Throng

Day 21 was a relatively calm affair in the CBB house following Nicola and Romeo’s evictions, and the dwindling numbers of housemates seems to have had a positive effect on Michael Madsen…

Yesterday, he formed a duet with Frankie Cocozza – which BB nicknamed, Mankie – and the pair happily sang a few songs.

But Michael also found time to have a natter with Denise about the eviction process, and later, the twins revealed that they’re certain they’re going to win the whole thing…

Which we simply cannot allow to happen! So please, please, vote for anyone else – just not them!

However, I digress…

Plus, Ricky Norwood on love for Fatboy, and Jacqueline Jossa on her NTA win

We’ll begin today’s EastEnders news with Cheryl Fergison, who has revealed that she didn’t get to film her character Heather Trott’s final scenes because the show’s bosses brought in a stuntman to film them.

The show’s execs apparently told Cheryl that they were concerned for her safety in the final “violent” scenes in which Heather is murdered by Ben Mitchell.

However, Cheryl told friends, "It's my last scene and I'm not even in it! I'm going to come back to haunt EastEnders as a ghost."

Former CBB housemates Nicola McLean and Romeo Dunn have lifted the lid on what really happened during the whole pantsgate debacle…

And it seems that what we saw of the ensuing row was heavily edited, as in reality, the show’s producers had to “lockdown” the house and intervene to stop things escalating.

As fans of the show will know, it all began when Denise Welch pulled down Karissa Shannon’s pyjama bottoms, and the furious twin went nuts.

Nicola soon waded into the row, as did Frankie, and it seems that for as heated as the version we saw was, in reality, it was a whole lot worse.

ITV have picked up a new series that follows the lives of wives and girlfriends of soldiers.  

Currently called SWAGS, the six part drama will focus on the lives of four women living in army quarters in Leysham while their partners serve in Afghanistan.

The show is set to focus on the struggles of the women in their everyday lives while maintaining an "upbeat" attitude and to have an "ever present streetwise sense of humour."

Executive producer, Kieran Roberts, said SWAGS is an "emotional and heart-wrenching drama" before adding that, "Seeing how these remarkable women cope with survival, triumph, love and loss will make compelling viewing."

Director of Drama for ITV, Laura Mackie, added that the show is about "Real women in an all too real world" while also giving "an insight into the lives behind the headlines."

Channel 4 doco under fire

Channel 4 has come under fire for its Gypsy Blood documentary after it showed animal cruelty and alleged child abuse. Around 300 complaints were submitted to Ofcom over the documentary.

NTAs seen by 6.18m

This week’s National Television Awards were seen by 6.18 million between 7.30pm and 10pm on Wednesday night, helping ITV1 easily beat BBC One.

New The Voice UK coach will.i.am says that it will be experience that sets the new BBC One show apart from The X Factor.

The Black Eyed Peas singer, who will be joined by Jessie J, Tom Jones and Danny O’Donoghue on the show, believes his new show can’t be compared to its ITV1 counterpart.

“I won’t be a judge on X Factor. But The Voice is different. You can’t even compare the two,” he said. “One, you have people in the music industry, current and legends, coaching the next generation.

Rihanna and Nicola Roberts will work on a new fashion design reality series together.

The former will executive produce the Sky Living series and make appearances as Roberts searches for talented designers.

Contestants on the show will be challenged to design outfits for a number of celebrities over ten weeks with the winner getting to dress Rihanna for her performance at the Wireless Festival in Hyde Park this July.

Channel 4 has commissioned a brand new series about shopaholic hoarders whose lives will be transformed by two experts who will completely clear out their cluttered houses, turn their possessions into cash and redesign their homes.

My New Home (w/t), made by Betty, will feature out-of-control consumers whose quality of life is being buried under their mounds of excessive, but potentially valuable possessions.

On hand to help each case will be two experts who make their living out of clearing and redesigning houses. Dealer of antiques and artefacts, Nick Allen will sort through the clutter and determine what money can be made from the collections, giving viewers top tips on how to find the hidden gems in their homes and maximise their worth.

