Lauren Goodger Lauren Goodger Lauren Rose Goodger (born 19 September 1986) is an English television personality, glamour model, beautician, media personality and columnist. She starred in the ITVBe reality show "The Only Way Is Essex" from 2010 until 2012, debuting in the first series before departing in series 6. In January 2013, Goodger took part in the eighth series of the ITV ice skating show "Dancing on Ice", where she was partnered with Michael Zenezini and finished eleventh after being eliminated in week 2. In August 2014, Goodger entered the "Celebrity Big Brother" house in the fourteenth series of the show. Goodger
Reality television of these issues, wrote that "the best hope of little Americas developing in the Middle East could be Arab-produced reality TV". In 2007, Abu Dhabi TV began airing "Million's Poet", a show featuring "Pop Idol"-style voting and elimination, but for the writing and oration of Arabic poetry. The show became popular in Arab countries, with around 18 million viewers, partly because it was able to combine the excitement of reality television with a traditional, culturally relevant topic. In April 2010, however, the show also become a subject of political controversy, when Hissa Hilal, a 43-year-old female Saudi competitor, read out