Charlotte Church
- Profession: Singer
- Place/Date of Birth: Llandaff, Cardiff, 21 February 2020
- Associated with: Gavin Henson
Despite looking forward to the start of the programme, the Welsh singer admits it has been hard work. She said: "It’s not just a chat show. There will be a band on every show as well as a comedian and there will be comedy sketches too. "I’m really looking forward to doing it. I thought it would be nice to have a break from singing, but I never realised how much hard work it would be. "When you’re recording you have to spend so much time doing promotional work it can be really tiring so I thought this would be easier. But I was so wrong. I’ve been working like a donkey."
Charlotte takes on Wossy - Aug 29, 2020
Watch out Jonathan Ross! Charlotte Church reckons she’ll be poaching the chat-show host’s viewers when her new talk show goes head to head with the king of the couch on Friday night. The 20-year-old was herself a guest on the GMTV couch today - getting in some last-minute publicity for her Channel 4 show.
Asked if she thought she would take viewers away from the hugely popular Friday Night With Jonathan Ross, she confidently answered "definitely".
She added: "What I want my show to be ultimately is really funny, really quirky, but ultimately really funny.
And the Cardiff-born star says she wants to be "more than just a talk show" - with highlights including a spoof Candid Camera-style sketch called Starlet Church, where she passes herself off as her own tribute act before a panel of judges. Despite her confidence, Charlotte insisted she was "very, very nervous" and also predicted the show would get a bad press.
"The Press is so much on my case," she said. "Even if it was the best show in the world and Channel 4 had the highest number of viewers they had ever had, [the Press] would still have a go."
And she’s just as confident about her looks, rejecting suggestions she may be "too curvy".
"I take no notice of it. If I am unhappy with the way I look, I will do something about it."
Charlotte is the new face of Walkers crisps - Mar 20, 2020
Charlotte Church is set to become the new face of Walkers crisps - after signing a ?100,000 deal. The sexy singer will star in a new 1930s style advert with football legend Gary Lineker, after being won over by the humour of the proposed ad.
A source close to the 20-year-old told the Sunday Mirror newspaper: "Charlotte turns down loads of ads and promotions but she loves crisps and likes the ads. "Charlotte thinks the ads are really funny. They are sexy but with humour, which is just the type of woman Charlotte is. She can’t wait for filming to begin." The Welsh beauty is following in the footsteps of Helena Christensen, Victoria Beckham and Sarah Ferguson, who have all appeared in the adverts with ’Match of the Day’ host Gary.
Meanwhile, Charlotte recently revealed she would quit singing for the sake of her boyfriend Gavin Henson. The feisty brunette would give everything up for the rugby ace, saying: "If I had to choose between him and singing, I’d definitely choose him over my career any day of the week. "He makes me feel so special."
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Five years later and Charlotte was making a name for herself at local karaoke competitions, and then...
"I was watching the Richard and Judy show on TV and they said they were looking for talented kids. No-one was around so I phoned up," she says. "The producers said I had to sing down the phone. So I did ’Pie Jesu’ and that was it, I was invited on the show. Mum and Dad were the last to find out!"
This led to even more television performances, as well as high profile concerts at the London Palladium, the Royal Albert Hall and Cardiff Arms Park. "It all went a bit mad!" laughs Charlotte.
Now eighteen Charlotte has become a media icon. A ill advised relationship with ’model’ and all round bad boy Steven Johnson and on going arguments with her mother have put Charlotte very much under public scrutiny, but it has only made her more popular. Charlotte will turn her hand to anything these days, she presented Have I Got News For You? made a guest appearance on a dance track and even starred in a film, I’ll Be There. She is a chat show regular, openly voicing her opinions about fellow stars in a very down to earth way.
She may be one of the richest teenagers in the UK after coming into her fortune on her eighteenth but Charlotte Church is as normal as they come.
Written in 2002
December 2007