{"id":69277,"date":"2023-11-16T23:59:55","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T23:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celeband.com\/?p=69277"},"modified":"2023-11-16T23:59:55","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T23:59:55","slug":"biggins-gives-nigel-farage-advice-on-what-to-expect-on-im-a-celebrity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celeband.com\/tv-movies\/biggins-gives-nigel-farage-advice-on-what-to-expect-on-im-a-celebrity\/","title":{"rendered":"Biggins gives Nigel Farage advice on what to expect on Im A Celebrity"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Coming from a background in \u00adpolitics and the City, Nigel Farage should be right at home among the snakes and creepy crawlies of the Australian jungle. Politicians tend to do well on I\u2019m A Celebrity, no matter how much they might be disliked back in the real world \u2013 a case in point being former Health Secretary Matt Hancock last year.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s something about \u201cvillains\u201d the general public warms to \u2013 especially when it comes to forcing them to take part in downright disgusting challenges for our entertainment. Ultimately, viewers might not want them to win\u2026 but they still enjoy torturing them on television every evening.<\/p>\n

I think this goes right back to pantomime where the baddies are hated and loved simultaneously. Politicians score highly on most surveys into the people we really don\u2019t like very much which makes them fabulous reality TV contestants.<\/p>\n

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Because of all that, bagging Nigel is a huge coup for ITV \u2013 his recent run-in with Coutts Bank over his account being cancelled has helped his profile, and fee, enormously, I imagine \u2013 especially as they\u2019re finding it harder these days to get people of real stature to take part.<\/p>\n

If Suella Braverman had been sacked just a couple of weeks earlier, I think the producers would have been waving a very large cheque under her nose to sign her up.<\/p>\n

Sadly by this time next year I fear she won\u2019t have the right profile (though if you\u2019re reading this Suella, call me, there\u2019s a place in panto for you as the Wicked Queen).<\/p>\n

But I am looking forward to Nigel being given all the most awful trials and tasks for the first few episodes. If it\u2019s horrid, he\u2019ll be voted to do it!<\/p>\n

However, I know Nigel and I\u2019m convinced he\u2019ll go at them with a smile, positive attitude and a great deal of charm.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s a clever man and, after all, he\u2019s reportedly being paid a whopping \u00a31.5million, a show record, to take part so what\u2019s not to smile about?<\/p>\n

(When I did the show, I was paid \u00a350,000, which seems rather paltry by comparison, although it did provide me with the \u00addownpayment on my lovely second home, and winning definitely opens doors to more work).<\/p>\n

Like politics, reality TV is a game and Nigel knows how to play it. He\u2019s charm personified, very lovable (yes, really), very bright and very amusing.<\/p>\n