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April
29, 2003: 'The
Sun' & 'Daily Mirror' - Toyah
in the papers |
Toyah
newsybits in today's tabloids: The
Sun: 100-1 TOYAH GETS HITS OUT
Bookies Ladbrokes are
offering crazy bets on the jungle
antics. John Fashanu ia 16-1 to
be the first to punch dancer
Wayne Sleep. Toyah Willcox is
25-1 to be the first to strip
completely naked - and 100-1 to
do it while singing her hits.
Danniella Westbrook is 10-1 to be
the first to quit - and 7-2 to be
the first to be VOTED out.
Also
in today's 'The Sun' : Darren Day
says: The RAT TUNNEL TRIAL where
the victim crawls through in a
food-caked suit is the most
grotesque. If anyone is going to
wimp on this, I reckon it will be
Wayne - and most of the women.
Toyah may go for it.
TW
is also pictured in today's
'Daily Mirror' wearing her Aussie
hat.
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April
29, 2003:
'GMTV' & 'This Morning' |
GMTV
reported, throughout their show
this morning, on I'm A
Celebrity ... Their report
strands are preceeded by a little
intro featuring charicatures of
all the celebs (Toyah and Wayne
Sleep pictured). Lorraine
"really, really good"
Kelly was enthusing this morning
about how, er, really, really
good last night's launch show
was.
This
Morning also reported on
overnight events too. Their daily
phone vote saw Toyah receive less
votes than the 42% she garnered
yesterday but that should change
when she becomes more involved
and does her first Bush Tucker
Trial.
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April
29, 2003:
First show last night - Brief
report |
After
what feels like months, but is
actually only two weeks, of hype
and speculation the first show of
the new series of I'm A
Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here!
2 was aired on ITV1 last night at
9pm. By all
accounts it has been a huge
ratings success, attracting more
viewers than the final of last
year's show managed.
All
the celebrities were introduced
and each had little interview
segments where they talked about
their expectations etc. Toyah
quipped that it would be
interesting getting to know Sian
Lloyd as her "layers fall
away", and already this has
been latched onto by the media,
hoping for a catfight!
Then
all 10 were shown entering the
jungle after being flown by
helicopter to the outskirts of
the rainforest.
Toyah,
it has to be said, seems to be
the only female in the camp with
the balls to actually not wear
any make-up whatsoever (though
she did actually have some
confiscated - tut tut!),
Danniella Westbrook even going to
the extreme of having her's
tattooed on!!
The
first day/night seemed to go
well. Toyah talked about the
prison tour she did, with Cheap
Thrills, in the early 90s,
making a film in Estonia,
"it's full of Scottish
people!", and even showed
her jungle mates how to do the
dance from Calamity Jane.
Toyah
also escaped the first, viewer
voted, "Bush Trial
Tucker", which saw Catalina
swimming with crocodiles.
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April
29, 2003:
Official 'I'm a Celebrity ... '
website |
The
Official I'm A Celebrity ...
Get Me Out Of Here! 2 website
was finally launched last night,
a mere hour before the show
launched on ITV1. It does
look good though, and they have
used great pictures of Toyah on
there.
There
is sections for each jungle mate,
plus celebrity gossip, a chance
to vote in their polls, all the
numbers for voting, info about
the charities that will benefit
from this year's show, and loads
more...
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April
29, 2003: 'I'm
A Celebrity' Toyah-related
newsybits & pieces - Issue 9 |
Toyah shares at 'Celebdaq' rose
conciderably today. Pretty good
considering that Toyah stayed
relatively in the background on
the first night of the show.
Today's 'Daily Record': THE
CELEBS' PERSONAL STASHES - TOYAH
WILLCOX - A hot water bottle and
a pair of tweezers
Also in the 'Daily Record': The
next bush tucker trial is
swimming with crocodiles. Toyah
likes baths, so I've voted for
her. The TV veterans and the
natural stars like Phil made an
instant impact on the screen. At
the end of 90 minutes, I felt I
knew Wayne, Antony, Toyah and
Fash. And Westy really is a
British icon.
But
who is Chris Bisson? I still
wouldn't recognise him. Sian was
hiding her real self behind her
smile and I couldn't see much
more of Linda's character.
Catalina has more to say for
herself than most models. Faced
with an early taste of bush
tucker, most of the group shrank
into the background. Phil
Tufnell, the biggest of the band,
was trying to hide behind Toyah,
the smallest.
Toyah's chosen charity, which
will benefit from her appearance
in the series, is the INSPIRE
Foundaton.
The "Reunion" show will
take place on 21st May in London.
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April
29, 2003: BBC
News - Jungle return is ratings
hit / Guardian - ITV hails
Celebrity success |
BBC News Jungle
return is ratings hit
The second series of I'm
A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here
got off to a successful start on
Monday after being watched by an
average of 10 million people.
That is higher than every
instalment of the first series
except the final. Viewers
will get nightly instalments of
the show, which sees a group of
celebrities camping on the slopes
of a remote volcano in southern
Queensland, Australia, for two
weeks. They have to fend for
themselves and live among jungle
creatures, while viewers have the
chance to vote them out one by
one.
The
show's participants include
Actress Danniella Westbrook,
dancer Wayne Sleep and cricketer
Phil Tufnell. Viewers also saw
ex-footballer John Fashanu endure
a task with jungle creatures and
former Coronation Street star
Chris Bisson injure himself
falling off a tree.
