Alexandra Burke
2011 - The lovely Alexandra Burke is Hope and Abby’s biggest celeb supporter. In July, our dynamic duo met up with the X Factor winner to discuss ideas for their Sign Up, Speak Up, Save Lives campaign. Alexandra has a personal connection with the issue: her mum is severley diabetic and was placed on the transplant list.
Read Abby's blog post about Alexandra here
Rizzle Kicks
2011 - We’ve bumped into Rizzle Kicks a few times on red carpets: they’re practically BF BFFs! Then at Underage Festival in August, the hip-hopping duo chatted with Joseph and Hafsah, played Operation with Hope and shot some hoops with Billy. In a nutshell: Battlefrizzle loves the Rizzles.
Jason Derulo
2011 - Shereece enjoyed a little facetime with Jason Derulo backstage at T4 On The Beach, where she explained what her campaign’s all about. JD was 100% behind Shereece, so much so that he even treated her to a bit of singing...
Gok Wan
2011 - Abby was pleased to discover that style superhero, Gok Wan, is an organ donor and thusly was a big supporter of Sign Up, Speak Up, Save Lives. GW told Abby that it’s really important to get people talking about organ donation and called for everybody to get behind our duo’s Battlefront campaign!
The Midnight Beast
2011 - Tuneful jokers, The Midnight Beast, were all over Battlefront like a rash at Underage Festival. They busted grooves with Billy, threw a basketball at Mawaan and sat down for a good old natter with Hafsah and Joseph, who now love TMB almost as much as Battlefront does!
Francis Boulle (Made In Chelsea)
2011 - Made In Chelsea’s diamond-geezer, Francis Boulle, turned up at Mawaan’s house to film a sketch video for Shereece’s Let’s Talk About Sex campaign. He was greeted with samosas and spring rolls by Mawaan’s sex-education-obsessed mum, who co-stars in the lol-tastic web clip.
Labrinth
2011 - Luckily for Battlefront, Labrinth got out of bed just in time to chat to Hafsah and Joseph at Underage Festival. The one-man music-machine also worked up a sweat trying to beat Billy at his own game (i.e. Basketball). He is a musical ledge and Battlefront salutes him.
Lab shoots hoops with SportuLove campaigner Billy
Georgie OKell
2011 - T4’s newest addition, Georgie Okell, has taken her passion for changing the world to the next level as our Battlefront TV show hostess with the mostess. Ms Okell worked her presenter magic at Underage Festival, where she helped our campaigners get up to some top secret TV bizness (coming to a T4 near you soonishly).
Sugababes
2011 - Richard’s dreams came true in August when he found himself chillin’ on a sofa with The Sugababes. The Find The Sport You Love campaigner threw some big sporty questions at the ‘babes and they slam-dunked the answers right in his net (and by net, we mean face).
Alicia Keys
2011 & 2010 For the last two years, Alicia Keys has invited Battlefront along to her Keep A Child Alive event to raise awareness of HIV in Africa. Both times, we’ve chatted to dozens of slebs, and the lady herself, about young people getting on a mission to change the world. Alicia is very cool. We love her.
David Cameron/Nick Clegg
2010 - A number of politicians have waxed lyrical about how much they love Battlefront, not least the big dogs, Prime Minister David Cameron and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg! Last year, a few of our Battlefronters got to hang out with them at Number 10. So yeah, Dave and Nick think Battlefront is totes awesome.
See what the men in charge had to say about Battlefront
Kimberley Wyatt
2010 - Pussycat Doll-turned-Got To Dance judge, Kimberly Wyatt, joined us as the celebrity mentor for Kaya Cheyanne’s Natural Beauty: Keeping It Real campaign. Kaya and Kim brought Westfield Shopping Centre to a standstill with their naturally bootiful flashmob.
Watch Kimberley lend a helping hand to Kaya's campaign
McFly
2010 - McFly were enormous fans of Ella Prendergast’s Let’s Talk Disability campaign after meeting her for a chat in the studio. In fact, the boys loved her so much that they offered to use their music expertise to help her record a totally awesome campaign song.
