30.12.17 Celebrity Or Not?

There are numerous television shows which feature "Celebrity" participants.  The definition of a 'celebrity' is quite simply laughable, and in 80% of cases, such a description is an obscenity.  This is brought home by various shows.  Anyone who has recently been bored by Celebrity Road Trip will know very well what I am talking about.

We are just into a new run of Celebrity Mastermind, so I will invite you to consider the participants whose celebrity status is, in my opinion, not so much "in doubt" as fucking flawed.  Yes, there are a few possibles, but there is one real test that in my opinion determines whether someone has no right whatsoever to be considered a celebrity - whether their name needs any sort of qualification, such as what they fucking do for a living.

Here are the entries in my TV guide, with extra notes on those whom you may not have heard of [instantly removing them from the category that has allowed them to participate!]

Jack Ashton
Rich Hall
Guy Mowbray
Pam Ayres
Philip Serrell (Antiques Expert)
Richard McCourt (Comedian)
Lemn Sissay (Poet)
Olivia Wayne (Sports Anchor)
John Bradley (Actor)
Crista Cullen (Hockey Player)
Nick Bright (Radio 1Xtra Presenter)
Anna Passey (Hollyoaks Actress)
Rachel Stevens,
Asim Chaudhry
Anita Anand
Andy Zaltman
Faisal Islam
Lloyd Langford
Ollie Locke
Yasmin Evans
Phil Williams (Radio Presenter)
John Robins (Comedian)
Lydia Bright (TOWIE star)
Tim Farron (MP)
Laurence Rickard (Actor)
Martin Hughes-Games (Springwatch Presenter)
Vogue Williams (Model and Presenter)
John Pienaar (BBC Political Editor)
Dane Baptiste (Comedian)
Grace Victory (Vlogger)
Annie Wallace (Holyoaks Actor)
Martin Bell (Ex MP)

A motley collection indeed.  Over on ITV, the culmination of a nauseating campaign to kill us all off with relentless trailers for Dancing On Ice has led us to next Sunday's commencement of the usual dross.  Here is the list of participants for this fayre.  Bearing in mind the 4-year absence of DOI, you would perhaps think a decent line-up should be offered.

Lemar
Kem Cetinay
Antony Cotton
Brooke Vincent
Max Evans
Perri Shakes-Drayton
Candice Brown
Stephanie Waring
Alex Beresford
Cheryl Baker
Jake Quickenden
Donna Air

I will leave you to assess.

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