Where on earth did BBOTS dig him up from?

I can't believe they dragged this one hit wonder back to sing that dreadful song. He was crap 25 years ago and he still is now.

BBOTS seem to love all the tacky acts from yesteryear.... Let's remind ourselves who they've had perform on the show....

Bewitched
Atomic Kitten
Pete Burns
Sonia
Chesney Hawkes

I'm sure there's many more but wow... talk about cringe tv.

You know you've hit the bottom when you appear on BBOTs - it's the death knell.

Indeed.

Bet they must've come cheap too. lol

Hush your mouth! I like him. He's a pretty good guest: sense of humour, coherent, sober and actually seems to have watched the show which is quite something.

And I love that song. Never fails to entertain. Although when I was a young silly billy I took lots of stuff I shouldn't have and sang that song, on a loop, for an entire bus journey. My friend wouldn't speak to me for days I embarrassed her so much. People clapped when I got off.

Chesney has aged well. You leave him be.

I actually thought he was a sweet guy on the programme, but there's no getting away from the fact they have a complete range of nonentities on BBOTs.

I'm fine with nonentity. Bots is camp, it's cheese, I think they pull off nonentity well.

I don't mind who they are as long as they make an effort to watch the show. Helen Lederer would have been a 'good' guest imo but she was awful. I hate guests that are very obviously only there for the fee. At least pretend to be a BB fan or catch an episode or two.

B*Witched are awesome

She was pretty blatant in her 'I'm-only-here-for-the-fee-but-I'm-so-much-better-than-this attitude' wasn't she!!

Right down there with the rest

he seemed really nice. I wished they had put him in the house instead of one of the plonkers from Towie and Ex on the beach.

they got Chesney because Keith Harris and Orville the Duck were already booked

They'd have to dig Keith Harris up first, he's no longer with us.
However the duck is still alive and well!

I must have missed that why no Newsnight tribute?

'digging Keith Harris up', sounds like an idea for a C5 reality show, presented by Tony Robinson?

KH is dead actually.

Why don't we still see Orville though?

alright, I am traumatised enough already

Are you ashamed as well?!

They ARE awesome. See, I like these blast from the past rather random guests. Certainly preferable to the usual TV lovies Schofield, Willoughby, et al cropping up.

They don't have me bopping about singing on the sofa to cheesy hits. I don't want credibility.


She was. What did she say? Something like 'Oh, Evelyn...Ryan's just not into you'? Erm....

Keith's death hit him hard. Reclusive, hit the bottle.

Doesn't Rylan just ring his mates to ask them on?

You leave Chesney alone. Hes a man of superb taste.


Which is why he started following me on Twitter a few weeks ago. I did him a favour and followed back. It would have been rude not to.

Aw, poor old ducky.

Something similar. Is it me or does she always sound p!ssed?

Though weirdly at some point in the last ten years they seem to have become older than Chesney.

I would have agreed with you maybe a couple of years ago - but I think something very strange has happened and it seems to be making a come back and getting people on who are really well established and doing well in their profession Eamon Holmes for one, Lesley Joseph for another - I don't think they are desperate for work. Also the presenters Emma and Rylan seem to be the most popular presenters on TV at the minute. I realise there are a lot of reality "Stars" entering the house but they appear to be having fun and making a living at the same time - I know its not like getting 10 million for a major movie role but its a living which they clearly enjoy and people like Vicky Patterson - Josie Gibson to name a few seem to have done really well from this type of reality TV. It seems to be working on many fronts - not to mention that I love it and the banter round it - which of course it paramount