I'm a Wannabee, Get Me In Here!! (I'm A Celebrity - Get Me Out Of Here)

Member Name: welshwickedone

Product:	I'm A Celebrity - Get Me Out Of Here
Date:	15/11/06 (2666 review reads)
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Advantages: Get to watch them suffer in the trials

Disadvantages: What a bunch of wannabees and has beens

I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here.
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Yes the time has come around yet again for a selected bunch of Celebrities to be cast out in the wilderness for three weeks in the aim of becoming King or Queen of the jungle as we are yet again subjected to another year of I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here. In the first two years of running this programme, I will say fair enough to the programme name, but as the years keep rolling by the Celebrities seem to be getting fewer and fewer. Let’s face it with this year’s line up maybe they should consider re-naming the show I'm A Celebrity Has Been or Wannabee, Get Me In Here as that is what it has come down to. They have scraped around the barrel looking for a desperate bunch of Wannabee Famous so-called stars who are desperate to try to re-launch there career, have a taste of fame again, and shoved them out in the jungle to amuse us.

This years so called Celebrities look a right sorry bunch, which to be honest if it was not for the camera's and the fact that the winner donates there prize to there favourite charity, I don't think anybody would watch this and nobody would even miss them from the real world.

The 2006 Celebrities!
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David Gest, Lauren Booth, Matt Willis, Jason Donovan, Myleene Klass, Faith Brown, Phina Oruche, Toby Anstis, Jan Leeming and Scott Henshall.

Yes, I know what you thinking, as I did, what a right bunch of wannabee's and have beens. Still, ITV have still chosen them to be this years class act and I am going to give you an insight into each of them to help those who don't know who they are or why they are even supposed to be famous.


David Gest.
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This is the man who married Liza Minnelli then later the same year entered into a bitter slanging match of a divorce with her. He is known apparently for his career in the music industry, yet we all find that his name sticks out for his marriage farce to Minnelli and his facial surgery. Close friends with Michael Jackson, although how close we are not sure, maybe they shared the same plastic surgeon. This man has had several face-lifts, nips, tucks and eye treatment, yet he has yet to realise it is actually made matters worse as like many others who choose this route to youth and went over the top his face now looks like a plastic mould melting in the Australian sun. In the first 24 hours he has shown his true personality already with his vulgar comments and slandering of other jungle members, particularly picking on Jan Leeming as she was a News presenter, Lauren Booth as she gave the press many comments on his facial surgery efforts and even upsetting Faith Brown but suggesting her chest could 'breast feed them all with milk to keep them going'. He currently ranks highest in the most disliked stakes and is top choice by the Celebrities to be the first to walk out. Here’s hoping.


Lauren Booth.
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To be totally honest when I first read her name and seen her face I still had no idea who she actually was, it was only after a little research that I found out. Apparently, a former model and well-known (?) journalist, which still did not bring her to mind the key fact that made me know who she was is the fact that she is the Sister-In-Law of our Prime Minister Mr Tony Blair. Well at least we know who she is now, but I certainly would not have said she was a Celebrity in any way, that is me though. Obviously having a famous father Mr Tony Booth, the actor and a famous sister in the shape of Cherie Blair the prime minister's wife, Lauren was feeling left out and decided it was her turn to try to make a name for herself. Lauren has already found herself in the firing line of David Gest for her comments in the press on his facial surgery it makes you wonder whom else she will target to run down in her attempt to climb the fame ladder.


Matt Willis.
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Who an earth is Matt Willis? That is what I though and after again needing to research this person for my review, I discovered he is a former member of the once well-known band Busted. Struggling to get his life back on tracks after his band and fame went down the toilet along with thousands of pounds wasted in his boozed up binge drinking sessions. Over his battle with alcohol and in desperate need to make a name for himself, he has signed himself into this challenge after his major flop of an attempt at a solo career. What a great start to life this one has already had and all this by the age of 23, no wonder his produce John Lydon thought this show was a good idea for him.


Jason Donovan.
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Yes, the Jason Donovan, former Neighbours heart-throb and close friend of Kylie Minogue although not blessed with quite the same level of fame as Kylie this former Aussie hunk is desperate to rebuild his life. After leaving Neighbours along with Kylie and each choosing to launch solo singing careers Jason Donovan did not quite make it like Kylie did. His first two or three songs were hits but that was about it and off he strolled to Broadway to star in the Musical Joseph and his Technicolor dream coat. For several years he performed in the musical as Joseph but this all came at a price as he choose to take the slippery slope down the drug addiction road. This just about finished his career although he has now cleaned himself up and overcome his addiction. This is his opportunity to try to regain the fame he once had and re-launch his career in singing.


