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May
15, 2003:
'IACGMOOH! 2' - Live Final |
And it's
all over!! After two crazy weeks
of build-up to the event, and
then two even crazier weeks of
the show, it's gone to that great
jungle vault in the bushes!! I'm A
Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here!
2 bowed out in style on Monday
night with a 90 minute special on
ITV1 and a 30 minute "after
show" peek on ITV2.
Toyah
and all the other contestants
ventured back into the jungle for
the final.
Linda
Barker came third, John Fashanu
second, and the winner, and
"King Of The Jungle"
2003, was Phil 'Tuffers' Tufnell.
Toyah squeezed Fash tightly as
the result was read out.
Toyah
commented on Linda: "She has
an incredible imagination. Her
creativity transformed the camp.
It was entertaining to hear
Lindy's raucous Northern accent
as she told jokes and
stories," and on Phil:
"He is spotaneous, he's
dangerous, he's unpredictable.
And his use of the English
language should be banned.
"He's
obviously a natural wit and a
natural character. The beautiful
thing about him was nothing was
ever forced, he never gave a
performance. that was Phil, and I
admire him for that."
After
Phil had been interviewed, and
"crowned" King,
coverage switched to ITV2. All
the celebs were interviewed
briefly, including Toyah, Chris
Bisson, and a slightly squiffy
Wayne Sleep!
Toyah
said: "This is really good.
You're the best dressed here,
Tara".
As
Wayne Sleep whizzed around while
chatting on his mobile (and
making the odd salacious comment
to Mark D-S), Toyah, Chris, Mark
Durden-Smith and Tara P-T all
looked on bemused.
Toyah
continued: "I wanted Wayne
to win but the best three were up
there. Wayne was up there as
well! Anything could have
happened. I did vote for Lindy
but Phil won and I have no grudge
there. Good man! Like any coward
I switch my allegiance!"
A
few flashback clips from the
series were shown, and then it
was almost over and time for
everyone to return to their
normal(ish) lives.
After
a brief interview with Phil, all
ten jungle mates lined up on the
bridge for one last "group
boobalah"!! What a
jungletastic time it had been!
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May
15, 2003: 'I'm
A Celebrity' Toyah-related
newsybits & pieces - Issue 15 |
Over 13 million viewers watched
the final of I'm A Celebrity
... on Monday night, and
almost three million phone votes
were made for the final too, a
25% increase from last year. Over
1m watched the ITV2 coverage.
The night after the finale there
was a "top secret" wrap
party, with all the contestants
,their families, crew etc. No
press or reporters were present
at this Cabaret themed
night.
ITV Teletext (Tuesday 13th May):
Best Bits From Rumble In The
Jungle - "It's like the
Texas Chainsaw Massacre,"
gasped Toyah Willcox as she waded
in toxic sludge.
Toyah's, now famous, comment:
"I've been in showbiz for 25
years, I'm used to grovelling in
shit," has been named as one
of the most memorable moments
from the series, and also the
most memorable comment. It was
even quoted in a number of TV
columnist' reviews over the past
week.
'The Sun' interviewed Ant and Dec
yesterday, and asked their
thoughts on the ten contestants:
Ant and Decs Celeb Verdict
- The celebrities have made it
out of the Aussie jungle alive
but will they survive Ant and
Decs celeb verdict? The
presenters confide exclusively in
The Sun, the official Im a
Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here
newspaper, telling us who they
thought was "fair
dinkum" Down Under and who
was not.
DEC:
I thought she might start barking
orders at the lads, but I was
wrong. She was quite well behaved
apart from threatening to streak
which she didnt do. Shame,
really.
CAREER
PREDICTION: Inventor of the Toyah
Mud Pack.
CH4 Teletext - Sauce (Tuesday
13th May): Celebrity: What The
Future Holds
So, after two weeks in
the jungle, Tuffers is crowned
winner of IMAC2. Well done Phil -
and everyone else - they were
doing it for charity, y'know.
