Cheryl Fergison evicted from Celebrity Big Brother

Cheryl Fergison evicted from Celebrity Big Brother
Cheryl Fergison evicted from Celebrity Big Brother

Cheryl Fergison has become the second person to be evicted from the Celebrity Big Brother house, following the second public vote of the week. The former EastEnders star got the boot just two days after model Jasmine Lennard became the first person to leave the house - and after a vote which saw five of the housemates nominated. And the 48-year-old lost out after receiving the lowest number of votes behind Prince Lorenzo Borghese, Coleen Nolan, Julian Clary and Mike 'The Situation' Sorrentino. Julian and The Situation had been told earlier in the show that they were safe from eviction, leaving the remaining trio to 'sell themselves' to viewers - with each given 20 seconds to plead for their place in the house. However Cheryl proved unable to save herself despite insisting she was 'providing a bit of a laugh' in the house and 'trying to say it as it is'. Afterwards she admitted she was "chuffed" to have lasted as long as she did in the house but added, "I thought I would go a bit further." She also revealed that she would like to see Julian or Martin Kemp be crowned series champion. The next eviction will take place on Wednesday night.

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Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.