Blind Date contestant sent home after drinking

A TV contestant has been flown home after just one night of her Blind Date.

Sonia Williams got drunk in Cyprus after winning a trip on the dating show.

It's the first time in the 17 years of the show, a date has been curtailed.

The 35-year-old former model threatened to jump from a fourth-floor hotel balcony after drinking champagne and rum it was reported.

Sonia, from Plymouth, was flown home despite begging to be allowed to stay.

"I feel awful about it. I don't want people to think I am a cheap good-time girl who drinks a lot. I'm sure my last drink was spiked by a local," she said.

Her date Nathan Lowe, 30, was allowed to stay in Limassol for the rest of the trip.

The couple had been due to appear in a new series of Cilla Black's show this autumn. But they will not now be featured.

Recruitment consultant Nathan, from Windsor, is said to be gutted.