Strictly Come Dancing star has hit out at the show's bosses. Sophie Ellis Bextor has accused producers behind the BBC One favourite of deeming her "unsexy.
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Warning, this article contains spoilers A BBC TV newsreader who grew up in a Leicestershire village overcame her nerves to win an iconic but "really scary" quiz show. Martine Croxall, who comes from Stoke Golding near Hinckley, triumphed in last night’s edition of Celebrity Mastermind, facing off against the likes of a RuPaul’s Drag Star to take the coveted title. The episode also saw Martine reveal what it was like to break one of the biggest news stories of the past 12 months.
READ MORE: For the latest celebrity and TV news click here Martine, who is regularly seen anchoring BBC News bulletins, had pioneering journalist and explorer Nellie Bly as her specialist subject, scoring 10 points from her 90 seconds of questioning on the subject. At the end of the first round that score saw her in the lead, just one point ahead of BBC Radio 1Xtra DJ Ace whose specialist subject was The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, while broadcaster Maria McErlane’s specialist subject - the history of bicycles - saw her score 6 points. It was the same score for Drag Race star The Vivienne, who got six correct answers on her specialist subject, the singer Cher.
In between rounds, Martine was asked by the host - and fellow BBC newsreader Clive Myrie - what it was like being a newsreader, especially on April 9, 2021. That was the day Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh died. "We were messing around a little bit between 11 and 12 o'clock because it was quite a quiet news day,” she told Clive.
Strictly Come Dancing star has hit out at the show's bosses. Sophie Ellis Bextor has accused producers behind the BBC One favourite of deeming her "unsexy.
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