Jan 30, 2006 • 1 min read

Celebrity Big Brother raises nearly half a million for charity

Phone voting on the latest Celebrity Big Brother series raised over £480,000 for charity, with Endemol and phone partners also taking a share, while Pete Burns may work with Jake Shears.

Phone voting on the latest series of Celebrity Big Brother raised over £480,000 for charity, which is great news for Endemol and their mobile phone partners, because for every penny raised for charity by voting fees, two pennies go to the show's producers and the phone companies. Wonderful.

As you all surely know, non-celeb Chantelle was the overall winner of the popularity contest - earning her £25,000 in prize money and no doubt an awful lot more in media, modelling and, probably, music contracts.

Michael Barrymore was the winning real celeb, coming in second place over all, kicking off speculation of a return to our screens for the troubled comedian-come-TV-presenter. The house's music names, GLC's Maggot, Ordinary Boys' Sam Preston and former Dead Or Alive frontman Pete Burns came third, fourth and fifth respectively.

Talking of Pete Burns, with Dead Or Alive's big hit 'You Spin Me Around' re-released today, word has it that the bitchy CBB housemate may be going back into the studio to collaborate with his friend, Scissor Sisters frontman Jake Shears. Burns' manager has reportedly told the press: "Jake and him get on really well. I'm sure the song will be very interesting."

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