Panto Poll: new Big Brother eye

So... what do you make of it? Hmm? The show returns on June 5th...

Bebo to launch reality show: The Gap Year

Bebo's new online reality show The Gap Year will go out next week. Six travellers were chosen to appear - and as they're all Bebo members it's safe to assume we'll be looking at a line-up of 13 year old girls and middle aged men pretending to be 13 year old girls. Endemol are sponsoring their "individual but intertwined" adventures around the globe. Oh and they'll be set tasks, Challenge Anneka styleee, so it's not all about getting baked on a beach in Goa. But I guess that wouldn't have been the most entertaining telly, anyway. The message of this whole pepsi-max-adrenaline-mainlining project seems to be, ironically, turn off the computer... and do something less boring instead.

Slightly bizarre advert for the thing, after "continue"...

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Kelly Brook to host Dirty Dancing show

Miss Brook will take over from Jennifer Ellison hosting Dirty Dancing: The Time of Your Life. In the dance talent show, eight couples throw shapes like Johnny and Baby from the awful 80s film in the hope of winning a contract with dance agency Bloc.

The show is filmed at the same location as the movie - Mountain Lake Hotel Resort in Virginia. "Dirty Dancing is one of my favourite films and I can't wait to get to Kellerman's, carry the watermelon and learn the rules of Dirty Dancing," Brook said. I'll trust you to insert your own watermelon joke at this juncture.

Over the jump to see Patrick Swayze's brawny biceps. Now, don't ever say we're not good to you.

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New reality show for RuPaul

Beyonce RuPaul's doing a new reality show, and it's all about drag queens. The show will feature contestants competing to be best drag act.

RuPaul said, "Tell Tyra that the Queen has returned, and while you're at it have Heidi clear the runway. I'm going to pump some 'realness' into reality. To be a winner on this show the contestants need to be a fashion designer, an American Idol, and a top model all rolled up into one. And they definitely have to be smarter than a fifth grader."

Well, I don't say it often, but the truth is I can't put it any better than him. If you're a "sister sittin' on a secret" (dear god) click here.

Justin Timberlake to produce new reality show "The Phone"

If this is a joke, it's a very weak one... but 'tis so often the way with reality show concepts. Justin Timberlake, they're saying, has been signed up as executive producer of a new US reality show, where contestants battle it out for a cash prize. Tony Disanto, executive vice president of programming and series development for MTV, said: "Genre-busting and reinvention is at the core of what we do, and 'The Phone' does just that. Each week will be an action-packed mini-movie."

Well that sounds great. What kind of "bustin'" and "action" will they be up to? Here's an example: the show begins with two hidden cell phones ringing in different areas of a large city. People who answer their phone will have five seconds to decide whether they want to play for a cash prize. Now, call me cynical, but I get people phoning me up offering me cash prizes all the time and while it's certainly stressful, I wouldn't necessarily say it was an action-packed adventure. So, is this the whole show? What's next, "The Email: Spam Survivor?"

Star Psychic to play Blackpool

With writers, they say one's career begins and ends with radio. I suspect something similar could be said about TV entertainers, and Blackpool.

But that would be unkind and as you know, we're big softies here at Panto. Speaking of big softies, Star Psychic Sally Morgan is touring the UK for the first time next month and will be reading the fun-sized minds of those who've paid for the pleasure, at Blackpool's Grand Theatre on Sunday 22nd June. It says here, quite ominously I thought, "Dare you miss it?" I mean, what is that? A threat?

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New film: Killing The Cheeky Girls

Well as the one they call "the third cheeky girl" I am of course biased... but this new reality-tv themed movie sounds amazing. Press release and video clip over the hop. Warning: THE PRESS RELEASE COMPLETELY GIVES AWAY THE PLOT. You were warned.

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"Tiny lady" to enter Big Brother house?

A belly-dancing star of Australian Big Brother, Rima Hadchiti, has been at the centre of controversy down under after nude pictures of her appeared on the internet. Since entering the spotlight, there have been hints that the UK version of the show is interested in employing Rima, who stands just one metre tall. And now, with rumours circulating of a "child-sized bed" being brought into the house, the press are speculating that Rima might be making a guest appearance on the show.

The trouble is she's still in the Big Bro house in Australia, and the series runs 'till July. So either someone will have to break her out and fly her to the UK, or it's all a load of rubbish as usual. What do you think?

Watch Jodie Marsh on Jeremy Kyle show

You've heard the hype about today's celebrity Jeremy Kyle show, no doubt... now find out what all the fuss is about. The show features Jodie Marsh, Razor Ruddock, and Jessie Wallace's sister Danielle Mason. Here's Jodie and she's as fascinating to watch as ever (you know, until she opens her mouth...)

New Jennifer Lopez reality show

She's just Jenny from the block, you know. Find out about the block, the rock, etc in her new docu-series, which she'll co-produce, co-create and star in. Whether she will also be writing the theme tune and singing the theme tune has yet to be confirmed. The show will focus on how the star juggles her career, including the launch of a new fragrance, with motherhood, as she's recently given birth to twins Max and Emme.

Lopez said: "I'm looking forward to sharing this exciting journey together," but strangely didn't say where she was going.

The series is currently being filmed.

The Baron - starting tonight!

The wonderfully feudal-sounding series begins tonight with three 'celebs' (read: reality tv stalwarts) relocating to a remote Highland community to attempt to convince the locals to vote them in as their 'Baron'. What an extraordinary idea for a show.

Potential overlords this week will include singer/ice dancer/award winning mother Suzanne Shaw and Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren. Couldn't get you a preview of the actual show, but don't worry - the clip over the jump is much, much better... isn't it? Hmm? Say: "Yes, my Gatekeeper."

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Paris Hilton to make UK reality show?

Can it be true? Tell me it's true. Paris Hilton's currently in talks to make a pet-grooming themed reality show for Living TV. If it goes ahead, the show will be filmed at a dog's beauty parlour on London's Bond Street.

A source told the Sunday Star: "The shop is perfect for Paris. It's a subject she's passionate about and it's a way for her to break into UK TV. Watching Paris act out her Los Angeles lifestyle, in which tiaras for Chihuahuas are of real importance, should be very entertaining. And she will no doubt be hitting the clubs and parties over here in the same way she does back home."

Sounds brilliant. But where will she be staying while she's here? Comfort Inn, Marble Arch?