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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Monkey

Blue boys rise again with reality TV

Blue: Antony Costa, Simon Webbe, Duncan James and Lee Ryan
Blue: from left, Antony Costa, Simon Webbe, Duncan James and Lee Ryan. Photograph: PA/Andy Butterton

Blue - remember them? Once upon a time - well, 2002 - no Smash Hits Poll Winners' Party was complete without Lee Ryan, Simon Webbe, Antony Costa and Duncan James grinding their hips to the screams of teenage girls. And then they split up. However, the wonder that is reality TV mean that no former boyband member need ever sit at home twiddling his thumbs again. Now Monkey hears that two of the Blues will be omnipresent on our TV screens very soon. Hot on the heels of Webbe signing up for the new series of ITV1's I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!, Monkey hears that Ryan will appear on Channel 4's Celebrity Big Brother in January. The reality TV show is back after a year's hiatus following the race row that engulfed it in 2007. Ryan is no stranger to reality TV, having already been in ITV1's Hell's Kitchen last year, although he walked out after a heated row with chef Marco Pierre White. Monkey is hoping for similar fireworks on CBB.

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