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{{Short description|British reality television personality}}
{{EngvarB|date=April 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name        = Scotty T
|image=Scotty T (TV personality).jpg
|caption=Scotty T in 2018
| birth_name = Scott Robert Timlin
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1988|4|26|df=y}}
| death_date  =
| birth_place = [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], England
| occupation  = Television personality
| television  = ''[[Geordie Shore]]'' (2012–19)<br/>''[[Celebrity Big Brother (British TV series)|Celebrity Big Brother]]'' (2016)<br />''[[Ex on the Beach (British TV series)|Ex on the Beach]]'' (2016)<br /> ''[[Just Tattoo of Us]]'' (2018)
}}
'''Scott Robert Timlin'''<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/sazNuk37ddjPoCey6oKvmNe7JoE/appointments|title=Scott Robert TIMLIN|website=govuk}}</ref> (born 26 April 1988),<ref>{{cite tweet |last=T |first=Scotty |author-link=Scotty T |user=ScottGShore |number=857007379149455362 |date=25 April 2017 |title=HAPPY FUCKING BIRTHDAY TO MEEEEEEE |language=en |access-date=20 December 2022}}</ref> also known as '''Scotty T''', is an English reality TV personality who is best known for appearing on ''[[Geordie Shore]]'' from 2012 to 2019 and winning ''[[Celebrity Big Brother (British series 17)|Celebrity Big Brother]]'' in 2016.
==Career==
Timlin rose to fame as a cast member in the [[MTV]] reality series ''[[Geordie Shore]]'', before being axed as a cast member in 2018 after being pictured snorting a suspicious substance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ok.co.uk/tv/celebrity-big-brother-2016-housesmates |title=Celebrity Big Brother 2016: All the housemates, nominations and evictions |access-date=18 January 2016 |publisher=OK! |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112022618/http://www.ok.co.uk/tv/celebrity-big-brother-2016-housesmates |archive-date=12 January 2016 }}</ref> He also appeared on the [[Ex on the Beach (British series 4)|fourth series]] of ''[[Ex on the Beach (British TV series)|Ex on the Beach]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://metro.co.uk/2015/12/15/geordie-shore-wild-child-scott-timlin-confirmed-for-ex-on-the-beach-season-4-but-could-chloe-etherington-be-joining-him-5566042/|title=Geordie Shore wild child Scott Timlin confirmed for Ex on the Beach season 4, but could Chloe Etherington be joining him?|date=15 December 2015|access-date=18 January 2016|work=Metro}}</ref> and won the [[Celebrity Big Brother (British series 17)|seventeenth series]] of ''[[Celebrity Big Brother (British TV series)|Celebrity Big Brother]]''. He is the second ''Geordie Shore'' cast member to win the series, after [[Charlotte Crosby]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reveal.co.uk/showbiz-celeb-gossip/news/a680583/cbb-scott-timlin-favourite-to-win-towies-gemma-collins-catching-up.html|title=CBB: Scott Timlin favourite to wFreddie is his biggest fann, TOWIE's Gemma Collins catching up|date=11 January 2016|access-date=18 January 2016|work=Reveal}}</ref> In 2015, Timlin performed with the male stripping troupe [[Dreamboys]], doing guest appearances alongside fellow ''Geordie Shore'' cast member [[Gaz Beadle]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://closeronline.co.uk/celebrity/news/jake-quickenden-dreamboys/|title=Bosses of Dreamboys strip show that features Gaz Beadle suing hen party company after '300 man-hungry women left disappointed'|first=James Brewster for|last=Mirror.co.uk|date=11 May 2018}}</ref> In March 2016, he was announced as the face of boohooMAN.com.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mtv.co.uk/news/yf9iua/scotty-t-new-face-of-boohoo|title=Geordie Shore's Scotty T Turns Model As The New Face of Boohoo Man|publisher=MTV|access-date=18 April 2016}}</ref> In 2018, Timlin received a pig tattoo with the phrase "raid my village", a reference to the game ''[[Coin Master]]''. He said he got the tattoo when he lost a bet with Charlotte Crosby, and had to get the tattoo as a result.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.mtv.co.uk/news/ad5ofh/scotty-t-unveils-questionable-new-tattoo-after-losing-a-bet-to-charlotte-crosby |title=Scotty T Unveils Questionable New Tattoo After Losing A Bet To Charlotte Crosby |work=MTV |date= 14 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref> In November 2020, he joined [[OnlyFans]] and began uploading X-rated content.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://headtopics.com/uk/geordie-shore-star-scotty-t-launches-only-fans-account-and-teases-x-rated-snaps-17180843|title=Geordie Shore star Scotty T launches Only Fans account and teases X-rated snaps|date=December 2020 }}</ref>
Timlin's current role includes advertising products on social media as an [[Influencer_marketing|influencer]].
