Vicky Pattison

Victoria Pattison (born 16 November 1987) is an English television and media personality. She is best known for appearing in the MTV shows Geordie Shore from 2011 until 2014, Ex on the Beach in 2014 and 2015 and her own show Judge Geordie in 2015.

Vicky Pattison
Pattison in 2015
Born	16 November 1987[1] Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, England
Education	Burnside Business and Enterprise College Liverpool John Moores University
Occupation	Television and media personality.
Television	Geordie Shore (2011–14) Ex on the Beach (2014–15) Judge Geordie (2015) I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! (UK) (2015) Loose Women (2016) It's Not Me, It's You (2016) I'm a Celebrity: Extra Camp (2016) Virtually Famous (2016–17) I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! (AU) (2018) Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (2020–)
Partner(s)	Ercan Ram (since 2019)

Pattison won the fifteenth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (UK) in December 2015 and became a permanent member on the panel of the ITV daytime chat show Loose Women in January 2016. She was also a team captain on the Channel 5 panel show It's Not Me, It's You and co-presented I'm a Celebrity: Extra Camp in 2016.

Early life

Before Geordie Shore, Pattison enjoyed drama in school. She had various jobs, including working on the door of some of Newcastle's nightclubs and also in telesales.[2] Pattison holds a degree in Drama from Liverpool John Moores University.[3]

Media career

Geordie Shore

Pattison appeared in the popular MTV show Geordie Shore, from 2011 to 2014 in the first series of the show, she had a short relationship with fellow co-star Jay Gardner.[4] After her rise to fame on the show, she was featured on the front cover of the magazine Loaded in October 2011 alongside The Only Way Is Essex star Jess Wright and Made in Chelsea star Binky Felstead.[5] Pattison has also featured in the magazine Nuts with fellow Geordie Shore star Holly Hagan. In the second series of the show, Pattison began a turbulent on/off relationship with new cast member Ricci Guarnaccio.[6] Pattison and former cast member Rebecca Walker were shown not to get on with each other, leading to constant conflict in the Geordie Shore house.[7] Pattison's catchphrase 'tash on' became new entry in online Collins dictionary.[8][9] Her peculiar speech style became the object of much public attention: the use of words like ‘ostentatious’ and ‘euphoric’ "in a Geordie Shore context of expletives" has been recently described "as a ‘stretch’, a way of testing expressive limits, that is a form of catachresis."[10] Pattison found herself in Cancun, Mexico during the third series where during filming, Guarnaccio proposed to her.

In the fifth series, Pattison calls her engagement off with Guarnaccio and ultimately ends the relationship. Guarnaccio later decided to leave the show following the break-up.[11] In December 2013, she released her own fitness DVD entitled Vicky's 7 Day Slim. Before the beginning of the ninth series, she announced that it would be her last, making her final appearance during the series finale.

On 5 July 2013, during filming for the seventh series of Geordie Shore, Pattison was arrested after throwing a high heeled shoe at another club goer. Pattison was charged with two counts of assault and was ordered to undertake 180 hours of unpaid community service and pay compensation to the two victims after being taken to court.

Television career

In 2014 and 2015, Pattison starred in the MTV reality television show Ex on the Beach. Pattison has appeared and made guest appearances on Big Brother's Bit on the Side, This Morning, Safeword, Celebrity Dinner Date, Murder in Successville, Most Annoying People 2011, TV's 50 Greatest Magic Tricks, Most Shocking Celebrity Moments 2011, Virtually Famous, Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, Celebrity Juice live special and Through the Keyhole.

Starting from June 2015, Pattison presented and starred in her own MTV show, Judge Geordie, in which she tries to sort out feuds and problems between families, friends and relationships.

Since mid-2015, Pattison has had her name on a weekly column in the magazine new!. Pattison released her autobiography entitled Nothing But The Truth in August 2014 and updated it in March 2016. She signed a deal to write two novels which were published in July (All That Glitters) and October 2015 (A Christmas Kiss).[12]

On 2 July 2015, Pattison appeared on BBC Radio 1's Innuendo Bingo.[13]

On 16 November 2015, it was confirmed that Pattison would be taking part in the fifteenth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, which she won.