Watch McFly helping out on Ella's cause
Kate Nash
2010 - Cockney chart-topper, Kate Nash, performed at Bella Tommey’s pop-up café which was staffed by young people with autism. She treated diners to lovely acoustic versions of several of her hits, helping to make the event a tasty toe-tapping success.
Scouting For Girls
2010 - Cheerful chart-toppers, Scouting For Girls, were big fans of Luke 'n' Ed’s Smile High Club campaign. The Battlefront duo hung out with the band on a couple of occasions, where they chatted about the importance of smiling and played some ridiculous smile games.
Watch what happened with the band met Battlefront
Jameela Jamil
2010 - T4 hostess with the mostess, Jameela Jamil, lent her support to Ella Prendergast's Let’s Talk Disability campaign. She took time out of her T4 schedule to host Ella's LTD Fest at London's Proud Galleries – an event that brought disabled and able-bodied performers and festival-goers together into one seriously awesome spectacle.
A few choice words from Jameela
Professor Green
2010 - Having been stabbed himself, Professor Green had an immediate connection to Eliza’s Lives Not Knives campaign. The pair chatted backstage at Underage Festival, where Mr Green pledged his support and encouraged his fans to do the same.
Watch Professor Green chatting to Eliza
Ellie Goulding
2010 - Starry-eyed popstrel, Ellie Goulding, is a friend of Battlefront. She chatted to a few of 2010's campaigners at various festivals and events and told us how they had totally blown her away with their world-changing awesomeness!
Olly Murs
2010 - Bodypopping X Factor hunk, Olly Murs, came on board as the celebrity mentor for Alex Loughlin’s Meet Your Street campaign. The pair went to Olly’s hometown in Essex, where they recruited locals to help them make a record-breaking 400 cups of tea within an hour to highlight the benefits of getting to know your neighbours.
Gizzi Erskine
2010 - Channel 4 food guru, Gizzi Erskine, also lent her support to Bella Tommey’s Give Autism A Chance campaign. She put together a special menu for Bella’s pop-up café and was on-hand on the big day to make sure the munchies were sufficiently grilled, boiled, baked and mashed.
Watch Gizzi dish some advice to Bella
Plan B
2010 - No nonsense geezer, Plan B, chatted to us backstage at Bestival, where he ranted about issues that HE feels passionately about as well as pledging his support for the Battlefront campaigners. He understands the importance of not taking stuff lying down!
Watch Plan B chatting from Bestival
Hollyoaks cast
2010 - The guys at Hollyoaks were really into Abbie Louise Davies’ Where Is The Love campaign cos it tied into a storyline they were running about young people feeling pressured into having sex. So they invited Abbie up to the set for a chinwag and mentoring session with Hollyoakers galore!
Scott Mills
2010 - Radio 1 superstar DJ, Scott Mills joined Battlefront as the celebrity mentor for Bella Tommey’s Give Autism A Chance campaign. Scott helped Bella open a celeb-filled pop-up café, staffed by young people with autism. He also rallied an army of online followers to make the café a much gossed about topic.
Example
2010 - Floppy-haired rhymer, Example, is a big supporter of Battlefront. He popped over to see us backstage at a few gigs and events, chatting about how important it is for young people to get involved in fighting for what they believe in.
Miquita Oliver
2010 - T4 legend, Miquita Oliver acted as a mentor for all the 2010 campaigners who appeared in episodes of The Battlefront Show on T4. In between interviewing celebs and campaigners behind the scenes, Miquita mucked in in any way she could!
Roll Deep
2010 - Grimy hit-makers, Roll Deep, became Battlefronters in 2010, as they took on the role of celebrity mentors for Eliza Rebeiro’s Lives Not Knives campaign. Eliza took the Roll Deepers to her hometown, Croydon, where they spoke to schoolkids about gangs and knife crime before auditioning local artists to support them.
