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I was almost as excited for Britney Spears week on The X Factor as I was for Take That week last week. I love me some Britney. Plus it helps that my favourite Radio 1 DJ has been going on and on and on about it for weeks, I can’t wait to hear what he has to say about it on Monday because to be honest…it was a big let down.

The five remaining contestants just didn’t do her songs justice. I mean Ruth singing ‘I love rock n roll’, is that really a Britney song just because she might have sung it once? No. And she killed it, and I don’t mean killed it in a good way — in her defence I do think there was something a little wrong with the sound tonight because I was having a hard time hearing any of the acts, even when they were clearly belting it out — but at some points I actually thought she’d forgotten the lyrics she was mumbling that much.

JLS doing ‘Hit Me Baby One More Time’, just wrong.

Euoghn singing ‘Sometimes’ was cringe-worthy.

Diana singing ‘I’m Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman’ was an awful warbly mess, and that’s coming from someone who loves Diana’s usual warbly style.

Alexandra was the only one who did her song choice, ‘Toxic’, any justice at all.

As for the Britster herself, well it was obvious moment after the song started that she was miming — which is understandable giving the song, but the fuss that has been made about her first live UK performance in 4 years, you’d think they’d at least have her actually sing live…and maybe put an ounce of effort into the performance.

Oh well.

Still love me some Britney Spears.

Team Vile 1 – Team Nice 1

The latest episode of The Biggest Loser USA ended in a draw, with Ed returning (or The husband of ‘The world revolves around me’ Heba, as he’s better known in this household) scoring a point for Team Vile…and Amy deciding to vote off Brady scoring a point for Team Nice.

I didn’t think it’d happen to be honest, I have seen enough reality tv show vote offs to know that when it seems like it’s a forgone conclusion, they will edit the heck out of everything to make it seem like there’s a chance it’ll go the other way, but it never does.

Kudos to the editors.

I have disliked Heba from the start, she’s so up her own backside it’s unbelievable — there’s nothing worse than a bitchy little girl who loves to point out and pick at others flaws, but cannot see her own. As for Vicky, she seemed nice enough and then all of a sudden *bam* out comes Vile Vicky, one of the most unpleasant TBL contestants ever — now don’t get me wrong, I don’t care that she’s trying to play the game, I don’t care that she’s in it for the money more than the weight loss — but she’s a genuinely unpleasant woman.

Doing a little dance and happy clap in front of a team who just had to vote someone out? Who does that? No class. at all.

I think the best word to describe that little alliance, is simply Highschool — it really says every thing that needs to be said doesn’t it.

I hope that the black team do a similar little dance that they voted off Brady, let’s see how they like that. *

Roll on next week. The fallout should be spectacular. I only hope that Bob doesn’t freak out on Amy, her game, her life, her choice Bob!

* actually I hope they don’t, and I know they won’t…but it’d be well deserved if they did.

I just finished watching last weeks episode of The Amazing Race, a little slow of me I know, but what can I say I have been busy.

Great episode, it had everything — including the much need tension and franticness that makes TAR what it is. The Indian legs always seem the most fraught every season, all those people, crazy driving, the hustle and bustle.

The road block looked amazing, I can’t believe that dye — frankly I’d have been terrified, having everyone throwing it right in my face, but the after affect was gorgeous. I could not believe how green it turned Tina’s hair!

The race to the pit stop between Dandrew and The Shrews was insane, I have never wanted a team to lose as badly as I wanted The Shrews to, not only because they deserved it after a dismal performance this leg — but also because they are just so unlikable. You can see why they are divorced.

Ex-tennis star Martina Navratilova and George Takei – Star Trek’s Mr Sulu – are among contestants in this year’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!

They will be joined in the jungle in the ITV1 show by MEP Robert Kilroy-Silk and TV presenter Esther Rantzen, as well as ex-EastEnder Joe Swash.

Others include ex-Blue singer Simon Webbe, TV presenter Dani Behr and former police chief Brian Paddick.

Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly again front the show which starts on Sunday.

The line-up is completed by models Nicola McLean and Carly Zucker.

‘Champions adjust’

Navratilova, 52, said she “was flying very blind” having never seen the show before.

Simon Webbe
Simon Webbe follows in the footsteps of ex-Blue bandmate Antony Costa

“So I’m sort of going in on trusting in my ability to adjust – as Billie Jean King says, ‘champions adjust’. So we’ll see if I can adjust.”

The Czechoslovakian-born star, now a US citizen, said her “biggest worry” would be contact with snakes and spiders.

Takei, who married long-term partner and business manager Brad Altman in September, is also new to the I’m A Celebrity concept.

The 71-year-old said he had eaten live fish – a Japanese delicacy – and hoped this would stand him in good stead for the bushtucker trials.

“I’ve even had live fish that’s had a bamboo spit driven through its gill attached to a radish and a bamboo spit through its tail so that it can’t flop around,” he said.

“You can’t get fish any fresher than that.”

JUNGLE ROYALTY
2002 – Tony Blackburn
2003 – Phil Tufnell
2004 – Kerry Katona
2005 – Joe Pasquale
2006 – Carol Thatcher
2007 – Matt Willis
2008 – Christopher Biggins

In pictures: Celebrity line-up

Executive producer Richard Cowles hailed this year’s “magnificent cast of celebrities”.

“But their trip to the jungle promises to be anything but a walk in the park,” he added.

“Each year, in a bid to test the celebrities, we develop new ways of pushing the boundaries and this series will push them further than ever before.

“We have bundles of surprises up our sleeves and some of the most gruelling bushtucker trials ever seen.”

Last year’s series was won by actor Christopher Biggins.

US ex-model Janice Dickinson finished in second place while former pop star Jason “J” Brown was third.

Well, I had planned to post after each episode of Survivor Gabon, the fact I have not is a good indication of how I feel about the season.

It’s not bad, don’t get me wrong, I don’t think any season of Survivor could ever be bad — it’s just not going to be one of the classics.

Firstly it’s boring when one tribe dominates so much. It’s only now I feel like I know anything about most of the Kota members…but at the same time I do want Fang to fail, they’ve been pretty much the dumbest tribe in Survivor history, making dumb move after dumb move — they don’t deserve rewards and immunity so I am glad they aren’t getting them — but it makes for boring viewing.

Secondly, too much tribe switching up. Twice now they have done it, and that’s before the merge. Survivor isn’t meant to be a game of luck, it’s a game of skill and as boring and predictable and frustrating as it might be seeing someone dominate, if they do it they do it. Switching tribes so much just screws peoples games, sends people home before their time, makes weaker people able to stay.

Oh well, hopefully it will pick up post merge, it’s certainly done that before (last season any one?)

So, who was it exactly that ran over Max Branning and left him for dead?

Who cares!

This storyline has been done to death already, and not just in serial ‘Whodunit’ offender Eastenders. It’s not new, it’s not exciting, it’s not different and it’s not clever.

On top of that add the fact that Max Branning is a completely unlikeable character who garners no sympathy. Every one who is in the frame had rhyme, reason and motive to want him dead and the only question I have is — Why couldn’t they have succeeded?

I will be glad when this storyline is over and done with.

I love my Saturday night TV here in the UK at the moment — the delightfully random and cheesy ‘Hole in the Wall’, much Harry Hill with both You’ve been framed and TV Burp, Strictly Come Dancing, Celebrity Family Fortunes and of course the mighty X Factor which I am currently loving!

Tonight however, I am going out to a firework display so I am going to miss the lot. Argh.