Pattison was appearing as a regular panellist on ITV's lunchtime discussion show Loose Women from January 2016 before quitting in September after just nine months.[14] In January she also appeared in a 2-part Geordie Shore special speaking about her time on the show.

In June 2016, she became a team captain on the Channel 5 panel show It's Not Me, It's You, hosted by Eamonn Holmes. Also starting from September 2016, she has appeared in a new segment on This Morning regularly along with Ferne McCann where they go on a road trip together. In September 2016 it was announced that she would co-present I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! NOW! from November 2016 alongside Joe Swash replacing Laura Whitmore, however, it was also later announced that the show would be retitled as I'm a Celebrity: Extra Camp and that Chris Ramsey and Stacey Solomon would be presenting alongside Pattison and Swash. In April 2017, Pattison announced that she would not be returning to present I'm a Celebrity: Extra Camp.

On 12 February 2018 (Day 17 of the season), Pattison became a contestant on the fourth season of the Australian version of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!. On 11 March 2018 (Day 44 of the season), she was evicted after spending 28 days in the jungle, finishing in 4th place.

On 16 October 2018, Pattison partnered with Dom Joly entered Channel 4's Celebrity Hunted which sees them going "on the run" as "fugitives". She along with the other celebrities donated their fee to Stand up To Cancer.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011–2014	Geordie Shore	Herself	Main cast (Series 1–9)
2014–2015	Ex on the Beach		Series 1 main cast, Series 3 ex
2015	Celebrity Dinner Date		1 episode
	Judge Geordie		Presenter
	I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (UK)		Series 15 winner
2016	Loose Women		Regular panellist
	Geordie Shore: Their Journey		Discussing the history of Geordie Shore
	It's Not Me, It's You		Team Captain
2016, 2018–	This Morning		Road trip segment along with Ferne McCann (2016) / Showbiz reporter (2018–)
2016	World of Weird		Co-presenter
	Strip Date		Narrator / voice-over
	I'm a Celebrity: Extra Camp		Co-presenter
	Murder in Successville		Guest star; Series 2 Episode 1
2016–2017	Virtually Famous		Team captain
2018	Ex on the Beach: Body SOS		Presenter
2018	Say Yes to the Dress: UK		Participants
2018	I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here (AU)		Season 4 contestant; fourth place
	Celebrity Hunted		Series 2 contestant with Dom Joly
	Impossible Celebrities		Contestant; series regular
2019	Vicky Pattison: The Break Up		Documentary following Pattison's life
	Celebrity Masterchef	Contestant
2019	Celebrity Coach Trip	Herself	Series 5
2020–	Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway	Segment Presenter	Series 16

References

1. "Vicky Pattinson". OK!. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
2. "Geordie Shore – Cast – Vicky". MTV. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011.
3. "Vicky Pattison: Everything you need to know about the I'm a Celeb 2015 star". Closer. 16 November 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
4. "Vicky and Jay spend a night together". MTV. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
5. "Vicky in this month's Loaded". Geordie Shore Web. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
6. "Vicky and Ricci Engaged". MTV. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
7. "Geordie Shore's Vicky Pattison Blasts Rebecca Walker in Latest Episode". Entertainmentwise. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
8. Nicol, Sara (22 July 2012). "Geordie Shore saying 'tash on' makes dictionary".
9. The Guardian, Media Monkey. https://www.theguardian.com/media/mediamonkeyblog/2012/jul/18/collins-dictionary-gets-its-tash-on. Missing or empty |title= (help)
10. Di Martino, Emilia (2019). Celebrity Accents and Public Identity Construction. Geordie Stylizations. London and New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0367226800.
11. "REVIEW: Geordie Shore Heartbreak For Ricci As Vicky Calls Time On Their Engagement". EntertainmentWise. 3 April 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
12. Catriona Wightman (5 December 2014). "Geordie Shore: Vicky Pattison to write two novels". Digital Spy.
13. BBC Radio 1 (2 July 2015). "Innuendo Bingo - Vicky Pattison" – via YouTube.
14. "'Loose Women' Sign Up Vicky Pattison To Join Panel, Following 'I'm A Celebrity' Success?". Huffington Post. Retrieved 29 December 2015.

External links

• Vicky Pattison at IMDb
• Vicky Pattison on Twitter