The knives certainly seem to be out for Connie Fisher this week as people jump on the bandwagon to declare her career is as good as over.

Connie who finished her run in The Sound Of Music last night, to be replaced by another TV star, has no immediate plans for another show. In fact her upcoming tour has been cancelled amidst rumours of poor ticket sales.

Some are claiming that she was never fit for the West End stage, and that there are many more veteran performers out there who had much more charisma and stage presence, while Andre Ptaszynski, the CEO of the Really Useful Group, who was organising Connie’s tour told The Daily Mail: Read more & comment »

The new series of BAFTA-award-winning Wife Swap continues. This week two Christian wives with a difference swap lives for two weeks. How will the strict Christian wife of a pastor cope living as a born again Christian with no rules who gambles and drinks? And can a ‘no rules’ mum find her faith in the home of a pastor? Judith and Glen Roberts are devout Christians who follow the Bible to the letter. They have two children: nine-year-old Alice and three-year-old Layton Reece. Glen is a pastor in Huddersfield and everything he and wife Judith do is governed by God. Judith is a traditional wife, doing everything for her family from waking husband Glen in the morning with a cup of tea, to working on a mountain of chores in the home.
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Dancing on Ice judge, Nicky Slater, told GMTV this week that he could be fired for giving Suzanne Shaw a controversially low score on Sunday’s show.

Nicky defended his frosty comments saying, “It’s ‘Dancing On Ice’, it’s not ‘Lifting On Ice.’”

However, the ice-skating star revealed he could be in hot water after his remarks caused a row among the judges last week.

“There is a bit of an issue here. The skaters are given the choreography of what to do. So in a way, Suzanne is getting caught between me asking for something which is a balanced routine, and what she’s been given. So I might get sacked actually, because I’m actually questioning the balance of the routine. So in a way, I should just talk about what is performed.”

Tennis star, Tim Henman is siad to have signed up for the next series of Strictly Come Dancing, to air on the BBC this autumn.

A BBC source told The Sun:

“They are really keen to get a major sports star on board.”

Week four already and it really is starting to get competitive in Vanity Lair.

Can you imagine how difficult it is to make people laugh on demand? Are there any aspiring stand-up stars in the Lair?

Will Thomas live up to his reputation as the joker in the pack?

What will the girls think of the new boys? Blingin’ or Mingin’?

You’ll have to tune in on T4 this Sunday to get their verdict…..

The London Paper has reported today that Sharon Osbourne has quit The X factor due to her ongoing feud with Dannii Minogue.

A TV insider revealed: “She works hard and cares about her acts, but it’s a tough schedule and she has found it wearing working with Dannii in the last series.”

Osbourne is said to have been overheard chatting to Xtra Factor host Fearne Cotton about her decision to step down.

So what do you think? To kind of quote a well known Clash song (so well known that I only know three lines!)

Should she stay or should she go now…..if she stays there will be trouble, but if she goes there will be double, so come on and let me know……Should she stay or should she go?

You know a desperate celebrity when they constantly name drop and try to ride on the success of their more famous, and more popular friends.

This clip, taken from Paula Abdul’s reality TV show shows her referencing Simon Cowell yet again!

Yes Paula, we know you know Simon, we know you star in American Idol…..you don’t need to keep reminding us!!!

You can catch Hey Paula tonight on ITV2 at 11.50pm.

Britain’s Got Talent judge, Amanda Holden has revealed that she has become a lot more ruthless during filming of the second series, an attribute she credits to fellow judge, Simon Cowell.

Holden told The Sun:

“I used to hate hurting people’s feelings and shattering dreams. When I tried to tell an act it was all over, my mouth went dry and my mind blank.

“But I’ve learnt so much from Simon and now I’m ruthless. As time goes by it gets easier.”

I don’t know if you’ve heard about the latest Endemol/BBC Three venture, Upstaged. I certainly hadn’t whenever I arrived in Bristol city centre on a Baltic Friday morning last week.

