Chantelle Vivien Houghton (born August 21, 1983 in Brentwood, Essex, England, now known as Chantelle Preston) was billed as the first 'non-celebrity' to feature in the Channel 4 reality TV show Celebrity Big Brother in 2006. She emerged as the winner of series 4, beating 10 bona fide 'celebrities' (Michael Barrymore, Maggot, Preston, Pete Burns, Traci Bingham, Dennis Rodman, George Galloway, Rula Lenska, Faria Alam and Jodie Marsh), and winning a prize of £25,000. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Brentwood is a town and the principal settlement of the Brentwood borough of Essex, England. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... It has been suggested that Channel Four Television Corporation be merged into this article or section. ... Reality television is a genre of television programming in which the fortunes of real life people (as opposed to fictional characters played by actors) are followed. ... // Celebrity Big Brother 6 was the fourth series of Celebrity Big Brother UK. The series started on 5 January 2006 and finished on 27 January 2006, running for three weeks. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Michael Ciaran Parker (born May 4, 1952 in Bermondsey, London), is an English comedian, actor, and entertainer better known by his stage name Michael Barrymore. ... Maggot Andrew Maggot Major is a Welsh rapper who is the tallest member of the rap group Goldie Lookin Chain. ... For the American Civil War naval officer, see Samuel W. Preston Samuel Dylan Murray Preston (born January 16, 1982 in Worthing, England), or Preston (as he prefers to be called) is the lead singer of The Ordinary Boys, an English faux-Mod pop band. ... Peter Gezzepe Burns, (born August 5, 1959, Port Sunlight, England) is a singer/songwriter and the frontman of the New Wave band Dead or Alive, most famous for their number one single, You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) in 1985. ... Traci Bingham (born on January 13, 1968 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) is an actress, glamour model and television personality best known for playing the role of Jordan Tate on the television series Baywatch between 1996 and 1998. ... Dennis Keith Rodman (born May 13, 1961, in Trenton, New Jersey) is an American former professional basketball player best known for his defensive and rebounding ability, leading the National Basketball Association in rebounds per game for a record seven consecutive years and earning NBA All-Defensive First Team honors seven... George Galloway (born 16 August 1954) is a Scottish politician noted for his far left and socialist views, confrontational style, and rhetorical skill. ... Rula Lenska is an English-Polish actress, who was born as Countess Roza-Marie Leopoldnya Lubienska on 30 September 1947 in St Neots, Cambridgeshire, England. ... Faria Alam Faria Alam, (born 3 September 1966 in Bangladesh, then East Pakistan) was a Football Association secretary who had an affair with former England national football team manager Sven-Göran Eriksson and FA chief executive Mark Palios, leading to Palioss resignation. ... Jodie Louisa Marsh (born 23 December 1978) is an English television personality, glamour model and tabloid favourite. ...

She now lives in Brighton with her husband, Samuel Preston of The Ordinary Boys. For other places with the same name, see Brighton (disambiguation). ... For the American Civil War naval officer, see Samuel W. Preston Samuel Dylan Murray Preston (born January 16, 1982 in Worthing, England), or Preston (as he prefers to be called) is the lead singer of The Ordinary Boys, an English faux-Mod pop band. ... The Ordinary Boys are an English Rock group from Worthing, originally named Next in Line. ...

As a twist to the show, she was instructed to convince the celebrity housemates that she was a member of a (fictional) girl group named Kandy Floss, whose biggest hit was said to be "I Want It Right Now". Had she failed to convince them, she would have been evicted from the house. She successfully fooled her housemates and survived to the end of the show.

In her Big Brother profile page Chantelle described herself as a "bright, blonde bimbo". Chantelle is not a natural blonde however. She said, "I look like Paris Hilton, not on purpose but it's just the way it turned out". She has been nicknamed "Paris Travelodge" (implying a cheap version of Paris Hilton). Paris Whitney Hilton (born February 17, 1981) is an heiress to the Hilton Hotel fortune, as well as her father, Richard Hiltons, real estate fortune. ... Travelodge refers to several hotel chains around the world. ...

