at your bestDon't you give up, you can'Cause you're at your bestWhen there's nothing left for us(Chorus - part 2)There ain't a bad dayLose faith, I doubt thatOne love, I got thatGod knows that you're at your bestWhen there's nothing left to have