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  • Are you planning something BIG and LIFE AFFIRMING?

    So the BBC is looking for some people who are heading towards a life changing week and they want you to share your experience with them.

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    So… are you?

    Going to tell your family you’re gay

     

    Perhaps you’re going to tell your boss that you’re going to start your DRAG career

     

    Maybe you need to tell your friends something

     

    Maybe you’re going to start living as your true identity

     

    Maybe your gonna start a family with your boyfriend!

     

    Maybe you’re going to go on your very first date

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    CREDIT: Oneinchpunch-bigstock

     

    Maybe you’re going to meet your Internet boyfriend in REAL LIFE!

     

    So if you fancy being part of this groundbreaking documentary why not give the MY BIG WEEK team a call or an email.

    The BBC is making a new BBC2 series which will consist of 6 hour-long episodes that will go out next year at the 9pm time slot. Each episode will follow members of the public of all ages in an observational documentary style as they go through a week of change. We are interested in lots of different ideas for what is making that week extraordinary with life’s milestones being the running theme. They will also have access to support and advice from people across the world during the week. As a BBC2 production it will have a warm, life affirming tone with the human interest story at the centre.

    We would love to hear from anyone who would be interested in talking to us about the series, by expressing interest there is no obligation to take part and all calls will be treated as confidential.

    To get in touch email mybigweek@bbc.co.uk or call 07834 624 111

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    This article was sponsored by BBC Two, but created by THEGAYUK.

  • Bake Off’s Andrew made a star baker

    Bake Off’s Andrew made a star baker

    The lovely Andrew Smyth was made star baker in last night’s episode of Great British Bake Off.

    Andrew Smyth
    BBC

    Fans rejoiced at the rather dishy 25-year-old Andrew as he was made Star Baker in last night’s episode of Bake Off with his showstopping 24 mini mousse cakes.

    In fact, it sent thousands of people to THEGAYUK to find out a little bit more about the aerospace engineer.

    Yes, it’s true we do have a bit of a candy crush on Andrew and it turns out he’s now favourite to win the series.

    To celebrate his win, Andrew celebrated with a mini bottle of prosecco and commiserated with Tom Gilliford who was eliminated from the competition.

    We would have chosen a Blue Nun chaser to go with that prosecco.

     

  • Bravatio hit back at “copycat” allegations

    Bravatio hit back at “copycat” allegations

    X Factor duo Bratavio has hit back at claims they copied another artist’s look.

    Bratavio
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    The band, formerly known as Bradley and Ottavio, now Bratavio, have hit back at Danny GoGo after fans accused the duo of copying Danny’s style.

    https://twitter.com/BRATAVIO/status/782668617401901056

     

    Danny GoGo took to twitter to slam the flamboyant pair suggesting that they got their costume inspiration from an outfit he wore.

    Many of Danny’s 78,000 twitter fans were quick to agree, saying that Danny’s look was “better” and calling the singer a “trend starter”.

    Some of his fans even went as far as to say that Bradley and Ottavio had “ripped off” an original look of Danny’s and that they were nothing more than “copycats”.

    https://twitter.com/DannyGoGo_/status/782667806378717186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

    However, Bradley and Bratavio were quick to answer the accusation saying that the look was first conceived in 2012.

  • Fans OUTRAGE over “copycat” X FACTOR Bratavio

    Fans OUTRAGE over “copycat” X FACTOR Bratavio

    All is not well on Twitter. Danny GoGo’s fans are raging over the style and appearance of X Factor‘s Bratavio.

    Bradley and Ottavio
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    So Bratavio, formerly Bradley and Ottavio, have been accused of copying singer and trend setting Danny GoGo’s style and his fans are not happy about it.

    All was well until Bratavio were spotted wearing their now famous multicoloured candy looking costume for this weekend’s “Judges Houses” – where they successfully made it through to the live shows. They sang XTina’s “Candy Man” to impress Louis Walsh.

    So far so good right? Except the 23-year-old Danny GoGo took to twitter to slam the flamboyant pair by saying:

    Well I guess you’ve got to get your inspiration from someone else!!

    https://twitter.com/DannyGoGo_/status/782667806378717186

     

    Many of Danny’s 78,000 twitter fans were quick to agree, saying that Danny’s look was “better” and calling the singer a “trend starter”.

    Some of his fans even went as far as to say that Bradley and Ottavio had “ripped off” an original look of Danny’s and that they were nothing more than “copycats”.

    https://twitter.com/orbitalraver/status/782665751748571140

     

    Danny GoGo then another took a swipe at the X FACTOR pair, by suggesting that the casting of Honey G and Bratavio was a “laughing stock” and that they’d never get signed to a recording deal.

    The decision to put Bratavio into the live shows proved to be highly controversial. Trolls on social media were quick to condemn Louis Walsh and bombarded him with homophobic slurs.

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    We’re not sure – look at Jedward.

     

  • Wait… Did X FACTOR show Simon Cowell’s penis?

