Brazier Gets The Boot!

Jeff Brazier has had to hang up his skates this week after his eviction from Dancing on Ice on Sunday night. After his amazing performances within the past few weeks, Essex had high hopes for Jeff as he edged closer towards the end of the series. However, Jeff has been voted out with the final in just two weeks time!

This week was Prop Week, with Jeff and his partner Isabelle having to perform with a table and two office chairs! In Jeff's routine, he had several slip-ups when it came to his easier steps, which caused his marks to dip slightly. However, his performance dazzled with stunts and lifts that wowed the audience. Jeff even became the first celebrity male skater ever on Dancing on Ice to perform a one-handed lift above his head - which he performed to perfection. 

Jeff continued to make Essex very proud!

When Jeff was placed in the dreaded skate-off with Sam Attwater, the nation saw Jeff's heart sink as seemed to realise his fate against the show's hit skater. Sam has been topping the leaderboard since the start of the series and has been bookie's favourite from Week One, currently standing at 6/4. Out of the 5 celebrities still remaining in the show, Jeff was in fourth place on the leaderboard, with rival Sam just above him at third.

Jeff said on 'This Morning' the following day that he would have 'fancied his chances more' if he had been placed in the skate off with Johnson Beharry VC, who was in last place on the leaderboard. 

Jeff may have been voted out of Dancing on Ice but here in Essex we are still immensely proud of him! Fellow Essex girl, Stacey Solomon, was at the Dancing on Ice studios at the weekend to give him all of Essex's support!

Essex Stars Hit The Desert!

Last month, nine of the country's biggest celebrities gathered together to take part in a Comic Relief fundraising adventure. In previous years, we have seen David Walliams swim the channel, Christine Bleakley jet-ski across the channel, Helen Skelton row the Amazon and who could forget Gary Barlow, Chris Moyles, Fearne Cotton, Cheryl Cole and other celebrities climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in 2009. A new year brings a new challenge, and 2011 was the year of the desert trek...

On 21st February, the BT Red Nose Day Desert Trekkers arrived in Kenya to start their mission. Scott Mills, Craig David, Peter White, Lorraine Kelly, Ronni Ancona, Nadia Sawalha, as well as Essex's own Olly Murs, Kara Tointon and Dermot O'Leary have all now returned safe and sound after what was probably one of the hardest week's of their lives.

After five very long days in the scorching sun and heat, the nine celebrities were obviously extremely exhausted but also very proud of the gruelling exhibition that they had completed. Our very own Olly Murs said that he 'wasn't prepared' for the extreme heat that the celebrities had to face, saying that it was a much harder task than he had expected.

From interviews on the radio, it seems as if the group of 9 got on very well with one another, with no reports of arguments just yet! To find out more, tune into BBC1 tonight at 9pm to see the group as they trekked across the desert in Kenya.

Also, be sure to tune into the Red Nose Day show on BBC1 tomorrow from 7pm to find out the total that the group managed to raise. All the money that they have fundraised will go towards aiding blindness across Africa.

To sponsor the trekkers, please go to:
http://bit.ly/feM7LH