But
we all know they had their own
motives - Each of them had a
reason to revive a flagging
career - or raise a profile that
never got too far. Who will
actually benefit, though?
TOYAH
WILLCOX: She and her husband will
ditch their careers and spend
some much-needed quality time
together, before opening their
house to their village all-year
round. Will be on This Morning a
lot weighing up the virtue of
people versus career and
materialism.
'The Sun' (Tuesday 13th May):
Darren Day's Diary: TOYAH
WILLCOX: Unrecognisable as the
punk she once was. Best moment
when she waded into a swamp and
said: 'I've been in showbiz for
25 years so I'm used to
grovelling in s***'.
'Daily Star' (Tuesday 13th May):
Fash's Favourite Quotes:
"Toyah is today's leader,
but she picked me as her
vice-president because she'll
want someone strong to lean
on."
The Sunday Post: Lorraine Kelly -
I don't know wholl win
Im A Celebrity... tonight
but Im glad it will finally
be over. Watching Danniella
Westbrook unravelling was
buttock-clenching and
Catalinas hair-tossing was
intensely irritating. Chris
Bisson was the invisible man but
Wayne grew on me and would be
fantastic to have a good bitch
with. My own favourites were
Linda, Toyah and Phil, but at
least after tonight I can go back
to having a life.
It looks like there may not be an
offical DVD of the series.
Read the full behind the scenes
story of the hottest show on
television in the only official
book. With exclusive access to
tell the full story, including
what the cameras miss or cannot
show.
I'm
A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!
follows, day and night, ten
celebrities who have volunteered
to swap their lavish lifestyles
for an eye-opening experience in
one of the world's most
inhospitable climates. With basic
rations of rice and water, a
hammock for a bed in a jungle
clearing, and neighbours of
venomous snakes and deadly
spiders, the celebrities will
have to fend for
themselves.
Witty,
gossipy and Compulsive this book
will take viewers behind the
scenes on the most talked-about
show of the year, and reveal who
really thought what about whom,
why, how and when.
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May
15, 2003:
'Heat' - Today's Picks |
Toyah is
pictured in this week's 'Heat'
magazine three times, their 'Pick
Of The Day' for Wednesday 21st
May (page 107), The week's best
TV shows (page 118), and Saywhat?
(page 122):
Something tells us that
this year's reunion won't be
quite as tense as when Tara P-T
and Darren Day shot laserbeam
eyes at each other last year.
There was no secret notes passed
around this time (to our
knowledge - though if Antony had
got hold of a pen who knows what
may have happened?), and there
were no giant bust-ups on the
scale of Rhona vs Everyone grudge
match. So while this show won't
have a built-in time bomb, it's
still going to be fun to relive
the two weeks of jungle life in
the company of Ant, Dec and the
contestants themselves. We can
also find out how life has been
for the celebs since they got
home. We're pretty curious about
Danniella's last couple of weeks,
and how are things for Phil now
that everyone in Britain wants to
be his mate? Just in case all of
that isn't enough to draw you in,
there's the promise of celebrity
fans lending us their punditry,
and one contestant will undergo a
final Bush Tucker Trial, to be
voted on during the show.
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May
15, 2003:
'IAC2' - Official Website |
The
Official I'm A Celebrity ...
Get Me Out Of Here! 2 website
still has loads to do and see
(even though the series is now
over), although all the celeb's
faces, apart from winner Tuffers,
have all been covered by a
spider's web!! As well
as clips from the series,
celebrity news and gossip etc.,
there is also a prize draw giving
visitors the chance to win a copy
of the new Official book.
Click
the picture to be in with a
chance of winning a book.
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May
15, 2003:
'Closer' / 'New!' - IAC Titbits! |
CLOSER:
Sian Spills The Beans On Her
Co-Stars...
Toyah Willcox, 44: Toyah
was really energetic and loved
cleaning. I am quite a messy
person - I would still like her
to come over to my flat and tidy
up. She also sang Fash a love
song from the musical Calamity
Jane, which she has been
starring in recently.
