Totally Jodie Marsh

Infobox Television
show_name = Totally Jodie Marsh


caption = Advertising poster for the show, as seen on the wall of the London Underground
genre = Reality
starring = Jodie Marsh
country = UK
num_episodes = 9
producer = Zig Zag Productions
runtime = 30 minutes
network = MTV One
first_aired = 22 July, 2007
last_aired =
9 September, 2007

"Totally Jodie Marsh: Who'll Take Her Up the Aisle?" was a British reality television show, which saw glamour model Jodie Marsh audition a potential husband in London, Edinburgh, Sheffield, Birmingham, Cardiff and Bournemouth.

The 9-part series, part of MTV's "Totally" strand, began on Sunday 22 July, 2007 and culminated with Jodie marrying her 'Mr Right' on MTV One in September.

During an interview for Star Magazine, Jodie stated that as a businesswoman, she is doing this for the money as well as confiding that all her friends are getting married and having kids and she needs a husband.

The auditions themselves were not successful, as they drew fewer people than expected. Since the beginning of the series, ratings have dropped rapidly, and as a result MTV One have screened a double bill for episodes 4 and 5. Details of her marriage and venue have already been revealed before the show was halfway complete. [cite news
title = Jodie Marsh's husband and wedding venue revealed
publisher = Holy Moly!
date = 14 August, 2007
url = http://www.holymoly.co.uk/news/blogs//-1208.html
accessdate = 2007-08-14]

Marsh married former-boyfriend-of-Jordan's Matthew Peacock on 1 September, 2007 at Sugar Hut, a nightclub in Essex. Another wedding ceremony was shown on MTV One on 2 September, 2007 in her mum's back garden on Sunday. [cite news
title = Jodie finally gets taken "Up The Aisle" by her man Matt...
publisher = MTV.co.uk
date = 05 September, 2007
url = http://www.mtv.co.uk/channel/mtvuk/news/03092007/marsh_gets_married
accessdate = 2007-09-05]

Believing the wedding would bring lots of paparazzi, Marsh hired forty security guards but only one turned up. The only celebrities that attended the event were Syd Little and Linsey Dawn McKenzie Fact|date=December 2007.

In the final episode of the TV show, MTV executives confronted Jodie and Matt with recorded footage of Matt at his audition saying that he and Jodie had already been going out for months and that they had been living together for three months contrary to the whole basis of the show. After the MTV executives left the room, Matt said to Jodie that she had lied and told him that they already knew. MTV decided to proceed with the show despite this development. However, one member of Jodie's staff refused to attend the wedding on the basis that he thought it a sham given Jodie and Matt had lied about their relationship. [cite news
title = Jodie in MTV meeting
publisher = YouTube (MTV One footage)
date = 10 September, 2007
url = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJZz_K3hB3c
accessdate = 2007-09-10] Matt backed this claim up in an MTV interview especially for the show.

MTV did however cut out a scene when bailiffs came to her door after it was revealed she owes £70,000. [ [http://www.holymoly.co.uk/mailout.html Holy Moly! ] ]

MTV ran two specials after the series ended, which covered the problems and breakdown of the marriage. "Totally Jodie Marsh: Xmas Stuffing" aired on 23 December 2007. "Totally Jodie Marsh: Peacock Pulls Out" was broadcast on 10 February 2008 and focused on Matt Peacock's side of the story.

Matt admitted that everything in this show was staged including the audition, proposal and even arguments was completely staged, 30% of what Jodie claimed was true. He admitted that they were engaged days before the audition, this conflicts with Jodies clain that they were never in love from the start. [ [http://www.mtv.co.uk/overdrive/id/100651 Totally Jodie Marsh | Peacock Pulls Out | MTV UK(part 1)] ]

He also admitted that they met 3 months before the series started at a party, the press launch was changed to the 16th so that they could spend 6 more days together. He appeared on screen 6 days after the launch. During each dates with auditionees, she constantly phoned him between them. [ [http://www.mtv.co.uk/overdrive/id/100651 Totally Jodie Marsh | Peacock Pulls Out | MTV UK(part 1)] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.mtv.co.uk/jodie "Totally Jodie Marsh"] at MTV.co.uk
*imdb title|id=1062185|title=Totally Jodie Marsh