Paris Hilton's British Best Friend is a British

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 reality television

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 show where Paris Hilton

Paris Hilton

Paris Whitney Hilton is an American businesswoman, heiress, and socialite. She is a great-granddaughter of Conrad Hilton . Hilton is known for her controversial participation in a sex tape in 2003, and appearance on the television series The Simple Life alongside fellow socialite and childhood...

 searches for her new British best friend and is the second incarnation of the My New BFF

Paris Hilton's My New BFF

Paris Hilton's My New BFF, also known simply as My New BFF and other alternate titles, is a competitive reality television show in which Paris Hilton searches for her new BFF . Following the success of the original US version, another US season and two international spin-offs followed...

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The series aired on ITV2

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. Filmed in December 2008 (since there are references to Christmas) and premiered on 29 January 2009 and consisted of eight episodes. The first episode received 428,000 viewers with 2% share, according to overnight figures.

Episode Progress

The contestant is a female

The contestant is a male

The contestant became Paris' new BBF

The contestant won the challenge

The contestant was captain of the winning team in a challenge

The contestant wasn't eliminated in that episode

The contestant was up for discussion and was saved

The contestant could not be present at elimination due to illness

The contestant was eliminated

The contestant wasn't in the competition at that point

The contestant was put up for discussion at panel and won the challenge.

The contestant was made the Pet.

The contestant willingly left the competition.

The contestant was asked to leave for medical reasons.

The contestant was eliminated outside panel.

The contestant was chosen by the Pet to be eliminated.

TTYN Talk to you never. Paris will most likely never associate with the contestant.

TTYS Talk to you soon. Paris will most likely speak with the contestant in the future.

Notes

• In Episode 2 the Pet, Carrie, had the power to place one contestant up for discussion, she chose Chrissie.
• During the discussion in Episode 2, Laura P. walked out and quit the show (because of Carrie's "fakeness") after she said people were being fake (Carrie and Emma) and said that if they stayed she would go, because she left no one was eliminated.
• In Episode 2 Laura M. replaced Kat due to Kat's appendectomy.
• In Episode 3 the contestants themselves decided who should be up for discussion.
• Kat was eliminated in Episode 2 on medical grounds, but after recovering, Paris invited her back in Episode 4 and made her the Pet.
• In Episode 5 the Pet, Kat, decided on one person that should be eliminated, this person was Ola.
• In Episode 6 the contestants suggested who they thought should be up for discussion, they chose Kat.
• In Episode 7 Chrissie was eliminated outside of panel.
• In Episode 8 Carrie was eliminated before going to L.A.
• In Episode 8 Samuel could not enter some clubs because he was not over 21.