New!:
Top 10 I'm A Celebrity Moments...
1.
Feed Me: This year's I'm A
Celeb... team really came
into their own when they were
given nine measly sausages for
dinner between ten of them after
John Fashanu won them just three
meals in a challenge. The
starving group clubbed together
and threatened to quit the show
unless they were given more grub.
Antony "Wozza"
Worrall-Thompson led the way,
whining, "It's a joke."
The revolt did the trick, as the
producers coughed up some more
dinner pretty quickly. You go,
Wozza.
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May
15, 2003:
'Closer' - Closer's Choice |
If
you've been feeling slightly
bereft since I'm A Celebrity
.. finished, join the club.
Every night for a fortnight, we
were transported to the other
side of the world to the deepest,
darkest depths of the Australian
jungle, where the people were
weird and wonderful, and yet,
sometimes, just like us. So how
have the celebs been coping since
they got back to Blighty? Does
Danniella regret leaving? Is
Antony sorry for behaving so
awkwardly? Has Sian been
"changing her shoes"
regularly? Ant 'n' Dec find out
tonight, as all ten contestants
are reunited in this hour-long
live studio special. And those
naughty Geordie boys have a
surprise in store too. Just when
the celebs thought they were home
and dry, you'll be given the
chance to vote on an extra
Bushtucker trial. So who will
face the final challenge? Surely
it has to be Fash... for old
times sake! |
May
12, 2003:
'Mail On Sunday' - I'm a
celebrity TV crew could have
killed me |
Toyah
reveals how
"irresponsible"
starvation diet nearly sent her
into a coma Actress
and singer Toyah Willcox
collapsed from starvation and
could have slipped into a coma
while taking part in the TV
reality programme I'm A Celebrity
... Get me Out Of here!, she
revealed last night.
The
former punk rock star, who was
voted off the show on Friday,
said she was rushed from the camp
site for medical treatment when
her blood sugar level dropped
dangerously low.
Toyah,
44, blamed the Granada Television
production team for the incident,
saying they fed the 10
celebrities just 500 calories a
day - a quarter of the
recommended daily intake for the
average woman.
She
said she had warned them she
needed at least five meals a day
to stop the risk of a coma. She
said: 'On the second day I
started to feel quite weak and
lethargic. By the third day I was
barely able to move around
because I felt so ill.
'My
vision was blurred and all I
wanted to do was sleep. We were
all distressed and hungry, but
because of my condition I felt it
more than the others. I was
completely spaced out and having
to lie down a lot. At one point I
could barely get out of my bed.'
She
knew immediately that lack of
food was leading to the onset of
hypoglycaemia.
'I
have a history of attacks going
back 20 years and told the
peoducers when I signed up for
the show. I explained to the
series doctor that I had to eat
five meals a day to stop myself
falling ill. I couldn't afford to
starve myself or I would become
weak and lethargic.
'I
wanted to do the show so that I
could test myself. Of course I
knew there would be food
restrictions and that conditions
would be tough, but I didn't
expect them to starve us.'
When
Toyah and the other celebrities
complained they were starving,
the production team told them to
stop whingeing.
Toyah
said: 'They did not believe us.
We were treated like spoilt
children and told to go away.
They just thought we were angling
for more food because we were
greedy.
'Eventually
on day four I called for the
doctor and he took a blood test.
He was shocked at my blood sugar
level, which was extremely low.
He gave me a glucose drink, two
biscuits and half a bottle of
pineapple juice. I think it was
only at that point that they
realised that we were very
serious.'
Hypoglycaemia
is an abnormally low level of
glucose or sugar in the blood.
Symptoms include paleness,
trembling, a feeling of weakness,
rapid heartbeat, hunger and
agitatation, leading to
convulsions and coma. Most
symptoms disappear rapidly after
eating some form of sugar or
receiving an injection of
glucose. However, if the brain is
starved of glucose for long
periods it can cause serious
damage.
