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Kaz
22-01-2004, 03:16 PM
From today's Online Sun:

TELLY’S Fame Academy is set for the boot from its home tonight after contestants were branded “neighbours from hell”.

The show’s pop wannabes lived in £35million Witanhurst House during both hit series. But the local council looks likely to ban them after a string of complaints.

Neighbours in posh Highgate, North London, say the hopefuls — including last year’s winner Alex Parks — played DEAFENING music late into the night.

They also claim they were kept awake by HELICOPTERS, LIGHTS, SMELLY generators — and were overrun with fans dropping BOTTLES and PINCHING parking spaces.

Camden officials accused producers Endemol of causing “irreversible damage” to the Grade II* listed house with illegal scaffolding and internal changes.

The ban on the BBC1 show returning is due to be rubber-stamped tonight.

Resident Ewa Wimbleton, 37, said: “I wouldn’t be sad if they never came back.”

Yikes! Hope this isn't true! :shocked: :shocked:

I watched quite a lot of the live streaming at nights, and I NEVER heard the students playing 'deafening' music - did anyone else? In any case, they were all called inside the Academy by midnight if I recall correctly. :conf:

BusyBee
22-01-2004, 09:18 PM
Sounds like a touch of NIMBY behaviour from the posh residents - probably feel it will have an effect on the value of their property.

Stowfordpress
09-04-2004, 12:09 PM
Has anyone heard any more about this PLEASE?!:colour::colour::colour:

James
10-04-2004, 12:11 AM
I heard that they hadn't decided if another series of Fame Academy would be made but probably not.

However they are going to do another Comic Relief Fame Academy in 2005.

Amy
11-04-2004, 07:09 AM
Originally posted by James
I heard that they hadn't decided if another series of Fame Academy would be made but probably not.

However they are going to do another Comic Relief Fame Academy in 2005.

I heard pretty much the same James shame they have not decided to do an FA yet :bawling: but on the bright side another Comic Relief FA should be great! :thumbs: