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IMMEDIATE: Thursday 2nd June 2011
Six brand new celebrities step out of the spotlight and into the salon
Rosanna Davison, Calum Best, Georgia Salpa, Abi Titmuss, Alan Hughes and Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace battle it out as they are trained in the world of beauty
Sponsored by Bulmers Light
Tune in to Celebrity Salon airing Monday 6th June, 2011 at 9.30pm on TV3
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Welcome to Celebrity Salon, where six brand new celebrities step out of the spotlight and into the salon. Watch the laughs, drama and tension unfold as Rosanna Davison, Calum Best, Georgia Salpa, Abi Titmuss, Alan Hughes and Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace cope with the wonderful world of tanning, waxing, hair and make-up.
Living and learning together over an intensive two week period, these six very different and entertaining characters will be challenged to complete treatments on some of the most demanding celebrities and unusual members of the public. The contestants will be pitted against both the clock and each other, in order to win the grand prize and the title of ‘Best in Beauty’.
TV3’s Director of Programming, Ben Frow said: “Celebrity Salon is back for the summer and this year it promises to be hotter than ever. With six brand new celebrities it guarantees excellent viewing.”
Orlaith Fortune, Marketing Manager, Bulmers Light said: “Celebrity Salon is a great fit for Bulmers Light. Since its launch in 2003, Bulmers Light has been associated with style, glamour and fashion working with emerging designers in DCU, DIT and LSAD and commenting on cutting edge style and beauty with regular commentary from the ‘Style Bitches’ on Bulmers Light Facebook – bringing style to light. It is the only low calorie cider on the Irish market and has proved hugely appealing amongst fashion and style-conscious audiences. This year we’re delighted to have added the iconic Bulmers Light Pint Bottle to our range.”
Episode 1
In the first episode of the series, we see our brand new team of celebrities, Rosanna Davison, Calum Best, Georgia Salpa, Abi Titmuss, Alan Hughes and former Big Brother contestant Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace, mentored and trained in a new skill as they compete to impress their mentor and a series of expert judges. Their first task of the series is waxing! Our celebrities are extremely surprised to be thrown in at the deep end when they are given the task of running a waxing salon for the day where they will have to wax anything from legs to bottoms! For their second task the celebs are given the artistic challenge of vajazzling! And to top it all off there’s a new home to move into where things start to heat up between certain celebs!
Tune in to Celebrity Salon airing Monday 6th June 2011 at 9.30pm on TV3
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NOTES TO THE EDITOR
Elaine Butler-Doolin
Elaine has worked in the beauty industry for over 18 years. In this time, she has worked with some of the biggest names in beauty including Bronwyn Conroy and Eve Lom. In 2007, Elaine began writing for the ‘Beauty Counter' pages of Social & Personal Magazine. She has regularly appeared for beauty brands on TV and acted as brand-guru for some of the biggest brands in the industry. In 2010, Elaine opened her own Salon "Bespoke Beauty"
Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace
Aisleyne got her big break in 2006 when she entered the Big Brother House. Since then she has starred in a number of drama, factual and entertainment programmes. Aisleyne also played ‘Maria’ in the feature film Anuvahood which was released in March 2011. She launched her own clothing label ‘Unique by Aisleyne’. She’s a patron of Brain Tumour UK, has been the face of the annual "No Smoking Day" since 2008, and is helping ActionAid raise funds for educational projects in West Africa.
Calum Best
Calum worked as an international model throughout his teens and early twenties. He has dabbled in acting and appeared in the TV3 cult drama series Footballers Wives. In 2005, he appeared in TV3’s Celebrity Love Island, and crowned the winner when he appeared again in the following year. 2009 saw Calum appear as a judge on ITV2 show Paris Hilton’s British Best Friend. Calum currently has a range of men’s & women’s fragrances and will be launching a range of underwear. He also just ran the London Marathon in aid of a children’s hospital charity.
Alan Hughes
Alan was born in Ballyfermot to a family of six three brothers and two sisters. The performing bug was always there and it seems Alan was singing and dancing from the age of 4.During his late teens, he went to theatre school, joined Irish Actors Equity and worked on a number of major TV and film projects shot in Ireland during the 80s and 90s, including the Irish RM, Remington Steele, Lovejoy, Michael Collins and all the Irish TV soaps. Alan is always in demand for corporate work and this year presented the first ever Miss Universe Ireland, live on TV3.Outside of TV3, Alan has produced and starred in the most successful panto staged in Dublin every year and this year moves to the Tivoli Theatre to stage Peter Pan the panto for the first time ever in Ireland.
Rosanna Davison
In August 2003, Rosanna entered the Miss Ireland finals in Dublin, and winning the competition, found herself contending for the title of Miss World. December 2003 saw Davison compete in the Miss World competition. Rosanna went on to win the crown and is the first Irish entrant ever to win the Miss World title since it started in 1951. Davison is currently the face of ‘Holiday On Ice’, and in addition has been involved in two campaigns for Newbridge Silverware and Rally England.
Abi Titmuss
Abi started out as a nurse and from there went into acting. In 2006 Abi made her theatre acting debut in ‘Two Way Mirror’ which she went on to win a Fringe Report Award for Best West End Debut. She also appeared in Shakespeare’s Macbeth playing Lady Macbeth. Abi appeared on Channel 4’s Friday Night Project as a regular guest feature and in ‘Abi Titmuss A Modern Day Mortality Tale’ a fly on the wall documentary.
Georgia Salpa
Originally born in Athens. Georgia moved to Ireland when she was 4 years old. Her modelling career began at the age of 14 after being spotted on the street by a talent scout. Her career quickly took off when she scored a FAS advertising campaign. The campaign received such a vast response it ran for 4 years. Georgia is one of Irelands most sought after models. With the majority of her work is press calls; alongside photo shoots, fashion shows, and appearances on Xposé and Ireland AM.
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