First look inside Celebrity Big Brother’s 2024 house
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Celebrity Big Brother is back – and, for the first time ever, it is on ITV.
Months after the reality series titan returned on a new channel, the celebrity version has been resurrected in the hopes of emulating the success of the latest civilian series, which was won by Jordan Sangha in November.
The contestants include X Factor judge Louis Walsh, Love Island winner Ekin-Su and Kate Middleton’s uncle, all of whom are said to have been spotted at a London hotel hours before the launch.
Sharon Osbourne has also entered the compound, but as a “celebrity lodger”; the star, who joins her fellow X Factor judge Walsh, is expected to be in the series for a few days only.
In the past, Big Brother, which aired on Channel 4 and then Channel 5, has been hosted by Davina McCall, Brian Dowling and Emma Willis, but the new iteration is headed up by AJ Odudu and Will Best.
Previous versions of Celebrity Big Brother have created TV gold, from Tiffany Pollard’s iconic “David’s Dead” misunderstanding to George Galloway and Rula Lenska‘s creepy cat cosplay.
Follow along with all the live updates as CBB returns to ITV
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The full Celebrity Big Brother 2024 line-up
Here is the Celebrity Big Brother 2024 housemates – all in one place for your viewing pleasure.
Going by the audience reaction, favourites this year include Nikita, Ekin-Su, Marisha, Levi, Bradley and Fern.
Jacob Stolworthy4 March 2024 22:35
Sharon and Louis re-enter house
On ITV2, Sharon and Louis are shown being granted access back into the house – and they get a rapturous response from their fellow housemates.
“How could you have judged three of us straight away?” Fern asks Sharon, who replies: “Don’t even!”
Jacob Stolworthy4 March 2024 22:32
That’s it!
Well, that was sudden. The live launch has ended on ITV1 with all the action jumping over to ITV2.
AJ and Will said that aftershow Late & Live promises to share all the fallour from Sharon and Louis’ re-entry to the house, where they will come face-to-face with the housemates they’ve just nominated.
Jacob Stolworthy4 March 2024 22:29
Big Brother gathers housemates on the sofa
The housemates are being told they’ve been “judged” by two unseen celebrities, and that Gary, Zeze and David are in danger of facing this week’s public vote.
“I’ve not even had a p*** yet,” David says.
Jacob Stolworthy4 March 2024 22:27
Sharon’s secret task kicks in
So Sharon now has to select which three housemates made “the worst first impression”.
Sharon selected Gary, David and, at the insistence of Louis, Zeze.
Jacob Stolworthy4 March 2024 22:24
Fern Britton says she’s “ready for an adventure”, before running into the CBB house.
Jacob Stolworthy4 March 2024 22:16
Last star to enter CBB house is Fern Britton
Ex-This Morning host and best-selling author Fern Britton is the final CBB housemate.
Drink every time someone asks her about Phillip Schofield.
(Good Housekeeping / David Venni)
Jacob Stolworthy4 March 2024 22:15
Heartstopper actor Bradley Riches enters CBB house
Heartstopper actor Bradley Riches, who plays James McEwan in the hit Netflix show, has entered the CBB house.
He’s friends with Jordan and Henry from the most recent series, and their advice was “be yourself”.
Seems like he has the crowd on side already, going by the response.
Jacob Stolworthy4 March 2024 22:13
Real Housewives star enters CBB house
Original Real Housewives of Cheshire star Lauren Simon is going into CBB.
She says she doesn’t like talking about politics because she “doesn’t understand it”, but enjoys talking about sex as “she’s really good at it”. Fair play, we guess?
Jacob Stolworthy4 March 2024 22:03
Presenter Zeze Millz enters CBB house
Zeze Millz, who AJ says is known for being “outspoken” is the next CBB housemate.
She is best known as the host of her YouTube show The Zeze Millz Show.
Jacob Stolworthy4 March 2024 21:59