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Chantelle Houghton
(born August 21, 1983 in Essex, England) was billed as the first 'non-celebrity'
to feature in the Channel 4 reality TV show Celebrity Big Brother. She emerged
as the winner of series 4, beating 10 bona fide 'celebrities' (Michael
Barrymore, Maggot, Preston, Pete Burns, Traci Bingham, Dennis Rodman, George
Galloway, Rula Lenska, Faria Alam and Jodie Marsh), and winning a prize of
£25,000. She grew up and lived in Wickford, Essex with her mother and
step-father before she got married. Chantelle attended The Bromfords School in
Wickford and finished with 7 GCSEs. Chantelle decided not to attend college. She
now lives in Brighton with her husband, Samuel Preston of The Ordinary Boys.
As a twist to the show,
she was instructed to convince the celebrity housemates that she was a member of
a (fictional) girl group named Kandy Floss, whose biggest hit was said to be "I
Want It Right Now". Had she failed to convince them, she would have been evicted
from the house. She successfully fooled her housemates and survived to the end
of the show.
In her Big Brother
profile page Chantelle described herself as a "bright, blonde bimbo". Chantelle
is not a natural blonde however. She said, "I look like Paris Hilton, not on
purpose but it's just the way it turned out". She has been nicknamed "Paris
Travelodge" (implying a cheap version of Paris Hilton).
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Celebrity Big Brother
Chantelle had
originally applied to be in Big Brother 6 (shown June-August 2005). However,
after some persuasion from Max Clifford, the show's producers put her in the
Celebrity Big Brother house instead.
On the first evening,
Chantelle reported a potential problem: she had previously met Jodie Marsh's
brother while out clubbing[1]. Happily for her, her fears proved unfounded.
On 8 January (day 4),
Big Brother set a task to the group to rate themselves by how famous they
thought they were. The celebrity they thought was the most famous stood on the
#1 podium and the person they considered the least famous stood on the #11
podium. Chantelle had to avoid being put in the #11 podium to prove she had
fooled the real celebrities and stay in the house. Chantelle survived the task,
being chosen to stand on the #9 podium, ahead of Preston and Maggot. She was
then called to the diary room to discuss her identity with Big Brother. This was
simultaneously shown on a television screen in the lounge, in front of the other
housemates.
Chantelle was nominated
for eviction on day 21, but was saved from eviction by the public as the other
two nominees George Galloway and Dennis Rodman were both evicted in a double
eviction.
While in the house,
Chantelle established close bonds with Jodie Marsh and Samuel Preston of The
Ordinary Boys. She and Preston were married in August 2006.
Chantelle won the show
on 27 January with 29.4%[2] of the public vote, ahead of Michael Barrymore on
22.7%, earning her £25,000 (the celebrities were reportedly paid fees of up to
£150,000 each).
It has always been
strongly denied by Channel 4 that the result was fixed, although the official
voting figures have never been made public and some people express doubts about
the validity of the results.
Kandy
Floss
Before the Show and
Tell task on day 3, Big Brother gave Chantelle her story as member of a
fictional band called Kandy Floss.
According to Big
Brother, the other fictional members of the band are Michelle, Emma, Natalie and
Kelly. Chantelle is the lead singer. Their singles were "I Want It Right Now",
"Come Back" and "More More More". "I Want It Right Now" was their biggest hit.
"I
Want It Right Now"
The song "I Want It
Right Now" (originally titled "I Want It All") was written by Paul Bell and
Colin Campsie, originally with Kylie Minogue in mind. Colin Campsie was a former
member of 1980s pop bands The Quick and Giant Steps. The Holy Moly gossip email
credited Campsie with being one of the famous members of Go West when discussing
the Kandy Floss record, but in fact he only ever provided background vocals on a
Go West live album. Peter Cox and Richard Drummie are the famous duo.
Big Brother bosses
asked Bill Stonebridge (head of music publishers Dalmatian Songs) for ten songs
to be submitted in 2005, and "I Want It Right Now" was chosen for the show.
Chantelle made it clear
in an appearance on T4 that she will not be releasing any singles [citation
needed] as she "can't sing".FIT
After
Big Brother
Chantelle's mother said
she was to be represented by controversial publicist Max Clifford. However, he
stated recently on TV that she has not signed with him but did 'help out in an
advisory position'. She is said to have £500,000 worth of offers for modelling,
TV appearances and interviews.[3] Clifford believes that her fame would be brief
but explosive: "I think it will be a very exciting five or 10 minutes. Maybe we
can stretch it to 15." She is now represented by John Noel Management who
represent Big Brother presenters Davina McCall and Dermot O'Leary, and former
contestant Jade Goody.
Following her rise to
"celebrity" status, a look-alike agency she worked for as a Paris Hilton
look-alike now offers another model as a "Chantelle Houghton look-alike" and a
post-Big Brother show was shown called Chantelle: Living the Dream.
Chantelle's first
magazine cover was weekly celebrity magazine, Sneak magazine.
Chantelle has appeared
as a guest on several TV shows since winning Celebrity Big Brother. These
include The Friday Night Project on 10 February and 17 February 2006 as a
co-presenter to Alan Carr and Justin Lee Collins, replacing Debra Stephenson,
due to her heavy filming schedule for Coronation Street; Channel 4's 8 Out of 10
Cats, as a contestant on 10 March 2006; ITV1's The Mint, as a guest; BBC's The
Weakest Link, as a contestant on 5 May 2006, which also featured other reality
TV stars Michael Barrymore and Russell Grant; and Big Brother's Big Mouth on 17
August 2006, during the final week of the seventh series of Big Brother.
Chantelle now has a
brand new dating show called Chantelle's Dream Dates, where she gives girls a
makeover and gets them a date. It is similar to Davina McCall's show Streetmate.
Chantelle announced her
engagement to Preston on 11 April 2006. [4] They were married on 25 August 2006.
Chantelle coloured her hair brunette for the wedding.
In October 2006, she
released her autobiography called Living the Dream.
The BBC have confirmed
that Chantelle will star in the drama, Hotel Babylon as the girlfriend of Chris
Moyles. [5]
Chantelle has a weekly
fashion and beauty column in New magazine.
Modelling
Prior to appearing on
Big Brother, Chantelle did some glamour modelling.
In 2003, she appeared
in The Daily Star as a page three girl (shots available via MaxPower magazine
[1]).
Chantelle is
represented as a model by Faces Modelling [6]
She appeared as a
Soccerette model on Sky TV's Soccer AM show [7].
Was nominated in the
Most Popular TV Contender category at the 2006 National Television Awards, but
was beaten by Nikki Grahame, herself a former Big Brother contestant [2]
Quotes
"What's a gynaecologist?"
[To George on hearing he was an MP]: "Does that
mean you work in that big room with the green seats?'"
Chantelle: "Is it
funny?"
Preston: "I dunno, is
it? ... It is though. Isn't it? It is."
[About George]: "What's
the name of his band again... is it Respect? [3]
References
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^ Chantelle - Celeb or not a
Celeb - that is the question…. Special Bets. Retrieved on 2005-01-08.
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^ The Celebrity Big Brother Final
- Review Of The Voting. Special Bets. Retrieved on 2006-01-30.
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^ "Chantelle is a £1m winner",
This is London, 2006-01-27.
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^ "Chantelle and Preston get
engaged", BBC News, 2006-04-12.
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^ "Hotel Babylon press pack", BBC
Press Office, 2006-12-20.
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^ Chantelle Houghton. Faces
Modelling Agency. Retrieved on 2005-01-09.
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^ The Soccerettes Hall Of Fame
2005/06 showing Chantelle at #6
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