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Big Brother contestant expelled because of racism
Filed under: Big Brother (UK), Big Brother (US)  A contestant on the British version of Big Brotherhas been expelled from the house by the shows producers and Channel 4 for using a racial epithet. Sources say that the contestant used the n-word on the air which caused his expulsion.
The producers were quick to act after the incident partly due to the fact that a previous season of Celebrity Big Brother had a racial incident as well. Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty was the victim of a racial tirade and has spoken out in favor of the recent ousting. Will this incident have an effect on the American version of Big...
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Celebrity Big Brother Finale: winner announced
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, News, TV Royalty, Programming, Big Brother (UK), Celebrities  It's been a long, long month in the Celebrity Big Brother house here in the UK, and following a marathon live show tonight, the winner has finally been announced.
If you don't want to find out who the public voted as the winner of 2007's quite remarkable and totally sensational series of this bizarre program, then don't click the link to find out after the jump.
Warning: spoilers ahead.Continue reading Celebrity Big Brother Finale: winner announced Other Reality Shows, News, TV Royalty, Big Brother (UK), Celebrities If you're of a sensitive disposition, and are planning to watch tonight's live eviction of Celebrity Big Brother on your Sky+ PVR, look away now, as we're about to get all spoilery on you.
Following a total debacle earlier this week when no fewer than five housemates were nominated for eviction, Channel Four had to issue an apology after messing up the telephone appeal by asking viewers to save Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, not evict her.
Of course, Shlipa was at the centre of last week's racism row,...
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Celebrity Big Brother UK Update: Five up for eviction
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, News, TV Royalty, Programming, Big Brother (UK), Celebrities  In a new twist to Celebrity Big Brother here in the UK, no fewer than five of the remaining seven housemates have been nominated for eviction.
The public vote will take place on Friday, with Dirk Benedict, Jo O'Meara, Ian 'H' Watkins, Shilpa Shetty and Cleo Rocos all facing the possibility of an exit from the show before the finale.
Oddly enough, Danielle Lloyd, one of the key figures in the recent racism and bullying scandal, is not facing eviction.
The show concludes on...
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Celebrity Big Brother UK Update: Jade evicted
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, News, TV Royalty, Programming, Big Brother (UK)  Former 'civilian' Big Brother contestant Jade Goody went head-to-head against Bollywood actress Shilpa during the public eviction vote tonight on Celebrity Big Brother, and was given her marching orders to leave the house.
Following on from a week of insane news coverage over an alleged 'racism' and bullying row in the Big Brother house, Jade made her exit from the show with no eviction night crowd present, and faced some harsh truths during her interview with the show's host Davina McCall.
There's really no way to...
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Celebrity Big Brother UK update: 'racism' row spills over
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, News, Programming, Big Brother (UK)  When I posted about the most recent incarnation of Celebrity Big Brother starting up here in the UK a few weeks ago, I didn't really have any intentions of watching the current series, despite commenting that it might actually be worth watching for once.
The reason for this was largely down to the rag-tag bunch of has-beens and would-bes that the Endemol producers decided would be our entertainment for this year, and having watched the first few shows, I had to resist the urge to dip my head into a vat of boiling porridge,...
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Celebrity Big Brother Five begins (UK)
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Programming, Big Brother (UK), Celebrities  The most popular reality TV show in the UK, Big Brother, returned tonight for the fifth series of its celebrity edition and will air every night on Channel Four for the next month.
Among the 11 guests to enter the house were Danielle Lloyd, an English model and former Miss Great Britain; 79-year-old film director Ken Russell (The Devils and Tommy); Jo O'Meara, former member of the pop group S Club 7; Leo Sayer, a pop star mostly famous in the UK with 1970s hits; Shilpa Shetty, a truly gorgeous Bollywood actress; Carole Malone,...
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Big Brother 7 (U.K.) winner announced
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, News, Programming, Big Brother (UK)
 The 13-week long marathon that was the seventh series of the popular reality TV show Big Brother in the U.K. ended last night, with Tourette Syndrome sufferer Pete Bennett ending the show as the last remaining contestant in the house and earning himself £100,000 prize money in the process.
Having re-introduced former evictee Niki back to the BB house last week (and thereby confirming what a sham the whole Big Brother process is), viewers watched as the final six housemates were left to slug it out and then departed the house...
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Big Brother 7 (U.K.) update: yes, it's still running
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, News, Programming, Big Brother (UK)
 I haven't updated on the U.K. Big Brother series for several weeks, mostly because it started to lose whatever appeal it ever had as a reality TV show when the producers introduced half a dozen new housemates half-way through the series, but also because it started to feel like I was watching some kind of bizarre, mind-numbing TV marathon that had absolutely no point to it whatsoever.
In the intervening weeks since my last post on the show, we've lost Nikki (the most irritating person in the western hemisphere), the 'golden...
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Big Brother 7 update: evictions, tasks and nomination twists
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, News, Programming, Big Brother (UK)
 Now that the World Cup is over, I'm able to get back into some Doctor Who reviews and trying to keep up with the goings-on in the U.K. Big Brother house (more's the pity, in the case of the latter).
I reckon I've enjoyed every Big Brother since the series kicked-off here in the U.K. over seven years ago, but something about the current series has killed it for me. Perhaps it's the quality of the housemates this year, or the constant over-egging by the producers to...
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