{"id":10707,"date":"2013-11-13T21:37:56","date_gmt":"2013-11-13T20:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/?p=10707"},"modified":"2013-11-13T21:37:56","modified_gmt":"2013-11-13T20:37:56","slug":"steve-davis-former-snooker-world-number-one-im-a-celebrity-2013-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/10707\/steve-davis-former-snooker-world-number-one-im-a-celebrity-2013-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Davis former snooker world number one  I\u2019m A Celebrity  2013 profile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former snooker world number Steve Davis enters the I\u2019m A Celebrity jungle this year, but one thing he needs that could prove useful in the Australian jungle, is a snooker cue. Not because there will be a snooker table, but because there will be plenty of things he could use it to hit if warranted.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/steve-davis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/steve-davis.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"346\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10708\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/steve-davis.jpg 460w, http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/steve-davis-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Profile<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Age: 56<br \/>\nDate of Birth: 22 August 1957<br \/>\nPhobias: I may appear stupid but do you really think I\u2019d let you know what I am scared of?!<br \/>\nMissing any special occasions: Yes, the UK Snooker Championships<br \/>\nRelationship status: Long-term relationship<\/p>\n<p>As six times former Snooker World Champion, Steve Davis likes to win \u2013 but even he isn\u2019t sure whether the creepy crawlies will get the better of him or not.<\/p>\n<p>Laughing, the 56-year-old, who has won more professional titles in the sport than any other player, explains he has decided to take part in I\u2019m A Celebrity because he wants to find out if he can really handle jungle life or not.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany people lead comfy lives these days so a little bit of deprivation is perhaps good for the soul,\u201d says Davis. \u201cLike many viewers, I would like to know, faced with a plate of animal innards or a cockroach filled space helmet, whether I could handle it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd now as it is getting closer, I\u2019m feeling more excited but the trepidation Richter scale is rising fast!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vowing to take on every challenge, the sports player has made it clear that his decision to take part on the hit show does not mean he is now turning his back on snooker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not really using the jungle as any type of \u2018stepping stone\u2019 but purely just to have a laugh and a challenge,\u201d says Davis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve had my 15 minutes of fame. I\u2019d swap the fame and jungle notoriety for another world championship at the drop of a cork ridden hat but I\u2019m further down the pecking order and bookmaker lists in snooker than I am even in being crowned King of the jungle!\u201d<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former snooker world number Steve Davis enters the I\u2019m A Celebrity jungle this year, but one thing he needs that could prove useful \n<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/10707\/steve-davis-former-snooker-world-number-one-im-a-celebrity-2013-profile\/\"> [...]<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[96],"class_list":["post-10707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-im-a-celebrity-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/steve-davis.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10707"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10711,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10707\/revisions\/10711"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}