Fri 6 Jan 2006
WINNERS
Jack Dee, Celebrity Big Brother series one
Viewers loved his sarcasm as well as the soft underbelly he revealed when discussing his wife and children, and promptly voted him winner. His career received a boost as a result, but he's said to have been embarrassed at having taken part.
Mark Owen, Celebrity Big Brother series two
Cute and fluffy, with a loyal fanbase that never stopped the love. One wonders if Take That's recent revival would ever have happened if Owen hadn't been on this show.
Bez, Celebrity Big Brother series three
Came. Sat. Smoked. Stared. Won. So that's how you do it...
Tony Blackburn, I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!, series one
"Who?" said a younger generation when crumbly old Tone stepped into the jungle. But his gentlemanly manner and easygoing sense of humour saw him crowned jungle king, reviving his career.
Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! series one
After years as a drug-addled It Girl, she charmed the audience with her eccentricities, and her stoic facing of a range of creepy crawlies. Now presents the same show's spin-off series on ITV2.
LOSERS
Vanessa Feltz, Celebrity Big Brother series one
Bizarre outfits, crying, writing on the table... intelligent and articulate Feltz became an object of ridicule for exposing her vulnerable side.
Les Dennis, Celebrity Big Brother series two
Should never have gone into the house, as was made abundantly clear when he broke down over his foundering relationship with his then wife Amanda Holden. The couple split soon afterwards.
Germaine Greer, Celebrity Big Brother series three
One of the brighter housemates, but had a problem with the ritual humiliation of the others. "It's wrong for me to present myself in the same context as they are," she said on her early departure.
Kerry Katona, I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! series three
Sweet, vulnerable, funny Katona won our hearts and the series. But, when her husband Brian McFadden walked out amid suggestions that he could not cope with her new-found fame and she was accused of having a drug problem, the dream soured.
Rebecca Loos, The Farm series one; Celebrity Love Island series one
Pleasured a pig in a barn on Five, then pleasured Calum Best in a lavatory on ITV. Need we say more?
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