Christopher Hall (Part One)
Walking The Dog with Emily Dean
Goalhanger
4.6 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
This week Emily and Ray take a stroll with comedian, choreographer and social media phenomenon Christopher Hall.
Christopher first found a huge audience online through his brilliantly funny background singers sketches with his sister Elizabeth, lovingly parodying the gloriously overcommitted backing vocalists secretly desperate to become the star of the show. The videos have now racked up more than 50 million views and led to collaborations with the likes of Shania Twain and Sophie Ellis Bextor.
On the walk, Christopher chats to Emily about his childhood obsession with 90s pop music, growing up as a young gay man, and how attending musical theatre college gave him a real sense of confidence and belonging. They also talk about his years performing on cruise ships, the realities of building an online following, and working creatively with his sister, with whom he co-hosts the podcast Stay Hydrated.
Christopher’s live show Pizazz heads to the Edinburgh Festival from August 5th to 31st before touring the UK later this year. Tickets and dates are available at https://mickperrin.com.
It’s a joyful, funny and wonderfully heartfelt conversation with someone who radiates warmth and charisma, and who quickly discovers he and Ray share a deep emotional connection via S Club 7.
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| 0:00.0 | So when there's no goals scored and they'll be like it was still a good game, everyone played well. |
| 0:04.0 | I just think no one, you're getting paid so much money, there's got to be some goals scored. |
| 0:09.9 | This week on Walking the Dog, Ray and I went for a stroll with comedian, choreographer and social media phenomenon, |
| 0:16.9 | the wonderful Christopher Hall. |
| 0:18.9 | Like a lot of people, I first came across Christopher via his fabulous background singers videos |
| 0:24.4 | where he and his sister Elizabeth brilliantly parody the kind of gloriously intense backing singers |
| 0:30.5 | who are technically there to support the artist, but are clearly very desperate to become the main event. |
| 0:36.1 | And it's also introduced a huge audience |
| 0:39.0 | to Christopher's genius talent as a stand-up and podcaster. |
| 0:42.7 | So I couldn't wait to find out a bit more about Christopher's origin story |
| 0:47.1 | and we had the loveliest chat about all of it |
| 0:49.7 | from his early obsession with 90s pop stars. |
| 0:53.3 | He still gets triggered when you mentioned Jerry leaving the Spice Girls. |
| 0:56.9 | We also talked about how he felt different growing up as a young gay man and how going to musical theatre college at 18 gave him a real sense of confidence in belonging. |
| 1:07.8 | I also wanted to know all about his experiences performing on cruise ships, |
| 1:12.3 | how he managed to grow such a huge online following. And by the way, he has some brilliant |
| 1:16.9 | advice on this. And how he navigates working with his sister, Elizabeth, who he also does a |
| 1:22.4 | brilliant podcast with. It's called Stay Hydrated with Chris and Lizzie. So do give that a listen now. And do go and see |
| 1:29.2 | this man live because he's utterly hilarious. His show, Pazaz, will be on at the Edinburgh Festival |
| 1:34.8 | from the 5th to the 31st of August and after that touring all over the country until the end of the year. |
| 1:40.8 | So book your tickets to see him now via Mick Perin.com. Ray and I just adored Christopher. |
| 1:47.3 | He's so charismatic and warm and funny, just as you'd expect, and he also formed a very intense |
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