    Wait… Did X FACTOR show Simon Cowell’s penis?

    People have been questioning whether they saw Simon Cowell’s penis over the weekend…

    SImon Cowell
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    So some people thought they caught a glimpse of a Cowell cock during this weekend’s “Judge’s Houses” episode of X FACTOR. Did they?

    Simon Cowell was joined by two Spice Girls, Mel B and Emma Bunton to select three hopefuls for the forthcoming marathon of live shows to be become Britain’s Next Top Ignored Popstar.

    During the selection process, as Cowell had his legs crossed, people started to question what exactly was going on between his legs.

    So obviously we did a little bit of investigation into what has now been dubbed as “toegate”.

    Basically, we looked a little harder at the evidence and it turns out that it’s just Cowell’s toe and the music mogul himself reckons it a large toe at that.

    Simon was forced to admit that the toe’s placement was indeed an embarrassment for him. He told Rylan Clark and Matt Edmonson on the Xtra Factor,

    “It was just my toe. It was quite embarrassing when I saw it online but it was just my toe.

    “I have a very large toe.”

    Thank goodness.

     

  • Craig Revel Horwood finds Greg Rutherford’s ass ATTRACTIVE

    Craig Revel Horwood finds Greg Rutherford’s ass ATTRACTIVE

    Greg Rutherford found his butt the centre of the Strictly judge’s comments in last night’s episode with Craig Revel Horwood and BrunoTonioli going to town on the Olympian’s toosh.

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    The Olympian Greg Rutherford and dance partner Natalie performed a sizzling tango on last night’s Strictly Come Dancing, but the instead of the critiquing his dancing ability Craig Revel Horwood and the rest of the judges were quick to judge his butt rather than his footwork. Craig even went as far as to say it was “attractive”.

    However it was Bruno Toniol who had the most praise for Greg’s bottom, saying,

    “What a handsome man, look at that! And a handsome tango. You were going like a locomotive at full speed – and I love that,

    “The bum, I don’t mind at all. I’m sorry people!”

    Len Goodman was the first to point out that Greg’s rather toned butt was on the “large” size, to which the medal winning sports star replied it was good for jumping with.

     

    Greg Rutherford
    BBC

    Earlier in the week, Craig Revel Horwood joked that he might be up for a relationship with a woman after his previous relationship went sour.  Speaking to the Loose Women panel,  he said wouldn’t put himself “out of any department” when asked if he would date women after splitting with his partner, Damon Scott back in May.

    The outspoken dance judge, who’s currently starring in BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing, said that he was loving the single life and joked with the panel that the next person he’d like to date would be “honest and doesn’t sell stories on you”.

  • Bradley and Ottavio rebrand

    Bradley and Ottavio rebrand

    Two of Louis Walsh’s boys, Bradley and Ottavio have rebranded their band name.

    Bradley and Ottavio
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    The XFACTOR band formed of Bradley Hunt and Ottavio Columbro have rebranded ahead of the live shows next week. The flamboyant pair decided that “Bradley and Ottavio” was just too much of a mouthful so they ditched the brand altogether. Instead, they’ll be known as Bratavio

    The dynamic duo has caused a stir on Twitter with fans of the show hurling abuse at Louis Walsh for taking them through to the live shows. A number of angry viewers took to calling Louis and Bratavio homophobic slurs after Louis chose the boys over four other acts including boy band favourites Yes Lad.

    Louis Walsh was aided by last year’s runner-up Fleur East and Pride in London’s headliner Alesha Dixon who jointly decided to put in the controversial novelty act.

     

     

  • Louis Walsh attracts VILE homophobic comments after putting through gay act

    X Factor Judge Louis Walsh has attracted vile homophobic criticisms after putting through Bradley and Ottavio on yesterday’s show.

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    Many viewers of the X Factor were not happy with Louis Walsh when he put camp act Bradley and Ottavio through to the live shows in last night’s episode. Some of those viewers went on to write about their distaste of Louis and the act using vile homophobic language.

    Some of those viewers wrote about their distaste of Louis and Bradley and Ottavio, on Twitter and used homophobic language calling the stalwart judge a number of homophobic slurs including, “faggot” and “batty”.

    Some users questioned his sexuality for putting the two men into the competition.

     

    https://twitter.com/raggaboy/status/782305365698502656

    https://twitter.com/HeidiMcPiedy/status/782321939981430786

    https://twitter.com/GiveIt2Giroud/status/782306656906534912

    ALSO READ: Is Louis Walsh gay? Ten things you probably didn’t know about Louis Walsh

    ALSO READ: Ottavio shows what a PEJAZZLE looks like – once you see it you can’t unsee it

     

    Louis Walsh was aided by last year’s runner-up Fleur East and Pride in London’s headliner Alesha Dixon who jointly decided to put in the controversial novelty act, Bradley and Ottavio, who have divided viewers on whether they deserve a place in the live shows.

