They caught Miss La Toya on a very, very good day.
Today’s Woman Crush Wednesday stars the one and only La Toya Jackson, taking on her little brother Michael Jackson’s “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’” inside the Celebrity Big Brother UK house.
During Series 6 in 2009, La Toya turned an ordinary living-room prop set into a disco-pop dance affair. No arena. No dancers. No elaborate production. Just Miss Jackson finding the beat and suddenly deciding the room belonged to her.
WOMAN CRUSH WEDNESDAY
La Toya Jackson turns the Big Brother house into a stage
Revisit her Celebrity Big Brother moment, then dig into more from the Jackson family catalog.
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The moment lands because it feels so wonderfully unforced. She is completely in her element, working the room with that unmistakable Jackson-family musical instinct while the rest of the house becomes her audience. They caught Miss La Toya on a good day.
La Toya was 52 when she entered the sixth UK celebrity series alongside housemates including Coolio, Verne Troyer, Mutya Buena and Ulrika Jonsson. She stayed in the house until Day 20, but this tiny performance remains one of those clips that explains her charm better than any reality-show recap ever could.
And yes, this was not her first time putting her own spin on “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’.” La Toya had covered the song in live performances years before, which makes the Big Brother version feel less like a novelty and more like an off-the-cuff return to something already living in her bones.
And for this alone, she sweeps and collects all the womanly crushes today.
La Toya Jackson Performs “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’” on Celebrity Big Brother UK
The clip comes from La Toya Jackson’s 2009 run on Celebrity Big Brother UK Series 6, where she breaks into Michael Jackson’s “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’” inside the house.
Sources: Celebrity Big Brother UK / Channel 4; archived series records.
