BIG BROTHER CELEBRITY EVENT - THURSDAY 22/11/07
Big Brother housemates to reunite at All Years Party in association with Digital Spy and The Chapel Bar
Big Brother housemates from the past eight years are to reunite for the first time at a unique event organised in association with Digital Spy and The Chapel Bar Islington.
Party to include an awards ceremony voted for by Digital Spy readers, plus performances from BB7’s Pete, BB8’s Shabnam and The Cheeky Girls
Charity auction using the lowest unique bid style offering bidders the chance to win dinner dates with some of their favourite housemates plus one pair of tickets to the party to be won (full details online at
www.myspace.com/bigbrotherallyearsparty)
Some of Big Brother’s most notorious housemates from the past eight series are to come together for the first time ever in a unique reunion event with a charitable twist.
The ‘All Years Party’ – produced in association with Digital Spy (
www.digitalspy.co.uk), the UK’s premier entertainment and media news website – aims to reunite more than one hundred housemates for at the private bash, to be held later this month.
The night, being hosted at the Chapel Bar in Islington, will also feature an awards ceremony. Digital Spy readers will vote in categories such as “Sexiest male” and the “All Years Villain”, with the winners revealed on the night. With sponsorship coming from The Chapel Bar, Digital Spy, MySpace, Diageo, Cusqueña, Smirnoff, LaFee Absinthe, Ty Nant Spring Water and HispaMerchants among others, the aim is to provide an evening of complementary food and drink where as many high profile personalities as possible will take part in a huge money-raising charity event.
Guests will be entertained on the night by “It’s a Swing Thing” featuring Chris Beard and Ita Egan. Big Brother 7 winner Pete, Big Brother 8’s Shabnam and reality TV favourites The Cheeky Girls will all perform at the event, with DJ sets coming from Mikey Dalton (BB7) and Brad 212 Finlay, a big name on London’s underground dance scene with regular appearances at Egg, 54, Ministry and more.
The party also aims to raise awareness of a charity auction (see
www.myspace.com/bigbrotherallyearsparty for details and bidding). Users will be able to bid for tickets to the party, or for a dinner date with more than fifteen of their favourite housemates from recent years, in a reverse style auction where the lowest unique bid wins, including Nikki (BB7), Pete (BB7), Liam (BB8), Brian (BB8), Alison (BB3), Samanda (BB8), Glyn (BB7), Charley (BB8) and Ziggy (BB8). Bids cost £1.50 and the proceeds will be donated to the charities below:
RNLI
Kidney Research
Terence Higgins Trust
Deaf Parenting UK
Multiple Sclerosis Society
Says Mark Garrett, party organiser: “This started off as a low-key party to celebrate Eugene’s (Big Brother 6) birthday but as he invited more of his former Big Brother housemates we thought ‘why not invite everyone?’ The response has been phenomenal and we are all thrilled to be using the event to help raise money for some great charities.”
Adds Neil Wilkes, Editor, Digital Spy: “It’s an ambitious task - and in some cases a frightening prospect – to bring together so many housemates in one place, but Digital Spy is proud to be associated with an event that not only salutes those who have provided us with so many moments of telly gold, but also raises a load of dosh for charity.”
Notes to Editors
Voting for the awards will take place at
www.digitalspy.co.uk/bigbrother/, with the winners announced at the event.
Bidding on the dinner dates will take place at
www.myspace.com/bigbrotherallyearsparty from mid November to mid December. The auction will be a reverse style lowest unique bid based promotion offering the largest number of people a chance to take part.
The five charities benefiting from the auction include RNLI, Deaf Parenting UK, Kidney Research, Terrence Higgins Trust and Multiple Sclerosis Society.
For more information please contact us.
About Digital Spy
Digital Spy (
www.digitalspy.co.uk) is the UK’s leading independent showbiz, entertainment and media website with a UK audience in excess of 1.5 million unique visitors each month (over 80% in the UK) and over 65 million page views each month. Digital Spy’s lively forums cover an extensive range of television and media topics. It is renowned for its extensive and unique coverage of Big Brother each year (
www.digitalspy.co.uk/bigbrother).
About The Chapel Bar
The chapel Bar has been established since 1999 and has grown from strength to strength. From hosting high profile corporate events, media launches and wedding receptions, to live gigs, clubbing events and private parties Alex Foley, the proprietor, prides himself in keeping and exceptionally high standard of service and delicious homemade cuisine. (
www.thechapelbar.co.uk/bigbrother)
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