DC ExtraTime: Someone You Should Know - Geordie Shore's Scotty T.

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Fairly often, ExtraTime helps bridge the gap between pop culture and what's happening right now in taking someone making headlines or just trending and linking them to a person or two of the MTV world who they got to meet or have worked with at one time. And if you're checking out this site from Chicago, you might have heard of a segment that aired on local TV news for many years done by Harry Porterfield, a longtime local newsman and a pioneer among African American journalists.

   First intended as a feature to fill airtime during the slow weekend news cycle, "Someone You Should Know" spotlighted unique people in the Chicagoland area who represent the best of what the Second City has to offer. Porterfield did over 2,000 of these profiles during his 40-year career at WBBM-TV and WLS-TV, during a time where the fallout of him being let go from the CBS station and joining its ABC rival crosstown made minority hiring a top priority in broadcast newsrooms.

   In the same manner that this site does to add some additional insight on the people we cover of the seasons that are airing, sometimes we'll take the opportunity here to help introduce those who aren't known now, but those who we feel you'll known soon. Hence, here's Someone You Should Know...

Two weeks ago saw the successful premiere of Floribama Shore, which we're covering as part of our winter cycle of the Trifecta and for which we brought you episode 3 of that earlier tonight. The practical reason why we are spreading our wings in our MTV coverage to the franchise that was the big thing at the turn of the last decade is because of what was revealed on Wednesday with Vendettas welcoming in new blood to The Challenge.

   Those here in the U.S. know who Snooki, The Situation and the Jersey Shore cast are, but overseas it's just as big for the Geordie Shore cast with social followings in the millions - though they're not as well known here. Those who have are household names overseas: original castmates Gaz Beadle, Charlotte Crosby, Holly Hagan and James Tinsdale; the franchise's own Sammi & Ronnie of Vicky Pattison & Ricci Guarnaccio; the series' Challenge representative and five-season veteran Kyle Christie, and the person of our focus here.

Next spring, Scott Timlin will turn 30 years old, but the world refers to this lad simply as Scotty T.  He first walked into the Geordie Shore house on Season 4 in late 2012 when the engagement of Vicky & Ricci took a detour, James breaking Holly's heart with girlfriend news, and a big fight between Vicky and fellow original Sophie Kasaei. In 2016, wide popular support saw Scotty win a season of what will eventually make its way to the U.S. soon of Celebrity Big Brother. Then, he took a break from the Shore to be part of the fourth season of the other MTV UK show to invade Vendettas this coming Challenge season, Ex on the Beach. And this recently, rumors surfaced of him shooting another MTV International series, Just Tattoo of Us, but paparazzi this past week caught him snorting a substance and exposing himself while filming.

   For a sampling of what Scotty T. is all about, below we have embedded below some of his biggest moments and one-liners from his time on Geordie as well as on Ex, with him currently taking another break for the upcoming season of the Shore coming up in the new year overseas. Perhaps if the trends continue and those from outside the MTV Trifecta continue to invade our shores, we might see him on a Challenge in the future and see what those in Europe have been raving about but those in America have yet to see that much yet.  The first video in this set, all of whom come from MTV's international channels abroad, features facts about Scotty.

GEORDIE SHORE - SEASON 4

GEORDIE SHORE - SEASON 5

GEORDIE SHORE - SEASON 6

GEORDIE SHORE - SEASON 7

GEORDIE SHORE SEASON 8

GEORDIE SHORE SEASON 10

GEORDIE SHORE - SEASON 11

GEORDIE SHORE - SEASON 14

EX ON THE BEACH - SEASON 4

CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER U.K. - 2015

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A HEADS-UP...

With the upcoming new season of The Challenge: Vendettas coming up on January 2nd, DCBLOG would like to offer the following requests to visitors of our site from around the world as we begin to piece together our upcoming season preview and our customary welcome to new competitors called "Who Are These Newbies?"
● For our international fans who visit our site from overseas for all the buzz from Are You The One?, we'd like your help to gather info on the five international representatives from Ex on the Beach and Geordie Shore -- Joss, Kayleigh, Kyle, Melissa and Rogan. Since many American viewers are largely unfamiliar with both series, if you have info on their past histories on their respective series or nuggets of info on them worthy to share with fans here, it would be most appreciated.

● For our domestic visitors, your help will be needed in regards to the two representatives from Big Brother in Victor and Natalie. Since this blogger covers only the MTV reality beat and doesn't watch or cover Big Brother in the same manner that other sites and fans do, if you're a BB fan feel free to share us the deal on what happened with them on Season 18 last year and their backstory as they make the historic cross over the old Viacom & CBS street into The Challenge for the first time.

If you have any info on these new Challenge competitors from outside the MTV Trifecta beat, tweet or DM to me @DC408Dxtr, leave us comments to the comment box below and on the side for those on desktop, or simply email me to dc408dxtr@icloud.com. All of this will be most appreciated and helpful in our effort to introduce them along with Alicia, Kam and Eddie from AYTO Season 5 and Cutthroat champion Brad in our Who Are These Newbies? post coming up over the holidays.

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