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Move over Tessa, Kate and Ashley.
Guernsey has got its own version of Jersey's 'real housewives' - and they say they are a lot more down to earth.
The nickname 'Common Housepeople Of Guernsey' - using the hashtag #CHOG - was coined by local Twitter users this time last year when the first series of Real Housewives of Jersey aired on ITVBe.
The first series was streamed millions of times by ITV viewers online.
The second series started yesterday after camera crews spent time earlier this year with the Jersey resident women who feature.
The series which airs on Monday 27 December at 9pm will have 'plenty of activities and will be packed with excitement'. https://t.co/imIhtlkKp3
— ITV News Channel TV (@ITVChannelTV) December 21, 2021
If series two is anything like the first, viewers can expect friendship, laughter and gossip as well as plenty of drama and theatrics.
Guernsey's down to earth alternative started as a joke on Twitter at the end of 2020 - partly in response to some of the negative reaction and cynicism which greeted Jersey's reality television show.
But #CHOG soon became a local trend on the social media site. The hashtag quickly grew in popularity with people using it to ask questions, chat and plan parties.
#CHOG was even recognised as a trend in Jersey and its use was boosted when prominent journalist and broadcaster Gary Burgess picked up on its popularity early in the year.
LOVE that #CHOG is a thing on Twitter.
— Gary Burgess (@GaryBurgessCI) January 30, 2021
It’s common house-people of Guernsey and is people having a bit of fun on here sharing their lockdown lives.
Worth a click.
For me it stands for Commonwealth Heads of Government, when I’m in work mode, so the contrast is to be welcomed! pic.twitter.com/yeVddOBHnl
While the #RHOJ are focused on their roles as housewives, the #CHOG are making their own plans for 2022, which include "lots of travel", "relocating to Guernsey", "spending more time with family and friends" and "planning a revamped veg patch".
Jax Robin has stepped down from chairing the St Peter Port Christmas Lights charity. She says that for her 2022 will be about "slowing down, having time to refurbish my home and spend more time with family and friends".
Colin Fallaize is looking forward to enjoying Guernsey's busy music scene, especially "being able to go to the Elysium gig at Beau Sejour and the Balcony gigs without worrying about the plague".
Sally Tester would like to go on holiday "without having to consider travel restrictions, masks, boosters, variants or statistics..." - a view shared by many other #CHOG who are keen to travel after being restricted by the covid-19 pandemic over the past two years.
Alexandra Wood is keen to meet other #CHOG in the flesh and hopes that in 2022 she will finally be able to complete her relocation to Guernsey.
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