Has celeb big bro ever relaunched anyones career?

[Deleted User] · 31/01/10 - 18:49

If you give me 1 name, I could give you ten where it hasn't.

Selena · 31/01/10 - 18:52

I think it helped Claire Sweeney at the time.

Mark Owen had a hit record at the time.

Preston had a couple of hits.

Ænima · 31/01/10 - 18:55

PG30 wrote: »

If you give me 1 name, I could give you ten where it hasn't.

True.

There have probabaly been more ruined careers/ reputations from it, than success stories.

daddy66 · 31/01/10 - 19:17

PG30 wrote: »

If you give me 1 name, I could give you ten where it hasn't.

One to many for my liking, personally;)

MD1500 · 31/01/10 - 19:21

You could argue Mark Owen's win was the catalyst for Take That reforming.

CLL Dodge · 31/01/10 - 19:26

I wasn't aware that that was the point of it.

Omah · 31/01/10 - 19:27

Shilpa .....

Andy_G · 31/01/10 - 20:02

Omah wrote: »

Shilpa .....

It certainly made her known in this country, but she was already a big Bollywood star anyway.

I think Anne Diamond got a few gigs following CBB, nothing major though.

Abbasolutely 40 · 31/01/10 - 20:03

I think Mark Owen was a major part in Take Thats revival

cherubmattd · 31/01/10 - 20:06

Pete Burns got to #5 with You Spin Me Right Round after CBB.

Cake_Nibbler · 31/01/10 - 20:10

Ulrika possibly.

Chantelle (well when you werent a celebrity to begin with, its not hard to improve your celebrity career)

Cake_Nibbler · 31/01/10 - 20:11

John Mc Cririck too maybe

I had no idea who he was when he went in but he seems to be on a lot of guest panels ever since then.

[Deleted User] · 31/01/10 - 20:12

Chantelle?

Abbasolutely 40 · 31/01/10 - 20:15

Cake_Nibbler wrote: »

John Mc Cririck too maybe

I had no idea who he was when he went in but he seems to be on a lot of guest panels ever since then.

More's the pity .......................:mad:

Omah · 31/01/10 - 23:40

Andy_G wrote: »

It certainly made her known in this country, but she was already a big Bollywood star anyway.

Shilpa's career was in decline prior to CBB :

2004 was the year which saw the release of Garv in which she portrayed a Muslim orphan and disillusioned table dancer starring opposite Salman Khan. According to Shetty, she chose to do the film because she liked the subject. The film was a cop drama, and did not do well at the box office. However, she received much acclaim for her performance in Phir Milenge, where she made a sensitive portrayal of a successful city high-flyer who contracts HIV via unprotected sex and becomes a social outcast as a result. She also starred with her sister in the film Fareb in 2005. Shilpa had one release in 2006, the much delayed Shaadi Karke Phas Gaya Yaar. The film was a box office flop.

Post CBB :

2007 proved to be Shetty's most successful year at the box office so far. Her first release, Life In A... Metro, won a significant reception, and became the first Bollywood movie to premiere at Leicester Square. The film performed well at the box office, and was declared a semi-hit within three weeks. Additionally, the film was critically acclaimed and Shetty's performance was appreciated, with Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN writing, "It's a terrific performance and unquestionably Shilpa's best to date." Her second release, alongside three Deols, Dharmendra, Sunny and Bobby, the drama Apne, was also a box office success.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shilpa_Shetty#Biography

[Deleted User] · 31/01/10 - 23:57

Keith Duffy? He went on to become an actor and had quite a run in Coronation Street.

Luskentyre · 31/01/10 - 23:59

I think it helped Pete Burns.

Omah · 01/02/10 - 00:02

Andy_G wrote: »

I think Anne Diamond got a few gigs following CBB, nothing major though.

TBH, hardly anything at at all :

In 2002 she returned to television, appearing in Celebrity Big Brother.

In October 2004 she joined BBC Radio Oxford, presenting the weekday breakfast programme.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Diamond

[Deleted User] · 01/02/10 - 00:08

Mark Owen is the best example, all the Take That fans emerged from their mossy holes to reclaim their champions.

johnloony · 01/02/10 - 00:13

I would say also Jade Goody. The racism row publicised her existence to a much wider audience than the usual BB viewers.

When the CBB racism row erupted between Jade Goody and Shilpa Shetty, my parents phoned me up and asked me "Who is Jade Goody?", so I was able to explain what her background in BB was and how she was a famous "celebrity". Without that incident, they would never have known anything about her.

Omah · 01/02/10 - 00:22

johnloony wrote: »

I would say also Jade Goody. The racism row publicised her existence to a much wider audience than the usual BB viewers.

When the CBB racism row erupted between Jade Goody and Shilpa Shetty, my parents phoned me up and asked me "Who is Jade Goody?", so I was able to explain what her background in BB was and how she was a famous "celebrity". Without that incident, they would never have known anything about her.

But the question was :

Has celeb big bro ever relaunched anyones career?

18 January 2007

Jade Goody's career may be over

Two High Street chains announced they had dropped her range of perfumes

Her dreams of breaking into Hollywood were almost certainly over

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-429860/Jade-Goodys-career-over.html

21.01.07

Jade Goody admits she was being racist

Jade said the withdrawal of her perfume from stores and the cancellation of her Living TV show meant "nothing".

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23382546-jade-goody-admits-she-was-being-racist.do

johnloony · 01/02/10 - 00:38

Good question. It could be argued that Jade's career was being famous, and not much else.

swingaleg · 01/02/10 - 01:05

Not sure about Mark Owen - wasn't the Take That revival about 5 years after he was on CBB..........

Probably no connection at all, more to do with a Greatest Hits album coming out or something like that...........

Not sure about Big Mac either - he pretty much does the same now as he did before. If anything he does less because Channel 4 have dropped him as an automatic regular on their racing coverage, tho' he still puts in the odd appearance as a guest. He used to do the odd thing outside of racing before CBB and he still does, tho' now it's mainly CBB spin off shows.

Luskentyre · 01/02/10 - 01:31

johnloony wrote: »

I would say also Jade Goody. The racism row publicised her existence to a much wider audience than the usual BB viewers.

When the CBB racism row erupted between Jade Goody and Shilpa Shetty, my parents phoned me up and asked me "Who is Jade Goody?", so I was able to explain what her background in BB was and how she was a famous "celebrity". Without that incident, they would never have known anything about her.

It hardly relaunched her though did it? If anything it consigned her back to scrapheap, where she belonged.

MsBehaviour · 01/02/10 - 13:33

I don't think its helped Sov. In the Metro today:

"CBB is not exactly a star-maker -
Lady Sovereign admits she has yet to
be offered any decent work. 'I am just
glad of the five grand,' she admitted."

[Deleted User] · 01/02/10 - 13:51

It's now relaunched Jordan's "career"

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