Myleene Klass.
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For those who did not know Myleene Klass was one of the five lucky winners of the Popstars, which launched her and the other four members to fame in a group, called Hearsay. What went wrong? Well just about everything, you could think of as Myleene constantly clashed in personality with other band member and now Corrie actress Kim Marsh. Such was the rivalry between these two that eventually Kim quite the band and soon after several songs just continued to fail to gain them any success. Promoted as this years I'm A Celebrity eye candy to keep the men watching is not exactly what I would call a great way to earn you fame, but Myleene does not seem bothered by this comment and if anything tries her hardest to ensure she lives up to this title in her skimpy clothing and swimwear.


Faith Brown.
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Finally, another name that actually was familiar to me, although I have not heard the name for a long time. Faith Brown has not seen the fame light for a while now, but previous has fame in the form of thee role Anne Bradley in Brookside, she also starred in the Dr Who episode Attack of the Cybermen, where she played Flast. She went on from there to host her own chat show called The Faith Brown Chat Show (original, I know) where she entertained her audience with impersonations of Pam Ayres, Diana Ross and Angela Rippon to name a few. This fame did not last however as the show failed to really hit the lime light and was soon axed. She dwindled away after this though even after her attempts in 2001 to re-launch her career in a reality TV show I'm Famous and Frightened which she did go on to win, but sadly the show was not a big hit anyway. Bring on I'm a Celebrity for her next attempt to become famous again.


Phina Oruche.
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Who on earth is she, well for those of you who did not know she starred as Liberty Baker in Footballer's Wives. This role has earned her a little fame, but obviously not enough in her eyes so she signed up for this to change that. She has starred in many other famous programmes making cameo appearances but they were not enough to get her name in lights as she desired. She is apparently feisty and has a short temper, which is hoped to show itself during the programme, but as yet, we have had nothing more than another Myleene Class attempt at being eye-candy for the men viewers. It is believed she was actually on the z-list for the show and only made it in by the sheer luck although this has not been confirmed.

Toby Anstis.
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Those of you who are of the younger generation or have children in there early teens may remember this man. He first rose to fame as a children’s presenter in the CBBC Broom Cupboard as it was know. He was comical and a great children’s entertainer until he found himself wanting more than this and choose to move on to bigger and better things. The bigger and better things just seemed to pass him on by though with him only managing to make a small name for himself from the music show Ozone and guest presenting Top of the Pops, before that was axed as well. His move from there took him into a career as a Radio presenter, which he still does now for LISPING Heart FM. I have to confess though this would be my choice to win out of all the wannabee's here as he has already shown team play, support and comedy in his role in this show.


Jan Leeming.
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Yes, the Jan Leeming former Newsreader from BBC has decided to take a leaf out of Jenny Bonds book in the idea that if she can do it and get herself a career outside the BBC news team then why shouldn't she. Although, she did try in the past without any success after leaving the BBC as a news reader maybe she thinks if people can see she is more than just a woman behind a desk that can read the news this will help. In the first 24 hours though, she hasn't really had much luck in that department failing her Bush Tucker Trial miserably and showing just how squeamish and flimsy she really is. Things are not looking to good for her and I think she would have to be second on my list to be walking out before evictions even begin.


Scott Henshall.
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What can I say apart from what a selfish, self-centred, winging, miserable character we have here, and all this in just 24 hours. Anyway who is he I here you cry, well apparently he is famous for his fashion designs for stars such as Paris Hilton, Jasmine Leonard and Princess Tamara. His mission as he puts it for appearing on the show is to set things right for the Gay community. I mean nothing offensive by this comment I am just phrasing it exactly as he did. He is a bit late anyway as Wayne Sleep already did this and with flying colours in my opinion. Wayne was a credit and an inspiration to all during his time in the jungle, but you know how it is, just as Jan Leeming has jumped on the bandwagon copying Jenny Bond so we have Scott Henshall copying Wayne Sleep. Sad really, when you think this is all there hopes amount to is copying somebody else in the hope to grab some fame again.


Well that's me done passing my individual comments about the so called Celebrities of the show, I think now would be a good time to give you an insight in to what the aim of the show actually is.


About the Show.
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Ant (Anthony McPartlin) and Dec (Declan Donnelly) the famous Newcastle Duo who have a continuing success in the world of entertainment host the show itself. The show is now in its sixth instalment which has seen previous Tony Blackburn, Phil Tufnell, Kerry Katona, Joe Pasquale and Carol Thatcher all take the title of King/Queen of the Jungle and the time has come around again to crown a new King/Queen.

The idea of the show is to send 10 Celebrities into the heart of the Australian Jungle for three weeks where they will be made to sleep in hammocks under the starry sky and live on basic rations of food and rice. If the celebrities want to eat a decent meal, they must earn them. This is done on a daily basis by the public voting for which Celebrity they want to see complete the Bush Tucker Trials. These trials are daily tasks, which make the celebrities come face to face with creepy crawlies, heights, caving, water and other unpleasant tasks to earn stars. For each star they earn the camp is rewarded with a meal, so the more stars the more meals earned. Due to the fall in numbers of viewers over the past two series of I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, the producers have promised to entertain us with more twists and turns never seen before as well as more adventurous Bush Tucker Trails, although whether they deliver this excitement remains to be seen.

