After last week’s celebrity opener, the new series of BAFTA-award-winning Wife Swap continues with an ex-pat episode: Marbella socialite Anna Courtenay and her husband Chris swap places with “back-to-nature” Dan and Kara Darby-Dhyan, who live on an eco-friendly boat.
How does Anna cope with getting her hands dirty tending the land, no modern conveniences and living off a mere six-Euro weekly budget? And how does Kara handle “sleeping with the enemy” as she has to endure everything she has come to despise about modern life?
BBC killjoys have banned members of the The One And Only audience, from throwing knickers at Tom Jones lookalike, Simon Abbotts.
The bosses are said to be worried that Simon may trip on a pair of knickers whilst performing, but his family think it’s health and safety gone mad!
His mum Val told The Sun: “We were a bit disappointed. It’s health and safety gone mad. For as long as he’s been impersonating Tom, Simon’s never once slipped up on any stray item of underwear.”
January 31st, 2008 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Paula Abdul
Hey Paula, a reality TV show that centres around 80’s pop sensation Paula Abdul, launches on ITV2 tomorrow night.
I have always thought that Paula had more than a few screws loose, and after watching this clip below, where she allows her horrible little rat dogs to eat millions of pounds worth of diamonds, I know I was right!
January 31st, 2008 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Ghost Hunting
Taking a trip into the deepest, darkest places The Isle of Man has to offer, the world’s foremost ghost hunter, Yvette Fielding and a selection of the best ghost busters from the cobbles of Coronation Street prepare to delve into the spooky unknown. Join Tupele Dorgu (Kelly Crabtree), Wendi Peters (formerly Cilla Battersyby-Brown), Jack P Shepherd (David Platt), Katherine Kelly (Becky Grainger), Kym Ryder (Michelle Connor) and their ghost hunting guide as they prepare to face their most frightening fears yet. Ghost Hunting With…Coronation Street is brand new and exclusive to ITV2, Monday 18 February at 9pm.
This ghost busting extravaganza takes the Coronation Street stars on the journey of a life time. The first stop is the Gaiety Theatre which dates back to 1899. Paranormal activity here is rife and there have been repeated sightings of a lady in black that sits in the auditorium. She is said to have a particular penchant for musicals! At Yvette’s request the theatre is immersed in darkness and the Corrie team set out to search for the lady. However, it is not until Yvette suggests a séance on the main stage that the mood within the theatre significantly changes. Read more & comment »
Coleen McLoughlin has been set the challenge of a lifetime…to find naturally beautiful women to be the face of eight major brands in her brand new series, Coleen’s Real Women.
In each episode, Coleen, the nation’s favourite girl next door, will scour the streets of Britain in search of real women to win eight high profile modelling assignments. These will be genuine jobs but with one major difference – all the women Coleen selects are amateurs, all professional models will be barred.
At the beginning of each show, Coleen will be given a brief from the brand. She then sets out on a scouting mission and holds open castings to find girls she thinks will not only fit the brief but could win the campaign over and above professional models. Read more & comment »
January 30th, 2008 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Paula Abdul
With 80’s pop sensation Paula Abdul taking centre stage, Hey Paula is an unfiltered, uncensored fly-on-the-wall documentary following the life of our favourite American Idol judge. ITV2 viewers will have exclusive access to Ms Adbul as the cameras follow her 24/7 for a non-stop string of business meetings, media appearances and not forgetting those fabulous showbiz parties stateside. Hey Paula is brand new and exclusive to ITV2, Fridays from 1 February at 10pm. Read more & comment »
January 29th, 2008 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: Vanity Lair
Alexa Chung hosts T4’s brand new reality experiment. What happens when you challenge ten self-declared beautiful people to live together? How long before the beautiful people turn ugly? In this opening episode the first ten beautiful people move into the impressive Vanity Lair mansion. Read more & comment »
Former Olympic skater, Christopher Dean, will not be skating on this week’s Dancing On Ice TV show, as he will be recovereing from a knee operation he had this week.
Dean will still appear on ITV1’s programme as a mentor to the celebrity contestants, but his partner Jayne Torvill will dance alone.
In a statment, Christopher said”I want to reassure viewers that I will be back on the ice very soon.”
