This year’s Celebrity Comic Relief Fame Academy line-up was announced today - with the likes of socialite Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, EastEnders turned Extras star Shaun Williamson, Birds of a Feather actress Linda Robson and Radio 1 DJ Colin Murray taking part.

Former Bee Gees star Robin Gibb is going back to music school – as a judge on the second series of Fame Academy, it was revealed today.

Naomi Roper, from the Scottish Borders, has been told that she must leave, despite attempts to treat her throat which has been troubling the 19-year-old since before she entered the academy.

Chart stars Shania Twain, Enrique Iglesias and Anastacia are among the experts who will give masterclasses to pop wannabes for the BBC’s new talent hunt Fame Academy, it was announced today.