Background

Chantelle grew up and lived in Wickford, Essex with her mother and step-father before she got married. She attended The Bromfords School in Wickford and finished with 7 GCSEs. After she left, she worked at an office and then a bank, then finally Burger King in London. For other uses, see Wickford (disambiguation). ... GCSE is an acronym that can refer to: General Certificate of Secondary Education global common subexpression elimination - an optimisation technique used by some compilers This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

Chantelle was bullied when she was younger and since then, she helped launch Bullywatch London, which is backed up by Beatbullying. // Introduction Beatbullying is an anti-bullying charity based in Crystal Palace, London. ...

Career

Modelling

Prior to appearing on Big Brother, Chantelle did some "glamour" modelling. In 2003, she appeared in The Daily Star as a page three "girl" (shots available via MaxPower magazine [1]). The Daily Star is a British tabloid newspaper. ...

Chantelle is currently represented as a "model" by Faces "Modelling"^[1]

She appeared as a Soccerette "model" on Sky TV's Soccer AM show.^[2] Soccer AM is a British Saturday-morning football show presented by Tim Lovejoy and Helen Chamberlain. ...

Celebrity Big Brother 2006

Chantelle had originally applied to be in Big Brother 6 (shown June-August 2005). However, after some persuasion from Max Clifford, the show's producers put her in the Celebrity Big Brother house instead. Max Clifford (born April 6, 1943 in Kingston, Surrey) is a British publicist. ...

On the first evening, Chantelle reported a potential problem: she had previously met Jodie Marsh's brother while out clubbing.^[3] Happily for her, her fears proved unfounded.

On 8 January (day 4), Big Brother set a task to the group to rate themselves by how famous they thought they were. The celebrity they thought was the most famous stood on the #1 podium and the person they considered the least famous stood on the #11 podium. Chantelle had to avoid being put in the #11 podium to prove she had fooled the real celebrities and stay in the house. Chantelle survived the task, being chosen to stand on the #9 podium, ahead of Preston and Maggot. She was then called to the diary room to discuss her identity with Big Brother. This was simultaneously shown on a television screen in the lounge, in front of the other housemates. January 8 is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Goldie Lookin Chain are a hip hop group based in Newport, South Wales. ...

Chantelle was nominated for eviction on day 21, but was saved from eviction by the public as the other two nominees George Galloway and Dennis Rodman were both evicted in a double eviction. George Galloway (born 16 August 1954) is a Scottish politician noted for his far left and socialist views, confrontational style, and rhetorical skill. ... Dennis Keith Rodman (born May 13, 1961, in Trenton, New Jersey) is an American former professional basketball player best known for his defensive and rebounding ability, leading the National Basketball Association in rebounds per game for a record seven consecutive years and earning NBA All-Defensive First Team honors seven...

While in the house, Chantelle established close bonds with Jodie Marsh and Samuel Preston of The Ordinary Boys. She and Preston were married in August 2006. Jodie Louisa Marsh (born 23 December 1978) is an English television personality, glamour model and tabloid favourite. ... For the American Civil War naval officer, see Samuel W. Preston Samuel Dylan Murray Preston (born January 16, 1982 in Worthing, England), or Preston (as he prefers to be called) is the lead singer of The Ordinary Boys, an English faux-Mod pop band. ... The Ordinary Boys are an English Rock group from Worthing, originally named Next in Line. ...

Chantelle won the show on 27 January with 29.4%^[4] of the public vote, ahead of Michael Barrymore on 22.7%, earning her £25,000 (the celebrities were reportedly paid fees of up to £150,000 each). January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Michael Ciaran Parker (born May 4, 1952 in Bermondsey, London), is an English comedian, actor, and entertainer better known by his stage name Michael Barrymore. ...

Kandy Floss

Before the Show and Tell task on day 3, Big Brother gave Chantelle her story as member of a fictional band called Kandy Floss. Chantelle Houghton (born February 2, 1983 in Essex, England) is the first non-celebrity to feature in the Channel 4 reality TV show Celebrity Big Brother. ...

According to Big Brother, the other fictional members of the band are Michelle, Emma, Natalie and Kelly. Chantelle is the lead singer. Their singles were "I Want It Right Now", "Come Back" and "More More More". "I Want It Right Now" was their biggest hit.

