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Firewire
02-02-2015, 07:18 AM
Emma Willis is to leave her role as main presenter of Celebrity Big Brother spin-off Bit On The Side after almost three and a half years, bbspy can confirm.

Tonight’s edition of the magazine show will be the last to be fronted by the 38-year-old, and Rylan Clark will take over with immediate effect.

Rylan is slated to host the remaining four episodes of the current series, and bbspy understands that he will become the sole presenter of BOTS when it returns alongside Big Brother’s sixteenth civilian run this summer.

However, Emma will continue to host the main show – including launches, evictions and finales – and it is expected that she’ll still make weekly guest appearances on BOTS.

No reason has been given for the move, though it is believed to be due to Emma’s workload, with her profile having skyrocketed since she became the face of the main show.

Just five months after she replaced Brian Dowling, BBC One hired her for The Voice UK – and the last month the broadcaster announced that she will team up with Reggie Yates on new gameshow Prized Apart.

Read more: http://www.bbspy.co.uk/cbb15/news/0202/emma-willis-quits-big-brothers-bit-on-the-side-after-three-years-rylan-clark-takes-over-celebrity-2015#ixzz3QZd1KJCy

sampvt
02-02-2015, 07:21 AM
Oh FFS, that's Bots off the menu for me then.

Firewire
02-02-2015, 07:23 AM
I guess this is to do with Reality Bites starting this Thursday. It's a shame. Emma is the stronger presenter and I always prefer her editions of BOTS.

Twittwoo
02-02-2015, 07:24 AM
Thank God for that... never seen such a rubbish biased presenter in all my days!!!!

Caballo
02-02-2015, 07:25 AM
Poorest season ever for BOTS, Emma distancing herself from the wreckage.

Samm
02-02-2015, 07:27 AM
I'm not surprised, she's got like tons of work

Kazanne
02-02-2015, 07:54 AM
I like Emma but not disappointed in this news as her voice goes right through me,I find it off putting sometimes

Jack_
02-02-2015, 08:05 AM
I've known this day was coming for a while but it's awful now it's finally confirmed :sad: BOTS is Emma's show, I'm so gutted

Jamesy
02-02-2015, 08:13 AM
A big shame, but understandable for a busy lady.

Doubt I will bother watching BOTS at all now, hope they bring someone in like Matt Johnson for the summer to present it. I somehow don't think Rylan on it every night will work well all summer.

Jamesy
02-02-2015, 08:14 AM
As long as she never leaves the main show I'll remain happy too.

Josy
02-02-2015, 08:14 AM
We were told this on Friday, it's pretty sad but I don't watch BOTS so it doesn't affect me really.

I just worry that she will end up leaving as the main host, that would be horrible.

-Sue-
02-02-2015, 08:16 AM
That's a shame :( I do prefer Emma on BOTS to Rylan (despite liking Rylan in the CBB series) I have never really been a massive fan of BBots ..maybe I am biased as I sill miss Dermy BBLB

Jack_
02-02-2015, 08:21 AM
Yeah I'd also like Matt Johnson to get half of the shows as well, I don't dislike Rylan at all and he's moulded himself into a pretty competent presenter, it's just that this was Emma's show like BBLB was Dermot's and her episodes were always more enjoyable. I don't like the idea of it becoming solely Rylan's

We were told this on Friday, it's pretty sad but I don't watch BOTS so it doesn't affect me really.

I just worry that she will end up leaving as the main host, that would be horrible.

I can see that happening in the not so distant future as well

-Sue-
02-02-2015, 08:25 AM
Yeah I'd also like Matt Johnson to get half of the shows as well, I don't dislike Rylan at all and he's moulded himself into a pretty competent presenter, it's just that this was Emma's show like BBLB was Dermot's and her episodes were always more enjoyable. I don't like the idea of it becoming solely Rylan's
I can see that happening in the not so distant future as well

Yes I can agree Matt Johnson the other night was a breath of fresh air :D He seemed fun filled :D

Jack_
02-02-2015, 08:33 AM
Isn't tonight's BOTS a double hander anyway? I'm going to be really pissed off if she doesn't have a normal proper last send off episode on her own, tonight's is going to be too busy with all what's been going on

This news reminds me of that VT they put together for her for like her 500th episode last summer or something and she cried :(

chuff me dizzy
02-02-2015, 08:37 AM
Good riddance !!!

bots
02-02-2015, 08:38 AM
if I were her I would be distancing myself from BOTS too. BOTS is drivel and Rylan is welcome to it

johne
02-02-2015, 08:43 AM
It never made much sense to me to have separate presenters of BOTS. Personally, I prefer Emma, but Rylans fine too. I remember his first BOTS. He looked very nervous and hesitant, and I thought he wouldn't last long in the job. Then the second show was a bit better, and by the third he had settled. Good on you, Rylan. You stuck with it and you deserve sole presentation rights.

