What a shame….not! Angellica is a lovely girl, but a singer she is not.

Tonight BBC presenter Angellica Bell found herself in the bottom three acts for the THIRD time. After performing their song for a second time Ray Stubbs, Colin Murray and Angelica Bell faced the judges. Each judge chose a different contestant but Richard Parks vote carried and he saved Richard Parks. The students gave Angelica and Colin two votes each, so the decision went back to the public vote. Colin polled the highest and so he has remained in the Fame Academy and is one step closer to the final. Here’s hoping he has a better song tomorrow night!

Zoe Salmon has revealed that she was “surprised and disappointed” that Colin Murray voted her out of the Fame Academy house two nights ago and chose to save Angelica instead.

How could she be surprised? It’s a singing contest….she can’t sing. And she’s not his girlfriend, Colin already has one of those.

Oh the outrage, the controversy! Three people complained to OFCOM because Patrick Kielty called Colin Murray a “big gayer” for crying on stage.

Political correctness gone overboard…I think so!

Colin Murray has admitted to the Daily Record that although he would never embark upon a serious singing career, he would love to record and release a Christmas number one with his fellow Radio One DJ Edith Bowman.

Belfast-born Colin said: “If Edith wanted a wee shot at the Christmas No.1, I’d do that, just to spend a little bit more time with her.

“The offer is there. I’d have a go with Edith but I’m not looking for any serious singing career, even if I finished first which I don’t think I will.

“We could do Ebony And Ivory or Islands In The Stream.”

Now thats one Christmas single I would actually pay for!

Colin Murray (born March 10, 1977) is a BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio Five Live DJ and television presenter from the working-class Ballybeen estate in the Dundonald area of east Belfast, in Northern Ireland.

His career path includes digging graves at the age of 16, and print journalism for the Belfast News Letter and publications in Canada, as well as running the music magazine BLANK.

Radio

Colin Murray joined Radio 1 with Donna Legge in 1999 as one of the original hosts of Radio 1’s Session programmes. Their show went out every Thursday night between 7.30 and 9.00 focusing on the best new music from Northern Ireland. Colin and Donna quickly built a good rapport and went on to deputise for John Peel, Steve Lamacq and Mary Ann Hobbs. By 2001, Colin was also branching out into deputising for Daytime Radio hosts, so that in October 2001 he spent two weeks filling in on Late Drive for Dave Pearce. By 2002 he had caught the eye of Channel 4 and in February 2002 ceased deputising at Radio 1 to host Channel 4’s Morning Show- RI:SE. Read more & comment »

The BBC and Comic Relief today announced the names of the 13 celebrities set to surprise the nation and go head to head in the definitive, celebrity singing competition.

The celebrity students are:

Angellica Bell (presenter)

Colin Murray (Radio 1 DJ, TV presenter)

Fred MacAulay (DJ, broadcaster)

Linda Robson (actress)

Mel Giedroyc (comedienne, writer)

Miranda Hart (comedy actress)

Ray Stubbs (BBC Sport presenter)

Rowland Rivron (comedian/presenter)

Shaun Williamson (actor, Extras)

Tara Palmer-Tomkinson (personality/TV presenter)

Tim Vine (comedian)

Tricia Penrose (actress)

Zoë Salmon (Blue Peter presenter)

Regular host Patrick Kielty will be joined by Claudia Winkleman who moves over from BBC Three, to preside over the live event from Fame Academy’s new and fitting venue, the Debating Chamber in London’s County Hall.