Emma Willis celebrated her milestone 50th with a raucous birthday party on Saturday night.
The TV star and her husband Matt Willis invited their celeb pals to Old Sessions House in Clerkenwell, a Grade II listed former courthouse.
Guests included Emma’s This Morning and Radio 2 co-stars Rylan Clark, who showed off his new appearance after undoing facial tweakements, and Dermot O’Leary as well as actress Tamzin Outhwaite and comedian Tom Allen.
Guests had the run of the shabby chic venue, which can be hired out exclusively for the celebrations at cost of around £25,000.
Meanwhile Live Karaoke Band provided the entertainment, with everyone from the birthday girl to her husband jumping on the mic.
Rylan went back to his X Factor days as he sung Spice Girls’ Wannabe before joining Giovanna Fletcher in a wild wig for a perfomance of Beyonce’s Single Ladies.
Emma Willis celebrated her milestone 50th with a raucous birthday party on Saturday night
Live Karaoke Band provided the entertainment, with everyone from the birthday girl to her husband jumping on the mic (Rylan, left and Giovanna Fletcher, right)
The TV star and her husband Matt Willis invited their celeb pals to Old Sessions House in Clerkenwell, a Grade II listed former courthouse
Emma put on a very leggy display in chic red tartan mini dress as she partied the night away alongside devoted husband Matt, 42.
Meanwhile a floor below in the basement tattoo artist Adam Claridge, a favourite of the Beckhams, was in residence.
He set up shop at the party to give guests personalised inkings with a range of designs including smiley faces and the words ‘kiss me’.
After BGT star Sheila Simmons led the guests in singing happy birthday they were treated to refreshments and nibbles.
Dermot proved to be the surprise karaoke king though, belting out the Bruce Springsteen classic Dancing In The Dark before launching into Kelly Clarkson’s Since U Been Gone.
Emma’s Busted star husband couldn’t resist the stage, performing Green Day’s Basket Case as his wife and her pals jumped around the dance floor.
Meanwhile a floor below in the basement tattoo artist Adam Claridge, a favourite of the Beckhams, was in residence
Emma and Matt posed for snaps with Live Karaoke Band who had kept their guests dancing all night long
Guests, including Emma’s This Morning and Radio 2 co-stars Rylan Clark and Dermot O’Leary as well as actress Tamzin Outhwaite and comedian Tom Allen
Rylan, who showed off his new appearance after undoing facial tweakements, went back to his X Factor days as he sung Spice Girls’ Wannabe
Emma’s Busted star husband couldn’t resist the stage, performing Green Day’s Basket Case as his wife and her pals jumped around the dance floor
Guests had the run of the shabby chic venue, which can be hired out exclusively for the celebrations at cost of around £25,000 (Dermot O’Leary pictured right)
Close pal Rylan shared a look at the speeches, with Emma thanking her loved ones and cracking jokes from the top of the venue’s staircase
EastEnders star Tamzin cut a stylish figure in a pale pink suit
After BGT star Sheila Simmons led the guests in singing happy birthday they were treated to refreshments and nibbles
Emma’s Cooking With The Stars Tom Allen (R) cut a dapper figure
Guests including Jamie East (L) and Leigh Francis (R) splashed out on new tattoos
The tattoo artist set up shop to give guests personalised inkings with a range of designs including smiley faces and the words ‘kiss me’
Emma and her pals performed Spice Girls’ classics as the crowd went wild
Guests loved the very unique party favours
Emma’s birthday venue, Old Sessions House pictured
Emma closed out the night, singing another Spice Girls hit, Stop, with a group of girlfriends.
Close pal Rylan shared a look at the speeches, with Emma thanking her loved ones and cracking jokes from the top of the venue’s staircase.
Alistair Martin who provided the instrumentation told his followers online: ‘I setup Live Karaoke Band back in 2008 and we’ve played some memorable gigs: Abbey Road Studios with Jonathon Hall, Henley Rewind Festival, Isle of Wight Festival, and too many corporate events and weddings to mention’.
‘But last night was one of those “pinch yourself” nights when we were invited to play for Emma Willis’s birthday party in London, and I reckon this one topped the lot.
‘Emma and Matt are a simply awesome couple with a beautiful family, and know how to throw a party with equally awesome friends who know how to sing. Thank you for inviting us, we had an absolute blast’.
He added: ‘Tom Allen is as charming in real life as he is on the screen (thank you for the fan boy moment!), and Dermot O’Leary was an absolute gent, smashing it with Since U Been Gone and Dancing In The Dark.
‘The energy Matt Willis brought to the stage performing Basket Case was electric, and the night was suitably brought to a close by Emma and her friends singing Stop by The Spice Girls’.
‘But the ‘pinch yourself’ moment…? Rylan absolutely killing it with Wannabe. I can cross that off my bucket list.’
Days before the bash, Matt shared a sweet post to mark Emma’s milestone year.
The Busted star, 42, who has been married to Emma since 2008, shared a montage of throwback snaps of their lives over the years as he called her ‘my everything’.
In the first photo, Emma looked the picture of happiness as she posed with her delicious chocolate birthday cake.
Matt then followed up with photos of Emma’s milestones which included being in hospital just before she gave birth to one of their three children, partying at a club, looking exhausted at Disneyland and a fun snap with Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl.
He wrote: ’50 looks good on you bab. Love this woman more than I could ever put into words. Literally all I want to do is hang out with you.
‘You are my everything. Happy birthday @emmawillisofficial . Can’t wait to do the next 50 together xxx’.
Matt and Emma’s showbiz pals took to the comment section to share their birthday wishes.
Giovanna Fletcher commented a red love heart emoji while Davinia Taylor typed: ‘Beautiful woman and soul’.
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