{"id":6454,"date":"2014-01-04T20:14:51","date_gmt":"2014-01-04T19:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/bgt\/?p=6454"},"modified":"2014-01-04T20:24:01","modified_gmt":"2014-01-04T19:24:01","slug":"gemma-merna-who-plays-carmel-valentine-in-hollyoaks-makes-her-splash-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/bgt\/6454\/gemma-merna-who-plays-carmel-valentine-in-hollyoaks-makes-her-splash-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Gemma Merna who plays Carmel Valentine in Hollyoaks makes her Splash debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hollyoaks beauty, Gemma Merna will take to the water in Splash! making her debut on ITV tonight. <\/p>\n<p>The 29 year-old actress who plays Carmel Valentine on the Channel 4 soap, will dive off the three-meter board under the watchful of Tom Daley, as she tries to impress the judges.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/bgt\/files\/2014\/01\/gemma-merna.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/bgt\/files\/2014\/01\/gemma-merna.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"gemma merna splash\" width=\"529\" height=\"351\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6455\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/bgt\/files\/2014\/01\/gemma-merna.png 529w, http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/bgt\/files\/2014\/01\/gemma-merna-300x199.png 300w, http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/bgt\/files\/2014\/01\/gemma-merna-527x350.png 527w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gemma decided to do the Tom Daley fronted show to conquer the fear of water she&#8217;s had since she was seven.<\/p>\n<p>She told the Daily Star: &#8220;An instructor pushed me in and I was drowning and didn&#8217;t come up for ages. I&#8217;ve always had this fear, and couldn&#8217;t even put my head under the water.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So I wanted to take this challenge on. I wanted to be able to swim under water. I wanted to challenge myself before my 30th and do something out of my comfort zone, so Splash! seemed perfect.  Splash! seemed perfect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And it has really helped me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/bgt\/files\/2014\/01\/gemma-merna2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/bgt\/files\/2014\/01\/gemma-merna2.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"gemma merna\" width=\"548\" height=\"328\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6458\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/bgt\/files\/2014\/01\/gemma-merna2.png 548w, http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/bgt\/files\/2014\/01\/gemma-merna2-300x179.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-0466605792016836\";\n\/* auditions 300x250, created 9\/6\/10 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"7469702309\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/bgt\/6454\/gemma-merna-who-plays-carmel-valentine-in-hollyoaks-makes-her-splash-debut\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 1805371;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hollyoaks beauty, Gemma Merna will take to the water in Splash! making her debut on ITV tonight. 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