I’m A Celebrity: New-Boy Bugner Fires Warning At Jordan
If you’re not an avid boxing fan, you probably won’t recognise the name Joe Bugner. But we suppose that’s the whole point of I’m A Celebrity isn’t it – re-introducing old hasbeens to the public.
After stepping in to replace wimpy drop-out Camilla Dallerup, the man who went 12 rounds with Muhammed Ali was quick to warn reporters that he won’t be taking any c**p from Jordan.
It seems that if she crosses him she will be heading for a rumble in the jungle (sorry).
“If Katie steps out of line verbally and she gives me a tongue lashing, I’ll react,” said Bugner.
“With people like her, it turns into verbal diarrhoea after a while. She’s not going to walk on me.”
“And I really won’t let her get off the hook if she’s wrong. I will be a whingeing old b******. I’m not a physical person but I am very verbal.”
“I can’t stand people who pretend to be something they are not.”
He should get on well with a group of nobodies all pretending to be celebrities then…
BBC3 Confirms Jacko Dance Competition
Shamon readers!
The latest piece of Michael Jackson news is upon us and after that crazy bloke’s attempts to talk to the spirit of the one-gloved wonder, this relatively rational news story is a breath of fresh air.
BBC3 have announced plans to honour the recently departed star with a new six-part dance series called Move Like Michael Jackson.
Hosted by Radio 1’s Reggie Yates, the show will embark on a nationwide search to find the dancers with the moves to emulate the King of Pop.
Predictably the programme will include highlights of the brilliant and terrible auditions before organisers whittle down the hopefuls to 16 finalists who will perform in front of a panel of judges that includes some of Jackson’s relatives.
Winners will perform at the official Michael Jackson tribute concert next June.
X Factor: Danyl Threatens To Quit!
One-time show favourite Danyl Johnson has threatened to quit X Factor after having a spat with controversial mentor Simon Cowell.
According to reports he bolted from a practice session and refused to return for five hours after being forced to sing George Michael’s ‘Praying For Time’.
“He literally burst out the door and ran off down Battersea High Street. A few production staff chased after him to try to calm him down and make him come back but he was having none of it,” said one show insider.
Absolutely chuffing mental
Apparently bosses even sent a car to find him after his Forrest Gump style bid for freedom, but he refused to come back. “He seems very angry and upset and is demanding a different song. It’ll be interesting to see if Simon backs down or makes him stick with it.”
Another added: “He’s not doing himself any favours with stunts like this which just make him look like a spoilt brat. Even if the song choice is wrong there’s no need to storm out, he should talk about it first.”
I’m A Celebrity: Fans Plan To Make Jordan Do EVERY Task
Poor Jordan was in tears last night after nasty viewers forced her to do a third bushtucker trial on the trot.
Peter Andre must have one hell of a phone bill!
Indeed fans of her ex-hubby are said to have hatched a internet plot to force the model to do every task in a revenge for her shoddy treatment of the nice-but-dim singer.
If we remember correctly, she was forced to swim through fish guts just to get into the ITV camp!
In her first official task she hyperventilated while submerged under water, in the second she was wedged in a giant wine bottle with a load of cockroaches and last night she was chosen by viewers to complete a task with seven individual trials!
In her Herculean effort she swam with baby crocodiles, dunked her head in slime and mealworm larvae and was then covered in more cockroaches. Nice.
(She tried and failed to drink beetle-juice).
But despite the fact that she provided food for her campmates again, Kim Woodburn had a go at her. The How Clean Is Your House? star, 67, said: “You’re a publicity seeker. You live and die for publicity.”
Which is a bit rich coming from someone appearing on reality TV a week after her show was cancelled. Hypocrisy we think?
I’m A Celebrity: Camilla Didn’t Jump She Was Pushed!
In the world of reality TV, there really is no such thing as bad publicity and in recent weeks, ITVs PR department have been busier than a bunch of one-armed bricklayers in Baghdad.
Today however, it has been I’m A Celebrity that has been sparking controversy for a change.
This morning we believed that Camilla Dallerup walked from the jungle because she was fed up with conditions in the Australian bush.