"I Want It Right Now"

The song "I Want It Right Now" (originally titled "I Want It All") was written by Paul Bell and Colin Campsie, originally with Kylie Minogue in mind. Colin Campsie was a former member of 1980s pop bands The Quick and Giant Steps. The Holy Moly gossip email credited Campsie with being one of the famous members of Go West when discussing the Kandy Floss record, but in fact he only ever provided background vocals on a Go West live album. Peter Cox and Richard Drummie are the famous duo. Colin Campsie (born 1957) is a British born singer and song writer He is a former member of 1980s pop bands The Quick and Giant Steps. ... Kylie Ann Minogue (born May 28, 1968) is a Grammy Award-winning Australian singer-songwriter and occasional actress. ... The Quick was a dance pop duo from England that consisted of vocalist Colin Col Campsie and bassist/keyboardist George McFarlane. ... Giant Steps was a synth pop duo from England that consisted of vocalist Colin Col Campsie and bassist/keyboardist George McFarlane. ... Go West are an English pop duo. ...

Big Brother bosses asked Bill Stonebridge (head of music publishers Dalmatian Songs) for ten songs to be submitted in 2005, and "I Want It Right Now" was chosen for the show.

Chantelle made it clear in an appearance on T4 that she will not be releasing any singles as she "can't sing". T4 is a scheduling slot on Channel 4 (UK) from about 9 a. ...

Media career

Chantelle's mother said she was to be represented by controversial publicist Max Clifford. However, he stated on TV that she has not signed with him but did 'help out in an advisory position'. She is said to have £500,000 worth of offers for modelling, TV appearances and interviews.^[5] Clifford believes that her fame would be brief but explosive: "I think it will be a very exciting five or 10 minutes. Maybe we can stretch it to 15." She is now represented by John Noel Management who represent Big Brother presenters Davina McCall, Dermot O'Leary and Russell Brand and former contestant Jade Goody. Max Clifford (born April 6, 1943 in Kingston, Surrey) is a British publicist. ... Davina McCall (born October 16, 1967) is an English actress and television presenter who works on British television. ... Sean Dermot Finton OLeary (born 24 May 1973), better known as Dermot OLeary, is a television and radio presenter. ... Russell Edward Brand [1] (born June 4, 1975 in Grays, Essex) is an English comedian and radio/television personality. ... Jade Cerisa Lorraine Goody [1] (born June 5, 1981) is a British reality television celebrity. ...

Chantelle's Autobiography

Following her rise to "celebrity" status, a look-alike agency she worked for as a Paris Hilton look-alike now offers another model as a "Chantelle Houghton look-alike" and a post-Big Brother show was shown called Chantelle: Living the Dream. Chantelle's first magazine cover was weekly celebrity magazine, Sneak magazine. Image File history File links Chantelle_Living_The_Dream_Book_Cover. ... Image File history File links Chantelle_Living_The_Dream_Book_Cover. ... Paris Whitney Hilton (born February 17, 1981) is an heiress to the Hilton Hotel fortune, as well as her father, Richard Hiltons, real estate fortune. ... A look-alike is a person who bears a close physical resemblance to a celebrity, politician or royalty. ... Sneak magazine is a British weekly magazine for young women. ...

Chantelle has appeared as a guest on several TV shows since winning Celebrity Big Brother. These include:

• The Friday Night Project on 10 February and 17 February 2006 as a co-presenter to Alan Carr and Justin Lee Collins, replacing Debra Stephenson, due to her heavy filming schedule for Coronation Street
• Channel 4's 8 Out of 10 Cats, as a contestant on 10 March 2006
• ITV1's The Mint, as a guest
• BBC's The Weakest Link, as a contestant on 5 May 2006, which also featured sometime reality TV stars Michael Barrymore and Russell Grant; and Big Brother's Big Mouth on 17 August 2006, during the final week of the seventh series of Big Brother.

