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Who is JoJo Siwa? Meet The Great Celebrity Bake Off 2026 contestant

Who is JoJo Siwa? Meet The Great Celebrity Bake Off 2026 contestant

It’s time for another instalment of The Great Celebrity Bake Off, as the second episode airs on Channel 4 tonight. Once more, a group of famous faces will head into the iconic tent and put their baking skills to the test, all with the hopes of being crowned Star Baker. In this weekend’s tasks, the celebrities must decorate traybakes in the signature challenge and tackle a tarte Tatin technical, before finally recreating their favourite childhood toy as showstopping biscuits. Tonight’s episode (29 March) features JoJo Siwa, Molly-Mae Hague, Richard Herring and Babatunde Aléshé, all of whom will be testing out their baking skills under the watchful eye of judges Paul Hollywood and Cherish Finden. But just who is JoJo Siwa? Read on to learn more about the singer and dancer as she steps into the tent. Who is JoJo Siwa? JoJo Siwa. Channel 4 Age: 22 Job: Singer and dancer Instagram: @itsjojosiwa JoJo Siwa is a singer and dancer who first rose to fame after appearing on Dance Moms. Since then, she has gone from strength …

In Siwa, the spartan luxury of an ecolodge in the Egyptian desert

In Siwa, the spartan luxury of an ecolodge in the Egyptian desert

The Siwa Oasis must be earned. It takes 10 hours by bus from Cairo to cross 560 kilometers of desert, or seven hours by private car. For hours, there is nothing – the desert, vast and empty – and then you arrive in a small town 40 kilometers from Libya. A certain nervous excitement takes hold of the new arrival. Here, another country begins, far from the Nile and the Red Sea resorts, far from the chaotic capital and the overcrowded delta. The visitor realizes they are somewhere else. In 2025, Egypt welcomed 19 million tourists, according to government data. How many make it all the way to Siwa? Very few. “Even though the oasis attracts more and more visitors, we are still a long way from the rest of the country,” explained Sergio Volpi, an Italian with a passion for Egyptology who has been living in Siwa for several years with his French partner, Pascale Bellamy, a novelist whose books are set in ancient Egypt. Volpi is the de facto local historian, running a …

Molly-Mae Hague and Jojo Siwa among star-studded contestants for Celebrity Bake Off

Molly-Mae Hague and Jojo Siwa among star-studded contestants for Celebrity Bake Off

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter A host of familiar faces, including radio DJ Scott Mills, social media sensation Molly-Mae Hague, and singer Rag’n’Bone Man, are set to enter the iconic tent for this year’s Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer. The star-studded line-up, airing on Channel 4 this spring, also features TV star Vicky Pattison, actor Ralf Little, singer Mutya Buena, and comedian Richard Herring. They will be joined by a diverse array of talent, including TV and radio presenter Mark Wright, YouTuber Nella Rose, comedian Jon Richardson, actress Rose Ayling-Ellis, and podcast host Sam Thompson. Further contestants include actress Roisin Conaty, singer JoJo Siwa, actor Emmett J Scanlan, DJ Aston Merrygold, broadcaster Edith Bowman, comedian Alex Brooker, and actress Ambika Mod. The roster is completed by comedians Joe Wilkinson, Babatunde Aleshe, Rose Matafeo, Tom Davis, and Judi Love. The culinary creations will …

JoJo Siwa reveals baby plans with boyfriend Chris Hughes

JoJo Siwa reveals baby plans with boyfriend Chris Hughes

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more JoJo Siwa has opened up about having baby fever with her boyfriend Chris Hughes. The 22-year-old singer said she realized the strength of her feelings for the 33-year-old Hughes, with whom she confirmed her relationship last June, after receiving relationship advice from a famous friend. “Meghan Trainor once told me,” Siwa told E! News in an interview published Saturday. “She said, ‘You will know you love somebody when you love them so much you want to duplicate them and you want to pop a baby out that is made from them.” Siwa and Hughes began dating after they met and grew close while filming season 24 of Celebrity Big Brother U.K. The Dance Moms alum continued: “One of the first things that I said …