This afternoon the word is that she was pushed out by show bosses. How did we discover this? Well her boyfriend Kevin Sacre has been twittering like mad in the last couple of hours.
“Can’t say a lot, people, but I can say she was pulled, she didn’t walk…” he wrote earlier today.
The plot thickens…
I’m A Celebrity: “Public Want Me To Suffer” Says Jordan
So you all got what you wanted….
Last night it’s fair to say that Jordan was bricking it after being washed through a ‘Deathly Burrow’ by a torrent of water.
The 31 year-old model screamed with terror and was a nervous wreck as medics and rangers dragged her to safety from a tank of murky water.
She had previously disclosed that after a swimming incident when she was a child, such a task would have been one of her worst nightmares.
“It’s the water, I can’t do it That was awful. Oh my God. I thought I was going to drown,” she spluttered afterwards.
Speaking before the Deathly Burrows challenge last night, she said: “I may look laid back but my belly is turning. But the public has put me up to do it. They obviously think I deserve to do an awful challenge.”
“The public wanted to see me suffer obviously.”
Despite her ordeal, she also found time for a little flirting with former Hollyoaks hunk Stuart Manning, asking him: ‘ So What are you like in bed then, Stuart?’
He replied: ‘You’re such a s*** stirrer.’
I’m A Celebrity: Camilla Dallerup Walks Out Of Jungle!
ITV bosses have confirmed that Camilla Dallerup has packed up her bag and said goodbye to the jungle!
This didn’t exactly come out of left-field though, the former Strictly star has been struggling for the past few days, complaining that she felt ill and wasn’t sleeping properly.
Just last night Jordan comforted her in the middle of the night and urged her not to give up – that could have been the final straw!
We will of course provide you with more news on this as soon as we can…
Charlie Brooker’s Screenwipe To Return For Xmas Special
Lovers of biting sarcasm will be licking their lips this morning at the prospect of Charlie Brooker’s Screenwipe returning to TV for a one-off Christmas special.
The cult BBC4 show has run for five series since 2006 and led to Newswipe and Gameswipe spin-offs.
The man took Harry Hill’s premise and smashed it out of the ball-park is recording a review of the year that will examine 12 months in television and include a piece on BNP leader, Nick Griffin appearing on Question Time.
Should be interesting.
The programme is due to air in late December on BBC4.
Brooker was recently confirmed as the host of new Radio 4 comedy panel show So Wrong It’s Right.
X Factor: Wham! For The Weekend
Jedward seem set to stay in X Factor for yet another week after it was revealed that the theme for this weekend’s show would be Wham!
According to reports, Simon Cowell rejected an Elton John night in favour of tunes from the 1980s duo George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley.
We imagine that John & Edward might have struggled to perform Elton’s hits but should be more comfortable with the Wham Rap!
Call us cynical, but we think this is all part of his devious scheme to keep the tuneless two-some in the competition – although for what reason still seems unclear.
Ratings aside, he’s got to manage the winners…
Sources have also indicated that singers will be able to take on some of George Michael’s sole hits such as Club Tropicana and Wake Me Up Before You Go Go.
Jedward parents “very worried” says Walsh…
I’m A Celebrity: Jordan Chosen For Bushtucker Trial AGAIN
ITV bosses are certainly getting their money’s worth from Jordan…
The public have selected the glamour model to do a bushtucker trial for the second night in a row.
It looks like her attempts to win back the respect of the nation are falling pretty flat at this stage – it’s clear that most people want to see her go through hell.
She looked absolutely shell-shocked when she was doing another trial last night and held her head in her hands.
“What the hell are they going to put me through? I knew it. “I said I’d do it again didn’t I? It is so out of order.”
She will be tackling the ‘Celebrity In A Bottle’ trial in tonight’s episode and bookies William Hill were last night offering odds of 1/1 on Jordan being voted to do the next two trials in a row.
At this stage it looks like money in the bank.
Last night viewers watched as Jordan completed the ‘Deathly Burrows’ trial, in which the model had to climb through a tunnel of bugs to find stars, after which she was visibly shaken.
Somewhere we bet Pete was chuckling…