Chantelle also presented her own dating show called Chantelle's Dream Dates, where she gave girls on the street a makeover and got them to date one of three male contestants. The format is similar to Davina McCall's show Streetmate. The Friday Night Project is a comedy-variety show show that first aired in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 in February, 2005. ... February 10 is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Alan Carr. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Debra Stephenson (born June 4, 1972) is a British actress. ... Coronation Street is Britains longest-running television soap opera, which was first broadcast on Friday December 9, 1960, in the Granada region of ITV and is consistently the highest-rated programme on British television. ... It has been suggested that Channel Four Television Corporation be merged into this article or section. ... 8 Out of 10 Cats is a comedy panel game made by Zeppotron (a subsidiary of Endemol) for Channel 4. ... March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (70th in leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... ITV1 is the name, in England, Wales and the Scottish borders, for a terrestrial, free-to-air television channel, broadcast in the United Kingdom by the ITV network. ... The Mint is a live, late night, interactive quiz show with celebrity guests and live studio contestants filmed in a large extravagant set designed to look like the inside of a mansion. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion... Weakest Link UK Version The Weakest Link (now officially titled Weakest Link) is a television game show which first appeared in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 14 August 2000. ... May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (126th in leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Michael Ciaran Parker (born May 4, 1952 in Bermondsey, London), is an English comedian, actor, and entertainer better known by his stage name Michael Barrymore. ... Russell Grant Russell Grant (born 5 February 1952) is a popular astrologer and media personality in the United Kingdom. ... Big Brothers Big Mouth (formerly Big Brothers EFourum) is a discussion programme based around the reality television series Big Brother, hosted by comedian Russell Brand. ... August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Big Brother UK series 7, is currently in broadcast in the United Kingdom as part of the Big Brother reality television series. ... Davina McCall (born October 16, 1967) is an English actress and television presenter who works on British television. ...

In May 2006, she signed a £300,000 deal with Random House to publish her autobiography. It was released in October 2006 called Living the Dream which only sold 5,000, much of the stock is currently being shifted to stores like The Works. Extracts from the book were read out by Simon Amstell on the 14 Feb 2007 edition of Never Mind the Buzzcocks which caused Preston, who was a guest on the show, to walk off the set. She starred in TV Drama Hotel Babylon as the girlfriend of Chris Moyles.^[6] Chantelle has a weekly fashion and beauty column in the New magazine. Chantelle came second in the 'Britains Happiest People'.^[7] Random House is a publishing division of the German media conglomerate Bertelsmann based in New York City. ... The Works was to be the first entirely 3D computer animated film, created by the Computer Graphics Lab, but was never completed. ... Simon Amstell (born 29 November, 1979) is an English comedian and television presenter. ... February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game show with a pop and rock music theme, produced by talkbackTHAMES for the BBC, and usually aired on BBC Two. ... Hotel Babylon is a BBC television drama series based on the book of the same name by Imogen Edwards-Jones and Anonymous, first shown in January 2006. ... Christopher Moyles (born February 22, 1974 in Leeds) is an English disc jockey currently presenting The Chris Moyles Show on BBC Radio 1. ...

Chantelle nominated in the Most Popular TV Contender category at the 2006 National Television Awards, but was beaten by Nikki Grahame, herself a former Big Brother contestant [2] The National Television Awards is a British television awards ceremony, sponsored by the ITV network and initiated in 1995. ... Nicola Rachel Beth Grahame (born April 28, 1982) from Watford, Hertfordshire[1] rose to fame in the UK when she was chosen to be a housemate on Big Brother 7 in 2006. ...

Personal life

Chantelle announced her engagement to Samuel Preston on 11 April 2006.^[8] They were married on 25 August 2006 at the Dartmouth House in Mayfair, London. Chantelle coloured her hair brunette for the wedding. April 11 is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (102nd in leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... August 25 is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (238th in leap years), with 128 days remaining. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

Quotes

• "What's a gynaecologist?"
• [To George on hearing he was an MP]: "Does that mean you work in that big room with the green seats?'"
• Chantelle: "Is it funny?"
  Preston: "I dunno, is it? ... It is though. Isn't it? It is."
• [About George]: "What's the name of his band again... is it Respect? [3]

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References

1. ^ Chantelle Houghton. Faces Modelling Agency. Retrieved on 2005-01-09.
2. ^ The Soccerettes Hall Of Fame 2005/06 showing Chantelle at #6
3. ^ Chantelle - Celeb or not a Celeb - that is the question…. Special Bets. Retrieved on 2005-01-08.
4. ^ The Celebrity Big Brother Final - Review Of The Voting. Special Bets. Retrieved on 2006-01-30.
5. ^ "Chantelle is a £1m winner", This is London, 2006-01-27.
6. ^ "Hotel Babylon press pack", BBC Press Office, 2006-12-20.
7. ^ Britains Happiest People. Happiest People. Retrieved on 2007-01-06.
8. ^ "Chantelle and Preston get engaged", BBC News, 2006-04-12.

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See also

• Essex girl

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External links

• Chantelle Houghton
• Chantelle Houghton at the Internet Movie Database