Sovereign bet to kick off CBB
While no-one expected Madonna to turn up for Celebrity Big Brother, the woeful roll-call of women introduced by Davina last night surely represents a new low for celebrity-reality TV.
Ekaterina Ivanova is only known because she snared deluded rocker Ronnie Wood and Heidi Fleiss’s fame boils down to pimping desperate girls to Hollywood desperados. Page 3 model Nicola T can only be there because Pammie Anderson was asking for too much cash while Stephanie Beacham’s current popularity may be measured by her being the first female to be voted off Strictly Come Dancing a couple of years back.
All of which must mean getting on the 9/4 with Boylesports for Lady Sovereign to finish top female – with an extra nibble on the 10-1 for her to win outright. The grime artist’s back catalogue may not be to many people’s tastes but the press will like her story – the pint-sized former council estate kid who was kicked out of school but scrabbled back to set up her own record label and perform on David Letterman. And she should come across as refreshingly normal in the strange company of the likes of Beacham, who kicked off this morning’s coverage by wearing shades to brush her teeth….