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The cash factor: what reality shows are worth

Advertising and voting revenues mean that the channels can afford to pay a premium for bankable stars such as Katie Price

The beginner’s guide to reality TV

If you’ve been holidaying on another planet for the past few months, here is an update on X Factor, Strictly and I’m a Celeb...

Jedward: out of tune - but mesmerising

The show will go on without Jedward but their mentor, Louis Walsh, will ensure they will not stray far from the limelight

Cult duo Jedward voted off X Factor

The 18-year-old duo, who annihilated classic songs and sent viewer figures soaring, were finally voted off the show

Siobhan Fahey returns from the dark side of pop

From Bananarama and Shakespears Sister to break-ups and breakdowns, Siobhan Fahey is back from the dark side of pop

Message Board: Hard to swallow

Was Kate Moss wrong to divulge her motto: ‘Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels’?

People like them

A giant birthday cake edged with white-chocolate cigarettes was put down on the table tout de suite

Gavin & Stacey's Joanna Page opens up

She made it through ten years of bit parts to play Stacey in the hit comedy, but the actress says that she is ready to be a housewife

Celebrity watch: I'm Katie, get me in here

Who's up, who's down in Celebrity Watch, the barometer of fickle fame. this week: Katie Price can't burp. Honestly...

Mika: the old demons still lurk

He’s delivered his new album, but beneath the singer's bravado old worries and insecurities won't go away

Christopher Lee: a giant among actors

Known best as Dracula or Saruman, the 6ft 5in 87-year-old also a war veteran and a staunch Tory

Alice Cooper: booze, madness and chickens

He still gets killed by zombies on stage, but Vincent Damon Furnier lives a calmer real life these days, he explains

Outnumbered stars compete for comedy awards

Child actors Ramona Marquez, Daniel Roche and Tyger Drew-Honey are nominated for Best Newcomer for their improvisations

John Mortimer has last word at memorial service

Famous friends, royalty and his forgiving family gather to hear the late writer’s musings on old age and the afterlife

Jedward: the conspiracy theories

Are they aliens, an artworld joke or the lovechildren of Simon Cowell? We seek the real story behind John and Edward

Girl reinvented: Dannii Minogue

Dannii has been engaging in a little self-discovery. Not therapy — ‘I have my sister for that’

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