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May
4, 2003: They
Want To Be Free!! |
Another
day, another "Bush Trial
Tucker" featuring poor John
Fashanu! Everyone,
including Toyah, is chomping at
the bit to take part in the meal
winning challenge but
unfortunately the public seem to
be enjoying watching 'Fash'
suffer daily.
Toyah
reverted back to her pigtails
yesterday (though the hairstyle
has changed yet again a few hours
ago) and was heard to mutter more
than once how hungry she was
feeling.
She
also had a heart-to-heart with
the other contestants, telling
them she "would like to be
less bossy and more spontaneous
in life". She also said that
even she felt that she was
"holding back" and that
her true personality had not been
revealed on the show as yet.
Last
night Toyah serenaded (well, sort
of) John Fashanu with a burst of
'Secret Love' from Calamity
Jane. John showed much
interest in the show,
"drilling" Toyah for
info on the musical, and asked
Toyah to continue singing. Aside
from this, much of the time was
passed with a long game of word
association, and lots of talk
about food.
Later
Catalina mentioned feeling
claustrophobic and suddenly burst
into 'I Want To Be Free', much to
the bemusement of Toyah. To
bolster that bemusement further
all the contestants then asked
Toyah if she would warble the
song!
Needless
to say, she didn't!
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May
4, 2003:
Toyah in the papers |
Toyah
was pictured in 'The Look' TV
magazine yesterday, beside the
listing for last night's I'm A
Celebrity ..., "Toyah
goes wild in the jungle"
read the caption. Daily
Record (Sat 3rd May): There
were plenty of great one-liners
as the celebs fell back on native
wit. "I'm too old for my
hairdo," said Toyah. "I
get wolf-whistles from behind and
screams from in front."
The
Sun (Sat 3rd May): Darren
Day's Diary - Toyah also seems to
be coming to Danni's rescue - she
reckons they've got a lot in
common because they both like to
be free spirits. Danni will grow
closer to her - she'll appreciate
a guide.
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May
4, 2003:
Place a bet on Toyah (or any of
the others!) |
Sporting
Odds, in association with the
'Daily Mirror' is offering
everyone the chance to place a
free £1 bet on one of the ten I'm
A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of
Here! contestants. Before
the show started Toyah was
favourite to win with some
bookmakers and at present Phil
Tufnell is in the lead.
Favourites to win, and the odds
available, are changing daily at
the moment.
Click
the picture to visit their
website for full details on how
to do this. Offer ends tomorrow.
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May
4, 2003:
'Femail.co.uk' / 'Teletext'
/ 'Ananova' |
Femail
- I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of
Here!
Name: Toyah
Willcox
Age: 45
Claim to fame: Toyah
first came to fame in the 80s as
a pop singer and later became an
actress. She has also presented
the BBC1 Heaven and Earth show
and Holiday on a
Shoestring.
Jungle skills:
She'll be the one to inspire
singing around the campfire to
lift spirits when the going gets
tough.
Drawbacks: She
might be able to muster up a tune
or two by whistling on a gumleaf
but could she bring herself to
munch on bugs for the sake of
being crowned queen of the
jungle? ITV
Teletext: Toyah Willcox told
the group she hates her
"lonely life" back in
Britain and wants more friends.
The former flame-haired punk
said: "I choose not to live
as a celebrity, I have a nomadic
life and I despise that life
intensely. "I want to return
to a house where people drop in
whenever they want."
Ananova:
Fash to endure another
Bushtucker
John Fashanu has been
selected to do yet another
challenge in I'm a Celebrity - it
is his third. He will have to
endure the Snake Pit Bushtucker
Challenge in order to win food
for his fellow contestants.
Earlier
in the day Linda Barker earned
the nickname "Miss
Whiplash" after being
appointed camp leader for the
day.
"Every
time you sit down, it's 'Have you
finished over there yet?' and
'Did you do those logs?',"
Fash complained.
There
was also toilet talk with singer
Toyah Willcox suggesting a fine
for the men who pee on the seat.
But Wayne Sleep claimed he was
not guilty because he had to
kneel on the toilet seat. "I
do not have a long wanger,"
he said.
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May
3, 2003:
Toyah is
Jungle Jane! |
Into day
six and Toyah is now resorting to
pleading to be allowed to do a
Bush Tucker Trial. She was heard
asking Ant and Dec at the end of
last night's ITV1 show: "Can
I have a trial soon,
please?". She also later
asked in the Bush Telegraph if
she could do one soon too. Is she
bored, or just feeling like a bit
of adventure? Toyah
seems to be on the move
constantly and is rarely seen
sitting down. Could the camp cope
without her? She does enough work
for about three people.
So
much has happened in the last few
days, including: Toyah chatting
to various other jungle mates
about Robert, her early career
(Danniella was particularly
interested in how Toyah got her
first record contract), and
working with Katharine Hepburn.
She also talked about touring
with Calamity Jane, and
Sian asked Toyah if she would
perform a song or two from the
show. Maybe we can look forward
to Toyah singing 'Windy City' or
'Secret Love' in the days to
come.
