Celeb Large Brother is again with a brand new crop of housemates together with cleaning soap stars, an Olympic champion and a controversial Hollywood star
ITV rebooted Large Brother in 2023 and aired its first superstar run, which reunited X Issue judges Louis Walsh and Sharon Osbourne, final yr
This yr’s housemates embody Oscar-nominated actor Mickey Rourke, EastEnders actor Patsy Palmer and former Tory MP Sir Michael Fabricant
The complete checklist of confirmed housemates for 2025
Chesney Hawkes
JoJo Siwa
Trisha Goddard
Chris Hughes
Patsy Palmer
Michael Fabricant
Jack P Shepherd
Ella Rae Smart
Mickey Rourke
Daley Thompson
Donna Preston
Danny Beard
Angellica Bell
Rourke, whose credit embody Angel Coronary heart, 9 1/2 Weeks and Sin Metropolis, obtained an Oscar nomination for his position in Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler in 2009. He’s this yr’s highest-paid contestant, allegedly being paid £500,000.
His Celeb Large Brother look was instantly thrown into controversy when he “ogled” host AJ Odudu, which prompted complaints from viewers.
Palmer is finest recognized for taking part in Bianca Jackson in BBC cleaning soap EastEnders, and is joined by one other cleaning soap star, Coronation Road’s Jack P Shepherd, who has performed David Platt since he was 12.
In the meantime, Fabricant – recognisable by his distinctive blond hair – misplaced his seat in Lichfield to Labour’s Dave Robertson on the 2024 common election.
Different housemates embody Olympic athlete Daley Thompson, The Solely Approach Is Essex star Ella Rae Smart, TV presenter Angellica Bell, and RuPaul’s Drag Race UK collection 4 winner Danny Beard.
Two-time Olympic decathlon champion Thompson, 66, set a then-world file on the 1984 Los Angeles video games and gained the BBC Sports activities Character prize that very same yr.
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Bell, 49, a Celeb MasterChef winner who rose to fame on CBBC, has introduced radio programmes, The Martin Lewis Cash Present, and The One Present.
Singer Chesney Hawkes, finest recognized for his 1991 hit “The One and Solely”, has additionally entered the home alongside chat present Trisha Goddard, who has stage 4 most cancers, for which there’s therapy however no remedy.
The London-born presenter beforehand recovered from breast most cancers some years earlier after a 2008 analysis.
Getting into the Celeb Large Brother home on Monday (7 April), Goddard stated she needed to make use of the present as a chance to display to terminal sufferers that they need to “not be terrified of dwelling”.
American pop star, and former Dance Mothers actuality little one star, JoJo Siwa is one other high-profile signing, whereas ex-Love Island contestant Chris Hughes is an early favorite to win the present.
Hughes, 32, who rose to fame on ITV2 actuality courting programme Love Island, briefly started a singing profession with fellow Love Islander Kem Cetinay earlier than shifting to grow to be a sports activities broadcaster.
One other housemate is Donna Preston, who appeared in Netflix collection The Sandman, and ITV comedy panel present Hey Tracey!.
Earlier than the collection started airing on ITV, the controversial actuality present was final on Channel 5 in 2018 earlier than being cancelled by the channel.
Celeb Large Brother continues nightly on ITV2 and ITVX.
Further reporting by Businesses
