Media and Charity Work
Barnes became a pundit on ITV and a presenter of the football coverage on Five as well as having his own weekly football discussion show on LFC TV called The John Barnes Show, every Thursday. He also worked as an ambassador for Save the Children. Barnes has appeared on several shows and media outlets to promote his charity work, including a notable appearance on Soccer AM in February 2009 performing the "World in Motion" rap and a parody of the mistimed advert by ITV in the previous week's Everton vs. Liverpool FA Cup tie, with Barnes' "Under-11 World Champion Baton-twirling" routine missed by mock commercials.
Barnes competed in the fifth BBC series of Strictly Come Dancing which started in October 2007. His dance partner was Nicole Cutler. They finished in seventh place. He was also the first male celebrity to receive a ten from the judges, which he got for his salsa.
After an absence of nearly eight years, Barnes returned to football in late 2007. He agreed to run several coaching clinics across the Caribbean for young players with the possibility of them joining Premier League side Sunderland on trial.
He made a guest appearance as himself in episode 10 of Series 6 of Waterloo Road that was aired on BBC One (BBC Two in Scotland) and BBC HD at 8pm on Wednesday, 27 October 2010. He has been used as a pundit in ESPN's coverage of the FA Cup 2010, and in Supersport (TV channel)'s coverage of the UEFA Champions League 2010-2011, in South Africa.
He appeared on Russell Howard's Good News best bits show on Thursday, 15 December 2011, as his Mystery Guest. In the show he was dressed as Santa Claus and along with Russell Howard he performed his famous rap from New Order's "World in Motion".
On 17 October 2012, Barnes featured in series 9, episode 9 of the BBC series Who Do You Think You Are?.
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