Well, Sir Daniel Pilkington of The Newsletter Team might have gained no more than a murmur in the office when he switched the Christmas lights on last week, but the truth is, there were actually far more rubbish celebrity turn-ons out there. For the chance to win a voucher to spend on lastminute.com, we asked you to tell us which unimpressive A-Z lister turned on the lights on in your town.... (scroll down for the winner)
“We had our own 'rubbish celeb' if that counts……Big Grimms from the Oil Rigs, but I guess that doesn't count does it - no - OK Happy Christmas anyway!” - Sue Daniels
“A couple of years ago, to turn on the Christmas lights in Stirling, the 'celebs' they booked were Hearsay Lookalikes. Not even the not-very-famous band themselves, but impersonators! (bad ones at that!)” - Tania Ellis
“Hi - here in Stockport we had a now "boy band" - I can't remember their names!! And Andy Abraham (him that didn't win last years X Factor!! Now how’s that for a top celeb light switching on ceremony?” - Kay Harrison
“We had Wolf from Gladiators switch on our lights in Morden - about five years after Gladiators went off air!” - Vicky Maberley
“… perhaps the most unimpressive “celebrity” to turn on Christmas lights must surely be our friend Mark Picken, who actually paid good money in a charity auction to turn on the lights in Truro, Cornwall!” - Claire
“A council workman in a scruffy anorak and faded blue overalls turned on the Christmas Lights in Spalding. Do I win?” - Ray
“In Oxford we didn't have an official switch on of the lights… instead there was a parade
through town with the Mayor of Bonn (our twin city) and the lights went on behind them. I didn't see it but it sounds pretty unimpressive to me!!!” - Sarah
“Here in Northampton we can't even afford Z-list celebrities. We had Sooty and Sweep. What can I say?” Julie Usher
“In Amersham in Buckinghamshire, locals famous folk Ozzy and Sharon Osborne were not available to turn the lights on so they 'offered' their daughter, Kelly to do the honours. Any Osborne would have generated significant interest, however at the last minute, the local council were unwilling to stump up the £250 appearance fee and the duties fell to the town mayor. The 'ceremony' was eventually witnessed by several people.” – Sarah Ball
“Great xmas lights photo in the newsletter this week! We had no celeb switching our lights on at sheffield hallam university... the only lights I have are on my PCs desktop :(“ - Sarah
“We didn't even get to celebrity level in Chesterfield this year we had some guy dressed in a Scooby Doo outfit stood with the Mayor of Chesterfield.” - David Bargh
“Colchester hasn't even got any lights 'cos they fell down & the contractors are too busy putting up lights to put up our lights again -how sad is that!! Merry Christmas anyway. Love from your loyal fan” - Sue
“I come from Bexleyheath in Kent and just thought I’d let you know how rubbish our Christmas Lights 'Celebrity' was. We had Clara Mayer who was the runner up for Ladette To Lady, and Charlton goalkeeper Scott Carson.”
“The lights in Crewe were turned on by Jenny from Big Brother. WOW! Local celeb my ar**” - Darryl Clulow
“In Carterton we had Theo Walcott....... his grandfather was Mayor at some point in time..... don't know which was worse, Theo or the lights!” - Angela
At Readings Broad Street Mall (“Reading’s favourite shopping centre”. Yeah, if you pretend that the Oracle doesn’t exist. But then that wouldn’t be Reading’s favourite as it doesn’t have a Mark One, Argos and TK Maxx. Nice) the lights were turned on by Will Mellor. But not just by Will Mellor. We also had local “celebrity” Vic Moszczynski. A former fire fighter, Vic has been banned from putting a
million lights on the outside of his house at Christmas. You can even see a video of it (including Will’s fabulous rendition of Mustang Sally. Great). Strangely, Vic doesn’t seem to be in the video footage…" - Kelly Evans
“Hi! Carlisle was supposed to have Ashley the butcher from Coronation Street but he had to film late, so local "celebrity" newsreader Fiona Armstrong did it instead! Merry Christmas to all and thanks for putting so much effort into the newsletters - they're always guaranteed to raise a chuckle.” - Patty M xxx
“In Cardiff ? we had The Tweenies to switch on the Christmas lights!! How exciting!” - Andrea Longman
“We here in Blackpool had… wait for it…Chico! Cant really get much more C-List than that…obviously Gareth Gates was busy!” - Natalie Booth
“Just had to tell you - not improving Slough's glamorous reputation we had Lee Ryan of 'Blue' fame turning our lights on! Apparently all the local girls were there hoping for a peek of their 'idol'! God help us! Merry Christmas” -Trina x
“We had our 7ft Christmas tree's lights switched on by Bob the Builder - who turned up late. The crowd was big but it was all over within seconds.” - Alex Hamilton
AND THE WINNER IS...
David Bargh, with Scooby Doo. Not only is a Scooby Doo costume totally rubbish, he's not even a REAL celebrity. BOOOOOO! Congrats David, you'll be getting an email voucher for £10 to spend on lastminute.com very soon!
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