Mix It Up!

Mix It Up! entertaining you the right way with the right people.....Here are a few top celebrities that have touched base with us at some of our venues and star studded events

Adam Woodyat

Adam Woodyatt who plays the character of Ian Beale in Eastenders is the only member of the original cast who appeared in the very first episode in 1985 and still works on the show today.

Johnny Partridge

John Partridge is best known for playing Christian Clarke, the brother of Jane Beale and is typically recognised as a member of the Beale family in Eastenders a role he has played since 2008 and for which he won the Sexiest Male 2009 at the Inside Soap Awards.

Lacey Turner

The multi award winning Lacey is best known for her portrayal as the troubled Stacey Slater in Eastenders. Lacey originally auditioned for the role of Demi Miller but was offered the part of Stacey, a new addition to the hugely popular Slater family. She first appeared on screen in 2004.

Her awards include winning the Best Young Actor and Best Soap Newcomer at the Inside Soap Awards and TV Quick and Choice Awards in 2005. In 2006 Lacey took home the awards for Best Actress at The British Soap Awards, Best Couple (which she shared with Charlie Clements) and the Best Actress at The Inside Soap Awards. In 2007 she won 7 further awards including Best Actress, Best Dramatic Performance and Best Performance by a Soap Actress and was nominated for a further 5 awards.

During 2008 Lacey was nominated for an incredible 15 awards of which she took home 7 - again these included Best Actress and Best Storyline. This year sees Lacey already being nominated for 4 awards and has won the Best Actress at The Inside Soap Awards.

Patsy Palmer

Patsy Palmer has played Bianca in Eastenders since 1993. Following appearances in The Gentle Touch and Grange Hill, Patsy went on to have roles in Risky Business, Making News and The Bill amongst many others before being cast in the role of Bianca, making her a household name.

Patsy's character Bianca quicky became very popular and her on-off romance with Ricky Butcher captivated millions of fans. Their on-screen wedding in 1997 drew one of the biggest soap audiences ever - more than 22 million.

Patsy left the soap in 1999 to pursue other projects but reprised her role as Bianca for a one off 2 part special which saw Ricky and Bianca briefly reunited. April 2008 saw Patsy return to Eastenders with one of the most controversial storylines that Eastenders has done. Bianca continues to be one the shows best loved characters.

Rita Simmons

Rita Simons is an award winning actress, model and singer and is best known for her role as Roxy Mitchell in Eastenders. She has also appeared in Mile High, Dream Team and London's Burning.

Her portrayal of Roxy won her the Best Newcomer award at the Digital Spy Soap Awards, along with Best Onscreen Partnership for her character partership with Ronnie Mitchell (played by Samantha Janus).

She also won Best Newcomer at the TV Now awards and was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2008 British Soap Awards. Rita also won the Best Newcomer award at the 2008 Inside Soap Awards and won the award for Most Popular Newcomer at The National Television Awards 2008

Samantha Janus

Samantha Janus is an actress and singer from Brighton and is currently playing the role of the feisty Ronnie Mitchell in Eastenders.

Sam first came to prominence in 1991 when she won the annual Song for Europe competition to preresent the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest. Sam developed her love for acting with roles in The Bill and Press Gang, Demob with Grigg Rhys Jones and Martin Clunes and played the lead character in the cult BBC2 sitcom Game On.

She also has roles in The Grimleys and Liverpool One alongside her husband Mark Womack. Sam also took to the West End Stage playing the character of Sandy in Grease.

Scott Maslen

Scott Maslen is best known for playing Jack Branning in the BBC1 flagship soap Eastenders a role for which he won the sexiest male at the 2009 British Soap Awards. He was also nominated for sexiest male at the 2008 British Soap Awards.
Before landing the part of Jack Branning, Scott played DS Phil Hunter in ITV's long running drama serial The Bill from 2002 until joining Eastenders in 2009.

Sid Owen

Sid Owen has played the character of loveable Ricky Butcher since 1988. Prior to his role in Eastenders he was in the film Revolution in 1985 alongside greats such as Al Pacino and Donald Sutherland.

He has also appeared in I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here in 2005 where he came third and played the part of prison officer Danny Kimber in ITV's Bad Girls.

Steve MC Fadden

Steve McFadden is an English actor best known for his role as hardman Phil Mitchell in Eastenders, a role he has played since 1990.

Steve won the British Soap Award Villain Of The Year in 2001 and has been nominated for best actor on many occasions. Steve has had numerous guest appearances in films such as The Firm, Buster and Kevin and Perry Go Large in 2000 with Kathy Burke and Harry Enfield and tv series The Bill, Minder and Bergerac. Steve also presented his own TV series Britain's hardest which aired on Sky One.

Bill Murray

Bill’s acting career started back in 1957 when the Kray twins could see his potential and sponsored his time at the East 15 Acting School.