First, can I say that as a blogger, it’s refreshing to be invited along to the set of any reality-type show and allowed to wander around and talk to the contestants. I was able to explore the set first hand and talk to some of the people behind and in front of the stage. The only downer was that Scott Mills, who’ll be hosting the show when it airs, wasn’t available for the day. But I can live with that.

Innovative Stuff

BBC Three are working hard to bridge the gap between on-air and online. It’s not as easy as it looks. The more Internet-savvy the audience, the more cynical they are about anything that looks like a big marketing ploy. Put it this way, ITV couldn’t get away with this.

However, with Upstaged, the Beeb have managed to attract some talented and high profile members of social networking sites like MySpace and YouTube. Some of these people are musicians, others are comedians and vloggers* who’ve made a name for themselves on YouTube.

Anyway, here’s where having a huge online following comes in handy - each of the acts has to be voted into the performance boxes. So the more people voting, the merrier. And anyone can potentially be a contestant - which gives the public the ultimate say over who gets to perform.

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Have you ever wondered what Soapstar Superstar winner, Richard Fleeshman has been up to since leaving Coronation Street? Well have a gander at this clip of Richard on This Morning filling us in on his new single Hold Me Close, album Neon and tour! Read more & comment »

Former Olympic champion, Christopher Dean, has become the latest Dancing On Ice casualty.

The skating coach was practicing his new routine for this weeks show with partner, when the blade of her skate sliced his arm.

Christopher said: “The blood squirted out like a fountain. But I got patched up and went back on to the ice.”

A source told The Sun: “Paramedics were called and Chris got emergency treatment. It was a shock but he’s fine.”

X Factor judge Dannii Minogue has finally spoken out about rumours of a feud between her and fellow judge, Dannii Minogue.

She revealed to The Sun: “I have had my ups and downs with her.

“While she was busy talking about why I shouldn’t be there and bad-mouthing me, I just got on with the job and kept silent

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Pete Bennett, winnder of Big Brother 2006 is releasing his debut single Cosmonaut with his band ‘The Lovedogs.’

It’s quite a catchy little number, not surprising given that it was co-written by Robbie Williams mate, Guy Chambers.

You can see Pete perform in the strange video below, funnily enough there are no signs of his Tourettes Syndrome in there, it must have all been edited out!

Simply Red singer, Mick Hucknall has hit out today at reality TV shows like X Factor and accused them of ruining the UK music industry.

I read this and laughed, knowing that this was simply another attempt by Hucknall to make the headlines, raise his profile and hopefully sell a few copies of his bands new album, which is coincidentially being released next week!

I have my problems with the sometimes contrived nature of the X Factor, and I have to agree with Mick, that it would be nice to see a TV show that focused on people who could write their own music or play their own instruments. However to claim that British music industry is “going in the toilet” in the same week that a British Recording Artist scooped five Grammys for her musical achievements is beyond ridiculous.
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So I should be spending my time informing you all that former Dallas star, Priscilla Presley is rumoured to have signed up for American reality TV show, Dancing With The Stars.

Now that I’ve told you, can we please spend some time focusing on what went wrong with Ms Presley’s face?

Priscilla is in her 60’s and I have no idea what age she actually looks, because she doesn’t actually look like a human being. The ex wife of former iconic rock and roll star Elvis Presley is said to be dating a man ten years her junior, and is very conscious of how she looks. But if this was true, wouldn’t she realise that she looks ridiculous and stop visiting whichever butcher left her face in the state it is? It’s no wonder that her daughter, Lisa-Marie fell for Michael Jackson, he looks so much like her mum!

If you look at the picture at the top of this article which was taken when Priscilla was playing Jenna Wade in Dallas, and then the picture at the bottom, you can see the transformation that Priscilla has undergone. When Priscilla appeared in Naked Gun 33 1/3 in 1994 she still looked amazing, however things seem to have gone downhill in the last ten years and I just feel so sorry for a woman who is so hungry for approval and fame that she will obviously go to any lengths to achieve it.

If only Elvis could see her now……he’d be all shook up!