The
contestants - Toyah, dancer Wayne
Sleep, former footballer John
Fashanu, Changing Rooms presenter
Linda Barker, former cricketer
Phil Tufnell, actress Danniella
Westbrook, model Catalina
Guirado, former Coronation Street
star Chris Bisson, TV weathergirl
Sian Lloyd and chef Antony
Worrall Thompson - threatened a
mass walk out over their paltry
rations.
Toyah
said: 'Antony is a chef and told
them that the portions were not
enough to keep the group's energy
level up. Thank goodness the
producers eventually listened to
what he was telling them.'
She
added that the women in the camp
had been hardest hit by hunger.
'One day cat and I went to
collect a treasure chest and she
almost fainted. She was all
groggy and weak, like a drunk
person. I had to giver her two
glucose tablets the doctor had
given me.'
The
survival programme, which takes
10 C-list personalities and
leaves them stranded in the
Australian bush for two weeks
without their usual luxuries, is
in its second season after
emerging as a surprise hit last
year. But questions are being
asked about the extreme tactics
its makers use to feed the
public's sadistic fascination
with watching celebs suffer.
Dr
Wendy Doyle, of the British
Dieteic Association, said the TV
company's decision to give the
celebrities so few calories daily
was irresponsible.
She
said: 'Having just 500 calories a
day would affect not only Toyah
but the other people in the camp
too. It is a very low calorie
intake. They must have all lost
weight.
And
such is the concern about the
growth in this type of
reality-based shows that the
British Psychological Society has
set up a working committee to
investigate.
Psychologist
Cynthia McVey, who is on the
committee, said: 'I know all
publicity is said to be good
publicity but when you are voted
off it sends out a message to
people that might employ you that
the public don't want to see you
anymore.'
A
spokesman for Granada said last
night: 'We have a medic on the
site night and day to supervise
the contestants' diets and deal
with any queries or peoblems.'
Thanks
to Paul Cable.
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May
12, 2003: 'I'm
A Celebrity' Toyah-related
newsybits & pieces - Issue 14 |
The final of IACGMOOH!
2 is tonight. Good luck to all
three, I'm sure the best
(connected) man or woman will win
- hehehe!
Horrible journalist Dominic Mohan
(or whatever he is called) was
talking about I'm A Celebrity
and said: "The British
public love the idea of seeing
Toyah on television without
make-up."
The rudest couple in showbiz,
Richard and Judy were
"discussing" I'm A
Celebrity on their show this
afternoon. Judy mentioned the
Toyah article in the 'Mail on
Sunday' (sse above) and Richard
said he didn't believe Toyah!!!
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May
12, 2003:
Toyah on the final 'IAC' four |
Toyah,
and the others who have already
been "ousted" from
camp, commented on the remaining
four last night on I'm A
Celebrity .... Just before
Wayne became the seventh to be
evicted from the jungle. Toyah
said: "Wayne is going to win
on charm, Linda is going to win
on intelligence, and Phil could
win on charisma and character.
"Fash
is a delicous mix of
old-fashioned gentleman and
chauvinist. And the chauvinist
trips him up. If you talk about
going to the bathroom, or you
talk about streaking, Fash does
not like his women to do that!
"I
really didn't get to know Phil.
Phil decided who he was going to
get close to, and that was cool
by me. I do think he's a
vulnerable person."
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May
12, 2003:
Velvet Lined Catalina!? |
Since
being evicted from the jungle on
Thursday Catalina Guirado has
continully "enthused"
about Toyah, and seems to have
become something of a
"fan"! Wonder if she'll
buy 'Velvet Lined Shell'? This
from yesterday's 'News Of The
World':
TOYAH
WILLCOX is another star. I have
such admiration for her. She has
to be one of the most amazing
women ever. She's a very
mothering sort of person. She
calls herself bossy but I never
saw that side in her. I really
liked herand I really
appreciated the way that she took
care of me when I was feeling
ill.
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