….what will I do with myself now, I love that show. It was a really great season as well with all three of the finalists showing great, wonderful and unique designs.

Shall I tell you one thing that really annoys me about home make over style shows though? They never show the ‘ugly’ things in a house that, like it or lump it, are necessary — TVs, cables, security systems.

People need security in their homes, make it work designers!

You can find everything for your home security needs, including Infrared Illuminators at Security-Cameras-CCTV.com

Ex-tennis star Martina Navratilova and George Takei – Star Trek’s Mr Sulu – are among contestants in this year’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!

They will be joined in the jungle in the ITV1 show by MEP Robert Kilroy-Silk and TV presenter Esther Rantzen, as well as ex-EastEnder Joe Swash.

Others include ex-Blue singer Simon Webbe, TV presenter Dani Behr and former police chief Brian Paddick.

Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly again front the show which starts on Sunday.

The line-up is completed by models Nicola McLean and Carly Zucker.

‘Champions adjust’

Navratilova, 52, said she “was flying very blind” having never seen the show before.

Simon Webbe
Simon Webbe follows in the footsteps of ex-Blue bandmate Antony Costa

“So I’m sort of going in on trusting in my ability to adjust – as Billie Jean King says, ‘champions adjust’. So we’ll see if I can adjust.”

The Czechoslovakian-born star, now a US citizen, said her “biggest worry” would be contact with snakes and spiders.

Takei, who married long-term partner and business manager Brad Altman in September, is also new to the I’m A Celebrity concept.

The 71-year-old said he had eaten live fish – a Japanese delicacy – and hoped this would stand him in good stead for the bushtucker trials.

“I’ve even had live fish that’s had a bamboo spit driven through its gill attached to a radish and a bamboo spit through its tail so that it can’t flop around,” he said.

“You can’t get fish any fresher than that.”

JUNGLE ROYALTY
2002 – Tony Blackburn
2003 – Phil Tufnell
2004 – Kerry Katona
2005 – Joe Pasquale
2006 – Carol Thatcher
2007 – Matt Willis
2008 – Christopher Biggins

In pictures: Celebrity line-up

Executive producer Richard Cowles hailed this year’s “magnificent cast of celebrities”.

“But their trip to the jungle promises to be anything but a walk in the park,” he added.

“Each year, in a bid to test the celebrities, we develop new ways of pushing the boundaries and this series will push them further than ever before.

“We have bundles of surprises up our sleeves and some of the most gruelling bushtucker trials ever seen.”

Last year’s series was won by actor Christopher Biggins.

US ex-model Janice Dickinson finished in second place while former pop star Jason “J” Brown was third.

Ever taken those consumer research type surveys online? You must have, everyone has. I take them quite often as I am a member of many ‘Get Paid To’ type sites that offer you rewards for doing so. If I ever need to set one up myself, which I may well do in the near future due to a job I am doing for my boyfriends boss, I will need some reliable Survey Software and I know you can get just that from Inquisite.com

To say I am a fan of bargain hunting would be an understatement, I spend a good portion of my online time doing it. In fact come this time of year all of my family basically hand me a list of Christmas gifts they need to buy, and I get busy doing all of their shopping for them — I am a bargain hunter because I hate spending money but love shopping — so being able to shop til I drop without having to spend any of my own money is a dream

One site I use heavily to help me with this is UK Bargains, a site dedicated to providing tips, tricks, cashback offers and killer bargains in the UK. UK-Bargains.net covers every thing from money off vouchers and free delivery codes, to how to get free credit for your mobile phone, how to get the most out of your online shopping thanks to cash back sites like Quidco and TopCashBack, free cinema screenings thanks to SeeFilmFirst and so much more.

In the last week alone they have posted vouchers for free delivery and a whopping 20% off at Nike Store, Debenhams and Dorothy Perkins!

With the Christmas shopping to get done, it’s a must visit for every one

I was watching the new ITV show called The Last Millionaire last night, ITVs answer to The Apprentice apparently, though I’d personally call it more of a direct rip off but hey ho, the more reality shows out there the better as far as I am concerned — the similarities were quite something else. Still, it was a good show with some interesting characters and I look forward to seeing how it develops.
There was one guy on the show who specialises in IT Outsourcing who was a bit of a loon, a ‘real character’, but he did seem to know his eggs and he is currently my pick for the win — watch him go out first now, ha.