I’d Do Anything judge, Denise Van Outen, has just raised in my estimations once again, as she reveals that she refuses to make money out of her romance with Joseph winner, Lee Mead.

“I’m not hiding our relationship, but I don’t want to be a celebrity couple,” Denise told Celebs on Sunday. “I don’t want to make money out of us being together.

“We’ve been asked about advertising his ‘n’ hers mobile phones. People have even started asking if we’d do a fly-on-the-wall documentary and I’m like: ‘No!’ If I ever got married I’d never sell my wedding.”

Denise also gave her opinion on Kerry Katona and her new reality TV show. Read more & comment »

The first person to be ‘fired’ from BBC reality TV show, The Apprentice, has received death threats he claims.

“People have sent me messages saying they want to kill or injure me,” Nicholas told the Daily Star Sunday. “One read something like: ‘If I see you, I’ll hurt you’.”

However in true cocky style Nicholas claims the threats will not deter him.

“The abuse I have had does not bother me,” he said. “I have had some supportive emails too. I take it all as a compliment. They think they can push me down with this abuse but all it does is pump me up. I realised soon after the show started that it was not for me – it was just such hard work. Read more & comment »

Anti-bullying charity Kidscape has spoken out against BBC reality TV show, The Apprentice.

Kidscape director Claude Knight claimed that scenes of wannabes being humiliated by their fellow contestants on the show can encourage school ground bullying.

“These shows are about public humiliation and The Apprentice takes it to an extreme,” Knight told the Daily Star Sunday.

“Young people will take the behaviour they see in the programme into their everyday lives and the catchphrases come into the language. Kids think: ‘It’s on TV so it must be OK’. It gives bullying a credibility.”

Kidscape was specifically speaking about two scenes that are due to air this Wednesday night. The episode will see Jenny Celerier and Lucinda Ledgerwood at loggerheads and at one point, Lucinda ends up visibly upset after being described as a “fungus” by Jenny, who then threatens to shove a dummy down her throat. Read more & comment »

I just love the BBC/Lloyd Webber shows! Actually talented people, who can all sing and aren’t there because they look good, or their Scottish!

I loved the little Olivers, and there was a lot of quality singing from the Nancy’s. I don’t think there were any bad performances on tonight’s show, but there were a few stand out girls for me.

I thought that Rachel Tucker was probably the number one tonight, she sang ‘About You Now’, and it’s not really surprising that she was so good given that she’s probably the most trained from the whole group.

Surprisingly brilliant was the red headed Jessie. Jessie opened the show with ‘River Deep, Mountain High’ and apart from her Elvis mouth thing, she really blew me away. How a girl so young can sing so powerfully is beyond me. Read more & comment »

Celebrity chef, Gordon Ramsay, has revealed that he tried to get ‘Posh Spice’, Victoria Beckham to appear on his last series of Hell’s Kitchen USA.

Ramsay told Access Hollywood: “I thought about having Victoria on as one of the ladies from Beverly Hills in [a] cooking lesson.

“She decided to tour with the Spice Girls. It was a shame because we missed each other by literally a week, otherwise…it would [have been] quite nice to see her attending one of the cooking classes in the kitchen with me breathing down her neck.”

Gordon also shed some light on his friendship with the Beckhams saying: “They’re great foodies. Victoria eats…in a very healthy manner, nothing over-drizzled with olive oil, fat, cream or butter and things lightly steamed. Read more & comment »

Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber has told The Sun that after he completes his current show, I’d Do Anything, with the BBC, he only intends on making two more series.

He told the newspaper:

“I think I will do two more series and then quit this kind of thing.

“People get tired, I think.

However, he did reveal what show they were thinking of covering next year saying:

“I have an idea to do Jesus Christ Superstar next year and then maybe another all-new show which I’m really excited about.”

So all you bearded singers out there, get limbering up those vocal chords, because the auditions will be taking place before the year is out!

Welsh 24 year old Tara trained at the Redroofs Theatre School and has just finished a nine-month contract on a Welsh soap opera.

Tara’s father is an ex-pro wrestler and Tara’s worst job was working for her father’s wrestling company where she had to load and unload the wrestling ring.

While her parents were working Tara was babysat by ‘Giant Haystacks’ and ‘Mad Monk Rasputin’! As well as the soap opera, Tara has presented on Welsh channel SC4 and has had a CD on sale in Wales.

Originally from Cardiff, 25 year old Sarah loves London so much she works five jobs to keep her living here – including working in call centres and selling the Evening Standard!

Sarah trained at the Royal Academy of Music but often feels that she gets cast in young roles.

She sees Nancy as her chance to “grow up a bit”. Sarah is obsessed with Paul Daniels and when she was growing up she idolised him – when she finally met him she was speechless – and would love to be his assistant for the day.

Originally from Belfast, newly engaged Rachel is completely and utterly in love with her fiancé and can’t believe she managed to find her soul mate when the world is so big!

Rachel trained at the Royal Academy of Music and currently works for a company that employs out-of-work actors.

She is a keen painter and decorator and enjoys sport. Rachel once worked for her brother as a fish fryer but ended up smelling of fish for days after!

Samantha moved away from the Isle of Man when she was 16 and is currently studying in London.

No stranger to performing, Samantha recently entered a Maltese TV International Song competition and won.

She has also supported the Sugababes and Matt Willis on the Isle of Man. Samantha is obsessed with Catherine Zeta Jones and scared of mittens. Samantha hates vegetables and would be happy living on a diet of chocolate.

17 year old Northern Irish girl Niamh is currently studying A-level Drama.

She is classically voiced trained, and sung a solo at the opening of Belfast’s Grand Opera House.

Niamh loves spicy food and will always order a steak in a restaurant. Her favourite place in the world is New York.

Student and part-time sales assistant Keisha (p;rronounced Kayasha) lives in London with her mum, uncle and two sisters.

A keen performer, Keisha loves doing accents and has previously had singing lessons. She once wrote a Christmas jingle for the film Jingle Bells Jingle Bells and appeared on Saturday Disney when she was 11.

If she was ever stranded on a desert island she would take her bible with her.

Jodie is a 28 year old who currently works as an agony aunt and lives with her parents and lots of pets in Blackpool.

Due to attending an all-girl’s school and always having to play the male parts, Jodie feels like never got to show her singing abilities until she went to college.

A keen salsa dancer, Jodie was almost the Pontins disco champion but lost out to a girl who could do the splits. Jodie has been on TV before, when she won the “The Biggest Loser” show after losing a staggering eight stone in weight. Apparently Jodie can perform a duet with her pet parrot Oscar.

Jessie is an 18 year old from Co Kerry in Ireland.

She has been performing since the age of 7, when she starred in a school production of Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

She plays four instruments and is delighted to be in the final 12. She lives at home with her parents and four younger siblings. Despite being Irish Jessie hates Irish stew.

Confident and cool Londoner, 21 year old Cleo is a “music nut” who strives to be a “diamond-selling recording artist”. Cleo recently set up a drama group for children in her community.

A keen performer, Cleo has studied dance at the BRIT school, is currently working on a solo album, and appears in the Sugababes video Stronger. Cleo will only eat raw food and has only left England once but came back as she found it too “boring”.