Bill is better known for his roles as corrupt cop DS Don Beech in The Bill and Gangster Johnny Allen in Eastenders which went on to win him ‘Best Villain’ at the 2006 Soap Awards.

When Bill came to Kandi Klub he really was the life and soul of the party and thankfully nothing like his screen characters.

Bill revelled with the fans, signed autographs, posed for pictures and even got behind the bar to pull a few pints.

Akon

Aliaune Badara Akon Thiam, better known by his middle and stage name Akon (pronounced /ˈeɪkɒn/), is a Senegalese-American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, businessman, and philanthropist. He rose to prominence in 2004 following the release of "Locked Up”, the first single from his debut album Trouble. His second album, Konvicted, earned him a Grammy Award nomination of the single "Smack That".

He has since found two record labels, Konvict Muzik and Kon Live Distribution. He is known as one of the most successful and versatile R&B singers of the 21st century, grossing over 30 million dollars a year according to Forbes. Akon often sings hooks for other artists and is currently accredited with over 300 guest appearances and 40 Billboard Hot 100 songs. He is the first solo artist to hold both the number one and two spots simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 charts twice. He has had 6 Grammy Awards Nominations and has produced many hits for artist such as Lady Gaga, T-Pain, Leona Lewis.

Alex Reid

Alex has recently experienced a significant surge in profile as a result of his on-going relationship with Katie Price. He says 'Obviously the media love to talk about those kinds of relationships, but I'm a cage fighter by trade and that is where my focus will always be. You can see Alex on ITV2's 'What Katie Did Next'.

Alex or 'The Reidernater' as he is known in the fight business is one of the UK's premier professional cage fighters. Having competed for the last 11 years he is now at the top of his trade. Alex has fought and won every significant title in the game including those of 'WUMA', 'European Champion', 'WMTO British Champion', 'Extreme Brawl Champion', 'Tuf 9' contestant and 'MMA Star'.

Alex's other passion is acting, having played the lead role of Jason Cunliffe in the award winning Channel 4 Soap 'Hollyoaks' and numerous supporting roles including 'Saving Private Ryan' and 'Sliding Doors'. He continues to maintain an on-screen presence with an abundance of film and presenting roles on the horizon.

Alex has created a huge fan base in his own right and continues to impress the crowds - male and female - with his warm sexy personality and buff looks.

Chirs Moyles

Chris Moyles, the saviour of Radio 1, started his radio career at the age of 16 on Aire FM in Leeds and over the following six years worked his magic on several other stations including Radio Luxembourg and London's Capital FM.

By the beginning of 1997, people were beginning to talk - he was voted as one of the 'Faces for '97' by Sky Magazine. His outspoken style took the capital by storm, and his no-holds barred approach brought him to the attention of Radio 1 bosses.

Chris joined Radio 1 on Monday 28 July 1997 and styled himself as 'The Saviour of Early Morning Radio' taking the early morning 4.00am slot by the scruff of the neck.

In May 1998, after only nine months at Radio 1, he won the Silver Sony Radio Award for DJ of the Year. A successful stint on the summer Roadshow tour wowing crowds of screaming fans was followed by the main compere slot at V98 (Leeds) in August.

With the introduction of the new daytime Radio 1 schedule, Chris's weekday show was extended by an hour which gave him more of a chance to show off, belittle celebrities and lark about with Comedy Dave, Producer Will and Lizzy. The team also descended on the States for a week of live shows from LA and Vegas.

In 2004 Moyles took over the Radio 1 Breakfast Show from Sara Cox, officially becoming the saviour of Breakfast Radio. The team have toured the UK with the Red Nose Rally and they also spent a week doing the show in New York in 2005. Chris has also been host at many of Radio 1's live events such as the One Big Sunday and One Big Weekends.

His TV work includes Live With Chris Moyles and The Chris Moyles Show.

Fearne Cotton

Since she was spotted at the age of 15 by ITV's Disney Club, Fearne's been presenting ever since.

She went on to front several kids' shows for CITV, like Digit, Pump It Up, Pet Swap and Draw Your Own Toons. She was the one who presented the last ever series of Record Breakers.

She became The Saturday Show's first host on BBC1 and the following year she took part in Comic Relief Does Fame Academy.

Top Of The Pops Reloaded was her next move and when that finished she took off for a summer in the States with Reggie for a CBBC show Only In America.

Co-presenting Live 8, Fearne got properly chatted up by Robbie Williams live on camera.

For ITV's Love Island Fearne got to stay out in Fiji for the whole series, co-presenting the reality TV show with Patrick Kielty.

Jenny Frost

Jenny Frost first shot to fame with Pop Group Atomic Kitten. Selling over 5 million records quickly became one of the biggest selling uk female pop groups. Moving forward from there group success they new they had the formula to create a guaranteed platform for solo success.

