August 24th 2023.
We're all excited to hear the news that Celebrity Big Brother could be making a return! From 2001 to 2018, the spin-off show saw many A-listers from far and wide, including Rylan Clark, Spencer Pratt, Kerry Katonna, Shilpa Shetty, Les Dennis, and even Michael Barrymore. Not to mention Loose Women's Coleen Nolan, Katie Price, and Jedward.
Recently, Paul Mortimer, head of Reality TV and ITV2, hinted at Big Brother's return for at least two series. He was speaking at the Edinburgh TV festival, saying: ‘It will be a hit. Its looking fantastic. The house looks amazing. We’ve got a six week run coming up, that’s our first foray into it, but it will be back next year of course.’ He added that, from 11pm, viewers can watch the live feed into the small hours on ITVX.
When asked about the prospect of a celebrity version, Paul gave us hope, saying: ‘We have bought into Big Brother, a lot of us at ITV are BB fans. I can’t imagine that we’re in it just to do two, six week runs across 2023 and 2024. This is the start of it – so just watch this space.’
Big Brother originally aired on Channel 4 until 2010, when it switched over to Channel 5, and it's final episode aired in 2018. Kevin Lygo, director of media and entertainment at ITV, is aiming to recapture the essence of the show’s ‘golden period’ with the reboot.
It's been revealed that AJ Odudu and Will Best will be fronting the revival, and AJ has revealed that former host Davina McCall has given her her blessing.
‘The Queen herself has given me her blessing,’ she said. ‘She sent me an amazing video when I got the gig saying “you are going to smash it”.’
We can't wait to see Celebrity Big Brother return later this year!
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