Britain's Got Talent's audition process it the "longest ever" this year because Simon Cowell is determined to find a star. 

Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, co-hosts of the ITV1 show, explained the music mogul has been giving them and his fellow panellists - David Walliams, Alesha Dixon and Amanda Holden - a "really tough time" because he is "going all out" to find a global superstar. 

Speaking at the National Television Awards at London's The O2 last night (25.01.12) - where they picked up the Entertainment Presenter award - Dec told BANG Showbiz: "Simon is probably, don't tell him, but he's probably the best talent show judge in the world and he's really up the stakes this year. 

"He wants to really find a star and he's going all out to do that. He's giving the acts a really tough time. Well, he's giving us all a tough time. 

It's been an emotional three weeks since twelve (sort of) celebrities entered the Big Brother house and hasn't it just been a roller-coaster ride of surprises, alcohol fuelled arguments, lust and more arguments.

With the finalists in the house for one more night tonight, who do you want to claim the title?

It's fair enough to say that the twins aka Karissa and Kristina were shock finalists last night in a head to head that saw Romeo sent home and it's also fair enough to say that they've caused enough controversy in the house with their over bearing, over the top confidence and that argument with Denise.  

The fact that they're still in the house will only add to their big egos and poses the question, who exactly is voting to save them?  Hugh Hefner?

We’ll begin today’s soapy news round up with Hollyoaks, where Jennifer Metcalfe has revealed that her boyfriend, Dancing on Ice pro-skater Sylvain Longchambon, always has an opinion on the plotlines in the show.

Speaking to OK! magazine, Jennifer – who of course plays Mercedes McQueen – said of Sylvain, "He loved all the Silas stuff. He's very critical, and always voices his opinion, but most of the time it's good!"

Jennifer went on to say that she’s looking forward to working more closely with her co-star Karen Hassan as a friendship blossoms between Mercedes and Karen's character Lynsey.

Plus Alison King on Carla’s horror as her affair is revealed, and Kat Kelly says filming schedules are “insane”

We’ll start today’s look at Corrie news with Michelle Keegan, who’s told Heat magazine that she thinks Tommy Duckworth is “the one” for her character, Tina McIntyre.

And of course, it’s a romance that Corrie viewers have been hoping to see for months, and next week, it gets underway as the couple share their first kiss.

Michelle said, "I think Tommy is the one for her. I'm glad the writers have done it in the way that they have and had Tommy in the show a year before he gets together with Tina.

I cannot believe that Romeo left and the toxic twins are still in the CBB house and have, totally horrifically, made it to the final!

I mean, WTF?!

I can only assume their management company are racking up a phone bill the size of the third world debt in order to keep them in, because I can’t see anyone else voting to save them!

Literally everyone I talk to about the twins say they can’t stand them and want them out, but they’re still there…

I was, however, glad that Nicola left, and glad that as a result, Denise, Frankie and Gareth are all through to the final.

I can only now pray that the twins don’t win. I will have to hit my TV in the face if they do.

Anyway, back to yesterday’s house action before the evictions, the HMs were given a new task entitled, Say It Or Spray It…

Amy Child's reality TV show on Channel 5, It's All About Amy, has been cancelled, after one series.

The former star of The Only Way is Essex appeared in her own TV series after the left the show to appear in Celebrity Big Brother last year.  While she has seen success with her own salon, it appears Channel 5 were less than enamoured with her flailing ratings for her TV show.

Recent figures showed a mere 506,000 viewers with ratings dipping to 300,000 by the end of the series.

A source said, "The fly on the wall format didn't really work because there wasn't a lot going on.  TOWIE at least has a few different cast members, but watching Amy drive to TV studios and train her dogs was just tedious."

A spokesperson for Channel 5 added that they are discussing "other opportunities on the channel" with Childs.

Two exit Celebrity Big Brother

Romeo Dunn and Nicola McLean have been voted out of the Celebrity Big Brother house. The winner will be revealed on Friday night.

Being Human airdate announced

The airdate for season 4 of Being Human has been announced by BBC Three. The series will return on Sunday, February 5 at 9pm.