Josie Gibson's rise to fame, from winning Big Brother to top This Morning presenter
21.10.2023 - 03:43
/ ok.co.uk
Long before she became one of the most popular and well-known presenters on This Morning, Josie Gibson found TV fame in an entirely different way. The Bristol-born star was the first housemate to enter the Big Brother house in 2010, and her down-to-earth attitude and a sweet romance with Aussie housemate John James Parton won her legions of fans - leading her to be crowned the winner of the series.
At that time, the show was aired on Channel 4, before future series switched to Channel 5.
The show was revived this year in its new home of ITV, and it's currently drawing in audiences all over again. Josie, who's now a mum to five year old son Reggie, was just 25 when she was picked out of 81 hopefuls to enter the Big Brother house during a live show.
She went on to win the series with a whopping 77.5 percent of the public vote - propelling her to stardom and a career on the small screen, including an appearance on Ultimate Big Brother later on in 2010. Josie then presented Channel 5’s OK! TV as well as Big Brother’s Bit On The Side, and she also appeared on Loose Women, Celebrity Wedding Planner, Celebrity Juice, Let’s Do Lunch With Gino and Mel and Live from Studio Five.
Josie started her This Morning duties in 2019, as a features presenter, where she found herself in hilarious Bridget Jones-style situations, such as testing out rollercoasters as her side-splitting reactions were filmed. But ITV bosses clearly saw stars in her eyes as, in 2021, the star stepped up her role and began presenting on the main show.
Fast-forward a few years and Josie has become one of the main presenters on the show, first as a guest-presenter, and then more regularly sincethe departure of Phillip Schofield in May 2023. Phillip admitted to to an
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