Funnily
enough, last night while Toyah
was cleaning up in the camp she
actually burst into a few lines
from 'A Woman's Touch', maybe a
force of habit after performing
it almost every night for the
last year. Is she missing the
other cast members? Could it have
been a secret message to them?
Who knows?
Toyah
also got shot of her pigtails
yesterday, possibly with the help
of Linda, the resident interior
designer and hair expert!
Time
was passed yesterday by lots of
chat and games. Toyah and
Catalina had a few races around
the camp with Antony deciding the
winner, until all got bored.
The
group also had a meditation
session yesterday, and have been
excercising almost each morning,
led by resident "Bush
Trialer", John Fashanu.
Toyah was heard to exclaim that
Fash "was a god"
something that not many of the
others seemed to agree with. She
also seems to have bonded with
Phil in the last few days.
The
group are threatening to do a
conga round the camp later today,
and Toyah has just decided that
her "rambo legs are slowly
becoming almost feminine"!
Last
night the food rations were
lowered in and included was a
huge, unrecognisable fruit. No
one could pinpoint what it was
but Toyah decided it "looked
like a giant testicle"!
The
heat and lack of food is getting
to them all. And there's well
over a week of camp shenanigans
to go!
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May
3, 2003:
'Now' & other magazines |
I'm A
Celebrity ... snippets are
featured in a number of magazines
again this week. Including 'Radio
Times', 'TV Times', 'Heat',
'New!', 'OK!' and this from
'Now': Another
Tara P-T interview with her
enthusing that Toyah wull win,
though she has probably changed
her mind about five times since
this was done.
"I
think Toyah will be the wise owl.
She's done so much in her life so
far. I think she'll be quite
sensible rather than the wild
Toyah most people think of her as
- the one who the others can go
to when they have a problem.
She's smart, streetwise and
diplomatic. She may well
win."
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May
3, 2003: 'I'm
A Celebrity' Toyah-related
newsybits & pieces - Issue 11 |
William's 'Brave New World'
fansite has the opening credits
to IACGMOOH! and a few Toyah
comments for view. Hop on over
and take a look by clicking the
picture.
Toyah's husband, Robert, guested
on GMTV yesterday morning
to chat about Toyah's progress.
He said that he had voted for
Toyah to do the "Swimming
With Crocodiles" Bush Tucker
Trial as she would have enjoyed
that one. Robert flies out to
Australia soon and will be there
to meet Toyah when she leaves the
camp. (Thanks to Andi)
'The Sun' yesterday ran an
article on the similarities
between some of the jungle mates
and other celebs. They think that
Toyah is looking like Charlie
Watts from the Rolling Stones
(!!!). I suppose it could have
been worse, Danniella Westbrook,
apparently, is a dead ringer for
Marty Feldman, the goggle-eyed
comedian.
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May
3, 2003:
'Glasgow Daily Record' - Toyah
bits! |
Singer Toyah
Willcox, who was voted group
leader yesterday, has revealed
that she dreams of growing old in
a house made of glass and wants
to write horror books and eat
chocolate all day.
Toyah Willcox continues to have
the time of her life out there.
She's the complete opposite of
Catalina and doesn't seem to be
aware that TV cameras are filming
every second of their day.
Changing Rooms star Linda Barker
seems to have escaped any snide
comments. The whole group think
she's lovely and are all going to
her for advice on decorating
their homes.
Uri Geller - It's nice to know
I'm not the only showbiz
abstainer - Linda and Toyah
yesterday confessed they have
never touched drugs. "I'm
just not interested," said
Linda. "I don't even do
coffee," admitted Toyah.
Just what are they doing on this
show? They're nice, normal
people. Where's the fun in that?
GIVE 'EM A SLAP (..of some
much-needed make-up) - Toyah
Willcox is in the middle of an
Australian jungle, so you
wouldn't exactly expect her to
look her glamorous best. But in
TV's I'm A Celebrity 2, she's
sorely in need of slap. We're so
used to seeing our stars in full
warpaint, it's a shock to
discover that without the powder,
mascara and gloss,they can look
just as rough as the rest of us.
You can feel sorry for the
unpainted stars who get caught by
the camera in unguarded moments.
But what about the celebs who go
out on the town without lipstick
and liner?
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May
3, 2003: 'I'm
A Celebrity' - Goes global! |
I'm A Celebrity ...
has been reported on in many of
Australia's newspapers in the
last day or two. This article was
featured in: The Australian Daily
Telegraph, Melbourne Herald Sun,
South Australia Advertiser,
Australia Sunday Times, Brisbane
Courier Mail, The Australian, as
well as The Pakistan Daily Times
and Saudi Arabia's Arab
News,
Brits tune in to
stranded stars in Aussie
rainforest
GOLD COAST, May 1 - A
posse of stranded British
celebrities roughing it in the
jungle on the NSW/Queensland
border are proving to be the real
Big Brother of reality TV
ratings. An average of 10 million
British viewers are switching on
nightly to the second season of
"I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out
of Here" which is being
filmed in a remote rainforest
near Mount Warning.
