A Place in the Sun's Lee Juggurnauth replaced by co-star when trying to get role
express.co.ukA Place in the Sun since 2021, joining the likes of Jasmine Harman, Laura Hamilton, Jonnie Irwin and Jean Johansson. Lee revealed to Express.co.uk that he previously applied for A Place in the Sun around three years ago but lost out to his now co-star.He said: "A Place in the Sun was something that came in, I suppose at the right time."I actually auditioned for the show going on three years ago now, maybe even a bit longer."I got quite far I think but it was between me and Jean and I think she got.
Well she did," Lee laughed.Lee revealed that the producers of the show did keep him in mind however, as he was contacted later on to go on the show.He continued: "You know they kept me in mind and then 18 months later I got it."My mum always said that what’s meant to you won’t pass you and obviously at the time I was massively disappointed that I didn’t get it."But you kind of put a step forward and you just kind of move on doing other things at the same time."Then two years later they called me and they said, you know, we haven’t stopped thinking about you.
Would you like to join the team? And I was like yes!"Only took you two years to figure that out, didn't it!"So yeah, that’s how it really came about.
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