Gawd I hate it, I actually watched a series of BB once and got hooked, but that was over 10 years ago, I think I watched a Celebrity one too, they were shorter then and had people you’d heard on in it – but the best thing about it is it’s not compulsory so despite my involvement here – I’ve been spared it’s drivel and it’s been spared my bile.
I do find it odd now though that, even more than in the 90’s and early 2000’s (when ironically Jordan and Duval made their name) that it’s entirely possible to be a professional celebrity – not a singer, or TV presenter or actor or whatever – you know someone with a rare talent – but you go onto some sort of reality thing where they accept Muggles, do really well enough to be on it for a long time, but no so long as to actually win the thing (the fame kiss of death if ever there was one) and hey presto you’re a ‘Celebrity’ and can now find work on the far more lucrative Celebrity Reality TV racket.
I should stop moaning and get a few applications filled in, I think with a bit of work I could make a total arse of myself on TV (okay, with no work I could do that) spend a few months having my picture taken falling out of pubs and sitting in a house / jungle / panel show – trouser a few grand and disappear into nameless masses again.