Suze
02-02-2015, 08:52 AM
This news does not surprise me, she has looked quite tired and a bit disinterested of late, as I had already said near the start of this CBB. Juggling family life with such a heavy workload can't be easy, she looked like she needed to step back from some of that workload. It also wouldn't surprise we if this was a step towards moving away from BB altogether for her soon.

Jake.
02-02-2015, 08:56 AM
Well that's the last I watch of it

Niamh.
02-02-2015, 09:18 AM
Oh FFS, that's Bots off the menu for me then.

This.

Can't stand Rylan

Kizzy
02-02-2015, 09:25 AM
I like her but she's everywhere atm... bit overkill.

Firewire
02-02-2015, 09:26 AM
I hope they give her the send off she deserves

Lostie!
02-02-2015, 09:55 AM
I barely watch BOTS anyway, and even when I do I like Rylan so this doesn't at all bother me.

I'm just glad she's still hosting the main show.

AnnieK
02-02-2015, 09:56 AM
Shame but as she has so many other commitments plus a young family, I guess it was inevitable. Hope she stays on the main show though....and gets a bit tougher in interviews

Cherie
02-02-2015, 10:06 AM
She annoys me on BOTS that bag of balls with questions must have finished her off I like Rylan so dont mind her going i cant ser her giving up the main shiw it is just once a week fir 4 month of the year

zakman440
02-02-2015, 10:09 AM
Such a shame </3, though I hope that they do bring in Matt Johnson as another presenter for the summer.

Angelika
02-02-2015, 10:10 AM
Read more: http://www.bbspy.co.uk/cbb15/news/0202/emma-willis-quits-big-brothers-bit-on-the-side-after-three-years-rylan-clark-takes-over-celebrity-2015#ixzz3QZd1KJCy

Sensible woman, leaving before she's asked to.

She's become worse as the years roll by. I'd be pleased for Ryland to resign as well. BOTS needs a new cast andfor goodness sake..........ditch the whoop whoop audience as well.

the truth
02-02-2015, 10:10 AM
scrap the show its crap

Kazanne
02-02-2015, 10:12 AM
Is Emma pregnant again?

Niamh.
02-02-2015, 10:14 AM
Sensible woman, leaving before she's asked to.

She's become worse as the years roll by. I'd be pleased for Ryland to resign as well. BOTS needs a new cast andfor goodness sake..........ditch the whoop whoop audience as well.

I doubt they had an intention of asking her to leave, Emma seems to be very much in demand atm

Mick McMick
02-02-2015, 10:15 AM
Only reason I ever bothered to watch BOTS.

I thought I read an article last year where she talked about how
much she enjoyed doing BOTS. I guess she doesn't like doing it
as much as her other shows.

bots
02-02-2015, 10:18 AM
There must be more to this than meets the eye. This series has a few days to go. Why not have a send off for her on Friday?

Jules2
02-02-2015, 10:26 AM
I am glad tbh as she is to good for all the drivel which comes out of that show with its discriminations and twist and turns. I fancy she has got rather crude lately not something I admire in her. She is on The Voice and it has been said that she may take over from Dermot on the XFactor, a step up tbh as she doesnt have to come down to the level of CBB/BB and BOTS.

cheeky_monkey
02-02-2015, 10:36 AM
:(

Niamh.
02-02-2015, 10:40 AM
I am glad tbh as she is to good for all the drivel which comes out of that show with its discriminations and twist and turns. I fancy she has got rather crude lately not something I admire in her. She is on The Voice and it has been said that she may take over from Dermot on the XFactor, a step up tbh as she doesnt have to come down to the level of CBB/BB and BOTS.

Yeah, as much of a Big Brother fan that I am, it's probably not thee most desirable job for a presenter, it is trashy TV. If she's getting other opportunities I can see why she'd be wanting to move on, from BOTS especially

zakman440
02-02-2015, 10:53 AM
I do hope that tonight they give her a proper best bits VT tonight with her highlights from all the series, compared to the one that they made celebrating her 250th show:

102737279

Jay.
02-02-2015, 10:54 AM
I don't really watch it any more anyway :worry:

But going to watch her last show </3

Liam-
02-02-2015, 10:55 AM
Well that's BOTS done for me then, i can't watch that Rylan idiot 5 nights a week :bored:

Jack_
02-02-2015, 11:20 AM
Only reason I ever bothered to watch BOTS.

