Singer sues BBC for £10million claiming they stole her idea for hit show in 2018 - but Beeb say her email proposal bounced back before it ever got to them
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A singer is suing the BBC for £10 million, claiming executives ripped off her idea for the hit reality show Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star. Gladness Jukic, 32, said the BBC3 programme, in which aspiring make-up artists compete to win a coveted contract to work with some of the industry's biggest names, was 'stolen' from an idea she pitched by email in 2018.
![[Jukic has already lost one case, having had a bid to trademark the name Glow Up: Britain’s Next Make-up Star defeated after a challenge by Warner Bros]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/20/17/93360979-14214439-Jukic_has_already_lost_one_case_having_had_a_bid_to_trademark_th-m-2_1734715386875.jpg)
Jukic, who performs under the stage name Bossiie, claims her idea was sent to BBC commissioning editors as a nine-page PowerPoint document in May 2018, around the time the show was commissioned. Wall to Wall Media Ltd, a subsidiary of the US entertainment company Warner Bros, made a successful pitch for the show to be produced under the working name 'Face off etc'.
![[The BBC have countered that Jukic's idea did not reach them because her email bounced on account of its size]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/20/17/93360983-14214439-image-a-18_1734714968116.jpg)
But Jukic believes her idea - Bossiie: 10-Minute Makeover, which envisaged self-taught YouTube make-up artists competing and commercial hook ups with make-up brands - was so similar to the final show that she should be compensated to the tune of £10 million.
![[Leomie Anderson, seen here earlier this month at The Fashion Awards 2024 at the Royal Albert Hall, currently presents Glow Up]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/20/17/93361073-14214439-image-a-19_1734715059743.jpg)
While lawyers for the BBC have disputed the claim at the high court and are attempting to have it thrown out, Jukic is seeking to establish ownership of copyright in the show. Jukic, who didn’t attend the hearing and was not represented, is seeking summary judgment in her claim.
