Remember when The Only Way is Essex was all about sporting the very best Vajazzle in Brentwood, Amy Child's cousin constantly saying "shuuuuut up", and that impenetrable love triangle between Mark Wright, Lauren Goodger and Lucy Mecklenburgh?
As the glam-tastic reality TV show celebrates its fifth anniversary, here's what happened to the original cast members:
Mark Wright
Muscle-bound Mark Wright was mostly muddled over whether he wanted to go out with childhood sweetheart Lauren Goodger or Essex rival Lucy Mecklenburg in the debut series of Towie.
He swaggered out of the show and into the night in series 3, never to be seen again... Until he was eating buffalo balls in the jungle a month later for his successful stint on I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! - leaving as runner-up to winner McFly bassist Dougie Poynter.
Stints as a TV presenter (Take Me Out spin-off The Gossip...
As the glam-tastic reality TV show celebrates its fifth anniversary, here's what happened to the original cast members:
Mark Wright
Muscle-bound Mark Wright was mostly muddled over whether he wanted to go out with childhood sweetheart Lauren Goodger or Essex rival Lucy Mecklenburg in the debut series of Towie.
He swaggered out of the show and into the night in series 3, never to be seen again... Until he was eating buffalo balls in the jungle a month later for his successful stint on I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! - leaving as runner-up to winner McFly bassist Dougie Poynter.
Stints as a TV presenter (Take Me Out spin-off The Gossip...
- 10/10/2015
- Digital Spy
Celebrity Big Brother kicked off last night and as always, people across the nation were scratching their heads in confusion. Austin Armacost? Farrah Abraham? Nope. But CBB has a grand tradition of sticking in non-celebrities in the house and passing them off as famous faces...
1. Katia Ivanova - Celebrity Big Brother 7
An early example of a housemate famous more for a former romance (Ronnie Wood) than any actual career. Even after Katia's brief fling with fellow housemate Basshunter, she's still not well-known enough for her own Wikipedia page.
2. Bobby Sabel - Celebrity Big Brother 8
Ironically, this model pulled off the street as a last-minute replacement is now well-remembered - every time a new series starts, someone gets dubbed 'the new Bobby Sabel'. His biggest moment was making Darryn Lyons drink his sweat - lovely chap.
3. Lucien Laviscount - Celebrity Big Brother 8
When he was cast in CBB, Lucien had...
1. Katia Ivanova - Celebrity Big Brother 7
An early example of a housemate famous more for a former romance (Ronnie Wood) than any actual career. Even after Katia's brief fling with fellow housemate Basshunter, she's still not well-known enough for her own Wikipedia page.
2. Bobby Sabel - Celebrity Big Brother 8
Ironically, this model pulled off the street as a last-minute replacement is now well-remembered - every time a new series starts, someone gets dubbed 'the new Bobby Sabel'. His biggest moment was making Darryn Lyons drink his sweat - lovely chap.
3. Lucien Laviscount - Celebrity Big Brother 8
When he was cast in CBB, Lucien had...
- 8/28/2015
- Digital Spy
Yes, Cami Li seems to be Celebrity Big Brother's 2015 female answer to Bobby Sabel (we'll never let it go).
We don't know who she is or whether she just stumbled into Borehamwood by mistake - but hey, she's in the house now.
And let's hope she ends up less like Bobby and more like last year's Us import Jasmine Waltz - trapped in a steamy and compelling love triangle between Calum Best and Keith Chegwin(!) So here's a (very brief) introduction to Cami Li...
1./2.She's a glamour and fetish model of Cuban heritage
Technically two facts in one here.
3. Her full name is Camila Figueras
The 27-year-old was born in Puerto Rico and currently resides in Miami, where she grew up.
4. Cami was briefly engaged to Kirk Norcross from The Only Way Is Essex*
Former Towie cast member (and ex-cbb contestant) Kirk Norcross announced his engagement to Cami in...
We don't know who she is or whether she just stumbled into Borehamwood by mistake - but hey, she's in the house now.
And let's hope she ends up less like Bobby and more like last year's Us import Jasmine Waltz - trapped in a steamy and compelling love triangle between Calum Best and Keith Chegwin(!) So here's a (very brief) introduction to Cami Li...
1./2.She's a glamour and fetish model of Cuban heritage
Technically two facts in one here.
3. Her full name is Camila Figueras
The 27-year-old was born in Puerto Rico and currently resides in Miami, where she grew up.
4. Cami was briefly engaged to Kirk Norcross from The Only Way Is Essex*
Former Towie cast member (and ex-cbb contestant) Kirk Norcross announced his engagement to Cami in...
- 1/7/2015
- Digital Spy
Wondering what you're going to do when X Factor and Strictly end? Fear not friends, because yet another series of Celebrity Big Brother is just around the corner. It is expected to return on January 5 on Channel 5 and this year it will have a "twisted fairytale" theme.
Emma Willis and Rylan Clark will be back in January with another batch of famous (and not so famous) faces, willing to humiliate themselves for our amusement.
Here are 15 early rumours about potential housemates for the 2015 series.
1. Danniella Westbrook
The former EastEnders actress has had a terrible 2014 and she's recently been on This Morning talking about her financial plight, so it isn't a surprise to hear that she's a new hot favourite to be heading into the house. Producers will no doubt hope that she's prepared to spill the beans about her troubles with drug addictions.
2. Sammy Winward
She seems like a bit of a long shot,...
Emma Willis and Rylan Clark will be back in January with another batch of famous (and not so famous) faces, willing to humiliate themselves for our amusement.
Here are 15 early rumours about potential housemates for the 2015 series.
1. Danniella Westbrook
The former EastEnders actress has had a terrible 2014 and she's recently been on This Morning talking about her financial plight, so it isn't a surprise to hear that she's a new hot favourite to be heading into the house. Producers will no doubt hope that she's prepared to spill the beans about her troubles with drug addictions.
2. Sammy Winward
She seems like a bit of a long shot,...
- 12/11/2014
- Digital Spy
Celebrity Big Brother will return for another series this year on Channel 5. Following the ratings and critical success of the January series, which was won by Denise Welch, the broadcaster has ordered another run to air before the end of 2012. Channel 5's original two-year Big Brother deal with Endemol included one celeb edition and one non-celeb edition of the show each year. Amy Childs, Jedward, Kerry Katona, Frankie Cocozza and Bobby Sabel have been among the contestants on the reality show since it moved away from its original broadcaster Channel 4. According to The Guardian, the non-celeb Big Brother has been cut back to ten weeks to accommodate the second celebrity series. However, the ten-week non-celeb (more)...
- 3/27/2012
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
Katie Price and Dane Bowers are among the celebrities to have entered the Big Brother house for the Paranormal Activity 3 UK premiere. Celebrity Big Brother housemates Paddy Doherty, Lucien Laviscount and Bobby Sabel also re-entered the compound for the horror sequel. Hollyoaks actor Keiron Richardson, Liberty X singer Michelle Heaton and several Made in Chelsea cast members also met with the current Big Brother housemates. Tom O'Connell told Richardson that (more)...
- 10/19/2011
- by By Tom Eames
- Digital Spy
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