A brave move you might say, but then as any of you who know her will agree, Jenny Frost never was one to shy away from a challenge. ‘The ultimate girl band member’ according to boys’ bible Arena, ‘stunning’ said the style svengalis at Elle and ‘the cool Kitten’ to quote ES magazine. Jenny’s already a star, that much we know, but she’s continuing to shine brighter than ever.

Jenny is now the face of many marketing campaigns and fashion shoots. She regularly makes magazine front pages in modeling shoots and endorsements. She is very busy with her own solo career and had a number club smash - Crash Landing. She features on many tv shows and reality Tv programs. Music still plays a massive roll in her life after her success with Atomic Kitten - Jenny now Dj's across the country in the biggest clubs never failing to please the crowd with her selection.

Danny Cipriani

Danny is only 20 and already at the top of his profession. He made his debut at the Six Nations match against Wales in February 2008.

He was due to play against Scotland at Murray Field in March but was left out after being photographed leaving one of our events in London in the early hours. He was great at Club 50 and was right at home listening to his favourite sounds of RnB. Luckily he was given another chance and played an amazing game against Ireland.

Danny Dyer

Danny had a fairly typical East End up bringing and would probably never have started acting had he not been spotted at his local Sunday school.

At the age of 14 he landed a part in Prime Suspect working along side Award winning Helen Mirren. Soon after TV ant Theatre work flooded in as Danny became one of London’s most recognized Actors starring in films such as Football Factory, The Business, Mean Machine and The Outlaw.

Danny came to Kandi Klub on our opening night and did not fail to please the hundreds of screaming female fans. He pampered to their every whim, photos, autographs, kisses and hugs.

Samantha Little said ‘Oh my god I can’t believe Danny really kissed me, he is so gorgeous, he has made my year.'

Gary Lucy

Brought up in the Heart of Essex with a passion for acting from a very early age Gary first hit our screens in every ones favourite school drama Grange Hill. His career has grown from strength to strength with some great roles in some of TVs best drama's including Holly Oaks, She’s Gone, Footballers Wives and the The Bill. His acting ability and charm led to Gary winning the award for Best Newcomer at the Soap Awards in 2000.

Mix It Up! Were happy to host an event with Gary and saw the ladies queuing for the chance to meet the star and get their photos taken with him. Gary is always happy to spend time with his fans.

Kelly Conit who claims to be Gary's biggest fan was in her element when he agreed to take an array of photos with her, sign her top and even speak to her mum on the phone............

He is a very charming, good looking guy who is a pleasure to be around and we would welcome him back................

Jodie Marsh

Jodie comes from a middle class family from Brentwood Essex. She shot to fame in 2003 when she featured in an ITV documentary Essex Wives.

In addition to being a successful glamour model Jodie has taken part in several reality TV programs such as The Games, Trust me I’m a holiday rep, and most recently Celebrity Big Brother.

When Jodie hosted an event for us she knew exactly how to work her mostly male crowd, they absolutely loved her. A few guys were lucky enough to encounter her charms as she teased all of them with a lap dance.

One of her fans Mark Tyson commented that it was the best night ever and that he was the luckiest man alive. He could not stop smiling.

Kat

Kat is the prefect all round entertainer, He is probably best know for his antics on MTV Base ‘The lick Parties’ and is also an experienced Choreographer, Dancer, Actor and most recently a Radio Presenter on Choice FM.

Kat played for us on numerous occasions and his sets are always amazing, he has the whole crowd up on the dance floor. He pulls all the best tunes out of his bag and has some amazing dub plates.

Kat has partied at some of the best clubs around the world with some of the biggest celebrities so he definitely showed us all how to have a good time.

Kenzi

Kenzi started his career with boy band Blazin Squad achieving 6 top ten hits as well as a No. 1. in the UK charts.

2005 saw Big Brothers youngest ever house mate with Kenzi become Runner up aiding in his ever growing fan base. Spanning across all generations.

When Kenzi played at our event he showed what a talented individual he really is with his new career as a DJ.

Lucy Dawn said ‘I am 40 and still really like Kenzi, he is a really good singer and young actor with loads of potential.

Nikki Graham

Yet another Big Brother house mate who shot to fame in 2006 when she entered the house in a pink bunny girl outfit. You could just tell that she was going to be the most outrageous person in the house and she certainly lived up to that.

When Nikki came to join us for the evening she was fantastic, loud and funny with that famous laugh. She mingled well with everyone and chatted and danced the night away.

Richard Blackwood

Richard had always wanted to be a performer from a very young age. He had his first gig at ‘The Spot’ in Covent Garden and from then on his popularity has grown. All his hard work started to pay off when he was picked up by MTV where he did shows such as ‘Select’ and ‘Singled Out’. Since then he has just grown and grown.

When he performed for us he had the audience eating out of his hand. They absolutely loved him. He is very versatile and natural which probably comes from writing his own material.

Being able to adapt to the audience is probably the key to Richards’s success.