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===TV appearances=== [[File:Jamiroquai (6606880291).jpg|thumb|Kay in 2011]] Kay appeared in an episode of the [[BBC]] series ''[[The Naked Chef]]'' with chef [[Jamie Oliver]], and he performed on the series ''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]'' singing "[[Canned Heat (song)|Canned Heat]]". He has made many other TV guest appearances as either a singer, interviewee, or both, including on [[The Word (TV series)|''The Word'']], ''[[The Girlie Show (British TV programme)|The Girlie Show]]'', ''[[The Tonight Show with Jay Leno]]'', ''[[Friday Night with Jonathan Ross]]'', ''[[Rove (TV series)|Rove]]'', and many others.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jay Kay|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1007370/|access-date=23 September 2021|website=IMDb}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Jay Kay β On Rove (2002)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ8klj30GpM|language=en|access-date=23 September 2021}}</ref> Kay has appeared on four episodes of the [[BBC]] car show [[Top Gear (2002 TV series)|''Top Gear'']]. In series 1, episode 2, he set a lap time of 1:48.1 for the show's "Star in a Reasonably Priced Car" using the [[Suzuki Aerio|Suzuki Liana]], holding the fastest lap time for all of the first series and most of the second series.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.topgear.com/show/lap-times|title=Lap Times {{!}} Top Gear|website=www.topgear.com|language=en|access-date=8 February 2018|archive-date=10 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210172427/https://www.topgear.com/show/lap-times|url-status=dead}}</ref> In series 3, episode 4, Kay drove his [[Lamborghini Miura]] with [[Richard Hammond]] as a passenger. His third appearance was in series 11, episode 6, where his lap time of 1:45.81 using the [[Daewoo Lacetti|Chevrolet Lacetti]] beat the top time held by [[Simon Cowell]] by one-tenth of a second;<ref name=":0" /> this car's record remained unbeaten throughout the entire series' run despite there being 58 drivers in total for the Chevrolet Lacetti, with [[AC/DC]]'s [[Brian Johnson]] coming in second place for this car with 1:45.85. Kay won ''Top Gear's'' "[[John Sergeant (journalist)|John Sergeant]] Award" for the best dance after learning that his time on the [[Top Gear test track|''Top Gear'' test track]] was the fastest lap time in 2008. On 24 May 2004, Kay appeared on Season 5, Episode 9 of [[Channel 5 (British TV channel)|Channel 5]] series ''[[Fifth Gear]]''. He gave the presenters a tour around his property whilst showing off his collection of cars.
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