"Murwillumbah is being
watched by millions,"
quipped show publicist Richard
Squire today. The whopping 46 per
cent audience share for Celebrity
dwarfs the 2.2 million people who
tuned into Channel Ten's Big
Brother last Sunday. The two
reality shows are being filmed
within an hour's drive of each
other. While Big Brother is a
three-month series with 15
housemates in relatively
comfortable surroundings near
Dreamworld theme park, Celebrity
has invited 10 famous faces to
spend 15 days in the bush miles
from civilisation. The first
series was filmed in North
Queensland and was also a huge
ratings success in the UK.
Actress Danniella Westbrook, who
made international news when her
nose collapsed from cocaine
abuse, was on the verge of
quitting the show after just two
days of swatting mosquitoes and
dining on rice and beans.
"I've already asked to see
the psychiatrist, I need someone
else to talk to! I can't hack
this. I just miss my family and
my kids and we've got another six
days before someone gets voted
off," she told former
English test cricketer Phil
Tufnell who is also stranded in
the jungle. "If I don't like
it in two days time I am going to
ask to go." Mayhem followed
the discovery of a spider on one
of the open air beds and led to
actor Chris Bisson suffering mild
concussion when he leapt out of
the way and hit his head. The
other stars are celebrity chef
Antony Worrall-Thompson, interior
designer Linda Barker,
controversial footballer John
Fashanu, model and TV host
Catalina Guirado, weather anchor
Sian Lloyd, actor Wayne Sleep and
80's singer Toyah Willcox. The
celebrities are competing to win
$500,000 for charity. Viewers
will begin evicting members of
the tribe on May 6 with the king
or queen of the jungle to be
crowned on May 13. A US version
of the series set in the same
location aired last month.
Granada Television is currently
negotiating for a second US
season and a series for Germany
to be also made in the
rainforest.
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May
3, 2003: 'The
Times '- Jungle celebrities pull
in punters |
The new
series of I'm A Celebrity, Get Me
Out Of Here! is proving a big hit
with television viewers and
punters alike. Almost 11 million
people tuned in to see the first
programme in the second run of
the jungle survival show, while
bookmakers report brisk trading
on who will win the two-week
contest. Jennie
Prest, of William Hill, said on
Wednesday: "We have already
taken twice as much on this show
as we did last year and it's only
three days in. The first series
took a little time to warm up,
this time the viewers were
chomping at the bit and we took
plenty of bets before the show
even started."
On
Tuesday night Danniella
Westbrook, the former EastEnders
actress, threatened to quit the
show because she missed her
family and did not want to be
away from home. Ladbrokes offers
6-1 on her carrying out her
threat.
Warren
Lush, a spokesperson for the
firm, said: "We don't
believe Danniella will quit the
programme after just two days in
the jungle. She knew what was
coming when she signed up for the
series and is playing the game
very well."
Phil
Tufnell, a best-priced 2-1 with
Ladbrokes, and Anthony Worrell
Thompson, now no bigger than 11-2
with William Hill, have been well
supported but Sian Lloyd, 14-1
with Coral, Westbrook, at 18-1
with Sporting Odds, and Wayne
Sleep, pushed out to 25-1 by Blue
Square, have been friendless.
Toyah
Willcox, Linda Barker and Chris
Bisson have their supporters, but
Coral is content to offer all
three at 7-1. John Fashanu has
emerged with credit from the
early shows, but is still
available at 11-1.
The
first evictions, voted for by the
viewers, will take place next
week.
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May
2, 2003:
'IACGMOOH!' Websites, Links and
polls |
There
are now countless websites,
links, polls and competitions
online related to I'm A
Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here!. You can
vote for Toyah at 'The Internet
Forum' in their four fun polls.
Toyah led two of these for a
fortnight but in the last couple
of days has been overtaken by
Phil Tufnell. I suppose if anyone
should steal her thunder Phil is
the best choice. He comes across
as a nice guy and a good laugh,
and will probably win the show.
GMTV,
the UK breakfast TV station, are
also running polls at their
website. You can vote for which
male and female contestants you
think will win. Toyah is
currently in second place to
Linda Barker, but all five are
fairly close. Go forth and give
Toyah a hand by clicking the
picture. There is also a
contestant gallery to have a look
at.
The
site also has a mini-feature on I'm
A Celebrity ... , and there
is a link to their Calamity
Jane competition too. Lots to
see and do at gm.tv!
'Latest
Thing' is a fantastic website,
not only featuring a
comprehensive section on IAC but
much, much more besides.
They
have a page on Toyah, with quotes
from her for each day. And loads
more too, including another poll
on who should win the show. The
site also has a page of pictures
from the show.
There
are plenty of other sites to
check out, incuding: The official
website - www.itv.com/celebrity
and, www.survivor-online.co.uk.
I'm afraid I wouldn't recomend www.digitalspy.co.uk,
a great website but unfortunately
when I had a look there seemed to
be a very "anti-Toyah"
stance on the forums.
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