==Filmography==
===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 2012–2019, 2022, 2024–
| ''[[Geordie Shore]]''
| rowspan="6"| Himself
| Main cast Series 4–15, 23, 25– (88 Episodes)<br />Boss Series 18–19 (16 Episodes)
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Warsaw Shore]]''
| Special Guest [[Warsaw Shore (series 1)|Series 1; Episode 11]]
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Celebrity Big Brother (British series 17)|Celebrity Big Brother 17]]''
| Winner
|-
| 2016
|''[[Ex on the Beach]]''
| Main cast [[Ex on the Beach (series 4)|Series 4]]
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Neighbours]]''
| Cameo appearance
|-
| 2018
| ''[[Just Tattoo of Us]]''
| Presenter (Season 3)
|-
|}
===Music videos===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of music videos and directors
!Title
!Year
!Director(s)
!{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
!scope="row"|"[[Every Morning (Basshunter song)|Every Morning]]"
|2009
|[[Alex Herron]]{{efn|Anders Flatland was [[cinematographer|director of photography]] on "[[Every Morning (Basshunter song)|Every Morning]]" music video.}}<ref>{{cite AV media |date=25 September 2009 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmRkngAWgAM |title=Basshunter - Every Morning (Behind The Scenes) |publisher=[[Ministry of Sound]] |via=[[YouTube]] |access-date=20 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115213213/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmRkngAWgAM |archive-date=15 November 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web | url = https://heatworld.com/celebrity/news/scotty-t-starred-basshunter-video-every-morning-watch | title = Scotty T starred in a Basshunter video and it is everything | publisher = [[Heat (magazine)|HeatWorld]] | date = 19 October 2016 | access-date = 2 March 2020 | author = Emmeline Saunders}}</ref>
|}
==Legal issues==
In 2019, Timlin was declared bankrupt with debt of £147,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/12/12/geordie-shores-scotty-t-declared-bankrupt-business-fell-147000-debt-11799954/|title=Geordie Shore's Scotty T declared bankrupt after business fell into £147,000 of debt|date=12 December 2019 |publisher=Metro|access-date=6 July 2022}}</ref>
In December 2021, the [[Advertising Standards Authority (United Kingdom)|Advertising Standards Agency]] publicly reprimanded him for not disclosing financial connections with advertisers<ref>{{cite web |title=Non-compliant social media influencers - ASA CAP |url=https://www.asa.org.uk/codes-and-rulings/non-compliant-social-media-influencers.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220724064320/https://www.asa.org.uk/codes-and-rulings/non-compliant-social-media-influencers.html |archive-date=24 July 2022  |date=24 July 2022}}</ref> and he remains (at time of writing) on their list of "Non-compliant social media influencers".
In 2024, Timlin was charged by the [[Financial Conduct Authority]], alongside other influencers, in relation to promotions of unauthorised investments.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=16 May 2024|title=Reality TV stars charged over investment plugs|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crgyg62wn7po|access-date=|website=[[BBC News]]|language=en}}</ref>
==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|5414618}}
*{{Twitter}}
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|title=''[[Celebrity Big Brother (British TV series)|Celebrity Big Brother UK]]'' winner
|years=[[Celebrity Big Brother (British series 17)|Series 17 (2016)]]
|before=[[James Hill (TV personality)|James Hill]]
| after = [[Stephen Bear]]
}}
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