Contestants

Name	Age	From	Reason for Elimination	Episode Eliminated
Samuel Hextall	19	Burgess Hill Burgess Hill Burgess Hill is a civil parish and a town primarily located in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England, close to the border with East Sussex, on the edge of the South Downs National Park...	Winner	BBF
Kat McKenzie	25	Guildford Guildford Guildford is the county town of Surrey. England, as well as the seat for the borough of Guildford and the administrative headquarters of the South East England region...	Kat finished in 2nd, specific reason for elimination not stated. Paris said they would still remain friends just not Best Friends.	8
Emma Beard	25	Northampton Northampton Northampton is a large market town and local government district in the East Midlands region of England. Situated about north-west of London and around south-east of Birmingham, Northampton lies on the River Nene and is the county town of Northamptonshire. The demonym of Northampton is...	Emma finished in 3rd, specific reason for elimination not stated. Paris said they would still remain friends just not Best Friends. Emma is now known as Emma Barb, with Barb being French for beard, in an attempt to break in to the French music charts	8
Carrie Amor	23	Yeovil Yeovil Yeovil is a town and civil parish in south Somerset, England. The parish had a population of 27,949 at the 2001 census, although the wider urban area had a population of 42,140...	Paris felt she had a stronger connection with the other contestants, Paris said they could remain friends just not Best Friends	8
Flic Field	24	London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...	Paris felt closer to Sam and stated that this was the hardest elimination	7
Chrissie Wunna	27	Pontefract Pontefract Pontefract is an historic market town in West Yorkshire, England. Traditionally in the West Riding, near the A1 , the M62 motorway and Castleford. It is one of the five towns in the metropolitan borough of the City of Wakefield and has a population of 28,250...	When fake eliminated she didn't seem that upset and Paris thought she was just there for personal gain, but when eliminated Paris said she still wanted to remain friends	7
Meddy Ford Meddy Ford Meddy Ford is a British glamour model, actress & reality television star. Ford began modeling aged 13 after being scouted on the street by a photographer....	19	Caerphilly Caerphilly Caerphilly is a town in the county borough of Caerphilly, south Wales, located at the southern end of the Rhymney Valley, with a population of approximately 31,000. It is a commuter town of Cardiff and Newport, which are located some 7.5 miles and 12 miles away, respectively...	Wasn't doing well in the challenges and Paris thought she wasn't taking the show seriously	6
Laura Meakin	27	London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...	She didn't know much about Paris and they didn't get on	5
Ola Ademola	21	Nuneaton Nuneaton Nuneaton is the largest town in the Borough of Nuneaton and Bedworth and in the English county of Warwickshire.Nuneaton is most famous for its associations with the 19th century author George Eliot, who was born on a farm on the Arbury Estate just outside Nuneaton in 1819 and lived in the town for...	She was eliminated by Kat for the reason she could upset someone and wouldn't be right for Paris and apparently wasn't trustworthy. Upon elimination Paris said they would still be friends, just not best friends	5
Layla Ward	25	Reading Reading, Berkshire Reading is a large town and unitary authority area in England. It is located in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, and on both the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway, some west of London....	She didn't get to know Paris well enough and was deemed fake by the other contestants	4
Lydia	19	York York York is a walled city, situated at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to major political events throughout much of its two millennia of existence...	She was too shy and not bonding with Paris	3
Laura Perry	27	Essex Essex Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...	At elimination, Laura P walked out because she felt too many of the other girls including Carrie and Emma were being disloyal and fake.	2
Jade Morgan	19	Liverpool Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...	At first impressions she seems very homesick & reluctant to participate in makeover challenge. In Paris's words: "Not coping in my world."	1

Episode 1

First aired 29 January 2009

• Challenge Winner: Laura P.
• Bottom 2: Jade, Layla
• Eliminated: Jade

Episode 2

First aired 5 February 2009

• Challenge Winner: Chrissie
• Bottom 2: Chrissie, Lydia
• Withdrew: Laura P.
• Eliminated: Kat (asked to leave)

Episode 3

First aired 12 February 2009

• Challenge Winner: Team Sam, Team Flic
• Bottom 2: Ola, Lydia
• Eliminated: Lydia

Episode 4

First aired 19 February 2009

• Challenge Winner: Sam
• Bottom 2: Carrie, Layla
• Eliminated: Layla

Episode 5

First aired 26 February 2009

• Challenge Winner: Chrissie
• Bottom 3: Meddy, Laura M., and Ola
• Eliminated: Ola and Laura M.

Episode 6

First aired 5 March 2009

• Challenge Winner: Carrie, Flic & Sam
• Bottom 2: Meddy, Kat
• Eliminated: Meddy

Episode 7

First aired 12 March 2009

• Challenge Winners: Flic, Kat & Sam
• Bottom 2: Flic, Samuel
• Eliminated: Chrissie, Flic

Episode 8

First aired 19 March 2009

• 4th Place Carrie
• 3rd Place Emma
• 2nd Place Kat
• Winner Samuel

Challenges

Episode	Challenge	Winner	Prize
1	Make-overs	Laura P.	Red Carpet with Paris
2	24 Hour Party	Chrissie	Private time with Paris
3	Dress Design	Team Sam	Jewellery
	Presents For Paris	Team Flic	Girls Night In
4	Farmyard Time	Flic, Ola, Chrissie	Spa Treatment
	Real Or Fake	Sam	Dinner with Paris
5	Talent Show	Chrissie	Shoes
6	Flirt With The Best	Carrie	Jewellery
	Photo Of Friendship	Flic and Sam	Photo Shoot with Paris
7	Man Hunt	Flic
Spot Paris	Kat and Sam	Shopping with Paris

After the show

Runner-up, and former pole dancer, Kat McKenzie died on 3 July 2009. The cause of her death was unknown.

International airing

Canadian music channel MuchMusic

MuchMusic

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 is currently airing re-runs. This is also one of the few shows on MuchMusic not to censor any form of profanity. It is one of the highest ratings for a non-MuchMusic program.

Producers licensed the U.K. version for U.S. airing. Paris Hilton's British Best Friend premiered in the U.S. Tuesday, April 6 on the TV Guide Network