Olinda Joy Elisabeth Castielle (born Olinda Borggren, September 30, 1976) is a Swedish television personality who was a contestant on the American reality show ''

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Biography

Swedish television

In 2005, Olinda was a contestant on the Swedish version of ''

'' which was broadcast on

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, where she quickly became one of the most notable contestant of the season. Although she was eliminated twice, she was reinstated by the producers of the show both times, albeit under different circumstances. In the end, Castielle managed to make it to the final week. She became both the most hated and most popular contestant of the season from fellow contestants, managing to amass a huge fan base among Swedish viewers. She became romantically involved with another contestant on ''Paradise Hotel'', Patrick Michael Castielle. The two were featured in two new specials on TV4's sister channel

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after their Paradise Hotel visit. One special was ''The OP Tour.'' In it, the duo showed how their music show was produced, travelled all over Sweden, and Castielle sang her single, "Playboy Bunny”. It was released in Europe and became a big hit in several countries. The song was the world's most popular mobile signal in 2005. In Sweden, it was awarded with mobile operator Three's gold mobile most downloaded song. Their next show was ''Little Italy'', in which the duo went to Italy and met with different Italian celebrities, such as the football player

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. The show aired on

. The Castiel's have also been hosts for the talk show ''Paradise Hotel Extra'' for the cast members of season two.

American television

Castielle appeared in the second season of the American reality show ''

'' titled ''The Next Joe Millionaire'' in 2003, where she was cast as one of the women who competed for Joe, named David Smith. Olinda was eliminated in the fifth episode, but still remained one of the most talked about contestants being labelled the villain of the season, Castielle moved back home to Sweden after the show ended, and was cast for ''Paradise Hotel''.

Other ventures

Hard Ass Candy

Castielle is a painter who creates provocative and morbid art. She created her first collection, Hard Ass Candy, that was to be exhibited in Stockholm, Los Angeles and NYC in 2013.

TV shows

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'' (Swedish Edition) *''Paradise Hotel Extra'' (Season 1 as a guest) *''Paradise Hotel Extra'' (Season 2 as a host) *''

'' (USA edition) *''The OP Tour'' *''Little Italy''

References

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