Bosses behind E4 reality tv show, Celebrity Hijack are said to be in a state of panic, after a practice run for the show went wrong this week.

The producers had hoped that the incredibly gifted and talented young people taking part would prove to be the real stars of the show, however in a dummy run this week, most of the entertainment was provided by the celebrities playing Big Brother.

A source told The Daily Mail: “Basically the problem was the celebrities totally out-shone and overshadowed the contestants.

“They were much more entertaining than the housemates. Now there are some very worried people around.

“Would you rather see and listen to the likes of Jimmy Carr and Matt Lucas or a young unknown who’s good at chess or plays the violin? Read more & comment »

TV’s Mr Nasty, Simon Cowell has revealed that when he dies, he intends to leave his multi million pound fortune to his dogs!

He told the News of the World: “I’ll probably leave the lot to the animals. There’ll be some very rich poodles in Beverly Hills.”

X Factor winner, Leon Jackson has pulled out of a show at tonights Edinburgh Hogmany celebrations due to illness.

Leon will be unable to sing for the next two weeks due to a bad bout of tonsilitis.

Leon said: “I’m just disappointed to be letting people down, but it wouldn’t feel nice to get on stage and not be able to deliver.”

The 19-year-old had the Christmas number one single with When You Believe.

George Grubb, Edinburgh City Council’s Lord Provost, said: “We are very disappointed that Leon is unable to play tonig Read more & comment »

A new TV talent search to find the next stars of the musical Oliver! will begin in the new year, the BBC has announced.

I’d Do Anything will be looking to find an actress for the role of Nancy and three young actors who will take turns as Oliver in the Lionel Bart musical.

Graham Norton will again host the show after leading previous searches for the stars of Joseph and The Sound of Music.

Auditions will begin in early 2008 and the programme will be broadcast on BBC One later in the year.

If you would like to audition for the part of Nancy, click here. If you are more of an Oliver then click here.

We have a massive community of auditionees over on our forum, so make sure to pop in if you decide to audition. You can get some great tips from people who have auditioned for these shows over the last few years and we’d love to hear how you get on in when it’s your turn.

Being an X Factor runner up isn’t all its cracked up to be. You go from having every minute of every day planned out for you before the shows final, then the day after the show ends the staff are nowhere to be seen, and no one wants to know you.

A journalist from Same Difference’s local newspaper happened to be with the duo on the morning after the grand finale, and told us that Sarah and Sean looked completely lost. They didn’t know if they should stay in the hotel or get ready to go home, and the X Factor crew that had been constantly with them for months had all suddenly disappeared.

Sean Smith, the brother of the band told The Daily Star: Read more & comment »

X Factor winner, Leon Jackson is suffering from exhaustion after his schedule becomes more and more hectic.

A source close to Leon told The Daily Star:

“As soon as he won, Leon was whisked off to start his new superstar lifestyle and it’s been non-stop ever since.

“He is followed around constantly by TV crews and minders and is finding the whole exper-ience exhausting.

“The pressure on him is constantly mounting and it looks like he will be pushed to his limits. Read more & comment »

Anthony Kavanagh, or Kav as he was known in the nineties, came second in ITV’s Grease Is The Word, and hoped that his success in the show would relaunch his flagging pop career.

However, just a few months later, Kav has ended up performing in a Holiday Inn, where punters pay £26 for a three course meal and a night of entertainment provided by a failing popstar.

A little while ago, I read that Kav had been a diva to the person who maintained his unofficial fan site on MySpace. The basic gist was that he had completely blanked the person after they showed years of support to him. I can’t help thinking that gigs in the Holiday Inn are a little taste of karmic intervention for someone who’s (allegedly!) so up his own arse!

It sounds for all intents that Kav is taking on any job that comes up at this stage. Acting, singing, reality television. I think he needs to focus himself instead of being some kind of odd job man.

Blur frontman, Damon Albarn has demanded that ITV talent show, The X Factor is scrapped.

During a stint as guest editor of Radio 4’s Today programme Damon said: “We need to dismantle very significant parts of our culture and really re-examine them. For a start you have to get rid of things like The X Factor immediately.” Read more & comment »

X Factor runners up, Same Difference, have scored a record deal with show judge, Simon Cowell.

However, the deal is a bit of a test, as the brother and sister group will only be signed for one single at first and will go on to record an album if the first track sells well.

“We have to sell loads and hopefully make number one before they will sign us for an album,” Sean Smith told the Daily Mirror.

Rhydian Roberts has admitted that he doesn’t like the X Factor’s winners single, that scooped Christmas number one this week.

He told The Mirror: “I don’t particularly like [it]. But I didn’t like my version either. I’m glad I didn’t win and release the song as my rendition would have got slated.”

Rhydian has a point. It’s not a great song, particularly not for a man with not a large vocal range.

X Factor finalists Rhydiaan Roberts and Leon Jackson are due to come face to face once more, this time at the Six Nations rugby.

The pair have been lined to sing the national anthem when their respective countries meet at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium in February.

Rhydian’s uncle Nigel said: “It’s one of his all-time goals and ideal as it’s Wales and Scotland.”

Strictly Come Dancing winner, Alesha Dixon has claimed that the show saved her life. Alesha claims to have felt suicidal after losing her marriage and music career within weeks of each other.

Dixon told The Sun: “It was the lowest point of my life. I just kept thinking, ‘What have I done to deserve this?’ I didn’t see the point in living.”

She added: “Last Christmas was a real, real low point. Anyone who knows me knows that my music career and marriage were the most important things. And I lost them within two weeks of each other.” Read more & comment »

X Factor winner, Leon Jackson has scored his first Christmas number one single.

Jackson sold 276,000 copies of his debut single When You Believe, the highest weekly total for any track released in 2007 and five times as many as the duet by Melua and the late Cassidy which took the number two slot.

Previous X Factor winner Leona Lewis hit the number three spot in the weekly chart, with The Pogues and ‘Fairytale Of New York’ taking number four.

X Factor girl group Hope, have tried to use their feminine wiles on music moghul Simon Cowell, in the hope that he would give them a record deal.

It would seem however, that the girls have overestimated their powers of sexual persuasion, as Mr Cowell to date has refused to be drawn on the future of their career.

“I went to see Simon in his dressing room after the final show to say goodbye to him,” singer Raquelle Gracie told the Daily Star Sunday. “When I was in there I gave him a goodbye kiss and tried to persuade him into signing us up to his label.

“Terri was there as well and unfortunately Simon wasn’t having any of it. He said we would have to wait until after the X Factor tour to see how well we do.” Read more & comment »

Serial womaniser, Calum Best is to become the next D list celebrity to attempt to find love through a reality TV show.

Calum has signed with MTV to produce a show similar to Jodie Marsh’s in which he hopes to find a long term girlfriend.

“He has had enough of s***ing around. He is really keen on appearing on this show, which he thinks will be great fun and will help him to find the girl of his dreams,” a source told the Daily Star Sunday.

“It is rumoured to be appearing on ITV2 and will feature scenes including Calum taking the girl of his choice to meet his mum Angie.”

We know that Calum is renowned for his looks and not his brains, but if he had any sense at all, he would steer well clear of shows like this. Look what happened to Jodie Marsh when she married the man of her reality TV dreams!