This could well be our last chance to watch I'm a Celebrity this year if the numbers of viewers does not increase as ITV have promised to axe the show if it fails again this year, but we will have to wait and see if that happens. Although this program was original thought to be fixed in some way and had the campers living a life of luxury as soon as the camera's went off air, this is not actually the case as it is filmed 24 hours a day to allow viewers to tune in and watch the campers when they choose.


So Far.
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Day One.
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With only 24 hours gone and tempers are already beginning to fray in the camp with David Gest and his language, comments and horrific snoring. Jan Leeming openly volunteered herself to do the first Bush Tucker Trial which involved her being lowered down a cave and putting her hands in with all unpleasant creatures which she could not see to try and retrieve the stars from the holes. How did she do? Not very well at all, as in the 5 minutes she had, she spent most of her time squirming and only actually managing to retrieve three stars. Her lack of success was made even worse by the fact that she dropped one of the stars she got in the hole so only managed to get two meals for camp. When back at the camp she cried at her horrific ordeal as she called it, but when you think about it, she was the one who insisted on going first and she was not the only volunteer, so why make such a fuss. If she didn't want to do things like that why is she even there and why volunteer.

I will say however even at this early stage, I have already made my selection for who I would like to see win. I think this year Toby Anstis should win as he above all others has already shown us comedy, team work, supporting and has not done any back-stabbing yet (although this could change).

The votes are in and counted and the Public has chosen David Gest to complete Bush Tucker Trial number two.

Day Two.
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Yes another day of sheer misery subjecting myself to watching this rubbish. I must confess though I only really wanted to watch today’s show to see David Gest be subjected to the Bush Tucker Trail. I had great images of him screaming like a big girl when he did the trial, but credit where credit is due, he did the trial really well. Yes, he was using a few choice words, but that was hardly surprising when you think what he was up against. Well done on six stars and six meals for the wingers.

The rest of the show in brief contained Lauren Booth giving us her political opinion and Faith Brown showing us more of her chest than any of us rally want to see. Tomorrow sees Scott Henshall voted to do the Bush Tucker Trial.

Day Three.
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Today, Scott Henshall having to face the Bush Tucker Trail called Jungle Bogey entertained us. How did he do? Well let us just say what a wimp. He only managed to get through one song and only earned a single star. Well he just made himself look the biggest, most pathetic, weedy little girl I have ever seen and I think we have our first contender for walking out.

Elsewhere in the camp David Gest and Toby Antstis have decided that they are going to kill our ears with a rap song and Jam Leeming is not cut out for this show at all. The next Bush Tucker Trial is requiring the participation of two happy campers and who have the public chosen for the high wire trial, well the voting public are obviously either not impressed or want the camp to go hungry as they choose Jan and Scott for tomorrow Bush Tucker Trial. I personally think the public have voted well in the hope that all will become too much for these two idiots who wanted to come on the show and do not want to do the tasks.

To be honest watching this programme is a trial within itself as I am fed up with the constant crying and complaining from the campers although on saying that David Gest has certainly surprised me as I really thought he would not last or manage the Bush Tucker Trial as well as he did. Well done to him for that, but come on you other babies, shape up or ship out, as we do not want to watch you cry.


Day Four.
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As Day four arrived in camp so did the news that a new arrival was to join the group of campers today. Former Eastenders star Dean Gaffney arrived all nice and clean and tidy in his Bush gear and then had the shock of his life when he discovered he had to do a live Bush Tucker Trial before he could enter the camp. Needless to say, he did not take it well; in fact, he took it so bad that the on hand medic Bob had to calm him down. Hyperventilating Dean did himself very proud for the hungry camp though as he continued through his trial despite nearly fainting, continually retching, wincing and hyperventilating he gained a massive nine stars and over came one of the toughest Bush Tucker Trials we have seen yet. Good on you Dean, you did yourself proud and showed some of those babies in camp how to play the game.

The Bush Tucker Trial voted for by the public for Jan and Scott was not such a roaring success although it was better than there previous efforts. Along there trial they managed to get five balloons which equalled five stars and five meals until good old Jan let go of one of there balloons only leaving them with four. She just does not have a clue has she? The backstabbing and bad feelings continue to flow in the camp but how long before they boil over, not long at this rate in my opinion.

The votes are in and counted and the camper set to do tomorrows Bush Tucker Trial is Phina Oruche, probably because she is bitching all the time. Let us see how good she is tomorrow during her Bush Tucker Trial.

Day Five.
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Sadly I am unable to comment on th next few days as I have been unwell and therefore not been watching much TV. Rather than just copy from press the events I am now going to finalize this review and update again with the results on evictions and winners as they happen.



Welshwickedone © November 2006

Summary: About as interesting as watching paint dry.