Born To Shine kicks off tonight on ITV1, just when you thought that there would be no TV talent shows left this summer!
In aid of charity, the show showcases celebrities who are keen to learn a new skill and talent and members of the oublic will be asked to vote for who they think mastered it best.
On tonight’s show Nick Moran will try his hand at playing the piano, Jodie Prenger will attempt rapping and newlyweds Michael Underwood and Angellica Bell will perform a tap dancing routine.
I’d Do Anything winner Jodie Prenger has already dropped from a size 16 to a 14 whilst rehearsing for the role of Nancy, but she is determined to go even further and fit into a pair of size 12 jeans.
However that’s as far as she wants to go, because Jodie is sure the public don’t want to see a skinny Nancy.
Jodie told this week’s Closer magazine:
‘No one wants a stick-thin Nancy – after all she’s described in the book as stout!’ she said.
Jodie Prenger was certainly not the most experienced person who auditioned for this years I’d Do Anything, and before she takes on the role of Nancy, Jodie is about to appear in the ensemble cast of Les Miserables to build on her acting skills.
Cameron Mackintosh, who will be producing Oliver!, said: “One of the great things about Jodie is that she grasps every opportunity offered to her and she is eager to work.
“When she won I’d Do Anything, Jodie told me that she didn’t want to sit around for six months but wanted to really use the time before going into rehearsals – I’m delighted that this is one of the things she’s chosen to do.”
It also recently emerged that Jodie has been attending acting school, RADA in order to prepare her for her stage debut.
It seems that Cameron Mackintosh was so worried about Jodie Prengers acting skills that he has enrolled her for a crash acting course at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
Jodie won BBC talent search, I’d Do Anything in May, but rumours persisted that Mackintosh would rather have had Rachel Tucker for the role.
Jodie admitted to The Sun: “Singing live on Saturday night TV in front of millions of people was not nearly as scary as tackling Shakespeare at RADA.”
Last night, a source said: “Jodie is not a fully-trained actress and Cameron just wanted to make sure she’s up to scratch by the time rehearsals start in October.”
Jodie Prenger has hit back at Oliver producer, Cameron Mackintosh after he implied she was too fat for the role of Nancy, and revealed his preference for fellow contestant Jessie.
Prenger declared: “Cameron gave me little slights and said he wanted Jessie — who I love to bits — to win.
“But I want to give him the best Nancy that he’s ever seen and I’m confident I’m going to do it.”
I don’t know why I was so shocked that Jodie won ‘I’d Do Anything’ last night. She and Jessie were the only two that had never been in the bottom two, so they obviously had a lot of public support. But in the end I thought the public would do the predictable thing and vote in the young pretty girl.
In a way, after all the Britain’s Got Talent ‘fix’ claims, it was nice to see people vote in I’d Do Anything, for the person they thought was most talented, and not who they fancied or who the judges wanted them to choose. Read more & comment »
Jodie Prenger may have already lost a whopping 11 stone, as part of Living reality TV show, ‘The Biggest Loser’, but it seems as though that might not be enough for Cameron Mackintosh.
Jodie is up against Jessie and Samantha in this weeks I’d Do Anything final, however Oliver producer Cameron Mackintosh is said to favour the slimmer girls for the roile of Nancy.
‘Cameron thinks she is a bit too big and has more or less said so,’ said Sir Andrew Lloyd-Webber to the Daily Mirror. But Sir Andrew disagreed with Mackintosh and said: Read more & comment »
Plus size Nancy wannabe Jodie Prenger hit our screens like a breath of fresh air on Saturday night, when she delivered a gutsy audition in BBC’s I’d Do Anything.
But it turns out that this isn’t Jodie’s first foray into the world of reality TV. In fact just two years ago Jodie won Living TV slimming challenge The Biggest Loser after shedding 8st 7lb in six months.
A source at the BBC1 show, told The Sun: “Jodie’s enjoying it as she knows how reality TV works.”
