Lydia Bright

{{Short description|English television personality}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2017}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Lydia Bright

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|1|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Southwark, London, England

| nationality = British

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| occupation = Television personality

| partner =

| children = 1

| mother = Debbie Bright

| father = Dave Bright }}

Lydia-Rose Bright is an English television personality. She is best known for starring in the ITVBe reality television series The Only Way Is Essex. In 2016, she took part in Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/sep/19/celebrity-island-bear-grylls-review-paradise-syria-white-helmets|title=Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls review – megalomania in paradise|first=Sam|last=Wollaston|date=19 September 2016|work=The Guardian}} In February and March 2017, she took part in the fourth series of Channel 4 reality series The Jump.{{cite web|url=http://www.ok.co.uk/tv/the-jump/1003092/watch-the-jump-lydia-bright-mistakes-emma-parker-bowles-for-camilla-live-on-air-error-blunder|title=The Jump: Lydia Bright mistakes Emma Parker Bowles for Camilla LIVE on air|first=Olivia|last=Wheeler|date=12 February 2017|work=OK!}}

In 2017, Bright took part in a celebrity version of The Crystal Maze, which aired on 23 June.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/the-crystal-maze/news/a831489/crystal-maze-comeback-celebrity-special-preview-clips/|title=Watch TWO new clips from tonight's Crystal Maze comeback|last=Houghton|first=Rianne|date=23 June 2017|publisher=Digital Spy|accessdate=23 June 2017}}

Bright was the subject of media ridicule following her appearance on BBC's Celebrity Mastermind in 2018, scoring just 6 points on her specialist subject of Sex and the City, and 2 points in the two minute General Knowledge round.{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/tvfilm/lydia-bright-mocked-for-being-unable-to-answer-celebrity-mastermind-questions-on-her-favourite-a3732541.html|title=Lydia Bright mocked for disastrous Celebrity Mastermind appearance|date=5 January 2018 }} She took part in Celebrity Haunted Mansion in February 2018.{{cite web|url=https://w.uktv.co.uk/celebrity-haunted-mansion/article/celebrity-haunted-mansion-lydia-bright-interview/|title=Celebrity Haunted Mansion: Lydia Bright interview – Celebrity Haunted Mansion – W Channel|website=w.uktv.co.uk|access-date=24 August 2018|archive-date=25 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825003046/https://w.uktv.co.uk/celebrity-haunted-mansion/article/celebrity-haunted-mansion-lydia-bright-interview/|url-status=dead}}

On 21 February 2020, Lydia gave birth to her first child a girl named Loretta Rose.

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