Celebrity deadbeats - luckily the producers had the presence of thought to put names to faces on the picture above.
The original concept was solid enough - take some celebs, strip them of all their worldly possessions then dump them in a forest somewhere with primitive equipment and basic food. Every so often make them do humiliating tasks, usually the consumption of creepy crawlies or animal testis, to earn extra food and a warm glow of satisfaction that they have fed their fellow celebs. The first series wasn't too bad either, but it's gone down hill ever since then - now in series 5 we hit rock bottom.
The show now recruits has beens who are desperate to rekindle their fame and fortune. They are less interested in the participative spirit of the programme, more interested in making unreasonable demands of the producers and hogging the limelight.
So which 'celebrities' have ITV wheeled out for the latest outback jungle adventure? Well, we have Toby Anstis, a famous TV presenter who reached his pinnacle about 10 years ago on Children's BBC; Jason Donovan, the ugly part of the Neighbours duo, former coke head and untalented singer of the late 1980s; David Gest, plastic faced Michael Jackson impersonator and ex-husband of singer/actress Liza Minelli; Jan Leeming, BBC News reader from the Frank Bough era; Lauren Booth, outspoken loony-lefty half sister of frog-faced Prime Minister's wife Cherie Blair and Myleene Klass, sex kitten of the now defunct manufactured pop group Hear Say and now classical solo singer. There's two others who I've never heard of.
Apart from Myleene Klass (possibly, but maybe I'm biased because she's hot) I don't know how any of them can be described as a celebrity - a celebrity to me is someone who is in the public spotlight, frequently in the papers and whose name and face 95% of the population will recognise.
There is far too much of this microwave TV on the airwaves nowadays. The TV companies think that if a format has worked before you can reheat it, serve it out to the public and it's a hearty meal for the viewer's hungry appetite. Actually it's a load of bollocks. The BBC and Channel 4 are doing exactly the same thing with Strictly Come Dancing and Big Brother respectively. What they should be doing is investing in novel British drama and documentaries - supporting the local up and coming television industry instead of buying prepacked tripe.
End of rant. I think you get the gist that I'll not be watching it.
3 comments:
Sounds like English Tellie is a adjectly disappointing and unwatchable as our over here. I think I saw an American version of this show a few years ago with Rod Stewart's ex-wife, Joan Rivers' daughter, and J-Lo's ex-husband an allstar cast when compared to your assortment never-has-beens.
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I can help you out with one of the "celebs": Faith Brown was an alleged impressionist and I think singer in the 80s, her most famous "impression" being Maggie Thatcher (though Janet Brown did a far better one). The rest, who knows, who cares? Except ITV of course, 'cos if it's not a success they're in deep trouble. Already NTL/Telelwest and Sky are nibbling at them, buying stakes in the company, with rumours of the former contemplating a takeover. As for your other comments, I agree BB is a pile of crap, but I have a soft spot for Strictly. It's glamourous, fun and the whole family can sit down and watch.
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