The
daily updates of the first series
were watched by between six and
nine million, with almost 11
million tuning in to see Tony
Blackburn crowned King of the
Jungle in September. Monday's
ITV1 show beat James Nesbitt's
new drama, Murphy's Law - seen by
an average of six million on BBC
One at the same time. After the
show, bookmakers cut the odds on
celebrity chef Antony Worrall
Thompson to win, making him joint
second favourite at 11-2.
Bisson
received medical attention after
falling from a tree after fellow
contestants sent him up the tree
to kill a "deadly"
spider. The actor suffered a blow
to the head and cuts to his
shoulder and ear but was soon
given the all-clear by a show
doctor.
A
spokeswoman for the ITV1
programme said: "Chris was
very shocked by the fall and we
called in a medic to check he was
OK. "Luckily, he wasn't
seriously injured and he is now
back in camp."
Volcano
camp
The
other contestants are model
Catalina Guirado, singer Toyah
Willcox and Changing Rooms
designer Linda Barker. The first
day of the show, hosted by Ant
McParltlin and Declan Donnelly,
also saw the return of familiar
activities - notably the
Bushtucker Trial, which
contestants must complete to win
food.
Former
Gladiators presenter Fashanu
appeared mortified when he was
nominated for the challenge,
which involved pouring 10 boxes
of bugs down his trousers.
Biting
and stinging
He
looked uncomfortable as worms,
crayfish, stink beetles,
cockroaches, stick insects and
crickets swarmed over his skin.
Fashanu called the challenge to
an end before the eighth box,
which would have seen rats join
the other creepy-crawlies.
Afterwards,
he said: "It was tough, they
were biting and stinging. It
wasn't nice at all - it was
horrible. "I'm pleased that
I did it, the team need the food,
but I do not want to do that
again."
Monday's
public phone poll picked Guirado
to face a crocodile-infested pit
in an effort to secure more food
for the group.
Guardian
- ITV hails Celebrity success
Rumours of the death of
reality TV look to have been
grossly exaggerated after the new
series of I'm a Celebrity...Get
Me Out of Here! got off to a
winning start for ITV last night
with 10 million viewers.
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April
29, 2003:
'ReadaBet' - IM A
CELEBRITY: 11-2 ANTONY IS PUNTERS
PICK |
Chef Antony Worrall
Thompson is the punters choice on
the menu again today in the
second series of I'm A Celebrity,
Get Me Out Of Here, and he is now
joint second favourite with Toyah
Willcox at 11-2. Cricketer Phil
Tufnell's grip at the front of
the market has strengthened to
5-2. With the
rainy weather, cold nights and
spiders far too close to their
beds, it isn't exactly the jungle
paradise some of the celebrities
may have imagined and a tearful
Danielle admitted she was
homesick on the first day.
William
Hill offer 5-2 that any of the
ten contestants quit the show by
their own accord, without being
voted off by the viewers. Hills
spokeswoman Jennie Prest said,
" last year the contestants
were happily bathing in the pool
in the sunshine, now this year it
looks grey and damp. Although
nobody particularly felt like
leaving before, this time it is
worse weather and trials are
deliberately tougher. But they
all seem to prepared to stick it
out".
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April
29, 2003:
'Shropshire Star' - Outlook is
stormy for rivals Sian and
Toyah |
A rumble in the jungle
is already brewing for Mid Wales
weathergirl Sian Lloyd - just one
night after arriving at the
remote I'm A Celebrity . . . Get
Me Out Of Here! camp. As
viewers got the first glimpse of
her new insect-infested home, the
stage was already being set for a
stormy showdown with 1980s
pop-star Toyah Wilcox.
The
pair did everything to avoid each
other after Toyah told the show:
"Sian created Sian and when
the layers fall away we could
have problems."
While
former Newtown worker Sian was
taking tips on modelling from
catwalk queen Catalina Guirado,
her celebrity supporter Huw
Edwards was fuelling a possible
rift.
He
told programme interviewers that
he thought the one person Sian
may have trouble getting along
with was Toyah.
Sian's
boyfriend, Montgomeryshire MP
Lembit Opik, agreed.
He
told the Shropshire Star:
"Toyah has already shown a
surprising degree of raw
ambition. She is definitely
reckoning that Sian is the one to
watch."
Luckily,
Sian escaped nomination for the
first challenges - former
Gladiators' host John Fashanu
failing to complete his creepy
challenge and Catalina heading
for the crocodile pit after a
public vote.
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April
29, 2003:
'This Is Worcester' - Toyah set
to strip? |
Pershore's Toyah Willcox
is 25-1 to be the first to strip
naked in I'm a Celebrity Get Me
Out of Here. And
bookies Ladbrokes have also laid
odds of 100-1 on the 1980s pop
star stripping off while singing
her hits in the jungle.
The
odds have been set after day one
of the celebrities' two week
Australian trial, which saw
tensions between Toyah and telly
stunner Catalina Guirado set to
grow.
Problems
began when viewers voted for
Catalina to do the second
Bushtucker task - the Crocodile
Leap Trail - where she will hang
perilously low over a river of
crocodiles to win food for the
team.
She
became decidedly snappy at the
prospect and Toyah's reassurance
she did not have to go through
with the task did little to
improve her mood.
Earlier,
team leader and ex-football
hardman John Fashanu endured the
first Bushtucker Trial with seven
different kinds of creepy
crawlies - including crayfish,
leeches and stink beetles - down
his over-sized trousers.
He
wisely called it a day when he
saw the next container was filled
with rats.
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