I thought I read an article last year where she talked about how
much she enjoyed doing BOTS. I guess she doesn't like doing it
as much as her other shows.

She always said she preferred BOTS to the main show and when they showed her best bits VT and she got teary I remember she commented on how it seemed like she was leaving but promised she wasn't. I wouldn't be surprised if half of this decision was made cause she isn't enjoying the new 'upmarket' direction they've taken BOTS in and tbh I don't blame her, the show was so much more fun and funny when it was trashy, which is what a spin off show is supposed to be

TiBB Frontpage Article
02-02-2015, 11:47 AM
Josy has posted a new TiBB frontpage article.

Emma Willis is leaving as the host of BOTS, this hasnow been confirmed from Channel 5.

Please see below for a statement from Channel 5:

"Emma Willis will host her last episode of Bit On The Side tonight. We'd like to thank Emma for being a huge part of BOTS for the.....

Excerpt of article quoted above. Read full article here - http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/celebritybigbrother2015-cbb15/news-272739/emma-willis-leaves-bots.html

drantb
02-02-2015, 11:55 AM
Rylan's great at it, so good for him. But Emma always seems to enjoy herself more on BOTS, she gets caught up in the ridiculousness of it all and it's funny to watch. Still, glad she's staying with the main show. Maybe this will lessen the accusations of bias now she's distanced herself from the sister show.

Denver
02-02-2015, 12:16 PM
Please sack rylan and start a fresh

Pete.
02-02-2015, 04:37 PM
This is so tragic </3

Black Dagger
02-02-2015, 04:41 PM
Rylan has had a good run tbh. Bar tweeting spoilers lmao.

Will miss Emma but tbh she is on telly about 87 times a week these days.

Marsh.
02-02-2015, 04:46 PM
Phew!

I thought she was leaving the main show full stop then.

I don't bother with BOTS anymore anyway. I only tune in after an eviction to see Emma and the evictee's interviews and that's it.

RichardG
02-02-2015, 04:50 PM
No worry for me, I never watch BOTS anyway. :laugh:

wendywillow
02-02-2015, 04:54 PM
Oh FFS, that's Bots off the menu for me then.

ugh, yeah this is rough, her episodes were the only reason I still tuned in

MB.
02-02-2015, 04:54 PM
Eh. I don't see much reason to be shocked by this - she's barely off TV anyway (coming from someone who likes Emma), and I was more surprised that she stayed on at BOTS when she took on the main show too. I'd much rather see her leave BOTS if it means being able to present the main show than vice versa, or leaving both.

wendywillow
02-02-2015, 04:55 PM
Please sack rylan and start a fresh

yes! or bring back the red headed girl from a few years ago

Jase.
02-02-2015, 05:03 PM
Well, goodbye to BOTS then. Rylan's awful.

Jack_
02-02-2015, 06:47 PM
Eh. I don't see much reason to be shocked by this - she's barely off TV anyway (coming from someone who likes Emma), and I was more surprised that she stayed on at BOTS when she took on the main show too. I'd much rather see her leave BOTS if it means being able to present the main show than vice versa, or leaving both.

I actually take the opposite opinion, I remember when Emma got the main show job my posts in the threads were about how I was happy but worried she'll leave BOTS/do less shows (which she did) and that if that were the case I wouldn't be happy and tbh I stand by that, I'd rather have her on BOTS full time than the main show at all. It's the better show

Twittwoo
02-02-2015, 06:59 PM
I've known this day was coming for a while but it's awful now it's finally confirmed :sad: BOTS is Emma's show, I'm so gutted

It's never been a patch on big mouth..

ruiphillips
02-02-2015, 10:08 PM
Going to miss her, she was the only reason why I watched the **** aftershow.

Daniel-X
02-02-2015, 10:10 PM
Can't believe Emma has left BOTS :bawling:

She's much more professional compared to Rylan where as Rylan I think is unbelievably biased and finds it hard to cope with the BOTS crowd or having anything unexpected thrown his way.

They need a new BOTS presenter tbh Toya Washington would be perfect

CaudleHalbard
02-02-2015, 10:11 PM
Emma has not been great on BOTS. Fluffs her lines, loses control of the audience and makes Rylan look (relatively) polished and professional.

Good decision on the part of the producers. :)