ITV Announce Celeb Air Cabin Crew
Wednesday 20th August 2008
ITV have announced the line-up for the Celeb Air reality television programme with the show getting ever closer.
The celebrities are a mixed bag of well-known faces, so who are they?
Celeb Air host Angellica Bell
Tamara Beckwith - Former it girl who is now best known for writing , however she has also presented and acted. She currently writes for OK! magazine and has previously been on reality television programmes such as Celebrity Scissorhands, Come Dine With Me, Celeb Detox, So You Think You Can Teach and Celebrities Under Pressure.
Chico - Chico is best known for his appearance in the 2005 series of X-Factor however before this he was also a hairdresser, an engineer, a dancer and a compeer singer. His first single release after he failed to win the X-Factor resulted in him knocking Madonna from the top of the charts with his catchy tune Chico Time. After his hit single he also wrote a feature film and stared in the film Winner Takes It All that was BAFTA nominated. He is also heavily involved in charity work.
Phil Cornwell - Best known for the comedy show Stella Street Phil is also an actor and comedian. You may have recently seen him on the television programme Wright Stuff. Any radio fans may have also heard Phil on TalkSport Radio and Radio 2. He also has his own radio show called the Phil Cornwell Spurs Show, dedicated as the name would suggest, to football.
Kenzie - Kenzie was one of the stars of Blazin' Squad and has had number one singles and albums. He also starred in Celebrity Big Brother in 2005 managing to achieve second place as well as more recently taking part in Sky 1’s Cirque De Celebrite.
Amy Lamé - Amy has worked in various roles such as a writer, presenter, and entertainer and really made a name for herself in 2004 when she took part in Celebrity Fit Club. She has been a radio presenter for the last six years and co-hosts the Danny Baker Show that airs on BBC Radio London. Amy has been a reality television contestant as far back as 1995 when she took part in The Alternative Miss World Competition as well as returning to it in 1998. More recently you may have seen her on Celebrity Black Jack and Celebrity Poker Challenge.
Lisa Maffia - Lisa first arrived on our screens when she was a member of the So Solid Crew. She embarked upon a solo career after her time with So Solid and her debut single All Over reached the number two spot which was followed by In Love which reached number three. She took part in the 2005 reality programme The Games on Channel 4. She did rather well and managed to achieve second place and a silver medal for her efforts. She also spends much of her time working as an ambassador for the Prince's Trust.
Michelle Marsh - Michelle Marsh is a very well known glamour model and has appeared on page three several times. She is one of the countries top glamour models and has alos appeared in acting roles in Coronation Street, Hollyoaks and Brookside. In 2007 she managed to achieve a position in the FHM 100 Sexiest Women In The World listings and was also a singing contestant in the 2007 X Factor: Battle Of The Stars.
Dan O'Connor - Best known as Ned Parker in Aussie hit soap Neighbours Dan received a 2006 Logie nomination for Most Popular New Male Talent. He has experienced reality television before and was a contestant in the 2004 Australian Idol.
Mica Paris - Mica has been well known for over twenty years now and really came to the publics attention in 1988 when she released her debut album named So Good that included one of her best known hit singles You Are My One Temptation. She has worked with musical greats in her time such as Jools Holland and Dave Gilmore and together with them she released five albums. After spending 14 years in the singing business she branched out to broadcasting presenting Purple Reign: The Prince Story and co-hosted the popular series What Not To Wear. You may alos have seen her on Strictly Come Dancing last year, as well as appearing in an episode of Miss Marple.
Lisa Scott-Lee - Lisa began her career at the Italia Conti Theatre of Performing Arts in London, before joining the hugely successful pop group Steps where she really entered the public eye. Together with her four band members Steps achieved four number one albums as well as 14 top five hit singles. A solo career followed the break-up of Steps and she was offered her own fly-on-the-wall series in 2003 called Totally Scott-Lee. In 2006 she was a contestant in the Dancing On Ice programme.
Johnny Shentall - Johnny has danced with well-known artists and bands such as Diana Ross, Robbie Williams, Atomic Kitten, Five, and with Steps and is now married to former Steps member Lisa Scott-Lee. He was a member of the band Boom and also signed a record deal with now defunct band Hear'Say when Kym Marsh left the band. With him the band managed to achieve a number six single in the UK charts. The 2003 fly-on-the-wall television programme Totally Scott-Lee starred his wife Lisa and himself.
All the celebrities have recently completely a tough six week training programme to ensure they have the necessary CIA certification to be a member of Monarch cabin crew. Every week the passengers flying with the celebrities will rate them with the poorest celebrity being booted off the show. The tough rigorous schedule of airline flying will certainly tax the celebrities and it will be interesting to see who will crack first.
