Axed Come Dine With Me contestant was ‘boozed up, abused contestants and threatened TV crew’t
Article from the Sun written by BY FINDLAY MAIR AND DARREN HAMILTON
I chose this story as it followed with one feature of our case studies, British Reality Tv, and the show. Interestingly, the programme is produced by a company called Shiver which is part of ITV studios, however, Come Dine With Me is a very popular Channel 4 programme.
This story caught my attention as I had previously seen the controversy on Twitter when the episode was aired, asking questions about the first ever contestant to be axed from the show mid-week. The story follows the accounts of the winner of said episode, and why Rory Nicoll, 41, was booted from the show.
Reportedly, Nicoll was asked to leave due reports of him heavily drinking and being abusive towards the production team and the other contestants, with one accusation including Nicoll pinning up one fo the producers against the wall and shouting at him.
This story would be useful as a supplementary to our main case studies n terms of industry but also would be a good case study for representation of national and regional identity, as the episode was from the Central Scotland edition of the show.
A good post, interesting story. I'd personally like to know more about the background of the contestant before the show, to give a bit more context and maybe talk about the standpoint the Sun took? I think the last paragraph you wrote was fitting and useful because you linked it back to industry and representation making this stroy more beneficial. well done!
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