Remember when The Only Way is Essex was all about sporting the very best Vajazzle in Brentwood, Amy Child's cousin constantly saying "shuuuuut up", and that impenetrable love triangle between Mark Wright, Lauren Goodger and Lucy Mecklenburgh?
As the glam-tastic reality TV show celebrates its fifth anniversary, here's what happened to the original cast members:
Mark Wright
Muscle-bound Mark Wright was mostly muddled over whether he wanted to go out with childhood sweetheart Lauren Goodger or Essex rival Lucy Mecklenburg in the debut series of Towie.
He swaggered out of the show and into the night in series 3, never to be seen again... Until he was eating buffalo balls in the jungle a month later for his successful stint on I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! - leaving as runner-up to winner McFly bassist Dougie Poynter.
Stints as a TV presenter (Take Me Out spin-off The Gossip...
As the glam-tastic reality TV show celebrates its fifth anniversary, here's what happened to the original cast members:
Mark Wright
Muscle-bound Mark Wright was mostly muddled over whether he wanted to go out with childhood sweetheart Lauren Goodger or Essex rival Lucy Mecklenburg in the debut series of Towie.
He swaggered out of the show and into the night in series 3, never to be seen again... Until he was eating buffalo balls in the jungle a month later for his successful stint on I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! - leaving as runner-up to winner McFly bassist Dougie Poynter.
Stints as a TV presenter (Take Me Out spin-off The Gossip...
- 10/10/2015
- Digital Spy
Mark Wright, Simon Webbe, Caroline Flack or Frankie Bridge would all make worthy winners of Strictly Come Dancing when the final airs this Saturday (December 20).
So every day this week, one of the Digital Spy team will present their argument for why each Strictly finalist deserves to lift the glitterball trophy. Last, but by no means least, Mark Wright...
If we're going to pick our Strictly champion on who is technically the best dancer, Mark Wright might as well not turn up on Saturday. The Towie star isn't the best dancer left in the show, and he would never claim to be.
However, Strictly isn't and never has been about finding the dancer with the best fleckerl. If it was, we might as well let the judges pick who goes and stays every week and scrap the public vote altogether. We won't name names, but there might also have been...
So every day this week, one of the Digital Spy team will present their argument for why each Strictly finalist deserves to lift the glitterball trophy. Last, but by no means least, Mark Wright...
If we're going to pick our Strictly champion on who is technically the best dancer, Mark Wright might as well not turn up on Saturday. The Towie star isn't the best dancer left in the show, and he would never claim to be.
However, Strictly isn't and never has been about finding the dancer with the best fleckerl. If it was, we might as well let the judges pick who goes and stays every week and scrap the public vote altogether. We won't name names, but there might also have been...
- 12/19/2014
- Digital Spy
Mark Wright is to go partying around the world for a new TV show. The former 'Only Way Is Essex' star will appear in 'International Party Liaison', a six-part ITV2 show which will see him search the globe for the best and wackiest parties. In each show, the ex-club promoter - who is dating 'Coronation Street' actress Michelle Keegan - will meet the party host then have to pull off a series of challenges. Channel bosses are hopeful this will be the show that finally sees the 25-year-old hunk connect with audiences, after his reality series 'Mark Wright's Hollywood Nights' was canned due...
- 5/2/2013
- Virgin Media - Celebrity
ITV2 will continue to work with Mark Wright despite the critical mauling and underwhelming ratings of his constructed reality show Mark Wright's Hollywood Nights. ITV Digital boss Angela Jain insisted that Hollywood Nights was always supposed to be a single-run series, but claimed that it wasn't the end of the broadcaster's relationship with the Towie breakout star. "It was not an unmitigated disaster," said Jain, when asked about Hollywood Nights. "I think in that show the first couple of episodes we didn't get the format right. (more)...
- 8/23/2012
- by By Alex Fletcher
- Digital Spy
Mark Wright has revealed that he doesn't miss being part of The Only Way Is Essex. The reality TV star quit the series in October last year in order to work on other projects, such as Mark Wright's Hollywood Nights. He explained that leaving the show was the right decision, as he found the series "stressful". "I miss the people, Towie is always going to be in my heart. I wouldn't necessarily say I miss being in it, it was quite stressful and it was a lot of pressure," (more)...
- 7/19/2012
- by By Tom Eames
- Digital Spy
Cara Kilbey has suggested that former The Only Way Is Essex star Mark Wright is "up his own arse". Wright quit the scripted reality programme earlier this year and recently fronted his own Mark Wright's Hollywood Nights show. Asked how she got on with him, Towie's Billi Mucklow told Heat: "I've known Mark since I was little and I don't like him at all. I just don't. "I lived down the (more)...
- 7/10/2012
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Mark Wright has revealed that he is currently single. The former Only Way is Essex star has been romantically linked with Us volleyball star Chelsea Rashoff and ex-girlfriend Lauren Goodger in recent weeks. However, he confirmed that he is not seeing anyone, and is enjoying the single life. "I'm totally single. I'm not saying I'm not looking around, but who knows? I'm enjoying being single," he told Pa. On his ideal woman, he said: "My dream would be Eva Mendes, but I think that's a bit out of my reach right now and I don't think I have a touch on Ryan Gosling, so I'll leave him be." > 'Mark Wright's Hollywood Nights': The worst reality show ever? Wright added that he was pleased with how his new ITV2 reality (more)...
- 7/5/2012
- by By Tom Eames
- Digital Spy
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