     

    Bradley and Ottavio
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    Bradley (right) and Ottavio (left) have become a huge talking point on Twitter since it was revealed that they were through to the live shows, with many believing that acts like The Brooks or 4 of Diamonds should have gone through instead of them.

     

    Bradley and Ottavio
    ©Thames / Syco

     

    Homophobic comments continued to pour in as it was revealed that the colourful duo were through to the next round.

    https://twitter.com/goonerlloyd/status/782307077800751104

    https://twitter.com/allisonolivia__/status/782306470197157888

     

  • Boy George isn’t following The Voice to ITV

    Legendary pop star Boy George is not following The Voice as it moves from BBC to ITV.

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    Boy George is not one judges to be confirmed by ITV for The Voice when it moves to the channel in January. Instead the line up with consist of will i am, Sir Tom Jones, Jennifer Hudson and Gavin Rossdale.

    On returning to his red chair, Sir Tom said,

    “I’m looking forward to returning to my big red chair on The Voice UK. I had some great times on the show and I can’t wait to again discover and help some brand new talent. And of course be back with my pal will.i.am.”

    Meanwhile Jennifer Hudson said,

    “I couldn’t be more excited to join the amazing panel of coaches on The Voice UK! The UK has always been so supportive of me since the beginning of my career so I’m really looking forward to sharing my point of view with the contestants and especially Team JHUD. Discovering new artists has always been important to me and the UK has no shortage of talent, so I can only imagine what this experience will be like for everyone involved. I can’t wait to get going and start developing each individual’s own sound!”

    The Voice UK will be presented by Emma Willis and will air on ITV early next year.

     

  • There’s something about Bake Off’s Andrew Smyth

    There’s something about Bake Off’s Andrew Smyth

    So we’ve a confession we’ve got a bit of a candy crush on Andrew Smyth from Bake Off.

    Is Andrew from Bake off gay
    (C) Love Productions – Photographer: Mark Bourdillon

     

    Meet Andrew, he’s 25 and originally from Northern Ireland but now lives in Derby with three friends. He works as an aerospace engineer for Rolls-Royce designing jet engines for a living.

    So where did he get his baking skills from? Well his Mum and his Nan had a hand in making Andrew one of the world’s greatest bakers.

    Is Andrew from Bake off gay
    (C) Love Productions – Photographer: Mark Bourdillon

     

    Here’s 5 gif where Andrew was just too cute.

    The Face Pat

    The Emosh

    *That* Look

     

    His soggy bottom?

    https://twitter.com/BritishBakeOff/status/781210685485223936

    Smooth Mover

  • Meet The Apprentice Candidates

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    The Apprentice returns to screens on Thursday 6 October for the twelfth series. Lord Sugar is once again joined by advisors Baroness Karren Brady and Claude Littner as they put 18 brand new candidates through their paces to secure his £250k investment in their business plan.

    Here’s this year’s candidates:

    Alana Spencer

    Age: 24
    Occupation: Owner, Cake Company
    Lives: Ceredigion, Wales

    Aleksandra King

    Age: 38
    Occupation: Owner, Business Consultancy
    Lives: London

    Courtney Wood

    Age: 29
    Occupation: Owner, Novelty Gift Company
    Lives: Essex

    Dillon St. Paul

    Age: 37
    Occupation: Art Director, Fashion Magazine
    Lives: Dublin, Ireland

    Frances Bishop

    Age: 25
    Occupation: Owner, Children’s Clothing Company
    Lives: Doncaster

    Grainne McCoy

    Age: 31
    Occupation: Owner, Makeup Studio
    Lives: Northern Ireland

    JD O’Brien

    Age: 37
    Occupation: Owner, Beachwear Company
    Lives: London

    Jessica Cunningham

    Age: 29
    Occupation: Online Fashion Entrepreneur
    Lives: Derbyshire

    Karthik Nagesan

    Age: 33
    Occupation: Owner, IT Consultancy
    Lives: Northamptonshire

    Michelle Niziol

    Age: 35
    Occupation: Owner, Property Consultancy
    Lives: Oxfordshire

    Mukai Noiri

    Age: 36
    Occupation: Digital Marketing Manager, Fashion
    Lives: London

    Natalie Hughes

    Age: 30
    Occupation: Owner, Hair and Beauty Salon
    Lives: Glasgow

    Oliver Nohl-Oser

    Age: 33
    Occupation: Owner, Food Distribution Business
    Lives: Wiltshire

    Paul Sullivan

    Age: 38
    Occupation: Owner, Marketing Agency
    Lives: Chigwell, Essex

    Rebecca Jeffery

    Age: 31
    Occupation: Owner, Design & Marketing Agency
    Lives: Greater Manchester

    Samuel Boateng

    Age: 27
    Occupation: Sales Manager, Major Car Brand
    Lives: London

    Sofiane Khelfa

    Age: 32
    Occupation: Senior Sales Executive, Technology
    Lives: Essex

    Trishna Thakrar

    Age: 28
    Occupation: Recruitment Agent, IT
    Lives: London