Originally Posted by spaceygal:
“Sigh. No, there is no contradiction whatsoever because being a household name doesn't mean you're an A-List celebrity, I would have thought that was obvious! To me A-Listers are the likes of Bruce Willis, Meryl Streep, Barack Obama, Madonna, Christiano Ronaldo, Beyonce, Usain Bolt and Oprah Winfrey. Whereas, for example, the likes of Paul Gambaccini, Eamonn Holmes, Charlotte Church, Kim Wilde, Ray Mears, Gethin Jones, Boy George, Keith Chegwin, Carol Vorderman, Anneka Rice, Jamie Theakston, Noel Edmonds, Bonnie Langford, Denise Van Outen, Alan Titchmarsh and Ainsley Harriott are all far from being A-List stars but they are all household names.”
Many of those people in the latter list are not household names though, unlike the first group. You personally knowing who they are because they've been around a while doesn't make them a household name.
All this really comes down to is that you don't watch the other reality shows, and therefore personally don't know the celebs that come from them.