Man this is beautiful. In a week when troubled genius Michael Barrymore is back in the news for his return to the stage (he plays Spike Milligan in the ace-sounding Surviving Spike at Windsor's Theatre Royal), let's see one of his happier moments in the Big Brother house, 2006. Here he is singing an impromptu duet with Pete Burns, over toast and coffee one morning. I wonder what Faria's doing now.
From this angle at least, it would appear the twins have lost a bit of weight. More astonishingly though, according to Heat , they've been signed to Select. Which is a proper modelling agency, and everything. I like the twinnies, don't get me wrong, and I'm no Cindy Crawford myself. But these two modelling? In like, magazines and stuff? Hmm... I'm on the fence about this. What do you think? Get over yourself and leave a comment for once.
Come with me, people, down memory lane. Let's forget our worries, and how bloody freezing it is outside, and relive those halcyon days when our most pressing concern was who's going to evicted next? Imagine letting a tv show rule your life! Eesh, what fools we were. Thank god we're not like that any more, huh? Friends, I give you... the nightclub task.
Quiet day for reality tv today (I refuse to cover the "Penny Lancaster wants a baby"/"Mel B's looking a bit thin" stories) - so here's a lovely Thursday afternoon treat. And I hope you've eaten because, boy oh boy, it's even more nauseating than you remember...
The Independent (oh yes, we read real newspapers too) today reports that the, er, godfather of Big Brother - Peter Bazalgette - is leaving the Big Brother producer Endemol after nearly a decade.
One of the most influential figures in broadcasting, Bazalgette made his plans to leave known earlier this summer. Bazalgette leaves Endemol - who also make Deal or No Deal to pursue projects in digital media. Smart man. I don't want to give too much away, but we may be having a new blogger joining us here at Panto soon... I'm joking of course. Bazalgette would never work for us. For one thing, he's the director of online polling firm YouGov, and we use Poll Daddy.
Big Brother 8 and I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here collided when Charley Uchea had former Busted star Matt Willis thrown out of nightclub after a big fat row, say reports. According to the Daily Star the pop singer had been advising one of Charley's fellow Big Brother housemates, Seany O'Kane, to keep well away from the South East London (Sh)It Girl.
Charley apparently overheard the discussion and confronted the musician over his comments, attacking him verbally. A source claims that Willis "couldn't get a word in edgeways" with the ex-housemate. Surprised? Security were then forced to ask the pop star to leave the London Egg nightclub. A source commented:" He went without a fuss because he didn't want to cause a scene." Are you listening Charley?
Whilst innocently looking for something else (I know... I've already incriminated myself by protesting) I stumbled across some of the most disturbing pictures ever taken. The NSFW (that's 'Not safe for work' for those of you who rightly avoid abbreviating absolutely everything) snaps feature Big Brother strop Queen, Nikki Graeme in various states of undress with another largely nude lady.
Now, I don't really care if people take snaps like these... it's none of my business... but looking at these made me feel rather uncomfortable. Nikki looks like someone with learning difficulties being taken advantage of... and that's what makes me feel so very uncomfortable. I've no idea if these are pre or post BB, but still, they don't make for nice viewing.
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Looking at The News of the World's "Top 20 Big Brother Babes Of All Time" list and two thoughts struck me: 1) they're all blond and thin; 2) I don't remember Noel Fielding from the Mighty Boosh going in there.
I don't care what anyone says. The defining moment of BB8 was Brian wetting himself. It's the first... and possibly last... time that we'll get to enjoy someone running around mewing "I've had a bit of an accident" in a voice not unlike Frank Spencer. Brian - Tragic genius.
It's nearly the end of the series, and maybe the end of BB as we know it. It's certainly the end for the Elstree/Borehamwood house. And as we psych ourselves up for the final (Elstree-based) eviction, let's take a moment to reflect on this show's humble beginnings.
So here we are at the home stretch and some of the housemates have been letting their guard down. Liam, Ziggy and Carole have been punished for discussing nominations, but I can't help feeling that the real penalty should be against stupidity.
The trio's genius strategy at defeating the five million cameras trained on their faces seemed to consist of a combination of chimpanzee-style sign language, gurning and - most entertainingly - whispering. Liam, son, have you forgotten you're wearing a mic? You wonder what's going through their minds, sometimes, really you do.