“It’ll be odd for me to see Jayne skate on her own – I’ll be itching to get out there on the ice with her,” he added. Read more & comment »
January 29th, 2008 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: the choir
Following the Bafta Award-winning success of The Choir, the sequel The Choir – Boys Don’t Sing returns to BBC Two this week.
Featuring the highs and lows of ever-patient choirmaster Gareth Malone, the series follows Gareth as he tackles, in his usual head-on way, the task of teaching choral singing in Lancaster School – a large boys’-only state school in Leicester.
Gareth has dreams of involving the whole school and leading a 100-strong, all-boys’ choir out on the stage at London’s Royal Albert Hall. The problem is, at Lancaster, singing in assembly was abandoned in the Seventies, and most of the boys who attend think singing is definitely best left for the girls. Read more & comment »
To Mark the launch of The Bedroom Diaries On MTV One, Davey, 21 from London, will be living his life in the full glare of the public as MTV literally lift his bedroom from his home in Harrow to London’s busy Carnaby Street to witness his antics for 36 hours. From his bed to his wardrobe, posters to his computer – everything is being transported. Davey will be joined in his ‘bedroom’ by his dance teacher for a lesson, some of his many friends from MySpace for a chat (of whom he has over 6,000) and will be performing a special live DJ set on his decks as well as living a normal teenagers life for 36 hours – confined to his bedroom!
Passers-by will be able to interact with Davey via text message and bluetooth technology will allow those nearby the ‘BYO bedroom’ to receive a 30 second sneak preview clip of the hot new show. Those at home can share in the whole experience as it’s streamed live via webcam. Read more & comment »
Chris has been offered £100,000 to take part in the UK Dancing On Ice tour, but had to choose between taking part, and continuing with his job on the teen soap.
A source told The Sun: “Chris has been juggling both shows. He’s been travelling loads and is shattered.
“He’s been told it’s the tour or Hollyoaks and now ITV have offered him £100,000 to stick with them. That’s the clincher.”
Rhydian Roberts has revealed that he is dating X Factor makeup artist, Julia Carta. Well he’s not gay then!
Rhydian admitted: “I fancied her when we were making the show.
“She’s half-Spanish and very beautiful, with dark hair and olive skin. I was also attracted to her because of her lovely personality. She was very supportive and gave me little tips and words of encouragement.
“We’re gradually getting to know one another properly and I’m very happy. She’s 12 years older than me, but that’s fine with us both.”
He also told Hello! magazine: “I don’t want to keep barking on about being a virgin and a Christian at the age of 24. I will make love with the person I fall in love with. Read more & comment »
January 29th, 2008 by Lisa McGarry. Tags: BBC Three
BBC Three is changing…
It’s growing into something more than a regular TV channel. It’s building a whole world for itself, one that will live on your computer and your mobile as much as it does on your telly. It’s not finished yet, but it’s happening now. This second. And for it to be as good as it could be, it needs you to get involved.
All of you.
So we tried to get your attention with some cheeky stunts that saw holes leading to the new world of BBC Three open up on some of Britain’s most infamous streets. We even made films of ourselves doing it in case you weren’t there to see it happen. Why? Simple, because we can’t finish changing BBC Three without you
We want you to film yourself introducing your favourite BBC Three programmes, as well as your ideas about what your ideal world would look like. Upload your mobile or video clips via enterthreetv.co.uk then click on “Be on TV” and find out exactly how you could end up as one of the new faces of BBC Three. On top of that you can sneak a look at what BBC Three is becoming and find out how people like Lily Allen are already involved.
British bookies are so convinced that Channel 4 are about to cancel Big Brother, that they have slashed the odds on this summer’s 2008 series being the last.
The latest BB spinoff, Celebrity Hijack ended last night with an average of only 600,000 watching the series, 10% of the viewers who watched the final two years ago.
Ladbrokes spokesman Nick Weinberg told The Daily star: “Celebrity Hijack has hardly captured the imagination of punters.” Read more & comment »
The 20 year old politician won £50,000 after receiving 54% of the vote in the final of the show, beating circus performer Emilia Arata, 18.
I suppose John was hoping that taking part in the show would boost his political career and raise his profile, but given that next to no one watched the show, I don’t fancy his chances!
